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Jeff Bezos did not "quit". He is becoming the Executive Chair of the Amazon Board. He will be even more powerful while avoiding the media scrutiny.
More power. Less accountability.
“There are no consequences in the Republican caucus for violence. No consequences for racism. No consequences for misogyny. No consequences for insurrection. And no consequences means that they condone it. It means that that silence is acceptance," says @AOC.
Thanks to all the organizers, activists and Tribal leaders who fought so hard against the #KXL pipeline! Today we celebrate the power of our movement!
But we have more pipelines to stop!
#NoDAPL#StopLine3
It’s pretty simple. When the questions you’re “just asking” are based on lies, the questions aren’t just questions. They’re lies. In service of other lies.
I am being told that including another stimulus check is too expensive.
Fine. Tax the rich and pay for it. Billionaires added $931 billion to their net worth during the padmemic. They can afford it.
P.S. They got a $1.7 trillion tax cut. We can start there.
You always hear: "Billionaires deserve all that money because they're job creators."
Last 9 months:
*Billionaires gained a record $1 trillion in wealth
*More people lost jobs than at any point in almost 100 years
It might be time to consider whether our system works.
People who have lost health care during the pandemic:
🇦🇺: 0
🇧🇪: 0
🇨🇦: 0
🇩🇰: 0
🇫🇮: 0
🇬🇷: 0
🇫🇷: 0
🇩🇪: 0
🇮🇹: 0
🇯🇵: 0
🇳🇴: 0
🇰🇷: 0
🇪🇸: 0
🇬🇧: 0
🇺🇸: 14.6 million
This is why we need Medicare for all.
Canada did $2,000/monthly. The US is the richest nation on earth and a 2nd stimulus check is getting blocked bc GOP want corporate bailouts & austerity in “exchange” for it.
Maybe if everyone in the US incorporated as an LLC, Mitch McConnell would actually do something for them.
Percent of wages currently subsidized by governments due to COVID:
Japan: 100% for small businesses; 80% for large firms
Netherlands: Up to 90%
Norway: Up to 90%
Germany: Up to 87%
France: Up to 84%
Italy: 80%
United Kingdom: Up to 80%
Canada: Up to 75%
United States: 0%