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The Washington Post sure seems bent out of shape over wealth taxes. And I suppose that makes sense, given that the once-storied publication is owned...
Last week, most of the major news outlets ran the perennial story about how the Social Security fund is set to run out of money—now by 2032—and...
Could you count to a trillion? Oh, hell no. I just timed myself counting to 100 as fast as I could. It took 38 seconds. The higher you count, the...
A new addendum to the so-called settlement agreement between Trump and Trump—that is, the Department of Justice and Donald Trump’s personal...
Sen. Ron Wyden, longtime Oregon Democrat and ranking member of the Senate Finance Commitee, has never been a fan of President Donald Trump. But I’ve...
The DHS shutdown battle heated up on Saturday as President Donald Trump threatened to send “brilliant and patriotic” Immigration and Customs...
The staff of Mother Jones is, once again, rounding up the heroes and monsters of the past year. This is a non-exhaustive and totally subjective...
If you’ve been thinking about tax resistance lately, you’re not alone. On progressive social channels, I’ve seen increasing calls for a federal...
In an exclusive story on Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported on the Trump administration’s plans to weaponize the IRS, much as he has...
Peter Brimelow, founder of the vehemently anti-immigration website VDARE.com, is being persecuted. That’s what he’s been telling followers,...
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The US government is a big-time...
The US government is a big-time hoarder. At last count, in three locations—Denver, Fort Knox, and West Point—it had socked away 248,046,115.696...
Amid the rancor and rhetoric of the fight over the “big, beautiful bill,” we heard many a story about Americans likely to suffer as a result of...
It is apparently not enough for America’s anti-tax crusaders that Congress just passed one of the most expensive and regressive tax bills in our...
When ordinary Republicans are informed how President Donald Trump’s flagship “One Big Beautiful Bill” that their leaders are currently debating...