Rep. Chris Rabb

Proud dad. Rabble-rouser. Public servant representing the people of NW Philly in PA's 200th legislative district & ALL Pennsylvanians! (He/him)

[Rep. Chris Rabb @RepRabb]

One thing does not look like the other. 🤔

[Bishop Talbert Swan @TalbertSwan]

FIVE MONTHS AGO the ‘Blood Tribe,’ a white supremacist, neo nazi group demonstrated on the University of Wisconsin campus, brandishing rifles, carrying swastika flags, and chanting “Israel is not our friend” and “there will be blood,blood,blood.”

The protesters were all white males.

Police did NOTHING.

YESTERDAY unarmed, peaceful, students demonstrated at Emory University against genocide in Palestine.

The protesters were mostly Black and other non-white students.

Police tear-gassed, tased, brutalized, used rubber bullets, and arrested them.

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

The FCC just voted to restore net neutrality. If you have no idea what that means, John Oliver broke it down 10 years ago.

[PA Prison Society @prisonsociety]

📣 We are still accepting nominations for our 2024 Annual Awards! Do you know an incarcerated person, volunteer, or correctional employee who shows #loveabovebars? Nominate them today: https://t.co/V9IPWqqXcq

[The Appeal @theappeal]

More here from our former Appeal colleague @JoshuaPVaughn, who has done more reporting on this issue in Pennsylvania than anyone else! https://t.co/HlI0xCWj0l

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Pepsi replaced its 32oz Gatorade bottle with a 28oz for the same price.

Nabisco shrunk the family size box of Wheat Thins by 12%.

General Mills shrunk the family size box of Cocoa Puffs by 6%.

Frito-Lay shrunk the size of a bag of Doritos by 5%.

Shrinkflation is everywhere.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Super Bowl staples like chips, dip, & soda cost more this year.

Companies were forced to charge more because of inflation, right?

Well, giant snack-maker PepsiCo, hiked prices by double digits for several quarters in a row and boosted its profits.

Two words: Price gouging.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

The effective federal corporate income tax rate:

1950: 50%
1990: 25%
2020: 13%

Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate.

That is how we will pay for it.

[Pam Keith, Esq. @PamKeithFL]

A TX man slipped abortion pills to his wife &severely damaged the fetus.

He got sentenced to 180 DAYS & got to keep his law license.

If she had taken the abortion pills voluntarily, she would have been charged with MURDER.

This is about controlling women.

[Rep. Chris Rabb @RepRabb]

Wow!

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

WOW! Chris Wallace goes all out and criticizes his former co-worker Tucker Carlson.

He says that calling Carlson a useful idiot “is unfair to useful idiots".

He then goes on to show a clip from when he, himself, interviewed Putin and asked him why so many people wind up dead around him.

I agree that Tucker could have certainly pushed back a lot more and also asked much tougher questions. It was an opportunity that many journalists would have loved. Why do you think he didn't?

[Rep. Chris Rabb @RepRabb]

#snowflakes

[The Daily Beast @thedailybeast]

A Pennsylvania chapter of Moms for Liberty dwindled from 200 members to three, and decided to disband. No one stepped up to take over.
https://t.co/O8RlXWXRg6

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

Amazing what happens when you start to tax the rich

[Zachary Barber @barberza]

Great news air-breathers: the Biden Administration finalized new limits on soot pollution that will save live and let kids with asthma breath easier.

Like @SenatorHaywood and @RepRabb, I'm thrilled about the news. Hear what others think: https://t.co/YyRybS61Xe

[PennEnvironment @PennEnvironment]

“The EPA’s new standard can facilitate that by bringing about cleaner air, which will save an estimated 4,500 lives and avoid over 700,000 asthma attacks every year!” - @RepRabb #ActOnSoot

[National Caucus of Environmental Legislators @ncelenviro]

Legislators from IL, MD, PA, VA, and WV are calling for transparency of utility votes in @pjminterconnect. Decisions made by PJM impact the #cleanenergy transition and the cost of electricity.
Read more: https://t.co/E9VFzTUjAm

[Inga Saffron @IngaSaffron]

Maybe you thought US learned its lesson about ramming highways thru cities. Maybe you thought we were starting to get serious about climate change. Then you haven’t looked at PennDot’s study for rebuilding I-95 in Philly. I did & here’s my column: https://t.co/19Z7h0oVd1

[Rep. Chris Rabb @RepRabb]

Give ‘em hell, Congresswoman!

[Rep. Barbara Lee (Archived) @RepBarbaraLee]

I was just kicked out of a House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee hearing on Cuba policy because the Republican Chair didn’t like my views.

I’d share the livestream, but Republicans cut out the sound when I stood up to defend myself & call them out.

[Rep. Chris Rabb @RepRabb]

According to the @NWCUSA, #Philly hasn't seen at least 6 inches of #snow in a single day for 1,129 days. 🌨️❄️

Be safe out there, people!

[Rep. Chris Rabb @RepRabb]

PA is #4 on this list borne of #structuralinequality.

Remaining on this infamous list is both a policy choice & a political choice. Neither is acceptable.

The best & fastest way to dissolve this list? Make our richest citizens pay their fair share!

#FairShareTaxPlan

[ITEP @iteptweets]

The 10 most regressive state and local tax systems, according to our Tax Inequality Index:

1. Florida
2. Washington
3. Tennessee
4. Pennsylvania
5. Nevada
6. South Dakota
7. Texas
8. Illinois
9. Arkansas
10. Louisiana

Full details here: https://t.co/uqcXxiClf9

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

“Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism, and militarism.” #MLKDay #MLK95 #MLK

[Rep. Chris Rabb @RepRabb]

My #fairsharetaxplan bill would increase PA #tax revenues by over $6 billion per year by simply making the rich pay their fair share — while 85% of #taxpayers would pay no more in #taxes or even LESS than what they’ve paid in prior years.

#taxpolicy

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

Massachusetts taxed the rich. Now they have an extra $1.5 billion to spend.

In November, 2022 voters approved a 4% tax on incomes over $1 million.

The state can now use that money on free public school meals, free community college, and public transit.

https://t.co/zdccWAgJeK