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In 2024, the average taxpayer in the U.S. paid:
$3,707 for weapons and war (628 dozen eggs) vs. just $39 for USAID, the agency that provides lifesaving food and medical help to millions (6 dozen eggs).
In 2024, the average taxpayer in the U.S. paid:
$3,707 for weapons and war (628 dozen eggs) vs. just $39 for USAID, the agency that provides lifesaving food and medical help to millions (6 dozen eggs).
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NEW: Customs and Border Patrol reported that it was hosting at least 62% of its systems on Amazon servers as of 2023. In the face of Trump's deportation frenzy, Amazon is only doubling down on its support.
Ab West of @athenaforall.bsky.social in @inequality.org:
Ab West of @athenaforall.bsky.social in @inequality.org:
This Black Friday Weekend, Skip Amazon
The e-commerce giant is powering ICE’s deportation raids while profiting handsomely from Trump administration contracts.
inequality.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
NEW: Customs and Border Patrol reported that it was hosting at least 62% of its systems on Amazon servers as of 2023. In the face of Trump's deportation frenzy, Amazon is only doubling down on its support.
Ab West of @athenaforall.bsky.social in @inequality.org:
Ab West of @athenaforall.bsky.social in @inequality.org:
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This month, 57% of voters in Colorado approved a referendum raising taxes on the wealthy to fund school meals and food stamps.
The Trump administration has rushed to cut food aid for those who need it — but regular people still want their neighbors fed.
The Trump administration has rushed to cut food aid for those who need it — but regular people still want their neighbors fed.
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This month, 57% of voters in Colorado approved a referendum raising taxes on the wealthy to fund school meals and food stamps.
The Trump administration has rushed to cut food aid for those who need it — but regular people still want their neighbors fed.
The Trump administration has rushed to cut food aid for those who need it — but regular people still want their neighbors fed.
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During the shutdown, Senators couldn’t agree to extend subsidies for even one year to save millions of Americans from DOUBLED health care costs.
Yet they did agree on a $32 BILLION increase for the Pentagon.
This is representation for weapons companies, not for the people.
Time to reprioritize.
Yet they did agree on a $32 BILLION increase for the Pentagon.
This is representation for weapons companies, not for the people.
Time to reprioritize.
December 1, 2025 at 5:56 PM
During the shutdown, Senators couldn’t agree to extend subsidies for even one year to save millions of Americans from DOUBLED health care costs.
Yet they did agree on a $32 BILLION increase for the Pentagon.
This is representation for weapons companies, not for the people.
Time to reprioritize.
Yet they did agree on a $32 BILLION increase for the Pentagon.
This is representation for weapons companies, not for the people.
Time to reprioritize.
This Thanksgiving is a reminder that people should be fed, families belong together, and the U.S. war machine isn’t keeping us safe.
November 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
This Thanksgiving is a reminder that people should be fed, families belong together, and the U.S. war machine isn’t keeping us safe.
We don’t need one more dime for war and weapons. We need affordable healthcare.
November 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
We don’t need one more dime for war and weapons. We need affordable healthcare.
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With immigrants accounting for nearly a third of long-term care workers, HALF of all nursing homes have stopped taking new residents.
Trump's mass deportation campaign is hurting our immigrant communities, our elders, and our economy.
Stop mass deportation now.
Trump's mass deportation campaign is hurting our immigrant communities, our elders, and our economy.
Stop mass deportation now.
November 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
With immigrants accounting for nearly a third of long-term care workers, HALF of all nursing homes have stopped taking new residents.
Trump's mass deportation campaign is hurting our immigrant communities, our elders, and our economy.
Stop mass deportation now.
Trump's mass deportation campaign is hurting our immigrant communities, our elders, and our economy.
Stop mass deportation now.
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On a military base near Chicago, National Guard soldiers from Texas are more than a month into a deployment.
While awaiting a Supreme Court ruling on deploying U.S. troops in U.S. cities, they have not yet left the base.
Their deployment has still cost taxpayers $12.8 million.
While awaiting a Supreme Court ruling on deploying U.S. troops in U.S. cities, they have not yet left the base.
Their deployment has still cost taxpayers $12.8 million.
November 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
On a military base near Chicago, National Guard soldiers from Texas are more than a month into a deployment.
While awaiting a Supreme Court ruling on deploying U.S. troops in U.S. cities, they have not yet left the base.
Their deployment has still cost taxpayers $12.8 million.
While awaiting a Supreme Court ruling on deploying U.S. troops in U.S. cities, they have not yet left the base.
Their deployment has still cost taxpayers $12.8 million.
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Trump's reckless military deployments to five U.S. cities have cost taxpayers over $473 million.
That's enough to restore full ACA health care subsidies for nearly half a million people(!) who are about to lose them thanks to GOP cuts.
We don't need armed troops in our cities. We need health care.
That's enough to restore full ACA health care subsidies for nearly half a million people(!) who are about to lose them thanks to GOP cuts.
We don't need armed troops in our cities. We need health care.
November 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Trump's reckless military deployments to five U.S. cities have cost taxpayers over $473 million.
That's enough to restore full ACA health care subsidies for nearly half a million people(!) who are about to lose them thanks to GOP cuts.
We don't need armed troops in our cities. We need health care.
That's enough to restore full ACA health care subsidies for nearly half a million people(!) who are about to lose them thanks to GOP cuts.
We don't need armed troops in our cities. We need health care.
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Most Americans (61%) oppose major Medicaid cuts.
Most Americans (62%) also disapprove of Trump’s family-separating immigration crackdown.
Reminder that the Trump-GOP agenda of funding brutality at the cost of basic needs is not only immoral, it's widely unpopular.
Most Americans (62%) also disapprove of Trump’s family-separating immigration crackdown.
Reminder that the Trump-GOP agenda of funding brutality at the cost of basic needs is not only immoral, it's widely unpopular.
November 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Most Americans (61%) oppose major Medicaid cuts.
Most Americans (62%) also disapprove of Trump’s family-separating immigration crackdown.
Reminder that the Trump-GOP agenda of funding brutality at the cost of basic needs is not only immoral, it's widely unpopular.
Most Americans (62%) also disapprove of Trump’s family-separating immigration crackdown.
Reminder that the Trump-GOP agenda of funding brutality at the cost of basic needs is not only immoral, it's widely unpopular.
COP30, the 30th United Nations global climate conference, is taking place right now and is halfway through!
Here are three ways that show why we need to pay attention to the U.S. war machine's role in the climate crisis:
Here are three ways that show why we need to pay attention to the U.S. war machine's role in the climate crisis:
Fund communities, not war and climate collapse.
November 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
COP30, the 30th United Nations global climate conference, is taking place right now and is halfway through!
Here are three ways that show why we need to pay attention to the U.S. war machine's role in the climate crisis:
Here are three ways that show why we need to pay attention to the U.S. war machine's role in the climate crisis:
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These deployments are federally funded, but transparency about their costs from the Trump administration has been lacking. Our @nationalpriorities.bsky.social team gives an expert estimate:
FACT SHEET: What Do Trump's National Guard Deployments Cost? - Institute for Policy Studies
FACT SHEET: What Do Trump's National Guard Deployments Cost?
ips-dc.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
These deployments are federally funded, but transparency about their costs from the Trump administration has been lacking. Our @nationalpriorities.bsky.social team gives an expert estimate:
Our cities are not training grounds.
Our people should have affordable healthcare.
Our people should have affordable healthcare.
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Our cities are not training grounds.
Our people should have affordable healthcare.
Our people should have affordable healthcare.
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Cost of Trump's military occupations of U.S. cities so far this year:
Memphis: $3,493,800
Chicago: $12,810,600
Portland: $14,985,135
LA: $172,005,700
DC: $269,970,200
TOTAL: $473,265,435 and counting
Every day Trump keeps troops deployed in our cities, it's costing us. Enough.
Memphis: $3,493,800
Chicago: $12,810,600
Portland: $14,985,135
LA: $172,005,700
DC: $269,970,200
TOTAL: $473,265,435 and counting
Every day Trump keeps troops deployed in our cities, it's costing us. Enough.
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Cost of Trump's military occupations of U.S. cities so far this year:
Memphis: $3,493,800
Chicago: $12,810,600
Portland: $14,985,135
LA: $172,005,700
DC: $269,970,200
TOTAL: $473,265,435 and counting
Every day Trump keeps troops deployed in our cities, it's costing us. Enough.
Memphis: $3,493,800
Chicago: $12,810,600
Portland: $14,985,135
LA: $172,005,700
DC: $269,970,200
TOTAL: $473,265,435 and counting
Every day Trump keeps troops deployed in our cities, it's costing us. Enough.
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“It’s extremely concerning... that in less than six months since Trump first activated troops in LA, domestic military occupations are escalating — despite their dubious legality — and expenses are already approaching half a billion dollars,” said Hanna Homestead of @nationalpriorities.bsky.social
The skyrocketing price comes as the president threatens to deploy additional troops to more American cities to quell dissent and turn America into a full-blown police state. interc.pt/43qaEH1
November 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
“It’s extremely concerning... that in less than six months since Trump first activated troops in LA, domestic military occupations are escalating — despite their dubious legality — and expenses are already approaching half a billion dollars,” said Hanna Homestead of @nationalpriorities.bsky.social
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NEW: While the GOP strips health care and food aid from millions of Americans, Trump's military occupations of U.S. cities have cost taxpayers $473 million and counting, IPS @nationalpriorities.bsky.social researchers found.
@nickturse.bsky.social in @theintercept.com:
@nickturse.bsky.social in @theintercept.com:
Trump’s Military Occupations of U.S. Cities Cost $473 Million and Rising
Trump’s campaign to quell dissent by deploying the American military to U.S. cities comes at an immense price.
theintercept.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
NEW: While the GOP strips health care and food aid from millions of Americans, Trump's military occupations of U.S. cities have cost taxpayers $473 million and counting, IPS @nationalpriorities.bsky.social researchers found.
@nickturse.bsky.social in @theintercept.com:
@nickturse.bsky.social in @theintercept.com:
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The Trump administration claims it can't use $8 billion to fund SNAP in November.
Simultaneously, it's pushing to use $156 BILLION for Department of War projects during the shutdown, including $24 billion for Trump’s absurd Golden Dome.
This is policy violence.
Simultaneously, it's pushing to use $156 BILLION for Department of War projects during the shutdown, including $24 billion for Trump’s absurd Golden Dome.
This is policy violence.
November 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The Trump administration claims it can't use $8 billion to fund SNAP in November.
Simultaneously, it's pushing to use $156 BILLION for Department of War projects during the shutdown, including $24 billion for Trump’s absurd Golden Dome.
This is policy violence.
Simultaneously, it's pushing to use $156 BILLION for Department of War projects during the shutdown, including $24 billion for Trump’s absurd Golden Dome.
This is policy violence.
Remember: The Trump-GOP budget bill that passed this summer gives $1 trillion for the Pentagon and $170 billion for mass deportations.
Yet there's not enough money for healthcare or SNAP, so they say.
Yet there's not enough money for healthcare or SNAP, so they say.
November 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Remember: The Trump-GOP budget bill that passed this summer gives $1 trillion for the Pentagon and $170 billion for mass deportations.
Yet there's not enough money for healthcare or SNAP, so they say.
Yet there's not enough money for healthcare or SNAP, so they say.
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In 2006, a huge immigration raid in Marshalltown, Iowa tore the community apart and tanked the economy.
Since then, immigrant residents have helped the town open new businesses, recover from a natural disaster, and thrive.
We're stronger when everyone — immigrant or not — is free to pitch in.
Since then, immigrant residents have helped the town open new businesses, recover from a natural disaster, and thrive.
We're stronger when everyone — immigrant or not — is free to pitch in.
November 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
In 2006, a huge immigration raid in Marshalltown, Iowa tore the community apart and tanked the economy.
Since then, immigrant residents have helped the town open new businesses, recover from a natural disaster, and thrive.
We're stronger when everyone — immigrant or not — is free to pitch in.
Since then, immigrant residents have helped the town open new businesses, recover from a natural disaster, and thrive.
We're stronger when everyone — immigrant or not — is free to pitch in.
MAGA priorities? Golden Dome over hungry families.
November 3, 2025 at 7:57 PM
MAGA priorities? Golden Dome over hungry families.
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NEW: The military spending portion of the reconciliation bill, or H.R. 1 (“One Big Beautiful Bill Act”) will primarily benefit military contractors, according to a new joint brief with the @stimsoncenter.bsky.social. [THREAD]
October 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
NEW: The military spending portion of the reconciliation bill, or H.R. 1 (“One Big Beautiful Bill Act”) will primarily benefit military contractors, according to a new joint brief with the @stimsoncenter.bsky.social. [THREAD]
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🏥 NEW: If the Trump-GOP budget's increased spending on military and mass deportation in FY 2026 was instead used for Medicaid, here's how many more people could be insured per state:
Kansas: 197,181
Maryland: 583,621
Illinois: 1,926,392
Florida: 3,559,007
Fund health care. Not militarism.
Kansas: 197,181
Maryland: 583,621
Illinois: 1,926,392
Florida: 3,559,007
Fund health care. Not militarism.
October 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
🏥 NEW: If the Trump-GOP budget's increased spending on military and mass deportation in FY 2026 was instead used for Medicaid, here's how many more people could be insured per state:
Kansas: 197,181
Maryland: 583,621
Illinois: 1,926,392
Florida: 3,559,007
Fund health care. Not militarism.
Kansas: 197,181
Maryland: 583,621
Illinois: 1,926,392
Florida: 3,559,007
Fund health care. Not militarism.
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Undocumented immigrants paid $96.7 billion in federal, state, and local taxes in 2022, including for Social Security and Medicare, even though they are barred from accessing those programs.
They lie that immigrants don't pay fair taxes to distract from who actually doesn't:
Billionaires.
They lie that immigrants don't pay fair taxes to distract from who actually doesn't:
Billionaires.
October 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Undocumented immigrants paid $96.7 billion in federal, state, and local taxes in 2022, including for Social Security and Medicare, even though they are barred from accessing those programs.
They lie that immigrants don't pay fair taxes to distract from who actually doesn't:
Billionaires.
They lie that immigrants don't pay fair taxes to distract from who actually doesn't:
Billionaires.
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During the government shutdown, some 750,000 federal workers have been on unpaid leave for weeks.
Meanwhile, ICE has stayed fully operational — *except* for the staff who inspect detention centers to ensure they meet federal safety standards.
These priorities are unacceptable.
Meanwhile, ICE has stayed fully operational — *except* for the staff who inspect detention centers to ensure they meet federal safety standards.
These priorities are unacceptable.
October 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
During the government shutdown, some 750,000 federal workers have been on unpaid leave for weeks.
Meanwhile, ICE has stayed fully operational — *except* for the staff who inspect detention centers to ensure they meet federal safety standards.
These priorities are unacceptable.
Meanwhile, ICE has stayed fully operational — *except* for the staff who inspect detention centers to ensure they meet federal safety standards.
These priorities are unacceptable.
Government shutdown for healthcare, blank check for war and weapons. It's time to shift priorities.
October 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Government shutdown for healthcare, blank check for war and weapons. It's time to shift priorities.
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NEW: As of September 2025, there were over 59,000 people in immigration detention in the U.S.
71.5% of them had no criminal conviction.
Get the new fact sheet on Trump's war on immigrants from IPS scholars @lindsaykosh.bsky.social, @karendolan.bsky.social, and @sarahanderson.bsky.social:
71.5% of them had no criminal conviction.
Get the new fact sheet on Trump's war on immigrants from IPS scholars @lindsaykosh.bsky.social, @karendolan.bsky.social, and @sarahanderson.bsky.social:
FACT SHEET: The High Moral Stakes of Mass Detentions and Deportations - Institute for Policy Studies
FACT SHEET: The High Moral Stakes of Mass Detentions and Deportations
ips-dc.org
October 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
NEW: As of September 2025, there were over 59,000 people in immigration detention in the U.S.
71.5% of them had no criminal conviction.
Get the new fact sheet on Trump's war on immigrants from IPS scholars @lindsaykosh.bsky.social, @karendolan.bsky.social, and @sarahanderson.bsky.social:
71.5% of them had no criminal conviction.
Get the new fact sheet on Trump's war on immigrants from IPS scholars @lindsaykosh.bsky.social, @karendolan.bsky.social, and @sarahanderson.bsky.social: