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"Trump and the oligarchs are killing corporate media. The oligarchs only care about money. The dictator only cares about power. They can make that arrangement work. …
The oligarchs want political power to advantage their businesses. The autocrat wants key businesses to be controlled by allies in service of strengthening his regime."
~ Jonathan V. Last
#Trump #oligarchs #EconomicElites #TechBros #broligarchy #media
"Truth bomb moment: Republicans do not, and have never had, a healthcare plan. And now they’re out of time. …
The hard truth is this: Republicans are fully prepared to let the ACA subsidies expire and send healthcare soaring for everyone. Why? A solid number of them absolutely hate Obamacare, and they believe that making it unaffordable will ultimately kill it."
~ Jay Kuo
#Trump #Republicans #healthcare #ACA #EconomicElites #TaxCuts
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Still Just Concepts of a Healthcare Plan
With the deadline looming to come up with a fix, the GOP comes up empty once again.Jay Kuo (The Status Kuo)
"Millions of people are now facing the prospects of drastically elevated premiums at a time when affordability concerns are already paramount. It’s also a calamity for Republicans politically, who are now set to be blamed for those skyrocketing premiums all while proving, yet again, that they are incapable of finding a health care plan that doesn’t ultimately make the system even worse and more chaotic."
#Trump #Republicans #healthcare #ACA #EconomicElites #TaxCuts
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"More than fifteen years after President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (better known as Obamacare) into law, congressional Republicans are still squabbling with each other and struggling to put together a coherent replacement. And proving incapable of actually getting anything passed."
~ Joe Perticone
#Trump #Republicans #healthcare #ACA #EconomicElites #TaxCuts
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Concepts of Health Care Plans → Humiliation Trying to Pass Them
They still haven’t figured out this health care thing. Don’t hold your breath.Joe Perticone (The Bulwark)
"Subsidies for ACA premiums are set to expire on December 31, 2025. The subsidies were killed by Republicans to pay for the billionaire tax cut in the Big Ugly Bill."
~ Robert B. Hubbell
#Trump #Republicans #healthcare #HealthInsurance #ACA #premiums #EconomicElites #SuperRich #TaxCuts #cruelty
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"Democrats are likely to emphasize that the cost for extending the ACA premium tax credits—which benefit everyday Americans & which the Republicans did not extend in their One Big Beautiful Bill Act—would be about $350 billion over ten years. The cost for extending the 2017 tax cuts, which overwhelmingly benefit the wealthy and corporations and which they did extend, will be more than $4 trillion over the same time period."
#Trump #Republicans #HealthInsurance #ACA #EconomicElites #TaxCuts
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"The Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill of July—the one they call the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”—did not extend the premium tax credits for healthcare insurance bought on the Affordable Care Act market that subsidizes that insurance. Today, Senate Republicans voted against the Democrats’ measure to extend the premium tax credits for three years."
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#Trump #Republicans #HealthInsurance #ACA #premiums #EconomicElites #TaxCuts
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"Now I'm seeing that attitude kind of infect the healthcare debate ... Republican legislators are coming out and just saying explicitly, like, hey, if you're healthy, you're fine. If you're not, there's something wrong with you and you deserve not to get coverage. You know, you deserve to be sick and meet your fate because it's all your fault."
#Trump #Republicans #healthcare #HealthInsurance #ACA #premiums #EconomicElites #SuperRich #TaxCuts #cruelty
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"Over the last year, it has become more and more common to hear Republicans say things that usually, you know, in years past, you would have seen them having to resign over it, like Trump's rants over Somali immigrants in Minneapolis, just completely racist garbage."
Susan J. Demas
#Trump #Republicans #healthcare #HealthInsurance #ACA #premiums #EconomicElites #SuperRich #TaxCuts #cruelty
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Sicker, Poorer, & Hopeless: The MAHA Master Plan | Dr. Rob Davidson joins Susan Demas
Will 2026 be an election about the GOP's giant health care cuts?Paging America (Lincoln Square)
"This is what it’s come to in Donald Trump’s America. Partisan politics has rarely been this destructive or painful. And for so many Americans, it’s a feeling of helplessness unlike anything they’ve felt before. The government is bankrupting and endangering its citizens."
~ Dan Rather
#Trump #Republicans #healthcare #HealthInsurance #ACA #premiums #EconomicElites #SuperRich #TaxCuts #cruelty
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"The Senate managed to fail at passing both a Republican and a Democratic plan — meaning life-saving subsidies for more than 20 million Americans will expire in 2026. Families could see premiums jump by $1,000 or more. This is the cost of Republican dysfunction: fake proposals, political stunts, and real people paying the price."
~ Mary Trump
#Trump #Republicans #healthcare #HealthInsurance #ACA #premiums #EconomicElites #SuperRich #TaxCuts #cruelty
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"The Senate rejected dueling health care bills Thursday, all but guaranteeing that Obamacare subsidies used by more than 20 million Americans will lapse at the end of the year."
~ Jordain Carney
#Trump #Republicans #healthcare #HealthInsurance #ACA #premiums #EconomicElites #SuperRich #TaxCuts #cruelty
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"Premiums will, on average, spike by 114% for millions of people—leaving them with the horrible choice of paying thousands more for their coverage or going uninsured."
~ Emily Singer
#Trump #Republicans #healthcare #HealthInsurance #ACA #premiums #EconomicElites #SuperRich #TaxCuts #cruelty
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dailykos.com/stories/2025/12/1…
Thanks, Republicans! Your Obamacare premiums are going to skyrocket.
Senate Republicans blocked a bill Thursday that would have extended enhanced tax credits to help Americans afford health insurance, virtually guaranteeing that they will expire at the end of the ...Daily Kos
"House Oversight Committee Members who went on TV yesterday seemed shocked by what they received this week from the Epstein estate. For among the tens of thousands of photos they received were ones that showed people in sex acts, and this now infamous one of Epstein and top Trump advisor Steve Bannon. Note the passed out woman in the photo on Epstein’s desk." (The photo is below.)
#Trump #Epstein #SteveBannon #EconomicElites #CoverUp
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"I just don’t know he survives what is about to happen. DOJ must, by law, release all the Epstein files by this coming Friday. The small release from the Oversight Committee yesterday put Trump himself right in the middle of it all (again), including this incredible photo (see below):
~ Simon Rosenberg
#Trump #Epstein #EconomicElites #CoverUp
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In 2026 Democrats Can Be Both Warriors For Working People Against Oligarchy AND Proud Patriots Fighting For Democracy Here And Abroad
In recent weeks the threat Trump represents to democracy here and abroad has become far more clear. Pro-democracy forces must forcefully rise to the challenge in the months aheadSimon Rosenberg (Hopium Chronicles By Simon Rosenberg)
"Blaming others for exposing evidence is not a defense. Claiming you had 'nothing' to do with Epstein despite all the evidence to the contrary just raises suspicion."
#Trump #Epstein #EconomicElites #CoverUp
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"If the president truly had no meaningful relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, transparency would be the obvious remedy. Release the full files. Let the public see the record. Instead, the White House is attempting to discredit disclosure itself. The images, drawn from Epstein’s own materials, raise disturbing questions about Trump’s proximity to Epstein and the world he inhabited."
~ Ben Meiselas
#Trump #Epstein #EconomicElites #CoverUp
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"A new Reuters-Ipsos poll shows that a whopping 70% of Americans believe the regime is hiding information about the Epstein case. And overall, 52% of those surveyed said they disapprove of Trump’s handling of the scandal. Only 23% approve, largely because they have been brainwashed by Fox and the MAGA machine."
~ Scott Dworkin
#Trump #Epstein #EconomicElites #CoverUp
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"Campaigning in 2024, Trump said about Kennedy, 'I’m gonna let him go wild on health. I’m gonna let him go wild on the food. I’m gonna let him go wild on medicines.'”
#Trump #RFKJr #Republicans #vaccines #measles #disinformation #SouthCarolina #Utah #EconomicElites #SocialDarwinism
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"According to the Johns Hopkins Measles Tracker, by the 48th week of the year in 2023, there had been 41 cases of measles in the country. In 2024, there were 284 cases. In 2025, there were 1837 cases.
All this from just a kid with a dream, that one day people would die by the millions from preventable diseases."
Paul Waldman
#Trump #RFKJr #Republicans #vaccines #measles #disinformation #SouthCarolina #Utah #EconomicElites #SocialDarwinism
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paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the…
The RFK Jr. Catastrophe Holds An Important Lesson In the Uses of Power
Just a kid with a dream, that one day millions more people could die from preventable diseases.Paul Waldman (The Cross Section)
"The non-partisan Tax Foundation: 'The Trump tariffs are the largest US tax increase as a percent of GDP in over 30 years.'”
~ Ron Filipkowski
#Trump #tariffs #economy #affordability #ApprovalRating #EconomicElites #TaxCuts
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Today in Politics, Bulletin 269. 12/12/25
… The fallout and recriminations from the Indiana Senate refusing to back down from Trump’s threats on redistricting have been reverberating throughout the Republican Party.Ron Filipkowski (Meidas+)
"If you really, truly, deeply believed that Trump would lower prices quickly? I’m sorry. You’re an idiot."
~ Michael Tomasky
The truth is, it never was about the economy for a majority of Trump voters. Truth is, they knew exactly whom and what they were voting for. "The economy" was just a specious excuse. The racism and heterosexist male entitlement and immigrant bashing: that's what they wanted.
#Trump #MAGA #economy #affordability #EconomicElites #ballroom
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Sorry, but you had to be an idiot to believe Trump could lower prices
Fighting Words. What got...newsletter.tnr.com
Aaron Parnas also shares Epstein images from the cache released today, stating,
"Some of the images are extremely disturbing in nature, and are part of a larger batch of documents that are set to be released to the public in one week."
#Epstein #Trump #EconomicElites #SuperRich
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Major Epstein Files Update and Release
We have a critical update about the Epstein files, including new photos showing a closer relationship between Trump and Epstein.Aaron Parnas (The Parnas Perspective)
"One image released Friday shows what appears to be a bowl of novelty condoms with a caricature of Trump’s face...Another showed Trump with six women with leis whose faces were redacted by the committee."
~ Bill Kristol quoting CNN
#Epstein #Trump #EconomicElites #SuperRich
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"These men should be shunned, banished from what we used to call polite society and disinvited from any and all honors which might be bestowed upon them such as speaking at a college, attending a wedding, or even being invited to a dinner party."
Trump, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Alan Dershowitz, Woody Allen, Richard Branson: these are the men of whom Truscott is speaking.
#Epstein #Trump #EconomicElites #SuperRich
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"The photo is one of a number from the 'personal collection of Jeffrey Epstein' released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today.
Other photographs show sex toys and bondage equipment — including something with a 'choking hazard' warning on it — and a murderers’ row of men hanging out with their good buddy, Jeffrey."
~ Lucian K. Truscott
The photo Truscott is referencing is at the head of his posting.
#Epstein #Trump #EconomicElites #SuperRich
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This is so gross and creepy, I can't even.
The photo is one of a number from the “personal collection of Jeffrey Epstein” released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today.Lucian K. Truscott IV (Lucian Truscott Newsletter)
"Other images feature individuals like Steve Bannon, Alan Dershowitz, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Larry Summers, Woody Allen, Richard Branson, and others. …
The images show Trump at social gatherings and aboard aircraft connected to Epstein. Additional photos document items recovered from the estate that underscore the depravity of Epstein’s operation."
#Epstein #Trump #EconomicElites #SuperRich
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"As more photographic and documentary evidence is released, it becomes clearer and clearer as to why Trump is so petrified of the Files being made public. …
According to the committee, roughly 95,000 photographs were obtained from the Epstein estate. Only 19 have been released so far, and multiple include Donald Trump pictured alongside Epstein and individuals whose faces are redacted to protect their identities."
#Epstein #Trump #EconomicElites #SuperRich
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"The release of new photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate has pushed the long-simmering questions about Donald Trump’s relationship with Epstein into an even more urgent phase, especially with just days to go until the DOJ is supposed to release the full Epstein Files. I have published all the photos we have obtained from the House Oversight Democrats in galleries below. Scroll down to view them all."
~ Ben Meiselas
#Epstein #Trump #EconomicElites #SuperRich
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"He doesn’t just get a mugshot. He has to sell merch. And then he has to hang the mugshot in the Oval Office, like the world’s biggest middle finger to democracy and the rule of law. Why? Because the thrill of transgression is the thrill of getting away with it."
#Epstein #Trump #EconomicElites #SuperRich #immunity #men #pedophiles #rape
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"That’s what they get off on. That’s the ultimate transgression. Not just to do things that are considered immoral or that are formally illegal—but to do it and get away with it.
And this is Donald Trump’s whole schtick. That’s why he does all these weird things. Like, he doesn’t just evade his taxes for 19 years and do it quietly. He has to tell everybody about it."
#Epstein #Trump #EconomicElites #SuperRich #immunity #men #pedophiles #rape
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"I think one of the things that Jeffrey Epstein did is, he organized the Competitive Depravity Olympics among very wealthy men. And it wasn’t just that they, as individuals, wanted to rape girls. They wanted to be seen to do it and—this is the crucial part—get away with it consequence free."
~ Brooke Harrington
#Epstein #Trump #EconomicElites #SuperRich #immunity #men #pedophiles #rape
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The Ultimate Transgression: Kompromat Culture & the Competitive Depravity Olympics
A discussion with economic sociology professor Brooke Harrington, author of "Capital Without Borders" and "Offshore: Stealth Wealth & The New Colonialism"Greg Olear (PREVAIL by Greg Olear)
"The authoritative World Inequality Report 2026, based on data compiled by 200 researchers, also found that the top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90% combined, while the poorest half captures less than 10% of total global earnings."
#Trump #Republicans #affordability #economy #EconomicElites #ApprovalRating
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"Fewer than 60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population – control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity, according to a report that argues global inequality has reached such extremes that urgent action has become essential."
~ John Henley
#Trump #Republicans #affordability #economy #EconomicElites #ApprovalRating
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Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%Jon Henley (The Guardian)
"Trump went from +10 to -52 with under‑30s in under a year — a 60‑point faceplant — and it’s all about the economy. Rent up. Groceries up. Debt up. Wages flat. If you’re under 30, Trump isn’t 'your dad’s booming economy.' He’s the reason you’re broke."
~ Lesley Abravanel quoted by Greg Dworkin
#Trump #Republicans #affordability #economy #EconomicElites #ApprovalRating
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dailykos.com/stories/2025/12/1…
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Thwarting the will (and the health) of the American people
Semafor : Obamacare more popular with Americans than ever, poll finds As Congress grapples with how to handle expiring enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, Americans’ approval of Barack Obama�Daily Kos
"The 'affordability tour' is off to a disastrous start. And it won’t get better, because while Trump insists that the problem is you, it’s actually him. And he isn’t going to change."
~ Paul Krugman
#Trump #Republicans #affordability #economy #EconomicElites #ApprovalRating
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A number of days ago I offered a link to a first installment in a series Greg Olear is doing, which he calls "a mammoth Epstein Q&A.
Today Olear has posted a second installment in the series featuring Ghislaine Maxwell, Robert Maxwell, Semion Mogilevich, Bill Barr, Donald Barr, Les Wexner, Melania Trump, Jean-Luc Brunel, and much more.
#Epstein #Trump #GhislaineMaxwell #BillBarr #MelaniaTrump #SteveBannon #coverup #corruption #EconomicElites
gregolear.substack.com/p/infre…
Infrequently Asked Questions About Jeffrey Epstein, Part Two: Commodity Flow Information
The second installment of a mammoth Epstein Q&A, featuring Ghislaine Maxwell, Robert Maxwell, Semion Mogilevich, Bill Barr, Donald Barr, Les Wexner, Melania Trump, Jean-Luc Brunel, and much more.Greg Olear (PREVAIL by Greg Olear)
"I think that means that they serve to promote and defend abuse, mediated through largely unacknowledged trauma."
#abuse #EconomicElites #misogyny #racism #homophobia #MaleDomination #ChristianNationalism
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"Over the last ten or fifteen years, many of us have learned what many others already knew their whole lives: That our systems and institutions largely serve to promote and defend supremacy of wealth, of certain religions, of certain races and sexual orientations and gender identities, of maleness, of the able-bodied and employed and employable people."
~ A.R. Moxon
#abuse #EconomicElites #misogyny #racism #homophobia #MaleDomination #ChristianNationalism
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Cult(ure) of Abuse
How do we deal with a culture of abuse? What is our part in ending it? How do we deal with an abusive cult of millions?A.R. Moxon (The Reframe)