Today in 1770, British troops fired on American colonists expressing their displeasure with the King's rule. They killed 5 American colonists in an event which would come to be known as the Boston Massacre.

The Boston Massacre is crucial to the foundation of our country and is at the core of what it means to be an American. We stand up for ourselves, and for each other, in the face of tyranny and repression.

Days ago, the Trump administration, in coordination with Israel, conducted military strikes on Iran, which resulted in the deaths of several senior Iranian officials, including Ayatollah Khamenei, and six U.S. servicemembers.

Administration officials cited at first an "imminent threat to the United States" and framed these strikes as a preemptive measure.

In the days since, that story has begun to unravel.

The Supreme Court struck down Trump's sweeping tariffs in a 6–3 decision, ruling he didn't have the authority to unilaterally slap taxes on imports under emergency powers.

Let's call tariffs what they are: taxes.

And when those taxes go up, so do prices — on groceries, hardware, school supplies, farm equipment. Working families were footing the bill.