It should NEVER be okay for our government to make grant decisions based on political affiliation or freeze billions in childcare funding under the guise of fraud prevention.
The American people are owed transparent leadership, not chaos and lies.
The White House’s failed economic policies have created an affordability crisis. It doesn’t matter if you’re a city worker from Compton, doctor from Dallas, homecare worker from Las Vegas or airport worker in Atlanta all of us are hurting right now. #SOTU
Working people are not watching the stock market, we’re trying to figure out how we’re going to keep our lights on and pay rent if we lose our jobs. #SOTU
I invited Rena Bumbray-Graves to by my guest to Donald Trump’s State of the Union address tonight.
She is a home care worker and member of SEIU Virginia 512 who lost her health insurance due to Republicans’ refusal to extend the Affordable Care Act premium tax credits.
I know most of you have better things to do tonight than watch Trump spiel nonsense for an hour and a half.
But if you are going to watch, here are the biggest lies I expect to hear.
President Trump did not inherit inflation at "record levels." Inflation was 3.0% in the month he returned to office. It hit a 40-year high in June 2022, 9.1%, but then fell steadily. It's fallen from 3.0% to 2.4% so far this term.
Black America is under attack.
In Donald Trump’s second term, his policies are dismantling protections, freedoms, and opportunities for our communities. And let us be clear: cruelty isn’t a side effect; it’s the whole point.
But the spirit of Black America? Unbreakable.
Read more and join the fight: https://t.co/rQQ4PeXAZc
#SOTU
Care workers know what matters. Today, @SEIUVA512 member and home care worker Rena Bumbray-Graves said it plainly: healthcare matters more than absurd and costly political distractions. Healthcare. PERIOD.
SHAME: “According to a review of deaths by NPR, at least 20 people have died in ICE custody so far this year. The number comes as ICE is also holding nearly 60,000 people in immigration detention, the highest number in several years.” https://t.co/jPTV8Zy8lo
Transportation Secretary Duffy wants air traffic controllers who are not being paid to "show up because it's their job." How about Congressional Republicans show up & do their job by ensuring all federal workers are paid, travelers are safe, and our healthcare is protected? https://t.co/by93I5Jm9p
In this fight for justice, we debate hard, but we don't do violence. No one should be a target for what they believe. We condemn the shooting of Charlie Kirk—period. We send our condolences to his family and loved ones.
We condemn gun violence in all its forms. Today’s tragic shooting at Evergreen High School in Colorado is a painful reminder that our kids, families, and communities deserve better than living in fear. We hold the students, families, and entire community in our hearts.
From being a strong advocate for hospital workers and patients to advancing policies like the expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit and championing the Affordable Care Act, former Rep. Charlie Rangel will be remembered as a bold trailblazer and tireless fighter for working people in New York and across the country.
Our hearts go out to his family and all of those who worked with him throughout his decades-long career.
🕐 It’s 1AM. Do you know where your Member of Congress is?
👀 They’re in the Rules Committee trying to sneak through a tax scam that guts Medicaid & school meals.
Because when your plan is this toxic, you gotta pass it while everyone’s asleep.
📺Watch live: https://t.co/zCihKRhQQ7
Democratic, Republican, and independent voters agree:
They want unelected President Elon Musk and his "DOGE Commission" to stay FAR AWAY from Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid!
"In the same year that Starbucks gave [CEO Brian] Niccol a $113 million golden greeting, the company had the audacity to tell us—the very baristas who fuel its profits—that there’s no money to invest in our raises."
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