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“We pick off Republicans by saying that we take the burden off of employers that are paying obscene rates for health care for their employees. You know how much better that can make our economy, make their businesses,” Troy Jackson told the Prospect. buff.ly/nqFzeSO
A new resolution demands that Congress withhold support for AI companies that bankrupt themselves and instead respond to any future recession by supporting ordinary people. buff.ly/vjr3ruk
Data center development has has gained a foothold in red states where Black communities are vulnerable and lack the financial means to resist. But in the upcoming midterms, residents in two of these states have a unique opportunity. buff.ly/ax5UsTB
Republicans get their health care cuts while being able to pretend it was their victims’ fault. buff.ly/OkELxIn
While wages on average have almost kept pace with prices on average, the averages don’t tell the real story of people’s lived experience. prospect.org/?p=146946
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A federal judge blasted Trump administration officials Tuesday for dragging their heels on complying with his order to facilitate the return of wrongly deported immigrant Ahmed Soliman and hinted at possible contempt charges. buff.ly/dVsPuzB
The resolution is a nonbinding “sense of the House” measure. But it sets a marker that no bailout funds should be made available to AI companies. prospect.org/?p=146902
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Republicans slashed Medicaid last year in the One Big Beautiful Bill law, then used the money they saved to pay for tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy and yet another illegal forever war. prospect.org/?p=146897
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The state of play is dire for Mainers trying to survive America’s failing health care system. prospect.org/?p=146881
ALT Democratic Senate candidate for Maine Troy Jackson
For decades, the right has been trying to undermine Social Security via various privatization schemes, claiming that the money will not be there when you retire. buff.ly/xGibbLr
The $4 million infusion from the new Safety & Affordability PAC, which was formed last month with a $25 million cash transfer from Trump’s MAGA Inc. committee to target close congressional contests, will fund a barrage of attack ads on Will Lawrence. buff.ly/iWGHmk0
Missouri regularly elects a Republican House and Senate, but since 2020 voters have not just legalized abortion, but approved recreational marijuana, accepted the Medicaid expansion, raised the minimum wage, and installed paid sick leave. buff.ly/IIfEc1r
This time around, crypto is dumping their money into a state where resentment of billionaires and Big Tech has reached a fever pitch, thanks to an affordability crisis and massive data center build-out. buff.ly/tE8GfcO
The consequences of this kind of rejection—opposing a good program because of its sponsorship by a less-than-good man—are playing out in real time right now in California. prospect.org/?p=146872
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One of Trump’s personal super PACs has swooped in to Michigan’s Seventh Congressional District in an effort to save Republican incumbent Tom Barrett from a strong challenge by progressive Democrat Will Lawrence. prospect.org/?p=146814
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Social Security is projected to run out of the funds that it needs to pay full benefits by 2032. It’s up to progressives to turn this threat around on the right and improve America’s most cherished (and socialistic) support system while they’re at it. prospect.org/?p=146821
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The crypto industry hopes to prevent Sherrod Brown from returning to the Senate, where he would be likely to play a significant role in overseeing digital asset regulation. prospect.org/?p=146807
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