Wonexus @wonexus.bsky.social · 30/08/2025CDC FoodNet removed 6 out of 8 pathogens from required surveillance on July 1st. Announced Aug 26. Citing "lack of funds". Cases of each pop up all the time around the country. 4 this month. #CDC #foodnet #health #foodsafety 022
Wonexus @wonexus.bsky.social · 19/04/2025The State Dept's annual reports on international human rights, meant to inform congressional decisions on foreign affairs, will no longer include things like: denying freedom of movement & peaceful assembly, political prisoners w/o due process, and restrictions on free and fair elections. - @npr.orgnpr.orgThe State Department is changing its mind about what it calls human rightsThe agency's annual human rights reports are being purged of references to prison conditions, political corruption and other abuses. 011
Wonexus @wonexus.bsky.social · 11/01/2025"Fuels are not really the issue in these big fires — it’s the extreme winds. Prescription burning [chaparral has] essentially no impact on Santa Ana wind-driven fires." “short of mowing whole hillsides down to nothing, there’s little management work to be done where houses meet undeveloped lands"heatmap.newsCould More Controlled Burns Have Stopped the L.A. Fires?They can be an effective wildfire prevention tool — but not always. 052
Wonexus @wonexus.bsky.social · 11/01/20252021, California licensing law that bans inmates from working as full-time firefighters, even if they were trained to fight fires while imprisoned, was upheld last week by a federal judge. Since World War II, California has relied on prisoners to fight the state’s wildfires. #firefighting #inmatesforbes.comFederal Judge: Californians Who Fought Fires In Prison Can’t Become Career FirefightersCalifornia has long relied on prisoners to fight wildfires. Yet the state’s licensing laws make it almost impossible for former prisoners to earn a living fighting fires full-time. 030
Wonexus @wonexus.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Up to 30% of California's firefighters are inmates in prison. More than 900 inmates among more than 7,500 personnel helping fight the Los Angeles, California wildfires. Inmates are there voluntarily and paid between $5.80 and $10.24 per day, with additional pay provided during emergencies. #firenpr.orgInmates are fighting California wildfires in long-running and controversial practiceCalifornia has turned to incarcerated firefighters since 1915. To those opposed to the use of inmates as firefighters, the system is seen as exploitative. 343
Wonexus @wonexus.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Mexico sent firefighters to California to help with the Los Angeles fires. #wildfire #fire #firefighters #mexicoparriva.comMexico Has Deployed its Firefighters to Aid in The Los Angeles Fires 232
Wonexus @wonexus.bsky.social · 27/12/20242/3+ blame -Denials of healthcare coverage -Profits made by health insurance companies 1/2+ blame -Wealth or income inequality For the killing of UHC ceo. 1000+ respondents, december 12-16 2004 Amerispeak Omnibus NORC at Univ of Chicago #luigimangione #healthcare www.norc.org/content/dam/... 010
Wonexus @wonexus.bsky.social · 26/12/2024Greg Abbott approves elimination of water breaks for construction workers. House Bill 2127 was passed by the Texas Legislature during this year’s regular legislative session. Abbott signed it Tuesday. #texas #construction #workerstexastribune.orgAs Texas swelters, local rules requiring water breaks for construction workers will soon be nullifiedGov. Greg Abbott approved a law this week that will eliminate city and county ordinances like Austin’s and Dallas’ mandated water breaks. 023
Wonexus @wonexus.bsky.social · 24/12/2024"We had full reign on adjusting what they would actually have to pay. If they settled, we're paid on commission through a fee structure... we would get 15-20% of that as a fee. If we were to settle a lower amount for them, we would get less in fees,... what our commission is based on" #healthcareyoutu.beWhat US Insurance Companies Aren’t Telling You | InformerYouTube video by VICE 021
Wonexus @wonexus.bsky.social · 17/12/20241950s Operation Wetback deportations "While it might have temporarily slowed illegal immigration, Operation Wetback did nothing to curb the need for cheap Mexican labor in the United States or reduce unemployment in Mexico as its planners had promised." #immigrants #deport #economy 010
Wonexus @wonexus.bsky.social · 17/12/20241930s Mexican Repatriation deportation 'Deportations also appear to have harmed the local economy. Far from protecting jobs for white Americans, the repatriation of Mexicans "may have further increased unemployment and depressed wages"' #immigrants #deport #economyrsn.orgMillions of Mexican Americans Were Deported in the 1930s. Are We About to Repeat This ‘Ethnic Cleansing’?<blockquote><br /><strong><em>Nearly 2 million Mexican Americans, more than half US citizens, were deported without due process during the Great Depression, reminiscent of what... 210
Wonexus @wonexus.bsky.social · 16/12/202436x the 2nd place country in school shootings, 2018 2024 numbers are in the 300s #schoolshootings #guns #number1 worldpopulationreview.com/country-rank... 011
Wonexus @wonexus.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Almost 1 /day #schoolshooting #guns #number1 k12ssdb.org/all-shootings 367
Wonexus @wonexus.bsky.social · 14/12/2024 #healthcare #corps #ceosyoutu.beSickoYouTube video by YouTube Movies 111
Reposted by WonexusInfectious Disease Tracker @hmpxvt.bsky.social · 13/12/2024⚠️ BREAKING: CDC's wastewater surveillance program shows H5N1 bird flu positive wastewater in 11 states. 13314155
Wonexus @wonexus.bsky.social · 13/12/20242024 UHC spent almost $6million lobbying. 2024 Health sector spent over $500million lobbying. These are expenditures before their profit margin is calculated. And it does not include all lobbying expenditures. #healthcare #corps #lobbying www.opensecrets.org/industries/l... 021
Reposted by WonexusAnonymous @opdeatheaters.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Slavery continues in the United States under the guise of "prison labour" “Laws popped up that made it easier and easier for criminal legal institutions to continue to literally capture and extract the labor of the very same people whose labor was extracted under chattel slavery,” #opdeatheatersboltsmag.orgForced Labor Continues in Colorado, Years After Vote to End Prison SlaveryColoradans voted in 2018 to amend their state constitution to ban forced labor in prison. Years later, incarcerated people are still being punished for refusing work assignments. 46811235
Wonexus @wonexus.bsky.social · 12/12/2024US Healthcare could save billions while providing better outcomes. 2020, it's much worse now. #healthcare #corpsnewsweek.comMedicare for All Would Save $450 Billion Annually, New Study Shows"Our study is actually conservative, because it doesn't factor in the lives saved among underinsured Americans," study author Alison Galvani from the the Yale School of Public Health told Newsweek. 042
Wonexus @wonexus.bsky.social · 11/12/202490% of Americans blame Corporate Executives for Healthcare System problems 91% blame Health Insurance companies 91% blame pharma companies #healthcare #corps #ceos d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec... 252
Reposted by WonexusReally American @reallyamerican.bsky.social · 11/12/2024🚨This is AMAZING: Watch this elderly woman DESTROY a young right wing YouTuber on his weak sauce immigration talking points. Absolutely brilliant. H/T @thetnholler.bsky.social 460138502897
Wonexus @wonexus.bsky.social · 10/12/2024citizen.orgFACT CHECK: Medicare for All Would Save the U.S. Trillions; Public Option Would Leave Millions Uninsured, Not Garner Savings - Public CitizenMedicare for All opponents repeatedly claim that Medicare for All is “too expensive” by presenting misleading numbers without the proper… 010
Wonexus @wonexus.bsky.social · 10/12/2024ysph.yale.eduStudy: More Than 335,000 Lives Could Have Been Saved During Pandemic if U.S. Had Universal Health CareIf the U.S. had had a single-payer universal health care system in 2020, nearly 212,000 American lives would have been saved that year, according to a new study 020
Wonexus @wonexus.bsky.social · 10/12/2024The US could have saved 300k+ lives from covid with universal healthcare.... #healthcare #covidtheguardian.comUS could have saved 338,000 lives from Covid with universal healthcare, study findsReport’s author says people died because US healthcare ‘leaves millions without adequate access to medical treatment’ 220
Wonexus @wonexus.bsky.social · 02/12/202470% support taking strong action on climate change 62% support a Medicare for All-style healthcare system 61% support ending arms sales to Israel 60% support stronger gun laws More than 50% support raising the minimum wage to $17 / hr - @benandjerrys.bsky.social 010
Wonexus @wonexus.bsky.social · 02/12/202485% of Americans support access to abortion 79% support funding for the development of permanently affordable housing 76% support LGBTQ rights 75% support reducing the cost of prescription drugs 70% support making the wealthy and corporations pay their fair share of taxes ... 1/2 121
Wonexus @wonexus.bsky.social · 18/11/2024This combined with Tariffs will skyrocket inflation for related goods and services, like we've never seen before. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpqX...youtube.comWhy Tariffs Won’t Save ManufacturingYouTube video by NowThis Impact 030
Wonexus @wonexus.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Texas 2022, undocumented are 7.1% of the population and 5% of homicides at 67/1336. 30% less likely than citizens or documented. 121
Wonexus @wonexus.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Florida in 2023 implemented similar laws. Farm owners reported unharvested crops lost and having trouble staying afloat until it was put on hold in 2024. 110
Wonexus @wonexus.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Paying well for farm jobs has HISTORICALLY never worked to attract Americans. There's already a VISA program to temporarily hire foreigners as seasonal workers for the domestic agriculture industry because of a SHORTAGE OF WORKERS. This program has increased year over many due to worker shortages. 110
Wonexus @wonexus.bsky.social · 18/11/202410% of hospitality workers are undocumented. 22% of food services are immigrants. 36% of dishwashers, manicurists, baggage bellhops, etc are immigrant workers. 110
Wonexus @wonexus.bsky.social · 18/11/202441% of farm workers are undocumented. 50% in CA. www.newamericaneconomy.org/issues/agric...newamericaneconomy.orgImmigrants and American Agriculture - New American EconomyAgriculture industry is directly tied to immigration & critical for economy. Learn more about role of immigrants, labor shortages, rise of imports & H2-A Visa. 220
Wonexus @wonexus.bsky.social · 18/11/20241 in 3 roofers, ceiling tilers, stucco masons, plasterers & drywall installers are immigrants. 110
Wonexus @wonexus.bsky.social · 18/11/202420-40% of construction labor are (15-30% illegal) immigrants, 40% in CA & Texas. 63% in NYC, 40% of those are undocumented. That means almost half of what might help increase housing supply and lower housing cost. #immigrants #illegalimmigrants #deport #economy #inflation 122
Wonexus @wonexus.bsky.social · 18/11/2024"I oppose the war in Vietnam because I love America. I speak out against it not in anger but with anxiety and sorrow in my heart, and above all with a passionate desire to see our beloved country stand as a moral example of the world." Anti-War Conference, Los Angeles, California, February 26, 1967 021
Wonexus @wonexus.bsky.social · 18/11/2024"How society treats its most vulnerable citizens is always the measure of its humanity" 1147
