John Lippitt
@jalippitt.bsky.social
Retired early childhood policy and program professor and manager. Democratic activist and blogger: https://www.policyforthepeople.org/. Non-profit board member and dahlia grower. A hiker and bicyclist. Grandfather to 5 boys!
Many Americans are worried about the cost of living. Government policies can reduce or control the costs of everyday expenses. If Democrats or others want to garner support and votes, they should aggressively promote such policies. Here are some examples.
WHAT EVERYDAY AMERICANS WANT FROM GOVERNMENT Part 2
Many Americans are worried about the cost of living. Government policies can reduce or control the costs of everyday expenses. If Democrats or others want to garner support and votes, they should aggressively promote such policies. Here are some examples.
lippittpolicyandpolitics.org
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Many Americans are worried about the cost of living. Government policies can reduce or control the costs of everyday expenses. If Democrats or others want to garner support and votes, they should aggressively promote such policies. Here are some examples.
This is what oligarchy looks like!
Drug companies have hired over 500 lobbyists this year to gut the Inflation Reduction Act's drug price negotiation provisions.
They outnumber public interest advocates more than 20 to 1.
We must get money out of politics and end Big Pharma's deadly greed once and for all.
They outnumber public interest advocates more than 20 to 1.
We must get money out of politics and end Big Pharma's deadly greed once and for all.
November 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This is what oligarchy looks like!
Republicans don't seem to care about threats of violence against their opponents, only when they or their supporters are the target. That's not law and order, that's autocratic dictatorship. Hypocrisy appears to be one of Trump and the Republicans defining traits.
Today, Donald Trump threatened violence against six Members of Congress.
Where’s the Republican outrage?
Where’s the Republican outrage?
November 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Republicans don't seem to care about threats of violence against their opponents, only when they or their supporters are the target. That's not law and order, that's autocratic dictatorship. Hypocrisy appears to be one of Trump and the Republicans defining traits.
It's not just President Trump, every Republican who doesn't stand up and call out real antisemitism, the calls for political violence, and all the illegal actions of the administration is complicit.
Last month it was the Young Republicans praising Hitler. Last week it was Fuentes & Carlson criticizing "Jewry". This week, they're saying swastikas and nooses aren't hate speech. The rot is party-wide. www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.seattletimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
It's not just President Trump, every Republican who doesn't stand up and call out real antisemitism, the calls for political violence, and all the illegal actions of the administration is complicit.
President Trump's orders to destroy small boats in international waters are illegal. Killing civilians in this manner is illegal and a war crime.
Joint Statement from Goodlander, Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, Deluzio, and Houlahan
November 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
President Trump's orders to destroy small boats in international waters are illegal. Killing civilians in this manner is illegal and a war crime.
Senator Rick Scott's company paid a settlement of over $1 billion, the largest Medicare fraud case in history. This is what oligarchy looks like!
Jeffries: I think Rick Scott has some history with medicaid fraud in the state of Florida. So he's no expert on health care. We ain't going to be lectured by Rick Scott about anything, but certainly not affordable health care.
November 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Senator Rick Scott's company paid a settlement of over $1 billion, the largest Medicare fraud case in history. This is what oligarchy looks like!
This is what oligarchy looks like!
AI data centers are sucking up communities’ power & water.
AI is being used by corporations to shaft consumers and is threatening young workers’ job prospects.
So Trump wants to ram through a ban on state AI regulation — all to help out his Big Tech billionaire friends.
Priorities.
AI is being used by corporations to shaft consumers and is threatening young workers’ job prospects.
So Trump wants to ram through a ban on state AI regulation — all to help out his Big Tech billionaire friends.
Priorities.
November 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
This is what oligarchy looks like!
The Trump administration lies about its ICE raids. Claims they're catching criminals when oftentimes it's innocent legal residents.
1/ I’d like to share what’s happened since Sept. 30, the night of the most dramatic raid of the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago. Under the cover of darkness, 37 immigrants were taken from an apartment complex …🧵
November 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The Trump administration lies about its ICE raids. Claims they're catching criminals when oftentimes it's innocent legal residents.
The Trump administration lies about its ICE raids. Claims they're catching criminals when oftentimes it's innocent legal residents.
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1/ I’d like to share what’s happened since Sept. 30, the night of the most dramatic raid of the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago. Under the cover of darkness, 37 immigrants were taken from an apartment complex …🧵
November 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The Trump administration lies about its ICE raids. Claims they're catching criminals when oftentimes it's innocent legal residents.
This is corporate welfare. Public pays for clean up of corporate mess.
More than 2 million oil and gas wells sit unplugged in the U.S., many leaking contaminants into waterways, farmland and neighborhoods.
Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.
(Published Dec. 2024)
The American Oil Industry’s Playbook, Illustrated: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public
Oil executive Tom Ragsdale walked away from his old wells, making the pollution left behind the state of New Mexico’s problem. His tactics, however, are ubiquitous in the industry.
www.propublica.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This is corporate welfare. Public pays for clean up of corporate mess.
Americans are worried about the cost of living. Government policies can increase the pay and benefits they get, as well as reduce the cost of living. If Democrats want support and votes, they should unequivocally advocate for policies that would improve the affordability of everyday life.
WHAT EVERYDAY AMERICANS WANT FROM GOVERNMENT
Americans are worried about the cost of living. Government policies can increase the pay and benefits they get, as well as reduce the cost of living. If Democrats want support and votes, they should unequivocally advocate for policies that would improve the affordability of everyday life.
lippittpolicyandpolitics.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Americans are worried about the cost of living. Government policies can increase the pay and benefits they get, as well as reduce the cost of living. If Democrats want support and votes, they should unequivocally advocate for policies that would improve the affordability of everyday life.
The silence of Republicans is reason enough to vote against every Republican that hasn't stood up and pushed back against Trump.
The silence of congressional Republicans to all the Trump corruption - from his disgusting pardons, to the UAE crypto money, to the Qatari jet, and the ballroom, should be used against all of them in midterms along with their silence on tariffs which has made things unaffordable.
November 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
The silence of Republicans is reason enough to vote against every Republican that hasn't stood up and pushed back against Trump.
Every Republican, especially those in Congress, who does not resist the undemocratic and illegal actions and his administration shares the blame for what’s happening. The Republican Party of Trump is a dark shadow of its former self. Many past Republican leaders would be horrified.
EVERY REPUBLICAN WHO DOESN’T STAND UP SHARES THE BLAME
Every Republican, especially those in Congress, who does not resist the undemocratic and illegal actions and his administration shares the blame for what’s happening. The Republican Party of Trump is a dark shadow of its former self. Many past Republican leaders would be horrified.
lippittpolicyandpolitics.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Every Republican, especially those in Congress, who does not resist the undemocratic and illegal actions and his administration shares the blame for what’s happening. The Republican Party of Trump is a dark shadow of its former self. Many past Republican leaders would be horrified.
Watch the fast-paced 2-minute video at www.stipendreform.com to learn why MA legislative stipend reform is needed and details of the ballot question. It would reform the corrupt and dysfunctional MA legislature by ending its $5 million loyalty pay scheme. Please donate or volunteer to help.
Massachusetts Stipend Reform 2026 | Join the Reform Movement - Act Now
Support Massachusetts stipend reform efforts. Sign up today to help create a more transparent and effective legislature by collecting signatures and raising awareness.
www.stipendreform.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Watch the fast-paced 2-minute video at www.stipendreform.com to learn why MA legislative stipend reform is needed and details of the ballot question. It would reform the corrupt and dysfunctional MA legislature by ending its $5 million loyalty pay scheme. Please donate or volunteer to help.
When the Republicans say I'll cut your taxes and cut government spending but it won't hurt you, they are LYING!
The Veterans Affairs Secretary vowed to cut 30,000 positions by the end of the fiscal year without impacting health services, but by August, the VA had already lost over 4,000 mission-critical staffers. From Marcus Baram:
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Despite Vow to Protect Health Care for Veterans, VA Losing Doctors and Nurses - The American Prospect
Between December 2024 and August 2025, the VA reported a net loss of thousands of health care positions, and advocates report the impact of understaffing, facility closures, and waiting times has been ‘dire.’
trib.al
November 4, 2025 at 11:24 PM
When the Republicans say I'll cut your taxes and cut government spending but it won't hurt you, they are LYING!
Time for Democrats to return to their roots and stand up for working Americans!
If Democrats ever want to take America back from Trump and his cronies, here are eight things they must do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzc57eD3cWI
What Democrats SHOULD Be Doing
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Time for Democrats to return to their roots and stand up for working Americans!
This is what oligarchy looks like!
rightwing guy inherits insurance empire from his dad.
struck with revelation that the rich should run everything! "a proper elite that takes care of the country".
builds JD vance from dust to ensure just that.
profits!
gets wapo treatment as a big thinker.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
struck with revelation that the rich should run everything! "a proper elite that takes care of the country".
builds JD vance from dust to ensure just that.
profits!
gets wapo treatment as a big thinker.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
The secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now rewriting MAGA’s future
Chris Buskirk put tech elites in power in Trump’s Washington. His efforts are grounded in a controversial theory: An “aristocracy” is needed to move the country forward.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:20 PM
This is what oligarchy looks like!
To Senator Schumer and all the other Democrats who won't endorse Mamdani: It's time to leave your corrupt corporate sponsors behind and stand up for the working people of America.
“It’s so ugly, it’s so cowardly, it’s so stupid.”
Democratic voters want their leaders to stop running from Zohran Mamdani
"It's so ugly, it's so cowardly, it's so stupid."
www.motherjones.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
To Senator Schumer and all the other Democrats who won't endorse Mamdani: It's time to leave your corrupt corporate sponsors behind and stand up for the working people of America.
DOGE and the Trump administration are serving their corporate masters not the people. Here's one more example - as if we need it.
Sam Corcos, who entered government with DOGE earlier this year, decided to kill DirectFile after one meeting with with tax software lobbyists.
www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
November 4, 2025 at 11:17 PM
DOGE and the Trump administration are serving their corporate masters not the people. Here's one more example - as if we need it.
ICE is engaged in kidnapping not arrests. Our police arrest people every day & they don't wear masks, they identify themselves & their departments, and they have real warrants. The people they arrest are charged, held locally, identified, and available to lawyers & family members. Not so for ICE.
Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra says DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers:
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...
www.propublica.org
November 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
ICE is engaged in kidnapping not arrests. Our police arrest people every day & they don't wear masks, they identify themselves & their departments, and they have real warrants. The people they arrest are charged, held locally, identified, and available to lawyers & family members. Not so for ICE.
Jess Craven's Sunday Extra! Extra! posts have lots of good news. I urge you to scroll to the end of this post to "Watch This" for a 3 min. piece by Rachel Maddow on how the resistance is reaching deep into Trump country. You will be happy! chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
Extra! Extra! 11/2 🙌🏼🙌🏼
All the good news fit to print.
chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Jess Craven's Sunday Extra! Extra! posts have lots of good news. I urge you to scroll to the end of this post to "Watch This" for a 3 min. piece by Rachel Maddow on how the resistance is reaching deep into Trump country. You will be happy! chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
Is this real or is this a joke? These vehicles have had more recalls than any other vehicle!
Because they couldn’t sell them, they’re giving the ugly ass things to the cops
“.. thanks to a donation from a U.S. tech billionaire, raising concerns about the blurring of lines between public and private interests.”
@apnews.com $TSLA
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November 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Is this real or is this a joke? These vehicles have had more recalls than any other vehicle!
Reposted by John Lippitt
The Republicans have been working hard to make corruption legal (when Republicans do it but not for Democrats). Trump is the big tip of the giant iceberg.
This week on the Prospect’s Weekly Roundup, Executive Editor @ddayen.bsky.social is joined by @davidsirota.com to discuss his new book “Master Plan,” exposing how conservatives have made corruption legal over the past 50 years. Listen here:trib.al/8UDgsXL
The Prospect Weekly Roundup: How the Supreme Court Legalized Political Corruption - The American Prospect
David and Master Plan co-author David Sirota go through the 50-year history of corporations plotting to buy the government.
trib.al
November 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The Republicans have been working hard to make corruption legal (when Republicans do it but not for Democrats). Trump is the big tip of the giant iceberg.
Reposted by John Lippitt
Spotify is profiteering off the illegal acts of ICE: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
Stop streaming ICE recruitment ads NOW!
The Trump administration has funneled billions of dollars into these dystopian ICE recruitment ads. Meanwhile, cities are being terrorized by ICE agents who are running rampant with abuses of power, s...
sign.moveon.org
November 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Spotify is profiteering off the illegal acts of ICE: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...