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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Five very simple, clear demands.
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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Making sure everyone has healthcare is sensible. Making sure everyone has housing is sensible. Making sure everyone makes a living wage is sensible. Keeping people on the streets and in medical debt so a handful of executives can get richer is radical and extreme.
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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 05/12/2024
I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world. This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
OBSERVED EFFECTS OF UBI

No significant reduction in labor supply (38 studies meta-analysis)

Increased self-employment (301%) and part-time employment (17%)

Slight decrease in alcohol and tobacco use (31 studies meta-analysis)

New mothers extend their maternity leaves

Birth weights improve due to better maternal nutrition

Graduation rates and educational outcomes improve

Hospitalization rates decline (8.5%)

Crime goes down (15%–42%) especially illegal hunting (95%)

Domestic violence decreases (30%–51%)

Trust increases (13% in politicians | 6% in other people)

Home ownership rates increase (17%–26%)

Food security increases as does consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables

Improved cognitive functioning (43%) and personality traits (31%)

Savings go up, debts go down


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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Musk's wealth in 2012: $2 Billion Musk's wealth in 2024: $447 Billion Bezos's wealth in 2012: $18 Billion Bezos's wealth in 2024: $249 Billion Zuckerberg's wealth in 2012: $44 Billion Zuckerberg's wealth in 2024: $224 Billion Minimum wage in 2012: $7.25 Minimum wage in 2024: $7.25
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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 28/01/2025
The funding pause orders "are actually the most lawless, brazen, unconstitutional actions that this administration has yet taken, and if sanctioned by a conservative Supreme Court, they would amount to a full disbanding of our system of government." From @ddayen.bsky.social:
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Trump’s Most Lawless Action Yet
Pausing funds appropriated by Congress is a deliberate taunt to draw a legal challenge that the White House’s most radical architects think will give them unilateral spending power.
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Iowa Starting Line @iowastartingline.com · 20/01/2025
President Trump vowed to fight for the working class on the campaign trail. But today, sitting front row at Trump's inauguration, were Silicon Valley billionaires, including the three wealthiest on the planet: Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and Elon Musk.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Donald Trump attempting, unsuccessfully, to kiss his wife Melania Trump
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/11/2024
It’s clear by now that state abortion bans are having a seismic impact on health care. But they are also introducing a dangerous new dynamic for anyone who happens to conceive. Help us report on maternal health.
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How We Report on Maternal Health — and How to Get in Touch With Our Team
For years, ProPublica has examined the deaths of pregnant women and new mothers to uncover problems that can prevent other deaths. Our reporting has sparked change. Now, we are investigating the…
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Read the book Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @jphillll.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
H.R. 9494, the attack on non-profits bill, has passed the house. But it went from being supported by 52 Dems to just 15. Time to get on your Senator's case and halt the bill there.
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slandstrom.bsky.social @slandstrom.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
“Maybe, just maybe, people will realize it was not about putting our pocketbooks first.”
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20/11/2024
ProPublica spoke with 135 people who had experienced "sweeps" of homeless encampments. We also distributed notecards so people could write about it in their own words. In Portland, Teresa Stratton told us her husband’s ashes were taken in a removal: propub.li/4fW8YIT
Text from handwritten note: My Husbands ashes. I made me feel alone scared, empty. now I wonder where he is and if He's all still in His urn and if Hes ok And I Hope He's not in the Dump
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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Only 18 Senators to vote YES for an arms embargo against Israel, something 61% of Americans want: Durbin Heinrich Hirono Kaine King Markey Merkley Murphy Ossoff Sanders Schatz Smith Van Hollen Shaheen Lujan Warnock Warren Welch
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
NEW: John Deere is costing American farmers $4.2 billion a year by restricting them from fixing their own tractors. Apple, Amazon and major automakers use the same strategies on everything you own. It's bad for you, but excellent for corporate profits. m.youtube.com/watch?v=jaOS...
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How John Deere Robs Farmers of $4 Billion a Year
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