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Jesse Mechanic retweeted
Jordan Neely was a New Yorker.
He was a person.
When he began to suffer from mental illness the city’s social safety net failed him, as it had failed countless others.
When he exhibited signs of his mental illness in public he was murdered on the F train. – at Brooklyn, NY
Jesse Mechanic retweeted
Pretty remarkable that America temporarily constructed a safety net during Covid — including major health care coverage, food benefits, anti poverty funding for families & kids, etc — and then just systematically and slowly demolished it
Jesse Mechanic retweeted
They won’t even entertain the idea that maybe fewer guns means fewer people using those guns for mass murder.
They say it’s a mental health issue, yet vote against all healthcare expansions.
What else is there to say at this point?
We are a diseased country.
Jesse Mechanic retweeted
Hochul:
–Disinvited a union leader from her State of the State for criticizing her
–Brought in Hakeem Jeffries to endorse LaSalle
–Used her MLK day speech to rally for LaSalle
–Now threatens to sue members of her own party after not getting what she wanted
newrepublic.com/post/170067/…
Jesse Mechanic retweeted
This man has thrown bricks at the window of @versbarnyc FOUR times in recent weeks. These are hate crimes against the LGBTQ+ community. Please help us identify him. If you have any information, please contact @NYPDHateCrimes at [email protected] or 1-888-440-HATE.
Jesse Mechanic retweeted
Obviously he spent more money than he should have to do it, but undercutting the cultural and political influence wielded by journalists/activists/organizers is exactly what Musk set out to do here, and it seems he’ll succeed at that
Jesse Mechanic retweeted
Andrew Cuomo approved the GOP state gerrymander in 2012, designed the supposed gerrymander fix in 2014, and appointed four conservative Court of Appeals judges who this year blew up New York's redistricting, paving the way for Democrats to lose the House slate.com/news-and-politics/…
Jesse Mechanic retweeted
The pardon will reportedly benefit 6,500 people — that's 1.625% of the roughly 400,000 who are currently locked up for drug offenses. inthesetimes.com/article/bid…
Jesse Mechanic retweeted
Getting angry over student loan forgiveness because you’ve already paid yours off is astonishingly selfish, and a perfect example of the egocentric way in which many people judge the value of their government.
Jesse Mechanic retweeted
The teacher shortage is so bad hat some districts in Texas are cutting back to 4 day weeks, Florida is asking veterans with no teaching experience to get in the classroom, and Arizona is now having college kids teach classes. Where's the outcry about the defunding of education?
Jesse Mechanic retweeted
Spending federal money on the climate crisis causes inflation, but spending federal money on the military doesn’t? Okay, got it.
Jesse Mechanic retweeted
Starting July 16 any person in the US dialing 988 will reach a mental health emergency line.
Technically, 988 is just a 3-digit trim of the 10-digit National Suicide Prevention Lifelife.
But experts & advocates say this is a massive deal.
Read why. inquirer.com/health/988-hotl…
Jesse Mechanic retweeted
Cruz is a graduate of Princeton and Yale, a lawyer, a senator, the multimillionaire husband of a Goldman Sachs executive, who sends his kids to an exclusive school, but sure, let’s listen to him on ‘elites’!
Jesse Mechanic retweeted
"laws can't do anything to keep powerful weapons out of the hands of the public but also the state has the capacity to create good fathers and transform the spiritual lives of its citizens"
Jesse Mechanic retweeted
lots of awful things occurring bc dudes in 1780 liked owning people and had guns that shot once every two minutes
Jesse Mechanic retweeted
the democratic party’s geriatric leadership class is high on its own supply, willfully blind to the actual contours of the political landscape, and would rather crash the party into a wall than try a new approach or concede leadership to a younger generation.
Jesse Mechanic retweeted
Netflix laid me off earlier this week, which means my BF is losing his health insurance, which means we’ll no longer be able to afford his cancer treatment. Please consider donating and/or RTing so we can get things back on track 🤘🏾 gofundme.com/f/rob-is-fighti…
