The socialist Kathy Hochul is considering a socialist tax policy. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ne...ising-corporate-taxes-source-says-2025-11-14/ New York Governor Kathy Hochul is considering increasing corporate taxes to close a potential budget shortfall amid federal cuts, but that no decision has been made, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday. "The state is on strong financial footing today but much of the budget outcome at the start of next year is going to be largely dependent on what the federal government does and we're watching that closely and trying to plan accordingly," the source said.
So.. Bezos got his paper to put out a hit piece on Seattle's incoming DSA mayor. https://archive.is/YPuFl#selection-347.0-347.332/ It's quite hilarious, really. The first attack is on the fact that Wilson is a Seattle resident that is struggling to afford to live in the city, therefore, every change she has proposed isn't to help Seattle residents, rather, it is to benefit herself. The second attack on Wilson is that she will make the city less safe and less business friendly because the city is already a petri-dish of failed progressive policies that her predecessors implemented. As pointed out by random people on Bluesky, it seems to be the pattern of those in power that because they broke the city/state/country, you can't possibly trust this other group of people to fix the problem.
The biggest problem is lack of alternatives. The other local paper I get has a worse editorial section the paper being owned by a Sinclair executive.
I did a while ago, and not don't even go to their website for a free article. I'm borderline unsubbing from Post Reports which I listen to via a 3rd party.
Hah Hah. I don't even consider that an alternative. I'm speaking of the Annapolis paper The Capital Gazette. Briefly famous after a gunman killed 5 employees in their office.
Bezos doesn’t need to ask the Editorial Board to do an editorial. They are quite capable of figuring out on their own what will please him.
Typical median voter. (Democrat version) What do we want? we want socialism! How do we want it? By the party to moving more towards the center. Among Democrats - "Which is closer to your view?"Democratic socialism - Where gov't can be relied on to provide basic needs, is the best way to build an equitable economy/society: 64%Capitalism - With sensible regulation, is the best way to build a strong/growing economy: 22%…— Polling USA (@USA_Polling) November 18, 2025 Among Dems - "Which direction do you think Democrats need to move to win the next presidential election?"To the center: 47%To the left: 26%Where they are now: 17%Echelon / Nov 17, 2025— Polling USA (@USA_Polling) November 18, 2025
They've never lived under a government that truly cares for basic needs so they have no frame of reference
Democratic Socialism for the win! How do you feel about our current Trumpy authoritarian kleptocracy? Democrats: 99.999999% against Republicans: Is a kleptocracy good or bad?
Bill Kristol was expressing support for aspects of Democratic Socialism on this weeks Bulwark He says it's necessary given where things have landed. He also wants Dems to have more centrist candidates like Mikie Sherill and Spanberger. He even said if he lived in NYC he would have been one of the jews who voted for Mamdani over sex pest. When he explained it, I felt he was simply expressing simple, mainstream views which are fairly obviously correct Anyone claiming this is big S socialism is talking nonsense.
But republicans call it Socialism so therefore it is and is bad! Or so we've been told the past couple months.
Mike Madrid has had some good commentary about why the supposed Latino realignment was wrongheaded. In his opinion they did not become realigned, but de-aligned. They did not become more republican or more right wing, but more economically populist. So it actually makes sense that they want policies oriented on the working class but not socialism
I think it makes sense from the modern day voters' POV. Both dems and MAGA are promoting populist economics - now of course Trump is mostly lying about his - but he did in fact promise working class manufacturing jobs, tax free tips, great healthcare, cheap energy, low prices etc It seems voters want the pro-working class policies, but don't seem to understand it as "progressive" nor do they want far right stuff I think you see this on healthcare. Voters want affordable healthcare. But that doesn't mean they all want state run healthcare