Utah is ranked bottom of the nation for equal pay, education & air quality. They ban books, abortion & gender affirming care. Utah routinely engages in censorship of its own citizens. It is a dangerous place to live for LGBTQ people, women, and children.

Shame on @usnews Should be headlined “Best states for white cis males to start an MLM and exploit their way to millionaire status.”

In high school in the 90s my first job that wasn’t working for my parents (I’d worked for them starting at 12) was behind the meat counter at a local grocery.

I wanted to stock shelves but the owner never hired girls to stock shelves.
I was 15.
(THREAD)

theguardian.com/law/2023/feb/1… (2) It was a very small NH town. If you were a kid and you wanted a job, this was where you worked. Period.

Once I started I realized the manager of the meat department was an utter misogynistic asshole. Dave loved the power trip of controlling and taunting young girls.

DAILY DOSE
Thursday, February 16th, 2023

Today’s top 5 headlines

1: Grand jury report released today claims one or more witnesses may have committed perjury.

nbcnews.com/politics/donal… 2: Fetterman, with the unequivocally support of family, colleagues, and constituents, checks himself into Walter Reed to seek treatment for depression.

usatoday.com/story/news/pol…

DAILY DOSE
January 5th 2023

The top 5 news stories of the day

1: The humiliation fest continues as McCarthy loses 11th round of voting in bid to become speaker. It’s the longest the House has taken to determine a speaker in 164 years.

cnn.com/2023/01/05/pol… 2: Abortion ban deemed unconstitutional in South Carolina. Abortion remains legal in the state until 22 weeks.

theguardian.com/us-news/2023/j…

DAILY DOSE
January 4th, 2023

Top 5 news stories of the day:

1: Republicans are expecting the battle to continue into the weekend as McCarthy continues to lose ground in his bid for speaker of the House.

cnn.com/2023/01/04/pol… 2: A bomb cyclone with the potential for heavy rain, mudslides, and flooding hits California as a state of emergency is declared.

usatoday.com/story/news/202…

DAILY DOSE
January 3rd, 2023

Today’s top 5 news stories:

1: Kevin McCarthy fails to secure the House speaker spot, cementing the first time in a 100 years a speaker has proceeded to multiple rounds of voting.

cbsnews.com/live-updates/h… 2: Texas teens will now need parental consent to obtain birth control at federally funded clinics as December court ruling goes into effect.

texastribune.org/2023/01/03/tit…

Just to be clear, a judge ordered a woman to give nude photos of herself to her ex husband & a third party as part of a divorce settlement.

As if her body is property her husband is entitled to.

Think carefully next time you get boudoir photos as gifts.

sltrib.com/news/2022/09/2… And in case you’re wondering, yep.

Older man with a degree from BYU because of course. Sigh.

This morning we turn our eyes to Iran and to the brave women speaking out against an extremist theocracy that has held power over their daily lives for nearly fifty years.

Has change finally come to Iran?
(THREAD) (2) Unrest appears to be connected to outrage over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was apprehended in Tehran for not wearing her hijab properly.

Protests have engulfed 40 cities, resulted in 1200 arrests and at least 35 deaths.

cnn.com/2022/09/24/mid…

Since the SCOTUS decision in early summer, the headwinds have shifted dramatically as midterms approach. Dems, once on shaky ground, now appear to be favored for winning a Senate majority.

Do Dems also have a chance to hold the House?
(THREAD) (2) "Dems are defending a slim 5-seat majority in the House. Analysts still regard the GOP as the favorites and history shows the president’s party does not tend to do well in a first midterm."

The path to holding the House is narrow but possible.

washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…

You've likely heard of Ukraine's rapid advance in eastern Ukraine. However, you might have been hesitant to place much stock in the news as disinfo campaigns are a significant part of modern warfare.

Has Ukraine broken through and turned the tide of this war?
(THREAD) (2) First off, the advances of the Ukranian army seem to be quite real. In the past few days, Ukraine conducted a blitz that caught Russian forces flat footed and has them retreating.

This doesn't appear to an organized retreat or reflanking.
newsweek.com/ukraine-map-in…

The Colorado. The Loire. It seems a new river dries up every other day lately.

What's the true extent of the worldwide drought and what can we expect in the coming years as climate change accelerates?

(THREAD) (2) The World Economic Forum has issued dire warnings that 75% of the world could be affected by drought as soon as 2050.

Drought frequency and duration has increased by nearly a third globally since 2000, the UN says.

weforum.org/agenda/2022/08…

In today's thread we're taking a closer look at Trump's actions on January 6th that are increasingly coming into focus.

It's clear that Trump's calls to march to the Capitol were not spontaneous & that he knew his supporters were armed.

Here's why that matters.
(THREAD) (2) Of interest has been this text message between Kylie Kremer, one of the organizers for the Save America rally & Mike Lindell, the My Pillow CEO who was participating in strategy sessions with Trump.
Here, Kremer seems to suggest that Trump will call for a march to the Capitol

Although it's embarassing and demoralizing, I want to share what happened to me this week so someone else doesn't fall for this scam.

Fraud is rampanent right now on job boards and recruiting sites. I got scammed through @ZipRecruiter .

Here's how it works.
(THREAD) (2) As you all know, I'm a freelancer looking for work. I've got alerts set for remote content writing positions on all the major sites, including LinkedIn, etc.

This was a job posting on @ZipRecruiter .
And before I applied, I did my due diligence.

This week Ginni Thomas involvement deepened in the effort to overturn the election in 2020. What are the chances the January 6th commission will pursue a subpoena and compel her to testify?

Will she be held accountable for her role in planning an insurrection?

(THREAD) (2) After texts between Ginni Thomas and Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows were released in late March, the January 6th commission requested her to come have a chat.

Which is quite different from a subpoena compelling her testimony.

vanityfair.com/news/2022/03/j…

Today we're looking at who is behind the scenes of Republican extremism. Who is bankrolling the right's draconian war on abortion and contraception and on the very foundation of democracy itself?

One name keeps coming up in every corner.
Paypal founder Peter Thiel.
(THREAD) (2) It's not like we haven't known about Thiel's evil little plots since he first took down Gawker.

But we've underestimated the extent that this "libertarian" billionaire's influence and $8 billion of personal wealth is used to embolden the far right.

time.com/6092844/peter-…

In today's thread, we're doing a deep dive on texts from Ginni Thomas. Why are these texts to Mark Meadows so important and what do they mean for Clarence Thomas and the intergrity of the Supreme Court?

Let's start with why Ginni Thomas is so problematic.
(THREAD) (2) If you haven't read it yet, I highly suggest you start your deep dive with the piece by the incomparable @JaneMayerNYer . She was ringing the alarm on Ginni Thomas back in January before these texts were released to the January 6th commission.

newyorker.com/magazine/2022/…

This morning, we're asking what's going on in the shadows that we're not paying attention. Our singular focus has been Ukraine in the past few weeks, so we've been slow to recognize other threats and concerns.

I'd say the growing COVID crisis in China is a big one.
(THREAD) (2) So far the massive outbreak, which experts speculate appears to be ultra-contagious BA.2 , has been largely confined to Hong Kong.

But an outbreak in one of the most densely populated cities in the world will have an effect on everyone.

fortune.com/2022/02/17/hon…

A new bill in Missouri seeks to criminalize ectopic pregnancies as a felony, so let me just remind you that ectopic pregnancies are 100% fatal & cause massive internal bleeding. They are not viable pregnancies. Never. Not even once.

This is the same as criminalizing miscarriage.

https://twitter.com/kazweida/status/1126295659919708160

I invite @RepSeitz156 to read my account of an ectopic pregnancy so he can understand how having babies works.

Ectopic pregnancies grow outside the womb and do not develop normally. They rupture, cause massive internal bleeding & aren’t viable. They’re 100% fatal for women.

This morning we're asking the question on everyone's mind. PUTIN. Will he or won't he?

I am not an expert by any means on Russia, but I have some thoughts. And I've spent some time gathering what the consensus is from experts.

Here's what I learned.
(THREAD) (2) The situation on the ground appears dire. 100,000 Russian troops are amassed and essentially surrounding the border of Ukraine. Ukraine has accused Russia of blocking their access to the sea and Russia is conducting military exercises nearly non-stop.

bbc.com/news/world-eur…

This morning, we're taking a closer look at the so-called "freedom convoy" happening in Canada. What exactly are their goals and who is funding these protests?

Is this another attempt to export far-right wing extremism to undermine the stability of Western democracies?
(THREAD) (2) First I want to debunk 3 major talking points about the freedom convoy. The first is that these protests are gathering milliions of supporters.

Fact check organizations have repeatedly highlighted misleading, hyperbolic posts on social media.

usatoday.com/story/news/fac…

In today's threads we're talking unions. Labor unions. Is centering worker rights the secret sauce to a successful, strong democracy?

Can modern America combat the corrupting influence of corporations by recapturing their enthusiasm for the organizing power of unions?
(THREAD) (2) First, a brief history. I don't know who needs to hear this but unions were absolutely essential in the aftermath of the Great Depression.

Interest had waned but Roosevelt breathed new life into unions during the New Deal & we all benefited from it.

loc.gov/classroom-mate…