August 27 2020 - Protesters demanding a $30 minimum wage for Amazon workers set up a guillotine in front of one of Jeff Bezos’ homes, after he became the first person to have hoarded over 200 billion dollars.
“Give a good reason why we don’t deserve a $30 an hour minimum wage when this man makes $4,000 a second,” an organizer and former Amazon employee said.
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This is my gf who lives in Spain… I live in the US. We met during study abroad and I knew the day we met I wanted her in my life for the long run. We’ve been together for 8 months now.
Being in an ldr can suck sometimes but we’ve been making it work
If you wanna talk about being in an ldr and need some advice or just someone to relate than dm me
Just a little update: Me and my gf have now been together 2 years, long distance. BUT in a few months we will be moving in together!!!!
The fact that a 12-year-old has to take the initiative…
On Sixth Anniversary Of Flint Water Crisis, Flint Still Has No Backup Water Source
Flint, MI–On the sixth anniversary of the Flint water crisis, Flint is again in the midst of a crisis.
Six years after the disastrous switch to the Flint River as a source of drinking water for the city, which led to an outbreak of Legionnaire’s Disease and toxic levels of lead leaching into the water, the city remains in violation of the Safe Drinking Water Act for not having a reliable secondary drinking water source.
Mayor Sheldon Neeley sent a stern message to Flint city council Monday to, “finish the job,” referring to the 21-inch diameter, five-and-a-half-mile pipe, that would connect Genesee County’s water system to Flint. The pipe would ensure that should the current system, which pulls Lake Huron water via Detroit, fail, Flint would have a readily available source of water.
As of now, the only backup source the city has are water reservoirs, which would only supply residents with drinkable water for a matter of days. If anything, such as a major line break or any other unpredictable event that could compromise the city’s water, it’s unclear where Flint would go next once the reservoirs run dry. “The results could be catastrophic,” Neeley said.
The city, per federal law, must have a secondary source of water. The proposed project would be paid for by an Obama era bill, the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act. The act authorized $100 million in funding for “Flint, Mich., to recover from the lead contamination in its drinking water system.” According to the EPA, $87 million of that money has not been spent.
The proposed backup system was due to be completed in December of 2019 at a cost of $14.7 million in federal funds. On Monday, the council again voted 4 to 4 delaying construction. A majority vote of six would be needed from the nine-person council to reconsider the contract before they could revisit the project.
Hydroviv was founded as a response to the Flint water crisis and is providing filters to people who need them, not just in Flint but other cities as well, at cost. Mari’s fund is trying to reach its third goal of $200,000.
Of course, the point of the article is that filters would not be as vital if the local gov would DO THEIR FUCKING JOB, WITH MONEY THEY WERE ALREADY GRANTED.
Please don’t decide not to vote because you see a good poll for Biden. Even if the polls are telling you “Biden will 100% win in your state!” - don’t believe them. We need every vote we can get, and the Trump voters will not stay home. Do not risk it. This was a common mistake made in 2016. People saw good polls for Hillary and assumed there would be a good outcome, but please remember that polls are just a snapshot in time. What voters said in July may not remain true in November.
American democracy is at stake - and I’m not being dramatic. If Trump is inaugurated for a second term, democracy as we know it (free and fair elections, free press, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, the rule of law applied to all, etc.) will effectively be over in this country. We are already hanging on by a thread.
If you have the right to vote, use it. Do not stay home on Election Day. Show up (or vote by mail!) and vote blue. 🌊 Make a plan today: Register and find out more at vote.org.
Found this photo strip of me and my gf in one of my purses and now I’m missing her even more
