Historically, unions have always played an essential role in stabilizing economies and ensuring that businesses properly share the fruits that their workers’ labor produces. But, over the last four months, it’s become clear that unions are also integral to stabilizing democracies and spreading political power among the masses too.
We talk all the time about how President Trump bends over backwards to help boost the bottom lines of his billionaire friends. It’s about time that we discussed how Trump is moving mountains to benefit one billionaire in particular, and his favorite billionaire at that: himself.
Don’t fall for the idea that the rich pay their fair share
When you’re in a war and expecting your enemy to attack, sometimes you have to launch a preemptive strike. That’s exactly what we’re going to do with conservatives’ ideas on tax fairness now that we’re fully engaged in the 2025 tax war.
The “Super Bowl of Tax” is finally here. While Republicans haven’t passed their massive package, nor has President Trump signed anything yet, from what we’re seeing so far of their plans, there’s no doubt that they’re quarterbacking to give more tax handouts to wealthy people like us.
Historically, unions have always played an essential role in stabilizing economies and ensuring that businesses properly share the fruits that their workers’ labor produces. But, over the last four months, it’s become clear that unions are also integral to stabilizing democracies and spreading political power among the masses too.
Unlike President Trump and congressional Republicans, we’re not letting go of our proposal to raise taxes on the rich. While they may have ideas and “concepts of a plan,” we are the ones with a legitimate, well-constructed legislative agenda that will deliver real and substantive relief to working people.
At a press conference in August 2024, while standing in front of a table stacked with grocery staples, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump said, “When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on day one.” We’re now officially 100 days into Trump’s second presidency, and not only did the president break that promise, but he is actively pursuing a policy agenda that will make America’s checkout lines wildly more expensive than they already are.
Please Tell Whitmer and Brinks to Save the Raise in Michigan!
If you are just tuning into the cacophonous hammering of one of the final nails in the Democratic Party’s coffin, don’t worry, you still have time to stop the economic and political fiasco unfolding in Michigan before it’s too late.
Patriotic Millionaire to Governor Whitmer: Don’t Sign Senate Bill 8
I am writing to you to strongly ask you to NOT sign Senate Bill 8. I am a Michigander that lives in Oregon. I pay more in state taxes to Michigan than I do to Oregon, so I feel I have a say about what values the state of Michigan is run on.
Whitmer Makes Her Choice: Presidential Material or Empty (Pink) Suit?
Happy Presidents’ Day. Let’s talk about 2028 presidential hopeful Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan. To the many top Democrats hoping this pink-suited, plain-spoken Midwesterner can pull a victorious phoenix from the ashes of the Democratic party, a note of caution: “Big Gretch” is three days away from tossing a bucket of ice cold water on your barely smoldering embers.
In their quest to win back the working-class vote, Democrats have recently taken one step forward and two steps back. For this week’s Closer Look, we’d like to tell you about these steps – and what we believe Democrats need to do to get on the right track.
Last week, we told you about Trump’s strategy to “flood the zone” by ushering in an endless parade of policy changes in an effort to totally overwhelm his opponents and hamper their ability to effectively fight back. It’s now week three of Trump’s second term, and unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably noticed that his flood zone has become something of a tsunami.
We usually use this newsletter to discuss national news. But this week, we’ve decided to buck tradition by spotlighting what’s going on right now with wages in Michigan – and explain why the outcome of this state-level battle has serious implications for the Democratic party as a whole.
