Ron DeSantis signs law allowing trans kids to be taken from their families
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his army of sMaLl gOvErNmEnT droogs in the Republican-dominated state legislature just legalized the state kidnapping of trans minors from compassionate parents making private healthcare decisions in the best interest of their own damn kids in a horrifying and downright Orwellian assault on privacy rights. [RETWEET THAT!]
Take Action: Demand DeSantis end his tyrannical school book bans!
VIDEO OF THE DAY: Rudy Giuliani hit with another devastating lawsuit
Serves him right!
Take Action: Demand NO guns on college campuses!
CNN suffers ultimate humiliation after Trump town hall
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Beyond embarrassing.
🚨 BTC is just shy of hitting 2 million subscribers on YouTube! Can you make sure that you and everyone you know are subscribed to help get him over the top?
US Supreme Court declines to block Illinois assault weapons ban
The GOP-controlled Supreme Court — this can't be right — DECLINED to block an assault weapons ban? UNANIMOUSLY? Oh, wait... it's so the legal battle can proceed in lower courts. Can't get our hopes up too high...yet...but at least Illinois' assault weapons ban will stand in the meantime, which could thwart any number of potential mass shootings.
Take Action: Tell Republicans NO cuts to Social Security or raising retirement age!
Progressive Senate Democrats urge Biden to prepare to invoke the 14th Amendment to tackle the debt limit
Five Senate Democrats are circulating a letter urging President Biden to bypass Republicans entirely and invoke the 14th Amendment to lift the nation's debt ceiling and avert default. The draft letter, which is still being circulated for signatures, comes 15 days before the June 1 deadline set by the Treasury Department for Congress to act or risk breaching the debt limit.
Take Action: Impeach Clarence Thomas!
Elon Musk claims there’s "no proof" that Texas mall shooter with giant Nazi tattoos was a neo-Nazi
Uh, sure, Elon. Whatever you say, big guy.
World likely to breach 1.5C climate threshold by 2027, scientists warn
Humanity is hurtling towards the point of no return when it comes to global warming, much faster than once believed. We are now expected to breach the dire 1.5C mark, albeit temporarily, within the next five years. Scientists warn that crossing the threshold will send the world into "uncharted territory," which is extremely not a good thing.
Kevin McCarthy is pushing our country over the cliff
atAdvocacy Partner: The Speaker of the House and his MAGA puppetmasters have made it clear they don't care how much damage they do to our economy and to the American people with their nihilistic debt ceiling hostage crisis. This reckless and wildly irresponsible behavior can't be allowed to continue. Will you chip in to United Rural Democrats and make sure President Biden has a blue Congress for his second term?
New evidence in special counsel probe undercuts Trump’s claim documents he took were automatically declassified
The National Archives is set to hand over damning new evidence to the special counsel indicating Donald Trump was fully aware of document declassification protocols — which he of course ignored and violated repeatedly, because pesky rules obviously don't apply to him.
US appeals judges express support for opponents of abortion pill
All three judges on the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, who were appointed by Republicans, seem poised to ban the abortion pill — which has been on the market for TWENTY YEARS — in a stunning repudiation of legal precedent, logic, and common sense. Perhaps we'll find some of those qualities when the case inevitably goes to the Supreme Court? We can only hope.
Texas poised to ban gender-affirming care for trans youth
Texas is primed to become the latest — and largest — state to ban gender-affirming care for trans minors as Republicans nationwide continue their "it's different, kill it" assault against queer Americans.
House votes to send George Santos expulsion resolution to ethics panel instead
House Republicans reaffirmed their cowardice AND spinelessness by refusing to hold a floor vote to expel the decorated shot put champion and original decaffeinator of coffee, instead kicking the can over to the toothless ethics committee to "investigate" Santos' many, many transgressions. We are SURE that the GOP-controlled committee is definitely gonna get RIGHT ON THAT. [RETWEET THAT!]
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Today’s Action: Pass the PRO Act and protect the right to unionize!
Though labor movements have been around for more than a century, corrupt bigwigs are still working overtime to ensure their employees aren’t compensated properly for their work in the face of growing worker power. The National Labor Relation Board’s Seattle office filed a complaint against Starbucks last year for violating US labor law with extreme union-busting tactics, such as withholding benefits and pay raises from unionizing stores. Just two months ago, corporate employees of the coffee giant sent an open letter fighting back against the store’s continued overreaction to union efforts. We can’t allow workers to continue fighting these greedy corporations on their own — it’s time for our legislators to step up and fully protect the right to unionize.
Starbucks is far from the only guilty corporation. Currently, the longest newspaper strike in decades is taking place at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The workers have been on strike for more than six months demanding better healthcare and wages. There’s strength in numbers, and the labor movement certainly has that, but if certain senators don’t stop holding up the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act to provide more equitable conditions for all workers, the fallout across the American workforce will only worsen.
The fact is, when unions thrive, American workers and families thrive. It’s really that simple. Corporate America’s desperate efforts to get everyone back to work has reminded workers everywhere they’re worth more than low pay, low benefits, long hours, and emotional abuse from unappreciative bosses.
Call (202-224-3121) or write your senators and ask them to support the PRO Act in solidarity with the growing labor movement across the country! Send them this petition with almost 40,000 signatures in favor of its passage!
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