Policies
A.B. 2004 would direct the state to set up a blockchain-based system for “immunity passports”: a verified health credential that shows the results of someone’s last COVID-19 test, and uses those to grant access to public places. #immunitypassport
Under the proposed measure, low-level possession of illegal substances would be reclassified from a misdemeanor to a violation. #decriminalizedrugpossession
The Trump EPA has aggressively worked to erode and eliminate vital environmental and public health protections. #environmentalhazards
Amid the deepening crisis, Germany is set to begin a new trial for a universal basic income (UBI), which will entail 120 citizens receiving €1,200, or about $1,430, every month for three years. #universalbasicincome
Amidst the controversy over the doctrine of qualified immunity for cops, no one is talking about the full immunity accorded to the incredibly corrupt Central Intelligence Agency, an agency within the national-security establishment that wields omnipotent power. We should be.
Economic indicators – data points, trends, and micro-categories – are the widgets of the big information industry. By contrast, indicators for our society’s democratic health are not similarly compiled, aggregated, and reported. Its up and downtrends are presented piecemeal and lack quantitative precision. #society #politics
Technocracy is an economic system that got started in the 1930s during the height of the Great Depression when scientists and engineers got together to solve the nation’s economic problems. Technocrats have silently and relentlessly pushed forward ever since, and their agenda is now becoming increasingly visible #technocracy
A few states and cities in America have bypassed federal law and created legislation to decriminalize possession and usage of psychedelics including mushrooms and ayahuasca. The term ‘decriminalization’ is misleading, and in the muddled world of state vs. federal drug laws, it turns out it is far more dangerous than people realize. #magichmushrooms #psychedelics
Less than 24 hours after the Frontline Doctors first press conference in Washington D.C. was censored and removed from Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter, and after having their own website knocked offline in an attempt to silence them, the doctors were back in front of the steps of the Supreme Court building for their second press conference, at great risk to their lives, their families, and their jobs, as they remained determined to bring the truth directly to the American people that a cure for COVID exists, and that the public does not need to cower in fear anymore.
The AAP and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued guidelines for the “safe reopening” of schools #schoolreopening
The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in favor of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, saying that nearly half of Oklahoma falls within a Native American reservation. #indiantreaties #Oklahoma
In 1995 Dr Andrew Wakefield started investigating a possible link between gastrointestinal issuesI, the MMR vaccine, and neurological injury in children. In pursuit of this possible link, he participated in a study of twelve children with both stomach and developmental issues. The ensuing report, written with twelve other authors would catapult him into becoming one of the most controversial figures in the history of medicine. Despite attempts to silence his work, Dr. Wakefield continues to share his revelations around vaccinations, and the role of big pharma.
A U.S. district court on Monday delivered a major win to local Indigenous organizers and climate activists—and a significant blow to the fossil fuel industry and the Trump administration—by ordering the Dakota Access Pipeline to be shut down #DakotaAccessPipeline
Oregon is taking concrete steps toward becoming the first state to end the prohibition of psilocybin or “magic” mushrooms. #magicmushrooms
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed a precarious world economy over the edge. This moment offers a rare opportunity to rethink the path that led us here and chart a new course out a Global Green New Deal. #globalgreennewdeal
