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Social Security is not charity. People pay into it their entire working lives.
Donald Trump and Elon Musk want to rip it away—and I’m fighting back.
Donald Trump and Elon Musk want to rip it away—and I’m fighting back.
Social Security is not charity. People pay into it their entire working lives.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
www.youtube.com
April 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Social Security is not charity. People pay into it their entire working lives.
Donald Trump and Elon Musk want to rip it away—and I’m fighting back.
Donald Trump and Elon Musk want to rip it away—and I’m fighting back.
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Don’t shut down Social Security offices to open concentration camps
shouldn’t be the kind of thing you have to say out loud. But you absolutely have to tell all of you members of Congress this as often as you can stand it.
(202) 224-3121 )
shouldn’t be the kind of thing you have to say out loud. But you absolutely have to tell all of you members of Congress this as often as you can stand it.
(202) 224-3121 )
April 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Don’t shut down Social Security offices to open concentration camps
shouldn’t be the kind of thing you have to say out loud. But you absolutely have to tell all of you members of Congress this as often as you can stand it.
(202) 224-3121 )
shouldn’t be the kind of thing you have to say out loud. But you absolutely have to tell all of you members of Congress this as often as you can stand it.
(202) 224-3121 )
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AOC: We must acknowledge the terrifying moment we are in right now. What we are hearing and seeing with our own eyes is, in fact, happening. We are watching our neighbors, students, and friends being fired, targeted, and disappeared. It is real.
April 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
AOC: We must acknowledge the terrifying moment we are in right now. What we are hearing and seeing with our own eyes is, in fact, happening. We are watching our neighbors, students, and friends being fired, targeted, and disappeared. It is real.
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Trump and Republicans are wrecking the Social Security system so they can rob it.
It's corruption and greed.
It's corruption and greed.
April 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Trump and Republicans are wrecking the Social Security system so they can rob it.
It's corruption and greed.
It's corruption and greed.
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20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world.
A better world is possible.
A better world is possible.
April 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world.
A better world is possible.
A better world is possible.
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Steve Rattner: The U.S. is the loser in Trump’s tariff war www.youtube.com/watch?v=elxF...
Steve Rattner: The U.S. is the loser in Trump’s tariff war
YouTube video by MSNBC
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April 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Steve Rattner: The U.S. is the loser in Trump’s tariff war www.youtube.com/watch?v=elxF...
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Dow drops 1,100 points, crushed for a second day on fears Trump has ignited a global trade war.
WATCH THE U.S. MARKETS BOARD LIVE HERE: www.youtube.com/live/lN8V2np...
WATCH THE U.S. MARKETS BOARD LIVE HERE: www.youtube.com/live/lN8V2np...
LIVE: Markets slide reacting to Trump’s tariffs after stocks suffer worst day since 2020
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Dow drops 1,100 points, crushed for a second day on fears Trump has ignited a global trade war.
WATCH THE U.S. MARKETS BOARD LIVE HERE: www.youtube.com/live/lN8V2np...
WATCH THE U.S. MARKETS BOARD LIVE HERE: www.youtube.com/live/lN8V2np...
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'Depression Don': How Trump's 'audacious' tariffs could do lasting economic harm www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jagw...
'Depression Don': How Trump's 'audacious' tariffs could do lasting economic harm
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
'Depression Don': How Trump's 'audacious' tariffs could do lasting economic harm www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jagw...
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Republicans in Congress are hoping you won’t pay attention to them for the next 36 hours.
Why? Because they're pushing through their unpopular plan that gives tax handouts to billionaires and billionaire corporations and leaves everyone else in the dirt.
youtube.com/shorts/RZ-nl...
Why? Because they're pushing through their unpopular plan that gives tax handouts to billionaires and billionaire corporations and leaves everyone else in the dirt.
youtube.com/shorts/RZ-nl...
Republicans in Congress are hoping you won’t pay attention to them for the next 36 hours.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
youtube.com
April 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Republicans in Congress are hoping you won’t pay attention to them for the next 36 hours.
Why? Because they're pushing through their unpopular plan that gives tax handouts to billionaires and billionaire corporations and leaves everyone else in the dirt.
youtube.com/shorts/RZ-nl...
Why? Because they're pushing through their unpopular plan that gives tax handouts to billionaires and billionaire corporations and leaves everyone else in the dirt.
youtube.com/shorts/RZ-nl...
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Trump is hitting the golf course while your retirement savings takes a nose dive.
The stock market is in free fall, but the president is headed to Florida to attend a golf tournament.
Trump Jets Off to Watch Golf as U.S. Economy Goes Up in Flames
The stock market is in free fall, but the president is headed to Florida.
www.thedailybeast.com
April 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Trump is hitting the golf course while your retirement savings takes a nose dive.
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Musk will stay until he completes DOGE mission, White House says www.reuters.com/business/ret...
Trump tells Cabinet, others that Musk will leave soon, Politico reports
U.S. President Donald Trump has told members of his Cabinet and other close contacts that his billionaire ally Elon Musk will soon step back from his government role, Politico reported on Wednesday, citing three people close to Trump.
www.reuters.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Musk will stay until he completes DOGE mission, White House says www.reuters.com/business/ret...
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NBC News Exclusive: More than 80 progressive groups warn against Trump and Congress' attacks on the judiciary
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Exclusive: More than 80 progressive groups warn against Trump and Congress' attacks on the judiciary
Dozens of progressive groups are sounding the alarm over what they’re calling an “unprecedented constitutional danger” presented by the Trump administration
www.nbcnews.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
NBC News Exclusive: More than 80 progressive groups warn against Trump and Congress' attacks on the judiciary
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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BREAKING: U.S. stocks plunge minutes into trading day as tariffs slam global markets
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
April 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
BREAKING: U.S. stocks plunge minutes into trading day as tariffs slam global markets
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
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How Trump’s Tariffs Might Go Down www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/b...
How Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs Might Go Down
The president is set to announce details of his sweeping tariffs, as companies and global trading partners scramble to respond.
www.nytimes.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:13 PM
How Trump’s Tariffs Might Go Down www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/b...
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DOGE is firing Social Security workers, closing offices, and pulling the plug on phone services, and it's hurting seniors like Ned.
There’s nothing efficient about any of this — and it needs to stop.
There’s nothing efficient about any of this — and it needs to stop.
DOGE is firing Social Security workers, closing offices, and pulling the plug on phone services.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
youtube.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
DOGE is firing Social Security workers, closing offices, and pulling the plug on phone services, and it's hurting seniors like Ned.
There’s nothing efficient about any of this — and it needs to stop.
There’s nothing efficient about any of this — and it needs to stop.
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OPINION by @stevebenen.com:
“Fighting a trade war with a trusted ally and neighbor over fentanyl that could fit in a single suitcase is absurd. The president might not understand this, but a bipartisan majority of the Senate got it right.”
READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
“Fighting a trade war with a trusted ally and neighbor over fentanyl that could fit in a single suitcase is absurd. The president might not understand this, but a bipartisan majority of the Senate got it right.”
READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Snubbing Trump, bipartisan group of senators votes against Canada tariffs
The 51-48 vote supporting Sen. Tim Kaine's resolution was the most striking bipartisan rebuke of White House policy since Trump's second term began.
www.msnbc.com
April 3, 2025 at 11:41 AM
OPINION by @stevebenen.com:
“Fighting a trade war with a trusted ally and neighbor over fentanyl that could fit in a single suitcase is absurd. The president might not understand this, but a bipartisan majority of the Senate got it right.”
READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
“Fighting a trade war with a trusted ally and neighbor over fentanyl that could fit in a single suitcase is absurd. The president might not understand this, but a bipartisan majority of the Senate got it right.”
READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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Trump administration LIVE updates: President's tariffs announcement sparks backlash and stock market uncertainty
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Trump administration live updates: President's tariffs announcement sparks backlash and stock market uncertainty
President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs yesterday on major trade partners, including China and the European Union.
www.nbcnews.com
April 3, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Trump administration LIVE updates: President's tariffs announcement sparks backlash and stock market uncertainty
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Trump’s trade war is just getting started www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
Trump’s trade war is just getting started
The president has been announcing tariffs for months, but his latest moves are opening salvos in potentially drawn-out tit-for-tats with dozens of countries and countless repercussions.
www.nbcnews.com
April 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Trump’s trade war is just getting started www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
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Pushback works, part gazillion:
"Here are the facts: DOGE moved forward with plans to close multiple field offices. Then, without public notice or explanation, they reversed their plans. Now they are trying to pretend like they were never planning to close the offices."
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"Here are the facts: DOGE moved forward with plans to close multiple field offices. Then, without public notice or explanation, they reversed their plans. Now they are trying to pretend like they were never planning to close the offices."
popular.info/p/how-the-so...
How the Social Security Administration and DOGE are gaslighting Americans
The Social Security Administration (SSA) sent an email on March 27 to beneficiaries saying that reports that field offices were closing was an invention of fake news media.
popular.info
March 31, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Pushback works, part gazillion:
"Here are the facts: DOGE moved forward with plans to close multiple field offices. Then, without public notice or explanation, they reversed their plans. Now they are trying to pretend like they were never planning to close the offices."
popular.info/p/how-the-so...
"Here are the facts: DOGE moved forward with plans to close multiple field offices. Then, without public notice or explanation, they reversed their plans. Now they are trying to pretend like they were never planning to close the offices."
popular.info/p/how-the-so...
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"Thus far, the review of the Naval Academy's Library’s holdings has identified 900 books that may run afoul of Hegseth’s order... They include “The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr.” and a biography on Jackie Robinson..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...
Naval Academy Takes Steps to End Diversity Policies in Books and Admissions
The defense secretary’s office has ordered that some books be removed from circulation in its library, and the academy has ended the use of affirmative action in admissions.
www.nytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"Thus far, the review of the Naval Academy's Library’s holdings has identified 900 books that may run afoul of Hegseth’s order... They include “The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr.” and a biography on Jackie Robinson..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...
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Trump says he's 'very angry' and 'pissed off' at Putin during an NBC News interview
Trump says he’s ‘very angry’ and ‘pissed off’ at Putin during an NBC News interview
Trump said in an early-morning phone call that if he believes Russia is at fault for a ceasefire not being reached with Ukraine, he may impose secondary tariffs on Russian oil.
www.nbcnews.com
March 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Trump says he's 'very angry' and 'pissed off' at Putin during an NBC News interview
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Trump won’t rule out seeking a third term in the White House, tells NBC News ‘there are methods’ for doing so
Trump won’t rule out seeking a third term in the White House, tells NBC News ‘there are methods’ for doing so
President Donald Trump said in a Sunday-morning phone call that he was “not joking” about a third term, adding that “it is far too early to think about it.”
www.nbcnews.com
March 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Trump won’t rule out seeking a third term in the White House, tells NBC News ‘there are methods’ for doing so
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Same with USAID. Every dollar invested brought back a minimum of $8 in trade relationships.
When people are cutting costs today that will exponentially increase tomorrow, they're not balancing the budget. They're robbing your children and grandchildren.
When people are cutting costs today that will exponentially increase tomorrow, they're not balancing the budget. They're robbing your children and grandchildren.
Definitely an investment that pays for itself, eg: "every $1 of
NIH funding generated approximately $2.60 of economic activity." Absolutely foolish of the US to not maximize this investment. And, as you said, if the US doesn't do it, others will.
www.nih.gov/sites/defaul...
NIH funding generated approximately $2.60 of economic activity." Absolutely foolish of the US to not maximize this investment. And, as you said, if the US doesn't do it, others will.
www.nih.gov/sites/defaul...
www.nih.gov
March 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Same with USAID. Every dollar invested brought back a minimum of $8 in trade relationships.
When people are cutting costs today that will exponentially increase tomorrow, they're not balancing the budget. They're robbing your children and grandchildren.
When people are cutting costs today that will exponentially increase tomorrow, they're not balancing the budget. They're robbing your children and grandchildren.
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REMEMBER:
No one voted to cut Social Security.
No one voted to cut Social Security.
March 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
REMEMBER:
No one voted to cut Social Security.
No one voted to cut Social Security.
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In the wealthiest nation on earth, 25% of seniors should not be living on $15,000 a year or less.
We should EXPAND Social Security, not cut it.
We should EXPAND Social Security, not cut it.
March 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
In the wealthiest nation on earth, 25% of seniors should not be living on $15,000 a year or less.
We should EXPAND Social Security, not cut it.
We should EXPAND Social Security, not cut it.