June 24, 2025 by V Leigh

The billionaire tax cheat in the Oval Office just eliminated the office that goes after other billionaire tax cheats. Same old story. The get richer. And the little guy gets screwed.

The billionaire tax cheat in the Oval Office just eliminated the office that goes after other billionaire tax cheats.

Same old story.

The get richer. And the little guy gets screwed. pic.twitter.com/MKeCYdXPtz
— Adam Schiff (@SenAdamSchiff) June 17, 2025

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— MC Squared (@mcsquared34) June 17, 2025

Capitalism is where you’re rewarded for being a self-centered psychopath.
— Hairy Evolutionary (@RossCol89474735) June 15, 2025

#ClassConsciousness pic.twitter.com/bQgtL9af8Z
— Solidarity (@1WhiteRabbitt) June 8, 2025

America has the money to pay Black people reparations. We see time and time again when they waste their money on militarization https://t.co/QV7BJtY9W0
— Dr. Allison Wiltz (@queenie4rmnola) June 10, 2025

A civilized country would not allow 68,000 of its citizens die each year due to lack of healthcare, while insurance companies make money hand over fist.

Other countries have universal healthcare, the U.S. should as well.

Is that the type of “civilization” you speak of? https://t.co/5z8t0GQbXX
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) June 8, 2025

A reminder that Flint still doesn’t have clean drinking water, nor have they gotten any justice. I sat down with Flint residents who want Congress to do more. There was a $600 million settlement, but after years, those funds have still not been distributed. Shameful. pic.twitter.com/TJ1BfOFG1i
— Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (@RepRashida) June 6, 2025

August 12, 2023 by V Leigh

Having a job is often not enough in a system that requires homelessness and poverty to function.

Welcome to the USA where disabled patients are wheeled out to the street corner and discarded like trash. pic.twitter.com/ZXErfE5zvk
— 🥀_ Imposter 🥀 (@Imposter_Edits) August 5, 2023

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Having a job is often not enough in a system that requires homelessness and poverty to function. pic.twitter.com/QHh8ReW043
— Ahmed Ali (@DrAhmednurAli) July 25, 2023

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Houston Food Not Bombs (which has been around since 1994) has now been ticketed at least 30 times for sharing free food with unhoused neighbors.

Each ticket is $2000!

It specifically says “feed homeless” on the citation. pic.twitter.com/Ih46KEnb5h
— Claire Zagorski, MSc, LP (@clairezagorski) July 23, 2023

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Today marks an unfortunate anniversary. The last time the federal minimum wage was raised was July 24, 2009.

This is the longest time that the federal minimum wage hasn’t gone up in U.S. history.

At $7.25/hour, the federal rate is also the minimum wage in 20 states.
— Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) July 24, 2023

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actors are on strike, writers are on strike, teamsters are on strike, hotel employees are on strike, grad students are on strike, health care workers are on strike… can we realize there are deep systemic issues in this country yet
— wells santo (searching for alternatives) (@WellsLucasSanto) July 13, 2023

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Every time I see that minimum wage figure, I’m reminded of my first job. I made $7.25 in California … in 1999. I’m aware we made more than other states, but it isn’t lost on me that that figure is still around 20 years later. https://t.co/XkGiLjIRfe
— Jo Von M. McCalester, PhD (@DrMcCalester) July 11, 2023

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“While it will be up to members to decide on the contract, at least one lesson should be clear: Strikes, or the real threat of strikes, work.”https://t.co/aaQr40Zsn1
— UAW (@UAW) July 27, 2023

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Boomers are going to move into assisted living retirement communities owned by private equity, and all this wealth will be completely stripped out of the population. pic.twitter.com/NwcU1ACuvz
— My weight class is Karen (@InsightTweeting) July 13, 2023

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“Every time I walk through that door, I don’t know if I’m going to come out in a body bag.” – testimony from worker at Ultium Cells, one the many EV battery companies receiving billions of $$$ in taxpayer handouts while employing workers in dangerous conditions at poverty wages. https://t.co/sgoXfm2XhA
— Chris Brooks (@chactivist) July 31, 2023

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The average student debt payment is $400+ and you cannot file for bankruptcy if you default. https://t.co/2S5dV60diS
— The Debt Collective 🟥 (@StrikeDebt) July 30, 2023

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June 24, 2023 by V Leigh

“The willingness to allow certain people to die while every effort is made to save others … it’s a really dark reflection on humanity.”

“The willingness to allow certain people to die while every effort is made to save others … it’s a really dark reflection on humanity.” https://t.co/k5yPzl6C1n
— Celeste Ng (@pronounced_ing) June 22, 2023

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Barack Obama called out the disparity in news coverage between the missing Titan submersible, which received nearly wall-to-wall coverage this week, and a capsized boat carrying 700 migrants in the Mediterranean, which received barely any attention comparatively pic.twitter.com/aL8zSDZWgu
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 23, 2023

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May 8, 2022 by V Leigh

The Supreme Court of the United States decided not to extend basic constitutional rights to residents in state territories, including Puerto Rico.

Indigenous Taíno people in Puerto Rico struggle to get their concerns acknowledged by the U.S., so they’re going to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.https://t.co/yewVYz7BTT
— grist (@grist) May 7, 2022

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President Biden’s administration, like the Trump administration before it, defended Congress’s right to exclude residents of Puerto Rico from the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program without violating the Constitution’s promise of equal protection. https://t.co/mWBktGjP7n
— The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (@IBJIYONGI) April 21, 2022

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There is a nationwide power outage across US colony Puerto Rico right now

The US government, which appointed an unelected colonial board to control Puerto Rico’s finances, forced the privatization of the power grid to a corporation

Ever since there have been constant blackouts https://t.co/lcQlHIqafZ
— Benjamin Norton (@BenjaminNorton) April 7, 2022

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A recently published bill in Puerto Rico seeks to prohibit abortions after 22 weeks with the only exception being if the pregnant person’s life is in danger. We call for urgent objective public hearings and meaningful human rights scrutiny of this bill.https://t.co/CuIUeYtYsM pic.twitter.com/pKzLGz3slg
— Amnesty International USA (@amnestyusa) April 21, 2022

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Puerto Rico accounts for 1% of the US pop. but 7% of US cases. Hospitalizations are up 3x. The reasons:
– explosion in travel
– end of mask + vax requirements
– low boost rate (despite 78% primary vax rate)

Given the right ingredients, COVID will cook.https://t.co/NhcTCa2fQt
— Dr. Taison Bell (@TaisonBell) May 4, 2022

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“The Supreme Court of the United States decided not to extend basic constitutional rights to residents in state territories, including Puerto Rico.”https://t.co/0NPUt4BBiN
— Affinity Magazine (@TheAffinityMag) April 29, 2022

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April 16, 2021 by V Leigh

Inequality is the greatest harm to our democracy

Arkansas GOP legislature just passed Georgia-style voter suppression bills making it crime to give food and water to voters waiting in line & stripping power from nonpartisan election officials
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) April 13, 2021

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I cried looking at the new Forbes billionaire list so I did a bunch of number crunching (as I do) to calm down.

First, let’s say this loud and clear. COVID-19 has been a boon for the rich. Founders, families & CEOs of the five Big Tech companies are now worth $651,800,000,000.
— jane chung (@Jane24477) April 7, 2021

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Jeff Bezos is worth $182 billion and the fact that he chooses to do everything within his power to keep the 5,800 predominantly Black workers in Alabama from unionizing for humane working conditions proves that he knows he didn’t earn his fortune. He exploited workers for it.
— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) March 19, 2021

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Waiting for justice: Unsentenced people locked up for years | CalMattershttps://t.co/1qdN72gZf0 #presumedinnocent #jailreformnow
— LaDoris Cordell (@judgecordell) March 31, 2021

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Policing is a public health crisis.
Mass incarceration is a public health crisis.
Housing injustice is a public health crisis.
Medical apartheid is a public health crisis.
Racism is a public health crisis.
— Ayanna Pressley (@AyannaPressley) April 10, 2021

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“Inequality is the greatest harm to our democracy because inequality asphyxiates hope,” says Ford Foundation president Darren Walker. Now, the mission of every Ford Foundation grant is fighting inequality. https://t.co/7C6uKiDqRc pic.twitter.com/W6nKviEUcu
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) April 4, 2021

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October 23, 2020 by V Leigh

The top 1% of Americans

BREAKING: The Seattle Human Services Department just announced that providing housing to Seattle’s 12,000 homeless would be “reckless and irresponsible”. Over 1 in 10 Seattle apartments are currently empty. We are in a pandemic and our air is at toxic levels due to wildfires. https://t.co/9OQnV1F6r6
— Dae (@daeshikjr) September 17, 2020

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The top 1% of Americans have taken $50 trillion from the bottom 90%—and that’s made the U.S. less secure https://t.co/o7Nm9JUOWI
— TIME (@TIME) September 14, 2020

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May 18, 2020 by V Leigh

“There’s a cruelty here that I don’t think I’ve seen”

Striking garbage workers in New Orleans, making $10.25 an hour, were fired en masse this week.

Now, they are being replaced by prison labor. https://t.co/Os5a52qOo5
— Mike Elk (@MikeElk) May 10, 2020

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Capitalism has brought about levels of income inequality that are unjust and unsustainable.

Three men in America own more wealth than the bottom HALF of the country. This is disturbing. Unfettered capitalism is not the path forward.#RIPCapitalism

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— McAuley 🍽 (@McauleyHolmes) May 13, 2020

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On top of years of income inequality, women have also been most heavily affected by this economic crisis. We have a responsibility to provide aid to displaced workers and ensure equal pay for women as they re-enter the workforce. https://t.co/iDQciwYF78
— Reverend Raphael Warnock (@ReverendWarnock) May 11, 2020

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Before the early 1980s, there weren’t millions of people experiencing homelessness in the United States. The modern crisis can be traced to drastic Reagan-era cuts to affordable housing in the middle of an economic recession. https://t.co/W3nLJSaPiE
— The Appeal (@theappeal) April 25, 2020

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“There’s a cruelty here that I don’t think I’ve seen…” As I have said before, homelessness and housing insecurity are directly connected to income inequality. Time to fix that. #waleg @markoliias America’s Cities Could House Everyone if They Chose To https://t.co/3jO1TlQL7c
— Patty Kuderer (@senpattykuderer) May 17, 2020

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April 22, 2020 by V Leigh

Coronavirus Lays Bare The Staggering Class Inequalities That Divide America

This is a fantastic article addressing a very real issue with the rebound from this difficult chapter. Prepare for the Ultimate Gaslighting* – Julio Vincent Gambuto – Medium #Gaslighting #COVIDー19 https://t.co/x41EtmvrBw
— Bethany Lambert (@ComposinCounsel) April 11, 2020

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.@chrislhayes: “We cannot go back to normal until we have a vaccine, there is no business as usual. Things will change.”https://t.co/c5evgn0Aah
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) April 12, 2020

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Officials spent 20 years preparing for a pandemic.

When it finally arrived, they ran into an unexpected problem: A president who refused to act.https://t.co/Xt8roO9mYX
— POLITICO (@politico) April 13, 2020

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Governors plead for federal help on coronavirus testing, contradicting Trump’s claims that testing is widely available https://t.co/awxgBmcEaX
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 19, 2020

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As COVID-19 exposes the class inequalities that have long divided America, support for Medicare for All has surged to near record highs, and 7 in 10 Americans support halting evictions and freezing rent during the crisis. https://t.co/yDFwV28uPn
— The Appeal (@theappeal) April 16, 2020

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April 21, 2020 by V Leigh

Coronavirus is an inequality crisis: people left without food, unable to pay rent, abused at home. We need to start talking about it.

I’m so tired. https://t.co/HUXYLOi1Xw
— Kimberly Atkins (@KimberlyEAtkins) April 14, 2020

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imagine if cops just….handed out masks instead https://t.co/3AMJT2t2YU
— aída chávez (@aidachavez) April 10, 2020

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More than three dozen immigrant children at a Heartland Alliance shelter for unaccompanied minors have tested positive for COVID-19. https://t.co/PfSumDOHjW
— CBS Chicago (@cbschicago) April 14, 2020

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In Chicago. 270 people at Cook County Jail have tested positive for COVID-19. 210 are incarcerated and 60 are staff. https://t.co/EF0GOeaPIY
— Rebecca Kavanagh (@DrRJKavanagh) April 4, 2020

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COVID-19 is disproportionately affecting African Americans, but our health system has struggled to address health inequality since long before the coronavirus pandemic. It’s time to end these disparities. https://t.co/zeZlM1L650
— Rep. Lauren Underwood (@RepUnderwood) April 17, 2020

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Coronavirus is an inequality crisis: people left without food, unable to pay rent, abused at home. We need to start talking about it. >> Today’s col. https://t.co/3IDtgwtNRL
— Frances Ryan (@DrFrancesRyan) April 15, 2020

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April 4, 2016 by V Leigh

The Counted has been recognized with a James Aronson award for social justice journalism

Lessons in how to build a world-changing online community from Black Lives Matter https://t.co/Pfa8a2Auij pic.twitter.com/65ZcWazhXL

— Fast Company (@FastCompany) April 4, 2016

feminism is: 👩🏻👩🏼👩🏽👩🏾👩🏿=👨🏻👨🏼👨🏽👨🏾👨🏿
not:👩🏻👩🏼👩🏽👩🏾👩🏿>👨🏻👨🏼👨🏽👨🏾👨🏿
black lives matter is: 👩🏽👩🏾👩🏿👨🏿👨🏾👨🏿=👨🏻👩🏻👩🏼👩🏻👨🏼
not:👩🏽👩🏾👩🏿👨🏾👨🏿>👨🏻👩🏻👩🏼👨🏼👩🏻

— Himo(@HimoKash) March 30, 2016

"TheBlack Lives Matter movement is global."

Canadian activists want justice after an officer-involved shooting. https://t.co/aGS9XwxHKq

— AJ+ (@ajplus) March 29, 2016

The Counted has been recognized with a James Aronson award for social justice journalism. https://t.co/8i0890nRvb

— The Counted (@thecounted) April 1, 2016

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The billionaire tax cheat in the Oval Office just eliminated the office that goes after other billionaire tax cheats. Same old story. The get richer. And the little guy gets screwed.

Having a job is often not enough in a system that requires homelessness and poverty to function.

“The willingness to allow certain people to die while every effort is made to save others … it’s a really dark reflection on humanity.”

The Supreme Court of the United States decided not to extend basic constitutional rights to residents in state territories, including Puerto Rico.

Inequality is the greatest harm to our democracy

The top 1% of Americans

“There’s a cruelty here that I don’t think I’ve seen”

Coronavirus Lays Bare The Staggering Class Inequalities That Divide America

Coronavirus is an inequality crisis: people left without food, unable to pay rent, abused at home. We need to start talking about it.