Steven Erickson-Charles

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He , Him. đŸłïžâ€đŸŒˆ Gay political nerd. MBA. Husband. Dad. Equality. Planet Saver. Dog Lover. Vote Blue. Dem. ‹Chicago, IL. Bloomington, IN

For the record, anyone who uses any street drug whatsoever is at risk of overdose. Fentanyl and any of its analogues are cheap and readily available, making it an easy cutting agent/additive to any street drug.

In the past 5 years I have tested literally every type of street drug in Atlanta and found fentanyl present in everything, at least 80% of the time. So even if you don't use opioids, you need #Narcan
#HarmReduction

The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.

The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.

Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.

The list goes on...

Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

Well, this was admittedly fun to write. There is big, breaking news about a shake-up in the legal team representing Trump’s CFO, Allen Weisselberg. What could that mean? I game it out in today’s piece. https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/has-cfo-allen-weisselberg-finally?sd=pf
Has CFO Allen Weisselberg Finally Flipped on Trump?

Allen Weisselberg has hired new lawyers. For many laypeople, that might not sound like big news. But to legal observers, it’s a possible bombshell. Throughout his and the Trump Organization’s criminal trial for tax fraud, at least two things held true: Weisselberg repeatedly refused to turn on his former boss, and his former boss, via the Trump Organization, was paying his lawyers’ fees. Now NBC

The Status Kuo

Never forget, a 13-year study of a dozen cities found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.

ALL ROAD USERS.

And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. As for sharrows, it’s safer to NOT have them.

Via @Streetsblog, read article linked below.

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2019/05/29/protect-yourself-separated-bike-lanes-means-safer-streets-study-says/

#bikelanes #bikes #cities #sharrows #infrastructure #urbanism #cars

Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says

Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.

Streetsblog USA
I love US politics because they have a detailed plan for "what if most of the government is vaporized by aliens and the Secretary of Agriculture has to rule the country from an underground bunker" and no plan at all for "what if the guy running for Speaker is kind of a chud"
7. off of deep fakes from now on. Bunkers often become important in the final days of a dictatorship.
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Since the Supreme Court legalized bribing politicians, the GOP have changed our tax laws to transfer over $50 trillion out of the pockets and homes of the middle class and into the money bins of the top 1%.
How long will America continue to tolerate this?

https://open.substack.com/pub/thomhartmann/p/is-greed-the-biggest-threat-to-america?r=nl8r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Is Greed the Biggest Threat to America & Democracy?

Greed, one of the seven deadly sins, is both toxic to society and intrinsic to human nature. It can’t be ended or “stopped” -- but it can be regulated, which is the goal of good tax policy

The Hartmann Report
@ichinan Happy Birthday 🎉
The most interesting thing about Hunter Biden’s laptop has been watching Tesla stock drop 59% this year.