on the way to the airport this morning and drove by a burning building, my Uber driver LEAPT out of the car and INTO the building while the rest of us screamed at the top of our lungs for people to evacuate, the fire truck came, we rushed to airport, I made my flight. NEW YORK.
San Francisco’s poverty rate is 10%; Detroit’s is 33%.
San Francisco’s unemployment rate is 3%; Detroit’s is 20%.
Yet, San Francisco’s homelessness rate is a whopping 3 times higher than Detroit’s.
Why?
If you want to understand homelessness, follow the rent:
This whole fucking thing has shown in so many ways why people need a) feminism, b) media literacy, c) a deeper understanding of domestic violence including DARVO and this: https://t.co/Zf8AAuVYSD
Shamelessly plugging my friend's beautiful book Watermelon and Red Birds: A Cookbook for #Juneteenth and Black Celebrations. Pre-order https://t.co/D24jsvOF5Z
Hey Long Island…let’s make sure we never forget to notice when neo-facist hate groups take to our streets in broad daylight. Yesterday, the Proud Boys came to @VillageRVC again. This can’t be the new normal and this isn’t who we are.
Why aren’t high quality masks available in more brick and mortar stores? Why aren’t they in Walgreens or grocery stores or bodegas? Why are we making it so hard to protect ourselves?
We watch in complete shock as Taliban takes control of Afghanistan. I am deeply worried about women, minorities and human rights advocates. Global, regional and local powers must call for an immediate ceasefire, provide urgent humanitarian aid and protect refugees and civilians.
There's a group of pesky unvaccinated ruffians I want to discuss
You know -- no lottery tickets will get them vaccinated
They are recalcitrant
I have one of them in my house
Yes, the under 12
How best to protect them?
Empirical data can show us the way
Short thread
My own learning disability was discovered late in life, and as Mayor, I'll fight to ensure that our schools are able to not only recognize dyslexia, but lift up those students so they have a fair shot at success. Thank you, @Bobby4Brooklyn, for supporting this vision.
You can never compare health-related restrictions with yellow stars, gas chambers & other Nazi atrocities.
Such comparisons demean the Holocaust & contaminate American political speech.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene must immediately retract and apologize.
https://t.co/pdU8H8h2tO
@MegRaeB My sister just ran and won, I can think of no better person than you. Agriculture is so deep and has so many lessons that translate well to governance. We need more left leaning farmers getting involved too.