94% of US public school teachers regularly spend their own money on school supplies. when was the last time you heard about a police officer having to buy their own bullets?
The tear gas wasn’t tear gas. The photo op wasn’t a photo op. The protests weren’t peaceful. The death toll is exaggerated. The virus isn’t that bad. The economy doesn’t need any more help.
All they have left is telling us not to believe what we’re seeing with our own eyes.
Things Covid has proven:
1. The job you were told couldn't be done remotely can be done remotely
2. Many disabled workers could have been working from home, but corporations just didnt want them to.
3. Internet is a utility, not a luxury
4. Universal healthcare is necessary
You won't ever know if what you did personally helped. That's the nature of public health. When the best way to save lives is to prevent a disease rather than treat it, success often looks like an overreaction.
It’s painful to say, but as an ER doc who talked to @Mike_Pence about healthcare, I believe he's uniquely unqualified to lead the #Coronavirus response & must step down from that role. Based on events on the ground, here's why I fear he is making things worse: (1/9) #PenceUnfit
Right about now would be a great time to weigh emergency measures like:
- Extending Medicare/Medicaid coverage to all
- Eviction freezes
- No-strings UBI programs
- Eliminating work requirements for SNAP &other assistance
- Humanitarian provisions in prisons & decarceral policies
Many people complain about the inhumanity of Stop & Frisk, but it's not about that
Here's a list of the top 10 reasons why stop & frisk is worse than you think:
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Honestly can't believe that the Boys are Back in Town by Thin Lizzy isn't a more widely accepted Christmas song. All the boys??? Back in town??? At the same time?? What could the boys possibly be back in town for?? Easter?? Fuck off. It's christmas fellas.