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Voter Action Project @voteractionproject.org · 12/10/2026
Trump will stop at nothing to suppress the vote in any areas he doesn't think will vote his way. Read more here: bit.ly/4yfaJtu #ProtectTheVote
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Families Over Billionaires @fobaction.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"A year on the road taught me what Trump and Republicans in Congress keep getting wrong: people aren't asking for a gentler decline. They want to take their kid to the doctor, feed their family, and see billionaires play by the same rules." Read Kristen Crowell's new op-ed ⬇️
otherwords.org
How the “Big Beautiful Bill” Is Harming People — And How They're Responding - OtherWords
Over 15 months and 22 states, I met families struggling with cuts to Medicaid and SNAP — and the people refusing to let their neighbors face those struggles alone.
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Tax War Room @taxwarroom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Meta paid just 3.5% of its 2025 profits in federal corporate income taxes. Part of the trick: claiming a research tax credit on equipment for its AI data centers. A break meant for innovation, turned into a subsidy for business as usual.
itep.org
Meta’s Federal Tax Rate Hits an All-Time Low Due to Breaks Expanded by Trump Tax Law
The company paid an effective federal income tax rate of just over 3.5% in 2025, the lowest it has recorded since the company went public as Facebook in 2012.
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Families Over Billionaires @fobaction.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
HEADS UP: Over the next decade, 2 to 3 million Americans who earn student debt cancellation after making payments for 20+ years could be hit with a massive "tax bomb" because of Trump's Big Ugly Bill. #TaxJustice
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Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Left A “Tax Bomb” for Families Who Earn Student Debt Relief. Congress Can Still Fix This.
Over the next decade, 2 to 3 million Americans who earn student debt cancellation after making payments for 20+ years could be hit with a massive tax bill.
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Voter Action Project @voteractionproject.org · 06/10/2026
An unusual ruling in Florida — in a case that is part of the Trump regime’s bid to spread fear about noncitizen voting — could raise questions about the constitutionality of the sweeping voter suppression measure being pushed by the president. Read more here: bit.ly/4AZjavN
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Families Over Billionaires @fobaction.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“People know something is deeply out of balance. Because of decisions made in Washington, it’s clearer than ever that the ultra rich are hoarding America’s wealth and convincing policymakers to abandon the public services everyday people rely on.” - Kristen Crowell #WhoPays
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We Make MN @wemakemn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“We’re seeing a shortage of wildland firefighters. It’s important that we continue to fund our line of work. We’re consistently, and with climate change, fighting more fires more aggressively. And we’re seeing fires now year-round, even just in Minnesota.”
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Voter Action Project @voteractionproject.org · 02/10/2026
Heads up, Mainers: Filling out the voter registration status-check form on maine dot vote gives your data to a conservative Maine PAC campaigning for Senator Collins and the form on vote safe dot org goes to a database owned by Elon Musk's PAC. Use www.Vote.org instead to be safe.
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Families Over Billionaires @fobaction.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Today we released two new videos featuring people we met during our “Who Pays?” bus tour, alongside a new op-ed from Kristen Crowell reflecting on what she has heard from average Americans about the harm the policies of Trump and the GOP are doing every day. Check it out here:
fobaction.substack.com
New Content Exposes Public Sentiment In The Midterms
New Kristen Crowell op-ed and videos capture what families are experiencing — and what Washington should understand heading into the midterms.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If Trump thinks cost overruns on a renovation project are criminal, I have a reflecting pool to sell him
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
“What a crock of sh*t!” Katie Phang torches Todd Blanche after he declares, “There’s not a prosecutor in this country that should ever, ever violate a court order,” pointing to the Trump DOJ’s documented noncompliance with court orders in her OWN Epstein files lawsuit.
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Tax War Room @taxwarroom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Since 1978: 📈 CEO pay: up 1,316% 📉 Typical worker pay: up 28%. Same economy. Same decades. Very different rules. Time to rewrite them: tax wealth, raise the corporate rate, raise the minimum wage.
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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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Families Over Billionaires @fobaction.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
71% of voters want their state to tax the wealth of the richest households — stocks, bonds, real estate, all of it. That's a +46-point margin. Taxing billionaires isn't fringe. Republicans in Congress are the ones out of step. Read more here: bit.ly/4hFizXk #TaxJustice
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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Right-wing media had dismissed stories about conditions onboard the USS Lincoln as a “misrepresentation in the media,” “an information op,” and “Persian propaganda.”
mediamatters.org
The Navy disclosed 8 suicide attempts after right-wing media dismissed reporting about conditions on the USS Lincoln as "Persian propaganda"
As reporting emerged in August that the servicemembers on the USS Abraham Lincoln faced poor conditions and declining mental health — evidenced by at least one servicemember overboard incident — right...
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We Make MN @wemakemn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In 1990, 6.6% of Minnesota’s budget went to MN State. Today it’s 2.7%. 60% of MN undergrads attend one of its 33 schools, which train nurses, teachers, tradespeople, and enrich our communities with educational opportunities. Our students deserve a state that funds their future.
startribune.com
Some Minnesota State campuses likely to close amid financial strain
The warning comes the same week the U of M says it needs to cut its budget by $225 million.
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Tax War Room @taxwarroom.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Your football tailgates, brought to you by the Trump economy: 🍔 Ground beef: +24% 🌭 Hot dogs: +6.3% ⛽ Gas: $4.15 🔥 Propane: +11% Even the tickets cost more. Billionaires are having a great season, though. Read more here: bit.ly/4AH3cpW
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Tax War Room @taxwarroom.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
One snapshot of the Trump-GOP economy: 📉 Wages behind inflation 5 straight months 🏥 Premiums rising ~3x faster than pay ⚡ Energy up 16.3% in a year 🧾 Tariffs: $1,000+ per household They rigged it. We're keeping the receipts.
businessinsider.com
Inflation held steady in August as expected, outpacing wage growth for the fifth month in a row
The BLS released August's CPI report, showing inflation held at 3.4%, outpacing wage growth for the fifth month in a row. The Fed meets next week.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Get registered and vote 🗳️
A photo of Drake with the words When u dont show up to the polls to vote out this incompetent regime so now u sad with FOMO trying anything for acknowledgment.
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Voter Action Project @voteractionproject.org · 25/09/2026
"Trump’s advisers have been working for months to move his focus away from baseless theories of election fraud, but a group of outsiders is making that difficult," Yvonne Wingett Sanchez and Michael Scherer report 👇 Read more here: bit.ly/4hrJ4z8 #ResistTrump
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Families Over Billionaires @fobaction.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
ATTENTION SCRANTON: We're getting caffeinated - and speaking out about rising costs! 📆 WHEN: Saturday, September 26th at 11am ET 📍 WHERE: Black and Brass Coffee in Scranton Learn more and RSVP here: www.mobilize.us/atnepa/event...
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Affordable Coffee Press: Caffeine & Conversation ☕ · Action Together NEPA
Affordability is personal — so let's have some coffee and talk about it. Join community members and local organizations for The Affordable Coffee Press, a community conversation focused on the chall...
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We Make MN @wemakemn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
1/ “We’re watching private equity absolutely demolish industries, mine in particular. And it’s getting harder to be one of the little guys.” Meet Lauren Gaffney, co-owner of Mastel’s Health Foods, a vitamin and supplement store in St. Paul. 🧵
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/09/2026
When President Trump decided to take over and then shut down the Kennedy Center, he claimed that it had become too elitist and leaned too liberal. Elizabeth Williamson explains how the arts organization’s programming has actually tried to appeal to as broad an audience as possible.
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The Life and, for Now, the Death of the Kennedy Center
The arts center has been a project of President Trump since the beginning of his second term.
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Tax War Room @taxwarroom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The man setting war policy has been buying and selling oil and gas stocks worth hundreds of thousands of dollars while that war drives fuel prices to records. In any other job in America, that's a firing offense. In this White House, it's Tuesday.
cbsnews.com
Trump's oil and gas stock trades continued during Iran war, filings show
President Trump has accused oil companies like Chevron and ExxonMobil of "making too much money." He owns shares of both.
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Families Over Billionaires @fobaction.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Intuit charges you to file your taxes after it lobbied to kill the Direct File program, which let you file for free. And then in 2025, it paid $0 in federal income tax — after pocketing over $1 BILLION in breaks from the Big Ugly Bill. You can’t make this crap up.
itep.org
TurboTax Maker Intuit Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2025
TurboTax maker Intuit reported nearly $6 billion in U.S. profits in 2025 and paid no federal income tax. Instead, the company received a refund, thanks in part to new tax breaks from OBBBA.
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We Make MN @wemakemn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Minnesota has the 2nd-highest post-tax income in the Midwest and 15th-highest in the country. Smart public investments build a stronger economy and higher wages for everyone. You can read more here: www.census.gov/library/work...
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Voter Action Project @voteractionproject.org · 21/09/2026
Civil rights groups and labor unions have sued the Trump regime, asserting that its aggressive immigration enforcement and suggestions that it could send armed agents to polling sites amounted to voter intimidation and violated the Voting Rights Act. Read more here: bit.ly/4hfH78W
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
EPA allowed pesticide giant Bayer to pick from a menu of regulation options for the controversial and destructive weedkiller dicamba. Dicamba is drift prone and kills vegetation and crops for miles around fields where it is sprayed, and is linked to liver cancer and Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
theguardian.com
US environment agency let Bayer pick regulations for destructive weedkiller, documents show
Environmental Protection Agency asked firm to choose rules it wanted for dicamba, then put the choices in a proposed federal rule
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Families Over Billionaires @fobaction.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Corruption sounds abstract until you realize you're the one paying for it. 4 in 5 Americans say corruption in government raises their costs — nearly half feel it strongly. When leaders govern for donors, the invoice goes to you. Crack down. Lower costs.
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Opinion | A new poll finds nearly all Americans say government corruption is ‘widespread.’ Blame Trump.
The last two years have been full of self-dealing and exploitation of the Oval Office for the president’s personal gain.
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We Make MN @wemakemn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Early voting starts today! We've spent months hearing how the status quo of chronic underfunding is hurting communities across the state. Now is your chance to elect leaders who will fully fund the public services we all rely on!
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Tax War Room @taxwarroom.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
MORE CORPORATE TAX GIVEAWAYS: Trump’s Big Ugly Bill helped Intuit avoid a bunch of taxes, that much is clear. The company received over $1 billion in tax breaks from a provision that retroactively allowed companies to expense research costs. Read more here: itep.org/intuit-turbo... #TaxJustice
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Families Over Billionaires @fobaction.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Americans who have lost the most faith in democracy are the ones who see the connection between taxes and democracy the clearest. Want people to believe in democracy and the power of govt? Tax a billionaire!
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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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Voter Action Project @voteractionproject.org · 15/09/2026
Recent attacks on Black voting rights have strengthened Walden University professor Kisha Walker's resolve to cast a ballot in this year's midterm election — and she's not going alone. Read more here: bit.ly/4AfCT9W #ProtectTheVote
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Families Over Billionaires @fobaction.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Asked who's most corrupt — billionaires, CEOs, lobbyists, political officials — Americans picked Trump and his family (48%). Even Trump’s own voters understand that the self-dealing by the Trumps and Republicans in Congress raises costs and causes problems for us all. See the numbers here:
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Americans Are Connecting the Dots on Corruption and Costs, and They're Calling it Out  | Navigator Research
This Navigator Report is part two in our series on how Americans view corruption and the best messages that resonate with audiences.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The right to vote is one of the most fundamental parts of our democracy. Check your voter registration at IWillVote.com and make a plan to vote early or on Election Day on November 3.
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We Make MN @wemakemn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“A direct contact is what a student needs. Often if they do not get that direct contact, they get frustrated and they might give up. And we don’t want that." Meet Deb Cannon, an administrative support professional at Rochester Community and Technical College.
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Families Over Billionaires @fobaction.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Corporate tax payments are down $96 BILLION this year, according to Politico. Why are we subsidizing the data centers we don't want? The answer: Trump's Big Ugly Bill. It's yet another proof point for getting rid of it. Read more here: bit.ly/3VtBPzi #TaxJustice
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Families Over Billionaires @fobaction.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Today we remember the nearly 3,000 lives lost on 9/11/01, honor the courage of the first responders and send love to the families who carry grief every day. That morning, Americans met the darkest hour by turning toward one another. May we always continue to do so.
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Families Over Billionaires @fobaction.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We drove thousands of miles this summer to ask one question: Who pays for Trump and the GOP in Congress putting billionaires first? The answer met us at every stop — parents, seniors, veterans, and farmers pay. Their stories deserve to be heard, so we wrote them down. Read more: bit.ly/4dbjmO3
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Texas is delaying the release of the state’s maternal mortality statistics until after the midterms. www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...
houstonchronicle.com
Texas' first post-Roe look at maternal deaths won't be ready by midterms
Democrats say the timing is suspicious, given the Dec. 1 deadline is after Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republicans who supported the state’s abortion ban are up for reelection.
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Voter Action Project @voteractionproject.org · 09/09/2026
Trump's relentless, treasonous efforts to suppress the vote and rig the midterm elections are causing chaos for our active duty soldiers 👇 Read more here: bit.ly/3SXKYzf #ProtectTheVote
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Families Over Billionaires @fobaction.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Congress cut billionaires a check and mailed the states the bill. Check out the OBBBA invoices hitting the states ⬇️ ✅ Pennsylvania: $53B in Medicaid cuts ✅ Illinois: $48B ✅ Arizona: $35B ✅ Michigan: $33B ✅ Maine & New Hampshire: ~$3B each See more numbers in our report here: bit.ly/46cHDj2
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Families Over Billionaires @fobaction.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
We hope you had a great Labor Day! ✊ To our union partners and every worker who keeps this country running: this movement exists to have your back — for a living wage, paid leave, safe workplaces, and a tax code where the corporations you make profitable finally pay their share. #HappyLaborDay
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Families Over Billionaires @fobaction.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
A Labor Day Fact: The federal minimum wage hasn't budged since 2009, while billionaire wealth soared past $9 trillion. Raising it isn't radical. It's overdue respect for the people who do the actual work.
epi.org
Setting high standards for a federal minimum wage: Raising the wage to two-thirds of the national median wage would lift pay for nearly 40 million workers
Key takeaways: The federal minimum wage is at its lowest real value in 77 years. Frozen at $7.25 since 2009, the federal minimum wage has lost 30% of its purchasing power during this 17-year freeze. S...
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We Make MN @wemakemn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
We are proud to fight alongside labor, today and every day. Happy Labor Day to the workers and unions who keep Minnesota running! #HappyLaborDay
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We Make MN @wemakemn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
1/ "We need more than lip service; we expect action." At our town hall in Duluth this week, we heard from public workers across northern Minnesota about the needs in their communities. Watch the TV coverage here: bit.ly/4gXBbBw
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Tax War Room @taxwarroom.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Households in the reddest fifth of the country spend about 30% MORE on gasoline each year than those in the bluest. Translation: Trump's war is taxing his own voters hardest. A government run for billionaires doesn't spare anyone's paycheck.
notus.org
Gas Prices Are High. Trump’s Supporters Are Feeling The Most Pain.
We crunched the numbers: Pain at the pump is sharper on one side of the political spectrum.
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Voter Action Project @voteractionproject.org · 03/09/2026
While Ron DeSantis keeps waging his war on democracy, the Southern Poverty Law Center is once again stepping in to defend Floridians' fundamental right to vote. Read more here: bit.ly/4qRlS1w #ProtectTheVote
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Families Over Billionaires @fobaction.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
LISTEN: Kristen Crowell was on Chew's Views to discuss the Families Over Billionaires bus tour, which aimed to assess the devastating impact one year later of the Republican's disastrous One Big Beautiful Bill Act 👇 Listen here: bit.ly/465npYl #TaxJustice
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