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If there were ever a time to call your members of Congress and tell them to vote NO on a bill, now would be the time.
202-224-3121
202-224-3121
The tax breaks in the GOP's "big beautiful bill" would disproportionately help the wealthy — with the richest 1% reaping 25% of the benefits.
Meanwhile, it would kick nearly 9 million people off Medicaid over the decade and slash food assistance programs.
Reverse Robin Hood.
Meanwhile, it would kick nearly 9 million people off Medicaid over the decade and slash food assistance programs.
Reverse Robin Hood.
May 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
If there were ever a time to call your members of Congress and tell them to vote NO on a bill, now would be the time.
202-224-3121
202-224-3121
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RFK Jr. criticized @rbreich.bsky.social at a press conference yesterday for saying that Trump is on the side of the oligarchs.
Maybe he needs a refresher on what oligarchy actually means.
Maybe he needs a refresher on what oligarchy actually means.
Robert Reich Responds to RFK Jr
YouTube video by Inequality Media Civic Action
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May 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
RFK Jr. criticized @rbreich.bsky.social at a press conference yesterday for saying that Trump is on the side of the oligarchs.
Maybe he needs a refresher on what oligarchy actually means.
Maybe he needs a refresher on what oligarchy actually means.
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Reminder: when Sean Duffy was a congressman, he and other Republicans voted against upgrading air traffic control systems.
Now, he’s trying to blame those systems for Newark airport’s outages – while claiming DOGE’s cuts of critical support staff at the FAA had nothing to do with it.
Hello?
Now, he’s trying to blame those systems for Newark airport’s outages – while claiming DOGE’s cuts of critical support staff at the FAA had nothing to do with it.
Hello?
May 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Reminder: when Sean Duffy was a congressman, he and other Republicans voted against upgrading air traffic control systems.
Now, he’s trying to blame those systems for Newark airport’s outages – while claiming DOGE’s cuts of critical support staff at the FAA had nothing to do with it.
Hello?
Now, he’s trying to blame those systems for Newark airport’s outages – while claiming DOGE’s cuts of critical support staff at the FAA had nothing to do with it.
Hello?
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Attorney General Pam Bondi says it's legal for Trump to accept a luxury jumbo jet from Qatar.
Here's the kicker: Just five years ago, Bondi earned $115,000 a month as a registered lobbyist for the government of Qatar.
Nothing to see here, folks!
Here's the kicker: Just five years ago, Bondi earned $115,000 a month as a registered lobbyist for the government of Qatar.
Nothing to see here, folks!
May 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Attorney General Pam Bondi says it's legal for Trump to accept a luxury jumbo jet from Qatar.
Here's the kicker: Just five years ago, Bondi earned $115,000 a month as a registered lobbyist for the government of Qatar.
Nothing to see here, folks!
Here's the kicker: Just five years ago, Bondi earned $115,000 a month as a registered lobbyist for the government of Qatar.
Nothing to see here, folks!
I'm proud to support @BuffyWicks and the Fast Track Housing package!
If you're ready to reduce project timelines, cut costs, and get shovels in the ground faster, then add your name today as a community co-sponsor!
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If you're ready to reduce project timelines, cut costs, and get shovels in the ground faster, then add your name today as a community co-sponsor!
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Endorse the Fast Track Housing package
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April 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I'm proud to support @BuffyWicks and the Fast Track Housing package!
If you're ready to reduce project timelines, cut costs, and get shovels in the ground faster, then add your name today as a community co-sponsor!
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If you're ready to reduce project timelines, cut costs, and get shovels in the ground faster, then add your name today as a community co-sponsor!
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📌 Russel Vought has a daughter with cystic fibrosis.
He is trying to destroy science and research 🔬
He is trying to destroy science and research 🔬
Looks like Senate Republicans have cemented Project 2025 as the official governing policy for President Musk.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Senate confirms Russell Vought to lead White House budget office
The fiscal conservative returns to the post he held in President Donald Trump’s first administration.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 17, 2025 at 10:21 PM
📌 Russel Vought has a daughter with cystic fibrosis.
He is trying to destroy science and research 🔬
He is trying to destroy science and research 🔬
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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
February 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
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Once again: The fundamental issue that DOGE is failing to address isn’t the size of the government or how “efficient” it is — but who our government is for.
Should it work mainly for big corporations and billionaires — or for the rest of us?
Should it work mainly for big corporations and billionaires — or for the rest of us?
The REAL Waste That Elon's DOGE Should Cut
DOGE is a trojan horse for Elon Musk to gut labor, consumer, and environmental protections. If he actually wanted to cut waste, he'd look at the massive tax loopholes, government contracts, and subsidies that benefit the wealthy and large corporations.
www.youtube.com
February 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Once again: The fundamental issue that DOGE is failing to address isn’t the size of the government or how “efficient” it is — but who our government is for.
Should it work mainly for big corporations and billionaires — or for the rest of us?
Should it work mainly for big corporations and billionaires — or for the rest of us?
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Never forget that Trump was the culmination of 40 years of stagnant wages, widening inequality, corruption, dog-whistle politics, and economic gains for the rich.
If we fail to address this, we should expect future Trumps as far as the eye can see.
If we fail to address this, we should expect future Trumps as far as the eye can see.
The Big Picture: How We Got Into This Mess, And How We Get Out of It | Robert Reich
I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now. I’ve watched as corporations ransacked our system. In 1952, the corporate share of federal tax revenue was 32%. In 2020, it was down to 7%. Here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people. Watch More: What's the Real American Story? ►► https://youtu.be/vvCtwDAQta0 For more videos like these, be sure to subscribe. If you'd like to support our work, you can do so here: www.inequalitymedia.org/donate Follow Robert Reich: Facebook: facebook.com/RBReich Twitter: twitter.com/RBReich Instagram: instagram.com/rbreich/
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February 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Never forget that Trump was the culmination of 40 years of stagnant wages, widening inequality, corruption, dog-whistle politics, and economic gains for the rich.
If we fail to address this, we should expect future Trumps as far as the eye can see.
If we fail to address this, we should expect future Trumps as far as the eye can see.
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DOGE is reportedly threatening NOAA with massive staff and budget cuts.
NOAA houses the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center, which produce forecasts and warn people about storms.
This attack on public safety is ripped straight from the pages of Project 2025.
NOAA houses the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center, which produce forecasts and warn people about storms.
This attack on public safety is ripped straight from the pages of Project 2025.
Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats
Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
DOGE is reportedly threatening NOAA with massive staff and budget cuts.
NOAA houses the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center, which produce forecasts and warn people about storms.
This attack on public safety is ripped straight from the pages of Project 2025.
NOAA houses the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center, which produce forecasts and warn people about storms.
This attack on public safety is ripped straight from the pages of Project 2025.
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Ketchup On Walls Alert: HIGH
February 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Ketchup On Walls Alert: HIGH
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Here’s what we did today
February 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Here’s what we did today
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NEWS: A federal judge issued a sweeping overnight block on Musk's DOGE team from accessing Treasury's payment system, warning of possible hacks or compromises. His order limits access only to officials w security clearances/training/need-to-know.
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
February 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
NEWS: A federal judge issued a sweeping overnight block on Musk's DOGE team from accessing Treasury's payment system, warning of possible hacks or compromises. His order limits access only to officials w security clearances/training/need-to-know.
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
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By illegally neutering the National Labor Relations Board, Trump has enabled Jeff Bezos to ignore the union victory at Whole Foods in Philadelphia.
Trump has given the green light to corporations to violate labor law with impunity. Unacceptable. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Trump has given the green light to corporations to violate labor law with impunity. Unacceptable. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Whole Foods says Trump’s actions make union win moot
Amazon’s Whole Foods says Trump’s firings that paralyzed a federal labor regulator invalidate a union vote at a Philadelphia store.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
By illegally neutering the National Labor Relations Board, Trump has enabled Jeff Bezos to ignore the union victory at Whole Foods in Philadelphia.
Trump has given the green light to corporations to violate labor law with impunity. Unacceptable. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Trump has given the green light to corporations to violate labor law with impunity. Unacceptable. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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If the League of Women Voters of San Francisco has my book at the top of their book club list, then obviously you have to read it too!
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LWVSF members book club
When you buy from our Bookshop, part of your purchase will support LWVSF's voter engagement and democracy work. Thank you! Members are the heart of the League of Women Voters of San Francisco, and our...
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December 4, 2024 at 2:24 PM
If the League of Women Voters of San Francisco has my book at the top of their book club list, then obviously you have to read it too!
bookshop.org/lists/lwvsf-...
bookshop.org/lists/lwvsf-...
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Your real president wasn’t even on the ballot last November. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QXQ...
President Musk
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
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February 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Your real president wasn’t even on the ballot last November. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QXQ...
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"As it was fifty years ago, so it is today: The fact that the Constitution’s enemies now include the president of the United States does not relieve members of Congress of their responsibility to that oath."
More Dangerous than Watergate
It’s like every past constitutional crisis rolled into one.
www.thebulwark.com
February 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
"As it was fifty years ago, so it is today: The fact that the Constitution’s enemies now include the president of the United States does not relieve members of Congress of their responsibility to that oath."
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Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income
This brings Tesla’s average tax rate over the past three years to 0.4 percent.
truthout.org
February 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
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In light of Trump II’s first 18 days of mayhem — including his and Musk’s coup against our system of government — many are asking: “What can I do now?”
Here’s a revised and expanded list, in rough order of importance.
Here’s a revised and expanded list, in rough order of importance.
What you can do
Revised and expanded
robertreich.substack.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
In light of Trump II’s first 18 days of mayhem — including his and Musk’s coup against our system of government — many are asking: “What can I do now?”
Here’s a revised and expanded list, in rough order of importance.
Here’s a revised and expanded list, in rough order of importance.
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Replacing civil servants with loyalists.
Upending the lives of millions who rely on federal programs.
Grotesquely blaming "DEI" for disaster.
Trump wants to consolidate power through divide-and-conquer tactics. We must stand together and fight back. youtu.be/wSYbNcjGjhA?...
Upending the lives of millions who rely on federal programs.
Grotesquely blaming "DEI" for disaster.
Trump wants to consolidate power through divide-and-conquer tactics. We must stand together and fight back. youtu.be/wSYbNcjGjhA?...
Fighting Back Against Trump II | The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich
YouTube video by Robert Reich
youtu.be
February 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Replacing civil servants with loyalists.
Upending the lives of millions who rely on federal programs.
Grotesquely blaming "DEI" for disaster.
Trump wants to consolidate power through divide-and-conquer tactics. We must stand together and fight back. youtu.be/wSYbNcjGjhA?...
Upending the lives of millions who rely on federal programs.
Grotesquely blaming "DEI" for disaster.
Trump wants to consolidate power through divide-and-conquer tactics. We must stand together and fight back. youtu.be/wSYbNcjGjhA?...
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🚨TheUS Agency for International Development (USAID) website, has gone offline, as the Trump administration moves to put the free-standing agency, and its current $42.8 billion budget for global humanitarian operations, under the control of the State Department. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
USAid website offline as Trump moves to put agency under state department
Move would threaten life-saving global humanitarian aid programs, from HIV/Aids treatments to clean water access
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2025 at 11:41 PM
🚨TheUS Agency for International Development (USAID) website, has gone offline, as the Trump administration moves to put the free-standing agency, and its current $42.8 billion budget for global humanitarian operations, under the control of the State Department. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Donald Trump’s expected purge of the FBI is far larger than many anticipated, Shane Harris reports—and it comes after Kash Patel assured senators that politically motivated firings would not take place at the agency Trump has tapped him to lead.
Read more: theatln.tc/9mTYgslu
Read more: theatln.tc/9mTYgslu
February 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Donald Trump’s expected purge of the FBI is far larger than many anticipated, Shane Harris reports—and it comes after Kash Patel assured senators that politically motivated firings would not take place at the agency Trump has tapped him to lead.
Read more: theatln.tc/9mTYgslu
Read more: theatln.tc/9mTYgslu
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Republicans have proposed cutting the EITC. The result could be that a single parent earning $25,000 annually would have $2,000 less in the bank per year.
We need Congress to lower costs, rather than giving tax breaks to billionaires at the expense of families. www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
We need Congress to lower costs, rather than giving tax breaks to billionaires at the expense of families. www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
Republicans want to sabotage America’s most important tax credit for workers | Opinion
Katie Porter: “Single working parents ought to get the same tax credits. Yet, Republicans propose to remove even this modest boost.”
www.sacbee.com
January 31, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Republicans have proposed cutting the EITC. The result could be that a single parent earning $25,000 annually would have $2,000 less in the bank per year.
We need Congress to lower costs, rather than giving tax breaks to billionaires at the expense of families. www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
We need Congress to lower costs, rather than giving tax breaks to billionaires at the expense of families. www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
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While China is stealing our technology and actively undermining American industry, Trump is cracking down more than twice as hard on maple syrup and avocados from Canada and Mexico.
How does that make sense?
How does that make sense?
February 1, 2025 at 11:32 PM
While China is stealing our technology and actively undermining American industry, Trump is cracking down more than twice as hard on maple syrup and avocados from Canada and Mexico.
How does that make sense?
How does that make sense?
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Tariffs are an important strategic economic tool, but Trump’s desire for a trade war with Canada and Mexico won’t protect jobs, keep Americans safe, or bring down costs for families.
Trump signs order imposing tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China
American importers will pay a new 25-percent tax on goods from Canada and Mexico and a 10-percent levy on products from China.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 1, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Tariffs are an important strategic economic tool, but Trump’s desire for a trade war with Canada and Mexico won’t protect jobs, keep Americans safe, or bring down costs for families.