LE

she/her, Software Dev, lover of games and chocolate, opinions are my own forever and always, RTs ≠ endorsements

[ettingermentum @ettingermentum]

The vibes

[☀️👀 @zei_squirrel]

happy 4th of July

[Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @RepAOC]

This week the Oversight Committee held 8 hearings — none of which addressed the derailment in East Palestine. Meanwhile, people from East Palestine are roaming the halls of Congress trying to find any Member to hear their concerns. Oversight needs to hold a hearing on this issue.

[Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein]

Before vs. after the lawyer calls

[LE @chocoluffer]

richest country in the world btw. no money to help with things like this tho

[Mac @GoodPoliticGuy]

The paid sick leave for rail workers just failed. Majority of workers want it. Majority of Americans support it. Majority of senators vote for it. Doesn’t pass. This country isn’t remotely a democracy.

[Adam Johnson @adamjohnsonCHI]

“this injustice is horrible but you shouldn’t do anything too disruptive to actually fix it” sums up the modern Democratic Party, exactly

[Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein]

Sorry millions of Americans are forced to ration insulin in the richest country on earth, how about some flag humping theater and we call it even

[Cody Johnston @drmistercody]

Nonstop dumbfuck asshole parade.

[Aaron Carr @aaronAcarr]

San Francisco’s poverty rate is 10%; Detroit’s is 33%.

San Francisco’s unemployment rate is 3%; Detroit’s is 20%.

Yet, San Francisco’s homelessness rate is a whopping 3 times higher than Detroit’s.

Why?

If you want to understand homelessness, follow the rent:

[allie @Grind3h]

🐸🎶

[LE @chocoluffer]

there are a few things I can be proud of from Ohio

[Dan Price @DanPriceSeattle]

To recap, we spent over $2 trillion on an unwinnable war in a country that fell the instant we left but we "can't afford" to protect Americans from death by giving them affordable health care.

[Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein]

When George Bush comments on Afghanistan

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

If Redditors rallying GameStop is unacceptable market manipulation, what would you call it when greedy Wall Street bankers gambled away our entire economy in 2008 and faced no consequences?

[jordan @JordanUhl]

we're about to see a chorus of financiers, wall st ghouls and likely some members of congress feign outrage that our market, our sweet, precious market, was manipulated (!) by a bunch of redditors! nevermind that in 08 the people who manipulated the system got fucking BAILOUTS!

[Nitasha Tiku @nitashatiku]

incredible to watch rapid mobilization and deployment of safety net for hedge funds

[El Norte Recuerda @Vanessid]

Reminder fo what capitol "security" in full military-grade riot gear looked like for Black Lives Matter protests this summer.