Rafael O. Morales

Program Officer @IrvineFdn looking for relevant & factual news, informed & rational opinions, w funny thrown in for good measure. All opinions my own.

[Center for Responsible Lending @CRLONLINE]

Payday loan apps are just predatory loans with a fancy tech wrapper. Write to your representatives today to tell them to Vote NO on HR 9330 and demand that these apps abide by our current credit laws.

TAKE ACTION: https://t.co/vRgY16ZG2f
#StopTheAppTrap

[TheHillOpinion @TheHillOpinion]

Let’s not revive the predatory mortgages Barney Frank eliminated https://t.co/d5aYD57zmR

[Self-Help Federal CU @SelfHelpFedCU]

Self-Help is proud to be part of Climate United - a nonprofit coalition that will be on the front lines helping communities that are disproportionately affected by climate change, pollution, poor water quality, high energy bills & related health outcomes

https://t.co/AcZLgw3YnA

[Rafael O. Morales @rafmorales]

X-country flight IAD>SFO on fairly new 777. Seatback entertainment doesn't click past welcome screen & media on @unitedairlines app reads "playback failed." Notified attendant before takeoff, but no reset or any help. A very long 6 hours in the dark. Wassup w dat?

[Dream.Org @thedreamcorps]

✅Lower utility bills
✅More jobs
✅Cleaner air
✅Better transportation
✅Thriving communities

Just a few reasons our own @VanJones68 & @jessiebuendia say working families - and all Americans - should be excited about the Senate's #InflationReductionAct https://t.co/FDBbsHosko

[Rafael O. Morales @rafmorales]

Come work with me at Self-Help Federal Credit Union! We have a Development Associate II opportunity for an excellent writer to join my team based in Oakland or San Francisco: https://t.co/jokQ5xr4Ia

[Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez @FitzTheReporter]

HELLO SF: There are many, many vaccines sitting here.

No one is using them. GO USE THEM. spread the word.

[Rafael O. Morales @rafmorales]

@anaismitchell Either or I think...

[Rafael O. Morales @rafmorales]

And this is what it looked like after 6 hours of the tape falling off repeatedly and me fixing it over and over again...

[Rafael O. Morales @rafmorales]

Flying w 2 children from JFK to SFO & managed to get the only 3 seats on the plane w/out a window shade. Was given this by attendants to fix myself. @Delta any help you can provide?

[Rep. Ilhan Omar @Ilhan]

IBM: $500M in profits
Taxes: $0

Coors: $1.3 BILLION in profits
Taxes: $0

GM: $4.3B in profits
Taxes: $0

Amazon: $11B in profits
Taxes: $0

We cannot create a more equitable society without a tax system that prioritizes working families. https://t.co/0bKVjRoRyW #TaxDay

[Rafael O. Morales @rafmorales]

"Global real estate is now worth $213T, 36 times the value of all the gold ever mined. It makes up 60% of the world's assets, and the vast majority of that wealth - roughly 75% - is in housing." Samuel Stein, Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State
#housingCA2019

[Rafael O. Morales @rafmorales]

@GavinNewsom announces major support for the California Earned Income Tax Credit, putting more dollars back in the hands of working families across CA! Kudos to @CalEITC4Me partners and supporters who have been advocating for this for years!

[Rafael O. Morales @rafmorales]

What does Medi-Cal mean for your #CA congressional district? Find out in this new Fact Sheet from @CalBudgetCenter's @SHGraves29: https://t.co/wpvhWaHfJ2 Analysis features Medi-Cal enrollment figures for all 53 House districts in our state. #Medicaid #ACA #AHCA #Congress

[New Media Ventures @newmediaventure]

“FOMO is very powerful and that can be incredibly effective for driving civic action” - Cortney Tunis @pantsuitnation #RiseTogetherFCCP

[Rafael O. Morales @rafmorales]

Luis Sanchez of @mivcalifornia and @yvoteca , two @IrvineFdn Voter & Civic Engagement grantees, speaking about the need for funders to continue to build people power to give voice and really make America great again! #RiseTogetherFCCP

[Julio Marcial @JMarcial8]

Dear California Gubernatorial Candidates,

Please be a leader in #BuildingOurFuture2018 by investing in communities and our youth instead of building more prisons and jails. #SchoolsNotPrisons

Sincerely,

California