It's all about economic justice Senior Advisor, Tax Policy, Patriotic Millionaires Associate Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies
Phoenix, AZ
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Recent political reporting at The Lever has been fantastic, second to none. A huge honor to be published there. levernews.com/the-coming-dem…
This week’s post. One of the top 5 issues for the next Congress IMO.
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What are the odds Haley Stevens and her manipulative control freak fiancé actually tie the knot? Seems this situation has potential for a nasty break up.
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This week’s post. Spoiler alert: the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget isn’t all that responsible. 😀
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How do the funders and staffers at CAP tolerate this? I’m embarrassed for them.
The field is opening up so much that Democrats are spending in Mississippi and the NRCC Chair is fighting for his life in North Carolina and the head of CAP is still litigating the Michigan primary. With 12 days until the general election, this is a generational run of obsession.
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This week’s Substack. And, for my birthday, a present: a free subscription!!! Oh wait, subscriptions are always free.
This post I think is especially important. It’s a shining example of how policy is shoveling wealth into the pockets of the ultra-rich
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holy shit
Vance is confronted by the emotional husband of a soldier killed in Iran War and acts like he had no idea anyone ever died:
Q: It's a hard price to pay. There's a failure in the leadership. How will the leadership be held accountable?
Vance: If there were failures... This is the first time I've heard of this.
My latest, co-authored with the great Sarah Christopherson. This one we hope will resonate beyond the tax nerd crowd. And thanks for the support. I rocketed past the 100 subscriber mark with last week’s post. Subscriptions are free!
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Read this week's Closer Look where our tax export @AZBobLord breaks down why the system is broken, and how @ChrisVanHollen & @SenMarkKelly's bill, WATCA, could fix it: patrioticmillionaires.org/pe…
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If you believe the gaslighting from Corporate Democrats, it's never the time to talk about what their party should actually do to help voters.
If it's primary election season, it's not the time because that allegedly weakens party "unity."
If it's general election season, it's not the time because that's allegedly too "divisive."
If it's after an election, it's not the time because there's another election coming up.
The whole reason for elections is to give voters the chance to ask what their representatives are going to do…but somehow, we’re expected to believe that it's literally never the time for that!
He’s back to $1T. Every $100 million he spends on elections = 0.01% of his wealth. A mere millionaire spends a larger percentage on a nice dinner out.
Closing in on 100 subscribers, so 100th subscription is free! Oh wait, all subscriptions are free. But help me get to 100 anyhow.
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The federal income tax is fundamentally flawed at both ends of the income spectrum, writes @AZBobLord. commondreams.org/opinion/tru…
4 months in and it’s going well. There are worse ways to spend 15 minutes a week than geeking out on tax policy. And subscriptions are free!
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I suspect this has a lot to do with the establishment’s attacks on Hasan. He’s making valid points they would prefer not be made.
During his interview with MSNOW's Symone Sanders-Townsend and Eugene Daniels, Hasan Piker talks about Hamas, the Palestinian resistance as a whole and the issue with the concept of a 'perfect victim.' He compares it with other liberation movements throughout history: "And that is the issue at the heart of the matter; people want perfect victims. Whether they be Black people engaging in the Civil Rights' struggle, historically, whether it be the forces against apartheid in South Africa, whether it be the liberation struggle in Algeria. The expectation from the white moderate or the expectation from people who enjoy the order that exists in civilized society, is that people are not supposed to fight back and try to even match the intensity or the violence of the occupation, the colonial entity or the forces of police brutality that are defending white supremacy. So, that's the reason why I make this distinction. I want people to start thinking; what would they do in that situation? What would they do if they lived in the world's largest open air prison that's hermetically sealed, that is a nuclear armed state, that is backed by the most powerful entity on the planet?"
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Dead on
Neera Tanden is the leader of a corporate Democratic faction that would rather see populist Dems lose to Republicans than see populist Dems successfully defeat the GOP, because if the latter happens then she & her faction no longer have much power, relevance and/or business.
This is an existential moment with do-or-die stakes for this corporate faction. They will sabotage populist Dems who are fighting Trump and the Republicans if they believe that is what they must to do maintain their power inside the Democratic Party.
You cannot really understand this political moment if you don’t understand this reality.
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Oh fuck you. FUCK you. You don't get to do this now. You don't get to turn around and go "Oopsie poopsie, we made a mistake!" This was YOUR genocide, motherfuckers. YOURS. You chose it. You own it. Forever. The stench of the rotting corpses in Gaza will follow you for all time.
Top officials from the Biden Administration now express regret over their failure to rein in Netanyahu. newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…
