Call me a radical Lefty, but billionaires shouldn’t be setting tax policy by Twitter polls.
With stunts like these, Elon Musk and other modern-day Robber Barons are gleefully making a mockery of how little they pay in taxes.
Remember: Musk pays little in federal income taxes, while his companies have raked in millions in federal contracts.

nytimes.com/2021/06/10/opi…
Despite his massive fortune, federal contracts, and low taxes, Musk recently lobbied Congress to drop a billionaire tax that would have gone to fund investments in the American people.

cnn.com/2021/10/27/pol…
In a functioning democracy, billionaires don’t ponder how much they should pay in taxes by starting a Twitter poll.

But Musk and his fellow billionaires have so weakened our democracy this is where we are.

This is what oligarchy looks like.

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14 Sep
Yesterday, before results were released in the California recall, Larry Elder’s campaign launched a website promoting baseless claims that the election was stolen.

We've reached the point where Republicans don't even wait until polls close before claiming an election was rigged.
It’s tempting to laugh at the absurdity of Elder’s ploy, but it’s a grave warning sign of how Republicans plan to run campaigns from here on out. Any result they don’t like will be written off as fraudulent.

We must keep fighting back against Republicans’ authoritarian agenda.
P.S. Californians, don't forget to vote in person before 8 p.m. today, or mail in or drop off your ballot as soon as you can. The stakes are too high to sit this one out.
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20 Jul
I remember as a kid talking with other kids my age about becoming an astronaut. At the time, astronauts came from middle-class and blue-collar families. They’d gone to public schools.

It was something any of us could aspire to.

Today’s space race could not be more different.
We used the term “we” to describe being the first to land on the moon. Bezos and Branson aren’t “we.” There's no common good in their achievement. They symbolize the extreme apex of wealth, much of it gained by paying workers low wages, dodging taxes and shutting out competitors.
If Branson and Bezos are advancing anything or anyone, it’s the prospect of making boatloads of money by selling future seats to other people able and willing to pay huge sums for the thrill. It's hardly impressive or heroic.
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9 Apr
Let me be clear: The Amazon union fight is far from over.
For seven weeks, Amazon pulled out all the stops in its most blatant anti-union blitz yet. Workers were forced to attend anti-union meetings, received multiple anti-union texts a day, and were bombarded by anti-union fliers in bathrooms.
The company hired an infamous union-busting law firm for the cool price of $3,200 a day, and even got the county to change the traffic light schedule so that union organizers had less time to talk to workers as they entered or left the warehouse parking lot.
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26 Feb
THREAD: Here is every state where a minimum wage worker can afford 2 bedroom rent:
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2 Jan
The cynical ploy of Ted Cruz and 10 other Republican senators will now force every other Republican member of Congress to openly choose democracy or fascism.
America will watch and remember those who choose the path of treason on January 6.
Here are the enemies of democracy:
Ted Cruz (TX)
Ron Johnson (WI)
James Lankford (OK)
Steve Daines (MT)
John Kennedy (LA)
Marsha Blackburn (TN)
Mike Braun (IN)
Cynthia Lummis (WY)
Roger Marshall (KS)
Bill Hagerty (TN)
Tommy Tuberville (AL)
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7 Nov 20
While the forces that propelled Trump to the presidency — racism, corruption, and greed — still plague America, we can find hope in this victory.

Thank you for still believing in democracy.
Every single one of you who organized your community, who mobilized your friends and family, who made even just one phone call, should be incredibly proud.
This election is just the beginning. Now our work to rebuild America as a true democracy centered on social justice and human rights can begin in earnest.
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