I just voted no on the partisan #COVID19 bill. Here's why: while nurses are being forced to make their own masks and gowns, McConnell and Trump are busy creating a taxpayer-funded slush fund for their buddies. I will stay here as long it takes to get this done the right way.
JUST IN: The Senate overwhelmingly approved a coronavirus aid package that provides paid sick leave, expanded unemployment assistance and resources for testing.
The vote was 90-8. The bill was already passed by the House and is headed to President Trump's desk for his signature.
Funny how all of these ‘low-skilled’ jobs (cleaners, delivery drivers, retail assistants) that so many look down upon are now on the frontline holding society together whilst we work from home.
Those jobs aren’t low-skilled, they’re essential and they should be paid as such.
So society’s *real* key workers have just been revealed.
Not the bankers. Not the traders. Not the elite hedge fund managers.
It’s the nurses. The doctors. The delivery drivers. The carers. The porters. The teachers. The shelf stackers. The check out staff.
#COVID19
Ultimate Community:
It is time to internalize the COVID-19 shutdowns as no longer being about restrictions imposed upon us. That it is a situation that requires coaches, captains, organizers and players to individually do our part and slow the spread of this virus.
Friendly tip: For ppl standing in long lines among empty shelves at Costco, Trader Joe’s, etc. your local Asian grocery store may still be well stocked (ours was).
Bonus: you get to support local businesses that may be dealing w racist ripple effects of coronavirus fears.
@ddiamond A previous tweet of this quote did not make it adequately clear that it is Trump who did not push for adequate testing, not Secretary of Health and Human Services Azar. Here is the whole quote for context. @ddiamond
The USWNT has taken the field with their warm up jerseys inside out, hiding the US Soccer crest.
This is in response to the latest legal filings by the US Soccer Federation in the gender discrimination lawsuit filed by 28 US players. (@espnW)
international women's day was originally conceived by the socialist movement in the US to reflect the struggle of working class women - not to celebrate girlbosses or women climbing modern corporate ladders.