Theory of Power
the purpose of the wealth tax is not to patch a budget hole, the purpose is to destroy the wealthy. this is not a disagreement on taxation or spending, this is a war for power. and you're losing.
Politics
Inside the Culture Clash That Tore Apart the Pentagon’s Anthropic DealMar 6
despite anthropic frustrating the admin with its blogging and very slow 'politburo' of ethicists, emil michael, the pentagon’s head of ai, says he’s still ‘open’ to a deal
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I Went Undercover As a 'Signature Collector' for California’s Wealth TaxMar 5
an exercise in investigative journalism™, volunteer activism, and getting ghosted outside trader joe’s
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The Activists Who Shut Down the Golden GateFeb 25
pro-palestine protesters illegally blocked traffic for hours in san francisco, philadelphia, and chicago. they faced almost zero consequences because most americans just can't stand up to the mob.
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Wealth Tax CounterstrikeFeb 18
a union thug and his cabal of communist academics have awoken a sleeping giant: behold, your first look at the billionaire counterattack in the war for california’s future
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BART: Fund Fraud or Lose Your StationsFeb 17
while janitors earn up to $271k hiding in closets and employees fraudulently double their salaries, bart is threatening to close stations unless taxpayers give them (even more) money
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Meet the Architects of California’s Billionaire TaxFeb 13
the union who sponsored the proposal is trying to scale. the academics who wrote and influenced it are trying to counter billionaires' control over 'prevailing ideology'
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America Needs a New Generation of War ScoutsFeb 11
drones, prediction markets, and starlink terminals are redefining war, right now, in ukraine. if america wants to win the battles of the future, we have to go there and see it for ourselves.
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The 'Mostly Peaceful' Thousand-Year Arab Slave TradeFeb 6
mehdi hasan claims 'muslims built america' and frames the transatlantic slave trade as uniquely bad, ignoring the fact that arab slaveholders have existed for millennia and still do
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Another Day, Another Suicidal San Francisco Ballot PropFeb 3
the 'overpaid ceo act' jacks up gross receipts tax on the biggest sf businesses. we tried this during the pandemic and it forced them to leave, triggering a doom loop. get ready for part two?
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Death by Ballot Prop: How California Outsourced Legislation to the MobJan 29
a brief history of organized shoplifting rings, housing deadlocks, and other fun consequences of the state's 'direct democracy' experiment
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The Secret NIMBY Millionaire Behind California's Asset SeizureJan 27
robert reich, 4'11" champion of california's 'wealth tax,' has built a lucrative career collecting taxpayer dollars to peddle anticapitalist rhetoric (he's also secretly a nimby)
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