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Cancel culture isn’t just a hashtag, it’s the go-to weapon of the very crowd that cries about it the most.
The loudest critics are now its biggest champions, using corporate power to muzzle dissent.
Demand Jimmy Kimmel Live! be reinstated: beyondtheballot.org/endcensorship
Graphic reading: BREAKING: THE SUPREME COURT WILL TAKE UP A REPUBLICAN-LED APPEAL TO ALLOW PARTIES TO SPEND UNLIMITED AMOUNTS OF MONEY IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS ASKING THE COURT TO BUILD ON THE DISASTROUS 2010 SCOTUS RULING CITIZENS UNITED V. FEC, WHICH ALLOWED CORPORATE FUNDED SUPER PACS TO SPEND UNLIMITED AMOUNTS OF MONEY IN SUPPORT OF PRO-CORPORATE POLITICIANS. THE CASE WILL BE ARGUED IN THE NEXT SCOTUS TERM, LIKELY IN FALL 2025 OR EARLY 2026.
🚨 BREAKING: The same corrupt forces tanking our economy and stripping our rights away now want zero limits on how much cash their parties (and billionaire/corporate donors) can flood into our elections.
This effort isn’t about free speech, it’s about buying power.
Wonder why legacy media and the political establishment is in panic mode after last week's victory in NYC?
18 to 24 year olds were the LARGEST share of voters in the NYC mayoral primary last Tuesday.
Proof that when young voters turn out, we win.
Graphic reading: BUT CHANGE TAKES COURAGE We need to make the necessary investments in social infrastructure that ensures the American workforce is the highest skilled and most educated in the world. That means fully funding public schools (including both college and trade-school opportunities) and providing universal childcare for American families. It's long past time for us to reform these archaic systems and invest in the American worker.
Graphic reading: SOURCES & CREDITS 03, Jessica CorbettJan, et al. "Taking on Musk, Sanders Says Corporate Abuse of H-1B Visa Program Must End." Common Dreams, 6 Jan. 2025, www.commondreams.org/news/h-1b-visas. "Which Companies Have the Most Employees Working on an H-1B Visa?" CBS News, CBS Interactive, 2 Jan. 2025, www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-musk-h1b-work-visa-tesla-technology/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17. Photos by • Google HQ - Credit: Shutterstock • Apple Store Front - Credit: Kevin Zolkiewicz • Amazon Warehouse - Credit: AP News • Amazon Packages - Credit: http://www.quotecatalog.com/
We are capable of reforming these systems and investing in equal opportunities for workers of all backgrounds, but it’ll take some political courage.
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Graphic reading: AS WAGES FLATLINE ON THE STREETS, WEALTH RISES TO THE SUITES These wealthy corporations have a track record of undermining American workers and wages by replacing them with H-1B workers for lower pay. While the program could have benefits if used selectively, US corporations have historically exploited migrant workers while undercutting American job security. There is all but one winner in a system designed to extract maximum profit from labor at the lowest possible cost: uber-rich corporate executives.
Graphic reading: ALL WORKERS DESERVE HOLISTIC REFORM American corporations shouldn't be financially incentivized to exploit migrant workers seeking to contribute meaningful work to our economy. We need to build an immigration and visa system that's both humble and values migrant labor equitably, without undercutting American jobs and pay.Workers from all backgrounds deserve an equal opportunity to make a living wage.
Big corporations have a track record of exploiting migrant labor to undercut the pay of American labor
All workers deserve holistic reform, because there is only one winner in a system designed to extract maximum profit at the lowest cost: uber-rich corporate executives
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Graphic reading: WHY IS IT TRENDING? The program has been under recent scrutiny after billionaire oligarch Elon Musk tweeted his support for the program, followed by President-Elect Donald Trump sharing his support online. Within a few days, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) released a statement of his own, denouncing Elon Musk and declaring the program a means to "replace good-paying American jobs".
Graphic reading: Amazon had the highest number of approved H-1B petitions for employment in 2024. Other companies among the top 25 H-1B Visa employers include Microsoft, Google, Meta, Apple, and Tesla. These wealthy corporate elite are now trying to gaslight the public by claiming this program is only utilized for highly specialized jobs where a shortage exists in the American labor market.
When expressing his support for the H-1B Visa Program, Elon Musk said he’d “go to war on this issue the likes of which you cannot possibly comprehend”
Tesla ranks number 16 among the top 25 H-1B Visa employers
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Graphic reading: HOW CORPORATIONS USE THE H-1B VISA PROGRAM TO UNDERMINE AMERICAN WORKERS
Graphic reading: WHAT IS THE H-1B VISA PROGRAM? In summary, the H-1B Visa Program allows employers to temporarily retain foreign workers in specialty occupations, typically those that require specialized knowledge or a four-year degree. While the program was intended to fill labor shortages and certainly has its benefits, wealthy corporations have exploited the rules to undercut the pay of American workers by hiring immigrant workers at lower wages for longer working hours.
Wealthy executives have been exploiting the H-1B Visa Program to undermine American workers for years.
Let’s unpack…
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Graphic reading: BILLIONAIRE OLIGARCHS ARE BUYING OUR ELECTIONS. JUST TWO BILLIONAIRES SPENT $350 MILLION TO ELECT DONALD TRUMP AND INFLUENCE POLICY DECISIONS IN FAVOR OF THE RICH AND WEALTHY.
Graphic reading: MORE THAN $20 BILLION FLOODED THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS • AT LEAST $2 BILLION IN SPENDING CAN BE TRACED BACK TO JUST 150 BILLIONAIRE FAMILIES. • ELON MUSK ALONE (THE WORLDS RICHEST MAN SPENT A QUARTER OF A BILLION DOLLARS TO ELECT DONALD TRUMP. • BILL GATES DONATED $50 MILLION TO ORGANIZATIONS WHO ADVOCATED FOR KAMALA HARRIS. • JUST 10 OF THE WORLDS RICHEST PEOPLE GOT $64 BILLION RICHER FROM TRUMPS REELECTION.
$20 billion later and our struggles continue.
The only dangerous minority is the rich 💯
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Graphic reading: The Far Right is Planning to Cut SNAP & Medicare to Pay for Tax Breaks for Billionaires & Large Corporations. Wealthy politicians are trying to further increase the cost of groceries and healthcare for the most vulnerable by attacking some of the most popular social programs. Let's show Congress that the people will organize to defend our earned benefits.
The far-right just unveiled their intent to cut SNAP & Medicare benefits for millions of Americans.
While many struggle to pay for groceries & healthcare, government should be in the business of making these things more affordable, not more expensive.
ACT NOW ➡️ beyondtheballot.org/safetynet
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