Let's kill this lie once and for all.
#ProtectOurVote
Let's kill this lie once and for all.
#ProtectOurVote
These 20 firms pay poverty wages while enriching CEOs π
Read more here: bit.ly/3No0xNY
#TaxJustice
"For a lot of families in Arizona, one unexpected bill could wipe them out. Thatβs not a healthy economy. Weβve got to start building one where working people can actually get ahead." - Senator Ruben Gallego
Read more here: https://bit.ly/4cCuPH6
#TaxJustice
Louisville and Lexington players paused the USL Championship season opener for 60 seconds after kickoff, letting the clock run without play. A fearless show of unity from the USL Players Association as negotiations reach a critical stage. Itβs time for the league to act. #StandUpForStandards
A decision upholding a New York GOP congressional district could be a prelude to killing the Voting Rights Act π
Read more here: https://bit.ly/4smuAEG
#ProtectOurVote
Massie on Newsmax: "We're not getting the answers we need from Pam Bondi. I just spent 3 hours at the DOJ this week looking at the unredacted files. And I'm finding evidence of files they haven't released yet." (Note that the Newsmax anchor agrees with him!)
"If corporate income tax collection had kept up with 1960's levels, companies would be paying $620 billion more in taxes. In my latest I ask: what did we get in return? Not wages, not benefits, but record profits and a growing public disgust with companies."
Read more: https://bit.ly/3PifT78
Moskowitz: "Let me congratulate the former Homeland Security Secretary on her appointment to be the Shield of Americas, which I'm pretty sure the president came up with when he watched the last Avengers movie"
In a Pokemon Pokotopia-inspired graphic, words say "starbucks is the biggest violator of labor law in modern history"
βThis administration eliminated critical student loan programs during a horrible college affordability crisisβ¦threats to the Pell Grant program will make it even harder for families to pay for college," Satra Taylor, a doctoral student in Maryland, said at our pre- #SOTU forum.
never, ever, ever, ever accept "how will you pay for it?" as an argument against social programs.
Because of the Big Ugly Bill, Amazon's tax bill fell by 87% even though its profits rose by 45%.
Trump and the GOP are shoveling more money towards the richest people and richest corporations in America at the same time so many people will be losing health care.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4blliTA
Right-wing MAGA Activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a draft executive order that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting, allowing Trump to manipulate the midterm elections.
Read more here: https://bit.ly/4rOcknB
#ProtectOurVote
Raskin: Based on what you know today, were Renee Good and Alex Pretti domestic terrorists?
Noem: What happened was an absolute tragedy.
Raskin: Were they domestic terrorists?
Noem: My condolences to their families
Raskin: You lied about them.
wow -- Tillis goes ballistic on Noem, telling her "what we've seen is a disaster under your leadership"
24% of Americans are living paycheck-to-paycheck.
And America's billionaires got $1.5 trillion richer last year.
So of course, we're cutting services for working people to pay for tax breaks for billionaires.
What a joke.
"Extremists are pushing Trump to use emergency powers to control our elections. Thatβs not how things work in our country, and a federal takeover of our elections violates our Constitution and the law." - Mark Kelly
Read more: https://bit.ly/4rOcknB
Moulton: He ought to think about the war that he didn't go to. That he allowed another American to go to in his place when he dodged the draft, making up some excuse about a sore foot so that he didn't go have to go serve in Vietnam. There is an example of a war where we sought regime change
They robbed us blind and told us that our neighbors were the enemy. All that culture war garbage was a diversion to distract us from the largest wealth transfer in history.
#TaxBillionaires
"Instead of blaming undocumented kids for the high cost of college, how about blaming the defense contractors? How about blaming the billionaires who arenβt paying their taxes? How about blaming an economic system that has not invested in the health and education of our country?" - Rep. Ro Khanna
New from me: Most of the world wants to hold the Epstein Class accountable for their crimes. Here in America, the Trump Regime still serves them and their interests. open.substack.com/pub/ctrlaltr...
"Big corporations are planning to dump millions of dollars into the 2026 elections. As long as we allow corporate money to flood our political system, Washington will continue to fail working families. I refuse to take corporate PAC money and Iβm working to ban it completely." - Senator Mark Kelly
The SAVE Act is voter suppression - plain and simple.
#StopTheSAVEAct
Boston Herald headline: Walmart to pay $100 million to settle FTC allegations over deceptive practices for delivery drivers
Walmart created three of the richest living people on the face of the planet.
The company makes some of the biggest profits in Americaβand has received some of the biggest tax breaks.
And they still chose to screw over their delivery drivers.
We're being scammed.
Yes, we need a wealth tax on billionaires.
#TaxBillionaires
THIS.
Now that the Supreme Court ruled the tariffs unlawful, how are you planning to spend your government refund?
Personally, I'm running kinda low on Corn Nuts & sugarless peanut butter cups. π
Last year, surveillance giant Palantir paid $0 in federal income tax despite making $1.5 billion, partly due to new tax cuts in Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill. They cut Medicaid and SNAP to pay for this. This monstrosity must be reversed.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3MwQp5i
The SAVE Act could keep millions of people from being able to vote β and would shut countless eligible voters out of our democracy.
#StopTheSaveAct
Trump is not trying to make your life easier or more affordable. He's listening to the giant tax prep companies and their millions, not you.
Read more here: https://bit.ly/46upfml
#TaxJustice