@slandstrom.bsky.social
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Five very simple, clear demands.
Are you a Democrat fed up with the inaction of the Democratic Party?
Here are 5 things to demand from your representatives:
Here are 5 things to demand from your representatives:
March 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Five very simple, clear demands.
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Making sure everyone has healthcare is sensible.
Making sure everyone has housing is sensible.
Making sure everyone makes a living wage is sensible.
Keeping people on the streets and in medical debt so a handful of executives can get richer is radical and extreme.
Making sure everyone has housing is sensible.
Making sure everyone makes a living wage is sensible.
Keeping people on the streets and in medical debt so a handful of executives can get richer is radical and extreme.
February 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Making sure everyone has healthcare is sensible.
Making sure everyone has housing is sensible.
Making sure everyone makes a living wage is sensible.
Keeping people on the streets and in medical debt so a handful of executives can get richer is radical and extreme.
Making sure everyone has housing is sensible.
Making sure everyone makes a living wage is sensible.
Keeping people on the streets and in medical debt so a handful of executives can get richer is radical and extreme.
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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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Musk's wealth in 2012: $2 Billion
Musk's wealth in 2024: $447 Billion
Bezos's wealth in 2012: $18 Billion Bezos's wealth in 2024: $249 Billion
Zuckerberg's wealth in 2012: $44 Billion Zuckerberg's wealth in 2024: $224 Billion
Minimum wage in 2012: $7.25
Minimum wage in 2024: $7.25
Musk's wealth in 2024: $447 Billion
Bezos's wealth in 2012: $18 Billion Bezos's wealth in 2024: $249 Billion
Zuckerberg's wealth in 2012: $44 Billion Zuckerberg's wealth in 2024: $224 Billion
Minimum wage in 2012: $7.25
Minimum wage in 2024: $7.25
February 14, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Musk's wealth in 2012: $2 Billion
Musk's wealth in 2024: $447 Billion
Bezos's wealth in 2012: $18 Billion Bezos's wealth in 2024: $249 Billion
Zuckerberg's wealth in 2012: $44 Billion Zuckerberg's wealth in 2024: $224 Billion
Minimum wage in 2012: $7.25
Minimum wage in 2024: $7.25
Musk's wealth in 2024: $447 Billion
Bezos's wealth in 2012: $18 Billion Bezos's wealth in 2024: $249 Billion
Zuckerberg's wealth in 2012: $44 Billion Zuckerberg's wealth in 2024: $224 Billion
Minimum wage in 2012: $7.25
Minimum wage in 2024: $7.25
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The funding pause orders "are actually the most lawless, brazen, unconstitutional actions that this administration has yet taken, and if sanctioned by a conservative Supreme Court, they would amount to a full disbanding of our system of government." From @ddayen.bsky.social:
Trump’s Most Lawless Action Yet
Pausing funds appropriated by Congress is a deliberate taunt to draw a legal challenge that the White House’s most radical architects think will give them unilateral spending power.
prospect.org
January 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The funding pause orders "are actually the most lawless, brazen, unconstitutional actions that this administration has yet taken, and if sanctioned by a conservative Supreme Court, they would amount to a full disbanding of our system of government." From @ddayen.bsky.social:
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President Trump vowed to fight for the working class on the campaign trail.
But today, sitting front row at Trump's inauguration, were Silicon Valley billionaires, including the three wealthiest on the planet: Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and Elon Musk.
But today, sitting front row at Trump's inauguration, were Silicon Valley billionaires, including the three wealthiest on the planet: Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and Elon Musk.
January 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
President Trump vowed to fight for the working class on the campaign trail.
But today, sitting front row at Trump's inauguration, were Silicon Valley billionaires, including the three wealthiest on the planet: Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and Elon Musk.
But today, sitting front row at Trump's inauguration, were Silicon Valley billionaires, including the three wealthiest on the planet: Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and Elon Musk.
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Donald Trump attempting, unsuccessfully, to kiss his wife Melania Trump
January 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Donald Trump attempting, unsuccessfully, to kiss his wife Melania Trump
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It’s clear by now that state abortion bans are having a seismic impact on health care. But they are also introducing a dangerous new dynamic for anyone who happens to conceive.
Help us report on maternal health.
Help us report on maternal health.
How We Report on Maternal Health — and How to Get in Touch With Our Team
For years, ProPublica has examined the deaths of pregnant women and new mothers to uncover problems that can prevent other deaths. Our reporting has sparked change. Now, we are investigating the…
propub.li
November 30, 2024 at 3:00 PM
It’s clear by now that state abortion bans are having a seismic impact on health care. But they are also introducing a dangerous new dynamic for anyone who happens to conceive.
Help us report on maternal health.
Help us report on maternal health.
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H.R. 9494, the attack on non-profits bill, has passed the house.
But it went from being supported by 52 Dems to just 15.
Time to get on your Senator's case and halt the bill there.
But it went from being supported by 52 Dems to just 15.
Time to get on your Senator's case and halt the bill there.
November 21, 2024 at 4:06 PM
H.R. 9494, the attack on non-profits bill, has passed the house.
But it went from being supported by 52 Dems to just 15.
Time to get on your Senator's case and halt the bill there.
But it went from being supported by 52 Dems to just 15.
Time to get on your Senator's case and halt the bill there.
“Maybe, just maybe, people will realize it was not about putting our pocketbooks first.”
NEW VIDEO: Three ways mass deportations will fuck this country up.
From billions of dollars in tax revenue to social security contributions, rising inflation rates, and crumbling infrastructure, we are not prepared for this.
Reported by @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social, video by me:
From billions of dollars in tax revenue to social security contributions, rising inflation rates, and crumbling infrastructure, we are not prepared for this.
Reported by @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social, video by me:
How Mass Deportations Could Destroy America
YouTube video by Mother Jones
youtu.be
November 21, 2024 at 4:26 AM
“Maybe, just maybe, people will realize it was not about putting our pocketbooks first.”
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ProPublica spoke with 135 people who had experienced "sweeps" of homeless encampments. We also distributed notecards so people could write about it in their own words.
In Portland, Teresa Stratton told us her husband’s ashes were taken in a removal: propub.li/4fW8YIT
In Portland, Teresa Stratton told us her husband’s ashes were taken in a removal: propub.li/4fW8YIT
November 20, 2024 at 8:17 PM
ProPublica spoke with 135 people who had experienced "sweeps" of homeless encampments. We also distributed notecards so people could write about it in their own words.
In Portland, Teresa Stratton told us her husband’s ashes were taken in a removal: propub.li/4fW8YIT
In Portland, Teresa Stratton told us her husband’s ashes were taken in a removal: propub.li/4fW8YIT
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Only 18 Senators to vote YES for an arms embargo against Israel, something 61% of Americans want:
Durbin
Heinrich
Hirono
Kaine
King
Markey
Merkley
Murphy
Ossoff
Sanders
Schatz
Smith
Van Hollen
Shaheen
Lujan
Warnock
Warren
Welch
Durbin
Heinrich
Hirono
Kaine
King
Markey
Merkley
Murphy
Ossoff
Sanders
Schatz
Smith
Van Hollen
Shaheen
Lujan
Warnock
Warren
Welch
November 21, 2024 at 1:26 AM
Only 18 Senators to vote YES for an arms embargo against Israel, something 61% of Americans want:
Durbin
Heinrich
Hirono
Kaine
King
Markey
Merkley
Murphy
Ossoff
Sanders
Schatz
Smith
Van Hollen
Shaheen
Lujan
Warnock
Warren
Welch
Durbin
Heinrich
Hirono
Kaine
King
Markey
Merkley
Murphy
Ossoff
Sanders
Schatz
Smith
Van Hollen
Shaheen
Lujan
Warnock
Warren
Welch
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NEW: John Deere is costing American farmers $4.2 billion a year by restricting them from fixing their own tractors.
Apple, Amazon and major automakers use the same strategies on everything you own.
It's bad for you, but excellent for corporate profits.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=jaOS...
Apple, Amazon and major automakers use the same strategies on everything you own.
It's bad for you, but excellent for corporate profits.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=jaOS...
How John Deere Robs Farmers of $4 Billion a Year
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
m.youtube.com
November 18, 2024 at 8:51 PM
NEW: John Deere is costing American farmers $4.2 billion a year by restricting them from fixing their own tractors.
Apple, Amazon and major automakers use the same strategies on everything you own.
It's bad for you, but excellent for corporate profits.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=jaOS...
Apple, Amazon and major automakers use the same strategies on everything you own.
It's bad for you, but excellent for corporate profits.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=jaOS...