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  • Audio, Current Events, Economy, Podcast, Workers / November 18, 2020

    Episode 207: Ending the Pandemic in 30 Days; Teachers At Risk; Speeding Up Poultry Processing Lines—Insane!

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  • Economy, Labor, Politics, Workers / November 12, 2020

    A Full-On Populist Biden Would Have Won Florida

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  • Audio, Economy, Podcast, Politics / November 11, 2020

    Episode 206: Perez Still Has A Job?; Georgia, Georgia, Georgia; Arizona Hikes Taxes To Fund Schools

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  • Politics / October 30, 2020

    Election Predictions–TAKE THREE..AND FINAL!

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  • Audio, Current Events, Economy, Labor, Podcast, Politics / October 28, 2020

    Episode 205: Stiffing Corporate Lobbyists; Short-Time Work Salvation; Nurses On The Line

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Episode 207: Ending the Pandemic in 30 Days; Teachers At Risk; Speeding Up Poultry Processing Lines—Insane!

In Audio, Current Events, Economy, Podcast, Workers by Jonathan TasiniNovember 18, 2020Leave a Comment

Ideology is in the way of a simple plan to end the pandemic in 30 days. Yes, 30 days: Lock down the country and pay everyone up to an annual …

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A Full-On Populist Biden Would Have Won Florida

In Economy, Labor, Politics, Workers by Jonathan TasiniNovember 12, 2020Leave a Comment

Yawn. That’s my reaction to this perennial debate about whether a progressive agenda is a winning agenda. Of course, it is—and that has a lot to do with how you …

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Episode 206: Perez Still Has A Job?; Georgia, Georgia, Georgia; Arizona Hikes Taxes To Fund Schools

In Audio, Economy, Podcast, Politics by Jonathan TasiniNovember 11, 2020Leave a Comment

Three questions post-election are on the menu this week. First, how does Tom Perez, the chair of the DNC, still have a job? Perez has been incompetent for a very …

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Election Predictions–TAKE THREE..AND FINAL!

In Politics by Jonathan TasiniOctober 30, 2020Leave a Comment

As we enter into the final few days of the election, I’m updating my first two sets of predictions and musings. Barring some shocker, this is it… Very little of …

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Episode 205: Stiffing Corporate Lobbyists; Short-Time Work Salvation; Nurses On The Line

In Audio, Current Events, Economy, Labor, Podcast, Politics by Jonathan TasiniOctober 28, 2020Leave a Comment

It’s the permanent government—the corporate lobbyists who have friends in both parties. It is at the heart of why we don’t have Medicare for All, why the Pentagon is rolling …

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Episode 204: COVID and Inequality—A Love Story; Landslide Coming!

In Audio, Economy, Podcast, Politics by Jonathan TasiniOctober 21, 2020Leave a Comment

The catastrophic failure to shrink global inequality has given COVID-19 the perfect breeding ground: tens of millions of people are at risk of hunger, extreme poverty, sickness and death because, …

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ELECTION PREDICTIONS–TAKE TWO!

In General Interest, Politics by Jonathan TasiniOctober 15, 2020Leave a Comment

As we enter into the final three weeks of the election, I’m updating my first set of predictions and musings—updates are partly adding new information (for example, actual turnout so …

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Episode 203: Biden Tax Ideas Are Weak Sauce; Give More Power For The Post Office

In Audio, Economy, Podcast, Politics by Jonathan TasiniOctober 14, 2020Leave a Comment

When Donald Trump and his minions are eviscerated in less than three weeks so the country can survive, I can’t think of a better illustration of the fight still to …

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Episode 202: Trump Is A Tax Cheat—But Lots Of Rich People Dodge And Cheat Thanks To Both Parties

In Audio, Podcast, Politics by Jonathan TasiniOctober 7, 2020Leave a Comment

For a sliver of time, the political world was talking about how Donald Trump cheats on his taxes. Virtually every rich person does what Trump does: they use the tax …

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Episode 201: Firefighters Face The Infernos—And The Devastating Long-Term Health Consequences

In Audio, Labor, Podcast, Workers by Jonathan TasiniSeptember 30, 2020Leave a Comment

I’ve been thinking a lot about firefighters these days, what with the jaw-dropping video we see virtually every day of these monstrous wild fires scorching millions of acres of forests …

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jonathantasiniJonathan Tasini@jonathantasini·
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#AmericanExceptionalism at work 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️
#StayHome #DoNotTravel #COVIDー19 #SuperSpreaders #KillGrandma #ThanksgivingGrimReaper
https://t.co/6Q5SsncNZe

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jonathantasiniJonathan Tasini@jonathantasini·
20 Nov

The lie here is obvious: @SenSanders said “FEDERAL” taxes; the Amazon factotum writes “taxes” which could mean property taxes, etc

Amazon Policy@amazon_policy

.@SenSanders Not true. Last year we paid $5B in taxes, while providing paid sick-leave & comprehensive benefits for all full-time workers starting on their 1st day. All Amazon employees make at least $15/hr – 2x the fed min wage, & we created 175k+ new jobs since pandemic began. https://t.co/ErjWekOtkq

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jonathantasiniJonathan Tasini@jonathantasini·
20 Nov

We can end the pandemic in 30 days.

Get the low-down on that controversial proposal and more on my podcast, which takes on ideas in ways you aren’t going to find other places.

Listen below! ⬇️

https://t.co/RuZHrRCNqg

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jonathantasiniJonathan Tasini@jonathantasini·
20 Nov

The traditional press is awash with hand-wringing about the #TrumpCrimeFamily & its #Grifters who want to undermine the #Election2020results
So...STOP SHOWING WH BRIEFINGS, STOP REPORTING ON PURE PROPAGANDA.

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jonathantasiniJonathan Tasini@jonathantasini·
20 Nov

The Trump Administration is proposing a last-minute rule change to increase line speeds in poultry plants to 175 birds per minute.

This policy will eventually lead to more workers getting sick.

Marcy Goldstein-Gelb joins me to explain why.

Listen below! https://t.co/2IpZaJ8neW

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jonathantasiniJonathan Tasini@jonathantasini·
20 Nov

Admission: when people like #RickScott #Grassley #KellyAnneConway and the whole #grifter crew, who enabled the years-long madness and suffering and death of millions, test #COVID19 positive... I have zero empathy to send their way. Saving it for the humans who rate it.

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jonathantasiniJonathan Tasini@jonathantasini·
19 Nov

When the virus spreads, workers get hit hardest. Can we get every union, in unison, to spread this @CDCgov message to all members? @RWDSU @RichardTrumka @AFLCIO @rweingarten @MaryKayHenry @FlyingWithSara @UFCW @IAFFNewsDesk
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jonathantasiniJonathan Tasini@jonathantasini·
19 Nov

Reupping from yesterday--we can end the pandemic in 30 days. Yes, 30 days. How? Pay folks to stay at home, and also compensate small businesses who have to shut down (not you, Jeff Bezos!) #COVID19 :
https://t.co/medGOppnKN (subscribe for future musings!)

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jonathantasiniJonathan Tasini@jonathantasini·
18 Nov

Ideology is in the way of a simple plan to end the pandemic in 30 days.

Lock down the country and pay everyone up to an annual wage of $90,000 to stay home.

My explanation of the plan leads off the episode.

Listen below!
https://t.co/RuZHrRCNqg

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