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COURIER @couriernewsroom.bsky.social · 29d

Resonate's Eric Coffin-Gould and Carly Evans take a look at the social media fallout of the assassination of Charlie Kirk and the surge of engagement the right has seen online in this week's edition of FWIW.

The Fallout from Charlie Kirk’s Death Online

Also Inside: Google Search spikes and unprecedented engagement for right-wing social media

www.fwiw.news

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Aug 23

Game on.

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CAP Action @americanprogressaction.org · May 30

One of Sen. Ernst's constituents points out that people are going to die if Republicans' cuts to Medicaid go through. Ernst's response?

"Well, we all are going to die."

Republicans know exactly what they are doing—all so billionaires can get another tax cut.

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Alex Wall @alexbwall.bsky.social · May 29

🚨Powerful piece from @sagewarner.bsky.social on how telling the stories of Americans hurt by massive Republican cuts is KEY to stopping this devastating bill.

14M people will lose health care
7M people will lose food aid
21K+ people would die

These are the stakes: msmagazine.com/2025/05/28/c...

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Alex Wall @alexbwall.bsky.social · May 16

🚨NEW from @thiggins.bsky.social: The Republican budget bill is an ENERGY TAX on American families.

📈$110/year INCREASE in your electric bill
📈Up to 37 cent/gallon gas price SPIKE

All so Trump and Republicans can slash taxes for billionaires: www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

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Trevor Higgins @thiggins.bsky.social · May 16

Wow, the House Republican tax bill would increase gas prices. By a lot. Up to 37¢ per gallon!

New numbers published by CAP show how ending clean energy investment props up demand for fossil fuels, raises prices, and makes households pay an extra $400b over the next decade to Big Oil and Gas.

Excerpt from the Center for American Progress piece published at https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-house-republican-plan-to-increase-gas-and-electricity-prices/

The House Republican bill would:

Raise gasoline prices by 25 cents to 37 cents per gallon by 2035 as demand for oil increases due to the termination of federal electric vehicle affordability programs, fuel economy standards, and tailpipe emission standards.

Repeal the financial support for buying new, used, or leased electric vehicles, which would keep between 22 million and 40 million more gasoline-powered cars and trucks on the road through 2035, as roughly one-third of families who would have tried to switch to an electric vehicle can no longer afford one.

Increase electricity prices for households and industry as roughly two-thirds of the wind and solar that was previously expected to be deployed this decade is not built. This would cause annual home electric bills to jump $70 by 2031. This corroborates other analysts who found, in some cases even higher electricity price increases. The Clean Energy Buyers Association forecasts an increase of $110 in household electricity spending by 2026.

Force Americans to pay the oil and gas industry an additional $339 billion for gasoline and $75 billion for electricity by 2035.

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Alex Wall @alexbwall.bsky.social · May 15

🚨NEW from @americanprogress.bsky.social: Republican Medicaid cuts will kill an estimated 21,600 people.

These deaths are preventable—and Trump and Republicans are CHOOSING to vote to kill.

Here's a district breakdown—tell your rep to VOTE NO (202) 224-3121: www.americanprogress.org/article/hous...

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CAP Action @americanprogressaction.org · May 13

"It's Ebenezer Scrooge day at the Capitol today: Taking health care from the poor to fund tax cuts for the rich."

@repdarrensoto.bsky.social hammers Republicans for threatening to take away health care from millions of people. #NoMedicaidCuts

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CAP Action @americanprogressaction.org · May 13

Even if you're on private insurance, the Republican budget will screw you over too, @aoc.bsky.social explains. #NoMedicaidCuts

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CAP Action @americanprogressaction.org · May 13

@aoc.bsky.social calls out the Republican budget bill for what it is: "We are cutting money and health care from people and families who are suffering to pay for tax cuts for the rich.

It is a crime happening in front of the American public right now." #NoMedicaidCuts

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · Apr 22

New Gallup poll finds an all-time high in the share of Americans saying their financial situation is “getting worse”

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CAP Action @americanprogressaction.org · Apr 14

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I just voted in The Webby People's Voice Awards and checked my voter registration.

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CAP Action @americanprogressaction.org · Apr 11

High prices + a possible recession. That's the poisonous cocktail Trump is serving us.

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Max Flugrath🗳️ @maxflugrath.bsky.social · Apr 11

Don’t let this Friday news dump get buried:

Social Security is cutting 90% of regional workforce — and shifting all public communications exclusively to Elon Musk’s X.

They are dismantling public services in plain sight.

WIRED @wired.com · Apr 11

SCOOP: The Social Security Administration (SSA) will be shifting its public communication exclusively to X, sources tell WIRED. This comes as agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent.

The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X

The SSA's shift to Elon Musk's X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent, WIRED has learned.

www.wired.com

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Jill Rosenthal @jillrose.bsky.social · Apr 11

Public health is pandemic preparedness. If the Trump administration continues to pursue policies that hurt the middle class and fails to control the spread of bird flu, egg prices could remain high just before Easter and Passover. Just out from CAP:
www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...

How the Trump Administration’s Economic and Public Health Policies Are Driving Up Egg Prices

The Trump administration’s mishandling of the avian flu outbreak is raising prices for businesses and families.

www.americanprogress.org

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Alex Wall @alexbwall.bsky.social · Apr 11

🚨NEW CAP analysis: Trump's latest tariffs will cost families $4,600 per year🚨

📈Berry, banana, coffee, and nut prices UP 10%
📈Playstation 2 UP $700+
📈iPhone prices will more than DOUBLE

This is not a pause. Trump is betraying the middle class. www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...

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Alex Wall @alexbwall.bsky.social · Apr 8

🚨@corybooker.com on @meidastouch.com: Trump's tariffs are going to drive prices EVEN HIGHER and cost the average American THOUSANDS of dollars a year.

Trump is "a danger to our economy."

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · Apr 8

I don't see how 104% tariffs on China will help Americans, and I see lots of ways they'll hurt.

Let's explore iPhone economics.

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Emily Gee @emily-gee.bsky.social · Apr 8

Trump's reckless tariffs are a tax on Americans.
@americanprogress.bsky.social illustrates price hikes for clothes, groceries, and household items. He's slapped tariffs on goods without regard to whether these are things we can ever make or grow in America. www.americanprogress.org/shareable/am...

Americans can expect to pay more for groceries, clothing, and household items due to President Trump’s trade war

www.americanprogress.org

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Alex Wall @alexbwall.bsky.social · Apr 8

🚨Things you need to buy are about to get WAYYYY more expensive because of Trump's tariffs🚨

NEW analysis from @americanprogress.bsky.social: www.americanprogress.org/article/exam...

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Jamie Perez @jamiegp.bsky.social · Apr 8

Projecting price hikes under Trump's tariffs from @emily-gee.bsky.social @americanprogress.bsky.social ...or...
"I'm glad I'm not buying a Playstation anytime soon"

Americans can expect to pay more for groceries, clothing, and household items due to President Trump’s trade war

www.americanprogress.org

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · Apr 7

“For the convenience of the U.S. Government.” That’s the reason the Trump Administration gave the World Food Program for cutting food aid to starving people. Literal children will go hungry. This is sick.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · Apr 7

BREAKING: The Trump administration tells the World Food Program and other partners that it's ending some USAID contracts providing lifesaving aid, officials tell AP.

Trump administration ends some USAID contracts providing lifesaving aid, officials say

The Trump administration has notified the World Food Program and other partners that it’s terminated some of the last remaining lifesaving humanitarian programs across the Middle East.

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Mike Williams @mwilli.bsky.social · Apr 5

Portland, ME showed up. #HandsOff

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Alex Wall @alexbwall.bsky.social · Apr 4

🚨NEW from @americanprogress.bsky.social: Trump's taking a sledgehammer to our economy—costing American households $3,800

📈higher coffee, banana & chocolate prices
📈wine prices up to 40% higher
📈iPhone prices up to 40% higher
📈higher prices on 97% of clothes
www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...

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Alex Wall @alexbwall.bsky.social · Apr 3

“For consumers, this will be the biggest tax increase they’ve faced in 50 years, in the form of price increases.”

Trump is taking money out of your bank account to pay for tax cuts for the rich. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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