#USA on the Path to Becoming a #FailedState?
"A govt tt's turned inward & become both self-protective & vindictive. An economy tt's straining under a comb'n of political hubris & international estrangement. A pop'n facing widening #inequality & fraying of social bonds.. State failure is a process tt begins w corrosion of political legitimacy & ends in disintegration of central authority"
By these measures of #publichealth: costs, obesity & gun deaths, US is a #failure.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/u-s-failed-state
![Heather Cox Richardson 5/9/2025
Trump, MAGA Incite Violence Project 2025
At the same time that it [BBB] moves money upward and into the white nationalist project of expelling immigrants, the measure guts federal policies and agencies that serve the American people, apparently with the goal of pushing such policies and agencies to the states.
Miller’s post underscores the administration’s need to change the conversation around the measure, whose 1,000-plus pages lay out the MAGA vision for the United States. “Don’t kid yourself,” Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) posted. “[T]hey know they are absolutely getting cooked politically w[ith] their terrible bill and rising prices, and they want to create a violent spectacle to feed their content machine. It's time for the mainstream media to describe this authoritarian madness accurately.” Maanvi Singh of The Guardian put the right lens on events in Los Angeles today, noting “Trump’s dramatic escalation” and his vow “to crush opposition to his immigration raids.” Singh identified the administration’s escalation as the trigger for “a roaring backlash...."federal agents carried out arrests in L.A. without judicial warrants, ICE has been holding families in the basements of federal buildings, refusing access to lawyers and family members. Agents in riot gear attacked protesters with tear gas and flash-bang grenades, turning peaceful protests into clashes.](https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/659/317/290/540/230/original/bb765b72a8ec251e.jpeg "Heather Cox Richardson 5/9/2025
Trump, MAGA Incite Violence Project 2025
At the same time that it [BBB] moves money upward and into the white nationalist project of expelling immigrants, the measure guts federal policies and agencies that serve the American people, apparently with the goal of pushing such policies and agencies to the states.
Miller’s post underscores the administration’s need to change the conversation around the measure, whose 1,000-plus pages lay out the MAGA vision for the United States. “Don’t kid yourself,” Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) posted. “[T]hey know they are absolutely getting cooked politically w[ith] their terrible bill and rising prices, and they want to create a violent spectacle to feed their content machine. It's time for the mainstream media to describe this authoritarian madness accurately.” Maanvi Singh of The Guardian put the right lens on events in Los Angeles today, noting “Trump’s dramatic escalation” and his vow “to crush opposition to his immigration raids.” Singh identified the administration’s escalation as the trigger for “a roaring backlash....\"federal agents carried out arrests in L.A. without judicial warrants, ICE has been holding families in the basements of federal buildings, refusing access to lawyers and family members. Agents in riot gear attacked protesters with tear gas and flash-bang grenades, turning peaceful protests into clashes.")
![Heather Cox Richardson 5/9/2025
Big Beautiful Bill Not Popular
At 10:19 last night, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller posted on social media: “Stand with ICE. Pass the B[ig] B[eautiful] B[ill]."
And there it is. The Republicans’ “One Big, Beautiful Bill" is the MAGA regime's attempt to replace the American government we've had since the 1930s with one that reflects the antidemocratic values of Project 2025. The measure is unpopular. According to a new CBS News/YouGov poll, 60% of Americans think the bill will help wealthy people, while 54% think it will hurt poor people. Forty-seven percent think it will hurt the middle class, while only 31% think it will help the middle class. As Simon Rosenberg of Hopium Chronicles noted, it's “[s]tunning how badly Trump and the Rs have lost the debate on what their reconciliation bill will do.”](https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/659/288/672/712/375/original/e0449dbee0fbbff2.jpeg "Heather Cox Richardson 5/9/2025
Big Beautiful Bill Not Popular
At 10:19 last night, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller posted on social media: “Stand with ICE. Pass the B[ig] B[eautiful] B[ill].\"
And there it is. The Republicans’ “One Big, Beautiful Bill\" is the MAGA regime's attempt to replace the American government we've had since the 1930s with one that reflects the antidemocratic values of Project 2025. The measure is unpopular. According to a new CBS News/YouGov poll, 60% of Americans think the bill will help wealthy people, while 54% think it will hurt poor people. Forty-seven percent think it will hurt the middle class, while only 31% think it will help the middle class. As Simon Rosenberg of Hopium Chronicles noted, it's “[s]tunning how badly Trump and the Rs have lost the debate on what their reconciliation bill will do.”")
