The world's richest man is taking a sledgehammer to Social Security, Medicaid, and other vital programs that millions rely on. He’s doing it so the president can cut taxes for the richest people and the biggest corporations in America. Kudos to Senator Cory Booker for sounding the alarm. - ThreadSky

rbreich.bsky.social • 62 days ago

The world's richest man is taking a sledgehammer to Social Security, Medicaid, and other vital programs that millions rely on.

He’s doing it so the president can cut taxes for the richest people and the biggest corporations in America.

Kudos to Senator Cory Booker for sounding the alarm.

Reposted from Cory Booker

I’m heading to the Senate floor because Donald Trump and Elon Musk have shown a complete disregard for the rule of law, the Constitution, and the needs of the American people. You can tune in on CSPAN, YouTube, X, and Facebook.

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clmcginley.bsky.social•62 days ago

15 hours and still going!!!

4gabriel.bsky.social•62 days ago

And a bunch of our neighbors are letting them- but they think you’ll never figure it out while they hide in their gated communities

spiralarchitect6.bsky.social•62 days ago

Yawn…

percivis.bsky.social•62 days ago

If you are wealthy and oppose Social Security you are pure evil; if you are not wealthy and oppose Social Security you are also pure evil. Don't think so? Ask Jesus Christ.

umaija.bsky.social•62 days ago

https://open.substack.com/pub/brooklyndaddefiant/p/is-trump-rigging-the-2028-election?r=10wiv6

altdivide.bsky.social•62 days ago

Everyone should be watching Cory Booker right now.

katrina-cheshire.bsky.social•62 days ago

He is aldo doing it to rid the US of people that his fascisy regime condider to be of no use to them... poor, disabled, elderly etc... imo

falconryfinance.bsky.social•62 days ago

Senator Cory Booker has done literally nothing, he was not required to "sound an alarm" and it's nothing to congratulate him publicly for from your platform, unless you're paid to give the American people the illusion of an opposition party. You're a phony little creep doing your part for fascism.

lindawarner.bsky.social•62 days ago

Complicit snowflake says what?

#AprilFool

oldandsharp.bsky.social•62 days ago

Wow...and the REPUB/MAGA-GOTS are doing WHAT????
HIDING???

mkmcdaniels.bsky.social•62 days ago

Fu*k Trump
Fu*k Musk
Fu*k the GOP
And
Fu*k YOU if you voted for this sh*t!

amstermom.bsky.social•62 days ago

The fight against fascism is an "All of the above" effort. Booker alone can't do it, but it's something. All of the Tesla takedowns, or the April 5 march, by themselves, can't do it, but it helps. Boycotts help. Editorials help. Downballot elections help. Use it all.

amptsuper.bsky.social•62 days ago

CNN has live link now.
NPR has live link now.
APNews has live link now.

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/01/nx-s1-5347318/cory-booker-senate-speech

lukewarm24.bsky.social•61 days ago

The Reform party in the uk and

the most financially incompetent ex PM in uk history Liz Truss

Wants the same!

It has nearly ruined the uk

But the fight back is on

It will just take time and suffering

defeatthefascists.bsky.social•62 days ago

He’s not doing it for the tax breaks, tho. He’s doing it to destroy all US institutions that serve & protect regular Americans to gain total control over where we work, how we spend our (increasingly meager) money, how long and healthfully we live, and what we know. An extra $100k isn’t the point.

snosvars.bsky.social•60 days ago

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/197wA9VCk5/

jere474.bsky.social•62 days ago

Total incompetence compromising the country should be enough to remove trump and his regime from any position of power. They are not protecting the country nor preserving the welfare of citizens. By all rights they are liable and need to be held accountable for their evisceration of the USA.

flyrod8.bsky.social•62 days ago

Impeach the criminal. He’s breaking all laws and rules of government. Taking the floor! Please don’t slip.

auntmarilee.bsky.social•62 days ago

bdrugge.bsky.social•62 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/bdrugge.bsky.social/post/3llqkszxfzc22

ediot99.bsky.social•62 days ago

With respect, the alarms have been sounding for 8+ years. If alarms could have fixed this, we would all have free healthcare, zero emissions, free education, etc.. What we need is action. If our elected officials can offer nothing more than theater, the people will get it done.

kayemac.bsky.social•62 days ago

16 hours and still going. No toilet break and still standing. I like the way he weaves in letters and stories from people across the US.

bdrugge.bsky.social•62 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/bdrugge.bsky.social/post/3llqkszxfzc22

henry-614.bsky.social•62 days ago

Trump Team in one image

may-hemm.bsky.social•62 days ago

The complacency party has been allowing Donald Trump to break laws continuously he did it last time, and he',s doing it again. It's outlandish to sit and watch Injustice! And watching people quit their jobs so that thugs can come and replace them isn't helping. :-( USSA!:-(

hansolo3239.bsky.social•62 days ago

Unfortunately, alarms must be heard to have an effect.

megjb.bsky.social•62 days ago

Womp womp

frittitailchaser.bsky.social•62 days ago

That's honestly one reason I'm glad he's posting this on X and facebook. It may not be the entire right suddenly shifting, but it's a dissenting voice in their stupid little echo chamber. A political one.

1oldlady.bsky.social•62 days ago

Need to change the wording of EM being “the WORLDS richest man” to he got RICH from GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS and GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES!!!!

Change that NARRATIVE!

@maddow.msnbc.com

justfan39.bsky.social•62 days ago

Thank you Senator Booker for your patriotism and tenacity! Keep reminding people that Trump couldn't do what he is doing without the approval of the Republican Congress.This insanity is their doing.

paulinesjourney.bsky.social•62 days ago

I’d like to know where the actual money is going to? Like whose accounts?
It’s going to be practically impossible to get this money back ( the American people’s money) once it’s been ‘disappeared’

frittitailchaser.bsky.social•62 days ago

That's easy.
Once you've cut out all the organizations helping people?

The budget that passed gave us a larger military and several hundred million dollars of contracts to Elon musk's companies. Also detention camp building.

It went to building a bigger proverbial military dick for the oligarchs.

oklahomacowboy.bsky.social•62 days ago

Please note Chuck Schumer didn’t do this. Someone else had to… So much for leadership.

markosilberhand.bsky.social•62 days ago

.
Do it . . .

... just do it !

💠 👊 💠

miketherealist.bsky.social•61 days ago

DEPORT MUSK IMMEDIATELY

wumpus-cave.net•62 days ago

If the richest man in the world doesn't need Social Security, why do you need Social Security?

february1825.bsky.social•62 days ago

niajo16.bsky.social•62 days ago

@uw-fl-lelone.bsky.social @sufa-indivisible.bsky.social @theguardian.com @indivisible.org share

kingcaesar60.bsky.social•62 days ago

Will MAGA wake up and smell the black coffee !

libertyandtruth.bsky.social•62 days ago

kudos to Senator Booker!!

https://libertyandtruth.etsy.com/listing/1862321276

barbstc.bsky.social•62 days ago

SS has zero to do with taxes. It is for the cruelty. Pay back the trillion borrowed from US!

oldandsharp.bsky.social•62 days ago

Oh, I thought the richest man WAS the President and the other guy was the KING!! That what they allude to every day. Too bad my hearing aid continues to malfunction when they speak. Hearing Booker loud and clear TODAY, tho!!! A voice of reason AND intelligence!!!

foodethicist.bsky.social•61 days ago

Trump is a very, very mentally sick man. Mentally healthy people do not set out to harm people the way Trump makes it his mission to do so, and they would never derive pleasure from seeing people harmed as Trump clearly does. Trump belongs in a sanatorium not the White House.

rwh0346.bsky.social•62 days ago

There are two classes of people in Trumplandia: 1. The obscenely wealthy. 2. The totally expendable.

citnow.bsky.social•62 days ago

He’s doing it so the oppressed will rise up. Then he shows MAGA BS about libs and minorities attacking. The south, primed for racism, and MAGA, lied to for years, may rise up. Civil War is the objective. They are still 2 steps ahead. Watch for lawsuits vs libs to steal their$. Trump packed courts.

dwaynejulin.bsky.social•62 days ago

This afternoon I found my VA DISABILITY gone. and the deposit from February was Gone as well... No notice of any kind - this is illegal!

archaeologist-d.bsky.social•62 days ago

Cory's my Senator and I'm so proud of him for at least beaming a light on the horror that is the orange one's growing dictatorship.

gardener4ever.bsky.social•62 days ago

Dear world;
Florida USA has just confirmed that they would like tariff wars and hostility with our previous NATO partners. Sane Americans are trying to defeat the insanity in the White House.
Please boycott all things associated with Florida so they may feel the pain.

stevie2.bsky.social•62 days ago

be-three.bsky.social•62 days ago

Eat the rich

grantmusic-pdx.bsky.social•62 days ago

Non native aparthidish upbringing

toweather.bsky.social•62 days ago

Musk has one sledgehammer, we have millions, give it your best shot Ketamine boy.

evahyldgaard.bsky.social•62 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/evahyldgaard.bsky.social/post/3llrl72cf222p

homesculptor.bsky.social•62 days ago

He's also doing it so rw media can claim is 'doesn't work' and then it will be privatized or discarded.
It's a plan.

everythingistolong.bsky.social•62 days ago

nancyspantsbelt.bsky.social•62 days ago

#KoupKlutzKlan must go! Tired of pretending the Dollar Gen tech billionaire Bond villain administrative coup is legitimate!🔥🔥🔥

pkradio.bsky.social•62 days ago

There's never been a tax break that is paid for itself. Unemployment for every dollar it returns a $1.38. Think of what a basic stipend for cost of living could do. Elon Musk has lost more money than if he gave every American a million dollars. He's axing jobs and destroying lives. Eat the Rich!

jasonboerema.bsky.social•62 days ago

Taking away SS and Medicare will take away the only means for living for millions of people. People with nothing to lose will go to drastic lengths to fight for their lives. In short, if they’re looking for a war, this is how you get one!

ares25.bsky.social•62 days ago

They all need to line up and keep the filibustering going.

we-are-toast.bsky.social•62 days ago

What bill is he filibustering? None. It's theatre not a filibuster. We need theatre if it gets attention and this is getting attention. BUT he opened his speech saying BOTH sides of the Aisle have great concerns. That's disqualifying for me. Rs aren't just doing nothing, they are co-conspirators!

ares25.bsky.social•62 days ago

Some would argue that some Ds are co-conspirators, as well. As the adage goes: "Silence is consent." Call what Senators Booker and Warren are doing what you will. At least they are trying. They are demonstrating very real caring and concern for the American people.

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