Megan Owens

Social change advocate and mom fighting to improve the Detroit area and stay sane. Exec Director of TRU but not tweeting for TRU. Opinions are purely my own.

[Megan Owens @MeganDetroit]

@AugChr @georgerevere2 @DonnieDetroit19 Did you know Canada paid the entire $4 billion construction cost, yet still agreed to share ownership with Michigan?

And that Trump supported the bridge in 2017 and 2019?

[Megan Owens @MeganDetroit]

I'm so excited about this proposal! If a family makes over a million a year, they can afford to invest 5% more in Michigan kids.

Only the deeply selfish could honestly oppose this!

[Craig Mauger @CraigDMauger]

A coalition is pursuing a ballot proposal in Michigan to institute a 5% surcharge against the income of people making more than $500,000 to provide funding for K-12 schools. https://t.co/LMzZ1rVFgc

[Alex Alsup @ZugIslander]

Detroit has demolished its way into housing scarcity. Just stunning stuff.
Like being next to plentiful fresh water in the midst of a drought and deciding to just boil it all off. I guess we still have time to do that, too, though.

[Megan Owens @MeganDetroit]

May Day in Detroit!!

[Megan Owens @MeganDetroit]

Disgustingly, this is what we were met with - municipal police tanks!

[Megan Owens @MeganDetroit]

Michigan's "welcome" to Trump:

[Megan Owens @MeganDetroit]

So many diverse people from across the region with so many empaddioned reasons to say #HandsOff!

[Megan Owens @MeganDetroit]

Amazing turnout of thousands of people spread along 2 miles od Woodward on Detroit demanding #HandsOff!!

[Megan Owens @MeganDetroit]

Oakland County MI is out in force saying #HandsOff to Elon and Trump!

[Megan Owens @MeganDetroit]

A beautiful diversity of people coming together to speak out!!

[Megan Owens @MeganDetroit]

Proud to be part of a peaceful two-nation protest to fight back against Trump / Musk / DOGE on the shores of the Detroit River!!

[Megan Owens @MeganDetroit]

Great signs from an awesome crowd of people!

[Megan Owens @MeganDetroit]

@TheDemocrats To clarify, @GovWhitmer signed a bill that weakened minimum wage and sick leave protections!! 😒😡

The voters who signed petitions to put those issues on the ballot wanted much stronger protections and she watered them down.

[Steve Rattner @SteveRattner]

The share of Americans employed by the government steeply dropped in the decades leading up to 2000, and has remained essentially flat since. A bloating federal workforce is a myth.

[Megan Owens @MeganDetroit]

Proud to see some people spotlighting that Shri is bought and paid by AIPAC.

She said his campaign was paid 80% by AIPAC! Disgusting!!

[Megan Owens @MeganDetroit]

At a Town Hall with Rep @ShriThanedar - 150+ people are demanding he do more to fight against illegal Trump/Musk firing of critical federal employees and shuttering of essential programs.

He's making good but vague statements.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

There are basically 5 ways to accumulate a billion dollars:

1) Profiting from a monopoly

2) Insider-trading

3) Political payoffs

4) Fraud

5) Inheritance

Don’t believe the self-made myth.

[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

Instead of illegally trying to shut down huge pieces of our government that serve working people, Elon Musk could cut $2 trillion of actual waste by targeting handouts to the rich and powerful.

Here’s how: (🧵)

[Megan Owens @MeganDetroit]

😟😧😣😡🤬

[Tristan Snell @TristanSnell]

Germany invaded Poland -- but blamed Poland for starting the war, and it remained a Hitler talking point for years.

Russia invaded Ukraine -- but blamed Ukraine for starting the war, and it remained a Putin talking point for years.

And Donald Trump just repeated it.

[Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib @RepRashida]

There is always endless money to bomb people, but not for clean water, health care, and housing. Our elected officials are choosing another record-breaking Pentagon budget when it can't even pass an audit. I'm sick of it.