@gunsnrosesgirl3 Makes me so pissed off. The laundromat in my town is the only one in a 25 minute drive distance. They charge the same. They used to have 30# machines that cost 3.50 but the owner replaced them with the big ones. Feels like we are being charged a premium for basic necessity
Analysis by Aaron Blake: Israel aid isn’t much more popular than Ukraine aid. One potential factor is the increasing Democratic alignment with the Palestinian cause. Polls showed Democrats’ sympathies lying more with the Palestinians than the Israelis. https://t.co/pAaxHwYtBU
🧵 A lot of Americans just don’t know what life is like for those in Gaza, so here’s an analogy that might help:
Imagine Gaza as Rhode Island. Here’s what reality would look like:
Jose sent this pic from Madera CA. He says ‘everything goes up-milk, gas, rent but the not the rate for raisins. I get 38 cents for each sheet of raisins. It's one of the dirtiest & lowest paying jobs. But I need to earn a living’. Temps were 100+° this day. #WeFeedYou#LaborDay
As climate-related damages hit, remember that this crisis is not due to generic "human activity". Excess emissions are due overwhelmingly to the core states of the global North, and the ruling classes that control the systems of production, energy and national legislation.
Some of the workers who work in these conditions are children. Some as young as 12. Adult farmworkers need a living wage and better protections so their children can focus on school a little bit longer than they can now.
I can’t even focus enough to enjoy my night without opening Instagram and Twitter at least twice.. Like what are we supposed to do? Quit jobs and be depressed ? like what do we do when we shooting ourselves in the feet?
BREAKING: Police in the US state of Georgia have arrested three people for the supposed "crime" of raising bail funds to get peaceful "Cop City" protestors out of jail prior to trial.
This is full-on attack on the US Constitution.