One of Sen. Ernst's constituents points out that people are going to die if Republicans' cuts to Medicaid go through. Ernst's response?
"Well, we all are going to die."
Republicans know exactly what they are doingโall so billionaires can get another tax cut.
30.05.2025 13:58 โ ๐ 997 ๐ 356 ๐ฌ 149 ๐ 65
๐จPowerful piece from @sagewarner.bsky.social on how telling the stories of Americans hurt by massive Republican cuts is KEY to stopping this devastating bill.
14M people will lose health care
7M people will lose food aid
21K+ people would die
These are the stakes: msmagazine.com/2025/05/28/c...
29.05.2025 16:12 โ ๐ 328 ๐ 76 ๐ฌ 10 ๐ 1
๐จNEW from @thiggins.bsky.social: The Republican budget bill is an ENERGY TAX on American families.
๐$110/year INCREASE in your electric bill
๐Up to 37 cent/gallon gas price SPIKE
All so Trump and Republicans can slash taxes for billionaires: www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
16.05.2025 13:41 โ ๐ 445 ๐ 191 ๐ฌ 21 ๐ 11
Excerpt from the Center for American Progress piece published at https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-house-republican-plan-to-increase-gas-and-electricity-prices/
The House Republican bill would:
Raise gasoline prices by 25 cents to 37 cents per gallon by 2035 as demand for oil increases due to the termination of federal electric vehicle affordability programs, fuel economy standards, and tailpipe emission standards.
Repeal the financial support for buying new, used, or leased electric vehicles, which would keep between 22 million and 40 million more gasoline-powered cars and trucks on the road through 2035, as roughly one-third of families who would have tried to switch to an electric vehicle can no longer afford one.
Increase electricity prices for households and industry as roughly two-thirds of the wind and solar that was previously expected to be deployed this decade is not built. This would cause annual home electric bills to jump $70 by 2031. This corroborates other analysts who found, in some cases even higher electricity price increases. The Clean Energy Buyers Association forecasts an increase of $110 in household electricity spending by 2026.
Force Americans to pay the oil and gas industry an additional $339 billion for gasoline and $75 billion for electricity by 2035.
Wow, the House Republican tax bill would increase gas prices. By a lot. Up to 37ยข per gallon!
New numbers published by CAP show how ending clean energy investment props up demand for fossil fuels, raises prices, and makes households pay an extra $400b over the next decade to Big Oil and Gas.
16.05.2025 13:27 โ ๐ 35 ๐ 33 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 1
๐จNEW from @americanprogress.bsky.social: Republican Medicaid cuts will kill an estimated 21,600 people.
These deaths are preventableโand Trump and Republicans are CHOOSING to vote to kill.
Here's a district breakdownโtell your rep to VOTE NO (202) 224-3121: www.americanprogress.org/article/hous...
15.05.2025 18:25 โ ๐ 518 ๐ 248 ๐ฌ 43 ๐ 11
"It's Ebenezer Scrooge day at the Capitol today: Taking health care from the poor to fund tax cuts for the rich."
@repdarrensoto.bsky.social hammers Republicans for threatening to take away health care from millions of people. #NoMedicaidCuts
13.05.2025 19:44 โ ๐ 163 ๐ 80 ๐ฌ 7 ๐ 1
Even if you're on private insurance, the Republican budget will screw you over too, @aoc.bsky.social explains. #NoMedicaidCuts
13.05.2025 19:52 โ ๐ 2113 ๐ 492 ๐ฌ 14 ๐ 15
@aoc.bsky.social calls out the Republican budget bill for what it is: "We are cutting money and health care from people and families who are suffering to pay for tax cuts for the rich.
It is a crime happening in front of the American public right now." #NoMedicaidCuts
13.05.2025 19:59 โ ๐ 376 ๐ 135 ๐ฌ 9 ๐ 4
New Gallup poll finds an all-time high in the share of Americans saying their financial situation is โgetting worseโ
22.04.2025 20:47 โ ๐ 2298 ๐ 592 ๐ฌ 87 ๐ 109
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14.04.2025 13:31 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
High prices + a possible recession. That's the poisonous cocktail Trump is serving us.
11.04.2025 17:17 โ ๐ 29 ๐ 12 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 3
Donโt let this Friday news dump get buried:
Social Security is cutting 90% of regional workforce โ and shifting all public communications exclusively to Elon Muskโs X.
They are dismantling public services in plain sight.
11.04.2025 20:19 โ ๐ 30 ๐ 19 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
How the Trump Administrationโs Economic and Public Health Policies Are Driving Up Egg Prices
The Trump administrationโs mishandling of the avian flu outbreak is raising prices for businesses and families.
Public health is pandemic preparedness. If the Trump administration continues to pursue policies that hurt the middle class and fails to control the spread of bird flu, egg prices could remain high just before Easter and Passover. Just out from CAP:
www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...
11.04.2025 19:09 โ ๐ 19 ๐ 16 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1
๐จNEW CAP analysis: Trump's latest tariffs will cost families $4,600 per year๐จ
๐Berry, banana, coffee, and nut prices UP 10%
๐Playstation 2 UP $700+
๐iPhone prices will more than DOUBLE
This is not a pause. Trump is betraying the middle class. www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...
11.04.2025 13:27 โ ๐ 789 ๐ 278 ๐ฌ 64 ๐ 10
๐จ@corybooker.com on @meidastouch.com: Trump's tariffs are going to drive prices EVEN HIGHER and cost the average American THOUSANDS of dollars a year.
Trump is "a danger to our economy."
08.04.2025 23:01 โ ๐ 650 ๐ 88 ๐ฌ 15 ๐ 1
I don't see how 104% tariffs on China will help Americans, and I see lots of ways they'll hurt.
Let's explore iPhone economics.
08.04.2025 21:36 โ ๐ 309 ๐ 82 ๐ฌ 10 ๐ 6
Americans can expect to pay more for groceries, clothing, and household items due to President Trumpโs trade war
Trump's reckless tariffs are a tax on Americans.
@americanprogress.bsky.social illustrates price hikes for clothes, groceries, and household items. He's slapped tariffs on goods without regard to whether these are things we can ever make or grow in America. www.americanprogress.org/shareable/am...
08.04.2025 20:29 โ ๐ 51 ๐ 34 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 3
๐จThings you need to buy are about to get WAYYYY more expensive because of Trump's tariffs๐จ
NEW analysis from @americanprogress.bsky.social: www.americanprogress.org/article/exam...
08.04.2025 21:26 โ ๐ 983 ๐ 368 ๐ฌ 62 ๐ 43
Americans can expect to pay more for groceries, clothing, and household items due to President Trumpโs trade war
Projecting price hikes under Trump's tariffs from @emily-gee.bsky.social @americanprogress.bsky.social ...or...
"I'm glad I'm not buying a Playstation anytime soon"
08.04.2025 18:08 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
โFor the convenience of the U.S. Government.โ Thatโs the reason the Trump Administration gave the World Food Program for cutting food aid to starving people. Literal children will go hungry. This is sick.
07.04.2025 15:33 โ ๐ 1638 ๐ 428 ๐ฌ 132 ๐ 21
Portland, ME showed up. #HandsOff
05.04.2025 15:17 โ ๐ 20247 ๐ 4041 ๐ฌ 252 ๐ 216
๐จNEW from @americanprogress.bsky.social: Trump's taking a sledgehammer to our economyโcosting American households $3,800
๐higher coffee, banana & chocolate prices
๐wine prices up to 40% higher
๐iPhone prices up to 40% higher
๐higher prices on 97% of clothes
www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...
04.04.2025 15:37 โ ๐ 554 ๐ 215 ๐ฌ 35 ๐ 30
โFor consumers, this will be the biggest tax increase theyโve faced in 50 years, in the form of price increases.โ
Trump is taking money out of your bank account to pay for tax cuts for the rich. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
03.04.2025 23:23 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
When economists are calling it "worse than the worst case scenario," you have to know Trump is NOT working for working people...
03.04.2025 15:26 โ ๐ 26 ๐ 14 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
There's hope to build a stronger progressive media ecosystem!
Progressive YouTube pages are growing faster than conservative YouTube pages.
We have a LONG way to go, but many groups are doing the work. It needs WAY more investment.
@kylewilsontharp.bsky.social: www.chaoticera.news/p/on-youtube...
03.04.2025 14:34 โ ๐ 28 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Plummeting savings.
Skyrocketing prices.
Trump's economic plan in action.
03.04.2025 13:55 โ ๐ 195 ๐ 62 ๐ฌ 8 ๐ 3
Let me get this straight: we can't "afford" to track disease, research cures or make sure food and drugs are safe, but we can afford to spend $4.5 trillion on tax breaks that mostly go to the rich?
01.04.2025 13:35 โ ๐ 1110 ๐ 297 ๐ฌ 21 ๐ 7
Are you, like millions of Americans, looking to buy a Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, Nissan, or Kia?
Trump is making it 25% MORE EXPENSIVE. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
26.03.2025 21:38 โ ๐ 1143 ๐ 350 ๐ฌ 143 ๐ 19
Graphic highlighting concerns about cuts to the National Weather Service featuring a map showing a hurricane path and images of Donald Trump and Elon Musk with a caption that reads. Cuts to National Weather Service Leave Forecasters Reeling "Lives are being put in danger," one meteorologist warned, as some experts feared the cuts will harm public safety." Does your life need more uncertainty?
How does making our lives more dangerous make America great again?
24.03.2025 21:37 โ ๐ 18 ๐ 12 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
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