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Speaker McCarthy Is Feeling the Heat

Michelle Cottle The New York Times
A huge number of his members have no idea what they’re doing. Legislating is a skill—maybe even an art — for which it’s useful for members to have experience with something beyond mouthing off and posing for cheesy photos with their favorite firearms

Class Ceilings

Allison L. Hurst Working-Class Perspectives
The insidious myth of meritocracy belies increasingly insane levels of inequality in the US that prevent even younger generations born into the middle class from achieving “the American Dream,” if by that we mean stable housing, secure employment, and the opportunity to do as well or better than one’s parents.

Loyal NRA Friends Vow To Save Our Guns and Fridges

Abby Zimet Common Dreams
Among a swarm of GOP pols, the Orange Nazi memorably decried yuge gangs of "communist maniacs" attacking "apartment stores" and carting off refrigerators, air conditioners, "fur coats, not fur coats, everything." No wonder they wanna vote for him.