.@AOC : "I want everyone to understand that tax cuts cost money. We have to pay for them. So every dollar that you spend in federal taxes is going to pay for some rich person's G-Wagon. And it's also going to cut an 8-year-old kid with autism's ability to access Medicaid. That's what they are putting on the table. That's what they're trying to make worse. And frankly, I don't care what party you are, we cannot stand for this."
"You said that Israel is at war with Hamas.. let me ask you a simple question. If you're at war with Hamas, why are you shooting children in the skull & in the chest?why are you killing journalists? Why are you killing medics? Why are you killing UN workers?"-Norman Finkelstein
Billionaires in the U.S. are .0005% of the population, yet accounted for 18% of 2024 electoral spending.
Just 150 billionaire families spent nearly $2 billion.
This is not democracy. It is oligarchy.
Time to overturn Citizens United and move to public funding of elections.
@briantylercohen Should... He COULD do some great things using the new Supreme Court decision. He should write up a few executive orders and legalize weed, forgive student debt, and add a few judges to the Supreme Court.
But he won't. And that is just something that I'll never understand.
@POTUS And with the newfound powers given to the Presidency, thanks to the Supreme Court, Biden STILL won't do anything. No executive orders on Student Loan Forgiveness. Nothing on Marijuana legalization. Nothing