Donald Trump Is Trashing Republican GOTV Efforts
Mark Hertzberg/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The Washington Post describes how the lunacy of the Trumpified Republican Party is playing out: President Trump’s relentless attacks on the security of mail voting are driving suspicion among GOP voters toward absentee ballots — a dynamic alarming Republican strategists,…
The Great Coup of 2021 Will Soon Be Upon Us
Brian Cahn/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.According to Wikipedia, Judd Gregg is a “moderate Republican.” He served a couple of terms as governor of New Hampshire and three terms in the Senate. President Obama thought well enough of him to nominate Gregg to be his Secretary…
Here Are the Tax Cuts for Millionaires in the Stimulus Bill
NPR’s Jim Zarroli reports something about the March stimulus bill that I didn’t know: Tucked into the bill are a series of provisions that mostly cut taxes for rich people. For example, they can now reduce their tax bills by claiming bigger losses from previous years, even though the losses they suffered had nothing to…
Raw Data: Billionaires vs. the Rest of Us
This is from a press release sent out by Americans for Tax Fairness: America’s billionaires saw their wealth increase by 20%, or $584 billion, roughly since the beginning of the pandemic…according to a new report by Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF) and the Institute for Policy Studies – Program on Inequality (IPS)…..Overall, between March 18—the…
Donald Trump Listens to His Gut. And It’s the Gut of a Racist.
Evan Vucci/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.With the coronavirus pandemic surging—and deaths and hospitalizations once again increasing—President Trump chose to start this week by attacking a race-car driver. Why would he do that? Simply, because the man is Black. Trump has a track record of demonizing…
Oakland Jazz Is Growing and Growing, With a Powerful New Livestream Series
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The family-run Piedmont Piano Company in Oakland just announced a weekly series of livestreams with some of the brightest and most innovative musicians in the Bay Area and beyond. Most recently, the Pit Orchestra playing Monk, with pianist Edward Simon, trumpeter Erik…