Under Reagan's tax cuts, the average tax cut for the top 1% was 68x larger than the average cut for middle-class households.

Under Bush's tax cuts, it was 16x larger.

And under Trump, 36x larger. 

The GOP has always governed for the privileged few.

America’s unions celebrate today’s anniversary of President FDR signing the Fair Labor Standards Act into law, which established the 40-hour workweek, child labor protections, minimum wage and more.

These protections were won because workers organized and demanded better.

Those who stand against passing the Equal Rights Amendment here in America are the same ones using women’s rights abroad to justify military action.

How Democratic Party Leaders Quietly Support Trump's March to War With Iran Some Democrats are fighting to stop Trump's Iran war, but leaders like Chuck Schumer are quietly acquiescing or, worse, supporting an attack.

How Democratic Party Leaders Quietly Support Trump’s March to War With Iran
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No matter which party is in charge, there is a bipartisan vote every year that raises the military budget.

Every. Year.

Understand, while members of Congress posture themselves as anti-war, the vote to approve a war would likely look similar to the military budget vote.

CALL: No Cuts to Medicaid Right now, Congress is considering a reckless budget package that would make the 2017 tax giveaway to billionaires and giant corporations permanent, and expand the tax cuts for the rich by cutting $1....

The budget bill that the Senate is considering would make cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, throwing 16 MILLION people off their health insurance and likely closing 338 rural hospitals.

Tell the Senate: no cuts that hurt working families!

#nokings — big turnout in relatively conservative Marin

A sitting state Representative and her husband have been killed. A state Senator is fighting for his life. A targeted political attack in our country.

This is not just a tragedy. It is a terrifying marker of where we are. When hatred is legitimized & violence is tolerated, democracy begins to die.

CDC backtracks on layoffs, rehires more than 400 people Around half of those employees are in the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention.

The CDC is rehiring more than 400 people who had received layoff notices.

Around half of those employees are in the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and Tuberculosis Prevention.

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@padilla.senate.gov thank you for asking the questions we need answers to— for showing your constituents that you are not afraid and will not kowtow to this authoritarian regime

Sen. Padilla pushed to ground, handcuffed for demanding DHS not lie Forcibly removing a sitting US senator, as they opposed the president's immigration policy, is a part of a broader slide.

A DHS spokesperson defended the detainment, accusing Sen. Padilla of failing to properly identify himself during Sec. Kristi Noem's press conference.

But multiple videos show Padilla clearly identifying himself as a senator.

A sitting U.S. Senator was just forcibly thrown out of a DHS presser.

A SITTING U.S. SENATOR was physically stopped from asking questions in an OPEN PRESS CONFERENCE.

This. is. not. normal.

BREAKING: Sen. Alex Padilla was forcibly removed after interrupting a news conference by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
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The International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) representing 44,000 workers on the West Coast, Hawaii, Alaska, and Canada, released the following statement: “The deployment of the National Guard in the streets of Los Angeles by the Trump Administration is a dangerous provocation by the federal government that escalates the conflict and endangers lives. The ILWU stands in opposition to this abuse of power. “The use of tear gas and flashbang grenades against protesters is an unnecessary and disproportionate use of violence against thousands of Angelenos who are standing up to protect their friends, neighbors, family members, and fellow workers from the unjust raids by ICE. The escalation of violence by the federal government is not to enforce ‘law and order’; it is an attempt to silence dissent. “The ILWU stands in solidarity with Angelenos and millions of workers across the country in defense of our civil liberties and in opposition to this authoritarian overreach.”

"The deployment of the National Guard in the streets of Los Angeles by the Trump Administration is a dangerous provocation by the federal government that escalates the conflict and endangers lives. The ILWU stands in opposition to this abuse of power."

Members of our Manhattan, Newark, and Brooklyn locals are distributing flyers today at NYU’s Conference on Labor & Employment Law, where Acting General Counsel Cowen is speaking on “The Future of the NLRA.”

The future of labor law is our Agency and our members. Save the NLRB.

SEIU California | SEIU California President David Huerta Injured, Detained at ICE Raid in Los Angeles We are proud of President Huerta’s righteous participation as a community observer, in keeping with his long history of advocating for immigrant workers and with the highest values of our movement…

Let’s be clear: ICE injured and detained the president of SEIU California for peacefully observing.

ICE picked the wrong side. The wrong state. The wrong person. and the wrong union. David Huerta stood up. And now 750,000 SEIU workers are standing up behind him.

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What happened last night and today was manufactured propaganda by the Trump admin to justify using the military against Americans. Let us be clear: the military should never police civilians without a request from the state. So much for the so-called party of states’ rights and law and order.

Warning: ICE is planning 30 days of immigration raids across Los Angeles County. If you or someone you know may be impacted, now is the time to set up a support system, identify a safe place, and stay alert.

Military style ICE raids in our communities. David Huerta was beaten and dragged away.

Because he saw them and stood up for justice. Because he’s not afraid.

Neither are we.

On MONDAY let's #FreeDavidHuerta, #FreeThemAll

11:00 AM @ Grand Park in Downtown LA (200 N Grand Ave)

Screenshot of a press release from AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler and Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond: "The nearly 15 million working people of the AFL-CIO and our affiliated unions demand the immediate release of California Federation of Labor Unions Vice President and SEIU California and SEIU-USWW President David Huerta. As the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda has unnecessarily targeted our hard-working immigrant brothers and sisters, David was exercising his constitutional rights and conducting legal observation of ICE activity in his community. He was doing what he has always done, and what we do in unions: putting solidarity into practice and defending our fellow workers. In response, ICE agents violently arrested him, physically injuring David in the process, and are continuing to detain him—a violation of David’s civil liberties and the freedoms this country holds dear. The labor movement stands with David and we will continue to demand justice for our union brother until he is released."

The nearly 15 million working people of the AFL-CIO and our affiliated unions demand the immediate release of @californialabor.bsky.social Vice President and @seiuca.bsky.social and SEIU-USWW President David Huerta.

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Largest nurses union condemns immigration raids and joins labor in demanding release of SEIU California President David Huerta National Nurses United, the largest union and professional association of registered nurses in the United States, today condemned the chaos and fear spread by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...

Nurses condemn the ICE raids across Los Angeles today. It's appalling that ICE injured and detained @seiu.org California President David Huerta while he was exercising his First Amendment rights, and we demand his immediate release!

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On Friday night, a federal judge paused the Trump admin’s unconstitutional dismantling of the federal government that included mass layoffs of federal workers.

When we fight, we win! www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

A brown graphic with white and blue text reading "This is a defining moment for the legal profession. Some firms apparently believed that they could hand the bully their lunch money just once and be done with it. But that’s not how Faustian bargains work. Mr. Trump will be coming back to those firms, again and again, to demand further surrender and degradation. All of us will be judged by what we did — and did not do — in this moment. It’s not too late for these lawyers to reverse course and to defend the best values of our profession." The quote is attributed to Ben Wizner, Director of the ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project.

When President Trump attacks the legal profession, he's attacking our right to representation. But good lawyers will not back down in the face of these threats.

Despite promises of cuts from Trump and Elon, the U.S. spent about $220 billion more in the first 100 days than it did last year. We’re spending far more and getting far less. So where is all the money going?

You may be fearing your 401k is no longer enough for you to retire. But with all the cuts to NIH and Medicare you also won't live as long. So the policies are integrated.

Big union turnout at NYC's #HandsOff rally ✊

An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.

BREAKING: Trump admin says it mistakenly deported a Maryland father who had *withholding of removal* back to El Salvador on March 15. Govt told court Monday it won't bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back. "What.The.Fuck..." one govt attorney told me. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... @theatlantic.com

Booker sets record for longest Senate speech in history Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Tuesday set a new record for the longest floor speech in Senate history, having held the floor for at least 24 hours and 19 minutes to decry potential GOP spending cuts…

#BREAKING: Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) sets record for longest Senate speech in history

Without USAID, Myanmar is struggling to recover from its massive earthquake “We have the capacity to save lives, and the choice has been not to use it,” said the former head of the agency's Myanmar mission.

“By now, we would have a search and rescue team of hundreds of people on the ground in Myanmar, digging people out of rubble. Now all we’re told is, ‘we may be able to send three people there.’”

Cory Booker breaks modern record for longest speech from Senate floor The New Jersey Democrat is speaking in protest of the Trump administration’s policies. His record-breaking speech is not delaying the Senate from a vote, so it is not a filibuster.

Breaking news: Sen. Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) broke a record Tuesday night for the longest U.S. Senate floor speech of the modern era, surpassing Sen. Strom Thurmond’s 1957 remarks inside the chamber that lasted 24 hours.