Michael Linden
@MichaelSLinden
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Thinks we shouldn't give more tax breaks to billionaires. Formerly @ombpress @Groundwork @RooseveltInst @amprog @senatebudget @HELPCmteDems. Personal account.
Washington, DC
Joined September 2010
Republicans are determined to force even more cuts to health care, education and other basic public services, and this time they are clearly willing to shut down the government to get their way.
Last month Russs Vought- the head of OMB, said he wants government funding to be “less bipartisan.” Today, he showed they mean it. They do not want to even have a meeting about appropriations, but the end of the fiscal year is in a month.
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RT @ddayen: There's a tendency to grade populist Trump economic policies like equity stakes in theory and not in practice. Only the reality….
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Speeding causes nearly one-third of all traffic deaths. It’s no game. Learn about the dangers of driving too fast.
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RT @IAPolls2022: 🇺🇸 NATIONAL POLL by Quinnipiac . President Trump.Approve: 37% (-3).Disapprove: 55% (+1). Trump's lowest second term approv….
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Remember, Trump and the GOP found room for trillions in tax cuts for the rich and corporations, but apparently couldn’t be bothered to protect 20 million middle class families from huge premium spikes.
"Ppl who buy health care on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace are about to be in for some sticker shock. Monthly out-of-pocket costs are set to jump as much as 75% for '26 b/c the disappearance of federal subsidies and higher rates from insurers".
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These people read 1984 as manual, instead of a cautionary tale.
Noem: The American people are feeling freedom again. I think they lived under the oppression of Democratic rule these cities. They forgot what it felt like to be free. These democratic governors need to wake up because the people in their communities and cities recognize how
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RT @Brendan_Duke: It is remarkable what a failure the DOGE experiment has been for an entire theory of government administration and fiscal….
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I spoke to @GregTSargent about the Trump budget bill, how it hammers working people, and why Trump and Republicans have no choice but to lie about it.
JD Vance's speech on the Big Ugly Bill was insulting in its dishonesty and malevolent bad faith. On the pod, @MichaelSLinden brutally takes it apart. Key point: Vance cannot paper over the core truth that it's a huge upward redistribution of wealth:.
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RT @GregTSargent: JD Vance's speech on the Big Ugly Bill was insulting in its dishonesty and malevolent bad faith. On the pod, @MichaelSLin….
newrepublic.com
As Vance defends Trump’s big, ugly bill with lies and demagoguery, an economist and Democratic strategist explains how badly the bill shafts Trump voters—and how Democrats can make the GOP pay for it.
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RT @Acyn: Ossoff: And let me just say this about JD Vance, because he was supposed to be this avatar of a new GOP that was for working clas….
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RT @TaxWarRoom: How’s August recess going for Republicans? Not well.
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While just a fraction of Republicans in Congress are holding town halls during the August recess — in-person and virtual — the questions from voters, and answers from lawmakers, strike a similar tune.
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RT @TaxWarRoom: LOCAL CLIPS ROUNDUP: Here’s how the GOP Tax Law is affecting folks around the country.
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ugh.
Ugly consumer sentiment numbers. Overall sentiment down, inflation expectations higher. *UMICH PRELIM AUG. CONSUMER SENTIMENT FALLS TO 58.6; EST. 62. *UMICH LONG-TERM INFLATION EXPECTATIONS RISE TO 3.9%; EST. 3.4%.
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RT @econspeakers: Millions of children may go to school hungry or without needed health services because of Trump & Republicans' budget. @….
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RT @TaxWarRoom: WATCH: Across the country, families like Ray's are at risk of losing their health care because of the GOP Tax Law. https://….
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RT @Groundwork: 🎒 NEW: Trump’s economic policies have turned back-to-school season into a budgeting nightmare. Our analysis with @TCFdotor….
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Families packing a school lunch will pay more this year for ingredients, due to food inflation and tariffs, reports show.
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RT @cameron_easley: Here's your striking poll finding for the day: Trump's net approval rating among Medicaid recipients is down 37 points….
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RT @DataProgress: NEW: The Trump actions that are sparking the most backlash — with high concern and high opposition from voters — are:….
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RT @RonWyden: Republicans decided they'd rather give billionaires a tax break instead of helping small businesses and seniors afford their….
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RT @ChrisVanHollen: Before Republicans voted to gut Medicaid to fund billionaire tax cuts, they said the American people would just “get ov….
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Read that again: "all income groups BUT the top decile are made worse off.". In other words, unless you in the richest 10% of Americans, you will pay more, while the top pays less.
CBO put out their final distribution analysis of the reconcilation bill yesterday. If you combine those numbers with the most recent @The_Budget_Lab tariff burden estimates, you get a striking result: all income groups but the top decile are made worse off on net.
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Make America Fentanyl Free supports President Trump’s efforts to end the fentanyl crisis.
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