Laurie Loves Data

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Posting a relevant data point each day Passionate about politics. Background in science. Advocacy is not just a task for high-profile community organizers. Advocacy is for all of us. It is a natural response to injustice in the world. - Alice Wong

Kimberly Guilfoyle, Trump's ambassador to Greece, told a Greek minister that America caused the pro-West regime in Romania to fall and that they could do the same thing to Greece "We can do this to any country we want. We can do it here too." Sounds like it should be a bigger deal

US ambassador threatened Greece: "We can topple you" | JFeed

Kimberly Guilfoyle, US ambassador to Greece, told ministers America toppled Romania and could do the same there. Energy minister responded: "We are soverei

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According to the Database for ALPR (Flock camera) abuse, there have been over 200 incidents where police officers have been charged with abusing Flock cameras, including over 30 just this month For comparison, there are fewer than 10 transgender athletes in the NCAA Which problem is real?

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Did you know the US has an "Office of Remigration"? Unsurprisingly, it is directed by Stephen Miller It is illegal to send asylum seekers back to their country of origin, because they could be killed So the office sends them to a corrupt third country, where they are often imprisoned

Stephen Miller’s MAGA Terror Campaign Exposed by Damning New Leaks

Sordid revelations about the white-nationalist-themed Office of Remigration should galvanize Democrats: If they win power, they must try to shut it down.

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A diesel export ban is a bad idea. That's why it is going to happen It will do little to reduce the price of diesel in the US, and it may actually raise the price of gasoline It is also telling the rest of the world not to trust the US as a reliable source of energy

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The price of crude oil has not increased as much as some analysts predicted That's because worldwide refining capabilities have decreased No one burns crude oil The price difference between crude oil and diesel is typically $20/barrel It is now almost $100 This is causing inflation to spike

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Trump asked President Zelenskyy to stop bombing Russian diesel refineries Ridiculous, since Trump himself caused the problem by not selling Patriot missiles to Ukraine so they can defend themselves Zelenskyy's response:

Moscow targeted by Ukraine’s largest ever drone attack on final day of Russia’s election | CNN

Ukraine carried out its largest ever drone attack on the Russian capital and the surrounding area as voting in parliamentary elections entered the final day.

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RFK Jr., in his keynote address to the anti-vaxx crowd, asked: What about all the children who die from vaccine injuries? The rate of violent reaction from vaccines is .0002% in the US And almost none of these children die. There are no deaths from vaccines most years

RFK Jr. speaks at anti-vaccination conference as measles cases rise across the country

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gave a keynote address at an anti-vaccine conference, as the United States faces the highest number of measles cases in more than 30 years. NBC News medical cont...

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Anthropic CEO Amodei and his rival at Open AI, Sam Altman agree the industry should “pace the frontier”, or slow growth This is, presumably, to prevent human extinction by renegade AI bots It's illegal to release products that kill innocent people Why is an IPO even being considered?

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Conservative UK Prime Minister and former Trump ally Boris Johnson has some good ideas. EU and UK should do everything in their power to help Ukraine defeat Russia. It's in their best interest and it's the right thing to do.

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Stock buybacks were considered market manipulation and illegal before 1982 Prior to the Reagan administration's rule change, profits were used to increase worker pay, buy new factories and equipment and invest in R&D, putting money back into the economy, rather than the hands of the wealthy few

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The last time the federal minimum wage was adjusted was 17 years ago. Raising the minimum wage to $20/hr would give the average worker an $8000 "bonus" It would actually reduce the deficit by getting low-paid workers off of federal assistance

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Wage gains turned into wage losses right about the time that Trump's war of choice with Iran caused oil and gas prices to spike. Every day he remains in power unchecked is costing the American people.

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So...Trump is calling on Ukraine, a country fighting for its very existence, to halt their successful strikes on Russian oil facilities Meanwhile, the US war of choice in the Middle East, which is now expanding, is the bigger reason for high diesel prices Hypocritical

Trump calls on Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying attacks are causing a shortage

Ukraine has for months been targeting Russia’s oil and gas industry with long-range strikes, prompting fuel rationing across the country and causing Moscow to ban diesel exports in July, one factor di...

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We have to call out their lies and misrepresentations RFK Jr. says obesity is down 7% since Trump took office Obesity began to decline in the US in 2022 (when Biden was president), after GLP-1 drugs became widely available Trump and Kennedy have nothing to do with it

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The debate in the US shouldn't be about whether we are winning the war (we're not) Iran's strategy is to attack US bases in the Middle East with cheap drones. The US must use expensive Patriot missiles to protect the bases. This draws down our supplies of Patriots. China and Russia are laughing