"Let's not overcomplicate this:
Republicans passed a $2 trillion tax cut for billionaires and corporations.
And now they're refusing to pay for it.
It's really that simple. " Rep Adam Schiff

(Psst: Pass it on! Save it! Boost It)

#USPoli #GOP #Republicans #Billionaires #Corporations #TaxCuts

Democrats want to make it easier and more secure for people to vote. Republicans don’t.

Walz signs "Democracy for the People Act" allowing automatic voter registration, pre-registration for teens -
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/walz-signs-democracy-for-the-people-act-allowing-automatic-voter-registration-pre-registration-for-teens/

BBC News: Train fruit pickers and lorry drivers to cut migration, says Suella Braverman

"There is no good reason why we can't train up enough HGV drivers, butchers or fruit pickers" says Braverman, ignoring the fact that it's hard work for poor pay and THAT is probably why we had to rely on Eastern European immigrants, and no amount of training fixes that 🧐

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65593353

#NatCon bars left-leaning media from hearing ministers talk

Don’t challenge us. It’s how fascists behave.

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/national-conservatism-conference-block-left-progressive-novara-byline-times/

What constitutes a banana republic?

1. Massive corruption with impunity.

2. A dishonest media who are political activists disguised as journalists.

3. An Orwellian, dystopian hell where governments, politicians bureaucrats, and the media lie to the people about everything.

Quote from article: The intensifying effort by the Biden administration to protect women’s health and reproductive rights also illustrates support for the needs of families. Axios reported over the weekend that Vice President Kamala Harris will be devoting more of her time to address abortion issues. That reportedly included meeting with 14 women last Wednesday at her residence who are focused on reproductive rights issues, as well as others from labor, faith and civil rights groups.

https://open.substack.com/pub/america/p/to-really-celebrate-mothers-and-families?r=1ekuyr&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

The crowd's laughing at rape during Trump's CNN town hall is just the tip of the iceberg.

In this deep-but-readable dive, I look at how the religious right is abandoning the "protect women" pretense.

Their misogyny is bolder, more shameless.
https://www.salon.com/2023/05/15/dogwhistle-to-the-christian-right-is-a-permission-slip-to-openly-hate-women/

Flagship conservative conference bars reporters from left-leaning newspapers.

openDemocracy was among at least three publications refused entry to NatCon weeks in advance.

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/national-conservatism-conference-block-left-progressive-novara-byline-times?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#conservative #UKpolitics #UKpol #pressfreedom #media