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1/13
š£ Thread on the recent debt ceiling deal between President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The agreement brings new details to light. Do you agree or disagree with the deal? Here's a non-biased breakdown of the key components. š #DebtCeiling #Biden #McCarthy
š£ Thread on the recent debt ceiling deal between President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The agreement brings new details to light. Do you agree or disagree with the deal? Here's a non-biased breakdown of the key components. š #DebtCeiling #Biden #McCarthy
2/13
The cornerstone of the agreement is a two-year suspension of the debt ceiling, allowing the government to continue borrowing and pay its bills on time, if Congress passes the agreement by June 5th. #DebtCeiling #Congress
The cornerstone of the agreement is a two-year suspension of the debt ceiling, allowing the government to continue borrowing and pay its bills on time, if Congress passes the agreement by June 5th. #DebtCeiling #Congress
3/13
In exchange for suspending the limit, Republicans demanded policy concessions from Mr. Biden, such as limits on federal discretionary spending growth and new work requirements for certain food stamps and Temporary Aid for Needy Families program recipients. #PolicyChanges
In exchange for suspending the limit, Republicans demanded policy concessions from Mr. Biden, such as limits on federal discretionary spending growth and new work requirements for certain food stamps and Temporary Aid for Needy Families program recipients. #PolicyChanges
@jamaicansdotcom @proudjamaicans @GraysInnBar Margaret Ramsay-Hale. who like @NexusChambers @2BedfordRow @187FleetStreet @Kings_Chambers well any Criminal Barristers Chambers really who have to follow @sra_solicitors guild lines
and if @jamaicannews had found out that there has been a gross miscarriage of @injusticewatch with a @BBC @injusticedoc #thisistottenham that was set up by @labour @DavidLammy senior members of @MetTaskforce to mislead the public in hopes to not force a #NationalUprising
by burying #thetruth to #ProtectTheProtectors the @RoyalFamily and the few #PoliceOfficers who failed both #AmbroseGGBall and his mother Toni aka Ruth Lovell as confirmed by head of @BarnetCouncil Mr & Mrs @CllrCornelius n the email sent to family within days of Toni's
#StimulusPackage is on everyone's mind
While the 5,593 page bedtime reading sounds appealing, here is a summary via #PolicyCapsule
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While the 5,593 page bedtime reading sounds appealing, here is a summary via #PolicyCapsule
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What is this?
šStimulus package passed by US Congress in December 2020
šPart of a ācolossalā spending bill unveiled by US congress
šTotal = more than $2 billion
šIncludes stimulus package ($900 Billion) + year-end spending bill ($1.4 trillion)
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šStimulus package passed by US Congress in December 2020
šPart of a ācolossalā spending bill unveiled by US congress
šTotal = more than $2 billion
šIncludes stimulus package ($900 Billion) + year-end spending bill ($1.4 trillion)
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Who is responsible for this #StimulusPackage ?
šUS Congress has passed this appropriations bill
šMr. Trump has yet to sign this bill into law
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šUS Congress has passed this appropriations bill
šMr. Trump has yet to sign this bill into law
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.@TheAtlanticFest now: @SpeakerPelosi, with #NIH Fauci, others tonight
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#TheAtlanticFest #COVID19 #pandemic #SCOTUS #RBG #RuthBaderGinsburg
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#TheAtlanticFest #COVID19 #pandemic #SCOTUS #RBG #RuthBaderGinsburg
.@SpeakerPelosi starts off noting bringing to the House floor the continuing resolution to prevent a #governmentshutdown.
#TheAtlanticFest #COVID19 #pandemic #SCOTUS #RBG #RuthBaderGinsburg
#TheAtlanticFest #COVID19 #pandemic #SCOTUS #RBG #RuthBaderGinsburg
.@SpeakerPelosi calls #RuthBaderGinsburg "almost bionic" the way she was able to stave off cancer for so long.
Pelosi talks about how #RBG called the speaker her "friend."
"We have lost a giant."
#TheAtlanticFest #COVID19 #pandemic #SCOTUS #Obamacare #ACA
Pelosi talks about how #RBG called the speaker her "friend."
"We have lost a giant."
#TheAtlanticFest #COVID19 #pandemic #SCOTUS #Obamacare #ACA
Reminder: Trump oversaw the worst economic downturn in nearly a century.
washingtonpost.com/business/2020/ā¦
#economy
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#economy
This is not a news conference today Trump is holding.
It is a taxpayer-paid campaign event.
It is a taxpayer-paid campaign event.
NEXT UP: # 4 SEED FISHER VERSUS # 5 SEED TIGER OWL #2019MMM photo credits: Tom Kogut
Tiger owls are generally "free from natural enemies" predators such as coyotes, bobcats, mountain lions & are known to attack humans who get too close to their nests (Baumgartner 1939) #TheyWillCutYou #2019MMM
Males & females tiger owls mature by year 3 & females are larger. They produce 1-6 eggs/season & alternate roosting & hunting during the nesting season. Males do most of the hunting while females spend their time protecting the brood. (Baumgarter 1939) #2019MMM
Thanks to the #GovernmentShutdown it took a while to get the comments for my (once again failed) application to the @NEHgov for my book. Some thoughts: (thread)
I am very grateful to the people who volunteer to do this job. It's a great kindness to participate in giving away money to OTHER PEOPLE to do their work, thus sacrificing their own time. I am sincere about that. Even to those of you who found my project unworthy.
That said, People who evaluate my scholarship seem to fall into two categories: those who really seem to love it, and think I am innovative and interesting, and those who think I should go sell real estate for a living. This phenomenon has affected me my whole career.
#Trump appeared before the American people tonight asking everyone to āchoose greatness.
He should take his own advice. Over the past two years heās chosen nothing but division and derision, pursuing policies that stoke fear in communities and families across the nation. #SOTU
He should take his own advice. Over the past two years heās chosen nothing but division and derision, pursuing policies that stoke fear in communities and families across the nation. #SOTU
The president governs from crisis to crisis, imperils our nationās standing in the world, endangers our future by denying the threats of climate change and sells out working people in favor of wealthy special interests. #SOTU2019 #SOTU
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Our country deserves better from its leaders. The presidentās words tonight ring hollow. If the president really wants to promote a strong union, he will stop vilifying our free press and individuals who dare to disagree with him. He will take bold action to fight #climatechange.
"We have reached to end the shutdown and re-open the federal government" announces @POTUS in @WhiteHouse Rose Garden saying he had a "powerful alternative" but didn't want to use it "at this time."
"In many case you encourage me to keep going," @POTUS claiming federal workers supported #GovernmentShutdown.
Talking with Erickson now regarding helicopter crash - very minimal info allowed to be released at this time. Told itās a very experienced pilot during training flight.
No word yet on how the wreckage will be removed from the crash site. @JCSO_Oregon says itās very steep and heavily forested.
Erickson notified authorities (@JCSO_Oregon, @ORStatePolice, Colestin Rural Fire District) of location using a tracker that is on all aircraft of theirs.
1/ We asked every Texan in Congress whether the government shutdown over President Trump's border wall is worth it.
Hereās what they told us. Follow this thread. #borderwall #GovernmentShutdown bit.ly/2Htq5qj
Hereās what they told us. Follow this thread. #borderwall #GovernmentShutdown bit.ly/2Htq5qj
2/ We asked every Texan in Congress these two questions:
+ Should the U.S. government finish the wall along the country's southern border?
+ Is the stalemate worth federal workers and contractors missing their paychecks?
bit.ly/2Htq5qj
+ Should the U.S. government finish the wall along the country's southern border?
+ Is the stalemate worth federal workers and contractors missing their paychecks?
bit.ly/2Htq5qj
3/ When we asked Sen. John Cornyn about a border wall, he didnāt give us a yes or no.
He said: "There is no one-size-fits-all prescription for the entire border. It's quite a diverse geography."
bit.ly/2Htq5qj
He said: "There is no one-size-fits-all prescription for the entire border. It's quite a diverse geography."
bit.ly/2Htq5qj
0/ We're currently tracking at 40Ā°C (104ā) here in #Melbourne, yet even that pales in comparison to the heat we're seeing in the #crypto/#blockchain space over the past ~24 hours.
What a day! Below are 22 developments that caught my eye.
What a day! Below are 22 developments that caught my eye.
1/ š Prominent full-service #blockchain technology co. @BitfuryGroup today announced a #Bitcoin #LightningNetwork-oriented product bundle called @Lightning_Peach.
Consumers, merchants, developers; there's LN-enabled solutions for all! Read more below. medium.com/meetbitfury/biā¦
Consumers, merchants, developers; there's LN-enabled solutions for all! Read more below. medium.com/meetbitfury/biā¦
2/ š” After 18 months in stealth, San Francisco-based #crypto custody provider @Anchorage is live with its first product. They're building the first-ever crypto-native custodian!
Last year's a16z-led $17M Series A featured @Naval, @EladGil and @MLevchin. medium.com/anchorage/intrā¦
Last year's a16z-led $17M Series A featured @Naval, @EladGil and @MLevchin. medium.com/anchorage/intrā¦
Today at 11:30 am, members of FBIAA's National Executive Board gather for a press conference to discuss the current and lasting impacts of the #GovernmentShutdown on FBI operations and national security. Updates will be shared on this thread.
Opening statement from FBIAA President @tfoconnor83: "I want to make one point clear: Agents were working cases yesterday, are working cases today, and will be working cases tomorrow. They are doing so without pay and under increasingly challenging conditions."
"Last night I delivered food to our office break room for those in the office who are in need. The FBI family always comes together in times of crisis, but it's truly sad that we must resort to this."
For 2 years of Trump now, science has been under attack: policies ignore science; generation of new scientific studies & data has been dismantled.
With the great @POGOBlog team, I've tracked the types of attacks while fighting back. A tour of the worst that's happened in THREAD:
With the great @POGOBlog team, I've tracked the types of attacks while fighting back. A tour of the worst that's happened in THREAD:
NEW STUDIES & DATA: Trump has terminated efforts that generate scientific info. Policies that ignore science cause damage, but preventing science & data from even existing can undermine policymaking for years. 2/
@bydarrylfears described a clear example: washingtonpost.com/news/energy-enā¦
@bydarrylfears described a clear example: washingtonpost.com/news/energy-enā¦
One of Pruitt's first actions at @EPA was scrapping a request for industry to provide info about their methane emissions & controls, one day after state GOP leaders asked. The data could have informed years of regs. 3/
@EENewsUpdates' @ellengilmer wrote: scientificamerican.com/article/epa-drā¦
@EENewsUpdates' @ellengilmer wrote: scientificamerican.com/article/epa-drā¦
Here's your reminder that, 2 years under Trump, state-sponsored censorship of climate info is still ongoing and pervasive across fed agencies (@EPA, @StateDept, @Interior, @USDOT, ā¦)
Check out @andmbergman & my @NYTopinion piece and examples in THREAD: nytimes.com/2017/11/22/opiā¦
Check out @andmbergman & my @NYTopinion piece and examples in THREAD: nytimes.com/2017/11/22/opiā¦
In Oct 2018, @USDOT, which oversees transportation, one of the largest sectors contributing to anthropogenic U.S. GHG emissions, obfuscated climate info by removing its "Climate Change Clearinghouse" page, among several others
@CNN's @Rene_MarshCNN broke: cnn.com/2018/12/14/polā¦
@CNN's @Rene_MarshCNN broke: cnn.com/2018/12/14/polā¦
.@EPA's removal of epa.gov/climatechange is still the largest case of online climate change censorship by a fed agency
The small amount of the site that was returned censored info about climate change. @NYTclimate's @LFFriedman on our @EnviroDGI report: nytimes.com/2017/10/20/cliā¦
The small amount of the site that was returned censored info about climate change. @NYTclimate's @LFFriedman on our @EnviroDGI report: nytimes.com/2017/10/20/cliā¦
The #GovernmentShutdown is now the longest in U.S. history! Here are the top 10 reasons why the #TrumpShutdown is Donald Trump's fault. (THREAD - PLEASE RT)
1) Trump REJECTED a bipartisan compromise in early 2018 that would have provided billions of dollars in #BorderWallFunding in exchange for protecting the #Dreamers. #TrumpShutdown
2) The #TrumpShutdown started before Christmas, when the GOP held majorities in both the House and Senate. @SpeakerRyan still held the gavel & even he couldn't pass wall funding. #EndTheShutdown
9 of 15 Federal depts are affected by the GOP-owned #governmentshutdown. As of yesterday, it has cost our economy $3.6 billion. Soon, this economic damage will surpass the figure Trump demands to fund āhisā border wall.
Thatās how little he cares about our country #TraitorTrump
Thatās how little he cares about our country #TraitorTrump
Good article for a visual breakdown of the effects of this thoroughly unnecessary, ego-driven, GOP-owned #govermentshutdown here: vox.com/policy-and-polā¦
Did I mention itās the #GOPowned #GovernmentShutdown??? We need to get that trending ASAP for ALL the things the GOP is responsible for. Trump wants the wall, but McConnell ALLOWS a shutdown when he could easily STOP it.
NO ONE has done more damage to our country than McConnell.
NO ONE has done more damage to our country than McConnell.
This #GovernmentShutdown impacts real people, with real stories, and real lives. Yesterday I had the opportunity to join a group of federal workers, many of them veterans, along with @RepAndyLevin & @RepDebDingell, to hear their stories. I wanted to share some with all of you:
We heard from many @TSA employees who detailed their struggles to make ends meet: Jennifer said a coworker was deciding between the cost of transportation to work & her insulin. Wanavia, a veteran, said she took her children to a foodbank to supplement grocery costs.
Youssef, who works for @CBP is on furlough. He talked about border agents dipping into their savings, unable to close on a home; he discussed his own double bind in applying for unemployment to make his mortgage payment, while still technically a federal worker.
THREAD: Body Language Analysis No. 4369: Donald Trump's Border Wall Oval Office Address ā¢ ā¢ #DonaldTrump #BorderWall #OvalOffice #Deception #Anxiety #Frustration #DilatedPupils #Drugs #Nonverbal #EmotionalIntelligence #BodyLanguage #GovernmentShutdown
1/ On Tuesday 8 January 2018, President Trump addressed the nation from the Oval Office regarding his proposed Wall at the US-Mexico border. What follows is a partial nonverbal analysis of this event.
2/ As he began his Oval Office address, Donald Trump intertwined his fingers (0:06). For him, this hand/arm configuration is rare. He was probably following the advice of a speech coach.
Staff at the @NMAAHC, a @smithsonian museum, putting up signs saying they are closed because of the #GovernmentShutdown.
You really gotta appreciate that the staffer felt the need to make sure the sign was level.
UPDATE on the #governmentshutdown as it pertains to @BigBendNPS. Per the official statement: "During the government shutdown, Big Bend National Park will remain open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, as always". However, overnight camping is prohibited at this time. #visitbigbend
For day use at @BigBendNPS you can still hike most trails, scenic drive on most paved and unpaved park roads, cycle, take awesome photos, see the RĆo Grande, get gas and snacks at park stores, and much more. #bigbendnationalpark
For those who were planning to camp at @BigBendNPS, there are quite a few places to tent camp or park your RV in and around nearby Study Butte and Terlingua, about 15 minutes drive from the main entrance to the park. And they are run by some of our great locals. #visitterlingua
THREAD: Body Language Analysis No. 4367: Donald Trump, Nancy Pelosi, & Chuck Schumer Argue in Oval Office - Border Wall & Government Shut Down ā¢ ā¢ #Nonverbal #EmotionalIntelligence #DonaldTrump #NancyPelosi #ChuckSchumer #OvalOffice #GovernmentShutdown
1/ On Tuesday 11 December 2018, Donald Trump met with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer in the Oval Office. Among many things President Trump said, "... If we don't get what we want - one way or the other - whether it's through you - through a [sic] military - ..."
2/ "... through anything you wanna call, I will shut down the government, absolutely" and "I am proud to shut down the government ..." as well as "... I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down ...".
Merry Christmas from Big Bend National Park!
This is one of Texas's jewels, with mountain ranges, natural hot springs, and the Rio Grande on our southern border. Being here during a shutdownātriggered by a demand for Border Wall spendingāgives us a lot to think about. (1/6)
This is one of Texas's jewels, with mountain ranges, natural hot springs, and the Rio Grande on our southern border. Being here during a shutdownātriggered by a demand for Border Wall spendingāgives us a lot to think about. (1/6)
Minimal park security, no sanitation services, closed visitor centers and stores, not even rangers to accept park fees. Visitors from around the world are here, mystified that the government of such a powerful country can simply stop functioning. #GovernmentShutdown (2/6)
And the inconveniences for visitors are nothing compared to our government workers who are missing paychecks during the holiday season. #GovernmentShutdown (3/6)
Thread: @arimelber asked me last night whether #TrumpShutDown was at all related to the pressure brought to bear by the #MuellerProbe. Letās consider this more closely. Itās a distraction & attempt to show strength at a time that #Trump has been weakened.
First, #MuellerProbe will continue full steam ahead. It is funded and not impacted by #TrumpShutDown. The shutdown isnāt wise or good for anyone. So a shutdown only serves to help Trump if it makes him look strong and like a āwinnerā to his base. Wrong-headed But Trumpian logic.
Things to remember as we wake up to a partial #GovernmentShutdown: You will still get Medicare, Medicaid, SSI services. Dept of State, DOJ, DOT r among the agencies that will have to shut some activities. Homeland security wonāt stop border enforcement, courts will operate.
