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Category: Labor & Economy

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Petition for change at REI

As a long-time REI member, I’m deeply concerned about the direction the company is taking under its current leadership. Recent endorsements and decisions threaten our cherished natural spaces and wildlife, prioritizing fossil fuel development over conservation. With a board filled with corporate interests, there’s a crucial opportunity to advocate for
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Russell Vought – Maybe the most dangerous person in the Trump Administration

Russell Vought's rise within the Trump Administration marks a pivotal moment in American politics, where a stringent Christian nationalist ideology seeks to reshape governance at the expense of marginalized communities. From his early days at Wheaton College to his role in Project 2025, Vought's agenda threatens to dismantle civil rights
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The vast majority of politicians “honoring” Martin Luther King, Jr. today would call him a radical leftist if he were still alive.

The vast majority of politicians "honoring" Martin Luther King, Jr. today would likely label him a radical leftist. King's vision extended beyond sanitized narratives, offering a critique of capitalism, militarism, and systemic inequality. He identified as a democratic socialist, advocating for economic reforms and a redistribution of power. His words
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Project 2025 – They aim to dismantle America as we know it.

Project 2025 represents a radical vision for reshaping America, targeting free expression, healthcare, civil rights, and the very structure of government. With proposals to redefine obscenity laws, dismantle reproductive rights, and eliminate federal oversight of education, this initiative threatens to alter the fabric of American society. Imagine a world where
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Project 2025: Shaping Trump’s Second Term

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares for his return to the White House, a significant shift is underway with the appointment of key figures linked to Project 2025, a comprehensive conservative governance blueprint. Despite previously distancing himself from this initiative, Trump's selections signal a potential embrace of radical policy proposals that
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Shoplift? Go to Jail. Violate Child Labor Laws? Maybe a fine.

A recent investigation into child labor violations at Iowa's largest pork processing plant has unveiled a shocking reality in America's food industry. JBS USA employed minors as young as 13 in hazardous conditions, violating federal labor laws. This alarming case, resulting in a $1.5 million penalty, underscores a broader crisis

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Next time someone tells you they vote Republican because they are

Next time someone tells you they vote Republican because they are “fiscal conservatives”, just laugh and pity them, because they are fools. $19 trillion deficit $19,000,000,000,000 And if they say their taxes are going down, laugh again.

Senator Chris Murphy just revealed on the Senate floor that Republicans now have the votes to cut $2 trillion in services for seniors on Medicare and kids on Medicaid. Tomorrow is the House’s vote. $2T so that they can cut taxes for the rich. Not you. Not to balance the budget. For the rich.
24 hr summary: Grandma gets kicked out of the nursing home. Russi

24 hr summary: Grandma gets kicked out of the nursing home. Russian oligarchs can buy citizenship and pay lower taxes on the logging $ they make from destroying our national forests. He’s taking your guns and your taxes are going up. Also trans belly dancers and gold statues of Trump in Gaza.
Next time someone tells you they vote Republican because they are

Next time someone tells you they vote Republican because they are “fiscal conservatives”, just laugh and pity them, because they are fools. $19 trillion deficit $19,000,000,000,000 And if they say their taxes are going down, laugh again.

Senator Chris Murphy just revealed on the Senate floor that Republicans now have the votes to cut $2 trillion in services for seniors on Medicare and kids on Medicaid. Tomorrow is the House’s vote. $2T so that they can cut taxes for the rich. Not you. Not to balance the budget. For the rich.

Republicans pretend to care about the debt when Democrats are in charge. Today they propose to raise the limit 4 TRILLION dollars. To pay for their tax cuts for the wealthiest, and while cutting SNAP and Medicaid funding. Crooks and Traitors.
Trump wants to leave disaster relief to the states. Of the twent

Trump wants to leave disaster relief to the states. Of the twenty top states in receiving disaster aid compared to what they pay in taxes, 15 voted for trump. On the map, red means they got more FEMA money per dollar of Taxes paid, Blue means less. Louisiana tops the list, by far.

The Venn diagram of people that deride California for having high taxes and being “socialist” and people that are now trying to pin blame on budgets and government inaction is a circle.