
Valerie Jenkins
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10-03-2007 18:00:10
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The 400 richest Americans (.00025% of the population) now own more than the 150m adults in the bottom 60%. The richest have tripled their wealth since the early 80s. The bottom 60%’s share of wealth has dropped from 5.7% in 1987 to 2.1% in 2014. (via The Washington Post)






Statement by Elijah E. Cummings, who isn’t holding back: “When our own government rips vulnerable children, toddlers, and even infants from the arms of their mothers and fathers with no plan to reunite them, that is government-sponsored child abuse... Further delay is not an option.”


.Secretary Kirstjen M. Nielsen just now to Rep. Bennie G. Thompson: "Sir, they're not cages." Full stop, that is not true. Take it from me -- I've seen them. They're cages. And during zero tolerance, kids separated from their parents were put in them by Trump in a systematic way never done before.




Battery running low? Here’s a unicorn style boost! I spoke with Gene Berdichevsky CEO of Sila who says their version provides a 20-40% improvement versus current batteries & will soon be used in smartphones, laptops and one day electric cars too. First Move CNN




