Insurance rates up $2000.
Food benefits cut off.
Farmers unable to sell their crops.
Skyrocketing national debt.
$40 billion to Argentina.
America First!
Kaiser refuses to give workers fair pay, benefits, and the staffing they need to keep patients safe.
We stand with the 46,000 UNAC/UHCP, @steelworkers.bsky.social Local 7600, @ofnhp.bsky.social, @unitehere.org Hawaii, and HNHP health care workers on STRIKE fighting for a fair contract ✊
Senate is back in session today.
1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown.
You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.
tell me more about republicans being the pro-business party.
www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...
NEWS: Trump moves closer to invoking insurrection act for first time since 1992, 12 airports were understaffed last night due to the shutdown, White House says no back pay for furloughed workers, and more.
The news you missed: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
Wow! Trump just threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to block court rulings against him.
So Speaker Johnson gave the congress another week off. Paid of course, while they shut the govt down.
The GOP has made it clear they have no interest in compromise with Dems. So they will have to figure how to reopen their govt that they closed.
And they get another vacation
“The statue, spray-painted bronze, appeared fully restored today, with only minor damage still apparent and Trump and Epstein’s hands once again clasped together…”
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
JUST IN: Former Trump spiritual adviser and Texas megachurch pastor Robert Morris pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl.
He will serve only 6 months in jail and pay $250,000 in restitution.
This was always the plan.
Project 2025 was Donald Trump's blueprint to seize unchecked power within the federal government and restrict Americans' freedoms. And he is implementing it right in front of our eyes.
#US Healthcare
“UnitedHealth said it will stop offering Medicare Advantage plans in 109 U.S. counties in 2026”
“The company will cease operating over 100 plans representing about 600,000 members”
“Most plan closures will occur in rural areas”
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
More than 1 in 4 unemployed workers have been out of work for at least 6 months. Nearly a million people could be pushed into poverty by Trump’s tariffs.
Meanwhile, Trump and Republicans have gutted the social safety net.
He is creating the perfect storm of economic misery.
BREAKING: Rep. Ro Khanna just announced that Democrats now have the votes to force a vote on releasing the Epstein files.
Sept. 23 — the discharge petition will be entered into the record. 7 days later — the House votes.
J6 crowd
If we’re going to talk about political violence, let’s talk about where it started.
WHAT THE ACTUAL F*CK
Our billionaire President put an airline lobbyist in charge of the Department of Transportation. So no, this is not a surprise.
In 1900, 31% of all deaths were children under the age of 5. Today it’s 0.7%. Vaccines, medications, and modern science are the reason why. Trust the science, it’s been proven to work safely and efficiently time and time again.
The largest SNAP cuts in history went into effect yesterday, eliminating or drastically cutting food assistance for millions of Americans.
And it’s all to pay for more tax cuts that primarily benefit the super-rich.
Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax — it's cruel.
San Francisco showed up too!
Sorry food workers just know I've been there. I feel for you.
RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.
A message for the most “transparent Administration” in history:
Release the Epstein files.
