Welcome to America, where you face greater consequences for giving a voter in line a water bottle than killing Black Lives Matter protesters with an assault rifle.
Naomi Osaka and Novak Djokovic are the latest top athletes to voice concerns about the safety of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, who has not been heard from in days after accusing China's former vice premier of sexual assault. https://t.co/4qr18btOJX
The effective federal corporate income tax rate:
1950: 50%
1960: 37%
1970: 32%
1980: 20%
1990: 25%
2000: 20%
2010: 15%
2020: 13%
Is this what they mean by trickle-down economics?
"Literature is the safe & traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world & pass on values from one generation to the next. Books save lives."
Laurie Anderson #Books#TuesdayThoughts
The only countries in the world with no paid maternity leave:
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Nauru
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Suriname
Tonga
United States
-via NYTimes
When we say #ForThePeople, Democrats mean all people:
-90% of Americans support universal background checks
-74% of Americans support a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers
-69% of Americans support the #AmericanRescuePlan
-Majority support the #GeorgeFloydJusticeinPolicingAct
We're the wealthiest nation in the world. No one should be going hungry.
Meanwhile, every Republican in the House and Senate voted against food assistance included in the #AmericanRescuePlan.
From JFK’s last, undelivered speech, scheduled for Austin, Texas, on evening of November 22, 1963:
“Our duty is not merely the preservation of political power but the preservation of peace and freedom. So let us not be petty when our cause is so great."