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July 14, 2022 at 5:42 PM

what will DOJ do about potential witness tampering by Trump?

A quick but nonetheless consequential note today. At the end of Tuesday’s hearing by the January 6 committee in Congress, Rep. Liz Cheney dropped a bombshell about potential witness tampering by Donald Trump. “After our last hearing, President Trump tried to call a witness in our investigatio…

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July 13, 2022 at 7:00 PM

Donald Trump and witness tampering

A quick but nonetheless consequential note today. At the end of yesterday’s hearing by the January 6 committee in Congress, Rep. Liz Cheney dropped a bombshell about potential witness tampering by Donald Trump. “After our last hearing, President Trump tried to call a witness in our investigat…

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July 12, 2022 at 8:46 PM

tell Congress: trim the Pentagon's bloated budget

It’s that time of year. Our elected representatives in Washington, D.C., are deciding how much of our tax dollars to shovel into the gluttonous maw of the military-industrial complex. President Biden asked Congress to approve $813 billion in military spending next year. That itself is alrea…

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July 11, 2022 at 6:36 PM

there are only two countries where this is legal

There are only two countries on Earth where pharmaceutical companies are allowed to advertise directly to consumers. One is New Zealand. The other is the United States. You know the ads. A detached, disinterested voice — someone who sounds like they’d rather be having a root canal — rushe…

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July 7, 2022 at 8:13 PM

help us protect workers from extreme heat

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July 1, 2022 at 6:03 PM

a 'great hunger' for Trump to face criminal accountability

Tuesday’s January 6 hearing was the most explosive yet. According to sworn testimony from a key aide to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, the depths of Donald Trump’s criminal conspiracy to remain in power despite losing the 2020 election included: Trump *knew* there were numero…

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June 30, 2022 at 6:01 PM

kill the damn filibuster

Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia is “alarmed.” Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine feels “misled.” Here’s what’s going on: Both senators say they voted to put Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court only after each man assured them, during his confirmation…

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June 29, 2022 at 6:48 PM

a question for the Department of Justice

Yesterday’s January 6 hearing was the most explosive yet. According to sworn testimony from a key aide to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, the depths of Donald Trump’s criminal conspiracy to remain in power despite losing the 2020 election included: Trump *knew* there were nume…

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June 28, 2022 at 6:03 PM

time for these two senators to put up or shut up

Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia is “alarmed.” Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine feels “misled.” Here’s what’s going on: Both senators say they voted to put Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court only after each man assured them, during his confirmation…

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June 27, 2022 at 5:40 PM

tell Biden: protect abortion rights

By now, you know that the United States Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade. Abortion instantly became, or will likely soon become, illegal or *severely* restricted in 24 states — nearly half the country! Senator Elizabeth Warren and others in Congress are urging President Joe Biden to d…

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June 26, 2022 at 5:24 PM

will President Biden do everything in his power to protect abortion access?

By now, you know that the United States Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade. Abortion instantly became, or will likely soon become, illegal or *severely* restricted in 24 states — nearly half the country! Senator Elizabeth Warren and others in Congress are urging President Joe Biden to d…

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June 24, 2022 at 6:49 PM

Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade

The United States Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade. With this horrific ruling, the Court’s majority has taken away women’s autonomy over their bodies. They have invalidated the human rights, bodily autonomy, and dignity of every person in this country who is or could become pregnant. …

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June 23, 2022 at 6:30 PM

Congress about to vote on guns

At last. Politicians in Washington, D.C. — even enough Republicans to overcome the arcane and obstructionist Senate filibuster — will soon vote on gun safety legislation. The proposed legislation, called the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, includes commonsense provisions that would: Expan…

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June 22, 2022 at 5:59 PM

Rudy Giuliani must be held accountable

“We’ve got lots of theories. We just don’t have the evidence.” That’s what Rudy Giuliani — the former New York City mayor who became Donald Trump’s personal attorney — admitted as he tried to coerce the top Republican in the Arizona House of Representatives to break the law so that Trump could …

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June 19, 2022 at 6:24 PM

the evidence against Trump is piling up

I hope you’re watching. The ongoing hearings by the bipartisan congressional committee investigating the January 6 insurrection are illuminating and riveting. The evidence is piling up that Donald Trump and his gang of lackeys conspired to: Invent and perpetuate the Big Lie that the 2020 el…

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June 17, 2022 at 6:04 PM

do you think Donald Trump is a criminal?

I hope you’re watching. The ongoing hearings by the bipartisan congressional committee investigating the January 6 insurrection are illuminating and riveting. The evidence is piling up that Donald Trump and his gang of lackeys conspired to: Invent and perpetuate the Big Lie that the 2020 el…

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June 16, 2022 at 6:40 PM

why can't America do what England and Italy are doing?

“Exxon made more money than God this year.” That’s a quote from President Biden, correctly chastising the oil behemoth for gouging consumers at the pump to the tune of $8.8 billion in profits over just the first three months of 2022. Not to nitpick, but the president must have missed that She…

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June 14, 2022 at 8:00 PM

People or Pentagon?

Much-needed legislation was just introduced in Congress to cut $100 billion from the Pentagon’s bloated budget. Here’s what I said yesterday to national media about the People Over Pentagon Act: “The Pentagon budget is racing toward $1 trillion annually, while free school lunch programs for 1…

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June 11, 2022 at 5:56 PM

the January 6 hearing

Donald Trump’s false claim that the 2020 election was stolen from him is a lie. The Big Lie. During Thursday night’s live televised congressional hearing by the January 6 Committee, Bill Barr — the sycophant Trump handpicked to be his attorney general — in his typically crusty fashion called …

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June 10, 2022 at 6:52 PM

'bullshit'

Donald Trump’s false claim that the 2020 election was stolen from him is a lie. The Big Lie. During last night’s live televised congressional hearing by the January 6 Committee, Bill Barr — the sycophant Trump handpicked to be his attorney general — in his typically crusty fashion called the …

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June 9, 2022 at 5:59 PM

does Fox News want to let the next pandemic kill everyone on Earth?

There is widespread agreement that the global community did not respond as well as it should have — and could have — to the COVID-19 pandemic. Indeed, we *still* aren’t doing everything that needs to be done to save lives and prevent the virus from continuing to mutate around the world. That’…

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June 7, 2022 at 6:49 PM

member of Congress ran ads echoing racist 'replacement theory'

Following the murder of George Floyd, 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-Busch said that Floyd’s kill…

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June 6, 2022 at 7:12 PM

gun control NOW

Gun cultists like the NRA, Fox News, and Republican political hacks repeatedly claim that the more guns we have, the safer we’ll be. Some facts: There are at least 400 million guns in America. (And counting — gun companies manufacture tens of thousands more every day.) Meanwhile, our curren…

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June 3, 2022 at 6:57 PM

Congress about to vote on gun control legislation

Gun cultists like the NRA, Fox News, and Republican political hacks repeatedly claim that the more guns we have, the safer we’ll be. Some facts: There are at least 400 million guns in America. (And counting — gun companies manufacture tens of thousands more every day.) Meanwhile, our curren…

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June 1, 2022 at 6:30 PM

we have to ban these death machines

I just wanted to make sure you saw my earlier note. It’s copied below in case you missed it. - Robert ****** Here is a list of mass shootings in the U.S. over the past decade in which ten or more people were killed by a shooter who used at least one assault weapon: 2022 — 21 people killed…

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May 31, 2022 at 8:09 PM

ban assault weapons

Here is a list of mass shootings in the U.S. over the past decade in which ten or more people were killed by a shooter who used at least one assault weapon: 2022 — 21 people killed at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. 2022 — 10 people killed at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York. 202…

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May 29, 2022 at 10:05 PM

marketing assault weapons for profit

Just wanted to make sure you saw my earlier note (copied below in case you missed it). - Robert ****** There was a time — not that long ago — when America’s gun manufacturers did not advertise assault weapons to the general public. But for the past 20 years or so, the gun industry has bee…

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May 28, 2022 at 6:24 PM

tell gun makers: STOP marketing assault weapons to the general public

There was a time — not that long ago — when America’s gun manufacturers did not advertise assault weapons to the general public. But for the past 20 years or so, the gun industry has been aggressively marketing military-grade munitions to the American people — with ads specifically invoking rac…

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May 27, 2022 at 6:00 PM

the gun industry's depraved profits

There was a time — not that long ago — when America’s gun manufacturers did not advertise assault weapons to the general public. But for the past 20 years or so, the gun industry has been aggressively marketing military-grade munitions to the American people — with ads specifically invoking rac…

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May 26, 2022 at 6:06 PM

one startling fact about guns in America

On Tuesday, 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 …

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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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