MommaBear

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"Don't be afraid to go into your library and read every book."
-- Dwight D. Eisenhower

#library

GOP strategy:

1) Cut taxes for the rich & corporations, claiming they'll pay for themselves

2) Explode the deficit

3) Use the debt & deficit as an excuse to demand cuts to programs that millions rely on

4) Repeat

They're trying to get away with it again. We can't let them.

RT @RepAOC
"We warned during the Trump tax cuts that this dramatic decrease in revenue would explode the nation's debt. And we heard from the Republican side, 'No, let us write off our yachts, let us write off our private jets.'"

As Rail Profits Soar, Blocked Crossings Force Kids to Crawl Under Trains to Get to School
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When crossings are blocked for hours, kids risk their lives to get to school by crawling through trains that could start at any moment.

Ambulances and fire trucks can’t get through. The problem has existed for decades. But it’s getting worse.

#Railroad #Safety #Kids #Rail #School

https://www.propublica.org/article/trains-crossing-blocked-kids-norfolk-southern?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

As Rail Profits Soar, Blocked Crossings Force Kids to Crawl Under Trains to Get to School

When crossings are blocked for hours, kids risk their lives to get to school by crawling through trains that could start at any moment. Ambulances and fire trucks can’t get through. The problem has existed for decades. But it’s getting worse.

ProPublica
RT @mjs_DC
In his disclosures, Gorsuch told us who gifted him a fishing rod, a watercolor painting, and cowboy boots. But the identity of the person who bought his $1.8 million property? Gorsuch kept that one to himself. Wonder why. https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/25/neil-gorsuch-colorado-property-sale-00093579
Law firm head bought Gorsuch-owned property

The Supreme Court justice did not report the identity of the purchaser, whose firm has had numerous cases before the court.

POLITICO

FACT: Twitter, under Musk’s leadership, is censoring journalists and activists in India at the request of the government

RT @[email protected]

Censor not, lest ye be censored

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1650656867599671296

Elon Musk on Twitter

“Censor not, lest ye be censored”

Twitter
Elon Musk’s Twitter Widens Its Censorship of Modi’s Critics

Two months ago, Musk said he had been too busy to look into his company’s role in mass censorship in India. It’s only gotten worse.

The Intercept
Can any of us who saw what Trump tried to do to overturn the results of the 2020 election have any doubt he will once again try to do whatever necessary to regain power, even if illegal and unconstitutional? https://bit.ly/3NalCsJ
Trump committed treason and will try again. He must be barred from running

The 14th amendment to the US constitution clearly disqualifies the former president from returning to office. States must act

The Guardian

Mark your calendars.

RT @[email protected]

NEW: Fulton DA Fani Willis says she'll announce Georgia election interference charging decisions during grand jury term that starts JULY 11, in a letter sent Monday asking for "heightened security and preparedness."

Confirming AJC reporting. #gapol

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23787452-letter-to-fulton-county-sheriff-4-24-23

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/stphnfwlr/status/1650606853473050636

DocumentCloud

RT @SamAugustDean
Bed Bath & Beyond blew one billion dollars on stock buybacks, a direct cash transfer to shareholders, in 2021.

Now it's bankrupt, in no small part because of that $1B hole, and....no severance for workers who've been there for 20 years.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/23/bed-bath-beyond-files-for-bankruptcy-protection.html

Bed Bath & Beyond files for bankruptcy protection

Bed Bath & Beyond has filed for bankruptcy after a series of last-ditch efforts to raise enough equity to keep the business alive failed at the eleventh hour.

CNBC