Every Fucking progressive Democracy in the World
Has universal or Single Payer Healthcare
Canada
New Zealand
Australia
Germany
France
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
Spain
Japan
UK
Taiwan
And the Richest Nation in the World, the good old USA?
Shit
Why?
Republicans are shit people
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
A picture of me in 2017 standing next to Rob Reiner, both smiling.
I met a fair amount of famous people in my years producing video for WaPo. Only asked to take a fan photo with one. 💔
Good morning friends 🫶
I'm going to say this bluntly, but if I see any gun nut bring up Australia's gun laws and try to use this latest terrorist attack as a reason for why Australia "needs guns", I'm calling you an idiot
imagine how many people could easily save for a home down payment if they weren’t burning $1500/ month on health insurance
Once fair elections are gone, the only way to regain democracy will be war, either an underground insurgency or full blown armed warfare. I see no other alternative. The founders understood the price paid for freedom, too bad most Americans forgot.
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
Legendary actor and director Rob Reiner and gifted photographer Michele Singer (his wife of 36 years) were also thoughtful, money-where-your-mouth-is progressive activists. While police investigate their deaths as homicides, Hollywood mourns. RIP. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...
Sounds about right.
'Remarkable': Plurality of Republicans now believe Trump had knowledge of Epstein's crimes
www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epst...
People are already spending 10-20% or more of their gross income on healthcare premiums and care. Replace that with a baseline 5% tax for universal healthcare. It would save lives and stimulate the economy
America isn’t some neutral “nation of freedom”—it was built on land theft, genocide, and slavery, all to concentrate wealth and power. The dictatorship of capital doesn’t just exploit workers; it legitimizes and profits from the destruction of entire peoples. #SettlerColonialism
Fun fact: Ronald Reagan also had Alzheimer's during his second term in office.
There shouldn’t be a dozen people needing to get a piece of the profit of every doctors visit
Dems: "blame the voters for 2024!"
But Dems, the voters in 2020 did just fine.
Why don't you Dems want us to ask questions about why the person who the voters elected in 2020 - Joe Biden - didn't put Donald Trump into a CIA black site? Or into the ground? Why didn't Joe Biden put Trump away?
Measles cases are at their highest levels in decades due to declining childhood vaccination rates.
Vaccination prevents measles.
Protect kids from measles by vaccinating them on schedule.
Complications from measles can cause long term damage to the immune system.
Learn more: on.nyc.gov/measles
"The first segment of Canada's proposed high-speed rail network will connect Montreal and Ottawa."
👏 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport
The Disney/AI thing is vile, not only because of the support it gives the monster (when House of the Mouse should have been suing them into oblivion) but because we KNOW what all those favourite characters are going to end up doing/used for.
'Disneyland' has taken on a whole new meaning.
The fact that far too many people cannot recognize fascism unless it looks exactly like Nazi Germany is very dangerous.
From President Zelensky's official telegram account.
“We’re not Nazis! We just want to subjugate inferior races by force and blindly follow orders to torture and kill for no good reason!” — Republicans unironically 🤷🇺🇸🦅
Taxpayer bailouts in 3...2...1...
