Harold Meyerson

Losing New York to socialists, facing a wealth tax election in California—our oligarchs begin to suspect that Americans may not like them very much.

Birthright citizenship appears to be OK, but refugees from ‘shithole countries’ gotta go.

You might say that the combination of the victories of DSA-backed congressional candidates in last week's Democratic primaries in New York with last week's placement of a billionaire wealth tax on November's California ballot constitutes a come-to-Jesus moment for the oligarchs of Wall Street and Silicon Valley. Then again, it was Jesus who reportedly said, “It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God,” so coming to Jesus may not be the way to solve their challenges.

When public needs were great, he wrote, its claim on the ‘superfluous’ property of the rich was strong and just.

Can you generate a red scare absent actual reds?

Liar, drunk, fabricator of conspiracies so absurd that he accused U.S. Army leaders of communist sympathies, McCarthy shared with the young Donald Trump a consigliere—Roy Cohn—who counseled both never to be held back by mere facts, nor to apologize for any outrage they had committed.

The solution is hiding in plain view.

A business school professor and storied investor says it now has to prioritize the national interest. That’s a start, but nowhere near enough.

The federal court–appointed official overseeing the UAW is taking sides in the union’s upcoming presidential election.

It will be about what really concerns him: the 2020 election.