Richard M. Mathews
@richardmathews.bsky.social
Computer Engineer/Scientist, past Vice Chair of county Dem Party, past member of CA Dem ExecCom, past chair of CA Dem Federal Legislation Subcommittee
I'm attending California Democratic Party's event, “Canvass for Prop 50 in Woodland Hills!” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/cadems/event...
Canvass for Prop 50 in Woodland Hills! · California Democratic Party
Come knock doors with us and help stop the Trump / MAGA agenda. Trump is trying to rig the midterm elections and passing Prop 50 is the best chance we have of stopping him and taking back Congress ne...
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September 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I'm attending California Democratic Party's event, “Canvass for Prop 50 in Woodland Hills!” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/cadems/event...
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I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world.
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
December 5, 2024 at 3:47 PM
I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world.
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
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We need people to urge the Calif. PUC to vote against its proposed decision to keep the hazardous Aliso Canyon gas storage open indefinitely. Please post a comment on the docket ASAP as the vote will take place on December 19th. See graphic below for instructions. It takes just a few minutes. TY!
December 6, 2024 at 9:57 PM
We need people to urge the Calif. PUC to vote against its proposed decision to keep the hazardous Aliso Canyon gas storage open indefinitely. Please post a comment on the docket ASAP as the vote will take place on December 19th. See graphic below for instructions. It takes just a few minutes. TY!
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According to the CBO, extending Trump's tax cuts for the rich would shrink the economy over the long run.
Extending the cuts would also increase the deficit by $4.6 trillion and be used by Republicans as an excuse to gut programs millions rely on.
It's reverse Robin Hood.
Extending the cuts would also increase the deficit by $4.6 trillion and be used by Republicans as an excuse to gut programs millions rely on.
It's reverse Robin Hood.
Extending Trump’s Tax Cuts for the Wealthy Will Shrink the Economy, CBO Finds | U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget
The Official U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget
www.budget.senate.gov
December 6, 2024 at 10:30 PM
According to the CBO, extending Trump's tax cuts for the rich would shrink the economy over the long run.
Extending the cuts would also increase the deficit by $4.6 trillion and be used by Republicans as an excuse to gut programs millions rely on.
It's reverse Robin Hood.
Extending the cuts would also increase the deficit by $4.6 trillion and be used by Republicans as an excuse to gut programs millions rely on.
It's reverse Robin Hood.
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Google suggests that "climate denier" is more widely used than the old fashioned and misleading term, "climate skeptic". It took hold after Michael Crichton introduced it at Caltech in 2003.
November 23, 2024 at 4:41 AM
Google suggests that "climate denier" is more widely used than the old fashioned and misleading term, "climate skeptic". It took hold after Michael Crichton introduced it at Caltech in 2003.
Some reminders of what Dr. Oz brings to Medicare and Medicaid.
Physicians to Columbia: Dump Dr. Oz for Hawking 'Quack Treatments'
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Physicians to Columbia: Dump Dr. Oz for Hawking 'Quack Treatments'
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Physicians to Columbia: Dump Dr. Oz for Hawking 'Quack Treatments'
Ten physicians are demanding Columbia University to boot TV star Dr. Mehmet Oz whom they deem guilty of misleading and endangering the public.
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Some reminders of what Dr. Oz brings to Medicare and Medicaid.
Physicians to Columbia: Dump Dr. Oz for Hawking 'Quack Treatments'
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Physicians to Columbia: Dump Dr. Oz for Hawking 'Quack Treatments'
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
“These increases are driven by a potent mix of rising insurance payouts coupled with rising costs of construction as people build increasingly expensive homes and other assets in harm’s way.”
Americans face an insurability crisis as climate change worsens disasters—a look at how insurance companies set rates and coverage | NationofChange
www.nationofchange.org
November 20, 2024 at 4:16 PM
“These increases are driven by a potent mix of rising insurance payouts coupled with rising costs of construction as people build increasingly expensive homes and other assets in harm’s way.”
Wow! This is only a rumor, but it claims that Trump is planning to use a presidential power that has *never* been tried before to force Congress to adjourn and allow him to make all the recess appointments he wants.
Trump may start his second term with a stunning power grab
Could Trump force the Senate into recess — and then appoint whoever he wanted to the government?
www.vox.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:21 AM
Wow! This is only a rumor, but it claims that Trump is planning to use a presidential power that has *never* been tried before to force Congress to adjourn and allow him to make all the recess appointments he wants.
This is from someone who was a CIA analyst and who had a role overseeing Pentagon policy.
Slotkin: ‘We’re really at risk of politicizing the military’
Sen.-elect Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) on Sunday warned of the “risk of politicizing the military” in an interview on ABC News’s “This Week.” ABC News’s Martha Raddatz was talking to the M…
thehill.com
November 18, 2024 at 2:30 AM
This is from someone who was a CIA analyst and who had a role overseeing Pentagon policy.
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I would like to speak up today for the trans community.
You see, I know a bit of what it’s like to be politically scapegoated. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, suddenly anyone in America who had any amount of Japanese ancestry became suspect. Politicians preyed upon ignorance and fear. /1
You see, I know a bit of what it’s like to be politically scapegoated. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, suddenly anyone in America who had any amount of Japanese ancestry became suspect. Politicians preyed upon ignorance and fear. /1
November 17, 2024 at 6:19 PM
I would like to speak up today for the trans community.
You see, I know a bit of what it’s like to be politically scapegoated. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, suddenly anyone in America who had any amount of Japanese ancestry became suspect. Politicians preyed upon ignorance and fear. /1
You see, I know a bit of what it’s like to be politically scapegoated. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, suddenly anyone in America who had any amount of Japanese ancestry became suspect. Politicians preyed upon ignorance and fear. /1
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The President of the United States will come into office with his own social media platform.
That, combined with X, means Trump will have turnkey state-run media.
I don’t think the media has fully grasped that yet.
That, combined with X, means Trump will have turnkey state-run media.
I don’t think the media has fully grasped that yet.
November 17, 2024 at 6:26 PM
The President of the United States will come into office with his own social media platform.
That, combined with X, means Trump will have turnkey state-run media.
I don’t think the media has fully grasped that yet.
That, combined with X, means Trump will have turnkey state-run media.
I don’t think the media has fully grasped that yet.