MAGA Judges Shamefully Invalidate Biden’s Student Loan Cancellation, Taking Away Economic Relief for 40 Million Americans

Washington, D.C. – In response to the Supreme Court’s decision in Biden v. Nebraska, MoveOn Political Action will speak alongside borrowers and allies from the Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC), Young Invincibles, NAACP, MoveOn, Student Debt Crisis Center, Center for Responsible Lending, We the 45, and more today at noon ET in front of the Supreme Court on the urgent need for immediate and automatic debt relief. Move On Political Action Executive Director Rahna Epting also issued the following statement:  “Today’s decision means tens of millions of borrowers are now…

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The First MAGA Democrat

This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic, Monday through Friday. Sign up for it here. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s speech is warbling, crackling, scratchy—sort of like Marge Simpson’s. His voice, he told me, is “fucked up.” The official medical diagnosis is spasmodic dysphonia, a neurological disorder that causes involuntary spasms in the larynx. He didn’t always sound this way; his speaking style changed when he was in his 40s. Kennedy has said he suspects…

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One Year Since Dobbs: 18 Vulnerable House Republicans Side With MAGA to Attack Abortion Access

With this week marking the anniversary of the disastrous Dobbs decision, we wanted to share new research which documents the abortion stances of every Complicit Caucus member. Since last year, support for abortion rights has grown, even and especially in red states, which puts the Complicit Caucus’s collective stance on abortion even further out of step with a vast majority of Americans.  Despite running as moderates, the entire Complicit Caucus positions itself among the extreme right on abortion. These members of Congress, who vote lockstep with Republican leadership, represent constituents…

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Biden and Dems Protect the Country From MAGA Default Extremism

Washington – In response to the passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, MoveOn Political Action Executive Director Rahna Epting released the following statement: “President Biden and Democrats did the work both to stop a MAGA-led push for default that would have dragged America into a terrible recession, and to prevent MAGA Republicans from gutting the social and economic progress that MoveOn members have fought for over the last two years. The budget deal that President Biden secured is by no means perfect, but it protects jobs, veterans’ benefits,…

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House’s MAGA Debt Limit Bill Puts All Republicans On The Record In Favor Of Cuts To Veterans Benefits, Health Care and Other Vital Programs. We Will Hold Them Accountable

Washington, D.C. –In response to the House Debt Ceiling vote, MoveOn Political Action Executive Director Rahna Epting issued the following statement: “Every Republican just went on the record for devastating cuts to veterans benefits, health care and numerous other vital programs. We are going to make sure their constituents don’t forget it, today, tomorrow, and every day between now and Election Day.  Every member in a vulnerable district who aligned with Speaker McCarthy and Marjorie Taylor Greene are on notice for voting in lockstep with the deeply unpopular MAGA wing.” …

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Get to Know Nikki: Nikki Haley Is Just as MAGA as the MAGA Right Wing

Today, former Trump administration Cabinet official Nikki Haley announced her run for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. As she launches her campaign, Haley is talking about her personal background and attempting to distinguish herself from what promises to be a Republican field that is slanted to the far right.  But a look at the evidence suggests that Nikki Haley is just another MAGA hardliner masquerading as a mainstream Republican to try to appeal to more-moderate primary voters. Here’s a look at just three of Haley’s most defiant “just as MAGA”…

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