Jerry4BofEd

@tomorr53 @PetuniasPetals_ @RBReich Corporations pay less in taxes because they paid the GOP to pass laws giving them preferential tax breaks and lower tax rates than the middle class. You are delusional. commondreams.org/news/88-compan…

@Jerry4BOfEd @PetuniasPetals_ @RBReich These corporations don’t pay taxes because they can roll over their losses from previous years. Al Capone couldn’t dodge the IRS, but sure the IRS is just letting them get away without paying billions.

Amazon, which saved $4B in taxes under Trump's Big Ugly Bill, has cut 30,000 jobs since last October. Verizon, which saved $2B, plans to cut 15,000 jobs this year. Meta, which saved $3B, plans to lay off 20% or more of its workforce. Trickle-down economics is a cruel joke.

@tomorr53 @PetuniasPetals_ @RBReich You are delusional. news.berkeley.edu/2025/09/04/the…

@Jerry4BOfEd @PetuniasPetals_ @RBReich Billionaires don’t pay a lower percentage.

This morning, Canadian PM Mark Carney sat in a living room, looked into a camera and delivered a message which is summarized thusly: The United States — our neighbor, our largest trading partner, the country whose economy has been braided into ours for the better part of two centuries — is no longer an ally we can count on. They are compromised by a conman. America is breaking, and yes, that special relationship isn’t just over; it’s a liability. The ties that made us strong have become the ties that make us vulnerable because America is a non-functional, malevolent nation. Well said, sadly. Credit to Dean Blundell's Substack.

Worth adding that Russia did as a matter of fact intervene for Trump in 2016 and that the evidence is widely known, abundant, and collected in various forms, including a Senate investigation, the Mueller report, multiple intelligence investigations, multiple reportorial investigations in the US and elsewhere, and multiple books. Leaving out that crucial fact allows the reader to miss the way this echoes prior authoritarian "investigate the investigator" moves as well as the fundamentally Orwellian character of this. nytimes.com/2026/04/18/us/…

A reporter asked JD Vance what he advised Trump before launching the Iran war. His answer: “I don’t want to go to prison.” Not “classified.” Not “national security.” “I don’t want to go to prison.” Major Alex Klinner is dead. His twins are 7 months old. The Pentagon won’t release a casualty count. The Baghdad embassy just told Americans to flee. And the man one heartbeat from the presidency won’t answer for the war because he’s worried about himself. Never stop connecting the dots.

@tomorr53 @PetuniasPetals_ @RBReich Why should billionaires pay a lower percentage of taxes than millionaires, never mind lower than workers? Why should stocks (capital gains) get preferential tax status at all? US businesses & our economy did very well with much higher tax rates & no preferential tax status.

@tomorr53 @PetuniasPetals_ @RBReich Without workers, billionaires would have no profits. There is a huge difference between being an employer and a billionaire. Most businesses in the US are small (under 50 employees) but they pay taxes. They do not get unfair tax breaks by paying millions per year to politicians.

@tomorr53 @PetuniasPetals_ @RBReich Workers create wealth. Without workers, billionaires would be sitting in offices with worthless papers and computer files, doing nothing.

@PetuniasPetals_ @RBReich Where do you think wealth comes from? The people creating the wealth is obviously going to have most of it.

@neoagrarian @HalSinger You are too stupid to argue with.

@Jerry4BOfEd @HalSinger No they represent the government agency and its agency actions

Great NYT story revealing memos—and true motive—of Chief Justice Roberts to bend the rules to stop Obama’s effort to regulate emissions. Roberts sees his role, not as defending the constitution, but instead as protecting the energy industry’s profits, sparing the power sector from incurring any expenses in addressing climate change. This is the mentality of a lobbyist, not a judge.

@boohoo62410193 @JoyceWhiteVance "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect." -Frank Wilhoit

@JoyceWhiteVance This is the nightmare of authoritarianism come home to roost. When you can bend the criminal law to shield yourself and your cronies from justice while using those same laws to go after your innocent critics and enemies, the rule of law has been lost.

A tale of two cases: The attempt to vacate insurrectionists’ convictions, while going after a former CIA Director: When a president can make convictions disappear for his allies while leaning on prosecutors to go after his critics, the damage isn’t just theoretical, it’s already happening in front of our eyes. And once that line is crossed, it doesn’t easily uncross itself. It’s on all of us to see it clearly and refuse to look away. open.substack.com/pub/joycevance…

@JoyceWhiteVance "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect." -Frank Wilhoit

@jwkscheer @HgLoew @JoyceWhiteVance Bullshit.

@HgLoew @JoyceWhiteVance Defendant was denied exculpatory evidence

@jwkscheer @ESB36121 @JoyceWhiteVance "Just a little light treason"? Fuck off.

@ESB36121 @JoyceWhiteVance Yes there is, have you read into some of these convictions and learned the prison sentences? We all can agree that storming the capital was not cool but some of these cases and sentences were over egregious.

@Humble_Analysis @KwaiChangCaine @DrIanWeissman Not according to the scientists who invented the vaccine. Also, not according to my 30+ years of research lab experience, you idiot.

@Jerry4BOfEd @KwaiChangCaine @DrIanWeissman That's not what a vaccine is or does.

Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial. Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later. nbcnews.com/health/cancer/…

@neoagrarian @HalSinger We are discussing a civil case where government litigators represent the people.

@Jerry4BOfEd @HalSinger We are discussing a civil case, not a criminal case. The case does not have prosecutors who represent the people.

@EtkinDaniel @dunn72680 @BDeMayo @MeidasTouch Mike will never reply to you, Daniel. The only way MAGAs like Mike can cope is to deny reality about Trump, no matter who reports it. That's why the WSJ is now "fake news" in MAGA land.

@dunn72680 @BDeMayo @MeidasTouch The Wall Street Journal isn’t exactly a liberal publication.

WOW: A stunning new report in the WSJ reveals that military advisers intentionally excluded Donald Trump from the command room during the recent high-stakes operation to extract a downed U.S. airman in Iran, because they feared his erratic behavior could jeopardize the mission. According to The Wall Street Journal, Trump was in such a volatile state after Iran shot down a U.S. jet that he spent hours screaming at aides in the West Wing, obsessing over the political fallout and invoking Jimmy Carter and the 1979 hostage crisis. Officials made the call to limit his access, only briefing him at “meaningful moments” instead of giving him real-time control. Meanwhile, the operation itself nearly fell apart, with aircraft stuck in desert sand and U.S. forces scrambling to avoid Iranian detection. The airman was eventually rescued, but the chaos didn’t end there. Just hours later, Trump woke up and fired off his profanity-laced threat online, warning Iran it would be left “living in Hell.”

Donald Trump went on a late-night posting spree, firing off dozens of incoherent messages about the 2020 election and Obama—while tensions with Iran continue to escalate. Serious questions about his mental state continue to grow. This comes after he held a bizarre Oval Office appearance with Joe Rogan yesterday, pushed claims about a “deal” Iran says doesn’t exist, and then kicked reporters out when they asked basic questions. He also signed a strange executive order mid-rant, boasting about it on camera. All of this is happening as the world watches the Strait of Hormuz and the risk of full-blown war erupting yet again in the Middle East.

🚨 Rep. Ted Lieu says the full unreleased Epstein files contain evidence that Trump raped children. That’s what’s being hidden. Trump started a war with Iran days after Epstein release pressure peaked. The Senate gave him unlimited war powers. The files stay sealed. The arrests never come. And the war keeps everyone looking the other way. Release everything.