I’ve been seeing a lot of people quoting stats that show more athletes died in the last year than have died in the last 38 years. Is this true? No, let’s chat about it. A 🧵👇🏻
If I only get to do one last giveaway on Twitter, let's make it a good one. All you need to do is like this post and you can win a Ken Griffey Jr Donruss rookie card. I'll pick a winner 5 minutes before the site closes up shop or Monday...whichever happens first. RT = 2 chances
Arizona is at the epicenter of many key issues. It is also a beacon for those who believe the last election was stolen or fraudulent. In this excerpt, we sat down with Arizona’s attorney general Mark Brnovich. Watch the full interview starting October 28 on @AppleTVPlus
Texas has a 67% higher death rate from guns than California. 8 of the top 10 states with the highest murder rates overall, are RED. Inflation is global and our inflation rate is lower than over 100 countries. The 2020 election was free and fair, proven in every court challenge.
Indiana General Assembly: We have too much money
Public health: We are 47th in maternal mortality and 48th in pediatric vaccination. Spend it on public health infrastructure and messaging
IGA: Nope everyone gets 200 back
PH: YOU ALREADY HAVE THE MONEY
IGA: $200 FOR EVERYONE!!
THREAD: “What’s the difference between this and Watergate?” Donald Trump raged in a statement Monday night after FBI agents.
Well, as a Watergate and FBI historian, four things stand out to me:
If you are okay with having Muslim, Jewish and Hindu students sit through a Christian prayer in public school, and not okay with having Christian students sit through a Muslim, Jewish or Hindu prayer, then it’s NOT religious freedom- it’s religious oppression.
Texas Gov. Abbott says the Uvalde school shooter had a "mental health challenge" and the state needed to "do a better job with mental health" — yet in April he slashed $211M from the department that oversees mental health programs. https://t.co/psXFaffu4q
I get this question all the time so I’ll just answer it here:
If you are over 50 you should get a 4th shot
I am only 44 (even though I look 29)
But I told my parents both to get it and they did and that makes me happy
Child tax credit
Cost $100 billion a year, cut child poverty 25%, poor people spent 90% of it on necessities, didn't lead people to quit jobs
Tax cuts for rich
Cost $1.9 trillion, wages didn't go up, prices went up anyway
One is called a "handout" and the other is a "stimulus"
The effect of vaccines
Despite having almost identical population size and daily new cases, Massachusetts has had FAR LESS #COVID19 hospitalizations and death than Indiana over the last 6 months
This is how vaccines decouple cases from badness
#VaccinesWork
@NikkiMcR San Francisco population: 873,965
South Dakota population: 886,667
San Francisco pop density: 18,634 sq/mi
S Dakota pop density: 12 sq/mi
San Francisco vaccine, 2+ dose: 82%
S Dakota vaccine, 2+ dose: 58%
San Francisco covid deaths: 702
S Dakota covid deaths: 2,601