Matt Chilliak

Too many Dems were quick to scapegoat trans ppl after the election. They’re wrong. Abandoning a vulnerable part of our coalition in pursuit of political gain is short sighted. In fact, when trans rights are on the ballot, they win. My take via @thehill: thehill.com/opinion/campai…

Two rich honkey ass podcasters who played nice with Trump…Theo and Joe continue to be guilty idiots who promoted this shit

Chilliak: Time for new Dem leadership on Beacon Hill sentinelandenterprise.com/2026/03/30/chi…

The Democratic Party’s legislative leaders are failing to meet the moment. But the problem goes beyond Capitol Hill. Massachusetts Democratic leaders on Beacon Hill are failing too. lowellsun.com/2026/03/30/chi…

The old guard is failing us, and their disdain for voters who try to initiate change is a liability to earning popular support for a progressive agenda. We need new Democratic leadership on Beacon Hill, and we need it yesterday. #mapoli

Opinion | The Democratic Party’s legislative leaders are failing to meet the moment. But the problem goes beyond Capitol Hill. Massachusetts Democratic leaders on Beacon Hill are failing too. bostonherald.com/2026/03/30/chi…

Congrats to the newly elected @NDP leader and Canada’s future Prime Minister @avilewis! I’m excited to see him revitalize a strong social democratic party that puts the people and workers first. #cdnpoli

@DavidColetto Kinda cherry-picking the start date on this chart

As the NDP is set to elect a new leader, we dig into where the party is in the minds of Canadians with some new polling and a look at some historical Abacus polling. The big number: only 34% would consider voting NDP today. A decade ago, it was closer to 50%. abacusdata.ca/the-polling-st…

Wab Kinew: "We're never gonna be the 51st state. We will always be the true North, strong and free."

Avi Lewis: "Canadians are suffering in a time of unprecedented wealth in our country. Six big banks made $70b in one year last year and people are sobbing at the grocery checkout ... we need a voice for the 99% to actually fight for those solutions."

@Cr7Godbrand @RobInAUS Sucks for her

@RobInAUS 😂😂😂I m married.

Imagine working over 60 hours a week, including 20 hours of overtime, doing physically exhausting work that gradually wears your body down all so your family never has to worry about bills, your children can attend the best schools and have savings for their future, and your wife is financially secure even after you’re gone, inheriting your properties so she won’t be left homeless or struggling after your death. Then you come home after a long day and she looks you in the eye and says she can’t cook or clean because she’s “not a slave.”or not your mother” So sacrificing your time, your health, and your life isn’t slavery…..but contributing to the household in other ways is slavery? In this harsh economy? fuck her and wokeness.

Me: “I’m done smoking” Also me after my first beer:

Poilievre's trip to the U.K. and Germany with his message of stoicism may help rebuild moderate Tory support, 'but you can't out-Carney Carney,' say observers. #cdnpoli hilltimes.com/story/2026/03/…

@Genghiscoq @CraigBaird Same logic apply still today? Most of Canada’s wilderness is uninhabited and still untouched by human feet. Does that mean we’d let any randos show up and claim it for a foreign country? No. So shut the fuck about you this “agenda” you’re shitting your pants over.

@CraigBaird It’s unfortunate we are so beholden to the native agenda, when their population was so minimal. Maybe 150-250,000 total in Canada pre-euro. The idea they “own” the land is a farce. The vast majority of space was perpetually uninhabited and never touched by human feet.

In pre-colonial Canada, the First Nations established many prominent settlements. Two of the most famous were Hochelaga and Stadacona, located on the sites of Montreal and Quebec City. These two villages were home to nearly 4,000 people. This is their story. 🧵 1/9

@admcrlsn @electionsjoe Shifting the tax burden further onto billionaire profits and away from working class wages is good policy and good politics

@SlimyCakes @admcrlsn @electionsjoe The US taxes based on citizenship, not residency, so there’s no fleeing. Slap a billionaire exit tax on top of that if anyone tries dropping their citizenship

@MChilliak @admcrlsn @electionsjoe Wealth taxes have some of the highest laffer curve revenue dropoffs of them all you cannot have a tax base of a few hundred it makes revenue way too unstable and if half of them leave it’s done

This is so fucking stupid I don’t even know where to begin

@SlimyCakes @admcrlsn @electionsjoe Well it’s a good thing the US isn’t Spain then. We have something like a thousand billionaires and dozens in the 11-figures level. I’m sure we could find the right rates for those upper brackets to make it work

@MChilliak @admcrlsn @electionsjoe In Spain they actually implemented a wealth tax and while income tax raised 130 billion, the wealth tax raised 2 billion, and there are simply not enough people dying for inheritance tax to work even if you magically taxed everyone 100% without avoidance.

@SlimyCakes @admcrlsn @electionsjoe Close to 50% and from incomes under 100k even less so. But we replace it with better forms of taxation—wealth, inheritance, luxury sales, high-end real estate transfer. And perhaps very small sales tax to keep societal buy-in to funding got services

@MChilliak @admcrlsn @electionsjoe It makes up 65% of all government revenue where are you getting the money

@SlimyCakes @admcrlsn @electionsjoe You can and we should. Taxing labor is inherently unjust

@MChilliak @admcrlsn @electionsjoe You cannot run a Social Democracy after deleting 70% of the tax base