Meg Brazill

Recovering Punk Rocker turned Information Maven. Give me Trombone Shorty or give me Cy Twombly, I'll be happy. In Vermont - always leaving it, still loving it.

[Sen. Patrick Leahy @SenatorLeahy]

The carnage caused by landmines continues 27 years after Pres. Clinton called for ridding the world of these indiscriminate weapons, yet the U.S. has yet to join the mine ban treaty. We can and should be a leader by joining and strengthening the treaty.
https://t.co/ZQXMC7lkqK

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

By the way, 161 exceptions to the filibuster were made between 1969 and 2014. Can we please stop acting like this thing is set in stone?

[Warren Gunnels @GunnelsWarren]

The $36 billion gain in Elon Musk's wealth yesterday could fund vision benefits under Medicare to every senior in America for 10 years with $5 billion to spare. If Elon's net worth was used to fund pre-k for every 3 and 4 year old in America he'd still be worth $87 billion. Sick.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

U.S. billionaire wealth surged by a cool 70% during the pandemic and we’re somehow still debating whether the billionaires should be taxed.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

I’m not interested in hearing what this country can or cannot pay for when Elon Musk added $36.2 billion to his net worth just yesterday.

Ron Wyden's billionaire tax is sorely needed.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Here’s who wants Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices:

91% of Democrats
85% of Independents
76% of Republicans
84% of seniors

It’s time to listen to the American people. Congress must finally have the courage to stand up to the greed of Big Pharma.

[AJ+ @ajplus]

A man wounded by Kyle Rittenhouse called the Kenosha shooting a "natural consequence" of police allegedly "deputizing" a white nationalist militia and funneling protesters to them.

This is how policing in the U.S. is rooted in its history of racism. https://t.co/ojfizbigUQ

[Amy Winehouse @amywinehouse]

On this day 15 years ago, Back To Black was released. What's your favourite track?🖤

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

It’s shameful that not a single Republican supported the Freedom to Vote Act today. All 50 Democrats stood strong and voted yes. Democrats must eliminate the filibuster to protect voting rights and our democracy. There’s no more time to waste.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Look, I’m a bit old-fashioned. I happen to believe we should do what the people are demanding, and what the people are demanding is that we finally take on the ruling class of this country.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

There is something terribly wrong with a system that allows 41 Senate Republicans representing 21% of the country to block voting rights legislation supported by nearly 70% of Americans. The filibuster must go.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

So let me get this straight: Wearing a mask is a personal choice, but women's healthcare should be controlled by the government?

[Senator Adam Schiff @SenAdamSchiff]

With just one round of child tax credit payments, the child poverty rate was slashed by 25%.

You read that right: 25%.

And it reminds us of a simple fact: we have the power to end childhood poverty.

All we need is the will to act.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Your reminder that 55 massive corporations paid $0 in federal taxes on their 2020 profits.

Fixing anything in this country starts with fixing our rigged tax system.

[511VT @511VT]

VT-108 “Smugglers Notch” in Stowe is CLOSED to traffic due to a stuck Truck and Trailer. Please seek an alternate route and expect delays in the area.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Whenever you hear Republicans and right wingers blame Biden for withdrawing from Afghanistan, remind them that Trump initiated the withdrawal.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

In America, I have met with low-income women who give birth and then have to go back to work in a week or two because they don't have the money to stay home. We are going to end that international embarrassment. We are going to have guaranteed paid family and medical leave.

[jen curran @jencurran]

Today I got the results of my vaccine response from my oncologist. Anything over 400 is great. 250 is okay. Mine was 16. They consider it “background noise.”

So just another friendly reminder that you, a healthy person, getting the vaccine can potentially save my life! 😘

[Rep. Barbara Lee (Archived) @RepBarbaraLee]

RT if you think members of Congress shouldn’t be able to sell and trade stocks.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Let me get this straight: Ron DeSantis is banning mask mandates while — at the very same time — the federal government is sending hundreds of emergency ventilators to Florida as the state breaks hospitalization records?