#Austerity

G. Sierra-Zorita

GSierraZorita

@SeanDuffyWI, author of PROMESA, chides the @FOMBPR for restructuring less than 30% of Puerto Rico's debt in over 3 years. I get it. I share his frustration and I hope

Propane Jane™

docrocktex26

Everybody needs to wrap their minds around the possibility that “red states” are red in the general b/c folk who don’t live here keep telling us we aren’t worth time,

McWomble 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇸✊️✌️

WombleFree

of citizens and it’s rightly welcomed, yet we’re told we can’t afford it or shouldn’t provide it for the minority of citizens who would usually receive benefits. My friend didn’t

Gbenga Ajilore 🏃🏾‍♂️

gbenga_ajilore

During good times this story would be enraging and a slap in the face during a pandemic.But seeing this story after a lack of relief for months, this is a

formerly known as 'the Gentleman Of Calgary'

TheBaronAB

There *is* a difference between the Left & Right wing of the political spectrum. There's no use pretending otherwise. Teachable moments abound from America's election. The #RightWing is going to

Dr Robert Bohan Artist

RobertBohan

Thread: The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is justly famous for its collection of Dutch art. Whenever I’m in the city I try to visit every day & spend time with some

ScottishPanda

PandaScottish

[thread]Now I am going to write a thread on Matt Hancock, Nadine Dorries and Andrew DaviesKiddingI don't care for Nadine and AndrewThey will be peripheral charactershttps://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/matt-hancock-lockdown-rewrite-hi

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

"It was in the summer of 2020 when financial capitalism finally broke with the world of real people, including capitalists antiquated enough to try to profit from producing goods and

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

Accounting prof and #GND cofounder @RichardJMurphy wrote an astounding thread over the weekend explaining where money comes from and what purpose taxation serves. https://twitter.com/RichardJMurphy/status/13377376066883338261/ He's sinc

Heidi Shierholz

hshierholz

This morning DOL released some of the first economic data of the Biden presidency—last week's initial unemployment insurance claims (okay, *half* of last week was in the Biden presidency). What

Real Change

RealChangeNews

.@SeattleCouncil Budget Committee shortly. We have heard that there will be a budget amendment introduced to remove all Safe Consumption Space funding proposed in the budget. We need all Councilmembers

Heidi Shierholz

hshierholz

There was an armed insurrection at the U.S. Capitol yesterday in which the police were complicit in a way that has everything to do with structural racism. And that is

ReSisters United UK & Ireland

ReSistersU

BBC news bulletin on the rolling out of the vaccine - explaining why they have confidence in it. Phrases like “methodologically sound, scientifically rigorous” “working to strict guidelines on safety

Rajesh Thind

RajeshThind

This was me a year ago today, wearing an FFP2 3M mask on the tube. My Government can’t tell me they did all they could. They were slow, too slow

Carly Findlay OAM

carlyfindlay

So excited to see a heap of disabled writers’ books due to come out. We need more representation - and we’re getting it. These books aren’t just for other disabked

Ulrike Franke

RikeFranke

German defence minister AKK and the Inspector General of the Bundeswehr have written a paper about the future of the Bundeswehr.https://twitter.com/gebauerspon/status/1359164566383587342 What does the paper say? ThreadFull paper https://aug

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