"Beijing is watching with fascination as the U.S. tosses allies like Ukraine into the clutches of aggressive dictators, dismantles USAID (which had, for decades, created good will and bolstered the fight against international terror)..."
-The Contrarian
30.04.2025 11:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Stagflation: a nightmare scenario where inflation rises, unemployment increases, and economic growth slows β all at the same time.
President Trumpβs decision to impose sweeping tariffs on all foreign imports could trigger this rare and damaging economic crisis.
07.04.2025 15:53 β π 110 π 29 π¬ 12 π 4
"Kennedy is...axing 10,000 full-time employees ... tasked with responding to disease outbreaks, approving new drugs, providing insurance for the poorest Americans and more."
-WSJ
27.03.2025 17:50 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
"Studies of tariffs imposed in Trumpβs first term have shown they were overwhelmingly paid by U.S. businesses and consumers."
Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR
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27.03.2025 03:14 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
"that Donald Trumpβs approval rating is still in the mid-40s should scare the hell out of every American who understands the value of our constitutional republic, the freedoms that we enjoy, the rule of law- what he is doing is categorically against everything this country was founded on"
T Setmayer
26.03.2025 00:11 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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Find Your Representative | house.gov
A former Social Security head is sounding the alarm, warning we could see interruptions within 30-90 days.
Have you called your representatives yet?
Waiting for your social security to actually to be cut??
Find your representative by zip code here: www.house.gov/representati...
07.03.2025 18:05 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
YouTube video by Mark Cuban
Fired workers deserve benefits. Call your representatives
For those who wanted to share this video off platform. Here it is on YouTube
youtu.be/OiPa9VY9PH8?...
06.03.2025 03:00 β π 24360 π 7568 π¬ 613 π 226
"Think about it β we're talking about people who own their own spaceships who are trying to take away health care from millions of kids. It's a disgrace."
-Bernie Sanders
06.03.2025 03:23 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
No. Now is not the time to play dead.
The Democrats have already played dead for too many years.
60% of our people are living paycheck to paycheck. Millions of seniors are going hungry.
Now is the time to stand up for the working class of this country.
04.03.2025 01:00 β π 8544 π 1516 π¬ 329 π 159
For 250 years, the United States has supported democracy.
Now, in the middle of a horrific war that Putin started, Trump is turning his back on Ukraine and democracy, all to the benefit of a brutal dictator in Moscow.
04.03.2025 18:13 β π 6006 π 872 π¬ 440 π 249
Late tonight, I will deliver a response to President Trump's Congressional Address.
NO to Oligarchy. NO to Authoritarianism. YES to Democracy and an economy that works for all.
I hope you'll join us.
04.03.2025 15:50 β π 7365 π 1017 π¬ 267 π 65
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
Sh*t That Ain't True: Trump promised to lower prices on day one, but costs have only gone up.
youtube.com/shorts/MXo8P...
05.03.2025 03:37 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
βReality caught up to what heβs been warning us about,β said Paco Fabian of Our Revolution.
Progressive strategists say they're getting calls from former anti-Bernie donors saying "Bernie was right all along β and Bernie 2016 would have prevented a Trump β16 & β24.β
@thehill: tinyurl.com/4s92fwf5
28.02.2025 16:32 β π 30 π 7 π¬ 0 π 4
Zelensky is a wartime leader watching his people suffer and die under Russian attacks every day. To be lectured and lied to by Trump and Vance, as they defend the war criminal dictator committing these atrocities, is unimaginable agony. An everlasting shame for America.
28.02.2025 19:15 β π 16159 π 4345 π¬ 290 π 133
Government leaders should not be able to choose which reporters can and cannot write about them.
(Paraphrased)
-WHCA President Eugene Daniels
27.02.2025 17:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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