On this Tax Day a reminder that Trump has levied one of the largest tax increases on the American people in history through his tariffs, illegally, without Congressional authorization, as a first step in a broader strategy to continue shifting the tax burden from the wealthy to all of us.
This is called speaking truth to power. A message that we all need to hear and share Thank you @sifill.bsky.social for sharing.
@radiofreetom.bsky.social is exactly right. Make sure you get the independent vote along with Democratic voter turnout. MAGA will be MAGA. Turnout in November will tell us if we still have a Democracy in December.
This is terrible for Americans and also hurts national security. Increasing the military budget won’t defeat Iran. What is actually called for — under a sane government — would be a systematic defense review with an eye to less expensive systems that are suited to modern war. (1/4)
Truth!
I talked to Jamie Raskin about his explosive exchange with CNN's Dana Bash.
"The media should understand that the survival of the free press is at stake right now," he tells me. "There is only one party in America trying to censor and control the press.”
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2095...