Ben Brown

Dumb enough to try it, hopefully smart enough to pull it off. Thinking of things. Founder @AYAmericans,

[Ben Brown @Ben10Brown]

Hey @SouthwestAir
I’m on 3091 and we’ve been stuck on the plane (at the gate) for 3 hours. I want my money back. This is insane.

[Ben Brown @Ben10Brown]

@gdcaplan @StefCastellanos

[Ben Brown @Ben10Brown]

The fight doesn't end after we vote. It begins. #AfterTheVote.

[Young Americans @AYAmericans]

🗳️Voting is how we get the reps we want.

✊Advocacy is how we ensure they *do* what we want.

Join AYA in staying engaged #AfterTheVote.

Tell us your plan, whether it's staying informed, communicating with new reps, and/or supporting your lobbyist. https://t.co/74HdtBtF97

[Young Americans @AYAmericans]

America desperately needs young people to #WorkThePolls this year.

About 6-in-10 poll workers are aged 60+, and most won't be working this year due to #COVID19.

We can save the election! Sign up to be a #PollHero via @PowerThePolls. #DemocracyIsHiring https://t.co/FmzJ191OKS

[Vanita Gupta @vanitaguptaCR]

Good morning - it’s National Poll Worker Day!

There’s a shortage of poll workers nationwide right now. Poll workers are essential for keeping polling places open. Please sign up at https://t.co/8BtuDngb5m - training and PPE supplied. Pass the word. https://t.co/R2BDcMm8n4

[Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen]

So the consensus is that higher ed is.....having students come back w/very few and/or shitty COVID plans, with the knowledge that everything will probably very quickly go to shit, so that they can justify charging full tuition?

[Ben Brown @Ben10Brown]

Everything we did for the pandemic should exist always

paid sick leave
comprehensive, free healthcare
proactively sending ballots to every registered voter

What am I missing?

[miche ♠️ @DatMichCray]

One of the most interesting things to come from this pandemic is businesses implementing processes they should have been doing anyway

[Young Americans @AYAmericans]

🚨Today, we'll be hosting a virtual day of action to encourage Congress to #CancelStudentDebt in the next COVID-19 stimulus package!

Join us in calling, emailing and Tweet-storming your legislators. Tell them: now is the moment to #CancelStudentDebt. https://t.co/lSPfyzw0CG

[Ben Brown @Ben10Brown]

@SquarespaceHelp Did this incident affect emails being added to an audience through squarespace?

[Ben Brown @Ben10Brown]

@MailchimpStatus Is this related to why API connected email subscriptions haven't been added to @MailchimpStatus in last ~24 hours

[Ben Brown @Ben10Brown]

#CARESAct enables employers to pay up to $5,250 of employees’ student loans tax-free, but only through the end of this year. @RepRichardNeal @SpeakerPelosi: we’re calling on you to #PassEPRA to make the provision permanent https://t.co/DBrR6yZdt9

[Ben Brown @Ben10Brown]

Remember when @VP said there would be millions of tests and a @Google website to get testing information on Monday? He said that a week ago today.

WHERE ARE THE TESTS?

Don't let the administration skirt responsibility for this mess.

[Karl Evers-Hillstrom @KarlMEvers]

Senate Intel Chairman Richard Burr unloaded up to $1.5M in stocks in mid-February just before the market plunged. That includes investments in several hotel companies that lost much of their value due to the coronavirus outbreak. https://t.co/jsAR3wOL1b

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

6. I'd love to know what kind of investment decisions the business leaders in that room with Senator Burr made after his remarks. Did any of them liquidate their portfolios?

Three weeks ago the Dow was at 26,957.59

Delta Airlines share price was at $48.19 now it's at $23.33

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

Inbox: Sens. Schumer, Murray, Brown, and Warren unveiled an emergency student loan payment and relief plan, which would provide "relief to federal student loan borrowers through immediate cancellation of monthly student loan payments for the duration of the national emergency."

[Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan]

The Boeing Company is currently valued at $70 bil. For a $60 billion bailout, the company should become majority owned by the people of the United States of America.

https://t.co/i3pZfZjwMj

[Ayanna Pressley @AyannaPressley]

Student loan cancellation has to be part of the next emergency funding package.

@SenWarren & I are calling on Senate & House leadership to prioritize this.

[Mark Cuban @mcuban]

Let me also add, any public company that receives a bailout or significant funding should not be allowed, by law, to do stock buybacks EVER AGAIN as part of their agreement. @stevenmnuchin1 @SpeakerPelosi @senatemajldr @tedcruz @JohnCornyn @CNBC

[Archive: Governor Andrew Cuomo @NYGovCuomo]

NEW: Effective immediately, @NewYorkStateAG & I are suspending state debt collection.

NYers with student debt, medical debt & other state-referred debt will have payments frozen for at least 30 days.

We're doing all we can to support those suffering financially due to #COVID19.

[Claire McCaskill @clairecmc]

The corporate windfall from the Trump tax cut went primarily to stock buyback. Now many of those corporations want taxpayers to bail them out. What’s wrong with this picture?