Reposted by August Ocasio-SimonProPublica @propublica.org · 15/02/2025As the U.S. struggles with a housing shortage, investors continue to exploit a gap in an affordable housing law to raise rents on 115,000 apartments. Congress has repeatedly failed to act. By @jessecoburn.bsky.socialpropub.liThe Housing Loophole That Lets Wealthy Investors Raise Rents on Poor TenantsAs the U.S. struggles with a housing shortage, investors continue to exploit a gap in an affordable housing law to raise rents on 115,000 apartments. Congress has repeatedly failed to act. 41842309
Reposted by August Ocasio-SimonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Trump's FBI pick Kash Patel just disclosed holding $800,000 worth of stock in Trump Media & Technology Group. Reminder that Patel also has compiled an "enemies" list that is identical to Trump's. Does anyone actually believe he won't be a loyal cog in Trump's vengeance machine? 1183413833
August Ocasio-Simon @hootgrowl13.bsky.social · 24/01/2025With everything that Trump has done recently, with WHO, the CDC, and NIH, this is a reminder to wear masks in public. Disability advocates have told us we never should have stopped, but the best time to make a change is now. 020
Reposted by August Ocasio-SimonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Amazon workers in Quebec unionized last year. This week, Amazon closed its warehouse operations in Quebec. Amazon denied the closures were related to unionization, but it has a track record of crushing unions in America. Union busting is disgusting — and a global problem.nytimes.comAmazon Closes Operations in Quebec, Laying off 1,700 WorkersUnions had gained a foothold in one of the company’s warehouses in the province, though Amazon would not say if there was a connection. 38972342224
Reposted by August Ocasio-SimonAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 24/01/2025One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground. 419814959319206
Reposted by August Ocasio-SimonKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 23/01/2025The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH** * Currently paused by Executive Order ** Grant reviews now all canceled www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...kcur.orgEgg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expectBird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores. 24095241917450
Reposted by August Ocasio-SimonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Remember: The GOP uses dangerous smears against trans people, immigrants, and people of color to deflect attention from the near record share of the nation’s income and wealth now going to the richest Americans. Don't let them get away with it. 9053321007
Reposted by August Ocasio-SimonAnnalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 20/01/2025We are about to enter an era of extreme and dangerous culture war in the United States. How do we protect our communities and work toward a cultural ceasefire? In this piece I wrote a couple months ago, I offer one possible path. wapo.st/40q1BDnwapo.stOpinion | Libraries can help end the culture wars. That’s why they’re under fire.Nothing threatens authoritarianism like a free, quiet place to absorb a full range of information. 474241494238
Reposted by August Ocasio-SimonMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20/01/2025NEW: The first lawsuits against the incoming Trump Administration have already been filed by several non-profit groups which allege that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) violates federal transparency laws.meidasplus.comFirst Lawsuits Filed Against Trump Administration For DOGEThese lawsuits are the first of what will be many to come 216106611763
Reposted by August Ocasio-SimonMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20/01/2025Elon just did this… 158778932462
Reposted by August Ocasio-SimonMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/12/2024Former President Jimmy Carter has died at age 100. What a life. What a legacy. Thank you, Mr. President. 651251493591
August Ocasio-Simon @hootgrowl13.bsky.social · 30/12/2024Having a new moon for the new year seems fitting 000
Reposted by August Ocasio-SimonRoxi Horror 💀🌸 @roxiqt.com · 25/12/2024Merry Chrysler to those whomst celebrate 🦝🎄 10192431040
Reposted by August Ocasio-SimonJames Sergio Crocker @jamescrocker.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Am I the only one who’s just not feeling the Holiday Cheer this year?! 🥲 36997
Reposted by August Ocasio-SimonProPublica @propublica.org · 20/12/2024NEW: The CDC isn’t asking states to report deaths linked to abortion bans, obscuring the impact of these restrictions. “It’s pushing it under the rug in a way — like we don’t want to count it, we don’t want to know what’s happening,” one researcher said.propub.liThe CDC Hasn’t Asked States to Track Deaths Linked to Abortion BansThe Biden administration hasn’t delivered on its goals of measuring the public health impact of abortion bans. Experts say it’s a missed opportunity to study how the laws may lead to deaths and… 681868818
Reposted by August Ocasio-SimonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Trump says he's wants to privatize USPS because it's "unprofitable". Reminder that the Post Office isn't a for-profit enterprise: it's a public service that guarantees everyone in America reliable, affordable, and universal mail service. 37741831189
Reposted by August Ocasio-SimonKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 17/12/2024Yep. 0157
Reposted by August Ocasio-SimonMemento (spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 17/12/2024www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... 36512
August Ocasio-Simon @hootgrowl13.bsky.social · 16/12/2024If the earth was never hit by an asteroid, how different would the world be? What would our climate look like? Would there be as many mammals? Would humans even evolve? This question consumes my waking hours. 000
Reposted by August Ocasio-SimonMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/12/2024NEW via CNN: Disgraced Congressman Matt Gaetz is expected to join One America News Network (OANN) as an anchor, a source says. 5031134146
Reposted by August Ocasio-SimonMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/12/2024Luigi Mangione, the alleged killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has now been charged with murder and weapons offenses in New York, per court records. This comes hours after he was charged and arraigned in Pennsylvania. 5984259573
August Ocasio-Simon @hootgrowl13.bsky.social · 08/12/2024It would be so interesting if the only reason we get good gun control or better health care is because we keep killing CEOs and not, you know, because it's a common good. 000
Reposted by August Ocasio-SimonBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 05/12/2024I’m curious how much federal funding he thinks the ACLU receives (it’s none). 49207025110161
Reposted by August Ocasio-SimonMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Response to coups by elected leaders: - South Korea: blocked by mass mobilization of citizens - Brazil: coup leader indicted, barred from politics - United States: coup leader re-elected with majorities in the legislature and a compliant Supreme Court 281165764778
Reposted by August Ocasio-SimonUniverse @wholethings.bsky.social · 02/12/2024The Hourglass Nebula seen by Hubble 417264351629
August Ocasio-Simon @hootgrowl13.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Good luck to everyone going to an emotionally charged Thanksgiving who can't back out because the ridicule would be worse somehow #happythanksgiving 000
Reposted by August Ocasio-SimonProPublica @propublica.org · 26/11/2024Follow @cassandrajaramillo.bsky.social to keep up with ProPublica's reporting on the effects of abortion bans 👇 And if you haven't, read her story on Josseli Barnica, a Texas woman who died after being told it would be a "crime" to intervene in her miscarriage:propublica.orgA Texas Woman Died After Waiting 40 Hours for Miscarriage CareJosseli Barnica is one of at least two pregnant Texas women who died after doctors delayed emergency care. She’d told her husband that the medical team said it couldn’t act until the fetal heartbeat s... 23776221
Reposted by August Ocasio-SimonThe Onion @theonion.com · 26/11/2024It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possibletheonion.comIt Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As PossibleThe task of reporting is not a simple one. Each and every day, reporters and editors at publications like The Onion make difficult decisions about which issues should receive attention, knowing that o... 94114102081
Reposted by August Ocasio-SimonMemento (spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 23/11/2024"You can't just block everyone who disagrees with you." Actually, I can. 2028514
August Ocasio-Simon @hootgrowl13.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Of all the extrasensory perception that birds have, more research should be done on how they always know when I open the Merlin app 000
August Ocasio-Simon @hootgrowl13.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Madagascar hissing cockroaches are so cute. Look at this lil lady enjoying some squash and apple! 000
August Ocasio-Simon @hootgrowl13.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Such a pretty (and kinda large) jumping spider! I love these lil guys 💚 122
Reposted by August Ocasio-SimonPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 17/11/2024i admit i live in an echo chamber of leftist politics, the only exception being when i hear things said by the president, the next president, the supreme court, members of congress, people on the news, my family, or people i encounter in my daily life. 4793872004
Reposted by August Ocasio-SimonJared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Stating the obvious here but if this report cleared Gaetz’s name, they’d eagerly release it in the name of “transparency” 190109331743
August Ocasio-Simon @hootgrowl13.bsky.social · 18/11/2024There's something so majestic and yet so off-putting about Great Blue Herons. It's the kind of bird that looks like it'll do a cartoony, villainous laugh. 150