Jake Johnson Posts

"Awful: Sears just reportedly notified up to 90,000 of their retirees, many of whom are in their 80s, that it would be ending their life insurance benefits."

"Bayer-Monsanto has known for decades the cancer-causing properties of Roundup, and I applaud the jury for holding the company accountable for failing to warn consumers of the known danger."

Arguing against incremental reform, 2020 candidate says, "You are not going to be able, in the long run, to have cost-effective, universal healthcare unless you change the system."

"In New Zealand, they respond to a mass shooting by banning semi-automatics five days later. In America, we respond to near-daily mass shootings by...literally shooting teachers."

"As similar lawsuits mount, the evidence will grow that Roundup is not safe, and that the company has tried to cover it up."

"Curious why I think FB has too much power? Let's start with their ability to shut down a debate over whether FB has too much power."

"Trump has been killing an obscene amount of civilians with drones. Now he's making things more secretive."

"Sorry not sorry," Rep. Pramila Jayapal, the legislation's lead sponsor, tweeted in response to the news.

"He sees that everything is closing in on him. And he knows he's losing the battle of public opinion when it comes to the actual substantive proposals that we're advancing."

"We don't have time to sit on our hands as our planet burns. For young people, climate change is bigger than election or re-election. It's life or death."

After the Democratic leader said he wants "best, cheapest" healthcare for every American, one critic asked: "Does Chuck know that free is the cheapest?"

And colleague says "global warming" no longer strong enough term. "Global heating is technically more correct because we are talking about changes in the energy balance of the planet."

"The worrying aspect of the U.S. is not a particular appointment but the aggressive, unilateralist foreign policy of the Trump administration. Global peace itself is being put at risk."

Republicans claim to be confused about the outrage their plan has sparked, but the specifics show Wisconsinites are entirely justified in calling the legislation "a coup"

"Ignore the rantings of this president and count every vote," Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) wrote on Twitter

"This decision ensures that hundreds, perhaps thousands of Native Americans will not be able to vote in the upcoming election."

"Working families shouldn't have to pay for the GOP tax bill. The rich and big corporations must pay their fair share of taxes!"

"This is nothing more than an open and brazen attempt to use the threat of criminal prosecution to intimidate minority voters, an old and familiar tactic that dates back to the Jim Crow era."

"The ability of Senate Democrats to keep making the same strategic error over and over again is, in its own way, quite impressive."

Wall Street's latest earning report provides further evidence of "just how rigged the system is against working people and the middle class."