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Kudos to GOP Senator Thom Tillis for calling out Trump’s dangerous policy of surrendering to war criminal Putin. Now, he and other pro-Ukraine Republicans should start using their power as U.S. senators to restrain Trump as much as possible.

submitted 1 hour ago • 104 comments

Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

submitted 21 hours ago • 2170 comments

Thank you, Janet Mills. This is how all our elected officials everywhere should be confronting Trump's authoritarian "we are the law" sentiment. Head on.

submitted 20 hours ago • 310 comments

Mass federal layoffs deliver a gutting one-two punch to America's veterans Veterans who lost their government jobs say they also have to worry about the potential fallout from cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

submitted 19 hours ago • 4 comments

If you are experiencing rage and despair about what is happening in America and the world right now because of the Trump-Vance-Musk regime, you are hardly alone. But a groundswell of opposition is growing. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/ten-reasons-for-optimism

submitted 1 day ago • 156 comments

Last night we introduced amendment after amendment to lower costs for Americans and protect Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security. Senate Republicans voted down EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.

submitted 1 day ago • 26 comments

I took to the floor with an amendment that says one simple thing: No billionaire should get another tax break.

submitted 1 day ago • 65 comments

Thanks to Donald Trump and Elon Musk, firefighters who just finished weeks of around-the-clock shifts fighting dangerous fires were given a note from their Commander in Chief: "Please quit." That’s a hell of a way to say thank you.

submitted 1 day ago • 186 comments

Are you having trouble with a federal agency like the IRS, VA, or Social Security? If so, my office may be able to help! To connect with our casework team, you can call my office at (425) 657-1001 or follow the link below. schrier.house.gov/services/hel...

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Front page of today's New York Post.

submitted 1 day ago • 206 comments

The Trump-Vance-Musk regime is not only undermining democracy in the United States. It is also laying the foundation for undermining democracies around the world. And the oligarchy is cheering them on. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/paying-off-putin

submitted 1 day ago • 109 comments

The modern GOP was defined by Reagan at the Berlin Wall. It is now defined by supporting a dictator invading a European nation. This is the Republican Party’s legacy.

submitted 2 days ago • 65 comments

Winston Churchill was right: "Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those other forms that have been tried.” Too many Americans have fought and died defending democracy. We must stand with our European allies against the authoritarianism of Putin and Trump.

submitted 2 days ago • 209 comments

The Forest Service layoffs are already hurting our community, with dozens of local employees out of jobs and sites like the Denny Creek Trailhead shutting down due to staffing shortages. And it’s only going to get worse. Fire season is coming, and this decision is putting the 8th District at risk.

submitted 3 days ago • 11 comments

Egg prices are up 53% compared to last year and the spread of bird flu is a major reason why. How has Trump responded? By letting DOGE fire thousands of federal employees across the CDC, NIH, FDA, and the USDA who could respond to this outbreak.

submitted 3 days ago • 203 comments

Veteran says VA appointment canceled because of staffing shortage after VA layoffs Cancelation came one day after mass layoff of VA employees www.wtkr.com/news/in-the-...

submitted 4 days ago • 6 comments

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Until we start vaccinating chickens for avian flu, farmers will keep struggling, and families will keep paying more at the grocery store. Trump needs to act. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

submitted 4 days ago • 31 comments

Veterans deserve the best health care available. At a time when the VA is already understaffed, these layoffs will hurt veterans. Unacceptable. Trump must not cut VA health care so that he can give tax breaks to Musk and other billionaires. The VA must rescind this order.

submitted 4 days ago • 169 comments

Guns are the number one killer of kids in this country. But right now, in many states, a teenager can buy an assault-style weapon. I'm a cosponsor of the Age 21 Act to prohibit the sale or possession of assault-style weapons to those under 21. It's just common sense.

submitted 4 days ago • 532 comments

The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?

submitted 5 days ago • 2403 comments

Elon Musk is trying to access your personal bank and tax data. The world’s richest man should not and cannot be able to snoop around your personal finances. Period. End of story.

submitted 5 days ago • 851 comments

Remember when they called us hysterical for correctly pointing out that Donald Trump is a corrupt, un-American wannabe dictator who doesn’t believe in the Constitution or the rule of law?!

submitted 6 days ago • 132 comments

Europe can’t rely on the strength of the transatlantic relationship to help contain Russia’s threat – it must lead from the front and be the true force of support that Ukraine needs. Not just for Ukraine’s sake, but for a free and sovereign Europe.

submitted 7 days ago • 2404 comments

Where you at Dems ? You fighting to get them far better severance or going to ignore them, and all others in similar circumstances?

submitted 7 days ago • 2782 comments

Elon Musk’s DOGE Posts Classified Data On Its New Website “People are scrambling” to see if their sensitive information has been accessed by Musk’s programmers, said one federal intelligence employee. www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...

submitted 7 days ago • 92 comments

Trump is laying off hundreds @bonnevillepower.bsky.social who literally keep the lights on. We're talking about electricians & engineers, to dispatchers, to lineworkers, to cybersecurity experts. Ratepayers support BPA—NOT federal funding. This is putting our energy grid at serious risk!

submitted 7 days ago • 52 comments

Say what this is: a coup. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/say-what-it-is-a-coup

submitted 8 days ago • 60 comments

Federal workers make democracy work for all of us—but their hard work often goes unnoticed. Today, let’s change that. Share your stories of how civil servants have impacted your life in the comments below and use the #FedLove hashtag to spread the message! (1/2)

submitted 8 days ago • 17 comments

Yes. But they are missing that much of this has to be performative. That’s what Trump is great at and Dems are awful at. You can’t just tell voters , you have to know how to sell voters. Trump gives sales pitches, Dems show charts. One goes viral. The other is ignored and forgotten

submitted 8 days ago • 3293 comments

Nice to see some fact checking from the BBC www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Cost of extending the expiring Trump tax cuts for the rich: $4.6 trillion Cost of cutting corporate tax rate to 15%: $1 trillion Both Trump proposals will explode the deficit and be used as an excuse to gut programs that millions rely on. It's reverse Robin Hood.

submitted 9 days ago • 165 comments

Mitch McConnell: Kentuckians can't afford the high cost of Trump's tariffs www.courier-journal.com/story/opinio...

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Today, President Trump called our enemy, Russia, before calling our ally, Ukraine. Meanwhile, his Secretary of Defense, ruled out a future for Ukraine in NATO and a restoration of Ukrainian sovereignty over its own lands.

submitted 9 days ago • 289 comments

I’m sure most Senators understand the danger in confirming RFK Jr. But here's the thing: conscience is a muscle. Courage is a muscle. The less you use them, the more they fade away. If you do not draw a line somewhere, you will cross every line you could ever imagine.

submitted 9 days ago • 50 comments

Confirming RFK Jr. would make America sicker. We are holding the Senate floor tonight to fight back against his nomination by Donald Trump.

submitted 9 days ago • 221 comments

At a time of massive income & wealth inequality, Republicans in Congress just introduced a budget to provide trillions in tax breaks to the wealthy, paid for by massive cuts to Medicaid that will throw millions of kids off health care & seniors out of nursing homes. Unacceptable.

submitted 9 days ago • 232 comments

Protect this law at all costs ! www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

submitted 9 days ago • 1279 comments

We should not be cutting health care for working families to deliver massive tax breaks for billionaires. Repost if you agree.

submitted 10 days ago • 32 comments