Dave Johnson
@dcjohnson.bsky.social
Former US living in the UK. Retired Sr Fellow, Campaign for America's Future. Silicon Valley: Atari, Imagic, Working Software, Be, and various executive positions. seeingtheforest.substack.com seeingtheforest.com
"None of England’s fire and rescue services are thought to have direct access to firefighting aircraft." It's outrageous. Make the fossil fuel companies pay. www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-...
Fossil fuel producers should pay for wildfire helicopters, Zack Polanski says
Next week is the anniversary of the start of the Langdale Moor Fire in North Yorkshire, the largest wildfire in the country last year.
yorkshirepost.co.uk
"WE THE FUCKING JUDGE SON" New York, I love you. I love you so fucking much. Via wali_talks on IG
This is the energy the Democratic base is looking for from Democratic politicians. Not for nothing, Mamdani first caught my eye when I saw the video of him was talking to ICE agents like this at 26 Federal Plaza. I had never heard his name. That video got our attention. He's mayor now.
Soraya Nadia McDonald@soraya.press · 5d ago"WE THE FUCKING JUDGE SON" New York, I love you. I love you so fucking much. Via wali_talks on IG
Colorado Republicans Attack Jewish Gov Candidate With AI ‘Cartoon Devil Horns’ Graphic talkingpointsmemo.com/news/colorad...
Colorado Republicans Attack Jewish Gov Candidate With AI ‘Cartoon Devil Horns’ Graphic
Colorado Republicans are using an image showing Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Weiser...
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The future of the Democratic Party is proportional representation. The left and centrists should have their own parties which win representation in Congress that’s equivalent to their support in the public. We deserve a better system that enables more parties—and people—to win representation.
Proportional representation, explained
With proportional representation, parties don't win before elections even begin. And they can't manipulate the system to their advantage.
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Maybe if the UK taxes them they'll leave! www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Palantir paid just £2m corporation tax in UK in 2024 despite lucrative public sector contracts
Software group benefits from global systems and accounting practices ‘that enable tax to be shirked’, says union boss
theguardian.com
I can't tell if this is from the US or the UK. Two countries that allowed money to influence politics, and now this.
Bruno J. Navarro@brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 2mo agofunny how that works
This was money paid by consumers through higher prices due to tariffs. It is being "refunded" to the giant corporations that got the money from the consumers. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump administration has refunded 60% of $165bn taken in illegal tariffs
Government has so far returned $100bn to companies from levies that US supreme court struck down
theguardian.com
Why are Reform UK leaders so keen to not #TaxTheRich Because - they're millionaires - they're funded by billionaires And think repeating trickle down clap-trap will fool enough poor people again & again to get reelected even though it's been utterly discredited by every half-decent economist
Dave Johnson@dcjohnson.bsky.social · yesterday"If you tax them they'll leave" is trickle-down theory. Also, "Billionaires create jobs." Also "Tax cuts create growth." Also "Taxes hurt the economy." Trickle-down theory.
When governments allow money to influence politics: We get heat waves and war. They get... www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
theguardian.com
Citigroup’s Plutonomy Memo: “There are rich consumers, and there are the rest”
Let's race to the bottom. Cut taxes & wages & regulations, hoping the wealthy will invest (the money they took from you) in YOUR country! Because it's all trickle-down now. seeingtheforest.substack.com/p/everything...
Everything Is Trickle-Down Now
Be warned, “If you tax them they’ll leave.” If they leave the crumbs won’t trickle down! Please give us a few crumbs, sir!!!!
seeingtheforest.substack.com
I guess when inequality is so bad that the 1% have literally ALL the money, THEN "trickle down" is the only option. "ushering in a range of tax incentives ... to bring in undeclared assets held overseas" theprint.in/world/turkey...
Turkey seeks to capitalise on strategic location to attract the rich from London & Dubai
Ankara recently announced it’s ushering in a range of tax incentives for monied expats and investors abroad.
theprint.in
"If you tax them they'll leave" is trickle-down theory. Also, "Billionaires create jobs." Also "Tax cuts create growth." Also "Taxes hurt the economy." Trickle-down theory.
The "socialists" are being called that because they want to tax the rich. Tax the rich and do things to make people's lives better. Socialism in a nutshell.
This is a fucking rout for AIPAC and the Israel lobby. It’s a significant defeat for the Democratic Party’s centrist wing.
NBC projects El-Sayed the winner of the Michigan Senate primary! www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
Michigan Senate Primary Election 2026 Live Results: Stevens, El-Sayed, Rogers and More
See live results from the 2026 Michigan Senate primary election as Republican and Democrat votes are counted by candidate and county.
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Functioning democracies strongly regulate & tax corporations because corporations are creations of govt meant to operate in the public interest. When you allow money into politics you lose your functioning democracy. Which means the billionaires who own the corporations own your governments.
Prem Sikka@premnsikka.bsky.social · 11h agoMajor oil firms make $93bn profits in just 3 months amid war and climate crisis. They shift profits, dodge taxes, fuel poverty and inflation. They don't bear the social cost of their business. Forever holding people/govts to ransom. Polluters must pay. Need windfall tax now.
The tariff refunds you paid for went out in June. What did you get besides higher prices? Not a damn thing. finance.yahoo.com/economy/poli...
As long as Russia and China don't find out about this we're OK.
bsdtectr@bsdtectr.bsky.social · 21h agoIs this good or bad?
I just learned that @ushmm.bsky.social posts on the Nazi social media platform owned by Musk. I don't get it.
Electability gets reduced to “Which candidate is closer to the center ideologically?” But that’s the wrong way to think about it. I explain a better way in the latest at my newsletter: paulwaldman.substack.com/p/weve-been-...
We've Been Thinking About Electability All Wrong
Just being a moderate doesn't make a candidate electable. Here's what does.
paulwaldman.substack.com
Climate crisis has arrived. Seoul braces for heatwave sweeping South Korea as death toll reaches 16 | South Korea | The Guardian share.google/xeg1NAXq6Dmv...
Seoul braces for heatwave sweeping South Korea as death toll reaches 16
Trucks are dousing capital’s roads with water and nurses are checking on vulnerable people as heat heads westwards
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CBS killed story about BofA, Deutsche Bank & JP Morgan Chase moving HUGE amounts of suspicious Epstein money in violation of rules and not reporting it as required. CBS is now owned by a right-wing Trump-supporting billionaire.
Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · yesterday"More needs to be made of this," a senior CBS News staffer tells me about the 60 Minutes story that Sharyn Alfonsi was working on about Epstein and banks that appears to have been scuttled after her firing. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
So David Ellison blatantly lied here (surprise, surprise): www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o...
Opinion | David Ellison: In Defense of the Paramount-Warner Deal
The issue is whether I can be trusted as a steward of CNN
nytimes.com
Shawn "Smith" Peirce@silversmith1.bsky.social · yesterdayNew report by Sen. Ron Wyden confirms the new MAGA-fied '60 Minutes' Quietly Killed Story About Epstein’s Shady Banking Tactics newrepublic.com/post/213927/...
