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In the 15 years since Citizens United was decided by conservative SCOTUS justices, billions of dollars have poured into our elections — putting a price tag on our democracy.

But corporations are not people and money is not speech. We must end Citizens United.
January 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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If you’re feeling despair today, I understand.

But Trump’s second term will expose a reality that's been hidden from many Americans: the raw, stinking power of the American oligarchy.

I’m hopeful that America will see this reality for what it is and respond to it. youtu.be/bepjl3orz1A?...
HOPE in Spite of Trump | Robert Reich
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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January 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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When Republicans say they want to “cut spending,” let’s remember how they’re actually going to do that: by going after Social Security and Medicare.

All that, to pay for their Trump Tax Scam 2.0 — a giant tax cut for billionaires and wealthy corporations.
January 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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The facts are, the ACA saved millions with pre-existing conditions and set standards for care.

But now, more than a decade later, with what we now know, it’s time to take the insurance companies out of the mix.
The subsidies they get are enormous. We don’t need them as middlemen.
January 16, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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On what would have been Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 96th birthday, let us all follow his leadership and put our hands on the arc of the moral universe to bend it more quickly toward justice.
January 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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he takes a sippy
January 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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This legislation isn’t about making our communities safer. It’s about stripping due process from undocumented immigrants and fast-tracking Trump’s mass deportation plans.

Unjust. Inhumane. Unconstitutional. migrantinsider.com/p/pramila-ja...
Pramila Jayapal on the Laken Riley Act: "It Takes Away All Due Process for Undocumented Immigrants"
Plus, the former Progressive Caucus Chair sounds off on the future of H1B reform under Trump.
migrantinsider.com
January 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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This is a bad bill. It removes due process and subjects any undocumented person who is arrested or charged with shoplifting or theft to mandatory detention — no trial or conviction needed.

It’s all fear mongering about immigrants, not making people safer.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/u...
House Passes Bill to Deport Unauthorized Immigrants Charged With Minor Crimes
Forty-eight Democrats joined Republicans in supporting legislation that aims to deport more migrants charged with nonviolent crimes, a first salvo in a broader crackdown.
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM