R.J. Hufnagel

YouTube video by Road Less Marveled May 1, 1969: Fred Rogers testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting will be no more. And Fred Rogers is spinning in his grave. To every member of Congress who allowed this to happen, and every voter who either supported it or didn't care: How could you?

Personally, I am still waiting for the health care plan that will cover everybody and be far less expensive. I'm hearing that it will be unveiled in two weeks.

AFL-CIO President @lizshuler.bsky.social: “Whether you’re in a union or not yet in a union—we are here… Come join us on this bus tour. Come be part of this movement. Find out why it’s better in a union!”

The United @steelworkers.bsky.social know, it’s ALWAYS #BetterInAUnion!

This cuts less than 0.001 percent from the federal budget, but does exponentially more damage than that across the nation and the world. Our government is destroying the very things that indeed made our country great in the first place. What a joke this "government" is. thehill.com/homenews/sen...

The U.S. is the wealthiest nation in the history of the world. We have more than enough money to meet everyone's needs and still let the rich be rich. But instead of a government that works toward that goal, we have one that steals from the poor to give more to the rich. Is *this* making us great?

Missouri’s governor signs repeal of state’s guaranteed paid sick leave law Business groups had lobbied hard for law’s repeal, but voters could have a chance to reinstate it next year

Step 1 -- Voters in red state approve ballot initiatives for sick leave and higher minimum wage with 58 percent.
Step 2 -- Eight months later, Republicans repeal these same initiatives.
Step 3 -- (This one is up to you, Missouri) -- VOTE THEM OUT. They don't care about you.

It’s not a surprise that Trump lied. But this may be his biggest lie yet — and we must not let him forget it.

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Happy 4th of July | AFL-CIO

Fighting for working people is patriotic.

Happy Independence Day from America’s unions! 🇺🇸

When your neighbor on the left is being dragged away by masked men and your neighbor on the right can't get an X-ray for their child, be sure to quickly explain that "both parties are the same" and whatnot.

Graphic showing portraits of 218 House Republicans who voted for the largest cut to food assistance in history, labeled with their names.

House Republicans just voted to take food away from hungry kids so billionaires can stuff more money in their pockets.

Holdouts say Trump promised he'd 'make the bill better' in the future While there were no changes made to Trump’s megabill after it came back from the Senate, some House Republican holdouts said Trump made promises to get their votes.

Trump promised to make it better? And these bootlickers believed him, or used the "promise" for cover to destroy our safety net. Trump promised a health care plan in "two weeks." That was five years ago.
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NO CUTS to Medicaid! Cutting or defunding programs like Medicaid would create major gaps in state funding and devastate state budgets. We're running out of time to protect our health care. Tell Congress NO CUTS to Medicai...

Cutting or defunding programs like Medicaid would create major gaps in state funding and devastate state budgets. We're running out of time to protect our health care. Tell Congress NO CUTS to Medicaid!
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Democracies use government as an instrument for the common good. Using a tax bill to destroy and deny health care for 17 million of our people is a sign of authoritarianism.

Republicans want people to die. I dare you to try to change my mind. Stripping worker-safety regulations, gutting health care, making it easier for unhinged people to massacre children. Show me one policy that the GOP supports that actually protects living, breathing humans.

The AFL-CIO condemned Senate Republicans today for passing a budget reconciliation bill that raises costs on working people, wipes out millions of jobs and rips health care away from 17 million Americans––all to hand billionaires one of the biggest paydays in history. In a statement, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler said: “Senate Republicans claimed to stand with working people, then picked our pockets to deliver a nearly $5 trillion gift to billionaires. Every senator who voted for this budget bill chose to make working families poorer, sicker and less safe. “Senators had a chance to correct the damage of the House version of the budget, but they’ve doubled down to make this job-killer even worse. While we are relieved that advocacy from the labor movement and allies pulled a dangerous provision on the regulation of artificial intelligence, the overwhelming harm of this reckless bill for working families cannot be overstated. “The value of any policy like a temporary tax break on tips or overtime will be more than wiped out by higher health care and energy costs—or worse, the loss of jobs altogether. There are 17 million Americans who will lose their health care, hospitals and nursing homes will close, millions will lose their jobs, and everyone will be forced to pay higher daily costs—all while driving resources to a nasty mass deportation effort that will disrupt the country’s workforce across industries and lead to more layoffs for everyone. “The House of Representatives has one last chance to stop this job-slashing giveaway to the extremely wealthy from becoming law. We urge members of Congress to reject this gift to billionaires and stand up for working people before it’s too late.”

How the Senate Bill Harms Working People: Rips health care away from 17 million people and eliminates 600,000 care jobs, forcing over 300 rural hospitals to close their doors. Spikes health care costs for people with employment-based insurance by nearly $500 per person per year and nearly $2,000 annually for a family of four. Destroys hundreds of thousands of energy jobs in construction, manufacturing and production, and raises energy costs at a moment when working-class households are already struggling. Slashes food assistance for nearly 3 million Americans, and slashes at least 140,000 jobs in food processing facilities, school cafeterias, grocery stores, and farms by cutting billions in SNAP funding. Threatens an estimated 1.75 million construction jobs and over 3 billion work hours, which translates to $148 billion in lost annual wages and benefits. Adds $155 billion in funding for President Trump’s mass deportation agenda to increase raids that target immigrant workers, throw members of our communities and our unions in detention, and rip families apart.

America's unions cannot overstate the Senate budget reconciliation bill's overwhelming harm for working families. We condemn the Senate Republicans for doubling down on a bill that raises costs, wipes out jobs, and rips health care away from 17 million people. aflcio.org/press/releas...

Nursing homes face 2 threats: Trump's Medicaid cuts and his immigration crackdown Understaffed nursing homes rely on an immigrant workforce. Cuts to Medicaid and a tough immigration policy amount to a double whammy for the long-term care industry.

If you've ever spent time in a nursing home, even as a visitor, you know they are understaffed, caregivers are overworked, and patients deserve better. HOW is defunding and deregulating the care that our seniors rely on making it any better? (Spoiler alert: It's not.)
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Collins offers amendment to raise tax rates on ultrawealthy earners Maine Sen. Susan Collins (R) has filed an amendment to the One, Big Beautiful Bill Act that would raise the marginal tax rate on individuals who earn more than $25 million per year and couples who …

The fact that a proposal to raise taxes on people making $25 million can't even get an up or down vote in the U.S. Senate tells you all you need to know about who runs our government. Hint: It's not us. thehill.com/homenews/sen...

Senate Reconciliation Amendment Would Cut Hundreds of Billions More From State Medicaid Funding, Putting Coverage at Risk for Millions | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Late Saturday the Senate voted to proceed to debate on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which is the opposite of beautiful: the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) now confirms the legislation will cut.....

Are you OK with more poor Americans getting sick and dying so that more wealthy Americans can pay a little bit less in taxes? If not, I suggest you contact your Senators and tell them to vote "NO" on the enormous lie that is the "Big, Beautiful Bill."
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Stop the Cuts. Protect Our Jobs. Stand with Working Families. The Senate Budget Reconciliation bill is a deliberate attack on working families, children, and vulnerable communities across America. This legislation threatens the very foundation of our communitie...

I just wrote a letter to my Senators: Stop the Cuts. Protect Our Jobs. Stand with Working Families. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...

The Senate Must Reject Job-Killing Cuts | Opinion Now is the moment for senators to stand up for our workers, our families, and our energy future.

16 MILLION people would lose their health care, 2 MILLION kids would lose their SNAP food assistance & thousands of union jobs could be in jeopardy due to the Senate’s budget bill. IUPAT President @jimmy-iupat.bsky.social is right: this is an attack on all workers.

This is how leaders behave in totalitarian regimes. For the second time in a matter of days, elected officials have been wrestled and handcuffed by agents of The Leader. When are we going to look in the mirror and realize we're living under the kind of leadership we used to abhor?

Also, Trump has destroyed all "norms" associated with the office he holds. He's acted with such blatant contempt and malice toward everyone who doesn't kiss his ring that he deserves zero respect himself. He's a repugnant narcissist whose only positive quality is that he's quite good at failing.

Nothing that Trump has done for the past 10 years is "normal" and it's only gone from bad to far, far worse. We're teetering on the edge of totalitarian rule and World War III, while the media overlooks Trump's lunacy and incoherent diatribes while the world burns. It's maddening.

President Trump orders ICE to expand deportations in large Democrat-run cities Trump challenged ICE to deliver "the single largest Mass Deportation Program in History" by expanding operations in large cities led by Democrats.

When black and brown people break the law (or even simply exist) in the U.S., they go to jail, or worse. When white people break the law, we make them president. And millions of people don't see the problem. That's a problem.
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Every single elected official should be outraged by the treatment of Sen. Padilla today. If they're not, it's simply due to their own ignorance and hypocrisy.

Can you imagine how many MAGA heads would have exploded if Antony Blinken or someone else in the Biden administration held a press event in Texas, and their "people" shoved Ted Cruz out the door like this?

Whether you voted for this so-called president or not, if you don't think he and his minions are soon going to come for you or for someone/something you hold dear, you truly are in a cult. This is a national disaster, and more people in power need to start acting like it.

Three officials in D.C. were elected to represent me (besides the so-called executive). One is @summerlee.bsky.social, who is fabulous. One is Dave McCormick, a Trump bootlicker. The other is @fetterman.senate.gov, who would rather criticize fellow Dems than GOP crypto-fascists. 🤷 What to do?

Terry Moran is out at ABC News. His tweet did what critics of the media wanted. - Poynter ABC’s decision ends a decadeslong career and plays directly into the right-wing narrative about media bias

Media bias? Is it "bias" to state the truth now? Moran's been watching this administration closely and called it like he saw it. Meanwhile, at Fox News, the bootlickers continue to spew uninterrupted right-wing nonsense.
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