Christine's Tilt

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First, you have to have an idea, then you have to have the gumption to make it reality. -Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Abdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time. Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.

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Just like when you buy a home & watch it fall apart because you don't have funds to repair it, public buildings face the same problems. Our economy is totally out of whack. We have a billionaire problem that can only be resolved by capping & taxing @ 90% like we did in the 1940-60s. #TaxBillionaires

Price tag of Portland’s Rose Quarter road project jumps past $3B as funding gap balloons, records show

The project’s funding gap raises questions about whether it will proceed as planned.

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Sanders: Look at what Mamdani is doing and contrast that with Trump. Trump cuts funding for child care. Mamdani thinks we should have free, universal child care. Who do you think is on the side of the American people on these issues?

For decades, Republicans in Washington have told us that tax cuts would trickle down to workers. Instead, wealth and power have accumulated in the hands of the richest 1% at the expense of the rest of us. Trickle-down economics was never supposed to work. It was a hoax.

Sending a former defense lawyer to pressure a witness is Obstruction of Justice Conspiring with Congress to bury investigations into your conduct is Criminal Conspiracy Coordinated Cabinet‑level interference to bury crimes is Racketeering Doing any of it, quid pro quo, is Bribery

We are being reminded that a fundamental issue of our day isn’t the size of the government or how to make government more “efficient.” It’s who our government actually works for. Should it work mainly for big corporations and billionaires? Or should it work for the rest of us?