The explosion of wealth at the very top is without precedent in U.S. history
At the height of the Gilded Age the richest handful of Americans had a net worth equivalent to 3% of the country’s annual economic output. Today for the same 0.00001 percent-about 20 individuals-it's 12%
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Trump says agreement with Iran will be signed Sunday
Politico
Iran has not confirmed deal has been reached
Iranian state media has described any possible deal as more of a 60-day ceasefire extension so both parties can continue negotiations & not a final end to conflict
We'll see
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Trump’s Big New Vulnerability in 2026: Blue-Collar White Voters
by Shane Goldmacher
Review of polling data shows an extraordinary swing among white working-class voters on the president’s handling of the economy
Watershed break in part of his core voters is real
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Losing This War Is The Best Thing Possible
The USA Needs To Be Humbled
by Phillips P. O'Brien
Losing wars is not always a bad thing. Sometimes it can be the best thing
Germans & Japanese governments losing WWII was by far best for their people
Think about it
Dear leader says no
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Four-Ton Elephant Urinates in Middle of Texas GOP Convention
How could I pass on this one, even if it's from Newsweek?
After Abbott finished speaking an African elephant thelargest land mammal was led in campaign messaging. Passing delegates & media she stopped and relieved herself
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My comment: No shit!
Who Benefits from Income and Wealth Growth in the United States?
UC Berkeley Department of Economics
Realtime Inequality provides the first timely statistics on how economic growth is distributed across groups
Facts don't lie!
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Wages Are Falling. Wealth Is Surging. No Wonder Americans Are Unhappy
NYT Gift Article
Stark juxtaposition explains why
Same week Musk became the first trillionaire, BLS reported surge in energy prices wiped out a year and a half of wage gains for the average worker
"Inequality"
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The world’s first trillionaire is a killer
The Verge
Musk’s actions directly led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. He did it knowingly. And, worse — gleefully feeding USAID into the wood chipper
Over 780,000 deaths — mostly of children, many of infants documented
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