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Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder, @InequalityMedia. Substack: https://t.co/U9YAAOMrTQ | Mastodon: https://t.co/WXFjvvEnbx

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Trump wants to double down on his tax cuts, which have fueled billionaire wealth.

This isnā€™t complicated.

Billionaires are funneling cash to Trumpā€™s campaign for a tax break.

Anyone else supporting him is being duped.

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In one of Trump's weird Truth Social rants yesterday, he actually blamed Biden for making the U.S. dollar too strong vs. other nations' currency.

News flash: It doesn't work to simultaneously complain about inflation AND that the American dollar has *too much* purchasing power.

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Obviously there is nothing 'pro-life' about the Supreme Court debating whether states can order doctors to let women die rather than provide a life-saving abortion in a medical emergency. I can't believe this even needs to be said.

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Reminder that Live Nation/Ticketmaster is a monopoly, which is why it can get away with providing awful service, charging exorbitant prices, and tacking on fees as high as 75% of the ticket price.

It's a big deal that the DOJ is planning to file an antitrust lawsuit against it.

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Ahead of the Republican Supreme Court's next delaying tactic for Donald Trump, scheduled for Thursday, here is an excellent timeline of how the Roberts court has already helped Trump get this far.

justicecantwait.org

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Tomorrow, Trump's lawyers will argue before the Supreme Court that he is above the law.

It's a BS claim and he knows it, but until SCOTUS rules, the federal criminal cases against him are on hold.

He's trying to run out the clock so he can't be convicted before the election.

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How we beat back the corporate takeover of America:

1. Break up corporate monopolies

2. Continue building union power

3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics

Letā€™s keep working to unrig the system.

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The Biden admin announced new rules for airlines today cracking down on junk fees and requiring cash refunds when flights get canceled or significantly changed.

It's about time. Flying has gotten awful! Here's why, and what it tells us about the economy as a whole.

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Peaceful demonstration and debate should be encouraged on college campuses, not shut down.

Whenever universities have brought in police, and students have been arrested and suspended, all learning has stopped.

My thoughts on the situation at Columbia bit.ly/4aKvTov

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Trump's Labor Department instituted weaker overtime pay rules, which cheated workers.

Biden's Labor Department is expanding overtime rules. Now, roughly 4.3 million more workers will be eligible for overtime pay.

The contrast could not be more clear.

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I'm not saying we shouldn't worry about how China might be using TikTok to steal our data and manipulate us...

But why aren't we at least as worried about the U.S. billionaires who own the other apps stealing our data and trying to manipulate us?

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Today, we're releasing a new video that highlights a little-known but highly-consequential movement:

The push by far-right groups to radically rewrite the Constitution.

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Peaceful demonstration and debate should be encouraged on college campuses, not shut down.

Whenever universities have brought in police, and students have been arrested and suspended, all learning has stopped.

My thoughts on the situation at Columbia bit.ly/4aKvTov

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Arizona prosecutors appear to be outsourcing prosecutions under the state's 1864 abortion ban to the Alliance Defending Freedom, the far-right legal org that is also defending Idaho's bans on abortion and transgender care in front of SCOTUS free of charge boltsmag.org/arizona-abortiā€¦

Arizona prosecutors appear to be outsourcing prosecutions under the state's 1864 abortion ban to the Alliance Defending Freedom, the far-right legal org that is also defending Idaho's bans on abortion and transgender care in front of SCOTUS free of charge boltsmag.org/arizona-abortiā€¦
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A few things to remember about Trump's NY trial:

-He is accused of a criminal conspiracy
-He allegedly falsified documents to cover up payments before the 2016 election
-His goal was to deceive voters and seize power
-He was indicted by a grand jury made up of ordinary citizens

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Let's be clear. There is no place for antisemitic harassment or violence on campuses or anywhere else. None.

But protesting the slaughter in Gaza is not in itself antisemitic, and having armed police arrest peaceful student demonstrators is never acceptable.

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When Donald Trump and other Republicans say that 'abortion should be left to the states,' this is the result.

Iā€™ve said it before, Iā€™ll say it again: The right-wing agenda isnā€™t about ā€œlife.ā€ Itā€™s about control.

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Saying it louder for those in the back: this is about whether states can ban LIFE-SAVING care.

Every Republican currently leaning on what the states are doing are allowing this to happen. They are just fine with this.

Make it stop. Vote them out.

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An upcoming Supreme Court case could decide if states can deny pregnant people emergency careā€”this is what Trump did when he put extreme MAGA justices on the Court.

An upcoming Supreme Court case could decide if states can deny pregnant people emergency careā€”this is what Trump did when he put extreme MAGA justices on the Court. #AbortionSavesLives #AbortionAlways
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