#PROP

Sophie Strauss

sophielstrauss

If the apple cost $1 then the tax is ~7 cents. But 7 cents is a much higher percentage of the garment worker's net worth than it is of the

Jeong Park

JeongPark52

If you've noticed, a lot of pro-Prop. 22 drivers quoted in media stories (including ours) are those who work part-time or those who have retired from their day jobs and

macrocephalopod

macrocephalopod

Some thoughts on how big market making firms (eg Jane Street, Susquehanna, Optiver) are structured. Note I have not worked at any of these firms so this is not based

Alfred Twu

alfred_twu

sometimes a map gives off a "haven't I seen this map before?" vibe. Left: size of Prop 13 property tax subsidy that homeowners who bought a long time ago get,

Lamar White, Jr.

LamarWhiteJr

On Friday, @LaPoliticsNow reported that someone had shared with him a pro- @RunWithJason's "push poll" showing Williams in a "statistical dead heat" with Keva Landrum for Orleans Parish DA. That

ZeBigDragon Already Hates 2021 ✝️🧋🏳️‍🌈🏴🐉

ZeBigDragon

I will never forget the Western left’s apathy towards Hong Kong. The Western right was able to gain such a following there was because of how the Western left stayed

Sophie Strauss

sophielstrauss

hey California, LET'S TALK ABOUT PROP 13!What IS Prop 13 (passed in 1978)? Prop 13 is often referred to as "the third rail" of California politics because of how untouchable

Dr. Sarah Bond

SarahEBond

Can we chat a sec? Many friends and family have sent me the new AI-produced portraits of Roman Emperors. I don’t wish to share the project or even the picture

James Medlock

jdcmedlock

Some tax-and-spend victories this cycle: Measure W in Alameda county- sales tax to fund homelessness services Prop A in Austin - a property tax increase to fund public rail transit

UHPP #FundMedicaid

UHPP

Now this is the story all about how, The Utah Medicaid expansion budget got flipped-turned upside down, And I'd like to take a minute, just sit right there, I'll tell

Veena Dubal

veenadubal

This is why we should be weary of any effort by the gig companies (LYFT!) to “extend a hand” (more like a knife) to labor unions in CA by establishing

Jennifer Cohn ✍🏻 📢

jennycohn1

Cherry picking propaganda “usually doesn’t entail inaccurate information so much as incomplete information — facts ripped away from their context with other facts that would drastically affect their interpretation.” 1/https://propag

Chris Dover

ChrisDMacro

There has never been a better time to become a prop trader than nowa thread.... What is prop trading?Prop trading is simply, you trade firm capital and you split the

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

#Prop22 was the most expensive ballot initiative in history: "gig economy" companies firehosed $200m over voters, outspending 48/50 state legislative races on a single question.That question: can employers misclassify workers

Michael Sozan 🌊

michaelsozan

Thread.I wrote an op-ed published today in California's Mercury News, discussing how it's time to stop runaway political spending by foreign-influenced U.S. corporations. California's Proposition 22, which just passed, is

Shane Phillips

ShaneDPhillips

THREAD: Proposition 15 failed and that's a huge bummer. We should try it again very soon. In the meantime, I also think we should pursue the following as a partial

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