The YES on Issue 1 folks: “It should take more than 60% to change something like the state constitution.”
Also them: “We’ll change how we change our constitution based on a simple majority vote”
Hypocrisy.
The U.S. didn’t drop nuclear bombs on Japan to end WWII.
The U.S. dropped two nuclear bombs as a show of force to the Soviet Union.
The U.S. has never apologized and Japan’s puppet governments erase the U.S.’s war crimes from the narrative.
But we must never, ever forget.
Jeff Bezos became $10,500,000,000 richer today
He's now worth $164,000,000,000
Amazon is a $1,430,000,000,000 company
OSHA has recommended a $15,625 fine on Amazon for exposing workers to serious physical harm & denying medical care.
Our health & safety laws are a cruel joke.
Every time the Democrats try to shame us for voting third party remind them that under their watch 71% of workers say wages aren’t keeping up with the rising cost of living and instead of doing anything about it their party just flat out lied to us & said “the economy is great.”
The entire right-wing outrage media machine is designed to take people’s anger about how our capitalistic society has decimated the working class, and places blame at the feet of marginalized communities to steer outrage away from the ultra-wealthy.
That’s why they’re “mad” at Barbie, The Little Mermaid & Bud Light while billionaires get richer and richer.
This year Juneteenth comes just days after a report detailing rampant racism and abuse in the Minneapolis Police Department.
Today is both a celebration of the progress we have made and a reminder of the the need for reparations for the historical trauma.
‼️Statement from #Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien on the Supreme Court’s ruling today in #Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local Union No. 174, which opens the door for corporations to sue their own workers.
#1u@TeamsterSOB 1/9🧵...
On this day in 1921, The Tulsa Race Massacre happened in the affluent black community of Greenwood in Tulsa (Black Wall Street)
White supremacists killed more than 300 African Americans and looted & burned to ground homes & businesses.
History of Tulsa before the riot
A THREAD
I'm sure if China were flying jets along the coast of New York the US wouldn't display any "unnecessarily aggressive maneuvers", and the entire Western media class wouldn't be hysterically foaming at the mouth calling for World War 3
very chill that this is the reality for 40% of the country while the fed/congress is actively trying to push people out of work and slash the crumbs of benefits they get