Jake Johnson Posts

In addition to being called out on his "plutocratic BS," students in attendance attacked the Treasury chief's record of foreclosing on tens of thousands of Americans

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

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

New CFPB budget proposal, said one watchdog, further reveals president's "unwavering loyalty to the big banks, predatory lenders, and Wall Street special interests."

"This bill does not address the great moral issue of our time—the fact that in three weeks 800,000 young Dreamers will lose their legal status and be subject to deportation."

"This bill increases the risk of another taxpayer bailout."

"A president firing the person tasked with investigating him would look alarmingly like a step toward authoritarianism."

"For this administration, anything that gives power to working people needs to be punished."

"He's a pure and simple con man, he's a rich elite, and I'm sorry people bought into his message. He sold us a bag of shit, and now we're stuck with it."

"You want to smile and pretend otherwise until you get the job," Sen. Elizabeth Warren said.

"Are they going to ignore overwhelming public opinion during a tight election year and rubber stamp these 500+ pages of blatant, stinking corruption?"

The question came just hours after it was revealed that more than a dozen lawmakers were briefed on Trump's mental health by a psychiatrist.

"It's scary to have a president who lies so brazenly and who seems out-of-touch with fundamental reality."

The Salt Lake Tribune editorial urges Hatch to "call it a career"

"Trump said his tax bill was terrible for his rich friends. Now he's bragging about giving them a big tax cut."

"It was sickening."

If you needed any more evidence that the GOP tax bill is a massive giveaway to the most profitable corporations in the country, a new report prepared for Sen. Bernie Sanders provides it

Those who criticized MSNBC's decision to cut ties with Seder as a "cowardly" capitulation to the far-right celebrated the network's reversal on Wednesday, calling it "a big win for what is right and just."

"Ajit Pai may be owned by Verizon, but he has to answer to Congress, and lawmakers have to answer to us, their constituents."

One critic called the Treasury Department's failure to release a comprehensive analysis of the tax bill a "shocking abdication of responsibility"