A quick thread:
A lot of people have asked me this week: Where did this ivermectin obsession come from? Who could possibly benefit from it?
Most importantly, why did my antivaxx aunt start eating horse goo from the tractor store?
It’s complicated, but here are some answers.
We stand in solidarity with Britney and all women who face reproductive coercion. Your reproductive health is your own — and no one should make decisions about it for you. #FreeBritney
it's always "freeloading workers need to give up their $300 unemployment checks" and never "freeloading corporations need to give up their $1.9 trillion in tax breaks"
@AngellottiMark @JK_Riki@jonsteingard At least for a portion of it - I would say the Federal Assault Rifle Ban enacted in 1994 and expired in 2004 might have something to do with those differences in the murder rate or at least murder on a “mass shooting” level.
Army Lt. Nazario was driving his new car home. He was pulled over, pepper sprayed, and arrested without explanation.
This is racism. It’s about the domination and humiliation of a Black man because he asked questions and “didn’t comply.”
If you can't find workers because they'd making more on unemployment than at your company, the problem isn't unemployment.
The problem is your poverty wages.
FACT CHECK: Entirely false. When the federal assault weapon ban was in effect (1994-2004), America saw a:
— 37% decline in gun massacres
— 70% decline in assault weapons traced to gun crimes
In the decade after the ban expired, fatalities in gun massacres went up by 347%.