Tweets on profits by greedy businesses

Half of recent US inflation due to high corporate profits, report finds https://t.co/P3AwbspTnf
— Guardian news (@guardiannews) January 19, 2024

Research by economist Michael Havlin shows the profit margin on gasoline is about 77% higher than in May 2019, the first month for which government data is available. Compared with February 2020, gasoline margins are 62% higher. https://t.co/7aRSLJCgVa pic.twitter.com/6ipKXG9Jgq
— Yahoo Finance (@YahooFinance) August 5, 2023

The price of Heinz Ketchup rose 28% in the past year, according to Datasembly, which tracks grocery prices.

Meanwhile, during the same period, the price that Kraft-Heinz and other manufacturers pay for tomatoes is…down 46%.

Again, corporate profits are driving inflation. pic.twitter.com/Xbnib2llsU
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) May 30, 2023

"Once dismissed as a fringe theory, the idea that corporate thirst for profits drives up inflation, aka "greedflation," is now being taken more seriously by economists, policymakers and the business press."https://t.co/TPXOwM50oJ
— Ben Wikler (@benwikler) May 22, 2023

New analysis from the ECB shows what we already knew: big, price-gouging corporations are driving lingering inflation. Imposing more rate hikes on hard working Americans isn’t the solution to rising prices; cracking down on corporate profiteers is.https://t.co/LTlEMP7trb
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) May 3, 2023

Remember when Warren, Sanders & others started talking about corporate greed fuelling inflation & centrists (including some Democrats) pushed back? https://t.co/WlZUSsyyrV
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) May 2, 2023

life moves pretty fast pic.twitter.com/ZgdjtUxlcc
— David Sirota (@davidsirota) May 2, 2023

Lincoln Project Trump Bingo

Not that we think you should tune into the MAGA propaganda fest that will be CNN's Trump Town Hall tonight, but if you are… Here's a MAGA Bingo card so it can be a little less soul-crushing as you watch a career conman and criminal spew his lies. pic.twitter.com/PzIKiqZlJd
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) May 10, 2023

The media needs to better to challenge Republican statements

This poll shows more people blame Republicans.https://t.co/LoJtghXLMA
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) May 10, 2023

House Republicans, with media help, spread allegations on Bidens with no factual support

This is a failure by Republicans and the media.

House Republicans allege Biden family members received millions in payments from foreign entities in new bank records report https://t.co/5Z7QdEjMbU
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 10, 2023

Here's basically an admission they don't have facts. They just want you to infer guilt. Pathetic that the media helps them spread this crap.https://t.co/8Iszy8Cbok
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) May 10, 2023

End the blue slip tradition because of Republican abuse

“Not only is the Blue Slip a fundamentally undemocratic vestige of Jim Crow, its use has a substantial effect on the Black community.” — Congressional Black Caucus Chair @RepHorsford calls for Blue Slip reform https://t.co/Xu7JuDmiYJ
— Demand Justice (@WeDemandJustice) July 12, 2023

"Durbin…estimated that fewer than 20 of Biden’s nominees have received green lights from the GOP, while Democrats provided more than 110 for Trump’s judicial picks during his time in office." Yet Durbin, like other Senate Ds, is reluctant to change the practice. https://t.co/fcqZZiMePR
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) May 4, 2023

In today's Senate Judiciary Committee meeting, Dick Durbin says Dem senators signed 110 blue slips in the Trump admin. As in, Dems allowed Trump's judicial picks from their states to move forward that many times.

GOP senators have signed 17 blue slips so far in the Biden admin.
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) April 27, 2023

Time to end the blue slip requirement. Period. https://t.co/ZTTmNV9OfX
— Eric Holder (@EricHolder) May 4, 2023

You can be sure that if Senate Democrats employed the blue slip on district judges as aggressively and egregiously as Republicans, the Republicans would blow up the blue slip in a nanosecond. As they did for appeals court judges. https://t.co/XbcmeoxrFg
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) May 4, 2023

There is no reason for @SenatorDurbin and @HouseJudiciary to allow this abuse to continue. We're proud to stand with 32 other civil rights organizations urging Sen. Durbin to either reform or get rid of blue slips to restore a judiciary that delivers justice for all. (3/3) pic.twitter.com/wd5yg6ftiS
— American Atheists (@AmericanAtheist) May 4, 2023

I asked Durbin last week if he's frustrated by Republicans not turning in blue slips for Biden's court picks, effectively tanking their nominations.

“Of course I’m frustrated!”

Frustrated enough to nix the blue slip rule?

“We’re not at that point yet." https://t.co/wWvPJTx3Vz
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) April 27, 2023

He’s wrong!

Per @washingtonpost @SenatorDurbin defense of Senate's traditional "blue slip" home state veto may become untenable sooner than later: "Of the 56 current/future district court vacancies w/out nominees, 40 are in states w/at least one Republican senator." https://t.co/ZIt0jUauvk
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) August 14, 2023

Republicans are bringing back child labor

They don’t want immigrants, even legal ones. They prefer rolling back history and putting children to work.

Disgraceful.

Some Republican lawmakers are trying to relax child labor regulations, which are rooted in the public outcry over Lewis Hine’s photographs. https://t.co/mYBbXrb6WO
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 1, 2023

New legislation introduced Monday in Wisconsin would allow children as young as 14 to serve alcohol to restaurant patrons, the latest in a string of state legislatures’ proposals to roll back regulations around work activities for minors. https://t.co/n7Z4IRgaml
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 2, 2023

A secretive group backed by right-wing billionaires is behind the horrifying GOP push to roll back child-labor laws in several states recently.

Their aim is to reduce govt accountability and oversight and let children do dangerous jobs.#UnionsForAll https://t.co/uB2pdY459I
— Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) April 26, 2023

The Foundation for Government Accountability, a Florida-based think tank and lobbying group, drafted state legislation to strip child workplace protections, emails show. https://t.co/NVSUSTkNoJ
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 24, 2023

Tweets on terrible unpopular Republican book bans

Reminder that in the overwhelming majority of book ban cases, it's 1 person or a few ppl who get scores of books pulled. This has been the case across FL but also in TX, LA, and other states. The majority of ppl don't want book bans. They're being ignored. https://t.co/2r5xcUOaK8
— Jonathan Friedman 📚 (@jonfreadom) April 30, 2023

"Three quarters of parents of public school children (74%) express a high degree of confidence in school librarians to make good decisions about which books to make available" https://t.co/MlhDsWW65a
— Jayne Miller (@jemillerbalt) April 29, 2023

Book banning comes to Indiana public library. A new review of all books to cost $300K, and has left teen shelves empty of books, incl Manga, Avengers graphic novels, Captain America comics, books about puberty and 'Forever' by Judy Blume. #FreeTheBooks https://t.co/aZWii28Rio
— Jonathan Friedman 📚 (@jonfreadom) April 29, 2023

Nora Roberts… BANNED… @DanielleSteel… BANNED… @jodipicoult… BANNED… @JP_Books… BANNED…

"This is just Florida right now. School districts putting the whims of book banners ahead of students' rights" @jonfreadom 🧵 https://t.co/KdeO10uOHj
— PEN America (@PENamerica) April 28, 2023

The library board did not advertise its vote beforehand. https://t.co/PQIwPlCQFB
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) April 23, 2023

Two years into a surge of book bans across the U.S., Florida is now a hot spot in the clash over what reading material is appropriate for children, with laws that have greatly expanded the state’s ability to restrict books. https://t.co/pCOhxZ6X5R
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 22, 2023

What’s happening isn’t exactly subtle: “Forbidden books are largely by and about people of color & LGBTQ individuals, PEN found. Of the 1,477 books removed this school year, 30% are about race, racism or include characters of color, and 26% have LGBTQ characters or themes” https://t.co/BdigFTb8EO
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) April 22, 2023

“This is much bigger than you can really count.”
Book bans are rising at a rapid pace in school districts around the U.S., driven by new laws and regulations that limit what kinds of books children can access, PEN America, a free speech organization, found.https://t.co/GUNLYbVC0T
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 20, 2023

Investigations of Trump

Hard to keep them all straight. He must be held accountable.

Having a hard time keeping track of all the cases pending against #DonaldTrump ? The good folks @Bloomberg made this handy flowchart for you: pic.twitter.com/uFSIaWM27W
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) July 22, 2023

Donald Trump has been investigated in every decade of his adult life by federal and state agencies, among others.

Explore all the major investigations that Trump has faced in each decade of his adult life since the 1970s: https://t.co/al1ZdepsP6
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 1, 2023

My latest on the common thread in the sprawling investigations, pending indictments, and current charges against Trump https://t.co/bVaQSXmjXC
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) April 19, 2023

As he fights the Stormy Daniels case, Trump must also simultaneously endure numerous other probes that could not only worsen his existing legal situation, but bring down his family and businesses, as well.https://t.co/PqXlqGKbjE
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) April 1, 2023

Besides charges in New York, Donald Trump faces "more serious" criminal investigations in Georgia and from the Justice Department, legal experts say. https://t.co/xzW9887I4H
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) April 14, 2023

Former President Trump's recent indictment was preceded by criminal investigations, indictments and convictions of many of his top associates.https://t.co/Ajn91RDK0u
— Axios (@axios) April 15, 2023

Trump has been credibly accused of literally dozens of crimes since 2015, and we're just now finally starting to see accountability.

Here's the list of Trump's likely crimes: https://t.co/fdZPIZur9W
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) June 4, 2023

This detailed timeline of all of Trump's trials and legal travails is a really useful resource. From @NormEisen, @Matt_Seligman and @JoshuaGKolb:https://t.co/FzNY3GONcd
— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) January 9, 2024