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On November 3rd we take Congress
Till then we fight like hell
🚫DMs 🚫Kings
- Walmart was up .2% Wednesday, a day after its market value topped $1 trillion for the first time. Reports suggest low wages for workers at huge retailers like Walmart (the largest private employer in the US) result in ~ $6.2 billion in public assistance costs for taxpayers annually Pay up, bitches.
- Because of Trump's decision to withdraw the U.S. from the WHO last year, Governor JB Pritzker has announced Illinois will join the body's Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network. This is leadership.
- As things turn out, it wasn't quite the gotcha he thought after all.
- Next question?
- It’s always enlightening to hear lectures about being tough on crime from someone convicted of 34 felonies by a jury of his peers, and the subject of two impeachments. His hypocrisy remains undefeated.
- Trump has ordered exclusions for experimental nuclear reactors being built at sites around the country from major environmental laws and well, fuck your safety or the environment. They'll be built by startups financed with billions from Silicon Valley The Trump self-enrichment fund is hard at work.
- Trump says he's closing the Kennedy Center for renovations, saying it's “dilapidated,” “dangerous,” and “falling down. The Kennedy Center went through a $250 million renovation and expansion in 2019. Someone is full of shit. Again. dctheaterarts.org/2019/06/04/k...
- Billie Eilish: "no one is illegal on stolen land." ✨
- Honoring and acknowledging Black History Month, this and every year going forward is an absolute necessity if we are determined to truly make this country great.
- History shows that our strategies and actions to counter this administration are working and very likely to be successful. Dana explains this superbly. After a 3-5 minute read, you'll come away from it feeling better.
- My new piece about Resistance 2.0 is up at @theguardian.com! Give it a read to understand why we should expect much more confrontation and disruption this time around. Thanks for the suggestions @victorerikray.bsky.social @sociologistray.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
