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🚨TAX BILL RED ALERT🚨
Republicans think they can rip us off without a fight.
They're wrong.
THREAD: how we'll beat the GOP tax scam—and what YOU can do. RT to fuel the uprising, & follow along...
The House votes 🚨THIS THURSDAY🚨 on the GOP's mega tax giveaway to corporations & the ultrarich. All hands on deck needed NOW.

Thread table o contents:
1. Inside the GOP's hideous tax scam
2. Arc of the fight
3. How to fight back
1. INSIDE THE GOP's HIDEOUS TAX PLAN
36 million. That's the number to remember. 36 million middle class families get slammed with a tax HIKE to give huge corporations a massive giveaway. Again, House vote THIS THURSDAY.
Heart of GOP plan: mega tax cuts for corporations. Incredibly unpopular in both parties. Only 17% of *Republicans* say corps pay too little in taxes. 2/3 of public wants corp taxes to go UP. abcnews.go.com/Politics/third…
GOP plan: Net tax cuts = $1 trillion for corps. ~200 billion for ultrawealthy heirs. $300bn for individuals. Wildly tilted to rich. Kleptocracy.
vox.com/policy-and-pol…
Who loses under House bill: for starters, people w high medical expenses. Eg, seniors. Which is why AARP is fighting this monstrosity.
aarp.org/politics-socie…
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Folks in DC (for starters). If Trump goes full autocrat tomorrow and declares an emergency to make the military perform civilian functions in defiance of the Congress and the constitution, be ready to protest.
A protest to end the shutdown is already planned for tomorrow at noon at the AFL-CIO, right by the White House. Furloughed? Lunch break? Go. Everyone else, spread the word.
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At the Tony Evers/Mandela Barnes inaugural ball in Wisconsin, Tammy Baldwin takes the stage to open up the program. For six years, she kept the light of progressivism alive here. Tonight, every constitutional officer in the state is a Democrat.
Lt Governor Mandela Barnes compliments Senator Tammy Baldwin’s inaugural garb: “I love those coattails!”
(Get it? Like, political coattails helping downballot candidates get elected? It’s an excellent joke, people.)
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"May we be willing to do what’s best for the next generation, rather than the next election." – @Tony4WI
Wisconsin's newly elected Democratic governor, Tony Evers, just concluded his inaugural address this way: "Let's polka tonight, and get to work tomorrow!"

(He really does polka, and will do so at the inaugural ball tonight)
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Sarah Godlewski took her oath of office today as State Treasurer of Wisconsin—after successfully leading the fight against the GOP effort to eliminate the office. She's dynamite. Keep an eye on her.

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