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  Pablo Willis · [email protected]
October 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM

RE: Billionaires don’t rule us. This Saturday, resist

The No Kings rallies are this Saturday. Stand up to Trump’s assault on democracy and tax fairness. RSVP now or chip in if you can’t be there. John, No Kings rallies are happening today in every state across the country. Together, we’re holding this authoritarian president and hi…
  David Kass · [email protected]
October 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM

Billionaires don’t rule us. This Saturday, resist

The No Kings rallies are this Saturday. Stand up to Trump’s assault on democracy and tax fairness. RSVP now or chip in if you can’t be there. John, Donald Trump has put much of his blueprint for authoritarian rule into place. He is targeting immigrants, sabotaging public service…
  John Foti · [email protected]
October 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM

RE: Trump gave the rich a raise and workers the axe

The shutdown just sent thousands of federal workers home. Their paychecks are gone, but billionaire tax breaks are permanent. John, This week, as a result of Trump’s GOP government shutdown, hundreds of thousands of federal workers missed a paycheck. The Trump administration res…
  David Kass · [email protected]
October 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM

Trump gave the rich a raise and workers the axe

The shutdown just sent thousands of federal workers home. Their paychecks are gone, but billionaire tax breaks are permanent. John, The Trump administration is handing out new tax breaks to billionaires, even as federal workers are going without pay. Since Trump and Republican…
  David Kass · [email protected]
October 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM

Universal child care is possible

New Mexico just became the first state to guarantee universal child care. Now it’s time for every governor to follow. John, Even as work in Congress has ground to a halt amidst the Republican shutdown, states are showing how they can act to lower costs for working families. New…
  John Foti · [email protected]
October 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM

RE: Trump’s billionaire takeover ends with us

On October 18, millions of Americans will gather nationwide to stand up to Trump’s authoritarianism and the billionaire takeover of our democracy. Will you join us? John, We are less than a week away from the No Kings rallies on October 18, a nationwide call to defend democracy …
  David Kass · [email protected]
October 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM

Trump’s billionaire takeover ends with us

On October 18, millions of Americans will gather nationwide to stand up to Trump’s authoritarianism and the billionaire takeover of our democracy. Will you join us? John, On October 18, Americans across all 50 states will rally for No Kings: A National Day of Action for Democrac…
  John Foti · [email protected]
October 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM

RE: Our Senators need to hear from us right now.

Democrats need to know that when they fight for a funding bill that puts everyday people before billionaires, we have their backs. John, Majorities of Democrats, Republicans, and independents say Congress should extend enhanced ACA premium tax credits to help millions of America…
  David Kass · [email protected]
October 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM

Call the Save Healthcare Hotline now to demand Congress negotiate a bipartisan government funding bill that puts healthcare over billionaires

Democrats need to know that when they fight for a funding bill that puts everyday people before billionaires, we have their backs. John, In the midst of Donald Trump’s GOP government shutdown, Republicans are getting pressure from the White House not to negotiate with Democrats.…
  John Foti · [email protected]
October 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM

RE: Trump’s IRS takeover must be investigated

The Trump administration just put a political ally in charge of the IRS without Senate approval. The Senate Finance Committee must hold hearings now. John, The Internal Revenue Service now has a “CEO.” That title and job has never existed in American history.[1] It was created o…
  David Kass · [email protected]
October 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM

Trump’s IRS takeover must be investigated

The Trump administration just put a political ally in charge of the IRS without Senate approval. The Senate Finance Committee must hold hearings now. John, The Trump administration has quietly created a new position at the IRS that does not exist in law.[1] Treasury Secretary Sc…
  John Foti · [email protected]
October 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM

RE: Republicans’ shutdown puts billionaires first and working families last

Republicans are driving the country into a shutdown to protect $4.5 trillion in tax breaks, mostly for the rich and corporations, while cutting healthcare and essential services for millions. John, The government shutdown now gripping the country is not an accident. It is the pr…
  David Kass · [email protected]
October 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM

Republicans’ shutdown puts billionaires first and working families last

Republicans are driving the country into a shutdown to protect $4.5 trillion in tax breaks, mostly for the rich and corporations, while cutting healthcare and essential services for millions. John, The government shutdown crisis was manufactured by Donald Trump and Republicans i…
  David Kass · [email protected]
October 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM

Hakeem Jeffries: “House Democrats are here in the Capitol reporting for duty. Republicans are on vacation”

Philippa Pham Hughes, a cancer survivor who has already received a letter from her insurance company about the January 1st premium increase, told us. John, Last night at midnight, after weeks of refusing to negotiate in good faith, the billionaire-backed GOP majority in Congress…
  David Kass · [email protected]
September 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM

Health premiums double, Medicare cut, government closed

The House passed Trump’s shutdown bill. The Senate must reject it. John, The government shuts down at midnight tonight because House Republicans chose to pass a partisan funding bill that protects billionaires and abandons families, and then left town, refusing to negotiate. The…
  Rashida Tlaib via Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund · [email protected]
September 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM

This is how we rein in out of control CEO pay

Coca-Cola’s CEO made 1,980 times that of their average worker who makes $14,144 a year. John, Greedy corporations and their CEOs have never had it so good. They’re price gouging consumers while CEOs are making 290 times that of their average worker. To put this in context, the …
  Pablo Willis · [email protected]
September 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM

RE: Billionaires stole trillions from our communities

Most of the billionaires’ $7.6 trillion in wealth has never been taxed. We are fighting on the state and federal levels to close this rigged loophole. John, Our new analysis reveals the extent of billionaire tax dodging in America. Billionaires have amassed $7.6 trillion in weal…
  David Kass · [email protected]
September 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM

Billionaires stole trillions from our communities

Most of the billionaires’ $7.6 trillion in wealth has never been taxed. We are fighting on the state and federal levels to close this rigged loophole. John, America’s billionaires have accumulated $7.6 trillion in wealth. According to a new Americans for Tax Fairness report, mor…
  John Foti · [email protected]
September 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM

RE: Billionaires are terrified of this surtax spreading

States nationwide are staring down brutal budget cuts. Massachusetts showed that taxing millionaires is the solution. John, Governors across the nation are warning of massive budget shortfalls as federal funds dry up. Services that keep families healthy, feed children, and maint…
  David Kass · [email protected]
September 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Billionaires are terrified of this surtax spreading

States nationwide are staring down brutal budget cuts. Massachusetts showed that taxing millionaires is the solution. John, Massachusetts just delivered proof that taxing the rich works. Their Millionaires’ Surtax, a 4% surtax on income over $1 million, raised nearly $3 billion …
  John Foti · [email protected]
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM

Gig workers pay more in taxes while DoorDash profits

DoorDash is lobbying for a bill that locks in worker exploitation while shifting payroll tax costs onto drivers. John, DoorDash is lobbying Congress to pass H.R. 1319, the so-called Modern Worker Empowerment Act. This bill would let companies classify millions of workers as inde…
  John Foti · [email protected]
September 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM

RE: The billionaire loophole is bleeding America dry

The Billionaires Income Tax targets fewer than 1,000 ultra-rich households, raises $557 billion, and ends the billionaire tax scam once and for all. John, Billionaires don’t just hoard their wealth. They weaponize it. They use untaxed billions to buy elections, rewrite the rules…
  David Kass · [email protected]
September 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM

Billionaires have been running the biggest tax scam in America

The Billionaires Income Tax targets fewer than 1,000 ultra-rich households, raises $557 billion, and ends the billionaire tax scam once and for all. John, Billionaires have been running the biggest tax scam in America. For decades, the richest 0.01% have been allowed to hoard a…
  John Foti · [email protected]
September 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM

RE: They dodged taxes for decades. Now Congress must act.

The Billionaires Income Tax will end the scam that lets America’s richest families pay lower rates than teachers, nurses, and firefighters. John, America's wealthiest families have gamed the system for decades, growing richer and more powerful without paying taxes on most of the…
  David Kass · [email protected]
September 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM

Help end the "buy, borrow, die" scam that lets the ultra-wealthy dodge taxes

The Billionaires Income Tax will end the scam that lets America’s richest families pay lower rates than teachers, nurses, and firefighters. John, America’s richest families don’t pay their fair share, and they haven’t for decades. While working people pay taxes on every paycheck…
  David Kass · [email protected]
September 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM

End the billionaire tax loopholes

The Equal Tax Act would finally make billionaires and wealthy investors pay the same tax rates as working people. John, Through special loopholes and tax code preferences, the ultra-rich are allowed to pay lower tax rates on investment income than workers pay on wages. The Equal…
  Pablo Willis · [email protected]
September 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM

RE: Billionaire NFL owners get tax breaks. Fans get the bill

NFL owners are raking in tax breaks while fans get stuck with higher prices. Tell Commissioner Goodell it’s time to put fans first. John, The second weekend of the NFL season is here, and fans across the country are facing higher prices just to enjoy the game. Tickets cost more.…
  David Kass · [email protected]
September 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM

Billionaire NFL owners get tax breaks. Fans get the bill

NFL owners are raking in tax breaks while fans get stuck with higher prices. Tell Commissioner Goodell it’s time to put fans first. John, The NFL season is only in its second week, but fans have already seen the price hikes. Tickets are more expensive. Concessions cost more. Str…
  Pablo Willis · [email protected]
September 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM

RE: Trump wrote them a check. You got the bill.

Our new report exposes how Trump’s tax law helped billionaire NFL owners dodge taxes while fans pay more for everything. John, Football season is underway, and guess who’s profiting at your expense: billionaire NFL owners. In our new report, Flag On The Play: NFL Owners Get Bon…
  David Kass · [email protected]
September 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM

Trump wrote them a check. You got the bill.

Our new report exposes how Trump’s tax law helped billionaire NFL owners dodge taxes while fans pay more for everything. John, NFL owners are political powerbrokers with entire legal and lobbying operations built to protect their fortunes and rig the rules in their favor. They l…
  John Foti · [email protected]
September 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM

RE: Congress is trying to dismantle the IRS from within

Both House and Senate bills include devastating IRS cuts that will hurt working families and let billionaires off the hook. John, Congress is moving forward with spending bills that slash IRS funding. The House bill cuts the IRS budget by a record 23%, while the Senate bill quie…
  David Kass · [email protected]
September 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM

The Senate is seeking to quietly cut $11.7B from the IRS

Both House and Senate bills include devastating IRS cuts that will hurt working families and let billionaires off the hook. John, The House just moved forward on a bill that would slash the IRS budget by 23%, the steepest cut in history.[1] At the same time, the Senate quietly t…
  John Foti · [email protected]
September 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM

RE: Demand Congress stop protecting Epstein’s billionaire allies

Speaker Johnson shut down Congress to protect Epstein’s network. Now they’re back and still refusing to vote. John, Congress is back from August recess, but Speaker Mike Johnson is still blocking a vote on the Epstein files. Back in July, Johnson adjourned Congress early in an …
  David Kass · [email protected]
September 7, 2025 at 12:39 AM

Demand Congress stop protecting Epstein’s billionaire allies

Speaker Johnson shut down Congress to protect Epstein’s network. Now they’re back and still refusing to vote. John, Speaker Mike Johnson shut down the House of Representatives in late July to stop a vote on releasing the Epstein files. A bipartisan committee had voted to subpoen…
  Pablo Willis · [email protected]
September 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM

RE: Healthcare CEOs win. Patients lose

A new report reveals 7 healthcare giants dodged $34 billion in taxes while denying care, cutting staff, and jacking up costs. John, Seven of the biggest names in corporate healthcare just got exposed. Our new report titled Sick Profits, in partnership with Community Catalyst, re…
  David Kass · [email protected]
September 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM

Healthcare CEOs win. Patients lose

A new report reveals 7 healthcare giants dodged $34 billion in taxes while denying care, cutting staff, and jacking up costs. John, Our damning new report titled Sick Profits, in partnership with Community Catalyst, confirms how Trump’s 2017 tax law helped seven of the biggest h…
  David Kass · [email protected]
September 2, 2025 at 11:12 PM

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is under attack

Trump wants to turn the Bureau of Labor Statistics into another propaganda arm of his White House. John, Labor Day is a holiday born of struggle. Workers fought for fair pay, safer conditions, and the dignity of knowing their labor built this country. Yesterday, we honored their…
  Pablo Willis · [email protected]
August 31, 2025 at 10:03 PM

RE: Stand with workers, not wealth hoarders

The Trump tax and tariff scheme will cost working families over $13,000. We’re fighting back this Labor Day with your help. John, Trump’s economic plan is not just unfair. It is dangerous. It will cost working families billions in lost wages, benefits, and services. The poorest …
  David Kass · [email protected]
August 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM

This Labor Day, don’t let Trump rob workers blind

The Trump tax and tariff scheme will cost working families over $13,000. We’re fighting back this Labor Day with your help. John, Labor Day is a time to honor workers across America, and it's the best time to call out the billionaire-backed policies that punish working people wh…
  John Foti · [email protected]
August 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM

RE: They’ve ended Direct File, but our fight for a free and easy tax filing system is not over

Let’s counteract an astroturf campaign by the tax prep industry and flood the IRS with real comments from real people. John, For 20 years, tax prep corporations like H&R Block and TurboTax spent millions of dollars lobbying Congress to block the IRS from implementing a free,…
  David Kass · [email protected]
August 28, 2025 at 11:52 PM

They’ve ended Direct File, but our fight for a free and easy tax filing system is not over

Let’s counteract an astroturf campaign by the tax prep industry and flood the IRS with real comments from real people. John, The Trump administration announced this month that they are ending Direct File―a free and easy way to file your federal and state income taxes online, wit…
  David Kass · [email protected]
August 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM

Republicans cut your subsidy and gave billionaires a handout

Trump and the GOP are letting the ACA premium tax credit expire, and insurers are jacking up rates by as much as 50 percent. John, Donald Trump and Republicans promised to cut costs for working families. But when they had the chance, they didn’t lift a finger to lower healthcare…
  Pablo Willis · [email protected]
August 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM

RE: $1 billion stolen from D.C. taxpayers

Trump’s power grab in Washington DC is a direct attack on democracy. Tell Congress: stop the takeover and release $1 billion in stolen DC taxpayer money. John, Imagine paying your taxes only to have Congress lock your money in a vault and hand your police department to Donald Tr…
  David Kass · [email protected]
August 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM

$1 billion stolen from D.C. taxpayers

Trump’s power grab in Washington DC is a direct attack on democracy. Tell Congress: stop the takeover and release $1 billion in stolen DC taxpayer money. John, Donald Trump is trying to run Washington, DC like one of his bankrupt casinos, seizing control, ignoring the law, and s…
  David Kass · [email protected]
August 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM

We need to make Direct File permanent

Direct File proved taxpayers can file for free. Congress must protect it before corporate lobbyists kill it forever. John, The pilot of Direct File proved that tax filing doesn’t have to be expensive, stressful, or confusing. In just one season, more than 140,000 taxpayers saved…
  Pablo Willis · [email protected]
August 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM

RE: Trump is illegally hoarding funds meant for classrooms

Trump is hoarding money meant for classrooms to pay for billionaire tax cuts. John, Donald Trump is once again breaking the law, and kids are paying the price. The Government Accountability Office has now confirmed that for the fourth time in just a few weeks the Trump administ…
  John Foti · [email protected]
August 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM

Trump is illegally hoarding funds meant for classrooms

Trump is hoarding money meant for classrooms to pay for billionaire tax cuts. John, The Government Accountability Office just found that the Trump administration again violated the Impoundment Control Act by illegally withholding funding, this time, for public school upgrades th…
  Pablo Willis · [email protected]
August 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM

Protect the benefits we earned

For 90 years, Social Security has been our promise to each other. We have already paid for it. Now we must defend it. John, Today marks 90 years since Social Security became law. For nearly a century, this program has been our collective promise that when we reach retirement, fa…
  John Foti · [email protected]
August 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM

Stop Trump’s attack on YOUR Social Security

We paid into Social Security with every paycheck. Now, Trump is putting up roadblocks to keep us from what we have earned. John, Tomorrow will mark 90 years since Social Security was signed into law. It was a promise to the American people that the benefits we paid into througho…
  John Foti · [email protected]
August 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM

Fully fund our elections now

Congress is willing to put trillions on the national credit card for tax cuts to the rich, but claims there’s not enough to fund our elections. John, Congress’s new budget sets aside just $15 million for election administration in 2026. That is less than $300,000 per state.[1] I…