Aaron Huertas
#Democracy is pretty cool. We should try it some time. @500womensci advisor, @medium writer. Past: @swingleft, @UCSUSA @CaterComNews @NextGenAmerica @NerdNiteDC
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Howard Schultz and His Team Think the Backlash Means They’re ‘Onto Something’
Schultz has been ridiculed on the left, and his own polls show that he could help reelect Trump. But his team thinks he’s struck an important nerve.
Finding Political News Online, the Young Pass It On
Younger voters tend to be not just consumers of news but conduits as well, sending out links and videos to friends.
DeafSpace
The 2022 Campus Plan is a ten-year update to the existing 2012 Facilities Master Plan required by the District of Columbia Zoning Commission. Gallaudet University is the world's only liberal arts university for deaf and hard of hearing people.
Aaron Huertas
@BadAstronomer Good example of how designing for people w/ different abilities can help other audiences, too. An old 99% Invisible podcast cemented that subject for me, focusing on this team
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Race-Class Narrative Project | Demos
The goal of Demos’ Race-Class Narrative (RCN) project is to develop an empirically-tested narrative on race and class that resonates with all working people and offers an alternative to—and neutralizes the use of—dog-whistle racism.
Aaron Huertas
@ABTagenda @seeoh2 @JaydeLovell @ParkHowell @Revkin @TheDemocrats @beychok Importantly, they have both have clear messages about wealthy special interests as the main problem in American economic and political life. That's their "but" and it's the only counter to the anti-immigrant rhetoric Trump relies on. Good research here
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America’s Defining Divide Isn’t Left vs. Right. It’s Old vs. Young.
Voters over retirement age will continue to dominate U.S. politics until at least 2060
Aaron Huertas
Lot of important demographic info here. That said, worth recalling that in 2018, 18-29 year olds went for Democrats by a 2:1 margin, so they had an outsize impact in the midterms.
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U.S. minorities consume less but suffer more from pollution - study
The study is the first to quantify what it called
Aaron Huertas
These stats shouldn't be so startling, but we're used to talking about community exposure to pollution and not which communities generate the pollution. #EnvironmentalJustice news.trust.org/item/201903112… pic.twitter.com/DY9pnmsYbS
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#161) Trump Went Off-Script at CPAC and (Predictably) Scored a Narrative Index of 36 | Science Needs Story
Aaron Huertas
The Narrative Index @ABTagenda lays out here is very revealing. Most speeches have way too many "ands." The author was the first person who told me he thought Trump would win.
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The backyard mechanic who is taking on Tesla - The Boston Globe
Rich Benoit just wanted to fix his Tesla. He ended up becoming a YouTube star.
You still can’t edit your tweets, but you may soon be able to "clarify" them
"That’s not what I meant!"
What Mark Meadows Did Was Racist
Rashida Tlaib was right to call out the North Carolina Republican’s misguided defense of President Trump
Bret Stephens Tried to Teach Me Because I Called Him Remarkably Dumb
It is not unreasonable for people to get mad at rude emails from strangers. Some people process them differently than others. What prompted me to send one to New York Times columnist Bret Stephens in May of 2018 was that I thought his column on the...
Aaron Huertas
Samer Kalaf's response to Bret Stephens here is pretty hilarious. Also super odd that Stephens let himself get trolled this way.
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Should Leftists Go On FOX? | Current Affairs
<p>Yes, if they can crush it… </p>
House Democrats prepare case to request Trump tax returns
Democrats are crafting a request to send to the IRS and say they will "take all necessary steps" to obtain the president's returns.
Councilmember McDuffie Requests Funds To Seize The Wendy's In The Middle Of 'Dave Thomas Circle'
"It's safe to say that no one who has to travel through that intersection is satisfied with it."
Will D.C.’s Publicly Funded Elections Program Be Ready for the 2020 Election?
The 2020 election cycle is right around the corner, and the Office of Campaign Finance doesn’t have the program up and running.
Aaron Huertas
Updates on DC's public financing program for campaigns. This is a really good reform for cities where on party dominates.
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Support Us | 500 Women Scientists (Powered by DonorBox)
Aaron Huertas
Always love getting my monthly reminder that I'm donating to @500womensci. The group does so much to support women in science and advance justice in our community.
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2020 Progressive War Room: Good idea?
Should we set up a Progressive War Room to push back against attacks on progressive candidates and ideas in the 2020 primary, so our side is better positioned collectively to defeat Trump
WHITE HOUSE: 'Adversarial' reviewers recruit climate skeptics
The White House is recruiting researchers who reject the scientific consensus on climate change for its "adversarial" review of the issue.