Following Justice Kennedy’s resignation—and as recent SCOTUS decisions illustrate—what’s at stake in the next Supreme Court seat is the very character of America. Thread. #SaveSCOTUS
Americans cannot and will not tolerate a Supreme Court pick who will strip away a woman’s right to control her body.
Americans cannot and will not tolerate a Supreme Court pick who will backtrack on marriage equality and the rights of LGBTQIA people.
Americans cannot and will not tolerate a Supreme Court pick who will enable racist policies.
Americans cannot and will not tolerate a Supreme Court pick who will empower corporations to cheat and injure consumers through fabricated doctrines of immunity.
Americans cannot and will not tolerate a Supreme Court pick who will twist the First Amendment into a tool to protect corporations from regulatory controls.
Americans cannot and will not tolerate a Supreme Court pick who will eviscerate our democracy by undermining voting rights or further empowering the superrich to dominate our elections.
Americans cannot and will not tolerate a Supreme Court pick who will reflexively side with Donald Trump in the legal issues regarding potential obstruction of justice or related matters that may very well land at the Supreme Court.
These are hard and sad times in America. But we will stand together, and we will assert a better vision for this country. We have no choice but to keep fighting.
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We filed a FOIA request and found a foreign government was involved in planning Trump's military parade.
At the foreign government’s request, the administration is refusing to disclose the country's identity. theintercept.com/2018/09/14/vet…
With the Pentagon refusing to disclose which country was involved, we’ve got some guesses on who the culprit could be. “Like” the post with the country you think could be responsible. Thread.
Why it’s CHINA: China pressured Trump to weaken the US enforcement action against Chinese state-owned ZTE, and Trump caved. Could secret parade assistance from China — which hosts a huge military parade each year — be part of the leverage China has over Trump?
.@kfc just opened submissions for an utterly exploitative contest that encourages parents to sell their newborn baby’s identity to the company for life.
There’s advertising to children, and then there’s paying people to turn their child into the advertisement itself.
If a parent names their child “Harland” — after #KFC Founder Harland “Colonel” Sanders — and enters the contest, they can win $11,000 toward their child’s college education.
Only one child will win, leaving many others with KFC branded names for life and zero compensation.
In exchange for the $11,000 prize, the winning child’s identity — including name, pictures, voice, likeness and biographical information — will be owned by #KFC for advertising purposes without additional compensation or notification.
In 18 of 22 cases involving consumer and regulatory issues or matters of administrative law, Judge Kavanaugh sided with corporations against agencies, or with agencies against public interest challengers.
In 11 of 13 environmental cases, Judge Kavanaugh sided with corporations or states challenging the EPA or other federal agencies for being too protective of the environment, or against environmental groups seeking stronger environmental enforcement.
BREAKING: Paul Manafort is found guilty on eight counts in fraud trial, including felonies of tax evasion, bank fraud and failing to file a foreign bank account. What a day for the rule of law. nytimes.com/2018/08/21/us/…
.@SenWarren is LIVE calling out the culture of corruption in Washington and introducing bold new legislation to end it. Tune in: #EndCorruptionNow
.@SenWarren: "Across the board, our government is failing to fix the problems that face our working families. It's making the problems worse by giving more power, more money and more advantages to those who already have all three." #EndCorruptionNow
.@SenWarren: The recent explosion of political spending has delivered a gut punch to American democracy... Big money has created a pervasive culture of soft corruption in Washington that colors nearly every decision Congress makes.
We’re LIVE with partners delivering 80K+ petition signatures to @Nestle’s headquarters demanding the company stop unethically and aggressively marketing infant formula and undermining global health policies. Watch: facebook.com/Care2/videos/2…
Recent reports have exposed what we've known for years: The infant formula industry is doing everything in its power to weaken global health policies, undermine #breastfeeding and rake in more profit. Now Trump's helping his industry friends get their way. nytimes.com/2018/07/08/hea…
This should be old news, left behind in the 1980s after the World Health Assembly passed a Code prohibiting the unethical marketing of infant formula and formula industry lobbying.
37 years later, we’re still waiting for @Nestle and others in the industry to follow the rules.