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[NASA @NASA]

Our #DARTMission will crash into a non-hazardous asteroid on purpose on Sept. 26 as the world's 1st planetary defense test. But how will we know it worked? To find out, we visited @LowellObs, one of many observatories globally that will monitor the impact. https://t.co/TJn4hq8QKW

[Governor Gavin Newsom @CAgovernor]

Dolly Parton's @dollyslibrary is expanding statewide in California with the help of @SenToniAtkins & @ShannonGroveCA! 📚

This will provide CA children from birth to 5 with free books - increasing literacy and opening minds starting June 2023.

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

The Inflation Reduction Act is the first time in years that Big Pharma has lost in a battle to be able to keep raising the costs of prescription drugs.

Democrats have a real plan to bring down prices while Republicans just stand by and scream.

[Stacey Abrams @staceyabrams]

When a woman is forced to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term, they're 4x more likely to end up in poverty and 60% less likely to stay employed full-time.

Outlawing abortion perpetuates the cycle of poverty that disproportionately affects Black + Brown women & harms our economy.

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

.@federalreserve's own research warns that extreme interest rate hikes could spark a recession.

Chair Powell told @SenateBanking that spiking interest rates won't lower food or gas prices—and I warned the Fed could toss millions of Americans out of work.
https://t.co/iMy2kbICpu

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Labor Day reminder: If the minimum wage had increased as much as Wall Street bonuses since 1985, it would be worth $61.75 today.

$15 is the floor, not the ceiling, of what working people deserve.

[Rachel Bitecofer 🗽🦆 @RachelBitecofer]

With unions polling at 70% it might be a good time to tell America how the union-busting Republican Party used state "right to work" laws to destroy America's private sector unions, and with it, much of the American middle class.
Happy Labor Day

[ᑕᕼᑌᑎK @chunkled]

Hi.
I love you.

(sound up)

[Qasim Rashid, Esq. @QasimRashid]

Today 43 Republicans voted to keep insulin at $1200/mo instead of $35. Tomorrow every Republican will ask you to be outraged that gas is $5 instead of $3.

In the GOP world, $1200 for life saving insulin in fair play but $5 for gas is an outrage.

Vote them all out.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

In my view, if we are going to make our planet healthy and habitable, we should not give BILLIONS of dollars in new tax breaks to the very same companies that are currently destroying the planet.

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

Reuters: U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL GARLAND: FOUR CURRENT AND FORMER LOUISVILLE OFFICERS CHARGED IN 2020 BREONNA TAYLOR RAID

[Dan Rather @DanRather]

Dorothy: We’re not in Kansas anymore.
Abortion rights voters: Oh yes we are.

[Manu Raju @mkraju]

GOP senators who voted against burn pits bill, which passed 86-11:
Crapo
Lankford 
Lee
Lummis 
Paul
Risch 
Romney
Shelby
Tillis 
Toomey
Tuberville

[Dan Price @DanPriceSeattle]

CEOs make 339x more than their median worker

The year before, it was 311x.

Record profits led to record CEO pay hikes but inflation-adjusted pay cuts for workers. So what do you think will happen if profits go down?

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

When you hear politicians blabbing about inflation and government spending, remember that corporate profit margins have driven over half of the increase in prices.

We don't need the Fed to raise interest rates. We need Congress to tax price-gouging corporations & the super-rich.

[Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke]

"I am absolutely a lifelong Republican voter, and I am voting for Beto O'Rourke."

[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

Big Pharma has been able to crush the American people with higher and higher costs for far too long. The Inflation Reduction Act would fight back by giving Medicare the power to negotiate for lower prices. We’ve got to get this done.

[George Takei @GeorgeTakei]

If Sen. Kyrsten Sinema blocks the climate and healthcare bill in order to protect corporations from pay 15% minimum taxes, I will devote my time and platform to supporting her primary opponent in 2024. And I will ask others here with large followings to join me.

[Dan Price @DanPriceSeattle]

Rents rose 17.6% last year and another 6.7% so far this year.

So no, a 3% "raise" isn't going to cut it. That's called a pay cut.

[Dan Price @DanPriceSeattle]

I don't think folks fully realize just how many people stick in awful jobs they hate to keep the health insurance.

There's a reason big companies have spent billions fighting universal health care even though it would save them trillions in employee premiums.