#Measures

MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: NPR Source Says Trump Blocked Coronavirus Testing in January to Aid His Reelection Chances By Keeping US Infection Figures LowNOTE: Please RETWEET this—America needs to know what
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This week I spoke at @wataf event on tax expenditures in West Africa w/ terrific speakers incl. @MustaphaNdajiwo @kibobofred @attiyawaris. Focus on how to curb poorly targeted, wasteful or ineffective
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1. So what now?Long time followers will know I've been pretty relentless banging the #COVID19 drum. Pandemics ruin lives and livelihoods. This virus should have been taken far more seriously
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How councils are using Covid as an excuse to drive cars off the roadhttps://mol.im/a/8654475  The government and (mostly but not exclusively Labour-dominated) councils have been lobbied by the usual suspects
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States are behaving like petty gangsters when it comes to securing #PPE supplies: "US buyers waving wads of cash managed to wrest control of a consignment of masks as it
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Entirely predictable (and widely predicted by those pesky experts) that food / agriculture would become a huge issue for the UK in talks with the US - and one which
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Why did I start on Twitter? Paid Advertising and Personal Income ManagementThe income I earn with paid advertising has an important place in my income sources. These revenues are related
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Must Read Deep Dive - Calculating Real Infection Rates from AB StudiesI found this incredible data from NYC AB testingThey've been reporting weekly AB testing results since April 11th (2
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Senators Klobuchar, Wyden, and Coons currently holding a call with a bipartisan group of secretaries of state about trying to generate support in Congress for more voting funding and reforms
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I thought it might be a good time to do a thread on inflation. 1/x Most people know that inflation relates to higher prices, but if the price of milk
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I got a fancy phone today. Not cause I wanted it. I’d have taken my rinky dink phone to hell w/ me if it lasted. But it died today. It
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A little thread about masks: please stop saying that people are "stupid" or "thick" for refusing to wear masks. They may be wrong but it is not their own fault
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In this thread, I will be discussing the behavior of Donald Trump’s base throughout the viral pandemic—everything from their disdain towards wearing masks to their reluctance to getting vaccinated—but I
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CN. Covid-19, ableism, DNR, death, call for solidarityAre feeling impotent and bored during your lockdown - the disabled community needs your solidarity. In the last week or so disabled and
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Copied from a friend... To all my young social warriors and idealists who are disappointed with the two party system, please read:1. You're not just voting for President. 2. You're
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LOOK: Doctors’ group SECOND OPINION calls on colleagues to reclaim medical quarantine, reject Duterte-style lockdownsPrescribes 6 steps for more effective COVID19 response SECOND OPINION: “Doctors and HCWs must reclaim quarantine
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