From bad to worse- a crash near the Jane Byrne Interchange has been moved out of the way- BUT the inbound Kennedy is a *parking lot* back to before Ogden. Plan on at least 1 hour 30 minutes IB and OB on the Kennedy 👀
“If McCarthy wanted to reduce the debt, he could simply pass Biden’s proposed budget, bringing down the deficit by taxing the ultra-rich fairly,” says @karendolan.
“Instead, the McCarthy plan would make the 2017 Trump tax cuts for the rich permanent.”
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When a part breaks, the Department of Defense turns to contractors to replace them. Some companies have monopolies on needed parts. The government will pay subcontractor TransDigm $119 million for parts that should cost $28 million – an extra $91 million. https://t.co/fYZi66kQcz
Our new study of Oklahoma hospitals found “not a single hospital in Oklahoma appeared to be able to articulate clear, consistent policies for emergency obstetric care”. This is the result: patients left to bleed out in a hospital parking lot. UNACCEPTABLE.
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Just a random question, the answer to which should be in every piece on the debt ceiling nonsense: when Republicans had complete control of government in 2017-2018 did they cut or increase spending?
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#OnThisDay 1967, #CivilRights organizer Ben Brown was shot in the back with 3 shotgun blasts by a law enforcement officer near the @JacksonStateU campus. No one was ever arrested or prosecuted. #history
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And so we have something called “Teacher Appreciation Week” but do we really appreciate teachers? Teachers are underfunded, under-supported, and really under-appreciated. States and unified school districts must pay our teachers, the pay they truly deserve, and then we can have a true Teacher Appreciation Week! #TeacherAppreciation
Atlanta City Council members have frequently said there's little they can do to #StopCopCity.
Documents received through an Open Records Request, however, show that the Council will have to vote in the near future to spend up to $33.5 million taxpayer dollars on the facility.
Hundreds of pounds of pasta — “15 wheelbarrow loads” — were dumped in mounds along a creek in New Jersey — and no one knows why.
An administrator of a local Facebook group called it the “Great Pasta-gate of 2023.” https://t.co/RYU2DpPdgp
NEW:
Clarence Thomas Had a Child in Private School. Harlan Crow Paid the Tuition.
The price tag could have exceeded $150,000.
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w/ @js_kaplan@Amierjeski
Could somebody please explain to me what the Judiciary Committee's plan is to address corruption on the Supreme Court? What's the play? BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW! And I feel like I'd be one of the people to know IF THERE WAS A STRATEGY.
My latest in @thenation
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Over the past decade Big Rail spent $165B on stock buybacks — far more than on safety improvements.
They use buybacks to ⬆️stock prices and enrich shareholders as they cut worker benefits and derailments become more frequent.
We must ban stock buybacks.
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