Week in Review | Trump, Musk, and the GOP 'Declare War on Social Security'

 

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Saturday, December 7, 2024 ■ The Week in Review Brutal Murder of Insurance CEO Sparks Wave of Dark Humor, Including Fictionalized Denial of Coverage Letter "You don't have to sanction murder to see why so many Americans detest health insurance corporations who prioritize profit goals by routinely creating arbitrary reasons to deny patient needs," said one labor movement voice. By Eloise Goldsmith • Dec 6, 2024 'Nothing Is Sacrosanct': GOP Floats Social Security Cuts After Musk Capitol Hill Visit "They're going to put everything on the table," one Republican lawmaker said of Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. By Jake Johnson • Dec 6, 2024 Billionaire Jeff Bezos Wants to 'Help' Trump Gut Regulations "Shockingly another one of the richest guys on Earth wants to defund our government and scrap regulations." By Jessica Corbett • Dec 5, 2024 Jayapal, Sanders Offer Answer to Elon Musk's Healthcare Cost Question "The most efficiently run healthcare systems in the world," said National Nurses United, "have been proven time and time again to be single-payer systems." By Julia Conley • Dec 5, 2024 'What a Racket': CBO Finds Extending Trump Tax Cuts Would Shrink US Economy "The looting has begun," said one Democrat. "Far from unleashing record-breaking growth, the next Trump tax scam will make hardworking families worse off, shrink our economy, and blow a $4.6 trillion hole in the deficit." By Jake Johnson • Dec 5, 2024 Trump Offers Key Pentagon Job to Billionaire Whose Firm Trained Khashoggi's Murderers Stephen Feinberg is co-CEO of Cerberus Capital Management, which owns a company that provided training to members of the hit squad that murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. By Jake Johnson • Dec 4, 2024 Watchdogs Say World's Richest Man Elon Musk Has 'Declared War on Social Security' "Elon Musk's commission is a plot to destroy our Social Security by giving it to Wall Street executives—so that you get nothing and they get everything," warned one advocate. By Jake Johnson • Dec 3, 2024 46 Senators Call on Biden to Certify Equal Rights Amendment as GOP Control Looms "There is no excuse for leaving us all unprotected," said one advocate. By Julia Conley • Dec 3, 2024 'Unhinged' Trump Vows 'There Will Be All Hell to Pay' If Hostages Not Released "Someone tell Trump that Israel already unleashed hell on Gaza, and hostages were not released." By Jessica Corbett • Dec 2, 2024 ICC President Warns Attacks on Court Threaten 'Future of Humanity' The judge pointed to Russian arrest warrants for court leadership and U.S. threats of "draconian economic sanctions." By Jessica Corbett • Dec 2, 2024 Sanders Says There Is No Choice: 'We Must Defeat the Oligarchs' The U.S. Senator from Vermont is asking big questions about how to achieve—even in the face of Trump's return—an "economy and government that works for all, not just the few." By Jon Queally • Nov 30, 2024 VIEW ALL NEWS JOIN THE MOVEMENT As a people-powered nonprofit news outlet, we cover the issues the corporate media never will. Your contribution supports this bold media model—free, independent, and dedicated to reporting the facts every day. Stand with us in the fight for economic equality, social justice, human rights, and a more sustainable future. JOIN WITH US TODAY ■ Opinion Medicare Advantage Deadline Is Today: Get Out! Enough is enough. Let your members of Congress know it’s beyond time to fix the Court and Medicare, so scams like Medicare Advantage can no longer rip off America’s seniors while making industry executives richer than Midas. By Thom Hartmann • Dec 7, 2024 Beware the Toxic Chemicals at Dollar Stores The nation’s largest dollar stores continually fail to meaningfully strengthen their chemical policies and intervene in their supply chains to keep their shoppers safe. By José Bravo • Dec 3, 2024 Honest Math Shows That the Wealthy Aren’t Paying Their Fair Share For taxing the rich, we currently rely on an income tax based on adjusted gross income as our primary vehicle. That isn’t working. By Bob Lord • Dec 3, 2024 Welcome to Gilead. Enjoy Your Stay in Trump 2.0's America It's a real-life version of the fictionalized republic, where they really do hate women and they’re not afraid to say so. By Rebecca Gordon • Dec 2, 2024 The Democratic Party Reaped What It Sowed Without a return to authentic working class politics, the party has no future at all. By Bruce T. Boccardy • Dec 1, 2024 VIEW ALL OPINION

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