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Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare.

Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.

Getting big money out of politics.

Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.

If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
December 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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According to a new study, members of Congressional leadership perform 47% better in stock market trades than their rank-and-file peers, thanks to access to nonpublic information.

Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
December 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee.

But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.

A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
November 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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The Trump administration is expanding its deep-sea mining ambitions to the region around the Marianas Trench in the western Pacific.

The move disregards unified opposition from Indigenous leaders in American Samoa, who imposed a moratorium on seabed mining last year.

The latest from @grist.org:
Trump eyes mining of Pacific seafloor near the Marianas Trench
The administration wants to open up an area bigger than Peru, alarming scientists and Indigenous leaders.
www.motherjones.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Private equity firm Sycamore Partners bought Walgreens.

Now Walgreens has stopped giving most workers paid vacation on Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays.

Private equity takeovers are a disaster for workers, and customers.
November 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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We’re hiring!

Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.

Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
November 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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An estimated 15.7 million workers use SNAP. It’s a lifeline for those in low-wage jobs.

Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.

Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.

Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
October 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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In 1999, Bill Clinton announced that “the last, best unprotected wild lands anywhere in our nation” would be shielded by a new rule that banned roads and drilling.

Today, these lands could soon see chainsaws and logging trucks amid a push by Trump to raze these ecosystems for timber.
Outcry as Trump plots the plunder of US forests: "You can almost hear the chainsaws"
Public comments suggest repealing the Clinton-era "roadless rule" is wildly unpopular.
www.motherjones.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Not everyone can make the commitment that these two extraordinary women have, but we can all do something to help each other, our Earth and its creatures
October 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.

The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”

It’s about control.
October 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been sentenced to 27 years and three months' imprisonment after being convicted of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election.
Brazil's Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years after landmark coup plot conviction
The conviction made the 70-year-old Bolsonaro the first former president in the country's history to be convicted for attacking democracy.
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September 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Today marks 16 years since the federal #minimumwage was last raised. Want to guess how much it would be nowadays?
July 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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The name "Alligator Alcatraz" reminds us that America is currently run by adults who are like malicious, giggling children using magnifying glasses to burn ants.
July 2, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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July 2, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie.

One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.

They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
July 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Socialism is what they called public power.

Socialism is what they called social security. 
 
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
 
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

—Harry Truman, 1952
June 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Jeff Bezos is worth $230 billion and is reportedly spending $20 million on a three-day wedding in Venice while sailing around on his $500 million yacht. If he can afford to do that, he can afford a wealth tax and to pay Amazon workers a living wage. Hello?
June 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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your friendly reminder that there is no moral way to become a billionaire
June 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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A recent study found that for every $1 invested in the National Weather Service, it produces $73 in value to Americans.

Not only is the NWS a life-saving government resource, it's actually quite efficient.
June 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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New data finds Americans are more likely to support labor unions over Big Business than at any time in the past 60 years.

We are witnessing a historic rebirth of worker power. 

If you want a better life for you and your children, join or support a union.
May 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Glad to see this quote making the rounds yet again. It's from my book THE VIEW FROM FLYOVER COUNTRY: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
May 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM