Eight million people showed up to the largest protest in American history and the White House called it therapy. Meanwhile, Elizabeth Warren is asking billionaires for two pennies on the dollar and they’re acting like she proposed guillotines. Two stories about who has power, who’s trying to take it back, and the math that says we’re not there yet.
8 Million People Showed Up Saturday. The Number That Actually Matters Is 11.5 Million.
The No Kings movement hit 8 million across 3,300 events in all 50 states – the largest single-day protest in US history. But Harvard’s Erica Chenoweth found no nonviolent movement has ever failed once it hit 3.5% of the population. That’s 11.5 million. Saturday was 2.4%. The growth is real but compressing, and the White House is betting this is the ceiling.
Elizabeth Warren Asks Billionaires for Two Pennies on the Dollar and You’d Think She Proposed Guillotines
Warren’s Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act would charge 2% on net worth above $50 million and 3% above $1 billion. It would raise $6.2 trillion over ten years – enough to fund universal child care, free college, and Medicare expansion. The Forbes 400 pay a 24% effective rate. The general population pays 30%. The bill won’t pass. That’s the point.
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