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Urgent: Massachusetts bills

mercredi 24 février 2021 à 01:00

US citizens: call on the Massachusetts legislature to pass a bill to regulate face recognition, and a bill to end the practice of suspending drivers' licenses because of debts.

Many people are too poor to pay their debts, and losing their drivers' licenses means they lose their jobs and get even further in debt. The fact that now half of all Americans are in poverty or close to it means that this harmful feedback loop does even more harm.

Urgent: Bar Trump from running for office

mercredi 24 février 2021 à 01:00

US citizens: call on Congress to vote to bar Trump from running for office, using the 14th amendment, on the grounds that he participated in insurrection.

Special vaccination for wealthy residents

mardi 23 février 2021 à 01:00

Florida's governor, DeSantis, took the initiative to offer special "pop-up" vaccination for two zipcodes whose residents happen to be particularly wealthy.

DeSantis was previously known for covering up statistics about deaths from Covid-19, and prosecuting the whistleblower who arranged to leak the true numbers.

Records of thugs misconduct

mardi 23 février 2021 à 01:00

A court ruled that New York City can publish the records of misconduct of its official thugs. Thug unions sued to block publication, and lost.

Medicare and important drugs

mardi 23 février 2021 à 01:00

What Medicare pays for some important drugs is much higher than other US government programs.

If they were unified into a single buying bloc, they would get even lower prices. And with most of the country's population as members, they could push it down even more. This is what most advanced countries do, and it works for them.