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  Expel Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene from Congress, now!

  McCarthy has refused to take disciplinary actions against Greene and voted against removing her from committee assignments, which passed with bipartisan support despite his opposition. McCarthy and the GOP's silence in the face of Greene's unconscionable conduct isn't just a bad look—it's a threat to other lawmakers. Her recent threats against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have caused AOC to fear for her physical safety and hire more security, and Rep. Jimmy Gomez, who introduced the resolution to expel Greene reports receiving death threats from her supporters. Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is failing in his duty to reprimand Greene for her heinous words and deeds. And yet he continues to embrace members like Greene while ousting Rep. Liz Cheney from House GOP leadership for telling the truth and calling out Trump’s big lie that the election was stolen. This proves that Marjorie Taylor Greene is not an outlier in the Republican party. She is a perfect encapsulation of today’s Republican party. And Rep. Greene doesn’t just spew hate. She directly threatens her colleagues with it. Workplace safety is a growing concern across America. Hate can be lethal. There should be no tolerance for anyone who threatens colleagues. This goes for Congress as well – if not more so since members of Congress are supposed to be national leaders. The list of reasons why Rep. Greene should be expelled from Congress goes on and on, but here are a few: - She has repeatedly publicly supported calls to execute prominent Democratic politicians, including liking a Facebook comment that called for Nancy Pelosi to get "a bullet to the head." In other posts, Greene liked comments about executing FBI agents who were alleged to be part of the "deep state" working against Trump. - She’s endorsed conspiracy theories claiming that 9/11 was an inside job and that the Sandy Hook shooting--where 26 elementary school children and teachers were massacred—was staged. - She is Islamophobic and antisemitic and suggested the 2018 midterms—when our nation’s first two Muslim Congresswomen were elected—was part of “an Islamic invasion of our government,” and she thinks Jewish space lasers are responsible for a wildfire in California. - She was one of the many members of Congress who voted to object to the election results after the deadly, white supremacist attack on our Capitol and our democracy. - On January 12, after the insurrection and after results of the election had been certified by all 50 states, by the Electoral College, and by Congress, she tweeted, “President Trump will remain in office.” - She has repeatedly targeted, threatened, and harassed other members of Congress including Congresswomen Cori Bush and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. - Hundreds of posts, likes, and comments showing Rep. Greene inciting violence by spewing baseless conspiracy theories that have endangered the lives of many continue to resurface across the internet. And that’s just scratching the surface. Our country and democracy are in danger every minute that Rep. Greene is still a member of Congress. McCarthy can change this. This is why we must come together to make sure McCarthy expels Marjorie Taylor Greene from Congress, now.

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  Created by Robert Reich
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  We need a wealth tax that will make the economy work for everyone, not just the rich and powerful.

  50 million Americans are going hungry, over 10 million are still unemployed, and 63 percent are living paycheck to paycheck. The federal minimum wage has not gone up in nearly 12 years -- the longest period of time without an increase in history. That has benefited corporations and the ultra wealthy and disproportionately harmed minimum-wage workers, a majority of whom are women and come from communities of color. Enacting a wealth tax is a racial, economic, and gender equality justice issue. Instead of addressing this ever-growing wealth inequality in America, callous politicians have successfully defunded essential services like our housing, our health care, and our education, furthering the racial and gender wealth gap. All the while, America’s billionaires continue to accumulate their wealth by paying their workers starvation wages, denying them healthcare, and actively sabotaging attempts by their workers to unionize. Their pandemic gains alone are so immense that they could give everybody in the country a $3,000 stimulus check and still be as rich as they were before the pandemic. This rigged system cannot continue. We need to take this money that has been pilfered from working people and use it to invest into our communities. Imagine, for a moment, what we could do with a wealth tax, what it would mean for people of color, for the working class, for our most vulnerable communities, for all of us. We could fund health care and education, we could invest in infrastructure and green energy, and we could truly begin to build back better. Together, we can make this vision for the future our reality. Sen. Warren, Rep. Jayapal, and Rep. Boyle introduced their wealth tax bill that would make only the wealthiest Americans, worth over $50 million, pay their fair share. It’s only right. Join us in asking Democrats in the U.S House and the U.S Senate to co-sponsor this crucial bill that will begin to rein in this country’s out-of-control corporate greed.

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  Created by Robert Reich