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Gil DuranRules to help journalists avoid the mistakes of 2016 in 2024:
- Ban repeat liars from live interviews
- Never put a lie in the headline
- Use a truth sandwich when reporting on lies
- Don’t take the bait (stop rewarding drama with visibility)
- Abandon the social media algorithm (don’t let Xitter dictate the news cycle)
Any others?
https://framelab.substack.com/p/trump-2024-has-the-press-learned
PadreSJData Points:
Federal Minimum Wage
1970 - $1.45
2023 - $7.25
Median Home Price (US)
1970 - $23k
2023 - $431k
In 1970, the down payment on a home (15% or $3,450) would take ~3,000 hours (after tax) or 1-1/2 years at FMW (40 hours a week).
In 2023, it would take ~10,790 FMW hours (after tax), or 5 years 3 months AND you'd never be able to afford the payments.
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This is a good thing to remember when the older generations mock the younger for not building wealth as they did.
George Takei 
🏳️🌈🖖🏽Right after Issue 1 passed, Ohio Republicans in the Assembly came right out and said they would try to block its effect. That is anti-democratic in the extreme. Here is the letter that over two dozen of them signed, saying they would “do everything in our power” to “prevent our laws from being removed” based on “perception of intent.”
Electronic Frontier FoundationThe #STOPCSAM Act would undermine digital security for all internet users. Help us tell Congress to oppose it.
https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-don-t-outlaw-encrypted-applications
https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-don-t-outlaw-encrypted-applications
Robert ReichAmerica doesn’t have a labor shortage. There is a living wage shortage, a hazard pay shortage, a child care shortage, a paid sick leave shortage, and a health care shortage.
Edde
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The fact that gutting the Office of Congressional Ethics and threatening Social Security and Medicare are among the first items on the House GOP’s agenda tells you everything you need to know about the party’s priorities.