Megan Essaheb

@messaheb.bsky.social

Director of Federal Affairs, People's Action, views are my own

⚠️ A major escalation in the DOJ’s attack on voting ahead of the midterm elections took place this week. The FBI raided the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, a pro-democracy organization that helps register voters. Ohio is expected to be a key swing state in the upcoming elections.

Trump FBI raids Ohio voter registration group in latest bid to suppress voting

The raids also represent a major escalation in the Justice Department's crackdown on pro-voting and progressive groups.

democracydocket.com

Billionaires could solve homelessness and hunger in every city in America. But they won't. Instead, they buy elections to put people in power who will give them more tax breaks. Billionaires won't save us. Tax them.

The Pentagon's supplemental funding request for $200 billion ADDITIONAL dollars will cost us around $1,500 per U.S. household. I can think of about a million other things I'd like to spend $1,500 on than bombing children and padding the pockets of Lockheed Martin execs.

Tell Congress: Fund Health Care, Not War!

The Pentagon is spending up to $2 billion per day on the war on Iran. That’s equal to Iowa’s entire Medicaid budget for a whole year! And yet we’re told universal health care is too expensive and t...

actionnetwork.org

The price at the pump is skyrocketing and working families are left, yet again, deciding what to cut from our budgets to survive. There has to be a better way. Want to help build a better future? Join us this Wednesday night to become a part of something hopeful and powerful. https://ppls.ac/pb

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