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@JuddLegum
Jul 31, 2019 • 9 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
1. You might know that the United States is the only developed country that does not have guaranteed paid maternity leave

But did you know that the average length of paid leave that new moms get in other developed countries is now 52 WEEKS!

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2. The Trump campaign is touting its support for paid leave as a way to win back female voters.

But Ivanka and her dad endorsed an actual proposal yesterday and (surprise!) the entire thing is a scam

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3. The proposal Ivanka endorsed yesterday allows new parents to take a $5,000 LOAN and then pay it back through increased taxes over the next 10 years.

This isn't paid leave.

This is paying for your own leave.

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4. Why is this plan so terrible?

Republicans insist any paid leave plan be REVENUE NEUTRAL

So you are left with rearranging the deck chairs

(Keep in mind these same Republicans just voted for $1 TRILLION in corporate tax cuts that had no offsets)

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5. The 5K loan endorsed by Ivanka would finance about 7 wks of leave for someone making a 35K salary

The average paid leave offered by developed countries was 17 weeks IN 1970

This is a worse plan than what other developed countries offered 50 YEARS AGO

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6. BTW, if you are interested in ACTUAL ISSUES like paid leave and not just horse race politics about polls (that don't mean anything at this point anyway) you might want to check out my newsletter, Popular Information

You can subscribe (free!) at popular.info
7. There was a detailed poll taken last year about paid leave. 80% of Americans support it.

Most voters want employers to at least share the cost of paid leave

The Ivanka plan, where employees pay for the entire cost, is supported by ONLY 2% of voters

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8. The idea, I think, is just to say that Trump supports paid leave and hope no one pays attention to the details.

But it's also astounding how modest even PROGRESSIVE paid leave proposals are in the United States

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9. The FAMILY Act would provide 12 weeks of leave for new parents. It would be paid for by a 0.2% payroll tax on employers and employees.

So it's much better than the Ivanka plan but still worse than other developed countries had it 50 years ago

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Apr 23
1. Jose Hermosillo is US citizen who was wrongly jailed in an immigration detention facility for 10 days

The administration says he "turned himself in" to the Border Patrol and told them he was a Mexican who crossed the border illegally.

I interviewed Hermosillo.

He says the government is lying.Image
2. @DHSgov said, "Hermosillo's arrest and detention were a direct result of his own actions"

DHS also released what purports to be a transcript of Hermosillo's conversation w/Border Patrol

Hermosillo said this conversation was fabricated.

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3. Hermosillo says he was visiting his girlfriend's family in Tucson from his home in Albuquerque

Hours before his arrest, Hermosillo was transported to a hospital in Tucson by ambulance after suffering from a seizure

He has a New Mexico ID, but didn't take it with him during the medical emergency
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Apr 21
1. There has been a lot of attention, rightly, on the Trump administration disappearing immigrants to El Salvador

But something that has gotten much less attention is the Trump administration WRONGFULLY DETAINING US CITIZENS they "suspect" are undocumented immigrants. Image
2. 19-year-old Jose Hermosillo, a US citizen, was visiting Tucson when he passed by the Border Patrol headquarters, and "an agent arrested him for illegally entering the country."

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3. Hermosillo told immigration officials that he was a U.S. citizen, but they did not believe him.

Court documents obtained by Danyelle Khmara of AZPM say that Hermosillo was detained "at or near Nogales, Arizona" and that he "admitted" he was not a citizen.

(Nogales is more than an hour from Tucson. Hermosillo says he has never been to Nogales.)
Read 7 tweets
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Apr 16
1. Truth Social, Trump's social platform, announced an audacious scheme yesterday to profit from Trump's tariffs

It will offer actively-managed INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS composed of stocks in companies that benefit from Trump's policies

It's a jaw-dropping conflict of interest Image
2. Trump's tariff announcements have had massive impacts on stock prices.

His reciprocal tariffs tanked the market. When he paused them, the market rebounded.

Carving out an exemption for consumer electronics imported from China boosted Apple stock

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3. Trump is the majority shareholder in Truth Social and will financially benefit from these accounts.

Both because Truth Social will invest their own cash in these accounts AND collect fees from others who invest in them

Interest in the accounts is directly tied to their performance
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Apr 15
1. The North Carolina Supreme Court just TOSSED 260 BALLOTS in a razor-close election for a seat on the same court

The ballots were invalidated based on a claim by the Republican candidate that all of the voters were "never residents" of North Carolina

But that claim is false

We have receipts

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2. Josiah Young was born & raised in North Carolina

The 20-year-old attended college in NC and runs a photography business in the state.

His ballot was invalidated based on the false claim he has never lived in NC

"My residence is in Jackson County. It's really not that hard to figure that out"

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3. In all, at least 11 people whose ballots were discarded based on the claim that they have never lived in North Carolina have VOTED IN PERSON IN NORTH CAROLINA ELECTIONS strongly suggesting that they are, in fact, North Carolina residents.

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Apr 14
1. The Trump administration claims that a program to protect rural Alabamans from raw sewage is racist so it is canceling the program as part of its crackdown on "DEI"

According to a press release, this is about treating "every individual with dignity and respect."

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2. In 2021, the DOJ launched an investigation into the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH). The investigation found that the ADPH "engaged in a consistent pattern of inaction and/or neglect concerning the health risks associated with raw sewage" in Lowndes County.

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3. About 72% of the county's residents are Black, but "despite ADPH’s awareness of the issues and the disproportionate burden and impact placed on Black residents in Lowndes County, it failed to take meaningful actions to remedy these conditions."
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Apr 7
1. We contacted the 100 largest American companies and asked a simple question:

Do you support the tariffs announced by President Trump on April 2?

These are tariffs that have already destroyed trillions of shareholder value

NOT ONE COMPANY WOULD ANSWER THE QUESTION
2. Microsoft said it had "nothing to share." NVIDIA "decline[d] to comment." Citi “decline[d] to comment.” Eli Lilly and Gilead referred us "to PhARMA for industry perspective." The rest of the companies did not respond at all.

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3. According to a report in Politico, corporations fear even mild opposition to the tariffs will make them a target for retribution. “There is zero incentive for any company or brand to be remotely critical of this administration,” an anonymous "public affairs operative" said.
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