OMG. The City of Atlanta crushed a homeless man to death with one of its bulldozers as the city attempted to clear a homeless encampment ahead of MLK Day celebrations scheduled for Monday. They didn’t check to see if anyone was in the tents. Welcome to Hellscape America. pic.twitter.com/OffmivfZD3
— Prof Zenkus (@anthonyzenkus) January 18, 2025
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Is a generation “not growing up?” Or are Americans being denied economic mobility? When wages are low and rent is high, people have student loans and the cost of childcare is unaffordable, this will create a problem.
Is a generation “not growing up?” Or are Americans being denied economic mobility?
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) January 6, 2025
When wages are low and rent is high, people have student loans and the cost of childcare is unaffordable, this will create a problem. pic.twitter.com/IpZCjZqCs3
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🚨#BREAKING: Buncombe County NC has officially confirmed this afternoon that it will NOT be waiving or reducing property taxes for homes that no longer exist due to Hurricane Helene.
— Matt Van Swol (@matt_vanswol) January 6, 2025
Property taxes are due by midnight tonight. pic.twitter.com/foYFT88kbZ
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68,000 Americans die each year due to lack of healthcare. The number one cause of bankruptcy in America is medical debt. Homelessness rose 18% in 2024.
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) January 7, 2025
The idea of renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America” is a distraction from the ruling class.
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On point. No additional words needed. pic.twitter.com/pFpqOjp54I
— Priyamvada Gopal © (@PriyamvadaGopal) January 7, 2025
BREAKING: The U.S. saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, with more than 770,000 people counted as homeless.
BREAKING: The U.S. saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, with more than 770,000 people counted as homeless. https://t.co/PgHEyX8eVu
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 27, 2024
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Almost 600,000 Americans are sleeping out on our streets.
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) January 2, 2025
Millions of people in this country are paying as much as 60% of their limited income on housing.
We must invest in low-income and affordable housing. Now. pic.twitter.com/7JL4skmMaW
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We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose.
— ProPublica (@propublica) December 29, 2024
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a 29-year-old in California wrote. https://t.co/qullOr6Dhm pic.twitter.com/GGDxTN5kpC
Yesterday the New York Times instructed staff to avoid publishing photos of Luigi Mangione’s face, per internal messages leaked to me. “The news value and public service of showing his face is diminishing,” Times management told staff.
— Comrade Sisko 🖖🏾✊🏿 (@Pinko69420) December 20, 2024
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OUTRAGEOUS: Amazon tries to break the picket line in New York City by flooding the area where striking workers are gathering
— Party for Socialism and Liberation (@pslnational) December 21, 2024
Workers are standing strong and keeping the picket going — the strike at Amazon is a fight for the entire working class! pic.twitter.com/eEcWarkUHg
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UnitedHealth Group reported $22 billion in profits last year. UnitedHealthcare denied lifesaving medication for Kevin Dwyer, who has cystic fibrosis. https://t.co/bMg4EqbawM
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) December 23, 2024
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Yesterday the New York Times instructed staff to avoid publishing photos of Luigi Mangione’s face, per internal messages leaked to me. “The news value and public service of showing his face is diminishing,” Times management told staff.https://t.co/TXXRIOeOhK
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) December 12, 2024
THE ONLY MINORITY DESTROYING THIS COUNTRY ARE THE BILLIONAIRES.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) December 15, 2024
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on…
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
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Elon Musk Wealth
— Warren Gunnels (@GunnelsWarren) December 12, 2024
2012: $2 billion
2024: $447 billion
Jeff Bezos Wealth
2012: $18 billion
2024: $249 billion
Mark Zuckerberg Wealth
2012: $44 billion
2024: $224 billion
Federal Minimum Wage
2009: $7.25 an hour
2024: $7.25 an hour
5 words: Tax billionaires out of existence
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Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss:
— Andrea Junker (@Strandjunker) December 11, 2024
Australia 0
Canada 0
Denmark 0
Finland 0
France 0
Germany 0
Iceland 0
Ireland 0
Italy 0
Japan 0
Netherlands 0
Norway 0
Portugal 0
Spain 0
Sweden 0
UK 0
United States 530,000…
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THE ONLY MINORITY DESTROYING THIS COUNTRY ARE THE BILLIONAIRES. pic.twitter.com/f7unuW3ZEk
— Sabby Sabs (@SabbySabs2) December 12, 2024
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Denied: ProPublica Exposes UnitedHealth Profiteering Off Limiting Care for Children with Autism https://t.co/kayNP6zYnN
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) December 16, 2024
I do not want to talk about hope. I want to talk about being resolute and lining up resources, the way people generations ago laid up supplies for winter.
If your community can’t survive without slavery, your community shouldn’t exist at all https://t.co/wW0PT8frca
— The Anarchist Turtle 🏴Ⓐ🔆 (@anarchoboognish) October 28, 2024
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Blackstone is now the largest corporate landlord on Earth with over 300,000 homes in the U.S.
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) October 22, 2024
Billionaires and corporations have bought millions of homes and either raised rents or left them as empty investments.
There are 16 million vacant houses—28 for every homeless person.
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Decolonize pic.twitter.com/AKlkzt1uMF
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) September 24, 2024
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Finally Professor Eddie Glaude of Princeton, confronted the issue as to why white people voted for Trump on a so-called liberal station like @MSNBC, you should see unless you too want to remain in the closet about the reality of what America is. It’s about time. pic.twitter.com/V9imvm6F5F
— Mr. Reynolds (@MrReynolds52) November 9, 2024
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“White Americans will reject social programs if they think large numbers of Black people will benefit from them.” pic.twitter.com/LAy4vP6bOL
— Kentah Gwanjez (@GWANJEZ) November 9, 2024
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I do not want to talk about hope. I want to talk about being resolute and lining up resources, the way people generations ago laid up supplies for winter. https://t.co/MCaPBMpr8w
— Rebecca Solnit/joy is a strategy (@RebeccaSolnit) November 9, 2024
No bank executives arrested for laundering $670,000,000 in drug cartel money.
No bank executives arrested for laundering $670,000,000 in drug cartel money. But jump a turnstile and get arrested or shot for $2.90. https://t.co/PGhy9XUIpM
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) October 14, 2024
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— Solidarity (@1WhiteRabbitt) December 1, 2022
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NEW: Wages rose fastest for the top 1% and 0.1% of earners in 2021, while the bottom 90% took a pay cut.
— Economic Policy Institute (@EconomicPolicy) December 21, 2022
Inequality has skyrocketed over the past 40 years. This growing inequality isn’t inevitable—it is a result of policy choices to reduce worker power. https://t.co/h1Ex1MdaAX pic.twitter.com/WQYPjiqkjO
The Department of Justice has opened the first-ever federal review into the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
Now: The Department of Justice has opened the first-ever federal review into the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre https://t.co/eTP6A7EyQt
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) September 30, 2024
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First Federal Probe Into Tulsa Race Massacre FINALLY Gets Green Light https://t.co/sJ1cGgn6Yh via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) October 4, 2024
We have got to take on the greed of the billionaire class, and say: “You know what guys? When we have 600,000 people sleeping out on the streets — yes, you are going to start paying your fair share in taxes.”
We have got to take on the greed of the billionaire class, and say:
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) September 8, 2024
“You know what guys? When we have 600,000 people sleeping out on the streets — yes, you are going to start paying your fair share in taxes.” pic.twitter.com/mDzOQLtyuj
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CEOs can write off the entire cost of their private jets, but you can’t write off the cost of the car you use to drive to work.
— Melanie D’Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) September 8, 2024
This is what it looks like when billionaires and corporations are allowed to fund the election campaigns of the politicians who write our tax laws.
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Economic inequality in USA is worse today than before the Great Depression & I think often about this warning:
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) September 3, 2024
“We have yet to understand, that if I’m starving—you are in danger. People think that my danger makes them safe—they’re in trouble”—James Baldwinhttps://t.co/W86iZdvmWY
Donald Trump campaigned Tuesday in Michigan, arguing there is a “crime wave” going on at levels “nobody has ever seen before,” but Federal Bureau of Investigation data shows the national violent crime rate dropped in the two years after he left the WH
Homicides have fallen in Portland, mirroring a nationwide decline in violent crimes https://t.co/0tqtg1PajB
— The Oregonian (@Oregonian) August 15, 2024
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Interesting how the “crime is surging” crowd keeps committing crimes. https://t.co/OnqEDXZdzH
— Brave New Films (@bravenewfilms) August 19, 2024
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Donald Trump campaigned Tuesday in Michigan, arguing there is a “crime wave” going on at levels “nobody has ever seen before,” but Federal Bureau of Investigation data shows the national violent crime rate dropped in the two years after he left the WHhttps://t.co/SYaCpZJWl5
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) August 21, 2024