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Governments that serve the people have always been possible. If it were a priority, they would have done it. This what we expect from our mayors, governors, and other leaders.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is THRIVING on 174k. She understood how little people have. She understands the privilege of the office. She is fighting to give back to the people.

This slimy prick is insider trading, gets a SPEAKER’s salary, and wants more, like a petulant toddler.

Tell your representatives they aren’t getting a DIME until they impeach and remove this administration.

Take your ballots to drop boxes by May 19th!

The federal government has been captured by big corporations, and under the Trump regime it has reached the point of absurdity. They have effectively abandoned the job of enforcing our antitrust laws, clearing the path for mega-mergers and further corporate consolidation. And we’re getting caught in the crossfire, subject to the whims of a smaller and smaller number of CEOs on the number of choices we have and the quality and cost of whatever we’re buying.

Here’s the good news: state attorneys generals, particularly but not limited to the Democrats, have taken up the battle Trump’s henchmen are too corrupted to fight:

• When the DoJ settled their monopolization claims against Live Nation, 32 states ignored their pressure to do the same and continued the case.
• 13 states led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta have sued to block the merger between Nexstar Media and Tegna, which Trump got his FCC chair Brendan Carr to approve in spite of it blatantly violating rules stopping a single entity from owning television stations reaching more than 39% of all American households. A judge has temporarily barred them from moving forward.
• A group of AGs are investigating the Paramount-Warner Brothers merger
• 13 Democratic AGs have sued to block a Trump administration antitrust settlement with Hewlett Packard that permitted their merger with Juniper Networks.

This is not an easy job. States will need to build the capacity and bring in more expertise for this level of enforcement. It will not be cheap. If they’re going to do it effectively, we are going to need them to work together, and we’re going to need to make sure they have the financial resources required to take on corporate giants in court.

🗣️ Let’s reach out to our state legislators and governors and urge them to appropriate money designated for our attorneys general to work in coalition with other states on antitrust suits. We can find scripts and email language here. We can also send them this message directly via Resistbot by texting SIGN PTLZXS to 50409. 🗣️

Sharable link here

Also in today's Rogan's List:

• Demand more AGs join the push against the Nexstar-Tegna merger
• Oppose a national “Don’t Say Trans” and forced outing law
• Commissioner accuses FCC of “sustained campaign of censorship” - time to put teeth behind our demands for change
• Oppose putting warnings on trans stories on TV by May 22nd
• Tell the Commission of Fine Arts we object to Trump scarring DC with his vanity arch
• Civil rights groups to hold protest in Montgomery Saturday, plus launch call for this July’s Good Trouble Lives On weekend of action Thursday at 7PM ET

In February 2025, we started this subreddit because we understood what’s coming. This is another one of those leaps in your belief that you felt compelled into action.

We are 50 states, we are all Americans, and we are united.

Just found this. Relieved I wasn’t the only one thinking it. Black folks are finally calling for a Southeastern Conference boycott in response to Republican attacks on voting rights.

The argument is simple:

SEC schools are in states whose Republican leaders are actively stripping voting districts that serve Black voters

Those same schools pull billions in revenue off the backs of Black athletes

56% of all Black Americans live in the former Confederacy — these are OUR states, and we deserve real political representation in them

The ask is three things: weekly boycotts of nationally televised SEC games, current Black athletes transferring out of SEC schools, and recruits de-committing.
Football, basketball, track — the SEC moves because Black athletes make it move. Without us there is no product. No TV deal. No Saturday cathedral. Take a look at the rosters and tell me I’m wrong.

This is the exact playbook our elders used. The Montgomery Bus Boycott worked because Black riders were the customer base. Lasted 381 days and broke segregation on public transit. The Birmingham campaign worked because it hit downtown merchants in the wallet during Easter shopping season. Economic pressure on the institutions that depend on us — that’s the tradition.

And right now, while Alabama’s House Speaker is openly calling for the Supreme Court to overturn (reinterpret) the 14th Amendment so they can dilute Black votes even further, the University of Alabama is making a fortune off Black 18-22 year olds. That’s some bullshit.

Our elders didn’t play it safe — they put their bodies and their livelihoods on the line. If we want our votes to count, we have to use meaningful leverage. Hit’em in the pocket!

Boycott. Transfer. De-commit. Demand justice.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Source: Sunrise

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I don’t know anything about Chris Dudley’s politics, but now I think of this play everytime I see his commercials. 😂