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Chris Christie Blasts Tom Emmer: GOP Malpractice Is Making Americans Pay

Chris Christie tears into Tom Emmer’s defense of Trump. Tariffs, Russian diesel, and economic denial expose a Republican leadership that makes working families pay.

Working Families Power invites you to Working Class Wednesdays in Tucson on October 14, 6:00 to 7:30 pm, at Slow Body Beer, 831 E 17th St. It's a monthly meetup where community members and elected leaders talk as equals, with no titles in the room, to swap ideas and stories. A casual room is often where you meet the people working on the same things you care about.

RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/wfpower/event/789271/

#Tucson #Arizona #Labor #WorkingFamilies

North Dakota Farmer Says Neighbors Are Waking Up to Trump’s Failures

A North Dakota farmer describes neighbors rethinking Trump, women choosing their children’s future, and the need to defend immigrant neighbors.

AI Billionaires Want the Profits. Working People Get the Risk.

AI billionaires want the profits without the responsibility. This breakdown challenges self-policing, public subsidies, and the push to make ordinary people absorb corporate risk.

Blue Tsunami? Karl Rove Slams Paxton as Talarico Turns Up the Debate Pressure

Karl Rove unloads on Ken Paxton as Republicans fear a blue wave. Talarico demands a debate, and Democrats must turn GOP vulnerability into voter turnout.

Farmers Are Starting to Wake Up: Trump’s Promises Collide With the Cost of Survival

Diesel bills surge, farm debt grows, and Republican promises fall short. A progressive analysis of the farm crisis, corporate power, and the fight to keep families on their land.

Tucker Carlson Wants Trump Removed Under the 25th Amendment: MAGA’s Fracture

Tucker Carlson endorses the 25th Amendment against Trump. Examine his NPR remarks, his nuclear-threat allegation, and the political record his reversal cannot erase.

Trump’s Healthcare Agenda: ACA Cancellations, Higher Costs and Tax Priorities That Favor Wealth

Temporary tax slogans cannot replace reliable healthcare. This analysis examines Trump’s ACA cancellations, the subsidy crisis and the progressive case for universal coverage.

West Texas food pantries see record demand as grocery costs rise https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/1367/ #FOODBOXDISTRIBUTION #HIGHRISEOFFOODCOSTS #Texas #TexasCuisine #WESTTEXASFOODPANTRIES #WESTTEXASFOODSHIGH #WORKINGFAMILIES

Ted Cruz Has a Fantasy That Americans Want More of Trump’s Failed Policies

Ted Cruz says Americans want Republican “good policies.” Polls and household budgets tell another story as Trump’s agenda raises costs and cuts protections.

Cheryl Elkins: Rahm Emanuel and Corporate Democrats Are Dangerously Out of Touch

After working a Massachusetts primary, Cheryl Elkins saw what voters actually want—and why corporate Democrats attacking progressives are missing the point.

Beshear Rejects the Democratic Civil War: Make Room for DSA and Working-Class Politics

DSA victories are forcing a Democratic reckoning. Andy Beshear offers the smarter answer: welcome the left, debate policy, and unite around the economic pain families face.

Trump’s Tariff Tax Makes Working Americans Pay for His Profitable Iran War

Trump promised tariffs would rebuild manufacturing. Instead, workers face higher prices, lost factory jobs, and a costly Iran war that rewards corporate profiteers.

The AI Scare Is Y2K on Steroids—and Oligarchs Are Cashing In

The Y2K bug was real, but fear created a spending frenzy. Today’s AI panic repeats that playbook on steroids as corporations monetize anxiety, layoffs, energy use, and hype.

Kansas Senator Is in Play: Adam Hamilton Can End a Century of Republican Control

Kansas voters keep rejecting Republican overreach. Now Adam Hamilton is mounting a values-driven campaign to defeat MAGA Senator Roger Marshall.

Talarico Brings Faith, Justice, and His Senate Campaign to Harris County at The Luke Church

Can James Talarico flip Texas? His appearance at The Luke reveals the multiracial, faith-centered coalition he hopes to mobilize against Ken Paxton.

Angie Nixon illustrates that a DSA candidate is closer to Americans than Establishment Dems or Republicans.

Angie Nixon beat a $16 million opponent with organizing and economic populism. Her DSA affiliation matters less than the working-class policies voters recognize.

Cut Social Security? No—Tax the Rich: Ruhle Segment Exposes the Real Debt Problem

Stephanie Ruhle’s economic discussion reveals the choice Washington hides: cut Social Security and Medicare—or demand more from those who benefited most from tax cuts.

Eddie Glaude and John Kasich Expose Why DSA’s Working-Class Message Is Winning

John Kasich explains why DSA candidates are winning: affordability, energetic volunteers and bold ideas. Eddie Glaude shows why tired socialist scare tactics increasingly fail.

When Voters Vote ‘F You’: Republican Failure Opens the Door to Democratic Socialists

Voters don’t always vote “thank you.” A GOP strategist warns Republicans have little to offer as affordability pushes voters toward new political choices.

https://www.europesays.com/people/179309/ Establishment Dems Rally Behind El-Sayed After Supporting AIPAC-Backed Opponent #AbdulElSayed #ChuckSchumer #DemocraticNationalCommittee #DemocraticSenatorialCampaignCommittee #ElSayed #HaleyStevens #Israel #IsraeliLobby #KirstenGillibrand #michigan #MichiganSenate #Trump #WorkingFamilies

CW: Occasional Foul Language. Always Political.

Congratulations to @workingfamilies.org & Mamdani-backed candidate @bradlander.bsky.social who just won the NY-10 primary versus Rep Dan Goldman!

Link: https://bsky.app/profile/50501movement.bsky.social/post/3moyrpvctkc2p

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Working Families Party

Is this American political party the answer?

https://davevolek.medium.com/working-families-party-b246ed99087c?sk=8ca584397eb2fd3464a3be18c8acd98e

#tiereddemocraticgovernance
#workingfamiliesparty #workingfamilies #workingpoor

Nonprofit Quarterly is hosting a virtual review of Maurice Mitchell's 2022 essay on building resilient progressive organizations, Thursday May 28 at 11 AM MST. Mitchell heads the national Working Families Party. The essay is a widely cited piece on movement-building during a crisis.

RSVP/Info: https://info.nonprofitquarterly.org/revisiting-maurice-mitchells-building-resilient-organizations

#OrganizingStrategy #ProgressiveMovements #NonprofitLeadership #WorkingFamilies

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APS is requesting a 14% electricity rate hike, its fourth since 2017, despite reporting $616 million in profit in 2025.

AG Kris Mayes filed testimony showing the increase could be reduced to 3%. The ACC final hearing is May 18. Submit public comment via the ACC e-filing portal now.

https://efiling.azcc.gov/

#Arizona #APSRateHike #UtilityRates #ClimateJustice #WorkingFamilies

https://www.europesays.com/people/74866/ Speaker Johnson Says $174K Isn’t Enough While Blocking a $15 Minimum Wage | Think Tank #AmericanDream #Congress #healthcare #IncomeInequality #InsiderTrading #MikeJohnson #MinimumWage #politician #PovertyWages #WorkingFamilies

Chispa AZ and Poder in Action are rallying at the Arizona Corporation Commission's People's Forum on May 18 at 6 PM to oppose APS's proposed rate hike.

APS's parent company made $600 million in profit last year. Show up and speak directly to commissioners.

https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/950056/

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#Arizona #UtilityRates #ClimateJustice #APS #WorkingFamilies

Steve Rattner Exposes How Trump Quietly Sabotaged Obamacare and Crushed Working Families

Healthcare costs are exploding after the Trump-era ACA sabotage. Steve Rattner explains who pays the price and why it matters.

US Top News and Analysis | Elon Musk billionaires bill supporters draw progressive challengers in Delaware

AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information.

A progressive wing of Delaware’s Democratic Party, the Working Families Party, is backing primary challengers against six incumbent Democrats who voted for SB 21 – a corporate‑law overhaul dubbed the “billionaires bill” that makes it easier for executives and ultra‑rich owners such as Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg to limit shareholder access and protect their interests. The party says the measure, passed in 2025, undermines accountability for corporations, harms minority shareholders and hands massive financial benefits to billionaires, and its endorsements of four state‑house and two state‑senate candidates are intended to move Delaware “more in the direction of working‑class people.” The contested law coincided with disputes over Musk’s $56 billion compensation package and his decision to move Tesla’s incorporation out of the state.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/01/elon-musk-billionaire-bill-elections-progressive-challengers-delaware.html

#ElonMusk #MarkZuckerberg #WorkingFamilies #DelawareCourt #SB21 #ShanDarby #RaeKrantz #PamelaSalaam #WillImbrie_Moore #AdrianaBohm #ShayFrisby #MattMeyer

https://www.europesays.com/people/8192/ House Speaker Mike Johnson’s allies unleash $10M campaign to spotlight Trump tax cuts #2017TaxCuts #AmericanActionNetwork #BillHuizenga #CongressionalRepublicans #DonaldTrump #FoxNewsDigital #HouseAndSenate #HouseRepublicans #HouseSpeaker #MikeJohnson #Republicans #TaxCuts #TaxFiling #WhiteHouse #WorkingFamilies

TAX WARS INTENSIFY AS GOVERNMENT SHOVES RELIEF, OPPOSITION STARES

Australia's government plans tax cuts for working families. Get A$804 extra by 2027. Find out how it affects your salary and the upcoming election.

#AustraliaTaxCuts, #CostOfLiving, #AlbaneseGovernment, #Election2025, #WorkingFamilies

https://newsletter.tf/australia-tax-cuts-2026-working-families-extra/

Australian workers will get an extra A$804 in tax relief by 2027. This is a significant boost to help with the rising cost of living.

#AustraliaTaxCuts, #CostOfLiving, #AlbaneseGovernment, #Election2025, #WorkingFamilies
https://newsletter.tf/australia-tax-cuts-2026-working-families-extra/

RESOLUTION OF ENDORSEMENT MORATORIUM FOR MAYOR JOHN WHITMIRE

The resolution condemns John Whitmire for aiding GOP power, legitimizing authoritarian politics, and violating Democratic values, calling for accountability and denial of future party endorsements.

@mcnado Get hooked up with local protest events and national phonebanks. Do your part to stave off the collapse. #Indivisible #moveon #workingfamilies #takedowntesla

#NYC Mayor's #Primary Tightening Between Ugandan born #Socialist #Assemblyman Zohran #Mamdani & Disgraced Democrat Ex #Governor #Cuomo, who resigned top state office under cloud of sexual harassment claims despite decades of erstwhile establishment ego, ol' fashioned #NY #Nepotism aiding his image.

A former adviser to Mr. Cuomo, said that the biz elite favorite had run a “grim and joyless campaign” compared to upstart candidate endorsed by #WorkingFamilies Party, #AOC and #DJT enemy Letitia James. The night before #election day, Mamdami appeared on #CBS TV with Stephen Colbert and sent email to supporters noting “It is essential that we turn out in record numbers in order to turn the page on #AndrewCuomo, his billionaire donors, and the #politics of big money and small ideas”

#RankChoice voting makes predicting outcome harder than usual in the multi candidate mayoral race, but Mamdani has momentum since leaping double digits in polling over past month, while third place to likely to go to his ally and city #Comptroller Brad Lander, who was recently talk of town after being body slammed and arrested by #ICE.

http://nytimes.com/2025/06/23/nyregion/mayor-primary-mamdani-cuomo.html?unlocked_article_code=1.RU8.syZZ.Zlkcz8iwilBF&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare #ArticleShare #GiftLink #NYTimes #ManhattanMelodrama

Los Angeles Passes US’s Highest Minimum Wage as Labor Prepares for 2028 Olympics

https://truthout.org/articles/los-angeles-passes-uss-highest-minimum-wage-as-labor-prepares-for-2028-olympics/

> Meanwhile, #unions organize as over 100 hotel and catering contracts in the area expire in the run-up to the #Olympics.

#labor #laborNews #workers #workingFamilies #hotelWorkers #foodWorkers #AFLCIO #UFCW #HERE #HTC #FRWU #progress #middleClass #economics #USlabor

I just called Gov Newsom's office and my state reps about the Governor's request to break our solar panel contract. I'm new at calling, and kind of phobic, but I'm going to get over it now.

#california #gavinnewsom #solar #workingfamilies #activism

https://solarrights.org/blog/2024/12/28/how-utilities-invented-the-lie-about-rooftop-solar/

"No one should have to choose between a paycheck & caring for their health or the health of a family member." - New Mexico Paid Family & Medical Leave Coalition

HB 11 Passes 6 - 4 in the House Health and Human Services Committee

#USPol #NMLegis #NewMexico
#PaidFamilyAndMedicalLeave #WorkingFamilies #WorkingFAmiliesParty @WorkingFamilies

@WorkingFamilies
"Billionaires don't care about working people they just want to get even richer off our backs."
#WorkingFamiliesParty #WorkingFamilies #WFP #USPol #Billionaires

Well, I just changed my party affiliation to @WorkingFamilies

Democrats don't want left wingers at all in their party so I'll join one that does.

Note: if you don't know about fusion voting, please don't comment. Thank you.

#WorkingFamilies #uspol #nypol

"The rising cost of child care services in the United States has created a challenge for many working parents: Should they keep paying for child care, adjust their work schedules to reduce expenses, or leave the workforce?"
https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2024/01/rising-child-care-cost.html
#Children #Family #WorkingParents #WorkingMom #WorkingFamilies #WorkingDads #Preschool #AffordableChildcare #Childcare

"The rising cost of child care services in the United States has created a challenge for many working parents: Should they keep paying for child care, adjust their work schedules to reduce expenses, or leave the workforce?"
https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2024/01/rising-child-care-cost.html
#Children #Family #WorkingParents #WorkingMom #WorkingFamilies #WorkingDads #Preschool #AffordableChildcare #Childcare

Between 2019 and 2021, California lost more than 1,100 licensed childcare facilities and nearly 19,000 licensed spaces—more spaces than the number of children in Mendocino or 21 other California counties.

In 2021, child care spaces were unavailable for nearly a quarter of California children ages 0 to 12 with working parents.

This National Family Caregivers Month, revisit our blog series on the childcare crisis: https://bit.ly/3XOYq4X

#Children #Childcare #AffordableChildcare #WorkingFamilies #WorkingParents #PublicPolicy #Education #Caregivers #EarlyEducation #Preschool #Daycare

@phillypowerresearch I hate this because why on earth would this city need Republicans sitting on the Council? They are nothing but placeholders in the conference. It would be much more productive to have Kendra Brooks and Nic O'Rourke in there so there can be a level of substantive debate #Philly #NovemberElections #WorkingFamilies #Democrats

This past Saturday, $37 billion in child-care pandemic relief from the federal government expired—$5 billion of which went to California.

"The loss of funds could have significant consequences for an industry already on the brink of a crisis," reporter Jenny Gold writes in the @latimes

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-09-28/end-to-federal-covid-child-care-funds-affect-california

#Childcare #Children #WorkingFamilies #WorkingParents #PublicPolicy

#FactOfTheDay: Licensed childcare spaces were available to only a quarter of California children with parents in the workforce.

Learn more: https://www.kidsdata.org/topic/99/child-care-availability/table#fmt=262&loc=2,127,1657,331,1761,171,2168,345,357,324,369,362,360,2076,364,356,217,354,1663,339,2169,365,343,367,344,366,368,265,349,361,4,273,59,370,326,341,338,350,2145,359,363,340&tf=141&ch=1247,1248&sortColumnId=0&sortType=asc

#Childcare #PreK #WorkingFamilies #WorkingParents #WorkingMoms #WorkingDads #Preschool #Daycare

(Photo is of children in a preschool classroom. Photo credit: CDC via UnSplash.)

Pennsylvania Could Become the First State to Pass Universal Parental Leave

https://jacobin.com/2023/06/pennsylvania-universal-childcare-policy-means-testing

#Jacobin #PennsylvaniaParentalLeave #UniversalParentalLeave #PaidFamilyLeave #WorkingFamilies #ChildcarePolicy #FamilyFriendlyPolicies #Politics #News

Psychologists and social workers join forces against impact of cost of living on young people's well-being and future | Morning Star
#CostOfLivingCrisis
#CostOfSurvivingCrisis
#CostOfGreedCrisis
#Wellbeing
#YoungPeople
#GFTU
#SWU
#AEP
#SocialWorkers
#Children
#Care
#MentalHealth
#MentalHealthInequity
#Austerity
#Poverty
#WorkingFamilies
#FoodBank
#BasicsOfLife
#BasicHumanNeeds
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/psychologists-and-social-workers-join-forces-against-impact-of-cost-of-living-on-young-people-well-being-and-future