It’s time to tell America the story of what happened to their money 👇

50 years of tax cuts for the rich failed to trickle down, economics study says.

cbsnews.com/news/tax-cuts-…

Teen Vogue with better coverage of the need for clean air than... pretty much every publication in the west.

Toni Morrison describes fascism as the conversion of “all public services to private entrepreneurship…so that the narrow chasm between governance and business disappears.” It “changes citizens into taxpayers..neighbours into consumers” and produces “the perfect capitalist…

The best way to celebrate 4/20?

Legalizing #cannabis , expunging the records of those imprisoned for using or possessing marijuana, & investing in communities ravaged by the War on Drugs.

A clever and unique study documents that much Covid transmission occurred via shopping in retail stores
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… PNASNews Thais Lærkholm Jensen CEBI - Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality

In other words, independent pharmacies subsidize profits for the big 3 PBMs

Hate to say this, but the Medicare Advantage program seniors pick may be putting your local Indy pharmacy out of business. Next renewal, ask how much they pay pharmacies. And pharmacists need to help

Y'all I just discovered that in return for donating his art collection, John Waters asked the Baltimore Museum of Art to name bathrooms after him.

And they did.

And they're gender-neutral.

Get this: Henry volunteered to serve in Vietnam in 1970…I’ll repeat that..Henry VOLUNTEERED to go to Vietnam in 1970, a bad bad year…as an army medic. Then he came home and worked as a florist & gardener. I can relate.

Wow. This is the real deal. The US Attorney closes by saying they want a settlement where the City agrees to abide by the ADA. Thread and link below; from the letter:

Dying for midwestern politicians to care half as much about water and air quality as they do about propping up the ethanol industry

I want to amplify Laurie’s message here. Speaking for myself and the vast majority of transit advocates I know, we don’t like *the job* Dorval Carter is doing. He seems like a nice enough person otherwise.

I wish him a long, happy, healthy, and wealthy retirement, very soon.

Tonight’s huge victory, with Tennessee VW workers voting to join the UAW, is a massive win for Americans everywhere.

The only losers are greedy bosses and union-busting politicians. Like the Governor of Tennessee.

Eindhoven’s “Smile Factor” program leverages its status as a design capital and plentiful tunnels to offer artists a chance to work in their city.

Over 40 underpasses have been activated, including an homage to John Cleese’s “Silly Walk” sketch from Monty Python’s Flying Circus.

A thread.

Last night our 6 yo woke up screaming. That blood chilling sound that instantly terrifies a parent. She was so scared she couldn't catch her breath. She had a night terror about the school lockdown drills she's forced to endure for our freedom.

HOLY SHIT! This new ad from a state senator in North Carolina is incredible!!!

This is outright insulting to many of the people who are frustrated with you — people who believed in you. Who voted for you. Some even flyered outside CTA stations and bus stops for you. And that’s how YOU became mayor.

Do you get it?

“Ocean waves crashing on the world’s shores emit more PFAS into the air than the world’s industrial polluters, new research has found, raising concerns about environmental contamination and human exposure along coastlines.” theguardian.com/environment/20…

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80% of Americans tested positive for a harmful additive called Chlormequat, found in popular Oat-based foods.

“Chemical found in 92% of oat-based foods purchased in May 2023, including Cheerios and Quaker Oats, made by General Mills & Pepsi Co.”
nypost.com/2024/02/15/bus…

Shawn Fain, president of the UAW, just spoke to the victorious Tennessee VW workers:

'The talking heads and the pundits said to me repeatedly before we announced this campaign, you can't win in the South, and Southern workers aren't ready for it.'

Next up, Mercedes in Alabama.