It’s true. In Massachusetts they had to use the NE Patriots plane to hide a shipment of PPE from China and protect it with the national guard (state military force):

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/02/bob-kraft-patriots-plane-massachusetts-masks-160936

For weeks, Baker has warned that Massachusetts is in desperate need of more protective equipment including masks, sanitizing wipes and gowns for health care workers on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis, especially as cases are expected to surge sometime between April 7 and April 17 in Massachusetts.

The Republican governor has raised those concerns with Trump. He told the president the federal government was outbidding Massachusetts on equipment — even after advising states to work on getting their own supplies. A week later, the Bay State was still being outbid and had only received a fraction of what it requested from the Strategic National Stockpile. Baker grew increasingly frustrated at a recent news conference, saying he’d seen confirmed orders for millions of pieces of gear “evaporate” before his eyes.

More details from other states:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-admin-seizing-ppe/

Cool story bro

That’s what quotation marks are for. As it is written, it needs a tongue out smiley face 😜

But still, going from a “unbiased” pollster to a high-tech bookie is clearly a money grab. This article tells us very little, except “it’s a close horse race!” That sounds exactly like what a bookie would say to get more money on the match.

His focus has changed. I wonder how Nate Silver himself would treat a formerly good pollster who recently started an online betting arm? I suspect he would downgrade their reliability due to conflict of interest.

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“the 1”?

What is NPR doing with this headline? Keep that on tiktok or Instagram reels. Make sure you post it at an angle on an unrelated picture, so it’s slightly more attention grabbing too.

Nah, block and be done with it. They like attention.

This old man needs to step away and let someone younger run for president. He clearly has no idea what he’s saying, and probably doesn’t know what day / year it is. When will his party call for him to step down? How can he function without drooling all over his oatmeal?

Also, the Democratic election team didn’t even dignify it with a response:

Newsweek has contacted the Harris campaign for comment via email.

These women have only a tenuous connection to VP Harris. This is just Democracy Now trying to highlight these women because they like activists. Harris is definitely not an activist; she’s a lawyer and a politician. Yes there are good ones out there.

Better examples are:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Moseley_Braun

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_E._Ray

Their interpretation isn’t “originalist” or “strict” at all. It’s just what they want to say, at any given moment. History would be very different if both of your parents had to be US citizens. The president of the US is required to be a “natural born citizen”

Of the 45[a] individuals who became president, there have been eight that had at least one parent who was not born on U.S. soil.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural-born-citizen_clause_(United_States)

For one, Donald Trump might not be president because his mother was born in Scotland.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/donald-trumps-immigrant-mother

For those (uninformed) Trump supporters who claim she was a citizen when little Donny was born, that’s true but her immigration process was much easier than it is today. This is it, in its entirety:

On May 2, MacLeod left Glasgow on board the RMS Transylvania arriving in New York City on May 11 (one day after her 18th birthday). She declared she intended to become a U.S. citizen and would be staying permanently in America.

Though the 1940 census form filed by Mary Anne and her husband, Fred Trump, stated that she was a naturalized citizen, she did not actually become one until March 10, 1942.[1][6][7] However, there is no evidence that she violated any immigration laws prior to her naturalization, as she frequently traveled internationally and was afterwards able to re-enter the U.S.

[She] became a naturalized citizen in March 1942

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Anne_MacLeod_Trump

That’s how close we came to living in a good timeline.

That’s not how politics works. That’s not even how time works.

If you want change, you have to do something. That’s how we got the minimum wage, etc. Not by being in a “good timeline”.

It’s better to be lucky than good at something. But there’s a major difference between starting out middle class (or working class) and starting out wealthy.

The people who started and developed entire companies clearly had some skill. Massive intelligence isn’t necessary, but they were not stupid. If they were stupid they would have already blown all the money. Compare what happens to lottery winners and you will see what I mean.

The difference is, future generations that inherit are more like lottery winners: they have no idea how to grow the money left to them. Plus they have no concept of staying under budget because they have always been rich. This is worse than a lottery winner because they already have an expensive lifestyle to maintain.

“We’re going to stop making new products. We’ve decided that we don’t need more money.”

Does that sound like a pharma company to you?

So far, this has basically equal upvotes and downvotes. Let’s keep it perfectly balanced.

Doughnut? What’s a doughnut?

Oh look! It’s raining again.

My Gen Z friend, you can just say the quote:

“Please clap”

That doesn’t matter if minimum wage goes up. Like you said, a person can only eat so much. Rising prices are not a problem if wages (especially minimum wage) increase faster than inflation.

rich white Wholefoods shoppers won’t complain about the price of strawberries.

Do you think middle class and working class people don’t shop at Whole Foods?

Do you think non-white people don’t shop there either?

Do you think they don’t already complain about fruit costs?

Do you think they have nowhere else to shop? Farmer’s markets?

Most of what you said is 100% correct, but Whole Foods doesn’t grow any strawberries. They are bad for other reasons, but supposedly a nice place to work. Figure out who you’re mad at and compose yourself. (Hint: minimum wage increase)