“Republican presidents had larger deficits in their last budgets than they were handed at the start of their term. In other words, Republicans love to spend taxpayer money.” Research and quote by @BostonTeresa
NEVER FORGET that Republican members of Congress proudly wore weapons of war. Weapons that decimate bodies and families FAR too often in this country.
It's disgusting, irresponsible, and insulting to the many Americans who lost their lives due to GOP inaction.
“His failure to report the flights appears to violate a law passed that requires justices, judges, members of Congress &federal officials to disclose most gifts, two ethics law experts said. He also should have disclosed his trips on the yacht. ” https://t.co/9GAKBQhmLs
Loved this: “Attention is the most basic form of love. If you really give your undivided attention certainly to other people, but also to appreciation for the world-it slows everything down.”‘The Good Life’ apparently requires other people https://t.co/F4GkehRizc via @BostonGlobe
The explosion of homelessness over the last decade can be largely explained by the growing housing affordability crisis. This doctor wants to prescribe a cure for homelessness : Planet Money : NPR https://t.co/7xmoZbRD4t
Through a rich connection w/other people & a shared purpose, participants find an experience of belonging — a powerful bulwark against psychological distress. A group of grandmothers is helping the world reimagine mental health care - The Boston Globe https://t.co/gxRpMFwnJQ
Article V of the U.S. Constitution sets out two requirements for amendments, and the ERA has met both. But despite achieving all of the requirements, recognition of the ERA amendment to the Constitution was blocked by the Trump administration.https://t.co/iy2xuSyOaF @msmagazine
Something is rotten: Exxon posts record $56bn profit for 2022 in historic high for western oil industry. That’s $6.3 million per hour! | ExxonMobil | The Guardian https://t.co/jKPts4JI81
“In the 1950s, corporations paid 6 percent of the cost of running our country; today, that number has fallen to 1 percent.”
The Republican con on the debt ceiling - The Boston Globe. https://t.co/56H71xn2nV
“This is especially true for women worldwide, according to a 2021 United Nations study: “In 58 percent of all killings perpetrated by intimate partners or other family members, the victim was a woman or girl.” @reneeygraham
More than half of female homicide victims are killed by a current or former intimate partner. In addition, over 4.5 million women have been threatened with a firearm and almost a million have been shot or shot at by an intimate partner. https://t.co/lFrPrzh6Bx via @milforddaily
“teens who grow up checking social media more often are becoming hypersensitive to feedback from their peers,”
Social media use is linked to brain changes in teens, research finds https://t.co/gk82TtOpC3 via @BostonGlobe
"Google is funneling revenue to some of the web’s most prolific purveyors of false information in Europe, Latin America and Africa, a ProPublica investigation has found." How Google’s Ad Business Funds Disinformation Around the World https://t.co/cgaQOc30FD