Fighting for poor and working class Louisianans through solutions-driven public policy (aka @LAProgress, but we tweet here). https://xitter.cf/t.co/pSqf5TVo8u
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🚨 🚨 Early Voting starts tomorrow (10/20) across Louisiana! E.V. will last until October 27, except for Sunday, October 25. Visit sos.la.gov or download the Geaux Vote app to view Early Voting locations!
#geauxvote #Louisiana #vote #gotv #Election2026
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BREAKING: The top 0.1% of Americans now hold more than six times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of the country.
The top 0.1% control about $28 trillion, roughly 15% of all U.S. wealth.
The bottom 50% hold about 2.5%.
Seems like not a good thing for democracy in general and our republic in particular
NEW: Megadonors have now poured *2.3 billion* into the midterm elections.
Leading the pack is Elon Musk, the world's richest man, who is now the biggest individual political donor in American history.
Six donors have given $100M+. Read here:
washingtonpost.com/elections…
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Just 9% of voters have already effectively elected nearly 90% of the U.S. House before November.
Because safe, gerrymandered districts make the November election a formality, races are decided in primaries where less than 10% of voters turn out.
Worse: many House members didn't face a single primary opponent in their safe seats.
This is the Primary Problem. Learn more: uniteamerica.org/primary-pro…
#ElectionReform #Democracy #PrimaryProblem #UniteAmerica
Unsustainable
Here's the key problem...inflation has wiped out wage gains for 6 months now.
It's a financial squeeze.
Americans are trying to work more hours to make up for it, but many are still falling behind.
Many people are worse off. As BLS wrote,
In the past year, "real average hourly earnings decreased 0.7%. The change in real average hourly earnings combined with a 0.6% increase in the average workweek resulted in a 0.1% decrease in real average weekly earnings."
🚨 🔔 Louisiana, tomorrow is the last day to register to vote online for elections on November 3!
You can go to sos.la.gov or download the Geaux Vote app to register today! You can also check your voter registration status on the app!
#geauxvote #election2026
Good Neighbors Louisiana, a coalition of civil rights, environmental and labor organizations, is organizing a meeting on October 22nd to continue work of holding Hyundai accountable. Visit our LinkTree to RSVP.
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New from @NewYorkFed: Trump's 2025-26 tariffs contributed 2.9 percentage points to US goods price inflation, via higher prices for imports AND domestic goods.
Without the tariffs, "goods prices would have fallen slightly." 😯
🧵 Do you like being trapped paying for subscriptions that you don’t want anymore? Do you think that companies should make it hard for you to cancel a subscription that took you 30 seconds to sign up for?
Well, @LABI_biz thinks you should….
Explore the full Scorecard and see where these lawmakers and their colleagues stood on key business priorities #lagov #lalege ⬇️
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Happy October! With Election Day less than five weeks away, our team wanted to keep y’all updated with some important election dates, including the in person/by mail registration deadline, which is this Monday.
#geauxvote #louisiana #lalege #lagov
🚨 🚨 🚨 Election Day is just five weeks away! And our team wanted to give you a brief overview of what’s on your ballot. For a more comprehensive list of candidates and ballot initiatives for your specific precinct, visit the link shown in the images below.
#vote #geauxvote 🗳️
Join us, our allies, and other community members tomorrow afternoon in Shreveport at the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, where Amazon’s Proposed Data Center in West Shreveport will be on the agenda!
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The Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association says that AI is already driving *up* healthcare costs, as hospitals use the technology to find instances where they can bill more for the same level of care. bcbs.com/about-us/associatio…
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HOURS REQUIRED TO ESCAPE POVERTY ON MINIMUM WAGE:
1. JAPAN - 11 Hours
2. UNITED KINGDOM - 23 Hours
3. FRANCE - 26 Hours
4. NEW ZEALAND - 29 Hours
5. PORTUGAL - 31 Hours
6. AUSTRALIA - 32 Hours
7. BELGIUM - 32 Hours
8. SPAIN - 32 Hours
9. IRELAND - 33 Hours
10. GERMANY - 37 Hours
11. LUXEMBOURG - 44 Hours
12. CANADA - 44 Hours
13. UNITED STATES- 90 Hours
YES, 90 HOURS. ONE PERSON ON FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE ($7.25/HR) WOULD NEED TO WORK 90 HOURS A WEEK TO ESCAPE POVERTY.
🧵 1/ Patients in Louisiana, and across the country, are struggling with rapidly rising healthcare costs and problems even accessing care in the first place. The corporatization of the healthcare sector, including by private equity, where profits are put ahead of patients…
🚨Today @SenWarren, @RonWyden, @ValHoyle, @SuhasforVA, @AOC, and @SenJeffMerkley introduced the Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians Act backed by all of CPCC's physician groups to ban the corporate practice of medicine, including by PE and MSOs: perma.cc/B6VB-PRB8
2/…is one of the biggest reasons for the cost and access crisis.
Fortunately, the Coalition for Patient Centered Care (@CPCC_America), recently worked with @SenWarren, @RonWyden, @SenJeffMerkley, @AOC, @ValHoyle, and @RepSuhas, to introduce federal legislation that aims to…
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🚨Today @SenWarren, @RonWyden, @ValHoyle, @SuhasforVA, @AOC, and @SenJeffMerkley introduced the Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians Act backed by all of CPCC's physician groups to ban the corporate practice of medicine, including by PE and MSOs: perma.cc/B6VB-PRB8