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11/27 ☎️ #CallToAction:

*45 & friends took off for TG ⛳️🦃 but they are set to return to push the #TrumpTaxScam.

Tell senators to stop this bill that'd devastate ACA, Medicare & Social Security, all so that a tiny sliver of wealthy allies make bank. 💰

#LoyalO THREAD⬇️
What to say & how to say it: ⬇️

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House Republicans have passed tax legislation and the Senate now is considering a bill which a bipartisan analysis projects would immediately raise taxes for almost 14 million middle income Americans.

chicagotribune.com/news/nationwor…
The proposed Senate plan would permanently reduce the corporate tax rate but allow cuts for households and individuals to expire.
To help fund tax cuts, Republicans have added a provision to their tax bill that would repeal the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate, causing premiums for all to rise and 13 million fewer people to have health insurance within a decade.
theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
The Senate proposal faces an uncertain future given the GOP’s narrow 52-to-48 majority in the Senate, and the fact that the tax overhaul can add no more than $1.5 trillion to federal deficits over a decade.
newsweek.com/tax-plan-senat…
The CBO projects the current bill would add $1.7 trillion to the deficit.
cnbc.com/2017/11/08/hou…
The CBO projects that a re-write of the tax bill that would comply with deficit rules would ultimately be financed by gutting crucial programs, including Medicare & Social Security. msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-…
In sum, GOP tax reform will add more than one trillion dollars to the deficit, give the majority of benefits to corporations and the rich, gut the ACA and programs like Medicare, and will leave thirteen million people without healthcare.
.@IndivisibleTeam is sponsoring a National Day of Action Against Trump Tax Scam on Monday to oppose the GOP tax scam. Check if there is an event near you that you are able to attend. act.indivisible.org/event/local-ac…
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If Trump declares a #StateOfEmergency - a tool used by autocrats throughout history to consolidate power - he will justify it by using contrived statistics.

This is textbook authoritarian and it will require education & support for institutional guardrails to defeat.
Institutional guardrails include Congress & Courts.

The 1976 National Emergencies Act provides some checks & balances on Trump's ability to declare an emergency.

House Democrats must hold hearings & court challenges must occur.

CC: @TeamPelosi @RepCummings @OversightDems
Unfortunately, the 1976 Act was later amended to require the President's signature or a 2/3rds veto override in both chambers.

Thus, should Trump ultimately declare a #StateOfEmergency tomorrow, it will be on @HouseDemocrats to hold hearings ASAP & expose his plan.
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TODAY: Accountability returns to D.C.

Meet & follow our Defenders of Democracy (tagged), & learn how each, in their capacity as Chairs of critical House committees, will hold Trump & cronies accountable.

No more #CultureOfCorruption without oversight starting today.

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1/ Financial Services Cmte. (@FSCDems)

High on @RepMaxineWaters' agenda are Deutschebank loans to Trump & Trump's roll-back of banking regulations.

She also aims to empower the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which the Trump administration has been gutting.
2/ Intelligence Cmte. (No Twitter handle yet)

Under R's, Intel impeded the Russia probe, pushed Deep State conspiracy theories & blocked subpoenas.

But now, @RepAdamSchiff is staffing up Intel for a real investigation of Russia's attack on democracy & Trump campaign complicity.
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Retired generals, regardless political persuasion, continue to sound alarm bells about the danger Trump poses, yet Republicans refuse to take responsibility for the traitor in their ranks.
The breadth of voices refusing to even consider a position working in the cabinet of the President of the United States should make even the most fervent Trump supporter worried.

And it's more than just generals who have been engaged in unprecedented public critiques of the President.

Chief Justice Roberts issued a public rebuke of Trump after he politicized the courts.

wypr.org/post/chief-jus…
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@jett2017 I’m not sure what Trump contributed to the economy beyond massive deregulation (& rollbacks of laws BO enacted to prevent another recession like the 2008 too-big-to-fail recession). There’s a lot of evidence indicating Trump sold rollbacks to corporate donors (quid pro quo).
@jett2017 —Oh, and the #TrumpTaxScam (which was great if you’re a billionaire, a Trump, a congressman or their heirs). For the rest of us it was a massive con job that created a short-term stock market boost and a ballooning deficit that will burden the middle-class for decades.
@jett2017 But, blowing up the deficit with corporate welfare is part of their plan and gives them a reason to destroy Medicare, Medicaid & Social Security, etc., —most of which do not contribute to the deficit, but they’ll blame “entitlements” anyway.
theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
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Let's talk about Social Security, Medicare, and payroll taxes. [Thread]
FDR set up Social Security with a dedicated payroll tax. He reasoned that setting it up this way would help protect the system from attack. archives.gov/exhibits/treas…
Today, dedicated payroll taxes are relied upon to operate Social Security and *some of* Medicare. There are two Trust Funds associated with each of these federal programs. Social Security's Trust Funds are: OASI (Old-Age and Survivors Insurance) and DI (Disability Insurance).
Medicare's two separate Trust Funds are: Hospital Insurance (HI) and Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI). Each year, the financial health of Social Security and Medicare is evaluated in the form of an Annual Report of the Trustees. ssa.gov/oact/TRSUM/
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What has Pelosi achieved?

As House minority leader, she played crucial role turning back G.W. Bush’s attempt to privatize Social Security.

Key figure, more crucial than Obama, passing #ACA which produced spectacular fall in number of uninsured Americans.
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Helped enact financial reform, which helped stabilize economy & protected many Americans from fraud.
Helped pass Obama stimulus plan, which economists overwhelmingly agree mitigated job losses from financial crisis, playing role in laying foundation for a green energy revolution.
Quite a record
Republicans say Pelosi is a wild-eyed leftist
Whats so radical about:

Protecting retirement income
Expanding healthcare
Reinin runaway bankers
Untouched by allegations of personal scandal

Amazin given the right’s ability to manufacture allegations out of thin air
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THREAD: The new tax law is a raw deal for the middle class. 83% of the benefits go to the 1%, and it blows a $1.5 trillion hole in the deficit. But don't just take my word for it, here's 42 examples of how the #TaxScam hurts working families as well as a vision for #ABetterDeal:
A plurality—42%–think the tax cuts favor the wealthy most of all. Only 29.6% say they favor the working and middle class. finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-tax…
The Great Snake Oil Slump nytimes.com/2018/04/19/opi…
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Know how Social Security and Medicare are referred to as the “third rail” – because cutting them is understood to be political suicide?

Well, it turns out it’s not just Social Security & Medicare.

Follow along for details on a new poll the GOP should pay close attention to. 1/x
Trump and Congressional Republicans learned the hard way last year how immensely popular Medicaid is, when in many ways it saved the ACA.

New polling shows a whopping **80% of Americans** oppose cutting Medicaid.

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And it’s not just Medicaid folks don’t want to see cut.

Americans overwhelmingly—and across party lines—oppose President Trump and Speaker Ryan’s proposals to slash nutrition assistance, affordable housing, disability benefits, energy assistance, and more.

3/x
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They weren't happy with gutting #ACA. NOW, the #GOP is going to come after your #Medicare - they won't tell you their REAL objective is NOT to save the program -- but to starve it to death just like #ACA:
ncpssm.org/EntitledtoKnow…
The GOP budget resolution will mean:

*Hundreds of billions in painful cuts to Medicaid, which seniors depend on for long-term care services and supports.
*Reaffirmation of a House rule that puts 11 million Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries at risk of a 7% benefit cut in 2028.
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