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A campaign longer than Vietnam. A toast with raw milk from the Amish cartel. A two-page bill that took down the CEO of the World Economic Forum.
Thomas Massie's concession speech wasn't a goodbye.
It was a filing of the record.
Here's what @RepThomasMassie put into evidence.
🧵👇
Thomas Massie's concession speech wasn't a goodbye.
It was a filing of the record.
Here's what @RepThomasMassie put into evidence.
🧵👇
First — who is Thomas Massie and why did it cost $35 million to remove him?
14 years in Congress. MIT engineer. Builds his own house off the grid in rural Kentucky.
Zero ethics complaints. Zero foreign aid votes. Never once voted for a blank check.
He was the one who said no when everyone else said yes.
That made him the most dangerous man in a very comfortable room.
"Why Rep. Thomas Massie prefers living off the grid" youtube.com/watch?v=0pssNC…
14 years in Congress. MIT engineer. Builds his own house off the grid in rural Kentucky.
Zero ethics complaints. Zero foreign aid votes. Never once voted for a blank check.
He was the one who said no when everyone else said yes.
That made him the most dangerous man in a very comfortable room.
"Why Rep. Thomas Massie prefers living off the grid" youtube.com/watch?v=0pssNC…
His first words on election night — after losing the most expensive congressional primary in 250 years of American history:
"I would have come out sooner — but I had to find Ed Gallrein. In Tel Aviv."
No self-pity. No tears. No gracious platitudes.
Just a man who knew exactly where his opponent was.
And exactly what that meant.
"I would have come out sooner — but I had to find Ed Gallrein. In Tel Aviv."
No self-pity. No tears. No gracious platitudes.
Just a man who knew exactly where his opponent was.
And exactly what that meant.
¿Qué está haciendo @MinSaludCol para atender la escasez de medicamentos psiquiátricos?
No es un asunto menor; hay gran incidencia de enfermedades como depresión en 🇨🇴 (cerca del 15%). ¿Vamos a esperar que colapsen millones de personas?
@Supersalud @ACPPsiquiatria @invimacolombia
No es un asunto menor; hay gran incidencia de enfermedades como depresión en 🇨🇴 (cerca del 15%). ¿Vamos a esperar que colapsen millones de personas?
@Supersalud @ACPPsiquiatria @invimacolombia
La crisis no es de ahora. Una amiga me cuenta que su medicamento, Venlafaxina, tiene problemas graves de suministro desde la pandemia. Es duro verla frustrada.
Al parecer, esta situación se debe a demoras en importaciones, escasez global de materias primas, fallas logísticas de las EPS y trámites administrativos de importación y comercialización. ¿Cuál pesará más?
My statin thread reached over 460,000 people. Thousands of you asked the same question.
"If cholesterol does not cause heart disease, then what does?"
The answer has been published for years. In the largest risk factor study ever conducted. 27,939 women. 21 years. Published in JAMA Cardiology.
Here is what they found. And here is why nobody told you.
🧵
"If cholesterol does not cause heart disease, then what does?"
The answer has been published for years. In the largest risk factor study ever conducted. 27,939 women. 21 years. Published in JAMA Cardiology.
Here is what they found. And here is why nobody told you.
🧵
The pharmaceutical industry spent billions of dollars trying to prove that lowering cholesterol saves lives.
60 clinical trials. 323,950 patients. Statins. PCSK9 inhibitors. Ezetimibe. Every drug class. Every dose.
Look at the chart. The x-axis is how much they lowered LDL. Some trials dropped it by 20%. Some by 60%. Some by 80%.
The y-axis is mortality benefit. How many lives were saved.
Every single dot is clustered around zero. Some are below zero. Below zero means more people died.
They reduced LDL by up to 80%. Nobody was saved.
60 clinical trials. 323,950 patients. Statins. PCSK9 inhibitors. Ezetimibe. Every drug class. Every dose.
Look at the chart. The x-axis is how much they lowered LDL. Some trials dropped it by 20%. Some by 60%. Some by 80%.
The y-axis is mortality benefit. How many lives were saved.
Every single dot is clustered around zero. Some are below zero. Below zero means more people died.
They reduced LDL by up to 80%. Nobody was saved.
So how do you take those results and turn them into the best-selling drug class in the history of medicine?
You change the language.
Instead of saying "1 in 200 people benefit," you say "36% risk reduction." Same data. Different framing. One sounds useless. The other sounds like a miracle.
The absolute risk reduction is 1.1%. For every 200 people who take a statin, 1 avoids a heart attack. 199 get no benefit.
Abramson and Wright. BMJ. 2007. 83,000 patients.
With those results you would think this drug would disappear. Instead it became a $200 billion industry. 250 million prescriptions worldwide.
That is not science. That is the greatest marketing campaign in pharmaceutical history. And 250 million people fell for it.
You change the language.
Instead of saying "1 in 200 people benefit," you say "36% risk reduction." Same data. Different framing. One sounds useless. The other sounds like a miracle.
The absolute risk reduction is 1.1%. For every 200 people who take a statin, 1 avoids a heart attack. 199 get no benefit.
Abramson and Wright. BMJ. 2007. 83,000 patients.
With those results you would think this drug would disappear. Instead it became a $200 billion industry. 250 million prescriptions worldwide.
That is not science. That is the greatest marketing campaign in pharmaceutical history. And 250 million people fell for it.
The repossession of City of London by the Monarch happened when League of Augsburg William of Orange took over in the interim between the Stuart line's end and the HRE Hanoverian-Wittelsbach-Stuart line began.
They'll say Charles II did it- he made it dormant.
Interesting, no?
They'll say Charles II did it- he made it dormant.
Interesting, no?
The founding of the German-modeled Central bank, Bank of England in 1694, was a direct consequence of the 1690 restoration of the City of London’s freedoms, and it fundamentally altered global finance...
When the City of London Corporation regained its independent charter, its wealthy merchant elite suddenly had the legal protection and political security to strike an unprecedented deal with the Crown.
Prior, the Corporation was dissolved and lost all its power. Funny that.
Prior, the Corporation was dissolved and lost all its power. Funny that.
数日前の伊メローニ首相や韓国の李大統領らの抗議により国外追放されたガザ援助船団「グローバル・スムード」の活動家たち。
ですが、その帰還とともに、彼らが受けた深刻な虐待や拷問、性的暴行の有りさまが明らかに。
(☟ 上半身や腕に痣や焼き印が残る男性活動家) 1/
ですが、その帰還とともに、彼らが受けた深刻な虐待や拷問、性的暴行の有りさまが明らかに。
(☟ 上半身や腕に痣や焼き印が残る男性活動家) 1/
船団に乗っていた活動家の証言。
「言いにくいことだが、1人や 2人ではなく多数がイスラエル兵による性的暴力の対象に。アシュドッド港へ向かう囚人船の中でもその後も。肋骨や腕、鎖骨をへし折られた人間が大勢いる。彼らは暴力や拷問を楽しみ、レイプを組織的に使った」2/
「言いにくいことだが、1人や 2人ではなく多数がイスラエル兵による性的暴力の対象に。アシュドッド港へ向かう囚人船の中でもその後も。肋骨や腕、鎖骨をへし折られた人間が大勢いる。彼らは暴力や拷問を楽しみ、レイプを組織的に使った」2/
(☟の女性の証言)
「中庭を歩いていただけで撃たれた女性も。
昼間は灼熱、夜は水浸しの床で凍えるまま放置。
肩を脱臼寸前まで捩じられ、顔や腹に膝蹴り。頭は何度もテーブルに叩きつけられ、足首を蹴ってつまずかせる。裸体検査の最中、色々な言葉を浴びせて辱めた」3/
「中庭を歩いていただけで撃たれた女性も。
昼間は灼熱、夜は水浸しの床で凍えるまま放置。
肩を脱臼寸前まで捩じられ、顔や腹に膝蹴り。頭は何度もテーブルに叩きつけられ、足首を蹴ってつまずかせる。裸体検査の最中、色々な言葉を浴びせて辱めた」3/
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الحين جالس أتعلم أسرع بـ 10 مرات وببلاش، والسبب؟ وظفت Claude كـ "مُعلّم شخصي" بـ 9 برومبتات (أوامر) سحرية غيرت طريقتي في الفهم تماماً.
ثريد بيفك لك أزمة ويوفر عليك آلاف الريالات.. احفظه الحين لأنك بتحتاجه حتماً 👇🧵
الحين جالس أتعلم أسرع بـ 10 مرات وببلاش، والسبب؟ وظفت Claude كـ "مُعلّم شخصي" بـ 9 برومبتات (أوامر) سحرية غيرت طريقتي في الفهم تماماً.
ثريد بيفك لك أزمة ويوفر عليك آلاف الريالات.. احفظه الحين لأنك بتحتاجه حتماً 👇🧵
البرومبت 1: "اشرح لي كأني بـ 5 من عمري" (تقنية فاينمان)
إذا في مفهوم معقد ومو راضي يدخل مخك (ذكاء اصطناعي، تداول، برمجة)، انسخ هذا الأمر:
"اشرح لي مفهوم [الموضوع] كأني طفل عمري 5 سنوات. استخدم أمثلة وتشبيهات من الحياة اليومية وابعد تماماً عن المصطلحات المعقدة."
النتيجة: بيفكك لك العقد في دقيقتين.
إذا في مفهوم معقد ومو راضي يدخل مخك (ذكاء اصطناعي، تداول، برمجة)، انسخ هذا الأمر:
"اشرح لي مفهوم [الموضوع] كأني طفل عمري 5 سنوات. استخدم أمثلة وتشبيهات من الحياة اليومية وابعد تماماً عن المصطلحات المعقدة."
النتيجة: بيفكك لك العقد في دقيقتين.
البرومبت 2: حوّله إلى دكتور جامعة يناقشك (الأسلوب السقراطي)
التلقين يخليك تنسى، لكن النقاش التفاعلي يثبت المعلومة في مخك.
"أبيك تكون معلمي السقراطي. لا تعطني الأجوبة مباشرة، اسألني أسئلة تفاعلية تخليني أفكر وأوصل للحل بنفسي. ابدأ بالسؤال الأول عن [الموضوع]."
التلقين يخليك تنسى، لكن النقاش التفاعلي يثبت المعلومة في مخك.
"أبيك تكون معلمي السقراطي. لا تعطني الأجوبة مباشرة، اسألني أسئلة تفاعلية تخليني أفكر وأوصل للحل بنفسي. ابدأ بالسؤال الأول عن [الموضوع]."
#jiangcheng #jinling
jin ling was one today.
he'd figured out how to pull himself up on the coffee table two months ago and had not sat still since. jiang cheng had spent the first week following him around the apartment with his arms out, which jin ling found extremely funny.
jin ling was one today.
he'd figured out how to pull himself up on the coffee table two months ago and had not sat still since. jiang cheng had spent the first week following him around the apartment with his arms out, which jin ling found extremely funny.
everything jiang cheng did, jin ling found extremely funny. jiang cheng had not yet decided how he felt about this.
this morning jin ling had woken up at six, pulled himself up on the crib rail, and yelled until jiang cheng came to get him. jiang cheng had gotten him, changed
this morning jin ling had woken up at six, pulled himself up on the crib rail, and yelled until jiang cheng came to get him. jiang cheng had gotten him, changed
him, brought him to the couch while it was still dark out.
jin ling had grabbed jiang cheng's thumb in both hands and examined it with great seriousness, like it was new, like he hadn't done this exact thing a hundred times before. then he looked up and said, very clearly, "ah."
jin ling had grabbed jiang cheng's thumb in both hands and examined it with great seriousness, like it was new, like he hadn't done this exact thing a hundred times before. then he looked up and said, very clearly, "ah."
仮に175条(猥褻物)を吹っ飛ばした所で175条の根底にある「健全な道徳>>表現の自由」の構造を変えないと意味が無いというか、ぶっちゃけ174条(公然猥褻)が代わりになるだけなのよね。175条の根底が「道徳」だとしたら174条の根底は「秩序」なので。
といいつつ、二次元は猥褻物ではない。まで行ってしまうと絶対に無修正ﾘ〇ﾄﾝｵｼｯｺとかを公然とやる奴らが出てくるのはこれまでのｵﾀｸらが自ら証明している。しかしそれを私刑で止めるのもNG。となると相応の社会制限自体は必要なので(じゃないと怒れる民意によって絨毯爆撃されるので)現実的な落としどころを探らないとｲｶﾝのですが０か１しか言わないのでﾀﾞﾒ。違法ではないけど社会通念上の悪に置くってのは共産系の意見なので当然ながらSNSに居るｵﾀｸは受け入れられないﾊｽﾞですし。
そもそも「二次元は猥褻物ではない」とするのなら「印刷した性器」はという話に”戻る”のよね。「いや、実写は違うでしょ」と言ったところで「んじゃｸｯｿﾘｱﾙな写実的絵と実写の違いは？」って話になり「絵らしい絵」は定義できるのか？って話になり、定義の話になると「絵って線と色の集合でしょ」…と、なっていくので「お前ら本当にそこに厳密な定義を引けると思ってるの？ってかそもそもその線引きをする権利は誰にあるの？」っていう話になっていき……。
In 1936, John Maynard Keynes published The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. It became the most influential economics book of the 20th century.
The only man intellectually equipped to refute it decided not to respond.
He spent the rest of his life regretting that decision. 🧵
The only man intellectually equipped to refute it decided not to respond.
He spent the rest of his life regretting that decision. 🧵
The man was Friedrich Hayek.
Five years earlier, in 1931, Lionel Robbins had brought him to the London School of Economics specifically to provide a serious intellectual counterweight to Cambridge.
He had then spent more than a year writing a line-by-line dissection of Keynes's previous book, A Treatise on Money, published in two parts in Economica in 1931 and 1932. In that moment, he was the most credible critic Keynes had in the English-speaking world.
Five years earlier, in 1931, Lionel Robbins had brought him to the London School of Economics specifically to provide a serious intellectual counterweight to Cambridge.
He had then spent more than a year writing a line-by-line dissection of Keynes's previous book, A Treatise on Money, published in two parts in Economica in 1931 and 1932. In that moment, he was the most credible critic Keynes had in the English-speaking world.
Hayek and Keynes were also friends.
They corresponded warmly through the late 1930s and through the war. When the LSE was evacuated to Cambridge during the Blitz, it was Keynes who arranged rooms for Hayek at King's College. In the summer of 1942, the two of them stood fire watch together on the roof of King's College Chapel, scanning the sky for German incendiaries during the Baedeker raids.
They disagreed about almost everything in economics. They worried about each other anyway.
They corresponded warmly through the late 1930s and through the war. When the LSE was evacuated to Cambridge during the Blitz, it was Keynes who arranged rooms for Hayek at King's College. In the summer of 1942, the two of them stood fire watch together on the roof of King's College Chapel, scanning the sky for German incendiaries during the Baedeker raids.
They disagreed about almost everything in economics. They worried about each other anyway.
I know it’s not cool these days to think of Day 2 consequences of military action, but let me take you on a journey that could unfold in Cuba where life is difficult and resources are scarce. Cuba is not a threat. Cuba in chaos is. #massmigration 1/
Mass migrations, the historical data shows, more likely occur during political destabilization rather than mere deprivation. Not always but more often. Cubans have been known, if you know history, to seek access to the US by water. 2/
It is a dangerous journey. People will die. I don’t know what resources we have put behind stopping it. A Navy ship isn’t as effective as smaller Coast Guard assets. So look for that in days to come. 3/
まだまだ行政のサポート体制も
綺麗事すぎるんだよな
当事者はサポートを申し出る側のことを信用してないし、警戒するし。
学校の先生も
警察官も医者もなんでも
本当にいい人もいれば
とんでもない犯罪者もおる現実
だから当事者側の初体験が運悪く最悪なら、先入観できちゃうだろうし
(続
綺麗事すぎるんだよな
当事者はサポートを申し出る側のことを信用してないし、警戒するし。
学校の先生も
警察官も医者もなんでも
本当にいい人もいれば
とんでもない犯罪者もおる現実
だから当事者側の初体験が運悪く最悪なら、先入観できちゃうだろうし
(続
続)どうせ無駄とか無理とかね、そういう風な絶望感や諦めも無理もない。
良心的なサポート側も、当事者が心を開いてくれなければ機能しないし、そこがもどかしい。
ニュースでは、救えなかった命とか言って事後報告が上がってきて、なんか児相が一方的に悪者扱いになっていたりするけど...(続
良心的なサポート側も、当事者が心を開いてくれなければ機能しないし、そこがもどかしい。
ニュースでは、救えなかった命とか言って事後報告が上がってきて、なんか児相が一方的に悪者扱いになっていたりするけど...(続
続)なんか本当に、この人には打ち明けて大丈夫、裏切らない、最後まで守ってくれる、ちゃんと根回ししてくれるっていう安心感を...
過酷な環境にいる子ども達が居ることを、年頃の子どもを持つ立場として、子ども経由で聞く。
うちもなかなか特殊なので、ここには安易に書かないでおくけど、
(続
過酷な環境にいる子ども達が居ることを、年頃の子どもを持つ立場として、子ども経由で聞く。
うちもなかなか特殊なので、ここには安易に書かないでおくけど、
(続
It’s quite weird to see how so many humans feel that machines are somehow the solution to everything or something that must be depended upon in it’s entirety or be rejected completely. Machines can never replace humans or carry humanity forward.
Human emotions, Art, Soul and their creativity, the uniqueness in which they try to express their consciousness and feelings, and most of all human connections, how can a machine ever carry something forward that it can never ever experience or create?
Can a machine ever become a substitute for a wife, a psychologist or even a friend? It may mimic them but can it ever become them? Can it ever carry the same depth and meaning these roles and relationships carry? No, it can not even substitute for these and yet
Bolton: Ukrainian strikes inside Russia undercut Kremlin propaganda.
They show ordinary Russians the war is not going well — not only by causing real military damage, but by making the reality of the war visible on Russian territory. 1/
They show ordinary Russians the war is not going well — not only by causing real military damage, but by making the reality of the war visible on Russian territory. 1/
Bolton: Russia expected significant territorial gains this spring, and that has not happened.
If anything, Russia has lost territory in Ukraine. By August or September, Putin may need another plan because the current strategy is not working. 2/
If anything, Russia has lost territory in Ukraine. By August or September, Putin may need another plan because the current strategy is not working. 2/
Bolton: Putin would like to keep U.S. attention focused on Iran or China because that buys him more time to decide what to do next in Ukraine.
Moscow may think Trump is so diverted by Iran that Ukraine will not catch his attention. 3/
Moscow may think Trump is so diverted by Iran that Ukraine will not catch his attention. 3/
🚨 ÚLTIMA HORA: Claude tiene una función llamada “ADHD Executive Function Mode”.
Puedes usarla para hackear la dopamina de tu cerebro y terminar una semana de trabajo en solo 4 horas.
Aquí tienes 7 prompts para activarla:
Puedes usarla para hackear la dopamina de tu cerebro y terminar una semana de trabajo en solo 4 horas.
Aquí tienes 7 prompts para activarla:
⚠️ Antes de empezar, solo quería avisarte que junto con @soy_adnan3 y @ecommartinez, hemos reunido y categorizado 900+ herramientas de IA!
Es un verdadero diccionario IA para tu vida diaria.
¡Y es gratis! 👇
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Es un verdadero diccionario IA para tu vida diaria.
¡Y es gratis! 👇
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1. El destructor de la parálisis por tareas
Prompt:
“Estoy mirando [Tarea] y no puedo empezar. Divide esto en pasos ‘ridículamente pequeños’ que tomen menos de 1 minuto cada uno. Dame el primer paso y dime exactamente dónde poner las manos para comenzar.”
Prompt:
“Estoy mirando [Tarea] y no puedo empezar. Divide esto en pasos ‘ridículamente pequeños’ que tomen menos de 1 minuto cada uno. Dame el primer paso y dime exactamente dónde poner las manos para comenzar.”
Kasparov: Russians are not angry because Russia committed a crime against Ukraine. They are angry because Putin cannot win.
They do not criticize him for killing Ukrainians — they criticize him for killing too few and too slowly. 1/
They do not criticize him for killing Ukrainians — they criticize him for killing too few and too slowly. 1/
Kasparov: Russian history forgives tsars and dictators for war, repression and violence as long as the state looks strong.
But a war that starts and is not won always leads to shocks. Eventually comes the phrase: the tsar is not real. 2/
But a war that starts and is not won always leads to shocks. Eventually comes the phrase: the tsar is not real. 2/
Kasparov: Putin will not use nuclear weapons without China’s permission — and he will not get it.
Beijing does not want nukes becoming a geopolitical tool, because then Taiwan, Japan and South Korea could go nuclear too. 3/
Beijing does not want nukes becoming a geopolitical tool, because then Taiwan, Japan and South Korea could go nuclear too. 3/
ABENDREPORT aus Europa 🇪🇺🇺🇦
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„Die NATO ist keine Bedrohung für Russland. Russland ist eine Bedrohung für den Weltfrieden." @elinavaltonen, Finnlands Außenministerin. Klar. Direkt. Ohne Umschweife. So spricht jemand der Russland als Nachbar kennt. 🇫🇮🇪🇺
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„Die NATO ist keine Bedrohung für Russland. Russland ist eine Bedrohung für den Weltfrieden." @elinavaltonen, Finnlands Außenministerin. Klar. Direkt. Ohne Umschweife. So spricht jemand der Russland als Nachbar kennt. 🇫🇮🇪🇺
2/7 läuft gerade
3/7
Russland gerät in Panik. Ukrainische Drohnenangriffe auf russische Raffinerien zeigen verheerende Wirkung. Moskau verhängte bereits ein Benzin-Exportverbot von April bis Ende Juli. Die Wirtschaft brennt – im wörtlichen Sinne. 🇺🇦
Russland gerät in Panik. Ukrainische Drohnenangriffe auf russische Raffinerien zeigen verheerende Wirkung. Moskau verhängte bereits ein Benzin-Exportverbot von April bis Ende Juli. Die Wirtschaft brennt – im wörtlichen Sinne. 🇺🇦
Does Omniscience Entail an Actual Infinite? – Thread 🧵
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful – ﷽
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful – ﷽
According to Ibn Taymiyyah, the rational arguments for theism conclusively lead to a singular eternal God who exists beyond the material universe spatially and before it temporally, influencing it from above through His independent creative agency. (1/100)
sites.google.com/view/taymiyyan…
sites.google.com/view/taymiyyan…
Within this created universe, many forms of perfection that are definitionally praiseworthy in every respect, entailing no aspects of deficiency – such as power, knowledge, and life – are found to be physically possible, meaning that they are all the more possible in God. (2/100)
Um fio com jornalistas falando do Flamengo e suas contradições. Vamos começar por outubro do ano passado até agora. Vamos atualizando conforme novas pérolas forem surgindo.
Se tiver alguma, coloque aqui e inserimos no fio.
Se tiver alguma, coloque aqui e inserimos no fio.
Vamos começar por 2025, em 23 de outubro. Ele disse, na gíria de boleiro, que Danilo veio para o Flamengo para “roubar”. Ele se desculpou depois da grande repercussão de sua fala.
27/10. Véspera dos segundos duelos pelas semifinais da Libertadores de 2025. O Flamengo tinha vantagem de 1 a 0 sobre o Racing, o Palmeiras precisava vencer a LDU por 4 gols para avançar.
Quem Rafael Sóbis disse que tinha mais chances de avançar?
Ele virou piada na época.
Quem Rafael Sóbis disse que tinha mais chances de avançar?
Ele virou piada na época.
The Trump admin is quietly deleting info about the Capitol attack from the DOJ website as it prepares to give funds to J6ers. This week, DOJ deleted a press release about one man with an ongoing child solicitation case who came to the Capitol with bear spray. Before and after:
This press release was up when I last looked at it on Wednesday. The Website Archive has a saved version from last month.
Archived link: web.archive.org/web/2026040411…
ALLEGED COUP PLOT: DOCUMENT REVEALS PROPOSED POWER STRUCTURE IF TINUBU, OTHERS WERE KILLED
ALLEGED COUP PLOT: DOCUMENT REVEALS PROPOSED POWER STRUCTURE IF TINUBU, OTHERS WERE KILLED
ALLEGED COUP PLOT: DOCUMENT REVEALS PROPOSED POWER STRUCTURE IF TINUBU, OTHERS WERE KILLED
Virginia’s Democratic Governor Abigail Spanberger started her term with some wins for working people. She signed a paid sick leave law, enshrined the right to contraception, fought for voting rights and more.
But now,Spanberger is vetoing numerous bills passed by the Democratic legislature that would improve the lives of working people across Virginia.
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But now,Spanberger is vetoing numerous bills passed by the Democratic legislature that would improve the lives of working people across Virginia.
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Early in her tenure Spanberger made historic progress by delivering on her promises to make Virginia more affordable. During her first few months, she signed laws that:
-Allowed workers to accumulate 1 hour of paid leave for every 30 hours worked for a maximum of 5 days (or 40 hours) annually
-Secured Virginians’ right to contraception
-Capped out-of-pocket costs for a 30-day supply of insulin at $35
-Raised Virginia’s minimum wage to $15/hr
But when it came to unions, protecting immigrants, and more, Spanberger pivoted and dropped the ball.
-Allowed workers to accumulate 1 hour of paid leave for every 30 hours worked for a maximum of 5 days (or 40 hours) annually
-Secured Virginians’ right to contraception
-Capped out-of-pocket costs for a 30-day supply of insulin at $35
-Raised Virginia’s minimum wage to $15/hr
But when it came to unions, protecting immigrants, and more, Spanberger pivoted and dropped the ball.
The biggest blow has been Spanberger’s veto of a bill that would have amended a Jim-Crow-era ban and expanded collective bargaining rights for the state’s 500,000 public sector workers.
Spanberger could have narrowed one of the nation’s largest public-sector pay gaps.
afscme.org/blog/virginia-…
Spanberger could have narrowed one of the nation’s largest public-sector pay gaps.
afscme.org/blog/virginia-…