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In 2022, SpaceX was charged with illegally firing workers who spoke out against Elon Musk.

Then, Elon Musk helped elect Donald Trump, and Trump's labor board dropped the charges.

Was this a political favor? I'm pressing for answers.

Clarence Thomas ruled in favor of Citizens United.

Harlan Crow's political contributions then went up 862%.

Then we later find out Thomas let Crow take him on lavish trips, buy his mom's house, and help fund his wife's conservative nonprofit.

But go on about how "progressivism" is a problem...

If you paid even a penny in federal income tax last year, you paid more than:

Tesla
Southwest
Disney
Live Nation
HP
United
PayPal
CVS Health
Palantir
Citigroup
PG&E
3M

That's right. They paid $0 in federal income tax.

It's time for big corporations to pay their fair share.

Wouldn't it be nice if you could say goodbye to TurboTax and file your taxes for free, online, and directly with the IRS?

I have a bill to get that done.

I sounded the alarm about Donald Trump’s sons backing drone company, Powerus.

Now, Powerus wants to sell drones to countries under attack by Iran.

Are Trump’s sons cashing in on the war their father started?

Americans deserve answers.

Both Donald Trump and his Slovene-born escort spent years calling for Obama’s birth certificate. I am calling for Melania Trump’s legal immigration papers: How did she get an “Einstein” visa for extraordinary abilities despite her blatant lie under oath about her college degrees?

I beg “No Kings” Americans to discuss a general strike.

Break your economy. You can’t be serious about ending this regime while you keep spending disposable income and propping up the economy as a consumer.

You wanna break it? Stop buying new things. Repair things. Buy used. Don’t eat at chains.

U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) speaks during a press conference in Washington, D.C. Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Congressional Integrity Project

Melanie Stansbury: “Donald Trump just gave the title of Oak Flat—a sacred site to Indigenous communities in AZ & NM—to a “FOREIGN-OWNED” copper mining company

These public lands have been protected for generations, as communities warn mining would destroy this sacred landscape & drain its waters”

Donald Trump spent more than $11 BILLION in a week bombing Iran for reasons he cannot explain, but he can't find a nickel to help the 82M people who are struggling to pay for their health care.

It's all about priorities.

Ossoff: "The WH put out a video depicting this war as a video game. When service members are returning in flag-draped coffins, & even more have lost limbs or suffered brain injuries or are fighting for their lives, this WH treats war like a game. It's a disgrace. And it speaks to a moral rot."

Medicare for All - "That's socialism!"

Social Security - "That's socialism!"

Debt free education - "That's socialism!"

Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"

$1 billion per day on a war in the Middle East that no one wants, while millions of people at home struggle.

"That's just how it is."

Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) speaks during a press conference. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

Rep Stansbury: “The president & his admin can’t explain a legal justification for an eminent threat that gave them the authority to use the military—

They can’t provide an explanation of their war plan — they can’t explain why they’ve killed over 200 civilians — the president needs to be impeached”

Obama: "We are living in a time where it can be hard to hope. Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law ... but this man - Rev. Jesse Jackson - inspires us to take a harder path ... bc if we don't step up, nobody else will"

Senator Mullin on January 6th

If his rich friends can privately fund his ballroom, they can also fund his war in Iran.

Pete Hegseth: “War is hell and always will be.”

Tommy Tuberville: “It’s war, it’s gonna git worse before it gets better.”

Markwayne Mullin: “War is ugly.”

Mike Johnson asked why War Powers Act is being ignored: “It’s not a war because it’s defensive in nature and design.”

When you think about it for more than 5 seconds, it really is both insane and outrageous that *HILLARY CLINTON* - a woman who apparently has never met with nor corresponded with Jeffrey Epstein was one of the first people deposed.

FBI Director Kash Patel partying with the victorious U.S. men’s hockey team at the Olympics

Brock Nelson, Jackson LaCombe, Jake Oettinger, Kyle Connor, & Jake Guentzel chose not to attend the U.S. men’s hockey team White House event today

Hard to remember a championship moment that lost its shine faster than this U.S. men’s hockey team win

Gallego: "They're going and racially profiling people and rounding up Americans until they can prove their citizenship. That money came from kicking millions and millions of Americans off Medicaid. It was the same bill. They cut Medicaid to expand ICE."

The Pernicious Myth of Voter ID Laws: Stacey Abrams & Joyce Vance Explain A recording from Joyce Vance's live video

What’s wrong with Trump’s plan to make Americans provide identification to register to vote and/or to vote? @staceyabrams.com & I explain how these benign-sounding proposals are being used to suppress the right to vote. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Happy heavenly birthday to the great John Lewis!! A lot of us are down here getting in good trouble, hoping we're making you proud.

Associating with Jeffrey Epstein or attempting a coup will land you in prison in the UK or South Korea.

In America, doing both lands you in the White House.

Katyal: "I was able to go to court - the son of immigrants-- & say on behalf of small businesses, 'Hey, this president is acting illegally.' I was able to present my case, have them ask really hard questions, & at the end of it they voted & we won. That is something extraordinary about this country"

🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: The Supreme Court has ruled that Trump does NOT have the authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose tariffs — delivering a major blow to Trump’s sweeping “emergency” tariff regime.

Arresting a former prince sends a message. And if a former president can testify on Capitol Hill, there’s no reason the current one can’t too—unless this is all about protecting Donald Trump. Insist that your representatives in Congress make that happen. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

“Don’t use us to distract from your Epstein mess bro” - Aliens 👽

NEWS: Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been sentenced to life in prison after a court found him guilty of leading an insurrection tied to his 2024 martial law declaration that triggered a constitutional crisis and military raid on the National Assembly.

BREAKING: MeidasTouch and MoveOn are hosting the People’s State of the Union on the National Mall as Dems boycott Trump’s address.

Hosted by Katie Phang and Joy Reid, it will feature lawmakers alongside federal workers, immigrants, and Americans impacted by Trump’s policies.

Watch on our YouTube.

“I am somebody” shaped how millions of us saw ourselves as kids, including me. That message mattered. It still does.

Rest in power, Jesse Jackson
🙏🏽