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AllAugust 5, 2025
New Report: Republicans’ Tariffs Are Literally Making Americans Poorer to Fund Tax Breaks for Billionaires
Washington D.C — According to a new report by the non-partisan Yale Budget Lab, Republicans’ tariffs are literally ripping away thousands of dollars from working-class people while giving more tax breaks to billionaires. But hey – it could be worse! They could have also slashed Medicaid, raised health insurance premiums, stunted U.S. job growth, ballooned […]
August 4, 2025
NEW AD: Unrig Our Economy Launches a New Ad Calling Out Congressman Tony Gonzales for Prioritizing the Wealthy Over Working-Class Texans
Washington D.C — Today, Unrig Our Economy is releasing a new ad to call out Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) for voting to cut Medicaid in order to pay for tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy. This latest ad is part of a multi-million dollar campaign to hold Texas Republicans accountable for voting for the Republican Tax […]
August 1, 2025
BREAKING: Our Economy. Thanks To Republican Tariffs.
The Headlines Speak for Themselves: NPR: The job market is showing signs of weakness as Trump’s tariffs take effect CBS News: New shocking jobs report as Trump’s tariffs roll out Reuters: Global shares in red after US jobs data, Trump’s tariff salvo New York Times: Markets Fall on Weak Jobs Data and Trump’s New Tariffs […]
July 31, 2025
Unrig Our Economy Launches Interactive Website To Track How Much Republican Policies Are Increasing Your Grocery Prices
“Don’t Inflate Our Plates” to Highlight How Trump and Congressional Republicans’ Tariffs Are Raising Prices on Working Families Washington, D.C — Today, Unrig Our Economy launched Don’t Inflate Our Plates, a new interactive website tracking the prices of key grocery items and how President Trump’s tariffs – backed by Republicans in Congress – are making […]
July 31, 2025
Medicaid Turned 60. And Its Butchers Showed Up With Balloons.
Congressmembers Evans, Kean Jr., and Miller-Meeks Sponsor Medicaid Anniversary Resolution…Weeks After Voting To Cut The Program Washington, D.C — Most people bring gifts to a birthday party. Congressmembers Gabe Evans (CO-08), Tom Kean Jr. (NJ-07), and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01) brought knives. Each member had the audacity to introduce a new resolution purporting to celebrate Medicaid’s […]
July 29, 2025
ICYMI: “Unrig Our Economy Puts Four Texas Republicans On Notice,” Demands Support for Affordable Health Care
Washington, D.C. — As Texas Republicans prepare their assault on democracy with unprecedented mid-decade redistricting, outlets across the country covered Unrig Our Economy’s multi-million dollar campaign holding congressional Republicans in targeted districts accountable for their recent votes to cut Medicaid and put health care at risk for nearly two million Texans in order to fund […]
July 28, 2025
New Ads: Unrig Our Economy Launches New Ads Calling Out Texas Republicans for Voting to Cut Medicaid
Washington, D.C — Today, Unrig Our Economy is a multi-million dollar TV and digital ad buy across multiple Texas congressional districts. These ads call out Congressman Dan Crenshaw (TX-02), Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz (TX-15), Congressman Lance Gooden (TX-05), and Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne (TX-24) for voting for the Republican Tax Law earlier this month […]
July 25, 2025
CBO: Under The Republican Tax Law, More Than 15 Million People Will Be Left Without Health Care
Washington D.C — The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a new analysis of the Republican Tax Law and it’s bad news for Americans who like having health insurance. According to the report, the tax law will leave over 15 million Americans without health coverage, slash nearly $200 billion from SNAP, and explode the federal […]
July 25, 2025
Congressional Republican-Backed Tariffs Are Driving Up Prices of Summer BBQs, Brunches, and More to Fund Billionaire Tax Breaks
Washington D.C — Thanks to tariffs President Trump imposed and congressional Republicans have repeatedly backed, prices on everyday goods from orange juice to beef to essential home goods are skyrocketing and hurting working-class families. Republicans in Congress could roll back these cost-raising tariffs any day, but, instead, they’ve supported these tariffs and are using them […]