What do you do after slashing our nation's most important anti-hunger program, a move guaranteed to increase the number of people struggling to get enough food? If you're the Trump administration, you stop counting the number of people going hungry

Oregonians won't suffer Trump's big ugly tax scam replicated at home. Policymakers must act ASAP to STOP Trump's reckless cuts from becoming Oregon's code!

We know that: -Corporations have lots of tax loopholes -Big corporations shift profits abroad to avoid taxes -Nearly 7 in 10 corps. in Oregon pay the minimum tax. What we don't know is how much Amazon, Meta, or any corporation pays in OR taxes. We need #CorporateTaxTransparency

“Poverty is a pathogen. It makes kids sick.” The cure? Give families CASH #RxKids #ChildPoverty

Have you been impacted by Intel’s financial problems? Were you recently laid off by #Intel? Share your story

The Trump administration has it backward. Rather than help native born workers, #deportations weaken the economy, while making workers more vulnerable to exploitation

Honoured to appear on OCPP's "Policy for the People" pod, and keep our issues in the minds of the community & our lawmakers. Oregon rideshare drivers and riders demand fairness and transparency! 💙✊🏿🤍✊️🖤✊🏻 #unionstrong #driverpower #sharethefare

Fired by an app! That can happen to Uber and Lyft drivers. In the latest episode of Policy for the People, Nathaniel Hudson-Hartman and Joe Jackson of @driversunionor.bsky.social talk about rideshare drivers' fight for better pay and working conditions See the full show -->https://bit.ly/4m0xHP0

Sad but not surprising, given that so many families are struggling to make ends meet despite their hard work

Yesterday's OR revenue forecast showed a fiscal crisis is brewing. The Governor should call a special session to: ✅restore state control over tax policy by not replicating the reckless actions of Congress ✅retain a portion of the projected kicker (only that of the richest Oregonians) #orleg #orpol

BREAKING NEWS: Oregon’s general fund resources — the money that pays for schools, health care and public safety — have shrunk by more than $845 million since May. The Governor should call a special session to head off a looming fiscal crisis #orpol #orleg

🚨 A fiscal crisis is coming to our state. Because Oregon automatically replicates federal tax changes (even reckless tax changes), the state is set to lose nearly $1B in revenue. That’s money meant for schools and other essential services. The Gov. and legislature must act now #orpol #orleg

Every year, massive corporations like Amazon and Facebook pocket hundreds of millions of dollars that should instead go to Oregon schools #FundSchoolsNotBillionaires

“It’s a national scandal . . . that the richest country in the world would have destitute elderly and disabled people”

🎥 Fun fact: About 2/3 of personal bankruptcies in the U.S. are from medical bills. Wanna know what’s extra fun? Most of those folks had health insurance. And that's before the congressional #RepublicanBudget begins raising the cost of health care for everyone. Learn more -->https://bit.ly/45Vl3Mm

So much of the progress on health care that we've seen over the past 15 years is now at risk. We're now on course to seeing fewer Oregonians with health insurance and higher costs for everyone else, due to the congressional Republican budget plan

Whether or not you get your health care from Medicaid, the Big Ugly bill is going to affect your health coverage. Watch the full episode of Policy for the People --> bit.ly/415GWWw

A tax on extreme wealth is the answer

“There really is no tendency for millionaires to live in low-tax states . . . . The more money you make, the less likely you are to move.”

This is how messed up the economy is: To avoid a recession, the richest 10% need to keep spending money on parties and luxuries. As one prominent economist put it, "the rest of the income distribution is really not consequential." There's something really wrong when 90% of your people don't matter

When an elected official says "we can't afford it," do as the audience did at this Nebraska town hall. Tell them to #TaxtheRich

Sadly, this is fully consistent with other research showing that more than 2 in 5 Oregonians don't make enough to reasonably afford the essentials. Widespread economic insecurity is a defining feature of our present reality -- but it doesn't have to be that way

Intel has laid off thousands of workers in OR due to “a series of technical and financial crises,” as The Oregonian put it. But you’ll be relieved to know that former Intel CEO Pat Gelisnger, forced out in December, got a pay package of $27 MILLION More CEO pay fun facts at aflcio.org/paywatch

Another reminder that so much of the wealth in the hands of billionaires is the result of subsidies by the public

Do you know anyone who thinks billionaires need a tax cut?

The state of Georgia created a nightmare of red tape for many Georgians seeking health coverage through Medicaid. And now Congress has taken the same awful approach for the rest of the country

BREAKING NEWS: Oregon is on course to have nearly $1 BILLION less in resources to fund schools and other essential services in the upcoming budget period, due to the legislature's failure to take preventive measures #ORleg #ORpol

If you believe in economic justice and enjoy producing audiovisual content, this may be the job for you!

At a time when Oregon schools are in need of more resources, billionaires and the corporations they own continue reaping massive subsidies in the form of property tax abatements. $275 million in 2024 alone, according to @goodjobsfirst.org #FundSchoolsNotBillionaires

Directly or indirectly, huge numbers of Oregonians are going to suffer from the cuts to health care in the big, ugly federal reconciliation bill

Many of our most serious problems in our country are due to the vast economic inequality that exists. So no. We don't need billionaires.

Here's another harm from the awful reconciliation bill that hasn't gotten a lot of attention. As @graham-oregon.bsky.social writes, the monstrous bill Congress passed will destroy lots of jobs

More resources to fight #WageTheft. A very good outcome from the 2025 Oregon legislative session

The Tax Avoidance Industrial Complex just scored a big victory (at our expense) 😡

Their greed apparently has no limits

The 2025 Oregon legislative session produced clear victories for working Oregonians, as well as a number of setbacks. It was a mixed-bag #orleg

Ben Franklin was right: concentrated wealth is "a danger to the happiness of mankind.” #TaxTheRich

#FoodInsecurity is already a serious problem in Oregon, and the ugly bill just passed by Congress is set make matters far worse

The Big Ugly Bill passed by Congress today is exactly the opposite of what families need right now. It's incredibly damaging. Watch the whole episode of Policy for the People --> bit.ly/4nxMlPy

The Republican-controlled Congress just passed a massive bill that will make many Oregonians less healthy, more hungry, and more economically insecure. It did so to pay for big tax cuts for the wealthy. It's so destructive, so shameful.

One thing is crystal clear about the enormous policy bill in the Senate - the tax breaks flow overwhelmingly to the Rich.

The Republican budget reconciliation bill would take away health care, food, and cash from struggling families. It's a monstrous piece of legislation😡

Workers who perform the essential work of caring for older adults and people with developmental disabilities toil for low pay and few benefits. That's why the #ORleg should pass #HB3838, establishing standards board for the industry Learn about the issue in this podcast episode

Last fall, Trump said he had a "concept of a plan" for health care, without specifying what it was. It's now clear the plan is to take health care away from people

Cuts to Medicaid in the Big Ugly Bill would hit Oregon -- and rural Oregonians -- especially hard

Another tax cut for billionaires tucked in the ugly bill. So messed up

Who would have guessed most people don't like the idea of taking away health care and food assistance from struggling families to pay for tax cuts for the rich?🤔

Huge crowd in Portland. #NoKings

If the monstrous U.S. House reconciliation bill becomes law and the Oregon legislature does nothing, Oregon will see revenue collections shrink, leaving the state with less $ to address the needs of Oregonians #orpol #orleg Watch the full episode of Policy for the People --> bit.ly/43Wdq67

Not taxing overtime pay may sound like way to help struggling families, but it's not. It's the well-off who reap most of the benefits