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Maintaining an independent judiciary means impeaching corrupt justices when they take millions of dollars in “gifts” from people with business before the court.
Hope this helps. You can find School House Rock on YouTube.
Communists like @AOC hate an independent judiciary and therefore want to destroy the Supreme Court.
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Library Drops Dewey Decimal System By Organizing All Titles Under ‘B’ For Books theonion.com/library-drops-d…
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Dillinger, Legendary #Jamaican deejay, born Lester Bullock 71 years ago today on 25 Jun 1953, in #Kingston. Referenced by Joe Strummer in The Clash's "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais”. He was that big.
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David Rodigan, British radio DJ and sound system selector, born 73 years ago today on 24 June 1951. A longtime and successful promoter of #Jamaican music all over the world.
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Paul influenced generations. He made sure that the real JM Keynes lived in the profession and our scholarship.
I had the honor of organizing the Post Keynesian conference & summer school for several years after he passed the baton to UMKC
RIP Paul Davidson
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Abba P. Lerner was Professor of Economics at @RUEcon from 1947 to 1959. When Coase visited us in 2005 he said, "I haven't been in this building [Auditorium Bldg] since I visited my friend Abba Lerner. . . I believe the last time was in 1955."
In 1958, Abba Lerner sketched out a program to address what he called "sellers' inflation", including strategic regulation of prices, taxing windfall gains, and direct stabilization of prices via government buying/selling in specific markets.
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My great-great grandparents, William & Margaret Stephens, were enslaved. Their legacy of love and faith is how I’m now Illinois’ first Black Lt. Governor.
I spent Juneteenth making sure these brilliant children in Pullman know that they, too, are their ancestors’ wildest dreams.
ALT Lt Gov Stratton with large group of youth
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As Chicago feels record breaking heat this week, we remind everyone that our store has air conditioning, water, a public restroom, free masks and comfortable places to sit for anyone who needs a break from the heat. Open 11-7, Mon-Fri! Stay cool and safe.
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On this day in 1967, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that bans on interracial marriage are unconstitutional.
As we observe the anniversary of the Loving v. Virginia decision, @DouglasEmhoff and I would like to wish you all a happy #LovingDay.
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On infrastructure? Defence? Unemployment insurance? On reducing inequality? How?
Well said. Saltfish (cod) is a peculiar long run import of British colonial economic policy, for an island and country naturally swimming in fish. The national dish of ackee & saltfish is, besides delicious and coveted, twice fatal! Unripened ackee, unripened economy.
Unripened ackee contains substantial amounts of hypoglycin A, a dangerous toxin. It is somehow unsurprising that #Jamaica’s national fruit, and popular national dish, can be fatal.
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Join @RickSteves and 37,000 other MoveOn members in the call to legalize marijuana nationwide: MoveOn.org/Legalize
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More electric vehicles = less air pollution 🙌
We recently partnered with @ICO_Optometry to add two more public #EV chargers to Chicago's historic Bronzeville neighborhood. Learn how we're helping #OurCommunities breathe easier from our resident historian, @6figga_dilla. 🚗⚡
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Donald Trump is a convicted felon, an adjudicated rapist, and a congenital liar. He’s a racist, sexist, misogynistic narcissist who wants to use the levers of power to enrich himself and punish anyone who dares speak a word against him.
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Montgomery Bernard ‘Monty’ Alexander, Legendary #Jamaican Jazz pianist born 80 years ago today on 6 June 1944, in #Kingston. He boarded at DeCarteret College in Mandeville, went on to Jamaica College, before emigrating to the US with his family in 1961.
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This looks like a great opportunity to hear from IRP Affiliate @SandyDarity and other scholars of reparations for Black Americans.
WEBINAR - Mon, Jun 17, 2 PM ET
Please join us for a special online conversation to mark the publication of the new #RSFjournal issue on Black Reparations, one of the most pressing and contentious policy proposals of our times.
Learn more and register>>
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