Barry C '71

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Speaker Mike Johnson argues Congress should get to keep engaging in insider trading because they don’t make enough to feed their families. The average net worth of a Congress member is $8 million, which is 116 times that of the average American. You don’t hate Congress enough.

The stories & photos from today’s voting rights marches in Alabama deserve to be seen by people who weren’t able to stand there in person. If this piece moves you, please share it widely & help make sure these voices aren’t lost in the noise of a crowded news cycle. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Selma Rejects Jim Crow 2.0

Half of the population in Dallas County, Alabama, where Selma is located, was African American in 1965.

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This Needs to Happen…. Idea: a law that says if you’re going to build a data center, you have to also build enough solar panels to power it. We can call it the Bring Your Own Damn Grid Act.

I often say that the fight for democracy is the fight of our generation. But let me be clear, if you aren’t fighting for Black voting rights right now then you aren’t really fighting for democracy.

If we actually want to appreciate moms, we should be providing free childcare, healthcare, and guaranteed income for stay-at-home parents to put more money in families’ pockets and ensure no SAHP is reliant on a partner for their economic security. Idk I think that’s better than 15% off a vacuum.

With our team of 60 lawyers, Elias Law Group is currently litigating 85 voting and election cases in 43 states plus DC. Perhaps someone should ask the law firms with thousands of lawyers how many pro-democracy cases they are handling. For most, the answer is zero.

Kevin Hassett’s Fox appearance today was a perfect encapsulation of the Trump economic program: 1. He pledged insanely unrealistic growth numbers that have no basis is reality. 2. He then said if they fail to achieve those numbers it will be the fault of Democratic states.

I am closely monitoring the ongoing military operations in Iran. International military actions have a direct and profound impact on Maryland’s families and communities. I served in Afghanistan and I’ve seen who pays the price when Washington rushes into conflict.

Rep. Jamie Raskin has opened an investigation into potential conflicts of interest between Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and his former firm, Cantor Fitzgerald — following the Supreme Court's ruling Trump's emergency tariffs illegal. www.notus.org/congress/jam...

Rep. Jamie Raskin Opens Investigation Into Howard Lutnick and His Former Firm’s Tariff Dealings

Before being appointed to Trump’s Cabinet as commerce secretary, Lutnick served as CEO of the financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald

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