Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:

$100 billion

Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:

$100 billion

One is decried as "welfare." One is not.

Why?

Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.

UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.

Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

Robert Reich The Truth About Immigrants and the Economy | Robert Reich

Just a reminder that immigrants are good for society and the economy. https://youtu.be/LCl9-uaKzv8?feature=shared

Robert Reich The Real Reason the Economy Might Collapse | Robert Reich

The rich don’t spend the money they have, and the poor don’t have money to spend.

This is a problem when 70% of the economy relies on consumer spending.

Closing our nation's wealth gap isn’t just the right thing to do. It’s essential to save our economy. https://youtu.be/S6dCh48b4oI?feature=shared

What Blue States should do if Red States super-gerrymander How to avoid a race to the bottom

What should Blue States do if Red States super-gerrymander? Some thoughts...

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-blue-states-should-do-when-red

From your grocery bill to your paycheck, monopolies are making you less financially secure and ultimately less free. For The Illusion of Choice: How Big Business Controls Your Life (ft. Lina Khan)

For too long, our government stopped vigorously enforcing laws that keep Corporate America in check.

Corporations got more powerful while our basic economic freedoms went unprotected.

Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains.

It’s been less than a month since deadly floods swept through central Texas.

Naturally, Texas state Republicans are laser-focused on…carrying out Trump’s demand to gerrymander the state’s congressional map so he won't lose the House next year.

Priorities.

Health Insurers Are Hiking Premiums as Their Profits Balloon The US’s six largest health insurers reported massive profits last year, doling out billions on stock buybacks and divid

UnitedHealthcare is raising premiums for policyholders in New York and Washington after spending $9B on stock buybacks last year.

Healthcare companies are robbing you blind to enrich their executives and shareholders.

This is why we need Medicare for All.

Socialism is what they called public power.

Socialism is what they called social security. 
 
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
 
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

—Harry Truman, 1952

Since January, Trump has:

- slashed billions from Medicaid, SNAP, & public broadcasting
- cut taxes for the ultra-rich
- gutted worker & consumer protections
- used his office to make himself richer
- turned America into a police state

He's burning the country to the ground.

I watched the greatest Superman, Christopher Reeve, deliver this speech about what "family values" really means at the 1 The Wise Words of Superman

"America does not let its needy citizens fend for themselves."

Watch this 1996 DNC speech from Superman actor Christopher Reeve about the need to support public medical research.

Trump is shafting his base economically in three ways most Trump voters don’t see or know. It’s important that they do. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-three-ways-trump-is-shafting

Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel spent $15 million helping JD Vance win a U.S. Senate seat.

That investment is clearly continuing to pay off.

Big money corrupts our politics and erodes our democracy — creating a vicious cycle that funnels more wealth and power to the top.

Trump Administration Plans to Give A.I. Developers a Free Hand

UnitedHealth allegedly misused AI to deny medical claims.

Delta plans to use AI to set individualized flight ticket prices for passengers.

AI data centers from companies like Meta and X are reportedly harming nearby residents.

The list of harms from AI goes on and yet...

SCOTUS is allowing Trump to fire (at least for now) the three Democrat-appointed members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

The CPSC regulates safety of everyday consumer products.

Guess who recently sued the agency and claimed that it's unconstitutional?

Amazon.

Trump is now gutting environmental, labor, and consumer protections by ordering federal agencies to stop enforcing rules he doesn't like.

It's a huge giveaway to big business at the expense of the rest of us.

The mad king is making a mockery of the rule of law.

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I’m just waiting to find out how this is Joe Biden’s fault.

When Trump...

-Holds a private dinner for his crypto coin buyers 
-Promotes Teslas on the White House driveway on behalf of a multibillionaire who spent $277M backing him
-Uses state visits to advance his hotel business

It's corruption, plain and simple.

Weeeeeell, I mean, isn’t that kinda their whole thing?? 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

A disgusting new level of propaganda.

Karoline Leavitt wasted taxpayer dollars plastering mug shots across the White House lawn — like trophies.

Lies. Fear. Dehumanization. All to distract us from their own failures.

We need new leaders in Washington. I’m running for Senate to be one. Let’s go.

Make sure you're following @haleyformi.bsky.social here on Bluesky, to help amplify her winnable Senate campaign!🙏💪

Since Trump took office:

Dow: DOWN 13.8%
Nasdaq: DOWN 20.5%
S&P: DOWN 15.5%

BuhBuh X ✌️
Officially deactivated Twitter.
It feels right, Brian. It feels right.

Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.

If you’re not confirmed by the Senate then you have no business meddling in the lives of MILLIONS of Americans

We are suing DOGE for violating the constitution & illegally seizing power

I’ll discuss tonight @ 8PM ET on @insidewithpsaki.msnbc.com 👇
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White House Claims Musk is Not DOGE Employee and Does Not Lead Agency Read more here.

The White House said Monday that Elon Musk is not an employee of the Department of Government Efficiency and doesn’t lead the agency, instead solely serving as a senior advisor to President Donald Trump. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...