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This week let's highlight @gusbova's moving report on the death of a worker from exteeme heat conditions at the #Tesla gigafactory, and how the company tried to hide his death: https://www.texasobserver.org/tesla-texas-worker-death-heat/
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”Everything might be bigger in #Texas, but it seems that also applies to hate and bigotry.”
In this new editorial, civil rights attorney Louis Bedford reflects on the 52 bills—and counting—in the legislature designed to eradicate #trans or #LGBTQIA+ people from public life: https://www.texasobserver.org/transgender-lgbtq-civil-rights-bigot/
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Is it #Newstodon Friday again already? 🤠 This week we'll share two articles on threats to public ed:
'#School Choice' Is Just a Ploy to Defund Public #Education, by @drdrbrockman https://www.texasobserver.org/school-choice-is-just-a-ploy-to-defund-public-ed/
#Texas Public #Schools on the Edge by @josephinelee https://www.texasobserver.org/propery-tax-public-schools-teacher-pay-wages/
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RT @greenhousenyt
One thing the media keeps missing about the Clarence Thomas scandal.
Harlan Crow is chairman of the board of the American Enterprise Institute. AEI may not be a direct litigant, but it files MANY amicus briefs with the court.
That creates a huge conflict of interest for Thomas. https://twitter.com/PostOpinions/status/1646850819050840066
You know what it's called when banks can rely on the government to step in and protect them when they're in trouble? Wealthcare for All.
Is Medicare for All really so radical in comparison?
As we saw again this past week, we have socialism for the wealthy and connected, rugged individualism for everyone else.
Is it any wonder that so many see the system as rigged against them?
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Robert Reich
Steven Beschloss