The top 20 percent of households own 90 percent of the stuff in America Their average net worth? $3 million. That leaves just 10 percent of the pie for the remaining 80 percent of the populace. The American top 1 percent gobble up twice as much (40 percent) as the top 1 percent in France, the U.K., or Canada, and more than three times as much as the top 1 percent in Finland.
“The students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School returned to class Wednesdaymorning two weeks and moral centuries after a tragic mass shooting ended the lives of 17 classmates and teachers. […]
On Thursday white supremacist in chief Donald Trump annoucned that he would be announcing tariffs on steel and aluminum sometime soon. One of the many swamp creatures Donald Trump invited into […]
So you go out for dinner with a wealthy acquaintance. “I’ll take care of everything,” he says, and orders you a hamburger. Then he orders himself an expensive steak and […]
The Russians simply applied the techniques they’d already been using on their own citizens to the 2016 American presidential campaign, taking full advantage of the fact that no one would […]
“Here, President Trump defined ‘fake news’ the way joseph Stalin defined ‘enemies of the people’: if they offer a slightest objection to his rule they must be wrong,” Kruscheva told […]
Imagine for a moment being so gullible that you could actually believe the following things: That Trump is a Christian in any meaningful sense at all, or cares even the […]
Between slow-walking military aid to the island, viciously attacking the mayor of San Juan, throwing paper towels at people with no water and power, and repeatedly refusing to allow foreign […]
“The time for whispered criticisms and quiet snickering is over,” Gerson writes. “The time for panic and decision is upon us. It is no longer possible to safely ignore the […]
Are you tired of all the winning yet? Trump is exhibiting the traits of “dictatorial leaders throughout history and in illiberal societies throughout the world.” “He is showing clear signs of […]
The axiom that “Hell is truth seen too late” is mistaken; damnation deservedly comes to those who tardily speak truth that has long been patent. his crusade to make America […]
‘We shouldn’t be complacent,’ she warns. ‘People are worried — our system looks a bit shaky at the moment. If I were Jewish, given the history of europe’s treatment of […]
The game plan in Puerto Rico is clear. The sons of bitches are going to grind those poor bastards into dust, trigger a mass exodus of those who can afford […]
Politician dies and arrives in heaven, but what awaits him comes as a total surprise. While walking down the street one day, a presidential candidate is tragically hit by a […]
✔@realDonaldTrump Ford said last week that it will expand in Michigan and U.S. instead of building a BILLION dollar plant in Mexico. Thank you Ford & Fiat C! So it […]
Pruitt’s actions completely wipes out the existing Board of Scientific Counselors. It means the whole board can now be reappointed, filled with industry lobbyists and science deniers, and the EPA can then […]
Many in the Republican base are still fine with it, because they would agree to saw off their own legs and glue live chickens to the stumps if they thought barack […]
McCain—who hasn’t given the most coherent hearing performances lately—managed to dismantle Sessions’ rationale for taking those meetings with a very basic line of questioning. Why did you take those meetings? […]
he’s just a member of Congress, it’s not like he’s supposed to have a solid grasp of the constitution or anything. Source: Republican who voted against background checks wants to […]
this will set the stage for a major federal RICO case against Trump and the gop as well, with evidence ultimately showing and proving that both took foreign money in […]
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We can’t un-crazy crazy, but we can each try to stem the madness. It begins with simply caring: By looking up from our cellphones and making eye contact; by asking […]
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I’ve heard a lot of people talk about the desire for Trump to be impeached early on in his presidency, but it’s becoming clearer by the day that Mike Pence […]
CUBAN SAID… “Look, you have to ask yourself what’s the market for a former president giving a speech, right? So, first of all, Ronald Reagan was paid more than a […]
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. In small clumsy letters he wrote: April 4th, 1984. He sat back. A sense of complete […]
Being “better than” is not sufficient A Kaiser Health News article titled “Preexisting Conditions And Continuous Coverage: Key Elements Of GOP Bill” lays out the pitfalls that the Trumpcare snake oil […]
Segregation by another name a Trump administration plan to cut $10.6 billion from federal education initiatives, according to budget documents obtained by The Washington Post. The administration would channel part […]
Over the past few hours, I’ve watched as a Facebook post (which Facebook has just taken down — screenshot above) by Mississippi state representative Karl Oliver has become a national […]
When Seth Rich’s Gmail account received an alert this week from Mega.com, attempting to start a new account on a website created by the New Zealand-based Internet businessman and convicted […]
what’s striking is, while he assumes that there’s going to be more growth, if you look at the budget, it’s designed to reduce growth. He cuts out support for science, […]
Source: ‘He played me for a fool’: Kentucky Trump supporter laments he should have voted for Hillary Kentucky Trump supporter Wesley Easterling regrets his vote, he believed it when Trump […]
BREAKING: U.S. Military Publicly Humiliates Trump For His Sick Crime Against America “We have two submarines—the best in the world,” Trump told Duterte. “We don’t have to use this, but […]
Coal Miners Crushed As White House Admits Trump Lied About Bringing Back Coal Jobs The truth is that the coal jobs are gone, and they aren’t coming back. Trump lied […]
Carrier, the company President Trump pledged to keep on American soil, informed the state of Indiana this week that it will soon begin cutting 632 workers from an Indianapolis factory. […]
Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the united states. He does not possess the requisite intellect and does not understand the significance of the office he holds nor the tasks […]
On May 5, golf writer James Dodson told WBUR radio that Eric Trump had bragged to him that Trump golf courses “have all the funding we need out of Russia,” […]
“We’re in the middle of a farm crisis with no end in sight and they look at what the president’s proposing and they don’t see any help. They see a […]
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Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrump Did hillary clinton ever apologize for receiving the answers to the debate? Just asking! 4:21 AM – 3 Apr 2017 The first laughably absurd observation about […]
“Obedience to specific court orders is what keeps us from being a banana republic or fascist dictatorship. That’s a really big deal.” “Saturday’s ruling does not undercut the president’s executive […]
The biggest and most definitive study of what happens to death rates when Medicaid coverage is expanded, published in the New england Journal of Medicine, found that for every 455 people who […]
In one of the most comprehensive investigations of fraud, Justin Levitt of Loyola law School, Los Angeles turned up 31 credible instances of voter impersonation out of more than 1 billion […]
a Trump ally, describing the new president as if he hasn’t quite reached preadolescence. As the story goes, he’s surrounded by aides who effectively serve as babysitters, distracting Trump to […]
Sinatra’s daughter Tina said, “He always thought that song was self-serving and self-indulgent. He didn’t like it. That song stuck and he couldn’t get it off his shoe.” “Self-serving and […]
“bye, bye, Miss American Pie” “Oh, and as I watched him on the stage My hands were clenched in fists of rage No angel born in Hell Could break that […]
we’re all doomed. Seriously. You can’t control, let alone govern a society in which the very idea of norms or standards is non-existent. In a way, it is the triumph […]
It is unfortunately very far from the real number. There are in fact 96 million Americans age 16 and older who are not in the labor force. Of this, just […]
Being a grown-ass man, a 70-year-old man in actual fact, one about to be inaugurated president, and sending your minions out to insist that what you say publicly in front […]
I would not be surprised if this new Administration sets records for the number of indictments, convictions, and prison sentences. Source: Comparing Presidential Administrations by Arrests and Convictions: A Warning […]
