The policies they're trying to message:

I do think this is under-discussed. I don't know if there was ever a "liberal" media (as an econ policy person, it never felt that way to me), but there sure isn't now.

"Republicans’ 'Golden Age' is turning into a second Gilded Age, where tax breaks for the wealthy are funded by higher costs for everyone else." "Actions always matter more than words — especially when the actions contradict the words."

A reminder that this forthcoming health care plan that won’t become law is a sideshow. The real Johnson/Trump/Congressional GOP health care plan became law last summer and they are doing everything they can to talk about something else.

Substantial Refunds Coming in 2026 Read more👇

Sooner or later Republicans always coalesce around the only medicine that fixes all ailments: more tax cuts for their rich donors.

NEW📰: Democracy requires both an informed citizenry and a free press. But how do these ideals show up in public policy? Today, we have a paper out that looks at how media has become highly concentrated, commercialized, and drained of its public interest potential.

This is an important point that Heidi Shierholz is making. There are two sides the "affordability" problem: prices and wages. This is why I think @mtkonczal's affordability framework is so useful.

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Not that facts matter here, but most working families will not, in fact, be getting a tax cut compared to this year. Giant corporations will, though.

"The strength of these [social insurance] programs is salient in moments of broad economic uncertainty, such as the one many Americans are currently facing." NEW from Megan Rivera on benefits of social insurance programs to the U.S. economy and workers⬇️ https://t.co/cEh80acRop

Must read profile of @RepBrendanBoyle "Boyle has been central in shaping Democratic messaging around Republican policies, as his profile grows in Washington."

President Trump approval rating drops to new low: Poll https://t.co/sNZjvtMY1C

"David Sacks, the Trump administration’s A.I. and crypto czar, has helped formulate policies that aid his Silicon Valley friends and many of his own tech investments." https://t.co/UxwezxO6HH

Trump just commuted the 7-year sentence of David Gentile, a private equity leader who helped defraud thousands of people out of some $1.6 billion, almost as soon as his prison stint began. More than 1,000 people submitted statements attesting to their losses, according to

In 2000, the S&P 500 had an elevated trailing P/E of 26, well above its long-term avg. of 14. For the next 11 years, the S&P 500 delivered zero returns! The current S&P 500 trailing P/E is 30 – even higher than 2000. History rhymes. For standardized performance visit our website.

GALLUP poll: President Trump's job approval rating is 36% positive, 60% negative. It is down among Republicans and independents. One warning sign: just 69% of Republicans approve of his handling of health care, a major 2026 issue. And US approval of Congress has fallen to 14%.

The Republicans do have a health care plan. They even passed it over the summer. It’s called: Cut Your Health Care to Give Tax Breaks to Billionaires

If Americans have this huge disconnect between where they think their dollars are going where their dollars actually go, it's probably one reason why so many people are fundamentally suspicious that the federal government is not a good steward of their resources.

To be clear, this is NOT to dunk on the public's understanding of the federal budget. If anything, this is a dunk on people like me who need to do a better job explaining what's actually in the budget.

You remember COVID era censorship, right? They banned us from their apps. They deplatformed alternate views and tried to silence any form of opposition. That's why we built Unplugged. So when the chips are down, we know we have an independent platform that will have our back.

Here are the facts. In 2024, Social Security spending was about 38 times larger than foreign aid. More than 1 out of every 5 federal dollars went to Social Security, while much less than 1 out of each 100 dollars went to foreign aid.

And at the same time, the responses here eye-opening. It's not just that people don't know precisely where their tax dollars are going, it's that there is a massive disconnect even in scale and magnitude, not just details or specifics.