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Trump’s attempted coup continues.

Phase 1: His refusal to concede.

Phase 2: His plot to overturn the election.

Phase 3: Discredit and undermine the criminal justice

"We are going to put on the armor of God. And maybe strap on a Glock on the side of us just in

From 1989 — 2021, typical working families in the US saw negligible increases in their real incomes and wealth.

Meanwhile, the wealthiest 1% became

Donald Trump is spending most of this week in a Manhattan courtroom facing criminal charges.

Joe Biden is spending much of the week

Boeing's outgoing CEO could get a "golden parachute" worth as much as $45 million.

The CEO before him got one worth $62 million

In 2025:

The top 1% will get an average tax cut of $60,000+

The bottom 60% will get an average tax cut of

I still hear people arguing that prosecuting a former president sets a “dangerous precedent.”

The truly dangerous precedent would be to establish that

Just before Trump walked into the courtroom yesterday morning, he called the case “an assault on America." Zoom out and Trump’s entire presidential

Ginni Thomas was directly involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Yet Clarence Thomas didn't recuse himself from arguments today in a

Excuse me but how is Louis DeJoy still postmaster general?

His destructive 10-year plan for the Post Office—slowing mail delivery, hiking prices for consumers,

Two years ago today, the Dobbs decision was leaked.

No matter how hard he tries, Donald Trump can’t sidestep his role in abortion being

The media focuses on emotive conflict. So far, 2024 is presenting a blizzard of it. How should the man who was elected to

Why do you appreciate unions?

I’ll start:

Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits

Trump would let states monitor pregnancies and prosecute people who violate abortion bans.

He would use the National Guard to deport undocumented people.

He might

Unions boost their members’ wages by 10-15%.

In fact, union contracts negotiated last year secured the highest average first-year wage increases since tracking began

Reminder that Amazon and Space X are fighting in court to have the NLRB declared unconstitutional.

This means the two richest men on

Notice that the conversation about campus protests is no longer centered on why the protests were happening in the first place?

Whenever university presidents

Trump said he wouldn’t stop states from prosecuting people who violate draconian abortion bans.

He even said he wouldn’t intervene if states monitor pregnancies

Happy May Day!

Solidarity with every worker standing up to corporate exploitation and organizing for a living wage, dignified working conditions, and robust

The top 0.1% of Americans control $20 trillion in wealth.

The bottom 50% control $3.7 trillion in wealth.

Read that back.

Folks, this is what oligarchy