Impressive visualization on the ways that the wealthy have successfully manipulated US politics to avoid paying taxes

#CA-22 Dave Valadao (R): Won by 6.8 points last year ~23,500 enrolled in #ACA exchange plans ~174,600 enrolled in #ACA Medicaid expansion ~198,100 combined at risk (21.3% of total pop)

#CA-40 Young Kim (R): Won by 10.6 points last year ~43,100 enrolled in #ACA exchange plans ~57,700 enrolled in #ACA Medicaid expansion ~100,800 combined at risk (13.2% of total pop)

#CA-41 Ken Calvert (R): Won by 3.4 points last year ~32,100 enrolled in #ACA exchange plans ~93,600 enrolled in #ACA Medicaid expansion ~125,700 combined at risk (15.3% of total pop)

Terrific thread puts the Republican “Bigly benefits for billionaires” bill in high relief with pie charts. Elected reps knowingly harming the people who elected them is an odd choice. Let’s make sure it’s glaringly obvious what they’re doing.

Imagine paying $3,000 MORE a year on your student loans—just so billionaires get a massive tax cut. That’s conservatives’ #BillionaireTaxScam in action.

Major League Baseball and the Dodgers will be lavishing praise on Jackie Robinson today. Spare me. These same folks have had nothing to say as the Trump administration tries to erase Robinson and everything he fought for. www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

UPDATE: A third law firm — Wilmer Hale — has filed suit against Trump this AM, represented by veteran Supreme Court litigator Paul Clement. Clement says the executive orders are flagarantly unconstitutional and violate separation of powers. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

This is shameful. Law firms that choose their bottom lines over democracy by caving in & agreeing to work for Trump to advance his agenda are doing nothing but advance authoritarianism. This is how democracies die & Skadden should be ashamed of itself.

This is the only correct response. Bravo Jenner & Block.

Good for Jenner & Block! A great law firm shows what courage and professional leadership looks like in a difficult time. They deserve our thanks and support. apnews.com/article/trum...

Exactly this. Shameful and cowardly.

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I just got back from 36 hours in Ukraine with my brother Scott. Wanted to share a story from while we were there. At a hospital, we talked with a wounded Ukrainian soldier. I asked him what he thought about the recent change in US policy. His response in English was, “What the fuck.”

New from me.👇 It does not surprise me that people are worried. I expected many to be concerned. But I did not anticipate that so many leaders across industries and professions would allow fear to silence them. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-c...

Feeling like you should do something but not sure what will make a difference? THIS will. Ben and the WisDems have been organizing WI (my home state) and have notched the kind of structural wins that make the stuff we want possible. It’s not magic. It’s work. Support this race.

New @consumerreports.org study finds that AI voice-cloning tools make it too easy for scammers to impersonate voices. Most companies tested fail to have meaningful safeguards in place to protect consumers from unauthorized voice cloning. Read more in NBC here: www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...

So now Elon says he wants to send you cash through a DOGE Dividend? Trust me, there is no bigger fan of direct cash than me. But this is a scam. (1/5)

One of the things you should be able to count on is the absolute privacy of your taxpayer data -- it's protected by law. Any request for private taxpayer information must be rejected for what it is: a violation of the law, and of taxpayer trust.

Excited to be a cosponsor of SB 53, and appreciate @scottwiener.bsky.social’s leadership on this issue. 🙌

Love some Wisconsin populism.

In addition to moving us closer & closer to a police state, this is an exceptionally effective way to signal to undocumented people that paying taxes is a direct path to getting deported.

#CyberCivilDefense: I can be Paul Revere if you really need it Last week, I spoke momentarily to the emerging network of networks that helps defend the country, early days. Here are my talking points, where I try to say a lot in a few words. www.linkedin.com/pulse/cyberc...

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The big idea buried in California’s AI bills left on the cutting room floor… @ganeshsitaraman.bsky.social @omidyarnetwork.bsky.social @tarensk.bsky.social @c-hughes.bsky.social @scottwiener.bsky.social @teriolle.bsky.social @roybahat.com @economicsecurityproject.org calmatters.org/commentary/2...

Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public. He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit. Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.

As we enter a harrowing new chapter in American life, remember this: we are stronger than we think. 🧵