Pope Leo: “We tend to think...that the only issue of morality is sexual....I believe there are much greater, more important issues, such as justice, equality, freedom of men and women, freedom of religion, that would all take priority before that" issue.
Ro Khanna: “There needs to be accountability for Elon Musk. They’re celebrating that he created 4,400 millionaires, but they don’t talk about the 4.5M children around the world who he possibly sentenced to death by dismantling USAID. He needs to answer for that. He needs to be subpoenaed, he needs to face investigation”
Working as planned?
New data shows the wealthiest Oklahoma families are taking greater advantage of the state’s taxpayer-funded private school tuition program, with a shrinking portion of the funds going to low and middle income families. (1/2)
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We’re in this fight to bring our public schools out of 50th in the nation, ensure healthcare is protected and affordable, and bring real living-wage jobs to Oklahoma families.
As Governor, I’ll never stop fighting to make Oklahoma a place where working families can afford to live and thrive. Our kids deserve fully funded public schools. Our families deserve affordable healthcare. Our workers deserve a living wage. And we all deserve leaders who actually understand what this means for Oklahomans and will fight for it.
The corporations bankrolling Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom have received more than $50 billion in new or expanded federal contracts in the six months since they wrote those checks.
Of 27 known donors, 16 had federal enforcement actions suspended, dropped, or scaled back. And the White House still will not say how much each donor gave.
That is not a healthy democracy.
That is pay-to-play running out of the People’s House. It is why I helped launch the End Corruption Caucus. I take no corporate PAC money and I do not trade stocks, because public office should never be a personal cash machine.
Sheryl Crow speaks out after Trump’s UFC 250 event: “To stay quiet means to turn a blind eye. And so I am saying this. What happened last night on the lawn of the White House was disgraceful and void of decency. Powerful, rich people filled the lawn to watch a violent sport that ended with a vile and racist comment. All while the average American cannot afford healthcare, gas, and cost of living. Do not be fooled. This administration is corrupt and does not give a damn about the American people. It only cares about making money hand over fist at the expense and in spite of our democracy. If we continue to support this kind of distraction from reality, we are no better than them. Let's be better, America.”
If you can’t tax billionaires and trillionaire because “its unrealized gains until they cash out,” then stop letting them leverage that wealth for loans, as collateral, or as equity.
If it’s not real enough to tax, it shouldn’t be real enough to leverage.
This is why we say the system is rigged in favor of the super wealthy. Abolish billionaires, tax them out of existence, protect working people.
Elias: Why does California have signature matching? They have it to satisfy the same right-wing zealots who claim there’s fraud, right?
So they do this whole kabuki theater that takes all of this time in order to contend with the fact that people say that if you don’t do signature matching, there’s going to be fraud. And then they get attacked for taking the time to do that very thing.
The fact that the New York Times thinks there’s a middle ground here… Here’s my message: I don’t compromise with Republicans because there is no middle ground between a firefighter and an arsonist, and they are trying to burn down democracy.
Governor Abbott closed out his speech at the Texas GOP convention with a live elephant. It then peed on the floor as it left the room.
The perfect metaphor for the Texas Republican Party.