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Even amongst the most highly social-media literate, no one is immune to the nuanced ways we might be spreading false information. http://ow.ly/wDX150C6q0b
Stop pretending GDP tells us how the economy is working for regular Americans. Instead, try: 8M more in poverty, 12.6M unemployed, $32B in rent due in January if eviction protections expire. Those numbers tell the real story of the pandemic and Trump's failure.
Hundreds of thousands of people did not get better. #MaskUp
Trump says of this deadly disease for which he received exceptional treatment: "You know the bottom line, though? You're gonna get better. You're gonna get better. If I can get better, anybody can get better. And I got better fast."
"The infrastructure must be in place to distribute the vaccine at an affordable or taxpayer-financed free price once it is developed. Competition-driven health care will not work in the distribution of the coronavirus vaccine." http://ow.ly/rydJ50C6ra6
COUNT EVERY VOTE.
COUNT EVERY VOTE.
COUNT EVERY VOTE.
COUNT EVERY VOTE.
COUNT EVERY VOTE.
COUNT EVERY VOTE. https://twitter.com/DanRather/status/1321862725090172929
I’ve got this crazy idea. Stick with me for a moment. People vote before a deadline. And then we count all those votes to see who won. Back in my day we called that American democracy. I guess today it’s socialism?
Republicans have gone back to their 1950s playbook of denying the vote. But Americans are fighting back. Two lawyers on the frontlines share their strategy for ensuring a fair election. https://billmoyers.com/story/fighting-for-voting-rights-again/
