North Shore Democrats of Travis County

Paul Krugman reports that Trump is buying 300,000 tons of Russian diesel in spite of internationally agreed-to sanctions meant to reduce Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. He goes on: “But being a nerdy economist, my first printable reaction to the announcement was, 300,000 tons??? That’s a bit over 2 million barrels. America consumes approximately 4 million barrels of distillates — diesel (mostly) and heating oil — every day. “So Trump is betraying an embattled democracy, demonstrating our...

“Since the 1980s, an increasing amount of wealth has been siphoned off to the top — which has given those at the top enormous power to alter laws and rules, and thereby siphon off even more. It’s been a vicious cycle of compounding riches for a privileged few accompanied by compounding anxieties for almost everyone else, especially working Americans without college degrees. “Trump has channeled their anger into rage at carefully selected scapegoats — immigrants, trans people, Black people,...

The Lt. Governor’s office carries more raw power over what happens to Texans than a Senate seat carries over anything Texas-specific, full stop, says Michelle H. Davis, of Lonestar Left “A US Senate seat gets national coverage because it’s counted on a national scoreboard. Fifty-one seats, fifty-two seats, who’s got the gavel in DC. That scoreboard exists. It matters for judges and the farm bill and whether Texas gets steamrolled on federal funding fights, and I’m not telling you to stop...