As many of us have been saying, THE USA HAS A DOMESTIC TERRORISM PROBLEM.
Look at what we have become.
https://twitter.com/shannonrwatts/status/1780606067380208100

Private equity finds its next bet: college admissions

“If a private equity firm has input in the testing but they also own a company that develops the curriculum, they have control over the entire process. They have a lot of control in ways that are not transparent."

"With something as important as college admissions testing you want that transparency. Nonprofits have to share a lot of information with the public, private equity-owned structures don’t"
#capitalism
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/17/investing/premarket-stocks-trading/index.html

As many of us have been saying, THE USA HAS A DOMESTIC TERRORISM PROBLEM.
https://twitter.com/New_Narrative/status/1780586322047996069

#humor #AlsoDickPic

Please vote Blue, the other side has domestic terrorists.

FUCK the GOP
https://twitter.com/carlquintanilla/status/1780596937303163286

Pet peeve alert (new and improved, now with notification📢)

Can we stop talking about provable things as things people "believe in" or don't?
One is either--
*Convinced by the evidence
*Unconvinced by the evidence
*Not paying attention
*Dogmatic
#news #PetPeeve

https://apnews.com/article/aapi-asian-american-pacific-islander-poll-climate-226f4001c8fafc1e0ebff2fdd15e4d2e

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in US more likely to believe in climate change: AP-NORC poll

As Iran attacked Israel, old and faked videos and images got millions of views on X

#propaganda #confirmationbias #idiocy
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/16/1244920615/iran-israel-fake-social-media-disinformation

Gerrymandering Explained

"Nationally, extreme partisan bias in congressional maps gave Republicans a net 16 to 17 seat advantage for most of last decade. Michigan, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania, the three states with the worst gerrymanders..accounted for 7 to 10 extra Republican seats in the House."

In 2018, Democrats in Wisconsin won every statewide office and a majority of the statewide vote, but thanks to gerrymandering won only 36 of the 99 seats.
#politics
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/gerrymandering-explained#:~:text=Gerrymandering%20has%20a%20real%20impact,many%20state%20legislatures%20as%20possible.

3 states consider Bayer-written legislation giving it immunity for Roundup cancer claims as it reels from $10 billion in verdicts and counting

#corruption #politics
https://fortune.com/europe/2024/04/16/bayer-roundup-cancer-lawsuits-immunity-legislation/

Revealed: Israel has sped up settlement-building in East Jerusalem since Gaza war began

Ministries and offices within the Israeli government are behind all the largest and most contentious of the projects, sometimes in association with rightwing nationalist groups with a history of trying to evict Palestinians from their homes in parts of the city.
#Badguys #apartheid #genocide
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/17/revealed-israel-has-sped-up-settlement-building-in-east-jerusalem-since-gaza-war-began

I highly recommend reading "Your Inner Fish" by Neil Shubin. Like super recommend it. Especially for anyone who would like to know more about the how and why of the human body. Also there's a tv show. #CoSoBooks #CoSoTV

Well, you know. Rapey clergy getting away with shit, same as ever.

https://ballsandstrikes.org/legal-culture/louisiana-supreme-court-church-abuse-case/

Ffs

Biden gives Samsung $6.4 billion in grants to boost Texas chip output

#healthcare #rent #housing #inflation
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/15/tech/us-southkorea-samsung-chips-hnk-intl/index.html

More than 19,000 children orphaned in Gaza
About 10,000 women have died in Gaza, including 6,000 mothers.

https://abcnews.go.com/International/live-updates/israel-gaza-hamas-war/congressional-party-leaders-reach-consensus-on-aid-to-israel-and-ukraine-schumer-says-109222982?id=108860743

#AmWriting

The Supreme Court is corrupt.
https://twitter.com/rparloff/status/1780365254863507580

From Judd Legum at Popular Information: #Taxes #IncomeInequality

https://popular.info/p/who-pays-on-tax-day

"1945 -1980, American households that made > $1 paid ave. of 50.1% of income in fed. taxes, new report from Americans for Tax Fairness. After WW II was characterized by "substantial economic growth & shared prosperity" w/rapid income growth up & down the income ladder," constructing the interstate highway system, improving public education, facilitating mass home ownership, expanding healthcare coverage."