BREAKING OVERNIGHT: The Supreme Court declined to halt a Texas law banning abortions as early as six weeks of pregnancy — allowing the nation's most restrictive measure to remain in effect.
Today marks the 48th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, which affirmed that we should all have the right to make our own healthcare decisions. Today and every day, we must remember that reproductive justice is not just essential to gender equity, but to economic security.
Not long ago, people said a $15 minimum wage was unthinkable. But a grassroots movement refused to take no for an answer.
Today, the President's order begins raising the minimum wage to $15/hour for federal contractors.
Now, Congress must pass a $15 living wage for ALL workers.
Eight paid Trump campaign officials were named on the permit issued by the National Park Service for the 1/6 rally, including Maggie Mulvaney, the niece of Mick Mulvaney, Trump’s ex chief of staff. She was paid $138,000 by the campaign through 11/23.
https://t.co/5QAci8tSLg
On the 48th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, I remain committed to protecting the right to choose. We must continue fighting for equitable and accessible reproductive health care in the U.S.
The quotes here from (real) Paralympians are just devastating.
This is the same GOP congressman who also now says he had a gun on the House floor on January 6.
https://t.co/jNjMJ39xnB
When the GOP controlled the Senate, they passed trillions in tax breaks largely to the top 1% and multinational corporations by a simple majority vote through reconciliation.
We must use the same process to protect working families, the sick and the poor. https://t.co/WxXvYNsrJG
#AmandaGorman, 22, the youngest Inaugural poet in US history:
'Even as we grieved we grew...'
'A nation that isn’t broken, but simply unfinished'
'Harm to none, and harmony for all.'
'It's the past we step into, and how we repair it'
#Inauguration2021