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185 years of operating Guantánamo Bay

568 times the cost to pay all US students' public school lunch debt

12 times the 2023 Federal Bureau of Prisons budget

8 times what the US spent to develop and purchase Covid vaccines in just 2020
What $100 billion in new ICE funding looks like
The staggering increase is difficult to process. These numbers will help.
www.motherjones.com
July 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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343 times what Musk spent to swing the 2024 elections

140 times the cost to make NYC buses free

2,000 Bezos-Sánchez weddings

62.5 times what the US paid in reparations to over 82,000 interned Japanese-Americans

2 times the cost to hire enough teachers + nurses to end both national shortages
What $100 billion in new ICE funding looks like
The staggering increase is difficult to process. These numbers will help.
www.motherjones.com
July 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Reposted by Alyssa
I want someone with reach to point out that -- as great as some of the ideas to pad his speech with silly readings (a la Cruz w/Green Eggs and Ham) were -- he did the one thing that crushes them all: he spoke clearly and articulately about actual issues. No fluff. All substance and grit.
April 1, 2025 at 11:41 PM