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Nov 8 • 11 tweets • 8 min read
1/So the lead promise in the GOP's "Commitment to (Screw) America" is "Fight Inflation and Lower the Cost of Living", in which they seek to blame Biden for inflation but have no plan of their own. #VoteBlue2022 #inflation sltrib.com/opinion/commen…
2/That's right - no plan. "A party that talks about a single problem so relentlessly must have a solution to offer. So the Republicans must be out on the hustings offering chapter and verse about their answer to inflation, right? Alas, no." #VoteBlue2022 latimes.com/business/story…
3/ Zip, nada, rien. Even if you don’t like the Democrats’ economic philosophy, it's at least coherent. Republicans don't have such a clear vision, and in many ways, that’s worse than having policies you disagree with. #VoteBlue2022 #inflation bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
4/ As President Obama pointed out, there is no plan. It's the same old GOP formula for the past 40 years - take money away from the middle class and give it to the rich, which has led to stagnant growth and staggering deficits. #VoteBlue2022 #inflation nevadacurrent.com/2022/11/02/oba…
5/ When British PM Truss laid out her supply-side economic plan, Republicans hailed it as identical to Kevin McCarthy's plan. Truss resigned after 44-days because her plan sent the country into an economic meltdown. #VoteBlue2022 #inflation
6/ What candidates are confronted, their responses make no sense. Here's Ohio candidate JD Vance: hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/image…:* #VoteBlue2022 #inflation
7/ Here's Nevada Senate candidate Adam Laxalt: hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/image…:* #VoteBlue2022 #inflation
8/ Even worse, the GOP voted against efforts to help protect working Americans from inflation, including the Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act, efforts to cap insulin prices, and efforts to permit Medicare to negotiate (lower) prescription drug prices. #VoteBlue2022 Image
9/ Corporate profits are at a 50-year high and contribute to half of the increased inflation, but you know the GOP is not going to do anything about that. #VoteBlue2022 #inflation
10/ Inflation has many causes including COVID, supply chain disruption, as well ripple effects of Russia's invasion of Ukraine felt in grain, fertilizer, and energy markets. If the GOP doesn't understand the causes, how can they fix it? #VoteBlue2022 washingtonpost.com/business/2022/…
11/ In sum, putting the Republicans in charge would be a disaster for the country. #VoteBlue2022 whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

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2/The latest historian Presidential rankings list him as #40 in a key category - luck. He had to deal with inflation caused by the end of Nixon's price controls and two oil shocks - the OPEC embargo and the Iranian revolution.
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1/ As we celebrate #LaborDay an often overlooked facet is the history of the Labor movement and how workers seeking better pay and conditions often were met with fatal force, extradition or arrest. Haymarket Martyrs' Monument
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1/ My starting point for #SupremeCourt jurisprudence since 2000 is a telling quote from Joel Klein's "The Natural" in which a Republican Senator concedes to Clinton that Republicans don't believe in government, but they love power.
2/2000: #BushvGore, the Supreme Court stays the Florida recount with any opinion justifying the stay and then reverses the Fla. Supreme Court recount order as violating the Equal Protection Clause in a per curiam opinion that can't be cited as precedent.
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1/Tonight, for the 17th time in the last 50 years, the #StanleyCup champion returns to defend their crown. This time, the #TBLightning are going for that rare feat - a three-peat and #dynasty status.
2/Three-peats and dynasties themselves are relatively rare. Below is a tour of the dynasties from the last 50 years starting with the 1974 Oakland #Athletics completing a three-peat with a 4-1 win over the #Dodgers with this home run.
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1/ #GivingTuesday #COVID19 Thread
The global pandemic has been devastating and we can help on Giving Tuesday. One way to help is to give to a COVID charity that is giving grants to an array of communities impacted - such as #GlobalGiving.

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2/ If your goal is to assist those on the front lines, Americares has provided more than 34 tons of PPE to health care workers on the front lines of the outbreak to facilities in 40 states. #GivingTuesday #COVID19 #Americares americares.org/emergency-prog…
3/ In the United States, #COVID19 has disproportionately impacted #NativeAmerican communities. The First Nations Development Institute has distributed over $2.5M in grants and provided food, PPE and water. firstnations.org/covid-19-emerg… #FNDI303 #GivingTuesday
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