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May 25, 2022 at 9:24 PM

another school shooting

Yesterday, a young man killed 19 children and 2 teachers at a school in Uvalde, Texas. Just 10 days earlier, a different young man killed 10 people at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York. This note could go on and on with similar sentences, because we live in a country where mass shootings h…

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May 24, 2022 at 6:17 PM

they supported her even *after* she ran white-supremacist ads

Following the murder of George Floyd — two years ago tomorrow — a lot of companies pledged to help fight racism. That included corporate giants like Anheuser-Busch, Boeing, Comcast, Federal Express, General Motors, Home Depot, Lockheed Martin, Pfizer, Raytheon, UBS, and Walgreens. Anheuser-Bu…

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May 18, 2022 at 6:25 PM

Buffalo and 'replacement theory'

This past Saturday, a white man walked into a grocery store in Buffalo, New York — with an assault rifle and body armor — and shot 13 people, killing 10 of them. The man openly espoused the racist myth that white people are being “replaced” by people of color. And he specifically targeted Bla…

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May 17, 2022 at 6:10 PM

the Buffalo shooting

This past Saturday, a white man walked into a grocery store in Buffalo, New York — with an assault rifle and body armor — and shot 13 people, killing 10 of them. The man openly espoused the racist myth that white people are being “replaced” by people of color. And he specifically targeted Bla…

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May 13, 2022 at 6:29 PM

tomorrow: nationwide rallies for reproductive freedom

There will be rallies all across America tomorrow — Saturday, May 14 — to support abortion rights and reproductive freedom. Find a rally near you. Public Citizen is partnering with the sponsors of this mobilization — including MoveOn, Planned Parenthood, UltraViolet, and Women’s March — to de…

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May 12, 2022 at 5:53 PM

Medicare for All NOW

Bernie Sanders is introducing a Medicare for All bill in the Senate tomorrow. You’re probably familiar with at least some of the shameful realities of health care in America: We spend far more than other rich countries but we have far more preventable deaths. Fully half of Americans say the…

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May 11, 2022 at 9:01 PM

Bernie Sanders to introduce Medicare for All in Senate

Bernie Sanders is introducing a Medicare for All bill in the Senate tomorrow. You’re probably familiar with at least some of the shameful realities of health care in America: We spend far more than other rich countries but we have far more preventable deaths. Fully half of Americans say the…

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May 10, 2022 at 7:13 PM

BREAKING: Elon Musk will let Donald Trump back on Twitter

Just moments ago, Elon Musk announced that he will let Donald Trump back on Twitter once his $44 billion takeover of the company is finalized. Musk reportedly said that Twitter banning Trump “was morally wrong and flat-out stupid.” He added that “it was not correct to ban Donald Trump” and “I…

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May 9, 2022 at 6:23 PM

making every senator go on record for or against women

I’m still reeling — as I know so many of you are — from the release last week of a draft Supreme Court ruling that would overturn Roe v. Wade. Among other things, the draft Supreme Court position runs contrary to the wishes of the American people, who overwhelmingly support maintaining the righ…

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May 6, 2022 at 5:49 PM

fight Big Oil's profiteering

The Oil Giants have announced their profits for the first three months of 2022: Exxon made $5.5 billion. BP made $6.2 billion. Chevron made $6.3 billion. Shell made $9.1 billion — its best quarter ever. That puts these four dirty energy companies on pace for $108.4 billion in combined pr…

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May 5, 2022 at 6:38 PM

going backwards on reproductive freedom

Since 1994, 59 countries have expanded access to abortion for their citizens. While just three — Poland, Nicaragua, and El Salvador — have restricted women’s right to choose. The United States may soon be the fourth. A draft ruling leaked earlier this week indicates that the U.S. Supreme Co…

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May 3, 2022 at 6:46 PM

abortion is health care

The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to strike down Roe v. Wade. That’s according to a leaked draft of the majority opinion first reported by Politico last night. Abortion is health care, and health care is a human right. The draft Supreme Court decision, if adopted as final, will strip away the…

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May 2, 2022 at 6:42 PM

Elon Musk blocked us on Twitter

Support Public Citizen Elon Musk has blocked Public Citizen on Twitter. That means we can’t see what Musk is tweeting and we can’t comment directly on his tweets for the enlightenment of his 89 million followers. Now, Musk — like any other Twitter user — has the right to block whomever he want…

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April 29, 2022 at 5:12 PM

we made Elon Musk furious

Support Public Citizen Elon Musk has blocked Public Citizen on Twitter. That means we can’t see — or directly reply to — what the world’s richest person is doing on a communications platform he likes so much he’s paying $44 billion to take it over. But here’s what Musk said just a few days ago…

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April 28, 2022 at 3:54 PM

more details

Support Public Citizen Elon Musk has blocked Public Citizen on Twitter. More details in the note I sent yesterday afternoon, copied below in case you missed it. - Robert ****** Elon Musk has blocked Public Citizen on Twitter. That means we can’t see — or directly reply to — what the world’…

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April 27, 2022 at 8:59 PM

blocked by Elon Musk

Support Public Citizen Elon Musk has blocked Public Citizen on Twitter. That means we can’t see — or directly reply to — what the world’s richest person is doing on a communications platform he likes so much he’s paying $44 billion to take it over. But here’s what Musk said just two days ago: …

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April 26, 2022 at 5:37 PM

will Elon Musk let Donald Trump back on Twitter?

It looks like electric car tycoon Elon Musk — the richest person on the planet — is going to buy Twitter for $44 billion. There’s a lot of speculation about what this will mean in practice. Musk himself doesn’t really seem to know. And one question has been reopened: Should Donald Trump be …

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April 25, 2022 at 8:00 PM

why are medicines so expensive?

For its 20 top-selling drugs, Big Pharma makes more money in the U.S. than in every other country on Earth combined. Why are Americans forced to pay so much more for critical medicines? One reason and one reason only: pharmaceutical company greed. Senator Elizabeth Warren just sent a letter t…

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April 22, 2022 at 5:39 PM

tax Big Oil's ludicrous profiteering

Four oil industry giants — Exxon Mobil, Shell, Chevron, and BP — made $71 billion in combined profits last year. $71,000,000,000. In profits. That’s more than the annual budget of 44 different states. When you really think about it, it’s just bonkers that these companies — especially cons…

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April 20, 2022 at 6:13 PM

what does Mitch McConnell owe Fox News?

Rupert Murdoch is the bazillionaire owner of Fox News — the world’s leading propaganda outlet for right-wing extremism and the cult of Donald Trump. We just found out that Murdoch wrote a check for $2,000,000 to the super PAC controlled by allies of Senator Mitch McConnell. That wasn’t even t…

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April 19, 2022 at 6:06 PM

Fox News owner bankrolls Republican super PAC

Rupert Murdoch is the bazillionaire owner of Fox News — the world’s leading propaganda outlet for right-wing extremism and the cult of Donald Trump. We just found out that Murdoch wrote a check for $2,000,000 to the super PAC controlled by allies of Senator Mitch McConnell. That wasn’t even t…

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April 18, 2022 at 6:06 PM

do not let Elon Musk buy Twitter

Elon Musk wants to buy Twitter. Musk — the electric car tycoon who infamously predicted “probably close to zero new cases” of COVID-19 in the U.S. by the end of April 2020 — is somehow the richest person on the planet, with an estimated net worth of $268.8 billion.* Although it’s clear that M…

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April 15, 2022 at 6:11 PM

make Donald Trump Jr. testify under oath

Last week, CNN broke the news that on November 5, 2020 — before the presidential election had even been called — Donald Trump Jr. messaged his father’s chief of staff outlining various ways the Trump Gang could subvert democracy to keep Donald Trump in power. “We have operational control.” “T…

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April 14, 2022 at 8:21 PM

cancel student debt

President Biden has extended the pause on student loan payments until August 31. Public Citizen is calling on the president to take the next step and cancel up to $50,000 of student debt per borrower. Canceling student debt would help close the racial wealth gap and would be a boon to our fra…

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April 13, 2022 at 6:39 PM

investigate Jared Kushner

The New York Times reported Monday that Jared Kushner — Donald Trump’s son-in-law — got $2 billion from Saudi Arabia for a private equity fund he formed shortly after the Trump Gang left office. Let’s connect the dots: Saudi Arabia’s crown prince (and de facto ruler) is Mohammed bin Salman. …

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April 12, 2022 at 7:19 PM

Trump's son-in-law got billions from Saudi Arabia

The New York Times reported yesterday that Jared Kushner — Donald Trump’s son-in-law — got $2 billion from Saudi Arabia for a private equity fund he formed shortly after the Trump Gang left office. Let’s connect the dots: Saudi Arabia’s crown prince (and de facto ruler) is Mohammed bin Salman…

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April 10, 2022 at 7:26 PM

his son must testify

On Friday, CNN broke the news that on November 5, 2020 — before the presidential election had even been called — Donald Trump Jr. messaged his father’s chief of staff outlining various ways the Trump Gang could subvert democracy to keep Donald Trump in power. “We have operational control.” “T…

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April 6, 2022 at 6:30 PM

Ivanka Trump's testimony

Ivanka Trump appeared yesterday before the January 6 committee in Congress. The committee hasn’t revealed what Ivanka did (or didn’t) say. Perhaps she shed some light on what Donald Trump said when she reportedly pleaded with him to call off the insurrection? We’ll all just have to wait to fi…

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April 5, 2022 at 7:58 PM

13 times more than Russia spends

Our country’s military budget for this year is a staggering $782 billion. President Biden is asking for $813 billion — an additional $31 billion — for next year. And Republicans (along with some Democrats) in Congress are pressing for even more than that. Many politicians are citing Russia’…

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April 4, 2022 at 4:17 PM

sheer greed

Asthma. COVID-19. Diabetes. Hepatitis C. HIV. Prostate cancer. Millions of Americans who suffer from these conditions (and others) can’t afford the medicine they need. Why? Because of sheer greed on the part of pharmaceutical companies. For the 20 top-selling drugs, Big Pharma m…

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April 3, 2022 at 6:58 PM

fighting Big Pharma

Asthma. COVID-19. Diabetes. Hepatitis C. HIV. Prostate cancer. Millions of Americans who suffer from these conditions (and others) can’t afford the medicine they need. Why? Because of sheer greed on the part of pharmaceutical companies. For the 20 top-selling drugs, Big Pharma m…

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April 1, 2022 at 7:43 PM

what happened to the “arsenal of vaccines”?

We all want the pandemic to be over. But the pandemic won’t end anywhere until it ends everywhere. Which means that vaccinating the world is not just a humanitarian imperative but in the national self-interest. President Biden has asked Congress for $5 billion to address global Covid needs …

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March 31, 2022 at 5:33 PM

Trump's gap

On Tuesday, The Washington Post reported that there is a gap of 7 hours and 37 minutes in White House phone logs for January 6, 2021. So, according to official White House records, Donald Trump neither made nor received a single phone call between 11:17 a.m. and 6:54 p.m. — even as a violent mo…

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March 30, 2022 at 7:49 PM

we don't even need Deep Throat this time

Yesterday, The Washington Post reported that there is a gap of 7 hours and 37 minutes in White House phone logs for January 6, 2021. So, according to official White House records, Donald Trump neither made nor received a single phone call between 11:17 a.m. and 6:54 p.m. — even as a violent mob…

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March 29, 2022 at 6:20 PM

"the illegality of the plan was obvious"

As The New York Times reports: “A federal judge ruled on Monday that former President Donald J. Trump and a lawyer who had advised him on how to overturn the 2020 election most likely had committed felonies, including obstructing the work of Congress and conspiring to defraud the United States.…

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March 23, 2022 at 5:09 PM

what do you want to happen?

We are living in fraught and perilous times. The war in Ukraine is dominating the news. Here at home, neo-fascist forces are on the rise — carrying out political violence and threatening the disintegration of our democracy. The COVID-19 pandemic, despite our desire to put it behind us, is n…

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March 22, 2022 at 6:27 PM

this affects almost everyone

Workers and consumers are closing in on a major victory against runaway corporate power. Last Thursday, the U.S House of Representatives passed a bill — the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act — that would ban forced arbitration in employment, consumer, antitrust, and civil rights di…

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March 21, 2022 at 6:03 PM

close to a *major* victory for workers and consumers

Workers and consumers are closing in on a major victory against runaway corporate power. Last Thursday, the U.S House of Representatives passed a bill — the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act — that would ban forced arbitration in employment, consumer, antitrust, and civil rights di…

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March 19, 2022 at 6:16 PM

will you be one of them?

Support Public Citizen Who’s ready to take their support of Public Citizen to the next level? We’re seeing a dip in the online donations that power the work you and Public Citizen do together to hold Big Business and Uncle Sam accountable. So I’m looking for 20 people to join our popular Month…

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March 17, 2022 at 5:40 PM

Amazon may have lied to Congress

A congressional committee has accused corporate giant Amazon of lying under oath about ways it blocks competition. Here’s some of what the House Judiciary Committee said in a letter last week to Attorney General Merrick Garland: We write to alert the Department of Justice to potentially crimi…

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March 16, 2022 at 7:38 PM

no more monopolies

Today begins a new era in the fight against corporate monopolies. That’s thanks to a bill — the Prohibiting Anticompetitive Mergers Act of 2022 — introduced in Congress by Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Mondaire Jones. The legislation would confront the danger of acute corporate concentration…

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March 15, 2022 at 7:17 PM

they are exploiting the Ukraine crisis

Exxon Mobil, Shell, Chevron, and BP combined made $71 billion in *profits* last year. With increased global economic activity, the international price of oil jumped even as these companies’ costs remained the same — meaning outrageous profits for companies that are racing us toward climate cata…

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March 14, 2022 at 10:15 PM

don't let Big Oil profit from Ukraine

Exxon Mobil, Shell, Chevron, and BP combined made $71 billion in *profits* last year. With increased global economic activity, the international price of oil jumped even as these companies’ costs remained the same — meaning outrageous profits for companies that are racing us toward climate cata…

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March 11, 2022 at 8:18 PM

you might not want to read this if you live in Florida

Darkness is descending on the Sunshine State. Imagine it’s election season. You’re heading out to put your ballot in a drop box, and you swing by your parents’ house to pick up their ballots so they don’t have to drive. Or maybe you volunteered to take ballots from folks in your church to t…

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March 9, 2022 at 10:04 PM

Congress making major mistake that could endanger millions of lives

Congress is about to vote on a major spending bill. The bill includes emergency funding for Ukraine and much-needed help for working families here in America. It was also *supposed* to include $5 billion in funding to continue fighting COVID-19 around the world — which of course is both the r…

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March 8, 2022 at 7:39 PM

the Pentagon keeps getting more and more

The Pentagon got a staggering $778 billion this year. And now President Biden is getting pressure to throw even more money at the military-industrial complex in his next budget. Public Citizen and 85 other organizations — including American Friends Service Committee, Greenpeace USA, Indivisib…

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March 7, 2022 at 8:07 PM

tell DOJ to investigate Trump

Conspiracy. Fraud. Obstruction. The bipartisan January 6 committee says it now has enough evidence to conclude that Donald Trump (and others) might have criminally conspired to commit fraud and obstruction in carrying out their attempted coup d’etat. But no matter how much evidence it uncover…

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March 6, 2022 at 10:03 PM

cynical and cruel

The Republican governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, did something last week that calls his human decency into question. Abbott decreed that widely accepted medical treatments for transgender youth — known as gender-affirming care — will now be classified as “child abuse” in Texas. He also threaten…

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March 5, 2022 at 7:15 PM

is this governor just plain evil?

The Republican governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, did something last week that calls his human decency into question. Abbott decreed that widely accepted medical treatments for transgender youth — known as gender-affirming care — will now be classified as “child abuse” in Texas. He also threaten…

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March 4, 2022 at 7:06 PM

when will Donald Trump face criminal charges for January 6?

Conspiracy. Fraud. Obstruction. The bipartisan January 6 committee says it now has enough evidence to conclude that Donald Trump (and others) might have criminally conspired to commit fraud and obstruction in carrying out their attempted coup d’etat. But no matter how much evidence it uncover…

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