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Russ Jul 7, 2023

Their status relative to the poor is as important to rich people as their actual wealth, so when inequality declines, the rich (who have the ear of the business press) feel like there is a recession whether one is happening or not https://twitter.com/JustinWolfers/status/1677106660198830080?s=20

Justin Wolfers on Twitter

“What if inequality were falling -- and in particular, delivering real wage gains to those who need it most -- and no-one noticed because they were arguing about a fake recession that never happened?”

Twitter

Russ May 22, 2023

Lol no they absolutely did not ayfkm

Russ May 4, 2023

Clarence Thomas perjured himself to get on the Supreme Court in the first place and he’s just cartoonishly corrupt. If he's still on the court the next time Democrats take the House, Dems had better have articles of impeachment ready to go.
MT @ProPublica Clarence Thomas Had a Child in Private School. Harlan Crow Paid the Tuition. https://newsie.social/@ProPublica/110309908147997052

ProPublica (@[email protected])

Clarence Thomas Had a Child in Private School. Harlan Crow Paid the Tuition. == The billionaire GOP megadonor paid for private school for a relative Thomas said he was raising “as a son.” “This is way outside the norm,” said a former White House ethics lawyer. #ClarenceThomas #HarlanCrow #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-private-school-tuition-scotus?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Newsie

Russ May 4, 2023

Mark Ruffalo May 4, 2023

Does this guy get any more smarmy and spiteful? Every time you think someone who cares for him may have gotten to him, you realize maybe he has already pushed them all away.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-musk-twitter-npr-threat_n_645210cee4b0bc1dad7a19ed

Elon Musk Issues Not-So-Subtle Threat To NPR For Not Tweeting

Twitter's billionaire owner warned what may happen if the broadcaster doesn't start posting again.

HuffPost

Russ Apr 26, 2023

Tim Mak Apr 25, 2023

This is first on Mastodon! Please boost this thread. It’s an important one.

Good morning to readers. Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.

Some career news: I’m leaving NPR as part of the layoffs that dramatically reduced the company’s workforce.

I’ve decided to go back into Ukraine to keep reporting.

But this time, alone.

Russ Apr 24, 2023

This lobbying campaign is probably going to end with a Thomas-penned opinion overturning U.S. v. Darby and basically reinstituting Hammer v. Dagenhart won't it https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/04/23/child-labor-lobbying-fga/

The conservative campaign to rewrite child labor laws

The Foundation for Government Accountability, a Florida-based think tank and lobbying group, drafted state legislation to strip child workplace protections, emails show.

The Washington Post

Russ Apr 22, 2023

flexghost.Apr 22, 2023

Domestic terrorist Daniel Perry shot a BLM protester four times in the chest. He wrote about wanting to kill BLM protesters beforehand. He later admitted to killing a homeless man

And now it’s discovered he was texting children for sex

This is the man Greg Abbott wants to pardon.

This is Texas.

https://www.texasobserver.org/daniel-perry-pardon-greg-abbott-garrett-foster/

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/14/us/daniel-perry-racist-comments-social-media/index.html

Abbott Aims to Pardon Racist Murderer Who Sent Explicit Texts to Apparent Minor

Greg Abbott didn't even wait a single day before calling for the potential pardon of racist murderer Daniel Perry.

The Texas Observer

Russ Apr 22, 2023

RT @[email protected]
Elon’s blue checkmarks are a lot like crypto: they only have value to people if other people are buying them.

That’s why Elon’s super fans are so mad that celebs aren’t buying loser badges too. And why crypto bros lose their minds if you point out how useless their coins are.

Russ Apr 22, 2023

Eh, I don't care about the decorum aspect of this. But given that every conservative accusation is a confession, what do you wanna bet Alito did at least one secret talk with fed soc donors during the Trump era where he advocated ignoring rulings that Trump didn't like QT @[email protected] Justice Alito's assertion that the Biden administration would not follow a legitimate order from the Court is unwarranted & completely unbefitting a Supreme Court justice. https://twitter.com/JoyceWhiteVance/status/1649553199206920192

Joyce Alene on Twitter

“Justice Alito's assertion that the Biden administration would not follow a legitimate order from the Court is unwarranted & completely unbefitting a Supreme Court justice.”

Twitter

Russ Apr 19, 2023

Pax Ahimsa Gethen Apr 18, 2023

I see a lot of the stories about the Black teen who was shot for the crime of ringing a doorbell mention that he was an honor student and musician. That's great, but also irrelevant IMO. If he had been a high school dropout who watched TV all day, it still would not have been OK to shoot him. As a Black person myself, I've had enough of respectability politics.

Edit 4/19 to clarify: #RalphYarl is seriously injured, but not dead.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/18/ralph-yarl-mother-interview-kansas-city-shooting

#BlackLivesMatter #BlackMastodon

‘Buckets of tears’: mother of Black teen shot after going to wrong address speaks

Cleo Nagbe speaks out after white man charged with Missouri’s equivalent for attempted murder for shooting Ralph Yarl

The Guardian