Chants of TAX THE RICH! From today’s Indivisible empty chair town hall for Darrell Issa - who just so happens to be the richest person in Congress. @velshi.bsky.social @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com @maddow.msnbc.com @indivisible.org
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I'm sorry, BUT... the protesters still haven't shown me how they're going to take our country's Democracy back!! STOP talking to little people (Congress & Angry Voters) that Fotus dgaf about or not even lend a listening ear to! Well, what I mean is... TAKE THE FIGHT STRAIGHT TO R6-SCOTUS‼️
‘Tax the rich’ used to be a populist message but a limited solution to society’s ills. Now, at least for the U.S., it’s a real fix—both for the deficit and for shadow money. And with billionaires stepping into the spotlight, the message is gaining unstoppable momentum.
So inspiring!!!✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾🇺🇸🇺🇸💙 Challenging a greedy a** elected official to do his job‼️
I recommend we demand to tax the Billionaires, not the rich. We gotta start with them first. TAX THE BILLIONAIRES‼️ Taxing THEM alone would make a world of difference for 95% of Americans. TAX THE DAMN BILLIONAIRES!💯🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💰
Most US churches are small neighborhood ones doing needed work in their communities. They run food banks, preschools, and provide social services and spaces. All this with part time pastors and tiny congregations.
Again - small churches, part-time staff, volunteer deacons, etc. It is not as if they put a great deal of emphasis on tax reporting. Most are trying to just stay open while serving as many folks as possible.
The budget issue is both a revenue and cost issue and people are finally waking up to this. The very richest people should pay significantly more income tax. What that rate should be can be debated but it should be higher than it is now.
I would describing tax the rich as Taxing the rich enough that they don’t have enough excess wealth to individually fund democracy destroying think tanks or media networks.
Attended the Town Hall for our District#1 Republican Rep
( Miller-Meeks) who was a no show in Iowa City Iowa on 3/22 , over a 1000 constituents showed up and has to be moved outside! I took a picture of the lady with the best poster!
I am willing to get paid though. If you know how to get an application for this job I will see my resume asap. Is there dental? Or a bonus for a snazzy sign? Or if I riot? A work from home option. Let’s put it this way I am in!
Issa is too busy kissing the orange one's butt with a Nobel nomination and trying to codify DOGE. He's the absolute worst, a very rich guy who is also a felon, sound familiar?
if he so rich why the fuck he holding public office NO MORE TITLES OF NOBILITY AND UBER RICH shall hold public office NO MORE! only regular people get to hold office in our government.
Let’s see how much longer Republicans can sniff their own farts about the outcomes of the 2024 election, all while pretending there isn’t a real grassroots populist movement happening in their own back yards.
If you cannot make it to a Town Hall or a rally, please get on the phone or e-mail and tell your reps in DC what you think. Resist. It only takes a few minutes and it doesn't cost any money. We don't need money in politics. We just need people to participate.
100% ! People need to feel part of the conversation and process, have the time, energy, easy access to correct facts and information, and feel proud to have a sense of civic duty and responsibility. This should be normal participation, but we've moved far from this, but I hope we're on our way back.
We wouldn't have to be fighting about this if the wealthy were also good Christians who were appreciative of the many blessings they have received and followed Christ's instructions to care for the poor and downtrodden on a voluntary basis. How they can mouth Christian values and not live them out?
I know right? I'm agnostic or whatever, but I went to church as a kid and I watched 80s sitcoms - I know right from wrong and I gotta admit; Christ is cool. Dude was awesome.
These fuckers in charge right now are totally evil. If I was a Christian I'd be feeling a little bit Revelations right now.
Fuck you and your Christians are perfect bullshit. The only thing Christian means is that person hates poor people, hates gay and trans people, and loves authoritarianism. That's all yall have
That's Escondido the only Dem part of the CD. Now go east and talk to the rest of the CD that is very MAGA or doesn't vote at all. Go to both the San Diego county and Riverside areas with the MAGA.
Yes, it is the Hunter family area with a crooked Father and Son who was just as bad. They even voted for the guy who was indicted. Hopeless MAGA desert rats and christ stains.
Issa couldn't find a car to steal to get there or what? (He has prior felony arrests for stealing cars and having illegal firearms, because the GOP are the "Law and Order" party, ya know!)
I never knew this to be a thing until the monster came down an escalator, but there's good and bad immigrants. Color. Ethnicity. Geographic region. Language. Religion. Wealth. Hypocrisy is a feature, not an accident.
Margaux said carpet bagger so I assumed he was a fake resident. Recently we had Tim Michels and Eric Hovde swoop in to run here in Wisconsin. TM lives in Connecticut and EH lives in Orange County CA. I read his rapsheet. Nice guy. Lol
True, we are headed for dark times. Let’s resist and build community. The international community views Trump this way; why don't we see these headlines in U.S. media?
Not surprised. Rats hide when they know they have been found out. They have no viable argument to the question of why they are eating your stocks of food without your permission, other than self-interest. Sorry... did not want to say rats are worse than GOP congressman. They are not by any measure.
People are starting to wake up. I think the official word is “WOKE”. Being lied to on a regular basis is hard to wake up from. Please give credit to people for FINALLY seeing the truth.
Love it! Don't really need anything else. Who can't get behind this idea (besides the rich)? Best part is it works! Look at the 50s and 60s. High taxes on rich and large government investments with strong unions led to big growth and gains for middle class. Sic the estate tax on them!
So, if our government officials are selected to represent The PEOPLE, and The PEOPLE chant “TAX THE RICH!” How the hell DARE said officials give tax cuts to the rich & squeeze every dollar from The PEOPLE? This is an upside down system! Entirely Unconstitutional AF! #ByThePeopleForThePeople
I wish we could find a more accurate slogan, since this insults the segment who pay the majority of federal taxes. The oligarchs are in a class of their own as are giant corporations.
Ha! Our district is know for voting for criminals. Duncan Hunter Jr preceded Issa and we also had Randy Duke Cunningham. Both corrupt as hell but veterans with an “R” attached to name.
Welcome to a world where the richest man, a self-styled deity of disruption, swings a chainsaw at democracy—until, oh dear, the woodchips fight back! Empathy? Weakness. Accountability? Unthinkable.
Watch as the titan of toughness meets his match-consequences. Turns out,even gods can throw tantrums.
How much more can one man endure!
So, let's do the right thing. Let’s start a GoFundMe for Elon. Let’s scrape together our hard-earned pennies to help this visionary entrepreneur recover from the cruel,unexpected consequences of his own decisions. Maybe with our donations,he can afford better glue.
It is time for the DNC to get busy finding good candidates for every seat in Congress. I will not give them a dime until they show me how they plan to fight them in 2026 not 2028.
AFAIC, it was the rich that demonized taxation. I get that the working class, since Reagan, have a hard time paying bills, thanks to regressive tax rates & their right legs shake when a Repub says 'Tax cut.' I also personally know rich people who actually believe they deserve a free ride.
No One Deserves A Free Ride. We don't have national defense, emergency services, public education, national & local law enforcement, without taxes. Pay your damn taxes cheapskates. But thanks to Dumpy Whumpy the IRS won't know. I digress, but #ETTD and All Crimes Start with DJT.
Yes! AOC and Bernie need to take note! Use basic language. Stop calling them "oligarchs" and call them "the rich." It's more accessible and motivating.
I love seeing all these meetings. I hope the younger people who so often treat "boomers" as irrelevant notice the ages of many of those protesting, marching and attending town halls. Fascism hurts all of us, young and old, so we have to work together to fight what's happening.
I am a Boomer but I also understand what young people are up against. Salaries have not kept up with costs, especially housing costs.
With that said I do not appreciate being blamed for their lot in life. They need to blame the oligarchs who own the country. Lots of boomers are hurting too.
I was there and left early. 95% white in a majority Latino town. A lot of preaching to the choir. We need to reach out to young people and poc. Doing this ain't getting us any new votes fwiw
I've lived in this district for 20 years El Cajon Temecula and Murrieta are not Ruby red. There is a very loud right wing but the cities are 50-50 or lean blue. If we engaged more non voters we'd win If I asked 10 random people who our rep was I'd bet at least half wouldn't know 🤷🏼♀️ great speech btw 🫶🏼
Been in the 'Mec since 2019. This place is supposed to be red but almost everyone I meet votes blue. Probably just be who I hang out with but we're for sure out there.
Perhaps POC have had enough of white people and their BS and think it is time for white people to fix their mess? Also, I doubt you are going to see a ton of Latinos or immigrants at these things right now. THEY ARE SCARED of being profiled and snatched up by ICE.
Perhaps but we need to do more. 70% of the country doesn't like what is happening now. It's time to seize on that and help people learn. Give out eggs to non voters or hold fun events with messaging for everyone.
U.S. Census numbers for CA48- which is only part of Escondido. It’s the entire inland part of the county east of the 1-15 and up into Temecula (Riverside county) it’s 60%white and he won 60-40 in the last election. 🤷🏻♀️
That's my point Less than 200k people voted in '24 with a population of 750k in order to win over non voters we need to do more. Musk is in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania buying votes with cash. Maybe have taco trucks at the park and give out literature, have sports idk. Staying in our bubble isn't it
Actually about 360k voted in the district of about 450k registered voters. Not 100% but it never is. I’m quite tired of trying to do dog and pony shows for folks to get them to see why they should vote, especially when we are one of the most accessible states to do so.
Exactly! I’ve seen people of ALL ages at various protests, even speaking out to audiences from the podium! Gives me hope too!! KEEP it UP! We CAN Do BETTER! Don’t despair and don’t give in!
Darrell got rich by foreclosing on a loan he made to a friend over a car alarm company.
Later Darrell bought a ridiculous amount of insurance the company offices. Then they burnt down three weeks later. Mysteriously the company servers and data were elsewhere when the fire happened. #crook
It does, but Darrell pulled this shit years ago. This is the proverbial "great crime" that founded his great wealth. He pulled that caper in the early 80s.
Weirdly, the info is very public. These stories are in his wikipedia page and backed up with citations. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darrell_Issa
Yeah I wasn't sure when he had done it. But they've all been like that all the time. I mean look at Rick Scott too.
And these Trumpers support their King and Elon and will fight with me and fight with me about how every politician steals, but not Elon or Trump.
I guess they finally got sick of seeing all the mega yachts, mansions across the world and buying themselves a rocket. The rest of us are over here, wondering if we're gonna have to live in a cardboard box when they dismantle SOCIAL SECURITY.
He's MANIPULATING the stock market so billionaires can buy low and gain more and more control. The more money lost by 401K, 403b, and retirement account holders, the closer to impoverished Americans. Most MAGA believers have no stocks, bonds, retirement accounts or disposable income to loot.
Hmm That seems a shortfall of control for the people. If they discover someone is corrupt so no mechanism to get rid of a representative sooner than their term.
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I loathe Issa for his staffers threatening to subpoena me to Congress during the Countrywide debacle. But Issa is not the richest man in Congress. He may be the richest who STILL can’t pass a FBI background check.
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We, your voters, what you to tax the rich as well. Why won’t you? Murdoch?
START THE MOVEMENT, TAX EXEMPT 2025! Stop paying federal taxes for 2025. DOGE claims to have saved us Billions of dollars by dismantling the government, so what are we paying for and why are we still paying? GO TAX EXEMPT FOR 2025
I have a former co-worker who left CA-48 recently (he used to live in Lakeside) and now lives in a blue district in San Diego county (He now lives in Mira Mesa). My friend had been trying to flip that district for many years but to no avail. Plus, my friend is tired of the hot weather in CA-48.
That said, I feel bad for the Democrats and Independents (who lean Democratic) who have to suffer under Darrell Issa's corruption and misrepresentation. Do better CA-48 when electing a decent and effective representative to Congress (Hint: it ain't Darrell Issa).
In general it’s a red district. We need a better opponent, and I know at least one is emerging. People don’t know what a good representative does until they have one. Sara Jacobs in the next district over is showing them.
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And trust me, Issa is somewhere comfortable, even possibly entertaining, just laughing his ass off.
Because Issa & his BILLIONAIRE backers don't give one gawddamn shit what you or I think or feel or suffer.
Until you start taking THEIR money. It’s the only thing they love. Figure out how to separate them from it. That’s far more effective than a protest. It’s the kind of thing that makes Elon cry.
Until the upper & middle classes feel the pain & destruction #Trump is creating, NOTHING will change.
Short-sighted, selfishness & fear keeps them silent.
In the meantime, people are being killed, dying, losing their homes, going hungry - but, as long as YOU have your retirement, right?
😃 Can't stand that guy. Like the rest, he used his great wealth for get himself elected and then does everything in his power to not serve his constituents.
CA has nonpartisan redistricting. It's not gerrymandered. I live in the 48th, there are a lot of rural/unincorporated areas which are very conservative.
Yes unfortunately, he's now my rep in the San Diego backcountry. Every mailing I get from him is trump propaganda. We seem to get all the bad apples, before Issa we had Duncan Hunter.
I feel you. My district in Western NY, in the Buffalo suburbs has Langworthy, who also just spouts MAGA. We had Chris Collins as well. Another thief. Langworthy is all in against Canada even though his district benefits immensely from Canadian trade and tourism.
Word to all the rich people. You know what happens to hogs. So you may want to consider doing something about your boy Musk and fast. Because right now the knives are being sharpened.
He could be dead for all we know. Completely awol. Meanwhile Sara Jacobs, next district over, is a rising star. I keep emailing Darrell and praising her.
When you see scenes like this it makes it more obvious that the election was rigged / interfered with by Musk and his cohorts. There is no way that he got all those votes legally. #TrumpIsACriminal
According to ChatGPT after a full analysis of what’s happening up-to-date in the US, we are parallel to 1937 Nazi Germany by 99.85%…..🤦🏻♀️😩😩😩😩😩
WE MUST ACT NOW!!!!!
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I recommend we demand to tax the Billionaires, not the rich. We gotta start with them first. TAX THE BILLIONAIRES‼️ Taxing THEM alone would make a world of difference for 95% of Americans. TAX THE DAMN BILLIONAIRES!💯🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💰
#TaxTheChurches
#EliminateTheCap on SS
#MedicareForAll
( Miller-Meeks) who was a no show in Iowa City Iowa on 3/22 , over a 1000 constituents showed up and has to be moved outside! I took a picture of the lady with the best poster!
( not “paid instigators” )
These fuckers in charge right now are totally evil. If I was a Christian I'd be feeling a little bit Revelations right now.
Because she actually had a plan to do that!
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NYC. April 5th. 1 PM. Bryant Park, Manhattan.
We’ll see you in the streets.
Details and RSVP at 50501ny.org. More to come for the greater NY community!
#50501
Maybe then, we can save the ‘Capitalist Empire’ — it’s a Win-Win for the 1% Motherfuckers but also for Democracy. Play fair & Share!
this ain't no joke
NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION - SATURDAY, APRIL 5
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💙 And keep up the boycotts!
Deplorable is not an apt description.
Republicans, "he is our criminal".
Watch as the titan of toughness meets his match-consequences. Turns out,even gods can throw tantrums.
Get the word out to everyone!
Share it on TikTok!!
#BuildtheResistance
#WakeupAmerica
We need more pushback!
Signups @ #mobilize.us and #fiftyfifty.one for protests info
Attend town hall meetings
letters-boycott-strike-blackouts
#5Calls
#Bluestorm
There’s power in numbers!
So, let's do the right thing. Let’s start a GoFundMe for Elon. Let’s scrape together our hard-earned pennies to help this visionary entrepreneur recover from the cruel,unexpected consequences of his own decisions. Maybe with our donations,he can afford better glue.
The good news is that if you're a taxpayer, you're all ready donating.
With that said I do not appreciate being blamed for their lot in life. They need to blame the oligarchs who own the country. Lots of boomers are hurting too.
Oops. . . Sorry?
https://www.opensecrets.org/personal-finances/darrell-issa/net-worth?cid=N00007017
Later Darrell bought a ridiculous amount of insurance the company offices. Then they burnt down three weeks later. Mysteriously the company servers and data were elsewhere when the fire happened. #crook
It seems like every Republican is a scammer these days
Weirdly, the info is very public. These stories are in his wikipedia page and backed up with citations.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darrell_Issa
And these Trumpers support their King and Elon and will fight with me and fight with me about how every politician steals, but not Elon or Trump.
is going to be the battle cry of the Revolution against the Russian installed billionaire oligarchs running America
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The other two richest members of Congress are below, DG.😘
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We, your voters, what you to tax the rich as well. Why won’t you? Murdoch?
Massive lunch bag letdown.
If Americans can't get serious about protesting, why bother?
Vote all incumbent Republicants — “OUT OF OFFICE”
If they won’t show up, SHOW THEM THE DOOR….
Because Issa & his BILLIONAIRE backers don't give one gawddamn shit what you or I think or feel or suffer.
Which is why
WE HAVE TO #CrashTheMarket
in order to rid our society of the 1%.
Figure out what SPECIFIC companies they value most, then work to boycott them, undercut their suppliers, etc. Let the market speak. LOUDLY.
Short-sighted, selfishness & fear keeps them silent.
In the meantime, people are being killed, dying, losing their homes, going hungry - but, as long as YOU have your retirement, right?
Democrats run for office to govern.
Republicans run for office to exploit.
Get the word out to everyone!
Share it on TikTok!!
#BuildtheResistance
#WakeupAmerica
We need more pushback!
Signups @ #mobilize.us and #fiftyfifty.one for protests info
Attend town hall meetings
letters-boycott-strike-blackouts
#5Calls
#Bluestorm
WE MUST ACT NOW!!!!!