Exactly 14 years ago today—on July 24, 2009—the minimum wage was set at $7.25 while top 1% were worth $5T. Today, billionaire wealth is $45T+, meanwhile the min wage is still $7.25.
This is what generational wage theft looks like. Pay workers. Tax billionaires. #RaiseTheWage
This is what generational wage theft looks like. Pay workers. Tax billionaires. #RaiseTheWage
07:22 PM - Jul 24, 2023
"Meat has a substantial impact on the planet, and plant-based diets are more environmentally sustainable. But how much impact does it have on environmental outcomes and what difference would following a vegan diet make compared to consuming a meat diet?"
🍅🍗🌎 #VeganDiet #meat #sustainability
🍅🍗🌎 #VeganDiet #meat #sustainability
12:13 PM - Jul 24, 2023
‘No one wants to be right about this’: climate scientists’ horror & exasperation as global predictions play out | Read the article: https://www.theguardian.co... #ClimateCrisis
08:07 PM - Jul 24, 2023
thehill.com
Raskin shares health update: ‘Chemotherapy has extinguished the cancer cells’ | The Hill
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) has said Friday will be his final treatment of chemotherapy for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, which he was diagnosed with late last year. “On Friday is my very last session. The doctors tell me the chemotherapy has extinguished the cancer cells, at least as far as th..
05:24 PM - Apr 20, 2023
This fucking imbecile greggutfeld is beyond absurd. He argues that Jews honed skills in the Holocaust that allowed some to survive. More than SIX MILLION men, women, & children died because they weren’t useful enough. FoxNews is complicit in this hateful tirade. #NeverAgain
09:31 PM - Jul 24, 2023
A 5-year-old boy shot and killed his 1-year-old brother with an unsecured gun in their Indiana home on Tuesday, but you might not have heard about it because it’s the sort of thing that happens every single day in America. It’s long past time we did something about that.
10:59 AM - Mar 31, 2023
12:14 PM - Apr 15, 2023
2 Threaded Spouts
GIFT ARTICLE
"Record temperatures, drought, smoky air and loss of habitat make it increasingly difficult for winged creatures in urban and suburban areas to find the water they need. A simple way that humans can help them out: install a birdbath."
⛲🐦🦉 #Birdbaths #wildlife #Summer #environment
"Record temperatures, drought, smoky air and loss of habitat make it increasingly difficult for winged creatures in urban and suburban areas to find the water they need. A simple way that humans can help them out: install a birdbath."
⛲🐦🦉 #Birdbaths #wildlife #Summer #environment
07:04 AM - Jul 20, 2023
"Indigenous peoples have been champions of biodiversity since long before settlers arrived, passing varieties of seeds down from generation to generation. Today, Indigenous communities continue to protect 80 per cent of global biodiversity."
🌾🌱🌴 #biodiversity #agriculture #gardening #plants
🌾🌱🌴 #biodiversity #agriculture #gardening #plants
07:30 AM - Jul 20, 2023
11:38 PM - Feb 21, 2023
Heavy downpours lashed South Korea for a ninth day on Monday as rescue workers struggled to search for survivors in landslides, buckled homes and swamped vehicles in the most destructive storm to hit the country this year. #NewsHour
09:05 AM - Jul 18, 2023
“To live with the pretense that #racism is a doctrine of a very few is to disarm us in fighting it frontally as #scientifically unsound, #morally repugnant and #socially destructive. The prescription for the cure rests with the accurate diagnosis of the disease.” #mlk
09:05 AM - Jul 18, 2023
This is a good article. Climate anxiety is real. It feels big and unmanageable. Here are a few resources.
https://www.eldersclimatea...
https://workthatreconnects...
https://www.climatereality...
As Greta Thunberg says, “Once we act, hope is everywhere.”
https://www.eldersclimatea...
https://workthatreconnects...
https://www.climatereality...
As Greta Thunberg says, “Once we act, hope is everywhere.”
Kai Hagen @kaihagenI struggle with this more than I have expressed…and probably more than I could adequately express.
Only a combination of family and friends, abundant time in nature, and communicating about and otherwise being actively engaged in the issue keep me relatively sane and functional.09:47 PM - Jul 10, 2023
09:00 AM - Jul 18, 2023
From the NC Board of Elections.
09:00 AM - Jul 18, 2023
BREAKING: Rupert Murdoch and Fox colluded with Jared Kushner and the Trump campaign and provided Kushner with access to "Fox confidential information about Biden's ads, along with debate strategy" and gave Kushner a preview of Biden's ads before they were public.
05:24 PM - Feb 27, 2023
Republicans have a plan for 2024. To win majority power with only the support of a minority of the electorate they are making it harder to vote and easier to cheat.
Please read my latest.
https://www.democracydocke...
Please read my latest.
https://www.democracydocke...
08:02 AM - Jul 18, 2023
Reminder: I don't seek compromise with Republicans on voting rights because there is no middle ground between an arsonist and a firefighter.
10:05 PM - Apr 13, 2023
BREAKING: Lady Gaga has been appointed to lead a presidential commission on arts and humanities by President Biden.
The group will serve as an advisory board to President Joe Biden on how to elevate the importance of the arts, including through federal support.
Congratulations Lady Gaga! 💙
The group will serve as an advisory board to President Joe Biden on how to elevate the importance of the arts, including through federal support.
Congratulations Lady Gaga! 💙
10:45 PM - Apr 13, 2023
“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” —Martin Luther King, Jr. from a Birminingham jail cell 60 years ago https://america.substack.c...
10:03 AM - Apr 14, 2023
WHY DOES GovRonDeSantis KEEP ON ACTING AS IF HE JUST SIGNS THINGS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT PEOPLE WON'T NOTICE. LAST NIGHT, WHILE INGNORING THE FLOODING IN FLORIDA DESANTIS SIGNED AN ABORTION BAN INTO LAW. JUST IN CASE YOU ARE NOT AWARE, HE IS VERY WEAK & TRIED TO HIDE THIS.
10:07 AM - Apr 14, 2023
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12:19 PM - Apr 14, 2023
Yesterday, the sycophants who went on stage at the NRA convention, screaming any effort to reduce gun violence and save lives is an affront to the 2A lied to you. They used the same old tired lies, and it is time for the truth. The truth is coming.
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07:35 AM - Apr 15, 2023
HELL YES! Joe Biden commented on whether he’s made a decision about a presidential run in 2024:
“I plan on running.”
During an informal chat at the White House Easter egg roll, the president told TODAY’s Al Roker he plans to run in 2024.
Hit ECHO if President Biden has your vote in 2024!
“I plan on running.”
During an informal chat at the White House Easter egg roll, the president told TODAY’s Al Roker he plans to run in 2024.
Hit ECHO if President Biden has your vote in 2024!
06:26 PM - Apr 10, 2023