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Thanks to Trump, it’s now easier than ever to get a gun, even illegally. Major win for gun lobbyists. Major set back for public safety.
Quick question — WTF is the EPA doing? Rolling back environmental standards is the exact OPPOSITE of what the agency is supposed to be doing. Polluters are clearly thrilled. Public health experts and the American people are not.
WHAT THE HELL?! Trump is skirting Congress AGAIN to wage his illegal war on Iran. This is a disgusting abuse of power
As if Trump’s hijacking of the country’s 250th anniversary wasn’t bad enough… Now the Social Security Administration is branding newborns’ social security cards with a Freedom250 logo. Trump’s desperation to turn anything into a marketing opportunity is pathetic!
Here we go again… The Trump administration is once again perpetuating lies about widespread noncitizen voting in threatening letters to election officials in all 50 states. This fearmongering only serves to sow confusion and division. Voters deserve better.
Fewer than 4 in 10 non-homeowner households can afford a typical starter home. Yet Trump says he wanted to drive home prices even higher. That's great for rich developers, but what about the rest of us?!
Protecting Americans from forever chemicals contaminating their food shouldn’t be controversial. Yet here we are. “Make America Healthy Again?” Yeah right.
ICE detention facilities have faced years of complaints about unsafe and inhumane conditions. And the Trump administration’s plan to combat this problem is…scaling back inspections? This isn't just a "bad policy." This is putting real people's lives at serious risk.
One comment from Trump. One overnight oil spike. Big Oil loves volatility because it's great for their margins. Americans watching prices at the pump tick back up? Not so much.
DOGE promised to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse. Instead, it delivered confusion, court battles and an $11 billion federal budget deficit. Quite the return on investment...
The crypto industry is introducing insane risk to the entire financial system, facilitated by their massive political spending. Our co-president @Rob_Weissman explains:
Trump just called out "the Islamic Republic of Japan" in a press conference. The president doesn't know what country he's at war with, and THIS is who we're supposed to trust with the nuclear codes?
The guardrails are gone. Corporate money has flooded our elections since Citizens United, but now it's OFF THE CHARTS! Corporate money is destroying our democracy. Watch @Rob_Weissman explain what we found in our recent report:
Affordable housing? Too expensive. Affordable healthcare? Too expensive. Spending hundreds of millions of taxpayer money retrofitting a luxury jet illegally gifted to Trump by a foreign government? Apparently that’s in the budget.
The pointless border wall got “smarter.” The painful Taxpayer spending got bigger. When are Americans going to get the same upgrades for healthcare, housing and childcare? With this “billionaires first” admin, don’t hold your breath.
While Americans are just trying to keep the lights on and stay cool… And Big Tech keeps building energy-hungry data centers… The power grid is crossing its fingers.
Remember that $1 TRILLION military budget Trump requested? This is how he decided to waste YOUR money.
Here’s a wild idea: Instead of institutionalizing people living with disabilities, FUND THE DAMN SERVICES THEY NEED! Newsflash, RFK Jr.: resurrecting failed policies isn’t a sound healthcare plan. Some things need to stay in the history books.
BREAKING: Trump's financial disclosure was released today, showing he earned $1.4 BILLION from his crypto ventures. This grifter president is monetizing the presidency, and Congress needs to act, NOW!
Forcing Americans into bankruptcy simply because they sought care when they were sick is unconscionable. NO ONE should face financial ruin for getting a basic human right like healthcare. MEDICARE FOR ALL. NOW.
4 out of 10 Americans ration the drugs they need because they cannot afford them. Big Pharma's price gauging is out of control. As our co-president @Rob_Weissman notes: the government grants Big Pharma their monopolies, and it's time to stop!
Trump is handing out victory lap talking points for a war that hasn’t even ended yet. Matter fact, a deal hasn’t even been SIGNED yet. The only thing “huge” and “historic” here is his audacity (and the billions he recklessly spent on this illegal war).
Turns out the government can deliver for everyday Americans when it has the right priorities. Imagine if the guy in the White House had actually focused on affordability for all Americans instead of grifting off the presidency and wasting our money on illegal wars.
McMahon has spent months dismantling the very department she was supposed to lead. Now House Democrats are moving to impeach her. As they should. At this point, she could really do the American people one big favor. RESIGN.
A full-time worker shouldn’t have to choose between paying rent and buying groceries Raising the minimum wage for the first time in 17 years isn’t a crazy concept. Refusing to pay people a living wage in the richest countries on Earth is.
Europe experiencing a record-breaking heat wave is no accident. It's fueled by decades of fossil fuel production — and decades of Big Oil lying through their teeth about it. It's time to stop pretending this is normal.
When Congress starts putting workers first instead of Big Tech, Silicon Valley gets worried. Senator Hawley’s AI labor legislation is earning support from the working class. Tech companies hate it. The Teamsters love it. That's how you know it's working.
Instead of a genuine celebration of America's 250th birthday, taxpayers are funding a corporate tribute to Trump. This is disgusting!
Remember all the chest-thumping? The threats, ultimatums…demands for total surrender? Now, Trump is looking for a diplomatic solution after learning military power has its limits. Turns out governing is harder than posting unhinged rants on Truth Social.