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Amy Hanauer

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Fix the tax code. Turn justice into reality. Don't blame my employer for stuff I say here.

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Amy Hanauer @amyhanauer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Amy Hanauer @amyhanauer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Trump's key tax and cost policies are taking money out of your wallet and putting it in the trust funds of the 1%
itep.org
Impact of Key Trump Policies on Taxes and Costs: National and State Estimates
The major tax and economic policies of President Trump’s second term have increased taxes and household costs for most Americans except the richest 1%.
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Amy Hanauer @amyhanauer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Join us!
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Amy Hanauer @amyhanauer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Zoom in or come in person to hear the authors discuss this super interesting book, to hear me talk to them, and to figure out how to better tax the rich, in some slightly different ways.
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Amy Hanauer @amyhanauer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
THE clearest explanation you'll read of the Paramount deal and what these tech oligarchs are trying to do to your information.
pressingissues.org
Loss Leaders: Tech Barons Buy Up Media Outlets to Hide Grifts
Billionaires are amassing control of our information environment to manipulate and control politics
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Corporations and billionaires don’t want you to know what political messages they are funding. That’s why they make the info so difficult to find. PaidForBy.info changes the game. It’s 100% free to use. Please check it out and spread the word!
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
RSVP: CAP is hosting a conversation with @lilybatch.bsky.social, @amyhanauer.bsky.social, @omzidar.bsky.social, and Eric Zwick on Thursday, October 8, for a conversation on small businesses and the American Dream. ampr.gs/4hyxMci
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Beyond Billionaires: Small Business, Taxes, and Who’s Rich in America
Join the Center for American Progress for a conversation on business ownership as the main path to wealth in America, and what that means for the future of tax policy and the American Dream.
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Amy Hanauer @amyhanauer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
US v billionaires. We can do this. Tax the Rich. @igorvolsky.bsky.social @tomsteyerhq.bsky.social @rokhanna.bsky.social
Ro Khanna, Tom Steyer and Igor Volsky talk about how to tax the rich.
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 01/10/2026
If life feels more expensive today, that’s because it is, writes @amyhanauer.bsky.social.
commondreams.org
Find Out How Much Trump's Senseless Iran War Is Costing You, Personally
To be clear, this isn’t the cost of the weapons and soldiers fighting the war, which the Pentagon estimates to be around $44 billion. This is the higher cost you’re paying to fill up your gas tank and to buy products that cost more to move.
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Amy Hanauer @amyhanauer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Find out exactly how much by punching your region and family size into our interactive calculator.
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Iran War Fuel Costs
The Iran War has significantly raised energy prices. This website provides continually updated tabulations of the additional amounts Americans have paid in higher motor fuel costs due to the war. It a...
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Amy Hanauer @amyhanauer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Iran war is making you spend (a lot) more on gas.
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Trump’s Invasion of Iran Could Cost You Thousands - OtherWords
Higher fuel and food prices are on track to cost the average household over $1,300 by the end of the year.
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t.
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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Evergreen
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CNN @cnn.com · 28/09/2026
Grocery prices are up, not “way down,” since former President Joe Biden left office. | Fact check: cnn.it/4xUDA65
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’m sorry, what? This piece was not a joint publication/ reporting job (as some are). It was @propublica’s alone and the Times followed with a summary. This is so indicative of NYT. If they don’t ignore proper credit, they just go for stolen valor.
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ITEP @itep.org · 28/09/2026
California voters will weigh in on a one-time 5% wealth tax on the state's billionaires. Opponents of the plan continue to raise objections, many of which are tenuous and have already been addressed. itep.org/californias-...
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California’s Prop 40: Responses to Common Objections
Proposition 40, California’s proposed billionaire tax, is a one-time 5 percent levy that addresses a significant one-time emergency, namely the cuts made to the healthcare system by the so-called “One...
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Patriotic Millionaires @patrioticmillionaires.org · 25/09/2026
A new report from the @epi.org breaks down what working Americans have been feeling for a while now: the economy is rigged.
epi.org
CEO Pay
CEO-to-worker pay has skyrocketed over the last six decades, growing 1084% compared to a typical workers' pay which only grew 26%. It's excessive no matter how you look at it...and it doesn't have to ...
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WildflowersAll @wildflowersall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Financial support was expected." That's what Susan Collins reportedly told a donor before he got $32M in Navy contracts and she got $150K routed through a shell company. Agents had a real bribery case. Trump purged the FBI unit running it, and it died. #TrumpsCorruptCongress
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Amy Hanauer @amyhanauer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Americans don’t need lectures about why they should trust the government. They need proof." Tax the rich, fund things people need.
thehill.com
Want people to believe in democracy? Tax a billionaire
The affordability crisis has eaten through American optimism and given way to many questions — namely, why should being wealthy entitle you to a different set of rules?
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LynnZ 🦋 @zizij.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It turns out Big Tech billionaires don't like when you promise to put workers before billionaires. Too bad.
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Jordan Barab @jbarab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
How workers died last week: Trench collapse, workplace violence, helicopter crash, hit-and-run, falls, farming, mowing, drowning, rollovers, vehicular collisions and shootings: The Weekly Toll jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...
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Failing to Protect America's Workers: The Weekly Toll - Confined Space
n average, 100 workers die every week from traumatic injuries on the job in the United States. Here are how a few died last week.
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Mark Andrew Price @pricelaborecon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
War crimes of the incompetent. This alone is justifiable for the impeachment of Pete Hegseth
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/09/2026
The Kennedy Center was financially stable until Trump took over: "In the fiscal year ending in 2024, when the center was led by President Deborah Rutter and a bipartisan board of trustees, it brought in about $40 million more than it spent" www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
theatlantic.com
What the Kennedy Center’s Tax Return Reveals
A previously unseen filing captures the state of the institution seven months after Donald Trump’s takeover.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18/09/2026
Exclusive: More American service members have died in the Middle East during the ongoing Iran war than the Pentagon has disclosed publicly, according to six U.S. officials familiar with the data.
washingtonpost.com
More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly
Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/09/2026
Could new bus shelter roofs help New Yorkers stay cool in extreme heat? We're testing a few in Brownsville to find out: a green roof covered with native plants, and reflective roofs covered with low-cost, heat-resilient film.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🚨NEWS: So this is totally crazy. A Republican candidate in Texas is sending texts that say "Attachment: $5,000 Check … Pres. Trump just authorized it," and a link to the "portal" to get the money goes to a fundraising page for him to pay off a personal loan he made to the campaign!
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Republican Nominee in Texas Using Trump’s $5,000 Promise to Deceive Voters - The American Prospect
Eric Flores is an Army veteran and lawyer running to unseat Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez in Texas District 34.
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 13/09/2026
What's it called when someone threatens to harm Americans unless a branch of government adopts their policy demand?
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Mert Ertunga @tennisnerdmert.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
That 3rd set stops the consecutive streak of #Zverev at 12 sets in a row vs #Shelton #USOpen
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
In my time as WH ethics czar, taking $45,000 cash gifts would get you fired & I would have made a criminal referral Trump's team treats it like business as usual—so we are taking action That and more in my column @ContrarianNews.org 👇 -TN
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Another Week, Another Spate of Trump Corruption Scandals
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Bananas video out of Equatorial Guinea, where 31 immigrants deported by the U.S. to a country where they have no ties have been locked up in a hotel with no travel documents. Local police threatened to shoot them. @gillianbrockell.com reports. prospect.org/2026/09/09/s...
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‘Shoot Him!’: Police Threaten Third-Country Nationals Imprisoned in African Hotel - The American Prospect
‘I’m fighting for my life,’ said Ahmed Soliman after the latest in a string of abusive incidents in Equatorial Guinea, where ICE expelled him five months ago.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
applying "Make ___ Great Again" to Germany really does kinda give the game away
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Action Together New Jersey @atnj.org · 09/09/2026
Which people in the administration bought stock in NextEra Energy before the announcement?
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
There is no place for political violence in our country. I’m grateful that Amy Acton is safe and thankful for the law enforcement officers who acted swiftly today. Attacks like this cannot just be the price you pay for running for office. This must never become normal.
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Policy Matters Ohio @policymattersohio.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Ohio workers produce the wealth that powers the state’s economy, but legislators make policy primarily to benefit corporations and the well-connected wealthy.
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Jeff Rudd 🇮🇪 🇨🇦 🇵🇸 @jeffrudd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
2. Yes, you can check. He actually said this.
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 04/09/2026
Who knew Gulf Wars could be so complicated?
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Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández @fernandez.house.gov · 01/09/2026
Republicans are praising a “stock trading ban” that is fool’s gold — empty on the inside. It lets members keep and sell stocks, and leaves out President Trump and his administration. We have an actual ban that would stop Trump and his friends from profiting off their positions.
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Sylvia Chi 齊思涵 @sylviachi.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Incredible resource. Fix your state tax codes!
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Amy Hanauer @amyhanauer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
For even more on how upside down state tax codes are, here’s a treasure trove. itep.org/whopays-7th-...
itep.org
Who Pays? 7th Edition
Who Pays? is the only distributional analysis of tax systems in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. This comprehensive 7th edition of the report assesses the progressivity and regressivity of ...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Still wondering why people are fed up with the system?
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Fox News complains that underage teenage girls aren’t getting pregnant enough: “The problem is teens and young adults. From ages 15-19, the fertility rate is down 70% in the last 2 decades, which means we are telling people who are young not to have babies.”
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 01/09/2026
New York’s congestion pricing program has resulted in a statistically significant reduction in travel times for EMS vehicles
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Urban Congestion Pricing and the Response Times of Emergency Medical Services
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 28/08/2026
Measles-linked deaths since RFK Jr became HHS Secretary now surpass those recorded in the previous 20 years combined.
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
my suggestion is when any Democrat goes on Fox News or is asked about any of these cultural issues they say the following: I am not here to talk about what you want to talk about, I am here to talk about what the American people care about. It is time to unite citizens on the big issues.
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly 😭 I will always love you!
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
David Axelrod, Obama's former chief strategist, called Trump’s trade fight with Canada a “nightmare” for GOP Senate Majority Leader John Thune as he tries to keep his slim 53-47 majority. “Four battleground states — Maine, Michigan, Ohio, and Alaska — could face disproportionate economic pain."
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Amy Hanauer @amyhanauer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
"I was skeptical that they could cook the books. Until now.” Analysis from @jaredb-econ.bsky.social
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The Government Report That Made Me Stop Trusting Our Statistical Agencies
I’ve waved people off this degree of mistrust. I no longer can do so.
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Amy Hanauer @amyhanauer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
"It's all just a giant transfer from consumers to corporations, which - you can't really design a worse tax than that.” -Michael Ettlinger, ITEP senior fellow
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U.S. businesses are getting tariff refunds. Will customers get any money back?
Companies have received tariff refunds. What about consumers? Some companies are providing refunds while others decline.
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ITEP @itep.org · 19/08/2026
There is no other cause — not children’s hospitals, veterans’ groups, or disaster relief — that taxpayers can contribute to and see the entire cost of their contribution bankrolled by the federal government. itep.org/trump-megabi...
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Megabill Takes Cap Off Unprecedented Private School Voucher Tax Credit, Potentially Raising Cost by Tens of Billions Relative to Earlier Version
It is clear that this tax credit has the potential to come with an enormous cost if private school groups are successful in convincing their supporters to participate. In these times of very high debt...
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