Yasmin Khan of Rebel HQ discusses the Tesla brand of King Elon I going down the tubes...pretty hilarious IMO that owners of those godawful Tesla trucks can’t even trade in those wretched vehicles...and Elmo hiding inventory because people aren’t supporting his thoroughly toxic brand anymore? Color me (not) shocked...
...and Ben Meiselas of the Meidas Touch Network discusses Dem John Ewing Jr. winning the Omaha, Nebraska mayor’s race, defeating incumbent MAGA Repug mayor Jean Stothert, the longest serving incumbent Repug mayor in the country; this represents a 20-point swing, for those keeping score (shockingly classy concession speech by Stothert, I have to admit, even though she draped her campaign in trans bathroom nonsense, trying to protect girls’ sports, supposedly, etc. – that stuff isn’t going to play when people are losing their savings and their health care)...I think I included a clip of that knucklehead Mike Flood at a town hall once before acting like taxing the rich is anathema to Repugs (which we knew already)...and “Sainted Ronnie R” hagiography notwithstanding, I find myself in agreement with Repug Rep Don Bacon (though he’ll NEVER call out Diaper Donnie, amirite?)...(NSFW/H)...
...and sticking with the theme of the fake populism of Our Ochre Abomination, Robert Reich tells us about RFK, Jr. saying that #47 actually isn’t an oligarch...I think that brain worm Jr. has is working overtime...
...and if you’re going to talk about economic populism for real, then Vermont U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders needs to be part of that discussion, and he speaks with Chris Hayes here about how Repugs on Capitol Hill plan to reward the “one percent”...about $715 billion in cuts to Medicaid, meaning 13 million people could lose their health insurance as Sanders says, along with a $35 co-payment for doctor’s visits, which is a non-starter if you’re making $16K a year...and I knew it was a high number, but I honestly didn’t know that 75K people die without health insurance...good point about Medicaid funding nursing homes and visits to community health centers...and “Running Man” Brave Sir Josh Hawley and Rojo The Clown come down on this about in the way you’d expect (I’m also glad Hayes and Sanders mentioned the rallies; I mean, they’re great, but they should be used as a springboard for policy proposals...again, if the Dems as a party had a clue about messaging, that’s how they would follow up on the Bernie/AOC momentum).
(Oh, and by the way, when it comes to Medicaid and work requirements, as noted here, 92% of Medicaid enrollees already work or are unable to do so for reasons that qualified as exemptions under the prior Trump administration’s policies, such as having caregiving responsibilities, illness or disability, and attending school.)...
...and Brian Tyler Cohen tells us about the recent exchange between Dem U.S. House Rep Tom Suozzi and Thomas Barthold, the chief of staff on the Joint Committee of Taxation...it seems that #47 promised no taxes on tips or overtime as well as removing taxes on Social Security benefits, but – oopsie! – it looks like that didn’t make its way into the “big, beautiful bill” for Bronzer Beelzebub...and Pumpkin Pol Pot oversaw a net loss of 178K manufacturing jobs in his prior term – just another example IMO of the stupendous incompetence of the @DNC that they couldn’t capitalize on that in the election last year...
...and kudos to Bruce Springsteen for this.
Update 5/17/25: Yeah, I think this says it...
And by the way, you won’t find tunes here by Taylor Swift only because I personally don’t care for her music. That doesn’t mean that I’m trying to diminish her success as a musician and a performer in any way (and an activist also, to her credit). And yes, I wish nothing but the best for her and Travis Kelce, though maybe a little more privately I’ll admit.
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