#Bailout

Jay "shave4COVID" Schuur, MD

JSchuurMD

Spent a few minutes this p.m. reading financial news re: FOR-PROFIT U.S. healthcare companies. There is a HUGE story here, that is not getting enough press. Huge b/c how their

Gideon Resnick

GideonResnick

A 54-year-old man in West Virginia goes into cardiac arrest after fighting COVID-19 symptoms. The nearest hospital was 30 minutes away because a for-profit company bought the one five minutes

Joe McCann ◎

joemccann

No one wants to admit it but there was a bailout to some of the nation's biggest hedge funds this week. Credit books and risk parity shops would have nuked

Michelle Hackman

MHackman

With talks over a covid relief package collapsed, it seems very likely U.S. Citizenship and Immigration services will move ahead with furloughing 70% of its staff later this month. That

Eric Lybeck

EricRoyalLybeck

Sorry - I'm angry this morning...But, university leaders will tell you they had no choice - the fiscal pressures were too great. Tell you what: look at the hospitality industry.

Coercive Control & Recovering From Trauma

CCCBuryStEd

It’s not uncommon for people who are controlling or narcissistic to have a heightened sense of entitlement.Those who expect to have their needs met, will often make unreasonable demands of

Michael Sainato

msainat1

Employers are using the coronavirus pandemic as an opportunity to union bust, a thread; Clark County in Nevada decided to use the pandemic to suspend union contracts with all bargaining

James Wilsdon

jameswilsdon

UK government & @UKRI_News have announced their Covid-19 support package for research. Two elements: i)£280m in grant extensions & support for priority areas of R&D; ii) bulk of support in

George Monbiot

GeorgeMonbiot

Corruption now runs through this country like a stick of rock.https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7jxvn/corporations-receiving-bailout-billions-have-laid-off-staff-and-paid-investors The government has used the pandemic to give vast amounts

Tom Lee

tjl

no postal bailout without a ban on bulk mail discountsthis is probably my least widely held but most correct political opinion this would be a crippling blow, admittedly. so maybe

Dirk Schwenk (Esq) 🎵

DirkSchwenk

BREAKING: Atomic clusterfux. MoscowMitch's bailout plan was to funnel money to employers as as forgivable loans if they retain and pay their employees. That rolls out today. It will be

Leah Greenberg

Leahgreenb

Some weekend reflections on who Washington works for, from a former congressional staffer. 1/ During the Great Recession, I answered phones for a progressive Member of Congress representing a red

Rep. Don Beyer

RepDonBeyer

Let's be clear: when top Republicans say "make cuts" or "let them go bankrupt," they are talking about allowing thousands of police, firefighters, teachers, public health workers, and others who

Sierra Club

SierraClub

Yesterday, for #WomanCrushWednesday, we honored the women on the frontlines of the fight against #COVID19. Pictured is Brianna in Detroit, MI, sister of a Sierra Club staff member. She is

Kathryn Mathias

KathrynMathias1

fed NDP leader Singh just said "this was never about helping students. This was about bailing out close friends" on the house floor (Cdn poli, debate COVID-19 economic aid legislation")How

Dan Woynillowicz

DanWoy

As "Federal cabinet readies airline bailout package” https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-federal-cabinet-readies-airline-bailout-package/ there don’t appear to be any “green strings.” That's problematic when yo