Three weeks ago, rioters stormed the Capitol in a violent attempt to overturn a free and fair election. I've heard people minimize the attack, saying it was no different than the Black Lives Matter movement protests. I wrote about why that's dead wrong: daytondailynews.com/news/what-abou…

As a person in a publicly trusted position, how is it okay for this to be let go with just a fine? If you wonder why people don't trust or have faith in Congress, here is bright shiny example.

Today, our office released a bombshell report exposing the devastating effects of Big Pharma’s mergers and acquisitions. Featuring exclusive interviews with former Immunex, and later Amgen employees, our report shows how consolidation curbs innovation at the expense of patients.

Big Mac in the US: $5.66 Big Mac in Denmark: $4.90 Arguments against raising wages aren't based on economics but a deep disdain for the working class. Source: Big Mac Index January 2021 statista.com/statistics/274…

“There is also a desire to see business leaders get more actively involved [in politics].” No there’s not. What we need is more working class representation.

I never did go in that tall grass alone.

A $15 minimum wage would help 101,000 people in Ohio’s 10th congressional district alone and would result in an average wage increase of $3,500 👀

This is a huge win—led by the work of Progressive Caucus—demanding for years that America ends its complicity in the Saudi war in Yemen and the human rights disaster that has resulted.

“If you live in the Mississippi Delta and your income is $25k, you are more likely to be audited by the IRS than if you live on Park Avenue and make millions.” Most $ owed is from the 1%. We must strengthen the IRS & hold the ultra-rich accountable. fortune.com/2021/01/30/inc…

URGENT: We just found out that the House will vote tomorrow on my and Mondaire Jones’ amendment to restore the right to vote to people who are incarcerated. 5.2 million people are barred from voting due to felony disenfranchisement. Tell your representative this can’t wait.

The optics for Democrats on the $15 wage are actually quite good if they fight for it: Washington bureaucrats told Joe Biden and Kamala Harris that it was against the rules to raise the minimum wage, and Biden told them to scram, get out of the way, and raised the damn wage.

Where was this same deference to Congressional procedure when the Admin decided to bomb Syria without our consent?

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Good step. But when we say we don't trust this, we speak from experience. In 2016, Color Of Change filed a Freedom of Information Act request with The CCR is on bsky (@ccrjustice.org) and Kramer Law Center for documents about the DHS' surveillance of groups related to #BlackLivesMatter.

for people who care about criminal justice & incarceration, a really major milestone this week has gone much too under-the-radar: Washington, D.C., becoming the first jurisdiction to effectively abolish life without the possibility for parole for all young adults up to age 25.

The importance of being #UnionStrong. Employer before Employer after union gets union gets involved involved 👇🏾 👇🏾

NYT: Mamdani handed a list of 4 additional students who had been detained in NY to Susie Wiles, the chief of staff, & to Mr. Trump, asking for his help dismissing those cases, Mr. Mamdani’s press secretary said. The names included Mr. Khalil, Ms. Chung, Mr. Mahdawi & Leqaa Kordia