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Scott Threlkeld
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Part of the Twitter migration. Son of a journalist and a history buff. Love to learn..
myrmepropagandistA country where "medical debit" exists is a country where some people are avoiding getting medical care for fear of the cost and the potential for debt.
This is why Americans don't live as long as those in peer countries.
Kevin HearneI just got an email from a former student of mine from 2003 who said my class was the only part of high school that didn’t suck (which made me sad she had such a rough time). And then I ran across this dedication in a book I just picked up. So I am thinking about how teaching is often a thankless job—especially lately and especially in Florida—and wanted to say to anyone who’s teaching:
1) sometimes kids thank you later
2) thanks for helping kids through the rough time they’re all having now
1) sometimes kids thank you later
2) thanks for helping kids through the rough time they’re all having now
Robert ReichNorfolk Southern boosted shareholder payouts by 4,500% over the past 20 years — hitting $4.7 billion in stock buybacks and dividends in 2022.
During that same time, the company cut nearly 10,000 jobs — reducing its workforce by 33%.
Corporate greed at its absolute worst.
Oversight is the gateway to votes on the floor. I don’t see these clowns allowing a vote on the debt ceiling.
How Walgreens manufactured a media frenzy about shoplifting
For several years, Walgreens and other major retailers have been sounding the alarm about an alleged spike in shoplifting, describing it as an existential threat to their business. These dramatic claims generated a nationwide media frenzy. Now, Walgreens is quietly
Congressman Don BeyerYou have to squint to see it but House Republicans' "budget and spending" priorities call for holding the debt limit hostage under a threat to intentionally wreck the U.S. economy, and demanding cuts to Social Security and Medicare.
Just as we warned.
A slide shown in GOP Conference meeting showed the budget and spending priorities for the 118th Congress, including tying the debt ceiling to spending cuts
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/AnnieGrayerCNN/status/1612834961454936064
Sheril KirshenbaumIn the 1960s, the sugar industry funded its own research on the effects of sugar on health.
The results didn't look good - for them. Studies revealed a high-sugar diet may increase risks associated with heart attacks, strokes & certain cancers.
But... rather than share emerging findings, the study was curiously halted & the industry successfully shifted blame onto fats.
It took decades to widely link sugary diets to disease. It didn't have to. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/11/21/565766988/what-the-industry-knew-about-sugars-health-effects-but-didnt-tell-us #food #science
Nemo (the happy leftist)