I cannot think of a more flagrant example of all that is corrupt, immoral & wrong with Dem Party politics than Elon Musk becoming a trillionaire & then Gavin Newsom, a union & Planned Parenthood fighting to help billionaires block blue-state voters from even voting on a measure to tax billionaires.
You know what feels like it should be regulated? Super wealthy celebrities advertising credit cards like they're financial solutions.
Feels like false advertising.
These guys are not hard men from hardscrabble backgrounds; they're comfortably middle class & no different from Talarico in this respect. But his antagonists are clearly hosts for the phony, paper-thin language-virus version of masculinity that gets drummed into a lot of Southern white men. (2/n)
Very good and depressing article, but it misses a key reason why the government must act: since the rise in student numbers and the growth in unis, many regions absolutely depend on their universities. If they go under, the left behind towns will be even more prey to far right demagogy.
"Iran Says Strait of Hormuz Won’t Have ‘Tolls’ but It Will Have ‘Fees’.
Charging a toll is illegal under international law, but some fees are allowed for services. It is not clear what services Iran would provide, but there were no fees charged before the war." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/w...