MariaECimini
@mariaecimini.bsky.social
Promoter of Progressive values, working for social justice, economic security and equity.
3rd gen Rhode Islander.
Posts are my own. she/her
3rd gen Rhode Islander.
Posts are my own. she/her
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
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Tell me again how recipients of SNAP are the problem
November 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Tell me again how recipients of SNAP are the problem
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Pres. Trump has a choice: Let kids go to bed hungry & seniors undernourished.
Or, instead of fighting court orders, he should listen to the American people, follow their example, and help prevent our neighbors in need from going hungry.
Or, instead of fighting court orders, he should listen to the American people, follow their example, and help prevent our neighbors in need from going hungry.
November 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Pres. Trump has a choice: Let kids go to bed hungry & seniors undernourished.
Or, instead of fighting court orders, he should listen to the American people, follow their example, and help prevent our neighbors in need from going hungry.
Or, instead of fighting court orders, he should listen to the American people, follow their example, and help prevent our neighbors in need from going hungry.
"We will prove that there is no problem too large for government to solve, and no concern too small for it to care about." Mamdani 11.4.25
Hope
Hope
November 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
"We will prove that there is no problem too large for government to solve, and no concern too small for it to care about." Mamdani 11.4.25
Hope
Hope
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BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
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My work computer has copilot and I have to unpin it every morning and it always comes back.
Ai is just malware with a marketing budget, dudes
Ai is just malware with a marketing budget, dudes
November 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
My work computer has copilot and I have to unpin it every morning and it always comes back.
Ai is just malware with a marketing budget, dudes
Ai is just malware with a marketing budget, dudes
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Rich people benefit from taxes far more than poor people, and it's not just because of "corporate welfare."
Here's how: youtube.com/shorts/-WWa9...
Here's how: youtube.com/shorts/-WWa9...
How the rich benefit more from taxes than the poor
YouTube video by Machine Pun Kelly
youtube.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Rich people benefit from taxes far more than poor people, and it's not just because of "corporate welfare."
Here's how: youtube.com/shorts/-WWa9...
Here's how: youtube.com/shorts/-WWa9...
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The world's 10 richest people (nearly all from the U.S.) are collectively $500 billion richer this year thanks to growth in stocks tied to AI.
Meanwhile, data centers are sucking up communities’ water and electricity.
AI is making the rich even richer while everyone else pays the price.
Meanwhile, data centers are sucking up communities’ water and electricity.
AI is making the rich even richer while everyone else pays the price.
November 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The world's 10 richest people (nearly all from the U.S.) are collectively $500 billion richer this year thanks to growth in stocks tied to AI.
Meanwhile, data centers are sucking up communities’ water and electricity.
AI is making the rich even richer while everyone else pays the price.
Meanwhile, data centers are sucking up communities’ water and electricity.
AI is making the rich even richer while everyone else pays the price.
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What’s draining tax dollars isn’t SNAP, it’s corporate welfare and billionaire tax breaks.
FACT: Even people working two jobs still need SNAP.
Where’s the outrage about that?!
FACT: Even people working two jobs still need SNAP.
Where’s the outrage about that?!
October 30, 2025 at 1:38 AM
What’s draining tax dollars isn’t SNAP, it’s corporate welfare and billionaire tax breaks.
FACT: Even people working two jobs still need SNAP.
Where’s the outrage about that?!
FACT: Even people working two jobs still need SNAP.
Where’s the outrage about that?!
This is fact. SNAP feeds families. Food pantries help - SNAP works. Feel good about donating canned goods. Feel better paying taxes. Through taxes, collectively, we keep people fed and housed and healthy and safe. Republicans in Congress are choosing to support hunger. Shame on them.
Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”
October 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
This is fact. SNAP feeds families. Food pantries help - SNAP works. Feel good about donating canned goods. Feel better paying taxes. Through taxes, collectively, we keep people fed and housed and healthy and safe. Republicans in Congress are choosing to support hunger. Shame on them.
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I’m tired of watching hardworking folks beg for the basics while billionaires keep cashing in.
Being able to put food on your table should never be a luxury.
You can’t call yourself pro-life while letting families go hungry.
You can’t shout “America First” while putting Americans last.
Being able to put food on your table should never be a luxury.
You can’t call yourself pro-life while letting families go hungry.
You can’t shout “America First” while putting Americans last.
October 28, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I’m tired of watching hardworking folks beg for the basics while billionaires keep cashing in.
Being able to put food on your table should never be a luxury.
You can’t call yourself pro-life while letting families go hungry.
You can’t shout “America First” while putting Americans last.
Being able to put food on your table should never be a luxury.
You can’t call yourself pro-life while letting families go hungry.
You can’t shout “America First” while putting Americans last.
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It is great that small businesses and local organizations are stepping up to fill gaps in food access while SNAP is frozen, but every story masks a systemic and humiliating failure of the US Government to support its most vulnerable citizens. The GoFundMe-ification of social services makes me sick.
October 28, 2025 at 5:35 AM
It is great that small businesses and local organizations are stepping up to fill gaps in food access while SNAP is frozen, but every story masks a systemic and humiliating failure of the US Government to support its most vulnerable citizens. The GoFundMe-ification of social services makes me sick.
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It's absurd that in a modern city, our buses crawl at less than 5 mph.
We'll make them fast and free.
We'll make them fast and free.
October 17, 2025 at 12:44 AM
It's absurd that in a modern city, our buses crawl at less than 5 mph.
We'll make them fast and free.
We'll make them fast and free.
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Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."
October 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."
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AG Bondi, here’s that correction you requested.
October 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
AG Bondi, here’s that correction you requested.
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It really is the spooky season! 😱
October 6, 2025 at 2:15 AM
It really is the spooky season! 😱
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A statute may "enshrine a tradition," but that is not the only thing it does. A statute codifies law, just the same as statutes criminalizing homicide and bank robbery, and it is just as "clear" that violating the statute is unlawful.
It is not clear that Mr. Trump’s image can be featured on a coin. An 1866 law enshrined a tradition that only deceased people could appear on U.S. currency to avoid the appearance that America was a monarchy. Trump admin is planning to do it anyway.
By Alan Rappeport
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/b...
By Alan Rappeport
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/b...
Treasury Plans to Mint $1 Commemorative Trump Coin
www.nytimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
A statute may "enshrine a tradition," but that is not the only thing it does. A statute codifies law, just the same as statutes criminalizing homicide and bank robbery, and it is just as "clear" that violating the statute is unlawful.
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Is it just me or do the crosswalk signals by Wickenden St. between S. Main St. & S. Water St. in Providence still don’t provide sufficient time for pedestrians to cross?? 🫨
15 SECONDS ISN’T ENOUGH TIME!! I’ve reached out to PVD 311, RIDOT, and Councilmember Goncalves in the past but no change!😭
15 SECONDS ISN’T ENOUGH TIME!! I’ve reached out to PVD 311, RIDOT, and Councilmember Goncalves in the past but no change!😭
October 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Is it just me or do the crosswalk signals by Wickenden St. between S. Main St. & S. Water St. in Providence still don’t provide sufficient time for pedestrians to cross?? 🫨
15 SECONDS ISN’T ENOUGH TIME!! I’ve reached out to PVD 311, RIDOT, and Councilmember Goncalves in the past but no change!😭
15 SECONDS ISN’T ENOUGH TIME!! I’ve reached out to PVD 311, RIDOT, and Councilmember Goncalves in the past but no change!😭
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This was revealing. Worth reading. The basic demand is that Coates spend less time thinking/writing his true feelings and more time playing political strategist. Klein asks him over and over him to do Dem strategy; he says no, over and over. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/o...
Opinion | Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bridging Gaps vs. Drawing Lines
www.nytimes.com
September 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
This was revealing. Worth reading. The basic demand is that Coates spend less time thinking/writing his true feelings and more time playing political strategist. Klein asks him over and over him to do Dem strategy; he says no, over and over. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/o...
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These lies are pissing me off.
This isn’t about health care for undocumented immigrants – that’s already against the law.
It’s about the fact that Republicans are intentionally skyrocketing your premiums.
This isn’t about health care for undocumented immigrants – that’s already against the law.
It’s about the fact that Republicans are intentionally skyrocketing your premiums.
September 30, 2025 at 10:12 PM
These lies are pissing me off.
This isn’t about health care for undocumented immigrants – that’s already against the law.
It’s about the fact that Republicans are intentionally skyrocketing your premiums.
This isn’t about health care for undocumented immigrants – that’s already against the law.
It’s about the fact that Republicans are intentionally skyrocketing your premiums.