Liz Gekakis

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing. Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.

They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.

The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...

Since we’re talking about how much billionaires suck again, here’s a reminder that your local indie bookstore deserves your business this holiday season. They have gift cards and are happy to mail stuff out. Same goes for @bookshop-org.bsky.social. Buy books. Give books. Support bookstores.

Exclusive | Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Donates $1 Million to Trump’s Inaugural Fund The president-elect had blasted the tech tycoon during the presidential campaign, but ties have been improving.

"Meta Platforms has donated $1 million to president-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, the latest step by CEO Mark Zuckerberg to bolster his once-fraught relationship with the incoming president."

Stop using fascist enabling products.

www.wsj.com/tech/mark-zu...

Dems are the opposition party so we need to act like it. Make this our mantra…

“If you don’t like anything…that’s going on in this country at least in the next two years, Democrats are not involved….this is on Republicans. If you don’t like it, you need to look at them.”
@joyannreid.bsky.social

Higher standard than Trump tbh

"Putin, Putin you will see, Ukraine will be free!" Syrians celebrating the liberation from Assad in front of the Russian embassy in London. #freeSyria

Pete Hegseth does not support women in combat.

He does support them being in the military.

After all, those uniforms aren't gonna wash themselves.

When Francesca passed, I wrote in the Washington Post about the need for an ATRT registry to guide families facing this rare brain cancer.

I’m proud to say that registry is officially open. Thanks to your incredible support, Team Beans contributed $225,000—our largest grant ever—to help launch it.

Nobel Laureates Urge Senate to Turn Down Kennedy’s Nomination Elevating Mr. Kennedy to secretary of H.H.S. “would put the public’s health in jeopardy,” more than 75 laureates wrote.

More than 75 Nobel Prize winners have signed a letter urging senators not to confirm RFK Jr.

The letter marks the first time in recent memory that Nobel laureates have banded together against a Cabinet choice. But Kennedy is a threat they could not ignore, one said. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...

That LOL deserves a follow!

A little louder for the folks in the back:

The development of vaccines is likely the greatest achievement of mankind.

www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...

Assad was propped up by Putin.

But Putin couldn’t help him — because Russia’s military has been devastated by Ukraine.

Make no mistake: our Ukraine policy is working — it weakens Putin EVERYWHERE.

ENOUGH
@RepJamesClyburn
PARDON TRUMP?
No. Fucking. Way.
Just stop.
This old strategy of Democratic Party compliance with Right wing dictators is over.
Now we fight.
On our terms.
Not yours.
We love you but
Please retire.

Clyburn urges Biden to pardon Trump 'so we can clean the slate' After convincing President Biden to pardon his son Hunter, South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn is now calling for clemency for Donald Trump. "If we keep digging at things in the past, I'm not too sure the...

get every single one of these people out of leadership and put them on a farm somewhere i don’t give a shit www.msnbc.com/jonathan-cap...

main thing i have to say to a lot of you is that if you truly believe that nothing matters then you should delete your account, log off, cancel your voting registration and stop paying attention to anything political at all

This Giving Tuesday, we're asking you to donate to local abortion funds that are in desperate need of support ahead of a second Trump presidency.

We recommend donating to ARC-Southeast, which serves Florida and other southern states. The group was founded by three Black clinic workers in Atlanta.

For those just tuning in: I'm an American born in Korea, and I typically work out of the US. This week I am working out of Seoul. I have no particular expertise in Korean politics.

Me being at the protests during the declaration of martial law is just a weird fucking thing that happened.

Reminder: Wage discussion is a federally protected conversation in the work place.
#UnionsForAll

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Also: if you're even thinking about running for office, here's a great resource.

They offer training, support, and resources for anyone wanting to make a direct difference in-office. New voices are needed. Every single one matters.

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#resist #savedemocracy

My favorite part of the Hunter Biden news is that North Carolina Republicans are trying to strip the Governor of all of his executive powers.

Trump was gonna do crazy, unlawful shit either way.

Biden not pardoning Hunter only would have hurt Hunter.

This is the right thing to do.

this is the guy

I’m sorry but the one bright spot in this whole 2024 cycle is that Mike Johnson is going to have a terrible horrible no good very bad two years

I don’t really mute words here because I wanna know asap when he croaks