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Exciting news: Illinois rideshare drivers are now covered under sectoral bargaining. This new model benefits all rideshare drivers facing low wages and threats of losing their jobs to robotaxis. Illinois joins Massachusetts and California on charting a new path forward in unionizing.
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The Trump administration is interfering with the election and is open to declaring a nat'l emergency. This is one tactic imperial leaders use to solidify power.
Read this new @amprog report discussing the admin's 15 unlawful/corrosive subversion tactics.
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The Trump administration is using the authoritarian playbook to engineer minority rule and solidify power. Learn more about the 15 tactics CAP identified that Trump is using to establish an imperial presidency ⤵️
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A statement from CAP President and CEO Neera Tanden about Trump's attack on CAP.
From national to local elections, every American's vote has the ability to determine the future. Read more about the power of just one vote in a timeless CAP report from 2024:
Illinois is now the third state in two years to enact a sectoral bargaining process for rideshare drivers. Through unionization, rideshare drivers can address a range of issues facing their industry. Learn more:
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The Montana Plan is the next step to #EndCitizensUnited# nationally. @petebuttigieg on Montana's effort to get dark and corporate money out of politics:
The Trump administration's new, secretive “voluntary framework” is a de facto AI model licensing system that represents unprecedented and dangerous executive branch authority over frontier AI models.
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Trump's economy is failing teenagers. The weakened levels of teen employment paint a troubling image of the broader job market.
Today's Employment Situation report presents a worrying picture: weakened teen employment. Moreover, a widening gender and race gap in teen employment is developing, risking compounding these issues in adulthood. Learn more:
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What have Trump's tariffs done for American consumers? The short answer is very little, if anything—other than raising costs.
While Americans bear the brunt of rising costs thanks to Trump's war with Iran, oil and gas companies are raking in billions in profits. Learn more about how Trump's war is enriching the oil and gas industry:
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Today is #MomsEqualPayDay#! Despite 45% of moms being the family breadwinner, they face steep wage and employment gaps because of the #MotherhoodPenalty#. For Black moms, we know that 7 in 10 bring home the bacon. Equal pay helps families and our economy thrive. Read more:
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Rather than preserving nearly 90 million acres of public lands, the Trump administration slashed protections to favor oil drilling and uranium mining operations by billionaire polluters.
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.@NeeraTanden: "The best way for us to get out of this cycle of immigration issues being weaponized every couple of years is to have long-term solutions that will actually provide a level of safety and security to immigrants, to people across this country, and also allow this country to live up to its values."
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Trump’s Reflecting Pool debacle is so unbelievably stupid it would be funny—except American taxpayers are paying for it.
Americans want lower costs, an end to the Iran war, an end to the constant corruption. Not millions in tax dollars for more of his vanity projects.
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The Trump Administration is churning through our military’s limited supply of Patriot missiles faster than they can resupply, all for an unpopular war in the Middle East. These defensive missiles can’t just be restocked at a moment’s notice, considering they take at least two years to build. The President is putting our national security at risk for his reckless and unpopular war.
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The Trump administration's cruel and chaotic immigration policies have also made America less prosperous. The truth is America needs more legal immigration to strengthen our economy and increase prosperity for all Americans. The American Enterprise Institute's @stanveuger explains:
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Small business have felt the full brunt of Trump's chaotic tariffs, making their tight budgets even tighter.
New CAP reporting found Americans broadly support policies to modernize the legal immigration system and the benefits it can bring to the country. Yet, the Trump administration's new green card memo could instead harm the economy and place more burdens on the consular system.
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