I showed up to court with a letter from my doctor, my prescription, and my medication. Bravely—naively—I asked to be taken into custody, thinking jail would save me. I was wrong. @MarshallProj https://t.co/Pns43gzoxR

The Declaration of Independence was printed in the most common languages in the Colonies: English, French, German, and Dutch The German translation was distributed widely in the Colony of Pennsylvania. Dutch in NY. Thomas Jefferson produced the French translation himself.

Millions of Americans would not need SNAP if republicans didn't kill the minimum wage increase.

HAPPENING NOW: Portland Police Commander Franz Schoening testifies that federal officers on Oct. 18 barraged protesters with crowd control munitions — not because of any violence but because another federal officer accidentally shot tear gas onto the roof of the ICE facility.

Trickle-down economics was always farcical, but the real impact of it has been devastating. 50% increases in rent, housing, and healthcare costs in ~5 years. And under the rules of the capitalism, as long we keep paying, they’ll keep charging more. Until there’s nothing left. /

There’s such a voracious amount of stagnant, hoarded wealth seeking returns that private equity has stepped in to turn everything — from your apartment to your grandma’s nursing home — into a potential return on investment, rather than a service. /

It’s not “income inequality” that’s destroying us, is wealth inequality. It’s that in previous decades, a trillion dollars would be circulating in the economy. Instead, it sits in Elon Musk and other billionaires’ portfolios. /

The Chicago Police Department’s budget is over 2 billion. They have 50 full time communication staffers alone. Half of people who commit murder don’t ever get caught, it rises to 80% if victim was Black. More law enforcement resources haven’t solved it, but here we go again.

So they’re admitting more cops don’t keep us safer, right? Washington DC and Chicago are number one and two, respectively, for police officers per capita. Chicago has 4.7 officers per 1,000 people, double the US average. But what they need is more cops? https://t.co/wIc4GH3IDR

So they’re admitting more cops don’t keep us safer, right? Washington DC and Chicago are numbers one and two, respectively, for police officers per capita. Baltimore is third. Chicago has 4.7 officers per 1,000 people — double the US average. But what they need is… more cops?

TRUMP IS COMING FOR YOUR GUNS “According to the White House… 59 firearms have been seized since the start of the operation Aug. 7…”

Everyone wants to talk about the cost of doing business in America. But no one is mentioning that anything “Made in the USA” didn’t just pay to make the item, but also for the *healthcare costs* of workers’ entire families. We will never be able to compete.

“Mother of Methadone” book talk this Thursday in Culver City. I’m a panelist and finishing the book and loving it, it’s going to be a great talk. Learn how history shaped policy, and why we are so dysfunctional, hear me rant, and more! 7/24 at 7pm

That Walmart is woke has to be the funniest drivel I’ve read in a while.

The Airbnb I stayed at in Lisbon during the heat wave had a small portable unit. It was TRASH. 1 fan for whole house. Did not work to cool. I moved to a hotel. I’ve used a portable at home for 3 years now, w/ higher BTUs and a network of fans to distribute the air. It works.

We knew cops could lie. But did you know ICE agents can lie and say they’re city cops, there to investigate the crime you reported? How naive of me to be shocked at the depravity, but damn. This is low.

Come here me, a methadone patient, rant as a panelist this Thursday in Culver City! https://t.co/s3pZcVXU9L

Los Angeles people: Come see me speaking at a book talk with the indomitable @MaxJordan_N and “Mother of Methadone” author and physician @MGlennEm. Thursday July 24 at Village Well books in Culver City! I’m on methadone, it’s gonna be a good chat. https://t.co/dgCMHt6iGp

Los Angeles people: Come see me speaking at a book talk with the indomitable @MaxJordan_N and “Mother of Methadone” author and physician @MGlennEm. Tuesday July 24 at Village Well books in Culver City! I’m on methadone, it’s gonna be a good chat. https://t.co/dgCMHt6iGp

Harm reduction works! A “bad batch” of what I infer to have been sold as fentanyl caused 27 overdoses in Baltimore, ZERO DEATHS. Everyone was reversed with naloxone. Thanks to the tireless work of activists to liberate naloxone, tragedy was avoided.

The fascist dictatorship that ruled Portugal until 1974 had a favorite tactic: deporting people to places they’d never been, chosen because they were so hostile and disease-ridden they’d never return. The tried and true tactics of tyrants, from Tarrafal to Florida.