Lynn Parramore
@LynnParramore
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Culture, economics, psychology. Author, "Reading the Sphinx"; Editor, "The 99%"; Contributor, @NBCNewsTHINK @laphamsquart @INETeconomics
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Joined April 2009
REALLY want to know what happened in the 2024 US elections? Reality check from legendary political scientist Thomas Ferguson: https://t.co/2l7hEGQDFz
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An interview with Thomas Ferguson on the 2024 US election
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U.S. Olympians are using their trip to the Olympics to get the basic preventative healthcare they can’t afford to get in the U.S. We should be embarrassed that we’re the only industrialized country without universal healthcare — all because lobbyists pay off our politicians.
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This moment from @KamalaHarris’ questioning of Brett Kavanaugh at his Senate hearing has never left me. "Can you think of any laws that give the government the power to make decisions about the male body?" https://t.co/j9hBdCF3xG
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To @JDVance — Sir, would that your mother was a childless cat lady 🐈
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The CDC recommended that seniors get Covid boosters this past spring. The Washington Post reported getting no response from the White House on whether President Biden got one. All we know is that he had a vaccine in September. NOT sufficient. #somethingfishy
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If we can provide over a trillion dollars in tax breaks to the top one percent and large corporations, please don’t tell me that we cannot afford to make sure that every teacher in America receives the wages, benefits, and support that they deserve.
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We should do this before trying basic income. If your basic income goes to paying for a bloated and dysfunctional health care system, what’s the point?
Your periodic reminder that Medicare For All would save $450 billion in health care costs and 68,000 lives per year.
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813 U.S. billionaires hold more wealth than half of American households. If that doesn’t tell you we’re in a second Gilded Age, I don’t know what will. It can be easy to feel discouraged, but the First Gilded Age teaches us lessons on how we can fight back. Watch.
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ALERT: If you haven't had a shot in 6 months, you risk getting Long COVID. Risks are CUMULATIVE with reinfection:
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Political scientist Thomas Ferguson: "Covid, war, and high inflation have catalyzed yet another 'New World Order.'" https://t.co/rlcU6HLmyA
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The tough policy choices ahead for confronting the climate crisis
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The money story you didn't know! #debtceiling
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What is the real reason Democratic party leaders go along with the debt ceiling ritual?
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A financial Death Star is pointed at you. Several, actually. Check out my Q&A w/ federal prosecutor @brendanballou on private equity https://t.co/h8B6xVpYk3
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In his new book, “Plunder: Private Equity’s Plan To Pillage America,” Brendan Ballou, a federal prosecutor who served as Special Counsel for Private Equity in the Justice Department's Antitrust...
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The REAL root of banking crisis is...the 'financialization of everything' that kicked off in the '80s & gained steam with housing boom/ mortgage-backed securities in the early 2000s. Here the deal:
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In the following conversation, law and economics expert Walker Todd explains how a financialized system creates havoc and why it’s time to rethink banking
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Must-read on banking crisis from @INETeconomics Research Director Tom Ferguson-- Why right wing forces will emerge from the chaos:
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Austerity for ordinary citizens and bank rescues for the affluent is a toxic mix
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@MandyMatney we all heard Dick Harpootlian say "Rock n Roll"... for anyone following #AlexMurdaughTrial #MurdaughTrial who wants to start their weekend off right, here is Prosecutor Creighton Waters playing an Eagles guitar solo 🤘🏼
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