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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., possibly causing a 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” to regulate the stablecoin industry.
2025 November
2025-11-11 Trump threatened to dock pay for air traffic controllers who called out sick during the government shutdown. Air traffic controllers were out looking for 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
2025-11-13 Private equity firms gutted American businesses and pensions (i.e. Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital). See Elizabeth Warren’s bill “Corporate Crimes Against Healthcare Act”.
https://www.ueunion.org/political-action/2012/mitt-romney-and-bain-capital-greed-debt-and-hypocrisy-
2025 December
2025-12-03 Trump rolled back vehicle fuel-efficiency standards, reduced targets from roughly 50 MPG to about 35 MPG and claimed that lowering carbon emissions was the cause for high auto prices.
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 Trump’s IRS is going to consider student loans as income and start taxing them.
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”: the wealthy and well-connected remain insulated from consequences as they hold all the political power.
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 After Trump surprise-attacked Iran oil prices soared. Trump even mused over 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
2026 April
2026-04-16 AllBirds pivoted from footwear into AI GPUs and announced a rebrand to “NewBird AI.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98mrepzgj7o
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/15/allbirds-bird-stock-shoes-ai.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/allbirds-buzzy-shoe-startup-pivots-ai-rcna331943
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTfyd_0F45w
https://www.reuters.com/business/allbirds-shares-jump-over-400-plans-pivot-ai-sneakers-2026-04-15/
2026-04-22 A Senate finance committee hearing revealed TrumpRX is not more affordable as advertised. For example, TrumpRX offers Protonix for $200, but Costco offers it for $16. TrumpRX offers heart medication for $336 while CostPlus sells it for $12.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P19C2Sgle0g&list=WL&index=3
https://democrats-energycommerce.house.gov/media/press-releases/pallone-trumprx-scam
2026 May
2026-05-01 Money market funds experienced high cash flow as investors parked their money in them, topping assets out at $8TR.
https://www.ici.org/news-release/money-market-funds-hit-seven-trillion
2026-05-05 Delta Airlines announced it would drop food and beverage services from flights under 350 miles.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/delta-cuts-food-drink-service-short-flights-350-miles/
2026 June
2026-06-22 Mamdani signed an Executive Order protecting workers from extreme heat.
2026-06-23 United Auto Workers voted to divest from Israel Bonds and issued a statement, “This is going to send a message to – not just the billionaire class – but to politicians and any single person who is not afraid to stand up to genocide, to Netanyahu, to the United States government, and will put the UAW again on the map for standing up for international solidarity”.
https://truthout.org/articles/united-auto-workers-vote-to-divest-from-israel-in-historic-victory/
2026-06-23 Trump signed an executive order calling for a quantum computer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIiXsagtpzw&list=WL&index=2&t=48s
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-order-quantum-computer-rcna351237