Donald Trump Wants to Suspend the Constitution to Tear Apart American Families
The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 gives the president wartime authority to detain people from an enemy nation. The law lets the president target immigrants without due process — not even a hearing — based only on their country of origin. Detaining people without due process creates an obvious constitutional crisis. It runs directly counter…
Read MoreMass Deportation Will Make the Economy Worse for Everyone
Donald Trump has made mass deportations the centerpiece of his closing argument as November approaches. He is threatening to go it alone by invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to detain and deport immigrants. Generally, Congress has to use its power to provide the president with wartime privileges under the act, but Trump is…
Read MoreProject 2025 on Education: Only the Rich Should Get It
Republicans have dreamed of dismantling the Department of Education since Jimmy Carter created it. Ronald Reagan, Newt Gingrich, Donald Trump, and former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, as well as other Republican leaders, have openly advocated for the policy. Like most of the right-wing fever dreams outlined in Project 2025, the idea is couched in the…
Read MoreDonald Trump Has Never Been a President for Forgotten Americans, and He Is Incapable of Starting Now
Donald Trump really likes to blame other people for his failures. Especially Democrats. And China. And Immigrants. Of course, politicians try to deflect blame for mistakes, particularly during an election season, but Donald Trump’s behavior takes the practice to a new and dangerous level. His rhetoric about blue states and democratic cities and FEMA and…
Read MoreProject 2025 on Presidential Power: It’s Unlimited
“We are in the process of the second American revolution, which will remain bloodless, if the left allows it to be.” – Leader of the Heritage Foundation, Kevin Roberts Project 2025 imagines a country where executive power rests entirely in the president. If implemented, the president could fire any federal employee and replace them with…
Read MoreProject 2025 on the Economy: Higher Costs for Average Americans
Project 2025 puts the Republican dream of shifting the burden of funding policies and priorities to the middle and working class on steroids. Its policies would undoubtedly make things more expensive for most Americans and drive an even bigger hole in the federal deficit, crippling its ability to maintain infrastructure, handle crises and fund Americans’…
Read MoreProject 2025 on Abortion and Healthcare: Let’s Get Rid of It!
Project 2025 would both reduce access to healthcare and make it more expensive. It would do this through a series or restrictions, cuts and repeals that include ending abortion access, repealing the Affordable Care Act, privatizing Medicare and drastically reducing Medicaid spending. Eliminating Abortion Access Federally Project 2025 suggests two methods for eliminating access to…
Read MoreDonald Trump’s Economy Not The “Best Ever” Even Before the Pandemic
Donald Trump likes to take credit for things that are handed to him, and America’s economy is no exception. Before the pandemic, Trump frequently claimed that he inherited a “dismal” economy, which he turned into the best America has ever seen. Both of these claims are false. 1) Donald Trump inherited a very strong economy.…
Read MoreDonald Trump’s Obsession with Immigrants Makes America Less Safe
Donald Trump envisions a violent America — an America where the military is weaponized to invade sovereign U.S. states and tear families apart. Donald Trump’s promise to deport over 12 million immigrants would drastically reshape America in ways that are difficult to imagine. Mass deportation is a fundamental repudiation of the fabric of America’s promise…
Read MoreProject 2025 and Donald Trump Want You to Pay to Get Weather Reports
Republicans have a strategy for dealing with climate change: don’t talk about it. For example, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill this year that removed references to climate change from the state’s laws. Other states, like Arizona, have passed legislation prohibiting the use of state funds on climate change initiatives. READ: Columbia Law School…
Read MoreDonald Trump’s Actions Take Money out of Your Pockets
Donald Trump promises to fight for forgotten Americans who, by all rights, have legitimate grievances about how they have fared under an increasingly monopolistic economy that affords fewer chances to get ahead. But Donald Trump is a liar. He lies effortlessly, from frivolous claims like a crowd going wild for him at a debate that…
Read MoreProject 2025 and Donald Trump Want to Make Student Loans More Expensive
Republicans have been trying to abolish the Department of Education since it was created, and Donald Trump has embraced this position. Eliminating the Department of Education would drastically reduce resources for underserved communities, boosting inequality for generations. However, one of the less-reported facets of the Trump and Project 2025 agenda is the plan for decimating…
Read MoreDonald Trump’s Abortion Policies Will Continue to Harm All Women
Donald Trump has failed women and families. Whether or not you believe that he, personally, doesn’t care about abortion — or is even pro-choice — his actions have created harm and suffering. And he is promising more of the same if he is reelected. Returning abortion to states is exactly what overturning Roe did, and…
Read MoreDonald Trump’s position on abortion is bonkers.
When Republicans are arguing about which government —state or federal — should control access to healthcare, they’ve lost the thread entirely. Kamala Harris calls state laws that limit or ban abortions “Trump abortion bans.” And she should. Trump said he would appoint justices that would overturn Roe. He picked justices from a list provided to…
Read MoreDonald Trump’s Long History of Ripping Off Small Businesses
Donald Trump claims to be a champion of forgotten Americans — the workers and small business owners who have been left behind in today’s economy. But the reality is that he’s made his fortune ripping off exactly the people he claims to want to protect. READ: Kamala Harris’ Top Ten Victories for Workers Donald Trump’s…
Read MoreWhat Democrats are Talking About When They Talk About Pregnancy Monitoring
Fact-checkers are piling on Tim Walz’s claim during the presidential debate that Project 2025 calls for the monitoring of pregnant women. Walz said that a future Trump administration would establish a new federal position — a national pregnancy coordinator — tasked with monitoring all pregnancies in conjunction with a pregnancy registry. While FactCheck.org and other…
Read MoreWhat is Project 2025?
Project 2025 is a 900-page policy plan created by the right-wing Heritage Foundation and over 140 former Trump staffers and MAGA allies. Project 2025 outlines concrete procedures for radically changing how government works, from eliminating popular departments to weaponizing federal agencies. The plan consolidates power into a strong executive who can use the power of…
Read MoreTrump Walked Away From a Deal to Lower Drug Prices Because the Industry Wouldn’t Send Gift Cards Before the Election to Boost His Standing Among Senior Voters
The Trump administration negotiated a deal with the pharmaceutical industry that would have “addressed out-of-pocket consumer costs and covered the majority of the Medicare copayments that seniors pay for prescription drugs.” This would have actually been a big win for America’s senior citizens. But then, the Trump administration added a bizarre demand that gave PhRMA,…
Read MoreSenator Warnock Has Sponsored or Co-Sponsored Nearly 500 Bills in the Senate
What has Senator Raphael Warnock done in the Senate? He’s sponsored or co-sponsored 499 bills during his 2-year term. Of those bills, he’s single-handedly sponsored 93 and cosponsored 406. In those 93 bills, we looked at a few examples of what Warnock has been fighting for: Rent Relief for Americans: S.4728 – Rent Relief Act…
Read MoreWhy the Keystone XL Pipeline Would Not Lower Your Gas Prices Now or in the Future
The surge in gas prices has caused a lot of speculations on the reason and many Republicans like to blame Biden for stopping the development of the last 25% of the Keystone Pipeline known as Keystone XL. In order to better understand why the Keystone XL Pipeline will not lower your gas prices now or…
Read MoreRon Johnson doesn’t think Wisconsinites deserve well-paying jobs
In February, Senator Johnson refused to support efforts to bring Oshkosh Defense to Wisconsin to manufacture the next generation of USPS service trucks. At the time, Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin, the UAW and the Wisconsin AFL-CIO were working together in an effort to convince Oshkosh to open their new manufacturing facility in Wisconsin. Had the…
Read MoreDemocrats Are Lowering Drug Costs
What’s behind the drive to raise the cost of drugs? Drugs Americans need to stay well and recover from illnesses, or to cope with permanent health issues, such as diabetes. The answer is: Special Interests. Special interest lobbyists in the Pharmaceutical industry. The Pharmaceutical industry spent $187 million on lobbying in 2022. The Pharmaceutical industry…
Read MoreJ.D. Vance’s Plan Would Close Down Manufacturing Plants in Ohio
Ohio Republican Senate candidate J.D. Vance has called for the elimination of tax credits that are already creating jobs in his own state. Ford, General Motors and LG have already begun implementing plans that would create thousands of jobs in Ohio. Those plans are the direct result of Democratic legislation that requires domestic production of…
Read MoreLet’s save the economy from Republicans who want to cut jobs and put more money in the pockets of the largest corporations.
Republicans have a reputation for being pro-big business, and that is exactly what makes them worse for the American economy. In fact, Republican policies put profits over people, exacerbate inequality and make life harder for all but the richest Americans. The few policy positions outlined by Republicans hoping to take back congress would only continue…
Read MoreThe Inflation Reduction Act Lowers Medical Cost and Increases Energy Production
Democrats have taken action on inflation but the media seems to ignore it and focus on the horse race lies from the GOP. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 is designed to make a historic down payment on deficit reduction. That fights inflation. It invests in domestic energy production and manufacturing. That fights inflation. It…
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