Two days ago the NYT posted an investigation into politicians trading stocks
They found that 81 Democrats & 101 Republicans filed up to 3,700 trades and $100M in possible volume
Many had 100% winners, with some perfectly timed
Here’s examples of just how good they were
This is what a rigged and corrupt system looks like.
Effective Tax Rate:
0.1%: Warren Buffett worth $111 billion
1.1%: Jeff Bezos worth $131 billion
1.8% Mike Bloomberg worth $82 billion
2.1%: Elon Musk worth $210 billion
13.5%: Registered Nurse
Yes. It's time to #TaxTheRich
“Israel is not being held to a different standard – but apparently the government of Israel wants to be held to no standard at all.” 13 Israeli NGOs defend Amnesty International's report charging apartheid.
Great real time example of how pointing out basic facts often does very little to change someone’s mind once they’ve bought into so much misinformation
This is Tinsley. She was in a car accident with her humans last night. She escaped the wreckage, got the attention of police, and led them all the way back to the site of the crash. Her humans are being treated and expected to survive. Tinsley is awarded our very rare… 15/10