While Trump is destroying the Middle East and our NATO alliance, these folks won't ever let anyone forget that what matters first to everyone is whether they can feed their families, pay their bills, afford health care, provide child care, buy clothing... the stuff we all need. go.bsky.app/FpeMh5Y

Congressional Republicans appear ready to put SNAP benefits even MORE at risk for kids and their families for the next 10 years, in order to pay for ONE HOUR of war in Iran. I wish I were making this up. firstfocus.org/update/will-... 1/7

“At a time when families are struggling to afford the basics -- health care, groceries, and child care -- it is unconscionable to spend $1.5 trillion of taxpayer dollars on a war in Iran that the American people do not want." - Kristen Crowell

Note that Republican Congressman Derrick Van Orden's staff had to respond instead of him personally in this article because he is too busy taking a luxurious Scottish vacation while you pay $4.08 for gas 👇 Read more here: bit.ly/3PQK1Ha #UnionsForAll

To catch you up: today Trump demanded a reconciliation bill on his desk by June 1st. Trump and Republicans will be pushing for 3 wars in this bill: 1. Iran war funding 2. A war on our communities through ICE funding 3. A war on our health, food, housing through service cuts to pay for the first two

Politics is all about priorities - and the Trump administration's priorities do not reflect our values as a nation.

"Today, I'm introducing my wealth tax — and more than 50 members of Congress are joining me. It’s time for the government to start working for American families, not just the ultra-rich." - Senator Elizabeth Warren #TaxTheRich

As wealth taxes gain traction around the U.S., Elizabeth Warren is introducing a new bill that the Massachusetts Democrat said would raise trillions in federal revenue by placing new levies on people worth over $50 million. Read more here: bit.ly/4lZ1XLD #TaxTheRich

FACT: The Trump administration's knuckle-dragging posture towards renewable energy is making us all pay higher utility bills.

"Republicans in Congress want to cut Americans' health care to pay for more war in Iran," Sen. Elizabeth Warren said. "Let that sink in." Read more here: bit.ly/4tjknt3 #ProtectOurCare

Now they know what it’s like for contractors doing business with Trump Org over many decades.

As inequality grows, states are stepping up where the federal government hasn’t. Read more here: bit.ly/4s1g98g #TaxTheRich

No Kings! (In Alexandria Virginia, north Old Town along Route 1 this afternoon)

Republican state legislatures, already grappling with budget shortfalls, consider further cuts to food assistance and healthcare to cover funding gaps worsened by the "big, beautiful bill." Read more here: bit.ly/4bJCwcj #TaxJustice

AFL-CIO President @lizshuler.bsky.social: “There is no worker, no industry that [AI and new tech] doesn’t touch. Every job is now a technology job… We’re at the most important fork in the road our economy has faced in 100 years.”

Big American corporations are reaping billions in tax savings from tax havens. But don't blame the tax havens - no, blame the U.S. tax code for being too weak to stop this 👇 Check out the latest FACT Coalition analysis of newly-required corporate tax disclosures here: https://bit.ly/41upQ4h

TODAY at 3:15 PM ET: We will join Rep. Brendan Boyle, Unrig Our Economy, and Americans impacted by rising costs for a webinar to discuss how the war with Iran is exacerbating the affordability crisis caused by the OBBBA, Trump's tariffs, and massive health care cuts. Register here: bit.ly/3NOrTNk

This Thurs, 3/26, at 3:15pm ET, we will join Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Unrig Our Economy, and Americans impacted by rising costs for a webinar to discuss how the war with Iran is exacerbating the affordability crisis caused by the OBBBA, tariffs, and health care cuts. Register here: bit.ly/3NOrTNk

"Democrats don’t need to trade away revenue required for meaningful policy. They need to tax the rich." - Kristen Crowell Read more here: bit.ly/4rSaLo8 #TaxJustice

"Democrats don’t need to trade away revenue required for meaningful policy. They need to tax the rich." - Kristen Crowell Read more here: https://bit.ly/4bMBvjR #TaxJustice

"Democrats don’t need to trade away revenue required for meaningful policy. They need to tax the rich." - Kristen Crowell

"Democrats don’t need to trade away revenue required for meaningful policy. They need to tax the rich." - Kristen Crowell

High electricity bill? Utility statements won’t state just how much of your payment goes directly to profits, but a new calculator helps find the profits in your bill. Check it out here: www.UtilityProfitTracker.org #PeopleOverProfits

A great explainer on how Trump's reckless war with Iran will raise drug costs for all of us 👇

A poll of 2,400 Democratic voters who vote regularly in primaries, by Embold Research, found that 70% of self-described moderates think the party is “too timid” in taxing the rich and corporations. #TaxTheRich

FACT: About one-third of Americans cut back on food, utilities or other daily expenses to pay for healthcare last year, according to new research. Trump's Big Ugly Bill is making American families scramble to afford even the basics. Read more: https://bit.ly/4cN5H0i #TaxJustice

Even using the right wing conservative Heritage Foundation’s research, there is no justification for Trump's SAVE Act. It is voter suppression, designed for the insidious purpose of staying in power regardless of what the majority of American voters want.

"Something you might not know if you’re not super rich -- today is the day that people who make $1 million a year stop paying into Social Security. Working people pay all year, but the rich get a break. Lift the cap and pull millions of seniors out of poverty." - Rep. Greg Casar

"Crisis and war are good for oil companies. Prices spike. Consumers pay more. Companies walk away richer than before."

"For a lot of families in Arizona, one unexpected bill could wipe them out. That’s not a healthy economy. We’ve got to start building one where working people can actually get ahead." - Senator Ruben Gallego Read more here: https://bit.ly/4cCuPH6 #TaxJustice

These 20 firms pay poverty wages while enriching CEOs 👇 Read more here: bit.ly/3No0xNY #TaxJustice

"If corporate income tax collection had kept up with 1960's levels, companies would be paying $620 billion more in taxes. In my latest I ask: what did we get in return? Not wages, not benefits, but record profits and a growing public disgust with companies." Read more: https://bit.ly/3PifT78

“This administration eliminated critical student loan programs during a horrible college affordability crisis…threats to the Pell Grant program will make it even harder for families to pay for college," Satra Taylor, a doctoral student in Maryland, said at our pre- #SOTU forum.

never, ever, ever, ever accept "how will you pay for it?" as an argument against social programs.

Because of the Big Ugly Bill, Amazon's tax bill fell by 87% even though its profits rose by 45%. Trump and the GOP are shoveling more money towards the richest people and richest corporations in America at the same time so many people will be losing health care. Read more: https://bit.ly/4blliTA

I hate it here. www.404media.co/polymarket-p...

They robbed us blind and told us that our neighbors were the enemy. All that culture war garbage was a diversion to distract us from the largest wealth transfer in history. #TaxBillionaires

"Instead of blaming undocumented kids for the high cost of college, how about blaming the defense contractors? How about blaming the billionaires who aren’t paying their taxes? How about blaming an economic system that has not invested in the health and education of our country?" - Rep. Ro Khanna

New from me: Most of the world wants to hold the Epstein Class accountable for their crimes. Here in America, the Trump Regime still serves them and their interests. open.substack.com/pub/ctrlaltr...

“This is Senator Sanders’ defining vision for our age,” Ro Khanna said. “It is the most ambitious and transformative legislation for our times to tackle inequality in the New Gilded Age.” Read more here: bit.ly/4rJt7bn #TaxBillionaires

"Big corporations are planning to dump millions of dollars into the 2026 elections. As long as we allow corporate money to flood our political system, Washington will continue to fail working families. I refuse to take corporate PAC money and I’m working to ban it completely." - Senator Mark Kelly

Yes, we need a wealth tax on billionaires. #TaxBillionaires

Last year, surveillance giant Palantir paid $0 in federal income tax despite making $1.5 billion, partly due to new tax cuts in Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill. They cut Medicaid and SNAP to pay for this. This monstrosity must be reversed. Read more: https://bit.ly/3MwQp5i

The SAVE Act could keep millions of people from being able to vote – and would shut countless eligible voters out of our democracy. #StopTheSaveAct

Trump is not trying to make your life easier or more affordable. He's listening to the giant tax prep companies and their millions, not you. Read more here: https://bit.ly/46upfml #TaxJustice

Kristen Crowell was on Chew's Views to discuss her efforts to humanize the impacts of the Big Ugly Bill and to counter Trump's #SOTU lies by amplifying the voices of real Americans who have been hurt by this administration's cruel policy choices. Listen here: bit.ly/4aEYmyx #TaxJustice

“Last night’s address taxed peoples’ tolerance for utter nonsense, as the president relied on inflammatory and grandiose language to distract from the truth," said Kristen Crowell. Read more here: bit.ly/4rfQs3L #SOTU

Trump said costs are going down in the #SOTU, which was just another lie 👇 "Whose daily costs have gone up in the last year?” Kristen Crowell asked the assembled guests and audience members at last night’s “State(s) of the Union” town hall in Washington. Everyone’s hand shot up. “100 percent.”

“A show of hands: whose daily costs have gone up in the last year?” Families Over Billionaires Executive Director Kristen Crowell asked the assembled guests and audience members at last night’s “State(s) of the Union” town hall in Washington. Everyone’s hand shot up. “100 percent.” #SOTU