Mark Elliott
Now @EconMobility. Before: P/PV, @FordFoundation and NYC OMB. Loathe #280. #Mets, #Eagles, #LFC. Sax beginner. IG @markmobility
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Top US bosses earn 278 times more than their employees
Chief executives earned an average of $17.2m each last year and their pay grew more than 1000 % since 1978, survey finds
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Every line of this is obscene.
- CEOs made $17.2 million last year
- 278 times what their employees make
- Their pay has gone up 1000% since 1978
| @EconomicPolicy
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‘Law and Order’ Trump Is Soft on Corporate Crime and Wrongdoing
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Corporations can literally get away with anything under Trump. Stunning report from @Public_Citizen citizen.org/news/enforceme… pic.twitter.com/55q59rmw5e
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What Happened After A Border Agent Asked A Toddler To Pick A Parent
NPR's Noel King talks to reporter Bob Moore about a Border Protection agent who asked a three year-old migrant to choose which of her parents would be allowed to accompany her into the U.S.
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OMG. A border patrol agent asked a 3-year-old migrant Honduran girl to choose which parent should be sent to Mexico. She started to cry as her father was taken away.
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Jeffrey Epstein, Billionaire Long Accused of Molesting Minors, Is Charged
Mr. Epstein, who was charged with sex trafficking, had avoided federal criminal charges a decade ago in a widely criticized plea deal.
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Trump on alleged pedophile and rapist Jeffrey Epstein,
“He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side”
Federal prosecutors arrested Epstein yesterday.
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Uber co-founder buys record-breaking LA mansion for $72.5m as drivers fight for wages
Los Angeles sees a spike in the homelessness population while homes the size of football fields are selling for more than $100m
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American inequality: @Uber co-founder buys Beverly Hills mansion for record $72.5 million while Uber drivers sleep in their cars because they can't afford housing.
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N.R.A. Shuts Down Production of NRATV
The National Rifle Association shut down its live broadcasting arm on Tuesday night and severed ties with its estranged advertising firm.
Why Housing Policy Feels Like Generational Warfare
To Millennials, at least
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Why #Millennials can't afford to buy a house. Putting a downpayment on a median $ house at median income by saving 5%/year would take:
43 years in LA
40 years in SF
36 years in NY and Miami
by @alexismadrigal
theatlantic.com/technology/arc… pic.twitter.com/64Y8hPf4lR
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Paul Manafort will reportedly be moved from federal lockup to Rikers Island
President Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort will be moved from a federal lockup in Pennsylvania to Rikers Island later this week, a report said Monday. Manhattan District Attorney…
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Mark Elliott
News: Manafort to be transferred to Rikers (NYC's jail) this week. He'll be kept in solitary as he faces new charges.
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Former secretary of state nominee returning to Abbott's payroll
David Whitley resigned as interim Monday after the Senate refused to vote on his confirmation.
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The Texas Secretary of State who resigned this week after botching that voter purge? He's just been hired by Governor @GregAbbott_TX. And he got a raise.
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Amnesty bosses leave after 'toxic culture' report
Several senior leaders have left Amnesty International, after a report said bullying was rife.
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Wowza. Five senior managers at Amnesty International have resigned due to a 'toxic' work culture. A review was ordered after two employees committed suicide.
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84-year-old Texan becomes oldest living kidney donor
A 84-year-old man became the nation’s oldest ever living kidney donor last month when he gave one of his to a 72-year-old woman at Houston Methodist Hospital.
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Linda Nall posted a sign on her front lawn asking for a kidney--her's were failing because of lupus. A neighbor dropped by to offer her one of his. He's 84 years old and now the nation's oldest kidney donor. | @ChronMed
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Why the Guardian is changing the language it uses about the environment | Environment | The Guardian
From now, house style guide recommends terms such as ‘climate crisis’ and ‘global heating’
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The Guardian updates its climate terminology.
"Climate change” —> “climate emergency, crisis or breakdown”
“Global warming” —> “global heating”
“Climate skeptic” —> “climate science denier”
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Trump Tower Is Now One of NYC's Least-Desirable Luxury Buildings
Trump Tower, once the crown jewel in Donald Trump’s property empire, now ranks as one of the least desirable luxury properties in Manhattan.
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Most condo sales in Trump Tower since 2016 have been at a loss, as Trump's flagship becomes one of the least desirable luxury buildings in NYC. | @nasiripour h/ @ken_crichlow c @Fahrenthold bloomberg.com/news/articles/… pic.twitter.com/wJyrVMDVyA
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How to Explain the Holocaust in One Simple Statistic
Today is Yom ha-Shoah, Israel’s day of commemoration for the Holocaust and Europe’s millions of murdered Jews. Because of its enormity, trying to encapsulate the Holocaust often feels like an exercise in futility. Many approaches have been taken to...
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Stunning. So many Jews were killed in the Holocaust that there are fewer Jews alive today then there were in 1939. | @Yair_Rosenberg yair.substack.com/p/how-to-expla… pic.twitter.com/nKa4mdcbEb
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Behind the Counter, a New Political Force Takes on The New York Post and Trump
Yemeni-American bodega owners in New York City organized a boycott of the newspaper over what they see as anti-Muslim bias.
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After the @nypost put this on its front page, NYC's Yemeni-American bodega owners stopped carrying the paper. (They own up to 60% of the City's 10,000 bodegas!) c @IlhanMN nytimes.com/2019/04/29/nyr… pic.twitter.com/rm9ZvwvrBW
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Steve King says he understands how Jesus Christ felt after months of criticism in the House
The representative said his experiences facing criticism over white nationalism and supremacy comments has given him "better insight" into Jesus' persecution.
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OMG. @SteveKingIA says he understands how persecuted Jesus felt after facing months of criticism for his comments on white supremacy and nationalism.
I'm not kidding.
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ICE deports spouse of U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan
ICE has deported the spouse of a U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan, leaving the couple's 12-year-old daughter in the United States without parents.
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.@ICEgov insists on deporting husband of U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan, leaving 12-year-old U.S. citizen daughter in Arizona without parents. This is @realDonaldTrump's America. #Shame azcentral.com/story/news/pol… pic.twitter.com/oCOHK1mQW3
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Mysterious Buyer Pumps $2.9 Million Into President Trump’s Coffers
President Trump sold a $2.9 million New York City condo to a mysterious buyer March 8, in a previously unreported deal laid out in public documents.
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Mark Elliott
Hmmm. Trump just sold a mid-town Manhattan condo for $2.9M to an LLC, masking the buyer's identity. Highest price per square foot since 2016. | @DanAlexander21
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Lori Loughlin's Daughter Olivia Leaves Yacht of USC's Board of Trustees Chairman
Lori Loughlin's daughter Olivia spent Tuesday night on a yacht owned by Chairman of USC Board of Trustees.
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Where was Lori Loughlin's daughter when she found out that her mother had been indicted for bribing her way into USC? While vacationing in the Bahamas....
Wait for it.
On board the yacht of USC's board chair.
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The Tragedy of Baltimore
Since Freddie Gray’s death in 2015, violent crime has spiked to levels unseen for a quarter century. How order collapsed in an American city.
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2017 Murders
Baltimore (pop 615,000): 342
New York City (pop 8,600,00): 290
Since Freddie Gray’s death in 2015, violent crime has spiked to levels unseen for a quarter century. How order collapsed in an American city. | @AlecMacGillis @ProPublica
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