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Michael Mechanic

@michaelmechanic

@MotherJones editor, dad, musician, & author of Jackpot, an "entertaining & eviscerating" book on wealth in America. Follow michaelmechanic.bsky.social

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I wager they'll try and repeal the estate tax anyway. Because why wouldn't they? In my 2021 book, I wrote that the Republicans had introduced at least 44 bills in the past decade to do just that.

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"The president of the United States is using AI slop to sell war crimes and a potential genocide he considers a real estate deal." motherjones.com/politics/2025/…

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Here's what happened inside the White House after the Oval Office shouting match: Trump huddled with his key advisers immediately afterward inside the Oval. According to a White House official, Trump consulted Vance, Rubio, Bessent, etc. That was when Trump decided that

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Rep. Al Green hit the nail on the head during Trump's speech: the president does not have a mandate in any of this. motherjones.com/politics/2025/…

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"The Republicans, whenever a Democrat’s in power, they whine and cry about the deficit, and you got a slash-slash-slash. But every time a Republican comes into power and wants to cut taxes to create a huge deficit, shhhh...."

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.Elon Musk says "10% of federal expenditures" are due to people having fake Social Security numbers, claiming it is "half a trillion dollars." That's a ridiculous number. Put up or shut up.

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Tommy Tuberville, this is a stunningly un-American statement. If you don't believe in the freedom of speech and assembly guaranteed in the First Amendment of the Constitution, you don't belong in any elected office—not in America anyway. T

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Hey, Wix. You people suck! Charged my credit card with a 3-year, $750 web hosting fee I never approved. Shit customer service. Use WordPress, people, if you ever need domain hosting.

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Unbelievable. Just listen to this idiot lie and deflect. The Atlantic's Jeff Goldberg has more integrity in his little finger than this administration has in its entirety. Hegspeth has no business being in government at all—period, ever.

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Kirk is either incredibly stupid or he thinks YOU are—probably both. Thses immigrants have SS numbers so they can PAY TAXES for services they CAN'T GET. They aren't voting either, except for maybe a few local school boards. Educate yourself, idiot. => nytimes.com/2025/01/13/bus…

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Wow. Grant, a 15-year-old protester at a "Hands Off" rally in Princeton, New Jersey, just eloquently (and modestly) dismantled Team Trump.

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“This has to be the worst time for the agency I can remember.” A former IRS chief on Trump’s attempts to gut—and weaponize—his agency. motherjones.com/politics/2025/…

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If you're a wealthy parent, you sure don't want your kids to turn out like the Roy offspring of Succession. “My wife and I are doing our best for that not to happen,” Mark Cuban told me. "I hope my kids are more like Richie [Rich]." motherjones.com/politics/2025/…

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BREAKING: Both the White House and RNCC have lashed out at the creators of this ad. It must have struck a nerve. Maybe they don't like being outed as fascists. You know what to do: SPREAD THIS EVERYWHERE! #MAGAKidnappers

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.Senator Ashley Moody Leading up to the Rwandan genocide, Hutu leaders and their media described Tutsis as "cockroaches," and guess what happened? Calling people "termites" is no different. What the hell is wrong with you? You are a senator. Act like one.