Jake Johnson Posts

"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."

There are now five Democratic senators "who have made clear they don't give a shit about accountability for torture"

"The U.S. Department of Education sells out to the for-profit college industry."

"The FCC thinks it can close the book on net neutrality on June 11. Show them they're wrong—let's ramp up the Red Alert call for Congress to preserve the open internet!"

"Trump is for the rich," one union member said

"This is more proof that the Trump tax scam was never meant to benefit workers. It was designed to benefit the wealthy, rich CEOs, and big corporations."

One critic argued the president's tweet shows "why those who have been demanding Trump be more belligerent are dangerous idiots."

Profitable companies continue their stock buyback binge while most Americans report seeing very few if any changes in their paychecks.

Profitable companies continue their stock buyback binge while most Americans report seeing very few if any changes in their paychecks.

"Lamb's victory is a repudiation of Donald Trump and Paul Ryan's plans to gut the American people's earned benefits."

"You mean corporations aren't using the bulk of their tax cuts to create jobs and boost workers’ wages like Trump promised? Weird..."