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Raising the $7.25 an hour minimum wage to a living wage is not a radical idea. Since 2020, voters in Florida, Nebraska, Missouri & Alaska approved a major increase in their minimum wage. What’s radical is that the federal minimum wage has not gone up since 2009.

Trump's Big Bill: -Expands his power to ignore court rulings -Gives the ultra-wealthy an even bigger estate tax break -Disqualifies nearly 2M children from the child tax credit -Adds unnecessary red tape that would kick millions of people off Medicaid It's a big, ugly mess.

Pride started as a riot—and that’s exactly the energy we need to take on Trump’s fascism and the GOP’s bigoted rollback of our rights. Stay loud. Stay proud. Stay relentless. open.substack.com/pub/distills...

This month, celebrate Pride! Renew your commitment to creating a world where everyone can live free from harassment and discrimination. Let's work together to make that world a reality. LGBTQIA2S+ rights = human rights = worker rights. #LGBTQIA #Equality

Join the Michigan Progressive Caucus on Sunday, June 8th, as we march for liberation and solidarity at the Motor City Pride Parade. Sign up to march with us by scanning the QR code in the post or by using the following link: tinyurl.com/4a4edxs4 Receive more info upon signup 🙌

Please take a few minutes and watch 👇

The MDP Progressive Caucus condemns the passage of two bills within the Michigan House of Representatives on May 22 that aim to ban transgender girls from playing in girls sports. These are the latest in a series of legislative efforts targeting transgender youth in Michigan. tinyurl.com/3av7eknc

Today, on #MemorialDay, we honor the brave men and women who gave their lives in service to our country. Their sacrifice will never be forgotten.

Whiny baby is certainly a strategy for a US Senator www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u...

The workers united will never be defeated! ✊

Trump accepting a $400 million “palace in the sky” from Qatar violates the Constitution. This is corruption.

Felony charges have been dropped against U of M students and community members who peacefully protested the university’s ties to Israel’s genocide in Palestine — but misdemeanor charges remain.

Tom Barrett supports the $230 BILLION Trump-Musk SNAP cuts. That will leave thousands of Michigan kids, veterans and seniors without food. This is just more empty words from Tom Barrett.

Trump’s executive order to defund NPR & PBS is a gift to billionaires and a slap in the face to the rest of us. He’d rather silence journalists than confront corporate greed. We deserve leaders who work for the people, not silence them.

“I wanted to have faith,” one Trump voter told the NYT. “I don’t have that faith anymore.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/u...

I am delighted that Mohsen Mahdawi has been released from detention. Expressing a political opinion about the war in Gaza is not a crime. In the United States of America, you should not be put in a jail cell for exercising your First Amendment rights.

Healthcare is a human right, no discussion.

Could you ever have imagined you would see a headline like this in your lifetime

The UAW made many attempts to protect the environment, including being an early supporter of the proposed Earth Day. Walter Reuther made speeches at campus teach-ins as a precursor to the holiday and the UAW made an initial donation of $2,000 to the Earth Day cause. Happy Earth Day!

On April 21, 1865, the train carrying Pres. Lincoln’s body for public mourning left Washington, D.C., becoming a historic event as crowds gathered to pay respects. His leadership helped end slavery, forever changing the nation. 121 days to Slavery Remembrance Day. #CountDowntoSRD

Wishing everyone a happy Easter! 🐰🐣

We at the Progressive Caucus are excited to see candidates announcing their plans for 2026! We welcome these candidates and hope that each candidate commits to supporting progressive causes, such as universal healthcare and campaign finance reform.

Without the working class, nothing moves. #StandUpUAW

We, the Michigan Progressive Caucus, and our partners across the state, pledge to take this fight to the streets. Read our full statement: tinyurl.com/m2zyzkrc

Sanders: A woman is walking down the street, a car stops, and these guys — in plain clothes and masks — grab her, throw her into the car, and take off. That happened in Vermont today. That’s the kind of thing that happens in dictatorships, not in a democracy.

Cost of extending the Trump tax cuts for the rich: $4.6 trillion Cost of cutting corporate tax rate to 15%: $1 trillion Remember this as we hear about "wasteful government spending."

No #PinkPollTax! #PollTax

ALL those who voted against this should be ashamed of themselves, especially the 4 Democratic Congressmen

Pugh in letter to Gov. Whitmer:“I’m asking MDE to advise school districts in our state: do not comply with policies/demands that would inflict harm, violate civil rights laws, force educators to teach lies. No school district should legitimize cruelty masquerading as compliance."

Thank you, Dr. @pamelapughmi.bsky.social, for your continued leadership and commitment to our public schools.

What happened to “states’ rights”?

Bahahahahahahahahaha *breathes* Bahahahahahahahahaha

They’re going after *students*

Daimler Truck said our members were crazy for thinking they could get a cut of the profits they make with their labor, but workers defied the odds and proved the naysayers wrong. By building a credible strike threat, our UAW Daimler family won profit-sharing in their 2024 contract! #StandUpDaimler

Trump doesn’t care about working families? Consider us shocked 🙄

The top 7 donors in the 2024 election — all GOP — gave a combined $1B to buy Trump a second term. It's a gigantic amount of money in total — but it's just pocket change to them. We must get Big Money out of politics. No one from either party should be able to buy an election.

Horrifying. Disappearing and targeting students with legal status over peaceful political speech is unconstitutional and a clear violation of due process and free speech. Another blatant act of authoritarianism by the Trump Administration. Rumeysa must be released.

"We are rolling back decades of progress on protecting the rights of immigrant children," said Susan Reed, director at MIRC. These are KIDS who now won't have legal representation and will be at higher risk for trafficking. Shameful. #momsky #immigrantsrights www.freep.com/story/news/l...

Pete Hegseth and Mike Waltz should resign or be fired effective immediately. Their flagrant incompetence is a risk to our national security.

Senior Trump administration officials, including the Vice President, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, and CIA Director, discussed military strikes on an unclassified group chat. They even accidentally invited a journalist to that chat.

In a targeted attack on his car, Israel has killed Al-Jazeera's Hossam Shabat, who was only 23 years old and was one of the last remaining journalists in Gaza. There are no words.

HELL NO to dismantling, or privatizing, USPS!

It’s time to kick the billionaires out of office!

Happy #WorldWaterDay! All Michiganders deserve access to clean, affordable water, no matter how much money they have or what zip code they call home. And this new term means a new opportunity to deliver solutions for Michiganders around the state who face increasingly unaffordable water bills. 🧵

Join us in calling for Mahmoud Khalil's immediate release ➡️ Sign up for the phone bank here: MoveOn.org/FreeMahmoudPhoneBank 📲

If you see your representatives name on this list, call and thank them. If you don’t see your representatives name on this list, call and demand the immediate release of Mahmoud Khalil.

The United States is complicit in genocide. This needs to end immediately. Read our full statement here: tinyurl.com/djhcd9mk