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ICYMI: Groundwork’s Lindsay Owens Warns Musk’s Treasury “Coup” is a Play to Slash Benefits

“Americans don’t want an unelected and unaccountable billionaire dictating what working families can and cannot afford.”

February 3, 2025 Groundwork Collaborative
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There are several reasons Musk wants to control Treasury payments. None of them are good.

February 1, 2025 MSNBC
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Trump fires the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

February 1, 2025 Associated Press
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Groundwork’s Owens Criticizes Trump’s Firing of CFPB Director

“With today’s move, the Trump administration is making way for more junk fees, predatory financial scams, and corporate crime.”

February 1, 2025 Groundwork Collaborative
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Groundwork’s Owens Condemns Musk’s Demand to Access Social Security, Medicare Payment System

“It’s barely been two weeks and Musk has already caused a level of chaos and inefficiency we’ve never before seen in government.”

January 31, 2025 Groundwork Collaborative
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Fed, Trump Admin Fail to Lower Cost of Living

“President Trump may be yelling at Chair Powell on Twitter, but they have at least two things in common: steadfast allegiance to Wall Street and complete indifference to the economic pain of working families.”

January 29, 2025 Groundwork Collaborative
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Groundwork’s Kitty Richards on OMB Freeze: “A shocking power grab”

"This is exactly what Trump’s extremist allies planned for his presidency. Now they’re trying to make it a reality.”

January 28, 2025 Groundwork Collaborative
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Groundwork’s Lindsay Owens on Bessent Confirmation: “A billionaire hedge fund manager who doesn’t pay his own taxes is now Trump’s right-hand man”

“A billionaire hedge fund manager who doesn’t pay his own taxes is now Trump’s right-hand man for another massive tax break for the ultra-wealthy."

January 27, 2025 Groundwork Collaborative
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ICYMI: Groundwork’s Lindsay Owens Urges Policymakers to Enforce Price-Gouging Laws in Wake of “Jaw-Dropping” Rent Hikes in L.A.

Last week, Groundwork Collaborative Executive Director Lindsay Owens published a new op-ed in Rolling Stone urging California state and local lawmakers to crack down on predatory landlords profiting off of the wildfires by gouging rental prices.

January 23, 2025 Groundwork Collaborative
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Groundwork’s Lindsay Owens on Day One Executive Orders: “The American people deserve a serious plan to lower costs”

“President Trump’s cost of living executive order leaves one of the biggest sources of inflation—corporate profiteering—untouched. Perhaps that is to be expected from a president whose inauguration was adorned with the CEOs who profited handsomely from the inflation that cost American families so dearly."

January 20, 2025 Groundwork Collaborative
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