June 13-15 survey of 898 registered voters in Kentucky polled general election match-ups between Mitch McConnell and Amy McGrath and Mitch and Booker. Booker leads Amy, but Mitch beats both by double digit margins. Not even asked was @MikeForKY vs Mitch.
https://t.co/qKO9syTkIF
We are brothers and sisters eternally. If we truly share the same idea that all people should be treated as equals and all wrongs should be made right, then no difference in opinion will make me turn my back on you.
A government-funded report in Scotland has backed a 3-year #BasicIncome pilot with 17,000 recipients, 2,500 of whom would get around $1100/mo and the remaining recipients would get a lower amount similar to existing welfare but without the conditions.
https://t.co/p72ZGmgMvm
🚨"The spread of false, context-free screenshots are known as 'hidden viral' texts by disinformation researchers, in part because the spread of viral misinformation and rumors is exponential but almost impossible to responsibly track due to the private nature of text messages."🚨
A man was shot and killed in Louisville after law enforcement said they had to "return fire" at a crowd of people.
He was identified by family members as David McAtee, a popular chef and BBQ joint owner who used to feed cops for free https://t.co/TkylyoGAYt
"We’re having drinks, chilling and the National Guard pulls up with machine guns? I never thought I could just be sitting somewhere having a drink, minding my own business, and the army pull up with machine guns and jump out. Never thought I'd experience that here in America."
I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Basic Income since 2013. Here's a list of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments, unconditional cash transfer studies, and cash dividend research.
The data speaks for itself.
Data: https://t.co/gTtB9g78KU #basicincome
Getting through a time of mass social unrest with this particular president is going to be particularly challenging. Without a leader looking to help heal wounds and make peace, things are about to get a lot worse before they get better. Please remember that we are all Americans.
Activision Blizzard paid a negative 51% tax rate in 2018, meaning taxpayers paid them $228 million for earning $447 million. $46 million of that was a tax credit for R&D. Their stock has gone up 61% since last May.
Where's our dividend as investors?
https://t.co/p0QuMjcEPq
@AndrewYang Yep. @4Day_Week is the way to go. Combined with UBI, the combo is a far better way of enabling everyone to have a job who wants one than going the federal job guarantee route. We all need more economic security to live well and also more time to live well.