January 13, 2025 by V Leigh

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?

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
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) January 6, 2025

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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.

Property taxes are due by midnight tonight. pic.twitter.com/foYFT88kbZ
— Matt Van Swol (@matt_vanswol) January 6, 2025

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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.

The idea of renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America” is a distraction from the ruling class.
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) January 7, 2025

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On point. No additional words needed. pic.twitter.com/pFpqOjp54I
— Priyamvada Gopal © (@PriyamvadaGopal) January 7, 2025

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January 8, 2025 by V Leigh

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.

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
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) January 2, 2025

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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.

“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a 29-year-old in California wrote. https://t.co/qullOr6Dhm pic.twitter.com/GGDxTN5kpC
— ProPublica (@propublica) December 29, 2024

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December 23, 2024 by V Leigh

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.

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— 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

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
— Party for Socialism and Liberation (@pslnational) December 21, 2024

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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

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December 19, 2024 by V Leigh

THE ONLY MINORITY DESTROYING THIS COUNTRY ARE THE BILLIONAIRES.

The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.

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.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) December 15, 2024

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Elon Musk Wealth
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
— Warren Gunnels (@GunnelsWarren) December 12, 2024

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Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss:

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…
— Andrea Junker (@Strandjunker) December 11, 2024

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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

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November 12, 2024 by V Leigh

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.

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.
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) October 22, 2024

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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

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October 22, 2024 by V Leigh

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.

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
— Economic Policy Institute (@EconomicPolicy) December 21, 2022

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September 14, 2024 by V Leigh

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:

“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
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) September 8, 2024

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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.

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.
— Melanie D’Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) September 8, 2024

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Economic inequality in USA is worse today than before the Great Depression & I think often about this warning:
“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
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) September 3, 2024

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August 1, 2024 by V Leigh

Capitalism is a failed economic system.

Capitalism is a failed economic system. pic.twitter.com/cTh8KM1fKM
— Alan MacLeod (@AlanRMacLeod) July 10, 2024

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— holly (@girlziplocked) July 11, 2024

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Texas doesn’t have funding for mental health professionals but their politicians found time to pass a law making sure the police get more funding each year. https://t.co/eSEaPlcxMs
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) July 21, 2024

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— 🌹 🔥 🍉Dark Warlord 🍉🔥 🌹 (@drkwarlord) July 21, 2024

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You can be HIV free, for ~$90,000 per year.

They plan to charge $42,250 for this miraculous HIV drug that could be sold for $40 a year, which would still provide 30% profit.

We have wealth care, not health care in this country. https://t.co/XmzeYKoY1E
— Dr. Victoria Dooley (@DrDooleyMD) July 24, 2024

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Federal minimum wage in:

2009: $7.25
2010: $7.25
2011: $7.25
2012: $7.25
2013: $7.25
2014: $7.25
2015: $7.25
2016: $7.25
2017: $7.25
2018: $7.25
2019: $7.25
2020: $7.25
2021: $7.25
2022: $7.25
2023: $7.25
2024: $7.25

Folks, it’s time to raise the damn wage already.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) July 24, 2024

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Homelessness is a failure of government, no one should be without a home in the richest country on earth.

An economy that “prospers” while people are unhoused is not truly great.

Criminalizing people for being unable to afford or hold housing is despicable. https://t.co/VS8TBB9NkG
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) July 25, 2024

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Important story: Homelessness in the USA was the highest ever on record in 2023.

In 2024, homeless shelters and services are seeing an uptick in people WITH JOBS who are living in cars, etc.

Low-wage workers can’t afford rent. pic.twitter.com/le3SzFHAGg
— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) July 29, 2024

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July 15, 2024 by V Leigh

Medical Debt

In America, 1 in 4 cancer patients declared bankruptcy or lost their homes to eviction or foreclosure in 2022, while 42% deplete their life savings within 2 years.

This is insane and unspeakable. Getting cancer should not cause bankruptcy. We must cancel medical debt.
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) July 5, 2024

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I had a suicidal patient brought in against her will. She was suicidal because of financial issues. She asked me if she would get a bill for her forced hospitalization, which is the case. She will likely be billed thousands of dollars. That’s American healthcare for you.
— cabral (@doctor_cabral) July 11, 2024

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US healthcare is so bad you can die in the waiting room #HealthcareForProfit #CapitalismKills

Probe reveals Vallejo man died at Kaiser ER after long wait https://t.co/KdbDYyeBS4 via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) July 12, 2024

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July 7, 2024 by V Leigh

It is absolutely disgusting that in the wealthiest nation in the world, our government would rather criminalize homelessness instead of providing everyone with dignified housing.

If it’s hot outside, increase the price of water.

If there’s a pandemic, increase the price of the vaccine.

If there’s housing crisis, increase the price of homes.

If there’s a healthcare crisis, increase the price of seeing a doctor.

Corporate greed should be a crime. https://t.co/kY8yYMsRg9
— Melanie D’Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) June 25, 2024

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The term “unskilled labor” is used by the ruling class to justify poverty wages.
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) June 21, 2024

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It is absolutely disgusting that in the wealthiest nation in the world, our government would rather criminalize homelessness instead of providing everyone with dignified housing.
— Congressman Jamaal Bowman (@RepBowman) June 28, 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.

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