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"the plan to shrink IRS staff by up to 50% would — very conservatively — lead to a $400 billion increase in uncollected taxes over the next decade. It could easily mean more than $2 trillion in losses..." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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instagram.com/p/DFN6786MarX/ Heads up – an upcoming special election, every bit of support makes a difference

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Remember to tune in to hear Biden’s farewell address on Wednesday night at 8pm ET. The White House will stream the address live From its website and YouTube. ABC, CBS, NBCwill carry the address live and stream it at their respective websites and select social-media channels. and TUNE OUT on Jan 20!

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Trump is gleefully strutting his stuff through the ashes of Los Angeles, secretly enjoying every moment www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/u...

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I was just reading down a “rabbit hole” of articles, ended up at a Newsweek article that ended with the following: Fairness Meter Newsweek Is Committed To Journalism That's Factual And Fair. Hold Us Accountable And Submit Your Rating Of This Article On The Meter. I like the idea…..

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The stock market is the playground of the wealthiest - it is so easy to make millions when you know what is about to happen in the market- meanwhile smaller investors are left to read the tea leaves -insider dealing is illegal, but this doesnt appear to apply to "the haves"

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‘Cowardice spreads like wildfire’: Kinzinger trolls Republicans with their own J6 comments www.rawstory.com/cowardice-sp...

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Our team reviewed thousands of pages of court documents and interviewed 50+ lawyers, patients, providers and more. Over and over, they said progress-based insurance denials of mental health coverage can lead to real — sometimes devastating — harm. By @mayatmiller.bsky.social, @deldeib.bsky.social

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Musk is trying like hell to get NAZIS ELECTED IN GERMANY.

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It’s important that we begin to narrow our focus, and to Rebrand, Reinvent, Reorganize, and Take Concerted Action (borrowing from Hopium). We will lose the battle if we dilute our message with trying to do too much. And who are we coalescing around that might lead us? 2025 is here, clock is ticking

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Gabbard, Hegseth, Kennedy and Patel, the Unacceptable 4, are the first priority. Starting now, make daily calls to your house members and senators welcoming them back, and demanding they work to prevent these dangerous extremists from being confirmed.

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Trump Loses Appeal of Carroll’s $5 Million Award in Sex-Abuse Case - spread the news! No time to be dignified…

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“…the underlying issue is not the size of government, it’s whom the government is for.” Robert Reich open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

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Even if New York Times is failing to meet the moment, there are certain opinion writers at the Times that are well worth reading. Boule has been consistent in pressing for change in the Democratic status quo: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/o...

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The more I check out posts on The Free Press site in Substack, the more I am getting a vibe tilted forward XXXX - i.e. that part of America is not having an “open mind” to his/Musk’s/MAGA’s side of the argument.

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The Free Press 12.27.2024 on substack: The Canadians Who Say: ‘Trump, Take My Country—Please!’ - a very disappointing and one-sided article from the Free Press. focused on those Canadians who share MAGA viewpoints, with no alternate perspective by the majority of Canadians. A real turn-off

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One opportunity to counter the b.s. head-on with truthful facts is to stream Washington Journal on C-Span, 7-10 ET daily, and call in during the 2 Open Forum segments - Democrat Line: (202) 748-8000. Independent Line: (202) 748-8002 there are also Q&A segments to put questions to the guests

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The 10 Biggest Myths About Our Economy - I highly recommend this excellent video! - the smarter we get about the myths the wealthy tell us, vs what we want as a society, the better we will be able to communicate American ideals in a way that is easy to grasp: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ3j...

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Per Politico Playbook, about choosing a new DNC Chair: “…There have been some DNC members who, when I've called them, one of their first responses to my introduction is, ‘What are you, crazy? Why in the world would you want this job?’”…. poor things

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from Politico Playbook this morning - we need an entire new DNC and chair! These people apparently have given up and need to go: Skoufisk people are burned out,” one Democrat close to the DNC tells Playbook. Skoufis don’t want to run for it, and don’t think it will do anything big.”

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what do we do about this? It will only get worse, and the zombie pack will continue to grow (fascism doing its work) - our tactic has been to regard this audience as hopeless and a waste of time - how might we go on the offensive instead, in a way that they will see?

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Loving our fiery women in Congress! Musk “spent hours roasting Rep. ROSA DeLAURO (D-Conn.) on X after she slammed the tech mogul as a “self-appointed president” in a fiery floor speech …. And he attacked Sen. Warren for doing much the same in a CNN interview earlier in the week.” (Politico)

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California's minimum-wage hike for fast-food workers has been a clear success, Rogé Karma writes, and yet it has been portrayed as a failure. That is a testament to how quickly economic misinformation spreads—and how hard it is to combat once it does:

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If Elon Musk, the world’s richest man who made his fortune in part through government contracts, really wanted to help the government’s finances, he could simply agree to pay his fair share in taxes. Or, I guess, he could fuck over kids with cancer.

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youtu.be/07KHdLsofbY?... Oh trump will hate this Lincoln Project ad... spread it far and wide!!!

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the yearly growth in value of billionaire assets, including stocks and private businesses, are a form of income that can go largely untouched under current tax laws - as we gain understanding of what is really going on, it becomes very clear how unfair tax cuts for the wealthy are!

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Responded usually low-key Sen. Chris Murphy from Connecticut on X: “WTF. NONE OF THIS IS OK, EVERYONE. NONE OF THIS IS NORMAL.”

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The world's richest man is concerned about "government overspending." Yet his concern about deficits seems to disappear when it comes to extending tax cuts that will disproportionately benefit billionaires like him. Tax cuts that will balloon the deficit by $5 trillion, btw.

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Here is a photo from the House Republican meeting today. There is NO PATH to "cut $2.5 Trillion in net mandatory spending" without MASSIVE cuts to programs like Social Security, Medicare, Veterans benefits, etc. DRAFT AGREEMENT

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NEW: “A company owned by two of Donald Trump’s top mega-donors has routinely brought dozens of its workers from Mexico to staff its warehouses in Wisconsin and other locations even though they do not appear to have permission to work in the US.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

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Best gift ever. Thanks @jimmykimmel.com

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