RuralVotes

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[LeftofCenter @LeftofCenters]

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[Steve Rattner @SteveRattner]

Despite the steep drop in the jobs added number for Oct, the unemployment rate held steady at 4.1%.

[Steve Rattner @SteveRattner]

Tariffs raise prices, plain and simple — washing machines cost $200 more after they were hit with tariffs, and $75 less after the tax was dropped. @Morning_Joe

[Steve Rattner @SteveRattner]

Trade wars go both ways — retaliatory tariffs during the Trump administration cost American farmers $27.2 billion of sales in less than 2 years, causing Trump to double farm aid between 2017 and 2019. @Morning_Joe

[PowerOutage.us @PowerOutage_us]

Over 3.3 million electric customers are without power in #Florida due to #HurricaneMilton.
[2024-10-10 7:06 AM EDT]
https://t.co/8cAFt3AeyM
#PowerOutages

[The Weather Channel @weatherchannel]

Milton has knocked out power to over 1 million people in Florida.

[United Farm Workers @UFWupdates]

We learned with genuine sadness of the passing of famed singer/songwriter Kris Kristofferson. Cesar Chavez went backstage in the 1970s to thank Kris when he headlined fundraising concerts for the UFW.

They maintained a lifelong friendship, and Kris stayed active in our movement.

[RuralVotes @RuralVotes]

How to help North Carolina in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Helene https://t.co/GPqGZrS4og via @NCNewsline

[RuralVotes @RuralVotes]

As rescue teams respond in wake of Hurricane Helene’s destruction in southeast U.S. and southern Appalachia, death toll continues to climb. At least 91 people across several states were killed, countless others hurt, some missing, and many without power. https://t.co/doWrDLa9x9

[World Central Kitchen @WCKitchen]

🚁 Sam checks in from the skies over southwest Florida while en route to pick up meals from a WCK partner restaurant in Ashville. Our Relief Teams are hard at work, providing meals across Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina to support families affected by Hurricane Helene. #ChefsForFlorida

[RuralVotes @RuralVotes]

Red Cross Mobilizes Massive Relief Effort in Wake of Helene’s Devastation Across the Southeast https://t.co/uyt1LeBre6

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton charges ahead with an effort to prevent doctors from providing emergency care as maternal mortality spikes.

Story: https://t.co/JVErsuEWwI

[Alexander Shur @AlexanderShur]

This is wild. In Wausau, the clerk decided to use drop boxes. Then the mayor, sporting a Department of Public Works vest, got caught on video carting the drop box inside to his office, *after the city attorney said he didn’t have the right to move it*

https://t.co/ys5oTEhHCF

[Ethan Lynne @ethanclynne]

Holy smokes: A Virginia precinct on the first day of early voting:

[Robert Muggah @robmuggah]

The scale of the supply chain infiltration and device attack was unprecedented. In addition to sowing fear and panic and disrupting communications, it also heralds in a new era of warfare. As I told @politico, state and non-state actors are taking note. https://t.co/Phnu71AhJG

[ProPublica @propublica]

Arizona’s school voucher experiment has led to a budget meltdown. The state this year faced a $1.4 billion budget shortfall, much of which was a result of the new voucher spending.

https://t.co/6Z1gz9L5HR

[CBS News @CBSNews]

U.S. Department of Agriculture inspectors turned up dozens of violations at a Boar's Head plant in Virginia now linked to a nationwide recall of deli meats, including mold, mildew and insects repeatedly found throughout the site. https://t.co/N8yTUwF8kL

[Curtis L. Tate 🤷‍♂️ @tatecurtis]

Yesterday, the governor of West Virginia blamed the Biden-Harris administration for rising electricity costs. The record shows, however, that the state's Public Service Commission, appointed by the governor, has been approving increase after increase. https://t.co/qauqcbQC6O

[ProPublica @propublica]

Billionaire-backed voucher advocates are trying to expand “school choice” programs in more red and purple states.

But some of the strongest resistance to this conservative assault on public schools is coming from rural Republicans.

https://t.co/5ss0H2hZZ3

[Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla]

JPMORGAN: “.. The US stands out as the only large economy in which #GDP has risen faster than our estimated 2019 potential growth rate path would have anticipated. ..

“.. the US has been deemed exceptional in its ability to generate a complete post-pandemic recovery ..” 🇺🇸