Representation without taxation for a handful of billionaires, taxation without representation for the rest of us.
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Representation without taxation for a handful of billionaires, taxation without representation for the rest of us.
By @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social "Trump is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president. He is trying to substitute perception for reality. He is hoping that perception then becomes reality. That can only happen if we believe him."
I’ve unfortunately needed to add more material to my post from yesterday. The re-election of Donald Trump is looking like the biggest act of American self-destruction since the Civil War.
Same link, new title and some updates.
This is not a time to panic and catastrophize. It's a time to fight for the rule of law -- and the fight is already notching victories.
jaymichaelson.substack.com/p/the-fight-...
Limiting the sharing of scientific discoveries goes against basic ethical values that are essential to science. We can't trust these groups to give us accurate information anymore. We independent researchers must step up and fill the gap.
DOGE is a trojan horse for Elon to gut labor, consumer, and environmental protections.
If he actually wanted to cut waste, he'd look at the massive tax loopholes, government contracts, and subsidies that benefit the wealthy and large corporations.
Watch my latest video: youtu.be/2hVMghqarHY?...
"The changes also show that, while thousands of government datasets are disappearing from the internet, even ones that remain are having parts of their utility deprecated or broken in a way that may not be visible to those outside the government."
At the newsletter right now:
The Trump administration has scrubbed information about HIPAA protections for reproductive rights from the Department of Health and Human Services website.
This at an essential point. If Republicans want to abolish USAID they're as free to do that as with any other part of the government - through Congress. (i.e., follow the constitution) There's a budget process starting right now. Go for it. Doing it this way is illegal.
Donald Trump’s new State Department appointee.
"...Musk is a private citizen taking control of established government offices. That is not efficiency; that is a coup.”
DOGE has simply taken over government systems. Musk, using President Donald Trump’s name, is personally deciding what he thinks should be cut from the U.S. government.
The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
📑 Evening reading recs...
Sources:
1. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
2. www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview...
