MoveOn Activists Celebrate Victory in Debt Ceiling Battle

(Photo by Sean Zanni/Getty Images for MoveOn) After months of MAGA Republicans’ holding our economy hostage, the Biden administration and Congress have finally reached a deal to raise the debt ceiling, prevent a national default, and preserve critical federal programs. The budget deal that President Biden secured isn’t perfect, but it protects jobs, veterans’ benefits, historic climate change investments enacted in 2022, and lifesaving health care benefits, while mostly preserving the social safety net. Together, MoveOn members’ activism stopped Republicans in Congress from dragging all of us into a catastrophic…

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5 Pieces of Merch You Can Buy This Month to Celebrate Pride!

One beautiful way to celebrate Pride is by proudly wearing, waving, or displaying in your yard merch that supports the cause. Yet, just one week before Pride Month was set to begin, Target caved to an orchestrated attack by anti-LGBTQ+ bigots and pulled items from their 2023 Pride merch collection—which featured items produced by small businesses owned by queer and trans creators, designers, and artists—off their shelves. It is completely unacceptable for Target to abandon our communities to appease right-wing extremists. Sign our petition calling on Target to bring back…

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Hundreds of thousands join anti-Trump Women’s Marches after US president tweets ‘get out there and celebrate … – South China Morning Post

South China Morning Post Hundreds of thousands join anti-Trump Women's Marches after US president tweets 'get out there and celebrate …South China Morning PostProtesters took to the streets en masse across the United States, hoisting anti-Donald Trump placards, banging drums and donning pink hats for a second Women's March opposing the president – one year to the day of his inauguration. Hundreds of …As Trump begins second year, women stage nationwide protestsReuters Thousands mark US President Donald Trump's first year in office with marches, protestsStuff.co.nzWomen's March sees tens of thousands…

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Republicans Celebrate US Tax Reform Victory – Voice of America

BBC News Republicans Celebrate US Tax Reform VictoryVoice of AmericaU.S. President Donald Trump and his Republican supporters in Congress are celebrating the passage of a U.S. tax overhaul, the first major legislative victory of Trump's presidency. "We are making America great again," Trump told a crowd gathered on the …Trump hails 'largest tax cut' in US historyBBC News UPDATE 2-US House Republicans battle over defense spending in stopgap billReutersWhite House, GOP celebrate passing sweeping tax billCNNNew York Times –The Guardian –WDRB –gov.house.docsall 4,856 news articles » us republicans – Google News

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