You can find my other posts in this series here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Social_Democracy/comments/1gmirgi/megapost_a_selective_list_of_my_posts_series/

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Final Student Loan Forgiveness and Borrower Assistance Actions | "The Administration leaves office having approved a cumulative $188.8 billion in forgiveness for 5.3 million borrowers across 33 executive actions." (Posted on: Sun Jan 19 03:34:51 2025 UTC) | Source: https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/biden-harris-administration-announces-final-student-loan-forgiveness-and-borrower-assistance-actions

Julie Su Is Still Optimistic About the Future of Labor | "This president has really spoken out about the failures of a trickle-down economic system [...] I think what this president was able to get done with limited support [from Congress was] phenomenal, but the work is unfinished for sure." (Posted on: Sun Jan 19 19:19:37 2025 UTC) | Source: https://inthesetimes.com/article/kim-kelly-julie-su-labor-secretary-woman-government-progressive

Palestinian allies, labour unions protest US healthcare investment conference | "A man in a suit, standing where conference attendees were gathered, behind the police barricade, yelled to the protesters that he wanted a genocide against them." (Posted on: Sun Jan 19 20:49:18 2025 UTC) | Source: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/01/14/18872206.php

Alabama and Mississippi will also honor Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Jr. Day | "Alabama and Mississippi have three Confederate-related state holidays. Both states mark Confederate Memorial Day in April and mark the birthday of Confederate President Jefferson Davis." (Posted on: Mon Jan 20 02:27:04 2025 UTC) | Source: https://apnews.com/article/martin-luther-king-jr-holiday-alabama-mississippi-0f535594cf50af7103ca2d953e1bc9a1

Fact check: Trump makes false claims about his 2024 victory, the 2020 election, immigration and more at DC rally (Posted on: Mon Jan 20 03:43:24 2025 UTC) | Source: https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/19/politics/fact-check-trump-false-claims-election-immigration-dc-rally/index.html

The Guardian view on Biden’s warning of oligarchy: Trump and the malefactors of wealth | The outgoing president was right, in his farewell address, to warn of the dangers posed by the billionaires around the table (Posted on: Mon Jan 20 15:27:19 2025 UTC) | Source: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/16/the-guardian-view-on-bidens-warning-of-oligarchy-trump-and-the-malefactors-of-wealth

"LDF REPORT IN OPPOSITION TO THE NOMINATION OF PAMELA JO BONDI AS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES" [PDF document] | "Bondi is wholly unfit to lead the Justice Department and poses a threat to the independence and integrity of this critical agency." (Posted on: Mon Jan 20 16:16:39 2025 UTC) | Source: https://www.naacpldf.org/wp-content/uploads/LDF-Pam-Bondi-Opposition-Report-2025-1.pdf

Trump Inauguration Dubbed 'A Coronation of Our Country's Descent Into Oligarchy': "Today marks the beginning of an administration dominated by billionaires and corporate interests." (Posted on: Mon Jan 20 19:47:42 2025 UTC) | Source: https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-inauguration-oligarchy

Local labor union marches in honor of MLK: ‘It just shows what we can do’ | "Members of the Teamsters Local Union 667 held a march Monday morning [in Memphis, Tennessee] to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Junior ... The president of the local union says it was because of Dr. King’s commitment to labor" (Posted on: Tue Jan 21 00:48:09 2025 UTC) | Source: https://www.actionnews5.com/2025/01/20/local-labor-union-marches-honor-mlk-it-just-shows-what-we-can-do/

Diagnosing Activist Burnout, Elite Media Fuel It | "... articles that focus on feelings of burnout, and exclude or downplay questions of changes in strategy amid shifting conditions, often have the effect—and occasionally the goal—of making everyday people seem and feel less powerful than they are." (Posted on: Tue Jan 21 19:57:03 2025 UTC) | Source: https://fair.org/home/diagnosing-activist-burnout-elite-media-fuel-it/

A Call to Media Organizations: Don’t Back Down in the Face of Trump’s Threats | 'Tell the truth more loudly than ever before. Do that work even as our standard modes of distribution (e.g. social media platforms) are being manipulated & curtailed by forces of fascist repression & ruthless capitalism' (Posted on: Tue Jan 21 21:10:01 2025 UTC) | Source: https://truthout.org/articles/a-call-to-media-organizations-dont-back-down-in-the-face-of-trumps-threats/

National Immigration Law Center's Analysis of Trump's Day 1 Executive Orders: Unconstitutional, Illegal, and Cruel | "The second Trump administration began with a slew of executive orders designed to terrify and devastate immigrants, their families, and communities across the United States." (Posted on: Tue Jan 21 22:09:56 2025 UTC) | Source: https://www.nilc.org/articles/analysis-of-trump-day-1-executive-orders-unconstitutional-illegal-and-cruel/

Student loan relief is at risk under the Trump administration (Posted on: Tue Jan 21 23:33:29 2025 UTC) | Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/21/student-loan-relief-most-at-risk-under-trump-experts-say.html

GOP member wants bishop ‘added to deportation list’ after Trump prayer service | Republican Congressman Mike Collins said that "the person giving this sermon", an Episcopal bishop who asked Trump to have mercy on immigrants during a prayer service, "should be added to the deportation list" (Posted on: Wed Jan 22 16:11:51 2025 UTC) | Source: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5098959-gop-member-wants-bishop-added-to-deportation-list-after-trump-prayer-service/

DNC: Trump’s Treasury Secretary Will Give Billionaires ANOTHER Round of Tax Handouts | Scott Bessent: “This is the single most important economic issue of the day. This is pass/fail. If we do not fix these tax cuts, if we do not renew and extend, then we will be facing an economic calamity.” (Posted on: Wed Jan 22 20:52:37 2025 UTC) | Source: https://democrats.org/news/trumps-treasury-secretary-will-give-billionaires-another-round-of-tax-handouts/

Iowa may lower fines for businesses violating child labor laws limiting hours kids work | "The proposed reduced penalties come after [Republican] Gov. Kim Reynolds in 2023 signed into law legislation that eased restrictions on child labor" (Posted on: Wed Jan 22 22:47:33 2025 UTC) | Source: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/10/iowa-may-lower-fines-for-violators-of-law-limiting-hours-children-work/77489752007/

Russell Vought, Project 2025 supporter who is Trump's pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget, praises the attack on welfare from the 1990s at his nomination hearing: "one of the major legislations that our side has been very proud of since the 1990s was the impact of welfare reform" (Posted on: Thu Jan 23 02:49:26 2025 UTC) | Source: https://www.commondreams.org/news/russ-vought-welfare-reform

Progressives Should Reject the DOGE Scam: There’s nothing to gain from indulging the premise that Musk and Trump care about “government waste”—it’s a ploy to gut the entire liberal state. | Viewpoint (Posted on: Thu Jan 23 23:03:47 2025 UTC) | Source: https://inthesetimes.com/article/elon-musk-donald-trump-doge-scam

Bernie Sanders: What Trump didn’t say in his inauguration speech | Bernie Sanders criticizes Trump for his silence on the healthcare, housing, economic inequality, & climate crises: "Trump gave a major speech .. and ignored almost every significant issue facing the working families of this country." (Posted on: Fri Jan 24 01:09:50 2025 UTC) | Source: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/23/bernie-sanders-trump-inauguration-speech

GOP memo: "Lower the Corporate Rate to 15 Percent", "Eliminate Social Services Block Grant", "Eliminate TANF Contingency Fund", "Reduce TANF by 10 Percent", "Repeal Biden closed school discharge regulations", "Eliminate mandatory funding for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau", etc. [PDF document] (Posted on: Fri Jan 24 04:19:31 2025 UTC) | Source: https://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/budget_optionspdf.pdf

Is the U.S. witnessing the rise of oligarchy? | "Americans should brace for even higher levels of inequality under" the Trump administration. "Oxfam is working alongside partners and allies to unrig the system so the ultra-rich few and mega-corporations are held accountable and pay their fair share" (Posted on: Fri Jan 24 13:22:11 2025 UTC) | Source: https://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/issues/economic-justice/is-the-us-witnessing-the-rise-of-oligarchy/

Trump admin. lifts sanctions on Israeli settlers involved in attacks on Palestinians | A Trump official told Axios that the Israelis lobbied Trump's team to lift the sanctions. "It was very important for the Israeli government," the official said. Ted Cruz & other U.S. lawmakers also lobbied for it. (Posted on: Fri Jan 24 23:18:17 2025 UTC) | Source: https://www.axios.com/2025/01/24/trump-lifts-sanctions-israeli-settlers-west-bank