NO MORE WAR!
NO MORE WAR!
βOur duty, as Iβve come to understand it, is to stop brutality. Our responsibility is to hold the powerful accountable. Our challenge is to stand up to the abuse of power. Our moral obligation is to protect the vulnerable.β - Robert Reich
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
A huge thank you to all the incredible social workers out there who show up every day to make the world a better place. Whether you're in schools, hospitals, prisons, communities, or working on policy change, you are making an immeasurable impact on people's lives.
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Never have I heard two world leaders talk for so long about something so important and say absolutely nothing.
The Mountain Retreat near Highlands, North Carolina.
Trump is trying to sell his domestic policy bill with lies. Letβs break them down.
Trump said, βWeβre not doing any cutting of anything meaningful. The only thing weβre cutting is waste, fraud and abuse.β False.
Maddow: A coalition of groups including Indivisible, Social Security Works and 50501 are all organizing a nationwide day of protest for June 14th. They're calling it No Kings day.
Join us: nokings.org
Keep your signs, make new ones, and start preparing now. Letβs make history again on 4/19.
Yesterday was incredible. The official count is in β 5.2 million people joined the #HandsOff protest nationwide. So many are asking: whatβs next? Mark your calendars: 4/19 is the next nationwide day of protest.
We have to look for a little bit of humor and laughter where we can find it. Then get back to work.
I hope Cory Booker woke up som of his colleagues and regular Americans this past 25 hours. Make good trouble were you can!
Thank you, Senator Cory Booker! #Resist
If youβre in Wisconsin, vote today for Susan Crawford. There are also two special elections in Floridaβs 1st and 6th districts. Letβs show Elon our country isnβt for sale.
A worker making $50,000 a year contributes to Social Security with 100% of their income.
A CEO making $20 million a year contributes to Social Security with less than 1% of their income.
Who agrees itβs time to scrap the cap?
The Trump regime is threatening to shut down the Social Security Administration in response to a court ruling blocking DOGE from further infiltrating the agency.
If your Social Security check is late or doesn't arrive at all, remember who is to blame.
Medicare Advantage companies have spent over $330 MILLION in the last 5 years to ruin Medicare so they can profit.
Their privatized plans have cost taxpayers more than $600 BILLION in overpayments.
If Dr. Oz is confirmed as CMS Administrator, he'd likely expand Medicare Advantage.
A federal judge in Maryland issued an even more sweeping restraining order on Thursday, surpassing an earlier one from the same day. The order broadly prohibits the Trump administration from implementing any future βreductions in force,β such as this weekβs directive to terminate half of the
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Last night, Elon Musk announced the plan to ELIMINATE Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
How do we stop him? MASSIVE PUBLIC OUTRAGE.
Share this with everyone you know!
The fundamental problem with the Social Security system that so many people in the general public are not aware of.
Millionaires stop paying into Social Security today.
Thatβs because they've now made $176,100, and hit the contributions cap.
Billionaires made that much about an hour into the year.
Elon Musk did in just 15 minutes.
Tax the rich. Scrap the cap.
A dark blue graphic with a photo of two older white people reviewing a document at a cafe. The white and yellow text says, βMedicare has transformed aging in America, ensuring seniors have access to the healthcare they need to live longer, healthier lives.β
Our seniors EARN Medicare in order to guarantee health care after they retire.
We owe it to seniors to protect Medicare!
Sorry for misspelling the Ukrainian presidentβs name. Still havenβt figured out how to edit posts on here yet.
Disgusting indeed! So President Zelinski wouldnβt kiss Trumpβs ring. The world looks on and wonders whatβs become of the United States.
Donald Trump is not fit to be President of the United States of America. His presence in the Oval Office is a stain on the legacy of this country.
Rather than violate their oath or comply with Muskβs illegal requests, 21 civil service employees resigned today from Muskβs Department of Government Efficiency (formerly the United States Digital Service), stating they would not use their technical expertise to dismantle critical public services.
A brief word today at the end of the fifth horrific week of Trump 2.0. We are witnessing the transformation of our democracy into a dictatorship (or, as Trump enjoyed promoting this week, a monarchy). https://robertreich.substack.com/p/from-democracy-to-dictatorship
Donald Trump has reportedly spent an estimated $10.7 million worth of taxpayer money to play golf since his inauguration.
This is happening as Head Start programs have struggled to access previously approved federal funding due to the Trump admin's illegal impoundment.
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