Over in England, a Conservative government charges, even extends, a windfall profits tax on Big Oil. Not in the USA, where Big Oil money pours into Congress — much of it dark money.
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1/When we talk about how rural Missouri doesn't have actual representation - we mean it. I'm the first democrat to appear on the ballot since 2012 for my house district. And the last time we actually had a choice was in 2016 with an unaffiliated party candidate.
Cancer in Iowa. No. 2 in USA 🇺🇸. Let’s take a scientific approach to study causation. Agricultural sprays and water pollutants likely a cause of some of our cancers. Let’s figure out which practices and policies need to change like spray drift and drinking water standards by studying who is getting sick? Where? Likely exposure pathways. #cancer @PatGrassley@KimReynoldsIA@BrennaBird
Librarians in Missouri fought back against a book ban and in response, Republican politicians are trying to defund the state’s entire public library system. https://t.co/9P9hfhD6Ta
Imagine if @elonmusk used $44 billion to help Afghans, or any other vulnerable people, instead of burning it in effigy for all the world to see.
The amount of good this money could do is extraordinary. And instead, it’s just killing this global town square.