Susanne Wick

Field Supervisor for Student Teachers/WSU, retired Elementary School Principal, cancer survivor, grandmother, quilter, crocheter, charity work &Quilts of Valor.

[Maria Gonçalves @starcraftdiva]

@OccupyDemocrats The only “voter fraud” is that which was perpetrated by the Orange Stain and his neon techno pal, Ketamine Musk, in 2024…

“Without me, Trump would have lost the election.” 🤷🏻‍♀️

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: HELL YES! Governor Gavin Newsom proposes a federal billionaire tax in a bold new announcement — sending the MAGA oligarchs into a tailspin.

And it gets even better...

"It's time for a national billionaire's tax and a new social contract. Think about this, just 10% of people, 10% of people in this country own two-thirds of the wealth," Newsom said in a video posted to X. "A 30-year-old, for the first time in American history, is not doing better than his or her parents. That's a five-alarm fire."

The governor is planting his flag on this issue as the Democratic Party convulses to redefine itself. Left-wing candidates are ascendant because the base is clamoring for genuinely progressive policies. Zohran Mamdani is leading the charge on this leftward shift and the recent successes of his endorsed candidates in the New York primaries is proof positive that voters are responding. Democratic Socialism is no longer a scary phrase.

We can either retreat into the same centrist ideology that allowed Trump to seize the White House not only once but twice, or we can embrace a more equitable vision of the future and start fighting for the working class. Republicans will call us "communists" but they do that anyway. Ignore the labels they sling and focus on winning elections with populist policy proposals.

“The system America’s founders built was designed to prevent the concentration of power in a few hands, but we have allowed that concentration to happen anyway, slowly, in plain sight, over decades,” Newsom stated. “We can reverse it together, as a country.”

He's calling for an "economic reset for America," demonstrating that he's willing to listen to voters clamoring for change as he considers a 2028 presidential campaign.

And the he American people are clearly furious with the status quo...

We are being forced to watch as sociopaths like Elon Musk (who is a trillionaire now) gobble up more and more wealth while working class families struggle to afford rent, basic groceries, and healthcare. Income inequality at these extreme levels is unsustainable.

Newsom's proposal would institute a minimum tax on anyone with a net worth above $100 million so that they pay, at the very least, the same rate as an average American worker. Under our current skewed tax system, some of them pay lower rates than people far poorer than them.

The governor also warned that the plutocratic inheritance laws currently on the books could "lock in a permanent American aristocracy of inherited wealth" if nothing is done.

The governor pointed specifically to the rise of artificial intelligence to bolster his proposal. He said that the new technology will dramatically reshape our economic system and so a “national public equity fund” should be distributed to every American, rather than simply allowing the tech lords and corporations to hoard even more wealth and power. That money could be used to help displaced workers, provide childcare, education, and healthcare.

"We're nearing the 250th anniversary of this country's revolution. The system the American founders built, well, was designed to prevent the concentration of power in a few hands," said Newsom. "But we've allowed that concentration to happen anyway, slowly and in plain sight over the course of decades and decades. But we can reverse it. We can reverse it together."

"It's time to democratize the American economy, to save our democracy," he concluded.

Newsom's support for this federal billionaire tax comes after he vowed to veto a California ballot proposal to institute a one-time tax on residents with a net worth above $1 billion. He explained that such a tax would just prompt those billionaires to flee to other states. The only real solution, as he sees is it, is to tax them at the federal level so that they can't simply jump over the border to a neighborring state.

“We’re competing with 50 states. Capital flows and move(s). That’s real. It’s not imagined. It’s very, very real," he previously said at the World Economic Forum.

What do you think? Is it time to fight back against the billionaires?

Please ❤️ and share if you support Newsom's proposal!

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: ARE YOU KIDDING!? Trump gets caught funneling your tax dollars into a pricey vanity project inside the White House — after promising to pay for it himself.

He keeps pulling this con and MAGA keeps falling for it...

According to a new report in The Atlantic, Trump replaced the paved walkway that connects the White House Residence to the Oval Office, swapping out Tennessee flagstone for incredibly expensive African granite that was carved in Italy. When he was asked in March who would shoulder the bill, Trump said "Paid for me."

As it turns out, he was lying through his dentures.

Budget documents from the National Park Service reviewed by The Atlantic reveal that the walkway project cost taxpayers $689,232 and is just one piece of a $1.3 million project that also included repairing stone and masonry and upgrading doors. Meanwhile, average Americans can barely afford groceries.

But it gets even worse....

Documents marked as a “rush project at request of POTUS" reveal that the Park Service also wasted $347,503 to "remove and replace the stucco on the colonnade wall" so that Trump could "affix gold frames and plaques mocking some of his predecessors." In other words, he took money out of our pockets and used it to make the White House uglier while slinging partisan mud.

Spending on projects in parks outside of the Washington, D.C. area have been slashed by a jaw-dropping $854 million, or 68%. Meanwhile, spending in the capital spiked by $100 million. As Trump's presidency collapses into failure, he's desperately trying to build a physical legacy for himself outside of his window.

Every single one of those dollars should have gone towards their intended purpose, which is maintaining and upgrading our beloved National Parks. But of course Trump doesn't care about our parks because they belong to everyone. It doesn't matter to him if American families are able to enjoy the natural splendor of our beautiful country like generations before have. All he cares about is slapping his tacky aesthetic on everything within reach.

"This previously undisclosed spending is part of an enormous shift of taxpayer cash away from national parks around the country and into the Washington area," writes Michael Scherer for The Atlantic. "In order to pay for the president’s projects, the parks have had to cancel needed repairs, slash their budgets, and operate with fewer employees."

Scherer adds that Park Service employees say that there's a "quiet crisis unfolding" as the Interior Department's budget shrinks and funds are moved away from the usual priorities.

Projects that got stiffed include a much-needed "$1.5 million roof-replacement project at the Yellowstone Center for Resources to halt pest invasions and water leaks, more than $3 million to continue operating the free-bus system in Acadia National Park, and a roughly $424,000 guardrail replacement on the cliff edge of Black Canyon in Colorado’s Gunnison National Park, a project needed to rectify a 'significant safety hazard for visitors.'"

This is what happens when you elect the very worst that America has to offer. Everything of value gets reduced to ash.

Please ❤️ and share to demand a full forensic investigation into this scandal!

[Felix Perez @fp570810_perez]

@OccupyDemocrats 🙃

[25 47 🦋 Abolish ICE ⛔️ @NoelinSD]

@OccupyDemocrats U.S. District Judge stated it’s the Constitution that gives states the power to regulate elections, not the federal government and it "does not grant the President any specific powers over elections."
He’s not going to use EO to rig elections he can’t possibly win w/bad policies!

[George S. Chiou @chiou16601]

@OccupyDemocrats @BuskirkUsmc The key point here is that the constitution gives the states the power to regulate their own elections, not the federal government, certainly not the president.

This is just another case of Trump using executive orders to grab power.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: HELL YES! A federal judge PERMANENTLY BARRS Trump from implementing the lion's share of his voter suppression executive order — scoring a massive win for our democracy.

This has MAGA scrambling in panic...

U.S. District Court Judge Denise Casper has ruled that the White House cannot force people to show documentary proof of citizenship when they register to vote.

As anyone who has taken even a cursory look at this issue understands, this was never really about making sure that only citizens vote. Study after study after study has found zero evidence for mass voters fraud. The only people who vote in this country are citizens.

Trump's order is about throwing up one more hurtle in front of the ballot box. Republicans want to turn away voters who can't easily obtain IDs or who forget their IDs at home. They're also working to shut down offices where people can obtain such IDs.

So the plan is: require IDS, then make it harder to get them.

They're doing this because Republicans know how radioactive their political platform has become. All they have to offer is inane culture war screeching while Americans are clamoring for solutions to the rising cost of living, unaffordable healthcare, and an end to pointless foreign wars.

The Executive Order would have also absurdly prevented mail-in ballots from being counted if they arrive after Election Day, regardless of their postmarked date.

Judge Casper stated that the Constitution gives states the power to regulate elections, not the federal government and it "does not grant the President any specific powers over elections."

“Generations of Americans fought tirelessly for the right to vote, and we honor their legacy by protecting that right against anyone who tries to undermine it,” said New York Attorney General Letitia, celebrating the fact that the judge stopped an “unconstitutional attempt to seize control of our elections."

This is a huge cause for celebration and an important reminder that Republicans would rather steal elections than actually win votes because their loyalty will always belong first and foremost to powerful corporations and the Epstein Class.

Please ❤️ and share to thank the judge!

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Fox News just admitted that Donald Trump is responsible for inflation being at its highest levels in over 3 years. Woah.

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

Absolutely disgusting clown

[Damaan, AKA 'Philly's Finest!' @Damaan4u33]

🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

😩 JESUS CHRIST!!! Cops give a brutal beating on the bridge between Ohio and Kentucky to young people who were protesting against Trump's policies and against the Genocide in Gaza.

Spread this far & wide!!!

[Denise🇺🇲 @Denise10231976]

No Patriots here

[Negan @Roger_Negan]

This

[Lakota Man @LakotaMan1]

Exactly

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

Since Trump doesn't want this portrait of President Obama displayed in the White House, let's make this photo of our President go viral here!

RETWEET if you love @BarackObama!

[Susanne Wick @SusanneWick]

Todd Blanche is a liar just like Tr7mp! He should be disbarred.

[Emoluments Clause @Emolclause]

#BREAKING: Hayes: “Acting AG Todd Blanche told Congress not to worry about the $1.8 billion slush fund for insurrectionists…The DOJ then told the court the same thing—don’t worry, it’s moot, it’s dropped, and then last week, the judge said okay, fine, put it in writing. She ordered Blanche and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and an associate AG to all sign ‘a declaration under the penalty of perjury, they will not take any action to create or operate the anti-weaponization fund and that the anti-weaponization fund will not proceed in any manner or under any name.’ Well, today was the deadline for that and guess what? They came back to the court and they said no, we’re NOT doing it. We’re NOT filing any declaration to officially kill the fund, which probably means the slush fund is NOT dead.”🙄🤦‍♀️