Reporting suggests some House Rs who say they oppose #Medicaid cuts may support provisions that would cut Medicaid by ~$370B dollars. These provisions are indeed cuts that wld take coverage away from potentially millions of eligible ppl who need coverage. politico.com/news/2025/04/3…

NPR receives $2-3M/year in federal funding. PBS receives $80-85M. The military-themed birthday parade Trump is throwing himself will cost taxpayers $92M. We’re told cutting news and kids programming to fund an authoritarian birthday bash somehow “makes America great again”

Trump is not only pulling Americans together but also pulling American institutions together in ways no one could have predicted just months ago. A Great Pushback seems to be happening. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-great-pu…

Gutting funding for public media will cut off news sources for millions of Americans. That’s exactly what Trump wants: to exert even more control over the news and information that the public receives – or doesn’t even receive at all. It’s a hallmark of dictatorship.

Trump's budget calls for a 22% cut that would hit the CDC, NIH, FEMA, EPA loan programs aimed at protecting drinking water, and much more. All to finance giant tax cuts for the rich. Oh and Trump is proposing a record $1 trillion military budget. "Fiscal responsibility."

Trump signed an Executive Order directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to "cease federal funding for NPR and PBS." Here's what Mr. Rogers told Congress when Richard Nixon tried gutting public broadcasting 56 years ago.

The CFPB has delivered $21B in relief for consumers wronged by financial predators. Trump and the GOP now want to gut the Bureau's funding by 70% in their budget bill, ahead of passing another huge tax cut for the rich. Class warfare in broad daylight.

An attack on immigrant workers is an attack on ALL workers. We stand in solidarity with our SMART Union brother Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his family, who have suffered unimaginable pain for the last 50 days. Bring him home NOW!

DOGE has gutted life-saving programs like: -Malaria & HIV/AIDS prevention -NOAA forecasting -FEMA disaster response -USDA food safety -FAA aviation safety -FDA flu vaccine research All to "save" an alleged $160B. We're losing vital services for hardly anything in return.

Senate Republicans voted to kill an EPA rule limiting the seven most hazardous air pollutants emitted by chemical plants and other industrial facilities. Inhaling even small amounts of these pollutants can cause brain damage and cancer. How is this Making America Healthy Again?

Trump’s regime is coming for anyone who speaks up against him. But there is courage — and hope — in solidarity.

National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health researchers work to protect miners from black lung disease, firefighters from cancer, and workers everywhere from dangerous workplace hazards. Trump is planning to fire 85% of them. Make no mistake: this will cost workers

Trump is threatening to revoke Harvard’s tax exempt status because the university refused to cave to his demands. Why is he so hell-bent on attacking universities? Because an educated and informed citizenry has always been the biggest threat to a dictator's power.

100 billionaire families spent $2.6 billion in the 2024 election. 70% of these donations went to Republicans. Now, Trump and the GOP are gutting the FEC — which enforces campaign finance and anti-corruption laws. See how this works?

"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom." —MLK

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Trump's FTC must decide by today whether to defend a Biden-era ban on noncompete agreements, which trap workers in jobs and make it harder for them to get better pay. If they're actually pro-worker, they should defend it.

We need a new generation of leaders who are the voices of democracy, freedom, social justice, & the rule of law.  A new generation that gives meaning to the “we” in “we the people.” Instead of fretting over Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Party should embrace him as the future.

"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob. Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me—and I welcome their hatred." -FDR, 1936

Which part of your split brain will triumph this Amazon Prime Week — the consumer or the citizen?