What You May Have Missed
A roundup of the past seven days from the Hartmann Report
The Great Secession of the Morbidly Rich Marks a Breaking Point for Democracy’s Survival
As we view the achievements of aggregated capital, we discover the existence of trusts, combinations, and monopolies, while the citizen is struggling far in the rear or is trampled to death beneath an iron heel. Corporations, which should be the carefully restrained creatures of the law and the servants of the people, are fast becoming the people’s mast…
How Many Times Will the Morbidly Rich Crash America Before We Learn?
One of the greatest gifts Donald Trump and the thirteen billionaires he pulled into his administration have given America is the reminder, finally and once and for all, that just because somebody is rich doesn’t mean they’re smart. Particularly if they inherited their starting capital from daddy, like Trump and Musk both did.
Is Viral Propaganda How the Trump Administration Normalizes Cruelty?
The Trump White House just showed us something every American should find chilling, no matter what music they listen to or what party they vote for.
Kushner, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia: The Conflict-of-Interest Story Everyone’s Ignoring
I don’t know why this wasn’t above-the-fold news all across the country over the past few days as the details of the “peace plan” Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff took to Putin this week came out.
Young Americans Want a Reboot: Can They Build a Majority Big Enough to Overrule Big Money?
Young people are furious. A survey released this week by the Harvard Institute of Politics finds that under-30 Americans are “a generation under profound strain” who’ve lost pretty much any confidence in government or corporate institutions.
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