Wages are now a lower share of the US economy than at any point in the second half of the 20th century.
Raise the minimum wage.
Fight for stronger unions.
Demand workers get a share of profits.
"I'd love to hear anybody get up here and tell me that they could live on seven and a quarter an hour, they could live on eight bucks an hour, they could live on nine bucks an hour, YOU CAN'T."
-@SenSanders on the Senate floor right now
#FightFor15#RaiseTheWage
The fact that the GOP will happily support an attempted coup but is outraged about expanding voting rights tells you all you need to know about the ethics of the Republican Party.
It’s been 51 years since the FBI targeted the Black Panthers as our country’s greatest security threat.
Today, the Movement for Black Lives is still maligned as anti-American.
Our movement looks different, but our liberation struggle is the same.
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Why should the taxpayers, many of whom are struggling economically as a result of the pandemic, subsidize the starvation wages being paid at Walmart? The owners of Walmart got $50 BILLION richer during the pandemic. They can afford to pay workers a living wage.
At Trump's Senate trial, Senators should be given 3 choices:
1. Guilty
2. Guilty of impeachable offense but acquitted because he's no longer president.
3. Not guilty
Removes Republican excuse to vote not guilty.
Enough to find him ineligible for office under 14th Amendment.
6 of 10 trending topics are spectator sport related,
MEANWHILE
the US is close to 500k Covid deaths,
vaccines aren’t enough to slow this down.
Biden & #DNCDeathCult are now anti-$2k,
but his cabinet will be full of criminals.
at least y’all can talk about sportsball.
#Priorities