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Jessica (Ka) Burbank Profile picture
Jessica (Ka) Burbank
@JessicaLBurbank
Working class kid who now spends her days fighting for better days. Correspondent for @DropSiteNews. Yapper on @jessandjohnpod.
Nov 11 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
I got this email from the Harris campaign, “ensure every vote is counted” caught my eye.

Also her donation link now indicates a portion of $$$ will go to “Harris for President’s Recount Account”

In states like WI, the candidate calling for a recount typically funds it. (1/3) Image
Image If the Dems are gearing up for something, the energy is there. I’ve seen several videos like this one on my feed. It has 1 million + views and lots of comments by users echoing similar ballot issues. (2/3)
Jun 29, 2023 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
Okay, let’s get into it.

15% of white top decile students are admitted to Harvard, and 56% of black top decile performers are. This is not unfair.

If you’re outraged at Affirmative Action because of this, it’s likely a misunderstanding of the data/statistics.

I’ll explain. The reason a large proportion of the black students in the top decile are admitted is because there is a smaller population of black students in the top decile.

If that doesn’t make sense, no worries, I’ll break it down all the way.
Nov 20, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
You pay researchers to confirm your biases—I know, because I worked in the Brown University policy lab you fund. This video discusses how our head researchers’ NYT front page finding that police body worn cameras “have no effect” is a false claim. The study was the largest randomized control trial of it’s kind. Thousands of officers participating. The treatment group was assigned to wear body cameras, the control group assigned not to duration of the study. Various metrics would determine behavior change—like use of force.
Feb 10, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I used to look up to Paul Krugman. Even as recently as when I was in grad school at Brown & we read his publications in “Economics of Inequality & Public Policy.” I cannot respect someone who criticizes any school of thought or body of work without doing the reading. This was a class where we analyzed a lot of research. To think that someone in academia would consistently criticizes others’s work without understanding it—which is clearly the case here because he misrepresents MMT constantly—is mind boggling. You just don’t do it. But he does.