Brett Kavanaugh voted against student loan relief.
Yet someone paid off ALL of Kavanaugh’s loans and debts before he joined the Supreme Court — $92,000 country club balance, $200,000 credit card debt, and a $1,200,000 mortgage.
Brett Kavanaugh voted against student loan relief.
Yet someone paid off ALL of Kavanaugh’s loans and debts before he joined the Supreme Court — $92,000 country club balance, $200,000 credit card debt, and a $1,200,000 mortgage.
To recap: Supreme Court justices nominated by a president who lost the popular vote and confirmed by Senators representing far less than half the country have eliminated abortion rights, green-lighted anti-LGBTQ discrimination, and ended affirmative action.
In one year.
"When authoritarian leaders lose office, they come back, like, 10 times worse — they never get less extreme, they always get more extreme....January 6 was a profoundly radicalizing event for the base, for the GOP and for Trump himself, because even assaulting the Capitol you could get away with..."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/24/trump-language-policy-2024-race/
Norfolk Southern:
-Helped kill a safety rule to upgrade outdated braking systems
-Fought off a shareholder initiative to mitigate risks of transporting hazardous materials
-Cut thousands of employees despite the safety risks of understaffing
Atrocious corporate greed.
The party of "fiscal responsibility," folks.
First CBO score of the new Congress is here.
Says that the GOP IRS funding bill would reduce spending by $71.5B and reduce revenue by $185.8B.
Net deficit increase of $114B.
https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2023-01/hr23_IRS.pdf
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/RichardRubinDC/status/1612537584420265999
Something too on the nose about McCarthy finally winning the Speaker vote—not because enough people voted for him—but because he prevented enough votes against him.
Another reminder that the GOP knows they can’t win on candidate popularity so they run & win on voter suppression.
#SpeakerVote