Mammon category archive
Emoluments 0
The editorial board of The Philadelphia Inquirer follows the money. They suggest that
While Trump feeds the masses bread and circuses, he is laughing all the way to the bank.
Follow the link for an inventory of the illicit income.
This New Gilded Age 0
Thom argues that Donald Trump’s it’s-absurd-to-call-them “policies” will bring back sweatshops.
Bankrolling the Rule of Lawless 0
The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Will Bunch follows the money.
DOGE Bull 0
See the news report Farron discusses.
Afterthought:
I’ve decoded de code.
DOGE does not stand for “Department of Government Efficiency.”
It stands for “Destroy Our Government Elon.”
This New Gilded Age 0
At the Tampa Bay Times, John Hill writes that he is somewhat less than enamored by efforts in the Florida legislature to gut restrictions on the use of child labor.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Bait for the marks? You bet your sweet bippy.
This New Gilded Age 0
Next on the agenda: Bringing back child labor.
This New Gilded Age 0
At the Washington Monthly, Richard W. Painter investigates the incestuous relationship between a roll-call of billionaires and the Trump maladministration.
Just go read it for yourself.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Bait for the easily bamboozled? Fritz Kessler counsels caution.
DOGE Bull 0
Farron reports that the chaos caused by Elon Musk’s DOGE at the National Institutes of Health in endangering persons’ health and lives.
This New Gilded Age 0
At the Bangor Daily News, Greg Rossel points out the Donald Trump loves the talk about the first Gilded Age, specifically how great a president William McKinley was, and speculates as to why.
This New Gilded Age 0
At the Washington Monthly, Diana Moss explains that the trusts–the ones Teddy Roosevelt tried to bust–are back. A snippet:
This New Gilded Age 0
This dude has clearly never worried about where his next meal was coming from.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.