Eric White
@walkingthequay.bsky.social
Creative chimera. Superhero to differently abled youth. Magic man. A little fey in me. Mind like an octopus. Jukebox for a brain. Consider yourself one of My Excellent Friends.
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Teachers. Firefighters. Cops. After 44 years of Reagan’s cuts to their Social Security, Joe Biden just restored their benefits. This win for working people came thanks to unions, President Biden, and bipartisan support led by former Rep. Abigail Spanberger.
Last night, President Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act, the biggest expansion of Social Security in decades and a huge win for teachers, firefighters, and cops!
Next up we expand benefits for everyone and pay for it by making the ultra-wealthy pay the same rate as the rest of us.
Next up we expand benefits for everyone and pay for it by making the ultra-wealthy pay the same rate as the rest of us.
January 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Teachers. Firefighters. Cops. After 44 years of Reagan’s cuts to their Social Security, Joe Biden just restored their benefits. This win for working people came thanks to unions, President Biden, and bipartisan support led by former Rep. Abigail Spanberger.
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ICYMI Today’s January 6th certification went off without incident but four years ago should never be forgotten. Wise and true words from President Biden. Gift link. wapo.st/4h4dDZM
Opinion | Joe Biden: What Americans should remember about Jan. 6
Four years ago, our democracy was put to the test — and prevailed.
wapo.st
January 7, 2025 at 3:39 AM
ICYMI Today’s January 6th certification went off without incident but four years ago should never be forgotten. Wise and true words from President Biden. Gift link. wapo.st/4h4dDZM
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@joycewhitevance.bsky.social reposts her next-day thoughts on Jan. 6, 2021
"We need to know if the leaders of the coup committed crimes, even if that means investigating the leaders of our country. It's time to muster the will to hold people accountable....Lessons aren't actually learned otherwise"
"We need to know if the leaders of the coup committed crimes, even if that means investigating the leaders of our country. It's time to muster the will to hold people accountable....Lessons aren't actually learned otherwise"
Remembering January 6, 2021
Last night in The Week Ahead, I asked about your remembrances of January 6, and many of you wrote about them in the comments.
substack.com
January 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM
@joycewhitevance.bsky.social reposts her next-day thoughts on Jan. 6, 2021
"We need to know if the leaders of the coup committed crimes, even if that means investigating the leaders of our country. It's time to muster the will to hold people accountable....Lessons aren't actually learned otherwise"
"We need to know if the leaders of the coup committed crimes, even if that means investigating the leaders of our country. It's time to muster the will to hold people accountable....Lessons aren't actually learned otherwise"
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Just a reminder that everything good can happen outside Facebook!
People are asking how to get my letters without using Facebook. They are here, for free. I also record a podcast of me (not AI) reading them that is available by separate email at Substack (also free) and is on all the usual platforms as well. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-6-...
January 6, 2025
In less than 40 minutes today in snow-covered Washington, D.C., a joint session of Congress counted the certified electoral votes that will make Republican Donald Trump president of the United States ...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Just a reminder that everything good can happen outside Facebook!
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Fact checking is not censorship.
It's an essential public service.
Disinformation kills. Period.
It's an essential public service.
Disinformation kills. Period.
January 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Fact checking is not censorship.
It's an essential public service.
Disinformation kills. Period.
It's an essential public service.
Disinformation kills. Period.
Come walk along the Quay with me, and see the things we've come to see.
November 21, 2024 at 12:30 AM
Come walk along the Quay with me, and see the things we've come to see.