Left Democrat

Following national domestic policy, especially from the point of view of the less fortunate in America.
Find me in the Fediverse @[email protected]

[Left Democrat @LeftDemocrat]

It's a good idea not to participate further in platforms run for corporate interests. You can find me in the Fed*i*verse on Mas*to*don, using the same handle.

https://t.co/QX8SVtSkCA

[Left Democrat @LeftDemocrat]

The most common salary for graduate workers in California is $23,247, according to the academic workers unions. Strikers are asking for a minimum salary of $54,000 for all graduate workers.
https://t.co/fngJqq3KXr

[Left Democrat @LeftDemocrat]

Give them their 7 days sick leave per year.
Interview with Tony Cardwell today on PBS.
https://t.co/sxs32oGyHb
#UnionStrong

[Democracy Now! @democracynow]

Puerto Rico's power grid is privatized by a U.S.-Canada corporation, and residents are paying extreme prices for an unreliable service with frequent outages.

"We're seeing the everyday consequences of colonialism," says Puerto Rican journalist Bianca Graulau (@bgraulau).

[Left Democrat @LeftDemocrat]

Black Friday 'bargains' are made on the backs of our colleagues.
https://t.co/kaFVfaetz1
@democracynow
#UnionStrong

[Democracy Now! @democracynow]

Oregon's outgoing governor has pardoned 45,000 people convicted of simple possession of marijuana. https://t.co/NReUCHDy5B

[The White House 46 Archived @WhiteHouse46]

UPDATE: The Administration is extending the pause on federal student loan repayments to allow for the Supreme Court to rule in the case on the student debt relief program.

The pause will end no later than June 30, 2023. Payments will resume 60 days after the pause ends.

[Democracy Now! @democracynow]

Adjuncts say they haven't received a pay raise since 2018 and that administrators' offer of a 3.5% wage increase falls far short of keeping pace with record inflation. https://t.co/i3w98w57Bx

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

PepsiCo raised prices by 17%. Their profits went up by more than 20%.

Chipotle raised prices by nearly 15%. Their profits went up by nearly 26%.

See the pattern? Corporations are raising prices under the cover of inflation, after their inflation-related costs have been covered.

[Left Democrat @LeftDemocrat]

Turns out populist redistributive economics can win back the working class.
#proofofconcept
#MedicareForAll
#workwearSenator
https://t.co/44NKy4bcld

[Our Revolution @OurRevolution]

Congressman @RoKhanna has a message to the Democratic Party on what we can learn from @JohnFetterman's stellar victory.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Virginia Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin unveils a new policy that will ban the teaching of Martin Luther King Jr. to elementary school students. RT TO EXPOSE GOVERNOR YOUNGKIN’S WHITEWASHING OF HISTORY!

[Left Democrat @LeftDemocrat]

The Association of Professional Flight Attendants represents 25,000 flight attendants.
https://t.co/gtyIy4OcWi
#UnionStrong

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Today seems like a good time to remind you that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment bars anyone from holding office who has “engaged in insurrection” against the United States of America.

[Left Democrat @LeftDemocrat]

Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: ”I called for Jay Jacob’s resignation a year ago."
#NYStateDem
re: party leadership, 2022 election fallout
https://t.co/hTnj0AlL9p

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Peter Thiel wasn’t the only billionaire to bet big yesterday.

465 billionaires pumped more than $881 million into the 2022 midterms.

That's 27 times the amount they contributed before the disastrous Citizens United decision in 2010.

[Left Democrat @LeftDemocrat]

Summer Lee will become the first Black woman to represent Pennsylvania in Congress after her Republican opponent conceded. The pro-Israel group, American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac), had poured millions into opposing Lee.
https://t.co/GBQvU3ZLiT

[Left Democrat @LeftDemocrat]

Progressive running for Congress in Pennsylvania
https://t.co/8bFXQyYnUs
#DemocraticSocialism

[Richard Angwin @RichardAngwin]

The choice is obvious. #VoteBlue