@woods_jus @azow @tobi Why would anyone use this statistic rather than say, effective tax rates, unless they were trying to mislead? The statistic you mentioned is the result of income inequality increasing and nothing at all to do with tax rates. Help me understand what you're trying to acheive
Dems could’ve come together to push for end to genocide on (milquetoast) liberal grounds of universal human rights—it would have been big deal however far short of actual Palestinian liberation. Instead, they ceded anti-war agenda to Trump’s militarist “peace through strength” 2/
"We're killing civilians there who are then counted as terrorists"
IDF soldiers who spoke to @yanivkub detail the gruesome reality of the Netzarim corridor in Gaza. Their testimonies published in @haaretzcom are a must read. This has to end.
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Israeli soldiers are telling you, in their own words, with absolute clarity, that they are exterminating Palestinians for sport, in competition with other battalions. That their job is to kill any Palestinian they see in a specific part of Gaza, and you’re still not calling it genocide
1. Today @FTC banned data brokers Mobilewalla and Gravy Analytics from using & selling Americans’ sensitive location data, including details of visits to health clinics and churches.
This data was used to surveil political gatherings and attempt to monitor union organizers.
When the show 'Benefits Street' was produced, a poll showed that the public thought 41% of the welfare budget went to people who were unemployed; the real figure was 2.3%.
Politicians and journalists don't just respond to public opinion — they actively shape it.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: if the State wants to hold an American citizen in jail before trial, it should have to pay a large bond into the registry of the court. And if they fail to diligently pursue trial, or the person is acquitted, they forfeit the bond.
TWO percent of voters saw "issues related to transgender people" as one of their top three issues and Kamala won them by nearly 40 points. The narrative around this issue is backwards.
⚡️🇫🇷🇵🇸JUST IN: French Journalist Marine Vlahovic found dead in Marseille
Marine Vlahovic, a 39-year-old independent journalist known for supporting Palestinian voices and criticizing French media coverage of Gaza, was found dead on the rooftop of her Marseille apartment. An autopsy has been ordered to determine the cause of death.
It's important that U.S. liberals draw connections about the primary function of police. Here's a thread from a local Canadian journalist who has done critical reporting on cops and what the cops did in response. Many of the same surveillance companies profit from this globally.
So you’re telling me, my doctor can tell me that a test is medically necessary so I get it done and then a month later I get a letter from my insurance telling me they’re not going to pay for any of it bc it’s not medically necessary? Wtf is the point of me paying for insurance?
@SNeurotypicals Love the thread I think this should be a screening tool. That said, if we're doing the ambitious "defining ADHD from the inside", I've found it most useful to focus on time, sense and consciousness of time. Shame is still a downstream symptom, if a useful diagnostic one
The bank asked if I knew whether my main customers were drug cartels and I couldn’t answer and the jerks wouldn’t let me open an account. Debanking discrimination!
This comment represents profound ignorance about both criminal law and history. No person with knowledge about the financial crisis either inside or outside US Attorney’s offices with whom I’ve ever spoken believes this..
@cafreiman The parties in those countries who won popular, cost effective redistribution policies called themselves socialist. If you admire those countries like you seem to, the next step is fighting for socialist movements here. Unless you're just being an obstructionist pedant