MoveOn Launches Billboard in Speaker Johnson’s District Blasting His Refusal to Release Epstein Files

Bossier City, LA — Today, MoveOn Civic Action will unveil a billboard near Speaker Mike Johnson’s office in Bossier City, Louisiana, that will stay up for the next four weeks, calling him out for sending Congress home early rather than allowing a vote on releasing the Epstein files. The billboard is part of MoveOn’s broader accountability campaign targeting Republicans who are stonewalling efforts to make Epstein-related documents public. MoveOn members placed more than 2,500 calls to Republican House members this week, demanding they stay in D.C. and vote to release the Epstein…

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Are we entering a new era in federal budgeting?

Interview transcript: Terry Gerton Well, it was a busy week in Congress last week. Let’s start with the rescission bill, the one that got passed, $ 9 billion minus the $ 400 million that went to [the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief]. What did you hear as that was going through the process? Loren Duggan That was a bill that was very partisan, and it was backed by Republicans. There were a couple of defections in the Senate, notably Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), but that bill…

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‘We Voted for Retribution’

Three weeks ago, Donald Trump attended the opening of an immigrant-detention center in the Florida Everglades, about 50 miles west of Miami. “Pretty soon, this facility will handle the most menacing migrants, some of the most vicious people on the planet,” the president said. Officially named Alligator Alcatraz, it was constructed in eight days by the state of Florida on a disused airport runway. The detention center features tents that contain chain-link cages crammed with bunk beds, surrounded by miles of barbed wire. By the end of August, it may…

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4 House Republicans Vie to Replace Green as Homeland Security Panel Chairman

Rep. Mark Green’s sudden retirement from Congress has left a major job opening for his fellow Republicans—replacing the Tennessean as chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security. Now, with President Donald Trump in office, chairing the committee that deals with immigration issues on a daily basis is an attractive post. On Monday night, the House Republican Steering Committee will elect the next chairman, to replace Green, whose resignation became official Sunday. The following are the four Republicans vying for the job. Clay Higgins of Louisiana Higgins, who currently serves…

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Is There Any Way That Democrats Can Get Back Into Power?

Yes, if Democrats can take back the House in 2026, then we can stop Trump from continuing to strip away Americans’ rights. There are things we can all be doing right now to get Trump out of office.  Remember, Democrats need to flip only three seats to flip the House. Just three seats.  In his first six months as president, Trump has already slashed America’s budget and signed dangerous bills into law. Trump and Republicans have taken away Americans’ health care, their SNAP benefits, and their cancer research funding. MoveOn…

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