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Is it an oligarchy?
https://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/issues/economic-justice/is-the-us-witnessing-the-rise-of-oligarchy
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/23/what-is-oligarchy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOgBF3RIUv8&list=WL&index=4
https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746
2025 January
2025-01-20 The Big Beautiful Bill expanded tax cuts that disproportionately benefit high-income earners, with the top 1% receiving over $1T in tax cuts over the next decade.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/7-ways-the-big-beautiful-bill-cuts-taxes-for-the-rich/
https://inthesetimes.com/article/trump-tax-cuts-2024-election-rich-corporations
2025 March
2025-03-10 Canadian visitors boycotted tourism in the U.S., which by 2026 news outlets reported a possible long-term loss in the U.S. economy.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2025/03/10/canada-travel-boycott-4-billion-loss/
2025 July
2025-07-18 Trump signed “The Genius Act” into law in an effort to regulate the stablecoin industry.
2025 November
2025-11-11 In a social media post, Trump threatened to dock pay for air traffic controllers who called out sick during the 40+ day government shutdown and flaunted a potential $10K bonus for those who didn’t call out. For context, news outlets reported that air traffic controllers were having to find second jobs to help pay for bills and groceries.
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/trump-air-traffic-controllers-pay-shutdown
2025-11-12 The Trump Administration ended penny production.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pennies-disappear-rounding-problem-cash-purchases-states/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/penny-out-of-circulation-mint-rcna243486
2025-11-13Recommended Video: Elizabeth Warren provided a video with context on how private equity firms gut American businesses and threaten American pensions. She discussed how her bill “Corporate Crimes Against Healthcare Act” is designed to stop private equity firms from this sort of activity. One example of a private equity firm would be Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital.
https://www.ueunion.org/political-action/2012/mitt-romney-and-bain-capital-greed-debt-and-hypocrisy-
2025 December
2025-12-03 Trump announced his administration would be rolling back fuel efficiency standards on automobiles and suggested that lowering carbon emissions put tremendous upward pressure on car prices. They also reported they would reclassify crossover vehicles and small SUVs as passenger automobiles instead of light trucks. The rollback would change fuel standards from 50mpg to around 35.
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/03/nx-s1-5630389/trump-administration-rolls-back-fuel-economy-standards
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-roll-back-biden-era-vehicle-fuel-efficiency/story?id=128080691
2026 January
2026-01-01 Starting in 2026, the IRS will now consider cancelled student loans as income and they will be taxable.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/01/student-loan-forgiveness-taxes.html
2026 February
2026-02-10 Crypto and BitCoin collapsed under Trump, dropping by 45% since October 2025.
https://www.investing.com/analysis/bitcoin-why-the-1010-crypto-crash-still-haunts-it-200675173
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/05/bitcoin-price-today-70000-in-focus.html
2026-02-11 The House Budget Committee reported findings that personal bankruptcy increased by 11% during Trump’s first year.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-sanders-trump-economy
2026-02-13 “The Epstein Class War”. Rules do not apply to the super rich. They are insulated from consequences.
https://prospect.org/2026/02/17/organized-money-epstein-files-ro-khanna/
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2026/02/26/epstein-class-what-the-files-reveal-about-the-global-elite
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/09/politics/epstein-files-ossoff-clinton-trump-lutnick-analysis
2026 March
2026-03-01 An oil shortage anywhere is an oil shortage everywhere. After Trump decided to pick a war with Iran on February 28, 2026 (with no imminent or immediate threat from the country) oil prices soared due to global oil market shortages, bombings and blockades. Amid the war in Iran, the Strait of Hormuz was shut down. Trump would later announce plans to purchase oil from Russia.
https://time.com/7382335/iran-war-trump-energy-crisis/
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy031d1ny7jo
https://www.dw.com/en/why-the-us-says-india-can-buy-russian-oil-again/a-76250096
2026-03-04 Fast-food CEOs did cameos of themselves eating their own food as a promotion to boost sales.
https://www.today.com/food/trends/mcdonalds-ceo-eats-burger-video-rcna261776
https://www.newsweek.com/mcdonalds-ceo-viral-eats-new-burger-product-11602877