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Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way.
Over 80% of All US Voters Support Ending Dark Money’s Grip on Democracy www.commondreams.org/news/end-dar...
Over 80% of All US Voters Support Ending Dark Money’s Grip on Democracy | Common Dreams
American voters overwhelmingly support anti-corruption measures, including a constitutional amendment to limit money in politics.
commondreams.org
Reminder that banning elected officials from trading stock is a total no brainer. They can use privileged information to make money on the stock market, while they’re supposed to be working for you. Make no mistake — it’s legalized corruption.
Pet peeve: when store employees are hopeless to navigate their employer’s mobile website and insist you need their app. Suuuure let me just delete 500 photos and make some room for this one-off situation. Oh it needs location permissions too? Love this for us. Just tell me what aisle to go to ffs.
Reminder... Any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message — they can't win on their ideas alone.
by my tally we are now spending ~$2B to companies to NOT build more energy infrastructure. in the middle of an energy crisis
The Associated Press@apnews.com · 4mo agoThe Trump administration has announced two more payouts for energy companies to walk away from U.S. offshore wind projects under development.
Here's your friendly Tax Day reminder that not only did Republicans give massive tax breaks to the rich last year, but Trump’s billionaire Cabinet also axed the IRS’s new free filing tool, so now Americans have to pay more to get their taxes done. itep.org/trump-admini...
A tax season reminder that Intuit TurboTax lobbied the government for years to block free public tax-filing. Trump then terminated the free IRS Direct File program established under Biden, just a year after the tax prep giant gave his inauguration fund $1M. Do you see how this works?
The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
Wow fuck United Healthcare for letting me get 10k steps and $190 in rewards at 11:55pm tonight, go through the process of connecting a plaid account and then locking me out from the app completely at 12:00 on the dot with “expired plan” after I get my plaid confirmation text. Very cool.
The presidency was never intended to be a safe haven for criminals.
hi id like to announce my new company where you type an idea and then for $20 it generates a tremendous amount of bullshit greater than anyone can possibly consume and then sends it to someone and then they pay $20 for it to summarize that bullshit back into the idea. i'm taking calls now ty.
BREAKING: Delta is suspending its special service desk for members of Congress until TSA is fully funded, per @ajc.com. Delta says members of Congress will now be treated like all other flying customers. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
The airport perks for Congress may be drying up, not a minute too soon
Delta Airlines suspends its special congressional service, while a Senate bill could end the line-skipping perk for members of Congress.
ajc.com
Oklahoma unemployment website: “To file for and receive unemployment benefits, you must verify your identity.” Verification fails “Due to network issues” (on their end). I call them and press 4 for “having trouble with ID verification”, the recording says I “need to file an initial claim”. 🙃
You have to make sacrifices for the very clear and articulated objectives of our War in Iran that is also not a war that we’ve also already won
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5mo agoSen. Roger Marshall on high gas prices: "Freedom is not free. Americans are gonna have to make some sacrifices."
When Kristi Noem claims she’ll make sure “the right people” vote and elect “the right leaders,” that’s not election security, it’s authoritarianism. Free societies collapse when leaders stop competing for voters and start curating them.
This year, in a nod to financial insecurity, Sweethearts is mixing in hearts that say things like "Split Rent." or "Share Login." or "Car Pool." The Sweethearts people call it "Love in this economy." What are they missing? Here's what we came up with.
As consumers, we have tremendous power. My friend @profgalloway.com has provided a very simple set of tools. RESIST and UNSUBSCRIBE: www.resistandunsubscribe.com
Resist and Unsubscribe
resistandunsubscribe.com
Not to get political, but America is very pretty and has a lot of nice folks making cool things, and I think if we had a president who wasn’t actively trying to murder us, we could have a pretty good time
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
On the fifth day of holiday fire prevention, your fire department reminds you to give space heaters plenty of room. • Keep anything that can burn at least one metre (or three feet) away from the heater. • Plug space heaters directly into the wall. Never use extension cords or power bars.
Not to be controversial but I think we should use tools and resources to make people's lives less miserable instead of more
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
Some browsers (like Brave) have built in clean link copying 👀👀👀👀
Sacramento Radical Education@sac-rad-edu.bsky.social · last yr.Clean up your links before you share them with others. It's a small and simple piece of operational security that anyone can integrate into their practice.
