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Trump raked in $57M from his family's crypto company in 2024.
And this doesn't even account for his memecoin, which launched this year.
Now he's lending his name to "Trump Mobile," a new wireless phone service launched by the Trump Organization.
The grift never ends.
And this doesn't even account for his memecoin, which launched this year.
Now he's lending his name to "Trump Mobile," a new wireless phone service launched by the Trump Organization.
The grift never ends.
Trump Mobile Is the First Family's Latest Effort to Cash In on the White House
The Trump Organization announced the launch of Trump Mobile, a wireless cell phone company marketed around President Don
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June 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Trump raked in $57M from his family's crypto company in 2024.
And this doesn't even account for his memecoin, which launched this year.
Now he's lending his name to "Trump Mobile," a new wireless phone service launched by the Trump Organization.
The grift never ends.
And this doesn't even account for his memecoin, which launched this year.
Now he's lending his name to "Trump Mobile," a new wireless phone service launched by the Trump Organization.
The grift never ends.
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📣 No Tax on Tips is a gimmick 📣
If Trump & Republicans really want to help workers, they should raise the minimum wage!
We compared No Tax on Tips to the Raise the Wage Act to see which policy would help workers more 📊
(Spoiler: it's raising the minimum wage)
www.epi.org/blog/increas...
If Trump & Republicans really want to help workers, they should raise the minimum wage!
We compared No Tax on Tips to the Raise the Wage Act to see which policy would help workers more 📊
(Spoiler: it's raising the minimum wage)
www.epi.org/blog/increas...
Forget ‘no tax on tips’—increasing the minimum wage would deliver dramatically larger raises for millions more workers without letting employers off the hook
At President Trump’s direction, Congress is considering proposals to exempt tips from taxable income. After Trump floated this gimmick on the campaign trail, Republican and Democratic elected official...
www.epi.org
June 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
📣 No Tax on Tips is a gimmick 📣
If Trump & Republicans really want to help workers, they should raise the minimum wage!
We compared No Tax on Tips to the Raise the Wage Act to see which policy would help workers more 📊
(Spoiler: it's raising the minimum wage)
www.epi.org/blog/increas...
If Trump & Republicans really want to help workers, they should raise the minimum wage!
We compared No Tax on Tips to the Raise the Wage Act to see which policy would help workers more 📊
(Spoiler: it's raising the minimum wage)
www.epi.org/blog/increas...
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Trump and Musk’s DOGE cuts to USAID and other aid programmes have increased violence, death, rape trafficking, and mass starvation of children.
“I struggle for adjectives to adequately describe the horror that [Trump / Musk] has visited on the world,” “It keeps me up at night.” #3E #opdeatheaters
“I struggle for adjectives to adequately describe the horror that [Trump / Musk] has visited on the world,” “It keeps me up at night.” #3E #opdeatheaters
Death, Sexual Violence and Human Trafficking: Fallout From U.S. Aid Withdrawal Hits the World’s Most Fragile Locations
Exclusive State Department records show: As the Trump administration abandons its humanitarian commitments, diplomats are reporting that the cuts have led to violence and instability while undermining...
www.propublica.org
June 2, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Trump and Musk’s DOGE cuts to USAID and other aid programmes have increased violence, death, rape trafficking, and mass starvation of children.
“I struggle for adjectives to adequately describe the horror that [Trump / Musk] has visited on the world,” “It keeps me up at night.” #3E #opdeatheaters
“I struggle for adjectives to adequately describe the horror that [Trump / Musk] has visited on the world,” “It keeps me up at night.” #3E #opdeatheaters
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Nature ran a piece finding that 25 million people could die as a result of ending USAID. This puts Trump and Musk in the category of the most brutal leaders of the 20th century in terms of unnecessary lives lost.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
May 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Nature ran a piece finding that 25 million people could die as a result of ending USAID. This puts Trump and Musk in the category of the most brutal leaders of the 20th century in terms of unnecessary lives lost.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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The Solicitor General of the Dept. of Labor is responsible for enforcing labor laws.
Who is Trump’s pick for the position?
The author of Project 2025’s labor chapter — which called for gutting labor laws, limiting OT pay, and weakening unions.
The “pro-worker” president...
Who is Trump’s pick for the position?
The author of Project 2025’s labor chapter — which called for gutting labor laws, limiting OT pay, and weakening unions.
The “pro-worker” president...
June 2, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The Solicitor General of the Dept. of Labor is responsible for enforcing labor laws.
Who is Trump’s pick for the position?
The author of Project 2025’s labor chapter — which called for gutting labor laws, limiting OT pay, and weakening unions.
The “pro-worker” president...
Who is Trump’s pick for the position?
The author of Project 2025’s labor chapter — which called for gutting labor laws, limiting OT pay, and weakening unions.
The “pro-worker” president...
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NEWS: Ukraine has launched another surprise attack embarrassing Putin, the FEMA Chief does not know about hurricane season, Trump abandons tornado victims, Trump lashes out at Rand Paul, and Trump's tariffs slump economic predictions.
All the news you missed: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
All the news you missed: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
NEWS: Ukraine Launches Another Surprise Strike as FEMA Chief Does Not Know About Hurricane Season
Ukraine has launched another surprise attack embarrassing Putin, the FEMA Chief does not know about hurricane season, Trump abandons tornado victims, Trump's tariffs slump economic predictions
open.substack.com
June 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
NEWS: Ukraine has launched another surprise attack embarrassing Putin, the FEMA Chief does not know about hurricane season, Trump abandons tornado victims, Trump lashes out at Rand Paul, and Trump's tariffs slump economic predictions.
All the news you missed: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
All the news you missed: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
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Billions in foreign real estate deals.
$320M in crypto trading fees — and a private dinner with top buyers of his meme coin.
$28M from Amazon for a Melania documentary.
The list goes on...
We're so numb to Trump profiting off the presidency that hardly anyone notices. Hello?
$320M in crypto trading fees — and a private dinner with top buyers of his meme coin.
$28M from Amazon for a Melania documentary.
The list goes on...
We're so numb to Trump profiting off the presidency that hardly anyone notices. Hello?
June 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Billions in foreign real estate deals.
$320M in crypto trading fees — and a private dinner with top buyers of his meme coin.
$28M from Amazon for a Melania documentary.
The list goes on...
We're so numb to Trump profiting off the presidency that hardly anyone notices. Hello?
$320M in crypto trading fees — and a private dinner with top buyers of his meme coin.
$28M from Amazon for a Melania documentary.
The list goes on...
We're so numb to Trump profiting off the presidency that hardly anyone notices. Hello?
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Democrats who didn't vote in 2024 were _less_ progressive than those who did. Really seems like it was broad-based dissatisfaction with Biden that sunk Harris, not the ideological direction of her campaign www.thenation.com/article/poli...
What Caused Democrats’ No-Show Problem in 2024?
New data sheds light on the policy preferences of nonvoting Democrats in the last election. It may disappoint some progressives.
www.thenation.com
June 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Democrats who didn't vote in 2024 were _less_ progressive than those who did. Really seems like it was broad-based dissatisfaction with Biden that sunk Harris, not the ideological direction of her campaign www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Republicans are lying about Medicaid work requirements. The truth is that a vast majority of recipients who can work are already working. Work requirements are just a shady way to fund tax cuts for the wealthy.
June 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Republicans are lying about Medicaid work requirements. The truth is that a vast majority of recipients who can work are already working. Work requirements are just a shady way to fund tax cuts for the wealthy.
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The Republican reconciliation bill which makes massive cuts to Medicaid in order to pay for huge tax breaks for billionaires is not just bad public policy.
It is not just immoral.
It is a death sentence for struggling Americans.
It is not just immoral.
It is a death sentence for struggling Americans.
June 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The Republican reconciliation bill which makes massive cuts to Medicaid in order to pay for huge tax breaks for billionaires is not just bad public policy.
It is not just immoral.
It is a death sentence for struggling Americans.
It is not just immoral.
It is a death sentence for struggling Americans.
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Trump's attack on our minds reduces our capacity for self-government because ignorance is the handmaiden of tyranny.
Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-attack-on-the-american-mind-1b0
Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-attack-on-the-american-mind-1b0
June 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Trump's attack on our minds reduces our capacity for self-government because ignorance is the handmaiden of tyranny.
Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-attack-on-the-american-mind-1b0
Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-attack-on-the-american-mind-1b0
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David Richardson, head of FEMA, reportedly said he didn’t know the U.S. had a hurricane season during a meeting with FEMA staff. Two staffers said it wasn’t clear if he was joking.
June 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
David Richardson, head of FEMA, reportedly said he didn’t know the U.S. had a hurricane season during a meeting with FEMA staff. Two staffers said it wasn’t clear if he was joking.
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Psst…those 1950s manufacturing jobs Trump loves so much?
They were good jobs because they were UNION jobs.
Oh...and taxes on corporations and the rich were much higher.
Trump’s agenda won’t bring back the “Golden Age.”
It’ll make the rich richer at everyone else's expense.
They were good jobs because they were UNION jobs.
Oh...and taxes on corporations and the rich were much higher.
Trump’s agenda won’t bring back the “Golden Age.”
It’ll make the rich richer at everyone else's expense.
May 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Psst…those 1950s manufacturing jobs Trump loves so much?
They were good jobs because they were UNION jobs.
Oh...and taxes on corporations and the rich were much higher.
Trump’s agenda won’t bring back the “Golden Age.”
It’ll make the rich richer at everyone else's expense.
They were good jobs because they were UNION jobs.
Oh...and taxes on corporations and the rich were much higher.
Trump’s agenda won’t bring back the “Golden Age.”
It’ll make the rich richer at everyone else's expense.
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Yet another lesson in how "corporate social responsibility" is mostly BS.
Corporations are in the business of making as much money as possible.
They will do whatever they can to maximize their profits and share values, social responsibility be damned.
Corporations are in the business of making as much money as possible.
They will do whatever they can to maximize their profits and share values, social responsibility be damned.
1. Major corporations — including AT&T, T-Mobile, United, Uber, and Comcast — have spent years touting their commitment to combating hunger in America.
Now these same corporations are publicly supporting a $300 BILLION CUT TO FOOD AID.
Now these same corporations are publicly supporting a $300 BILLION CUT TO FOOD AID.
11 corporations that turned their backs on hungry families
Republicans are working furiously to pass a massive reconciliation bill through Congress.
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May 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Yet another lesson in how "corporate social responsibility" is mostly BS.
Corporations are in the business of making as much money as possible.
They will do whatever they can to maximize their profits and share values, social responsibility be damned.
Corporations are in the business of making as much money as possible.
They will do whatever they can to maximize their profits and share values, social responsibility be damned.
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Despite exploding technology and increased worker productivity, millions of Americans are worse off financially today than they were 52 years ago.
Meanwhile, the rich get much richer.
We need an economy that works for all, not just the billionaire class.
Meanwhile, the rich get much richer.
We need an economy that works for all, not just the billionaire class.
May 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Despite exploding technology and increased worker productivity, millions of Americans are worse off financially today than they were 52 years ago.
Meanwhile, the rich get much richer.
We need an economy that works for all, not just the billionaire class.
Meanwhile, the rich get much richer.
We need an economy that works for all, not just the billionaire class.
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Good news: Donald Trump, who never lies, just announced he alone has reduced drug prices by 85%.
Quick.
Go to your pharmacy. Demand an 85% reduction on your drug prices. Tell them Trump sent you.
If that doesn’t work, tell him to support the bill I'm introducing that'll do it.
Quick.
Go to your pharmacy. Demand an 85% reduction on your drug prices. Tell them Trump sent you.
If that doesn’t work, tell him to support the bill I'm introducing that'll do it.
May 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Good news: Donald Trump, who never lies, just announced he alone has reduced drug prices by 85%.
Quick.
Go to your pharmacy. Demand an 85% reduction on your drug prices. Tell them Trump sent you.
If that doesn’t work, tell him to support the bill I'm introducing that'll do it.
Quick.
Go to your pharmacy. Demand an 85% reduction on your drug prices. Tell them Trump sent you.
If that doesn’t work, tell him to support the bill I'm introducing that'll do it.
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Me on hour 14 of dragging Republican Medicaid cuts for filth and giving them no end in sight
May 14, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Me on hour 14 of dragging Republican Medicaid cuts for filth and giving them no end in sight
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The media should not treat Donald Trump different from Joe Biden.
If Biden accepted a private jet from Qatar, the media would say it violates the law.
Now, many are silent when Trump does the same.
If Biden accepted a private jet from Qatar, the media would say it violates the law.
Now, many are silent when Trump does the same.
May 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The media should not treat Donald Trump different from Joe Biden.
If Biden accepted a private jet from Qatar, the media would say it violates the law.
Now, many are silent when Trump does the same.
If Biden accepted a private jet from Qatar, the media would say it violates the law.
Now, many are silent when Trump does the same.
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Just a random reminder that trickle-down economics was invented by conservatives in the 1980s to justify massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It’s been nothing short of a disaster.
May 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Just a random reminder that trickle-down economics was invented by conservatives in the 1980s to justify massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It’s been nothing short of a disaster.
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RFK Jr. criticized me during a press conference this morning 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.
May 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
RFK Jr. criticized me during a press conference this morning 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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AOC: The math is not adding up. Their claim is that one million undocumented people are on Medicaid. So why are they trying to cut 13.7 million Americans off their healthcare?
May 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
AOC: The math is not adding up. Their claim is that one million undocumented people are on Medicaid. So why are they trying to cut 13.7 million Americans off their healthcare?
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Trump’s war on science is an attack against anyone who has ever loved someone with cancer.
The American people do not want us to slash cancer research in order to give more tax breaks for billionaires.
The American people do not want us to slash cancer research in order to give more tax breaks for billionaires.
May 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Trump’s war on science is an attack against anyone who has ever loved someone with cancer.
The American people do not want us to slash cancer research in order to give more tax breaks for billionaires.
The American people do not want us to slash cancer research in order to give more tax breaks for billionaires.
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Trump is shuttering a database that tracked billion-dollar weather disasters.
He's also rolling back environmental regulations and gutting the National Weather Service, which warns us about extreme weather.
This will make the climate crisis worse – and we'll be less prepared.
He's also rolling back environmental regulations and gutting the National Weather Service, which warns us about extreme weather.
This will make the climate crisis worse – and we'll be less prepared.
May 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Trump is shuttering a database that tracked billion-dollar weather disasters.
He's also rolling back environmental regulations and gutting the National Weather Service, which warns us about extreme weather.
This will make the climate crisis worse – and we'll be less prepared.
He's also rolling back environmental regulations and gutting the National Weather Service, which warns us about extreme weather.
This will make the climate crisis worse – and we'll be less prepared.
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How we beat back the corporate takeover of America:
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
May 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
How we beat back the corporate takeover of America:
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
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BREAKING: Donald Trump says "he doesn't know" if he has to uphold the United States Constitution. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
BREAKING: Donald Trump Says He "Doesn't Know" if he has to Uphold Constitution
In a startling admission during an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press, Donald Trump said he wasn’t sure if he is required to uphold the U.S.
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May 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
BREAKING: Donald Trump says "he doesn't know" if he has to uphold the United States Constitution. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...