Happy Labor Day! Anybody see this in today's newspaper? ✊🔥
Sign our pledge to stand with over 12,000 union Starbucks workers and say No Contract, No Coffee! https://t.co/oaQnPZw4w6
Excited to share that I've joined the incredible team at @BerlinRosen where I'll be working with labor, advocacy, and nonprofits who are fighting for equity, equality, and justice.
Looking forward to catching up with old friends and new and continuing to fight the good fight!
Happening now: We’re building a living cemetery because this fight is life or death.
No cuts. No silence. No more lives lost. #HandsOffMedicaid#ThisBillKills
Just over half of U.S. voters support keeping ICE off K-12 school grounds, according to a new poll by @TCFdotorg & @MorningConsult.
"Access to a free, safe, and quality public education is a cornerstone of our nation," says TCF's @Ale_VazquezBaur. https://t.co/5cMydoIohs
"Bondi’s career as Florida attorney general, while defended by Republicans, was marred by repeatedly dropping lawsuits against companies that donated to the RSLC and the RAGA, two organizations that supported Bondi."
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Susie Wiles’ daughter Caroline Wiles is helping launch a DC operation for the Florida lobbying firm @RubinTurnbull, per @playbookdc.
Another Wiles’ daughter, @KatieWiles0303, was recently promoted at a different DC lobbying firm.
And @ChrisLaCivitaJr joined a 3rd lobbying shop.
Straight up oligarchy.
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerburg will all attend Trump’s inauguration—and will be seated on the platform with cabinet officials and elected lawmakers.
The next four years will be a massive grift for the wealthiest people in the world.
The cruise industry has spent tens of millions of dollars in lobbying to avoid corporate taxes. It does so by utilizing a section of the tax code exempting non-U.S. firms engaged in maritime transport from having to pay taxes on benefits. It's an interesting argument (1/tk)
An unelected billionaire was crowned co-President by the Republican Party. They’ve given him the influence to make a damn post that throws a spending bill into limbo cause House Republicans are scared of him.
No greater example of oligarchy. Where the ultra-wealthy run the show.
“It was unclear Thursday night whether the Trump transition vetting team was aware of the SEC’s investigation of Cantor when the president-elect said that he had selected Lutnick to become secretary of Commerce.”
The bank paid $6.75 million to settle the charges.
The next DNC Chair should absolutely refuse to take corporate PAC money. If we are the party of the working class - and we are - then let’s raise $$ like we mean it.
News: Top Progressive Caucus lawmakers -Jayapal, Casar, Frost, Deluzio- are calling for DNC chair candidates to endorse reforms aimed at winning back working class voters, including banning super PACs from spending in Dem primaries and refusing corporate PAC donations to the DNC
The filings for this super PAC are in, showing it paid for the infamous Madison Square Garden rally—at a $500,000 price tag. The group raised $1,150,000 from only two donors, and one is Linda McMahon, who gave $1 million on Oct. 18. Trump picked her to run the Dept of Education.