Nnigel Phillips

Peace, empathy, nature, education, sharing, #ubi, tech, future. "When we love, we become better, everything around becomes better too" after Coelho.

[Nnigel Phillips @triomphen]

https://t.co/Nuu0sGqadr We need stories to explain the present and guide the future. George Monbiot offers a vision for society built around altruism and cooperation. Imagine
@theJagmeetSingh @AmitaKuttner @SoniaFurstenau @kennedystewart @AndrewYang @scottsantens @cafreeland

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

I refuse to accept an economic system in which school teachers pay a higher tax rate than billionaire investors.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Billionaire midterm spending:

2010: $32 million
2014: $232 million
2018: $611 million
2022: $811 million and counting

This is how democracy dies.

[Jess Phillips @jessphillips]

Last year 4800 women were turned away from a refuge due to lack of space. Victims deserve so much better. #EndVAWG #16Days

[Scott Hechinger @ScottHech]

Here is more information on the lawsuit Fiona Apple's courtroom observations helped support on behalf of so many people being illegally detained in Prince George's County, MD. https://t.co/ZKBHAkdN85

[Scott Hechinger @ScottHech]

This is not hyperbole. But the fourth part of Fiona Apple’s story is one of the clearest, most succinct, & powerful explanations of the impact of pretrial detention. Not just on individuals but on families and communities.

"Every time you touch this system, it sticks to you."

[Scott Hechinger @ScottHech]

“Welcome to the fucking word, lady!” Part two of Fiona Apple’s story is a basic, necessary civic’s lesson. On what happens in court after arrest. On bail hearings. On how she sees prosecutors berating people for not having $50.

And on how no one in court really follows the law:

[Scott Hechinger @ScottHech]

Fiona Apple has a story for you. And it’s incredible. Asked me to share.

She's become an avid, trained Court Watcher. Her observations helped people jailed pretrial file a civil rights lawsuit. Then came the retaliation. Shut off her access to court.

A video story in 8 parts:

[Jagmeet Singh @theJagmeetSingh]

The CEO of Sobeys, Michael Medline made $8.6 million last year — 15% more than the year before.

Did workers at his stores get a 15% raise?

No.

Instead, he took away their hero pay during the pandemic.

Workers deserve better.

[Nnigel Phillips @triomphen]

https://t.co/C7TIqAnyj0

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

If it’s not a conflict of interest for Clarence Thomas to rule on Trump cases after his wife was directly involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election, I don’t know what is.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

The bottom half of America, roughly 30 million Americans, now hold only 2% of the nation's wealth.

Folks, this is unsustainable. The only way to grow the economy and hold on to our democracy is to expand the middle class. Otherwise, oligarchy will devolve into fascism.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

How is it radical to think billionaires should pay a higher tax rate than school teachers?

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

As Kim Kardashian launches her private equity firm, let me remind you that skyrocketing housing costs, a broken health care system, and a decaying media can all be tied back to the predatory industry.

Congress must rein in the power of private equity. Now.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Understand this: Relying exclusively on the Fed to raise interest rates puts the burden of fighting inflation mostly on lower-wage workers.

As the economy cools, working people will be first to be fired.

Stop raising interest rates. Our target must be corporate profits.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Quick recap: Billionaires are not “self-made.” They’re made via a combination of inherited wealth, government subsidies, tax loopholes, labor exploitation, and policy failures.

Can we stop perpetuating a myth that blames the wealth gap on the choices of everyday Americans?

[Rachel Reeves @RachelReevesMP]

Me too.
https://t.co/oQWiWZzOuF

[Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang]

Gerrymandering is so extreme that there’s now a district that looks like every letter of the alphabet. They really took great pains to choose/eliminate voters. Both parties do it. Graphic from the awesome folks at @representus. ⬆️🇺🇸

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Whatever you do today, please do NOT retweet this video showing the tiny crowd at Trump’s rally last night.

Don’t ruin Trump’s weekend. https://t.co/jaMQmC0iwV

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Elon Musk came from a family that owned an emerald mine in Apartheid South Africa.

Bill Gates’ mom helped Microsoft get a deal with IBM.

Jeff Bezos’ garage-based start was funded by a quarter-million dollar investment from his parents.

“Self-made billionaires” are a myth.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Three multibillionaires now own more wealth than the bottom half of America – 160 million Americans.

This is what oligarchy looks like.