Former Rep. Brad Miller (@BMillRep) is a solid hero of consumers. He gets why Republicans wanna destroy @CFPB – deregulation DURING a financial crisis!
Retweet: How Republicans work for Wall Street – and how CFPB works for all of us! https://t.co/jqNeMGmUwM
#DefendCFPB
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ: Journalists should avoid accepting spoon-fed, cherry-picked information if it's likely to be slanted, would you agree with that?
TAIBBI: I think it depends
WS: Really? *plays clip of Taibbi basically agreeing with the premise of her question on Rogan's pod*
Excellent breakdown of Pop Ed by @TakeOnWallSt’s @erickadtaylor! “To put a finer point on it, by validating people’s experiences, popular education helps them deepen their consciousness of their role as actors capable of effecting change.” 🔥
From 1983-2016, our researchers found median White wealth increased by 33%. The median Black family, in contrast, saw their wealth decrease by more than half.
@erickadtaylor@yesmagazine offers a concrete look at how we undo the U.S. racial wealth divide: https://t.co/GW2y81lbOn
But aside from shooting people in the face, dragging black kids down elementary school hallways, fighting to spread COVID, falsifying police reports, saddling 18-year-olds with felonies for smoking a blunt, collecting debt, and solving about 42% of crimes…
They keep us safe.
Critic @erickadtaylor says Andrea Elliott's riveting INVISIBLE CHILD "is sure to linger in the minds of many readers long after the last page has been turned." https://t.co/l1UU4hPql3
@pampetkanas@TakeOnWallSt Thanks for checking out the site--and for flagging the issue with your answers being captured! We'll look into the problem.
And we couldn't agree more--that this system is unjust by design is truly astounding.
Closing out the panel lovefest, @erickadtaylor introduces https://t.co/DblFUso7HK, a tool for building power that Take on Wall Street is bringing to the conversation at #EconCon.
Check it out! 👀👇🏾👇🏿👇🏻
.@erickadtaylor: If you made 5k day from that point on every single day, you still wouldn't be a billionaire. You would not even have earned what Bezos earned every week during the pandemic. #EconCon
DC now has strongest EITC in country, will put extra money in pockets for 40k people. Did by raising taxes on top 4%. About people seeing their fight in each others' eyes. COVID highlighted how linked we are, esp when fighting organized capital. @erickadtaylor [2/2] #EconCon
.@JerusalemDemsas: What about essential workers?
@erickadtaylor: Intense attack on essential workers has helped create solidarity. Here in DC, broad coalition came together to make sure eviction moratorium was extended well beyond other cities. People organized. [1/2]
#EconCon
“I’ll be there for you for all of your fights, for all of your issues.” @erickadtaylor of @TakeOnWallSt on what it means to work in coalition, and how it helps build stronger movements. https://t.co/ZYanuPFtIH #DCJWJ20