Notices by U.S. Politics in Real Time (uspolitics@mastodon.sdf.org)

Bill Gates thinks super-wealthy should pay more tax — and he's not alone

https://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-thinks-wealthy-pay-more-tax-some-rich-agree-2024-1?amp&utm_source=reddit.com

#BillGatesTaxReform #WealthyTaxation #IncomeInequality #ProgressiveTaxation #EconomicJustice #TaxFairness #Politics #News

Biden Is Trying to Jolt Us Out of Learned Helplessness About Trump

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/08/opinion/biden-trump.html

#BidenTrump #LearnedHelplessness #JoltUsOut #Opinion #NYTimes #2024 #Politics #News

Massachusetts passed a 4% millionaire's tax last year. Now every public school student is going to get free lunch.

https://www.businessinsider.com/massachusetts-millionaire-tax-gets-kids-free-school-lunches-2023-8

#MassachusettsMillionairesTax #FreeSchoolLunches #PublicSchools #Education #IncomeInequality #SocialJustice #Politics #News

Supreme Court hints that Ron DeSantis violated the Constitution in his war with Disney | Chief Justice Roberts threw a little secret message into an opinion about an unrelated case.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/06/supreme-court-hints-that-ron-desantis-violated-the-constitution-in-his-war-with-disney/

#SupremeCourtHints #RonDesantisConstitutionViolation #WarWithDisney #ChiefJusticeRobertsOpinion #UnrelatedCase #ViolationOfConstitution #Politics #News

Florida students say they’re walking out and teaching themselves banned history lessons to protest censorship and anti-LGBTQ laws in education

https://www.inquirer.com/education/florida-walkout-2-learn-student-protest-education-20230421.html

#florida #lgbtq