Jake Johnson Posts

Critics angrily denounced Senate Democrats for helping the Republican majority "shape our country in Donald Trump's brutal image for decades to come"

"A reminder that the Trump administration is diverting money away from Head Start, the National Cancer Institute, the HIV/AIDS programs, maternal and child health programs, and the CDC to pay for these human rights abuses."

"Maybe there's a reason Senate Republicans tried to keep Kavanaugh's emails secret?"

"The lesson is, if you live in America and get charged an outrageous medical bill, you better hope you can find a journalist to write about it."

"This blood is on America's hands, as long as we keep sending the bombs that kill so many Yemenis."

"The Trump administration's narrative is not based in fact but is simply part of a much broader attempt to penalize and disparage immigrants."

"Tonight Missouri proved the power of the labor movement. Democrats who vote with the bosses better pay attention."

The U.S. apparently can't afford single-payer, but the question of cost "never applies to billion dollar transfers to the one percent."

"If every major country on Earth can guarantee healthcare to all, and achieve better health outcomes, while spending substantially less per capita than we do, it is absurd for anyone to suggest that the United States cannot do the same."

Fox News is "the only news network that is a part of the Facebook-funded project to have a show on Facebook Watch every day of the week."

"When people demand specifics on how to pay for expansions to social insurance, income supports, and public investments, seems like part of the answer is just 'we could stop doing this.'"

"In a just world, Geithner would be shamed out of society and forced to beg for scraps after a story like this was published. Instead, he'll keep making millions."

"AT&T has bent over backwards to help the U.S. government spy on essentially all internet traffic."

"Instead of imprisoning children in separate internment camps away from their parents, this administration will now imprison children in the same internment camps as their parents."

"Trump can sign all the executive orders he wants. It won't change the fact that his administration chose to rip infants out of their parents arms in an effort to terrorize people seeking safety and refuge."

"All we are asking for is fairness for each and every employee who contributed to this company's success: fair wages; fair benefits for retirement, family leave and healthcare; and a fair amount of job security."

Last year, investors were drooling over the prospect of all-out war with North Korea, but Tuesday's summit has them worried

"Social Security is a solution to our looming retirement income crisis, the increasing economic squeeze on middle-class families, and the perilous and growing income and wealth inequality."

"Of course the GOP tax scam didn't help working people. CEOs would rather pay themselves than pay us."

"We've got to repeal the outrageous corporate welfare of this tax plan and pass real tax reform that actually helps working families—not the one percent."