Short Take Politics
Going away gifts
Heather Cox Richardson recaps a ton of final actions against big business and for the people as we prepare for an increase in the price of eggs and the symbolic image of billionaires and oligarchs inside at the inauguration while the common man struggles in the cold hoping to glimpse the naked emperor’s motorcade. What a spectacle. Get your Trump Bitcoin. https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-18-2025
Polarized America
It’s either a time for optimism and Americans to come first or a deep, dark time of sinister punishment, weaponized justice and the rich getting richer. It just depends on where you were aligned politically. My opinion: Government of the people, for the people, by the people is over. https://www.npr.org/2025/01/19/nx-s1-5267074/donald-trump-inauguration-…
Bernie vows to work with President
Some things make sense, for example capping credit card interest at 10% and working to control pharmaceutical prices.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/sen-bernie-sanders-my-plan-trump-presid…