Casual Friday w/ Heather 'Digby' Parton | MR Live

Send that news story to every Senator, Congress and State Governor, especially those who don't want to tax the rich.

I love the 'why is it the poor left helping the poor?' conversation. Mad props for what's-his-face saying that he wants to see the rich suffer in order to help the worst-off, for the foreseeable future. Of course Sam is right on when he points out that it's not suffering when billionaires still get to be billionaires(or hundred-millionaires! If you can't live the rest of your life with "only" $100 million then you suck at life and have some explaining to do, to everyone.) No one "deserves" to hoard that much. "I want to hear them scream" is dark, but I second it. The Uber wealthy don't believe in the inherent value and dignity of all humans. It's also just absurd how much they complain... Hoarding wealth is not an indicator of anything good in a person, it only indicates a complete refusal to address their fear in a healthy way.

Such a good point about plea deals as contributing to a poverty to prison pipeline

It's also really important that we emphasize how little she still got with Biden, and then that means we need better politicians.

I like the collarless look on Sam <3

But the Dow hit its highest level!!

Great program, as always. It's great to hear from Heather Digby Parton, always. Listened in just steps from the industrially ravaged Gowanus Canal.

that was goddamn touching and i was tearing up, the old BLIND woman who lost many kgs weight , cannot afford food any more ..... Emma's sentence "..we're starving grandmothers" ... WTF... Richest Country. Thanks Emma and guys. I live in germany , the state's social net is still functional here, but am very interested in a sane and humanistic USA.

As a Mancunian, hearing Emma talk about 'Gorton and Denton' was bloody lovely

The call @11:18, just heartbreaking and infuriating.