Trump’s bombardment of dishonesty: Fact-checking 32 of his false claims to Time yahoo.com/news/trump-bom… via Yahoo

The effective federal corporate income tax rate:

1950: 50%
1990: 25%
2020: 13%

Stop asking 'but how we will pay for it?' Restore the corporate tax rate.

That is how we will pay for it.

We had a very good feeling about this.

May the 4th be with you, America.

Important to remember this pier would not be needed if Israel allowed free and open flow of aid to Gazans. It is a costly and inefficient workaround by the US in the face of Israeli instransigence and disregard for the basic rights and needs of Gazans.

“The Nation is witnessing the determined delegitimization of both its Federal and State judiciaries and the systematic dismantling of its system of justice and Rule of Law by a single man – the former President of the United States.”
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President Biden: Your senator Ted Budd called the infrastructure law ‘a liberal Trojan horse for a socialist agenda.’ I don't know about you, but I don't think ensuring kids can drink clean water to avoid brain damage is a socialist agenda. I think it's just plain decency. But as…

Katie's Sidebar: It's all about the timeline.

Hope Hicks, one of Trump's closest aides who was omnipresent during the operative timeframes and events in this case, provides compelling testimony from the witness stand about the impact on the Trump Campaign of the release of the…

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One of the things Hope Hicks’ testimony illuminates is how much the Republican Party has accepted and normalized Trump’s behavior since 2016: Then, the Access Hollywood tape almost ended his candidacy. Hard to imagine/remember considering they are now ok with inciting an…

I'm thrilled that President Biden has expanded Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument in California. With this action, we're protecting lands sacred to Indigenous communities like the Patwin people while bolstering precious ecosystems we all depend on.

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In a Senate hearing on corporate price gouging an expert says:

'In the second and third quarters of 2023, corporate profits drove over half of inflation — 53% of inflation.

Over the last 40 years before the pandemic, profits drove just 11% of inflation.'

Via: Accountable.US

Stunning graph: the plummeting tax rates of the richest Americans. For the first time in history, billionaires have a lower effective tax rate than working-class Americans.

'I think the president has much to be proud of in terms of what he has already accomplished. I don't know if he gets credit for it,' said Bernie Sanders. He worries young people are underestimating the threat from Trump yahoo.com/news/exclusive… via Yahoo

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Vance: I think the biggest threat to American democracy is the Biden administration is trying to prevent Donald Trump from campaigning 

Collins: The Biden Administration is not preventing Donald Trump from campaigning. He just did two events tonight.

I miss the days when I did long historical threads. Someone just unearthed this history of the Republican Party, and it’s not bad:

If this report came out the other way, it would be BY FAR the dominant news story of the day.

Women are showing up and calling in to Florida abortion clinics today only to find out Republicans have made abortion all but illegal in their state.

It’s the first they heard of the abortion ban.

When I say we need to meet the electorate where it is, this is what I mean.

The true measure of strength is based on who you lift up, not who you beat down.

If we made the world’s 3,000 billionaires pay just a 2% wealth tax, we could raise over $300 BILLION every single year.

That would help us fight climate change, poverty, and inequality.

Brazil, Germany, South Africa and Spain have signed on. It's time America joined them.