Supreme Court wipes out anticorruption law that bars officials from taking gifts for past favors

The U.S. Supreme Court rules state and local officials may take gifts and payments for steering contracts to grateful patrons.

Inside the Florida group pushing to slash food stamp rolls nationwide

Debt ceiling negotiators on Capitol Hill have agreed to tighten work requirements for SNAP benefits a longtime conservative goal that the low-profile FGA has been pushing at the state level.

Saturday soapbox: hey Joe, just ignore the fuck out of the debt ceiling and keep paying the bills

what is Kevin going to do about it, besides whine and cry?

Pluralistic: How (and why) Biden should overcome the Supreme Court to end the debt showdown (26 May 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

GOP plans to unveil deficit-exploding tax cuts for the rich 2 weeks after debt limit deadline

With the U.S. careening toward a default crisis that they manufactured, House Republicans are reportedly crafting a major tax cut package that would overwhelmingly benefit the rich and corporations while blowing a multitrillion-dollar hole in the federal deficit.The fresh push for tax cuts, accordin...