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This ⬇️⬇️⬇️ #MatthewDesmond noted in his book #Poverty,ByAmerica that if the top wealthiest 1% JUST PAID WHAT THEY OWE, that would generate $175B. And really, not like the wealthy would even notice. It’s pure greed and a sick game that hurts working class, sick, disabled, elderly, veterans…

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From the archives:

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Good distraction, and first time hitting Genius! www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

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So to add to what I was just saying about slapping “America” on the name of the #Gulf while removing #environmental and #climate protections and resources…

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Change the name of the #GulfofMexico to the #GulfOfAmerica while simultaneously dialing back #environmental and #climate policies and funding intended to protect this amazing place…not going to be a good look, America. #redtide #fishkills #happeningnow #goingtogetworse

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Marco Rubio's new acting undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, ladies and gentlemen.

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Knowing the names of the an unelected oligarch’s underlings who are destroying the government from within is a crime now, apparently.

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Seeking a little peace:

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Just sitting here savoring a coffee and Canadian-made Coffee Crisp and wishing things were different for all of our sake.

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Not only a public health crisis, our entire democracy under attack.

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Public health is global, and what happens in Uganda (or Vegas, or anywhere) doesn’t stay there. Defunding WHO and silencing the CDC will have deadly consequences.

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And what if the “best and brightest” happens to be transgender?

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Listening to Trump’s presser on airplane crash. Not the time or the place for bashing anyone. Period. He needs to STFU

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I just looked at my @nytimes.com app updates and it doesn’t look like we’re in America anymore.

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The bishop at President Trump’s inaugural prayer service implored him to “have mercy” on gay, lesbian and transgender children, as well as undocumented immigrants. “I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now,” asked Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde.

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