Bernard Becker Professor, WUSTL.
Health Economist.
Co-Director, Center for Advancing Health Services Policy &Economics Research IPH
@CAHSPER_IPH
Views my own.
@BerniceKing
My heart goes out to you
@BerniceKing
. So sorry you lost your father so early in your life.
But thank you for embodying his teachings. MLK is a guiding light for me. I've tried in work to fight against racism and poverty and for social justice. 🙏❤️
#MLK2024
In the introduction of Joni Mitchell they reminded us that she had to learn to walk three times, she recovered from polio early in life and a brain aneurism in 2015.
She wrote BOTH SIDES NOW in 1968, 56 years ago and it was recorded first by Judy Collins. This year she won a
The multitudes Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now” contains, having been released when she was 26, to now, singing it with meaningful introspection and a wealth of wisdom at 80. This song (and this
#GRAMMYs
performance) is truly powerful.
Trump admits that he took money from foreign governments while he was president. "I have great stuff. They stayed there and pay. I don't get eight million dollars doing nothing like Hunter." Trump also said he would not divest his businesses if he returned to the White House.
One thing I will NEVER understand is why the Missouri state government beats up so much on the
#StLouis
area.
It makes no sense.
St. Louis account for FORTY PERCENT of the State's INCOME and FORTY PERCENT of the people living in the state.
It's just bad economics, bad policy
It’s time to abolish the TSA.
Airlines can and will secure their own planes if a federal agency doesn’t do it for them.
They’ll do it better than TSA, without undermining the Constitution and with less groping—showing more respect for passengers.
Share if you agree.
#EndTSA
Reminder that the
@GOP
had a bill to solve the border crisis, written by a GOP Senator but this Senator and others refused to pass it because they want the campaign issue not the solution. Such cynicism and hypocrisy
@SenEricSchmitt
If Chuck Schumer moves to dismiss or table Articles of Impeachment tomorrow without a trial and thereby NUKING Impeachment Trials and the Constitutional Order — he will earn a spot in the Pantheon of worst Senators in American History.
@JDVance1
@liberalpuppy
@BidenHQ
Manufacturing employment declined -178,000 during Trump's term (from January 2017 through Jnauary 2021)
and has increased 773,000 so far (from Jan 2021 to Apr 2024) during Biden's term.
@FiveTimesAugust
Thank God for really smart doctors like Peter Hotez and ignore grifters and howling paranoids spreading misinformation about the virus and the vaccine.
Anti-vaccine leader, Del Bigtree, introducing anti-vaccine presidential candidate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who's set to announce running mate, anti-vaccine curious tech entrepreneur, Nicole Shanahan.
@JasonMillerinDC
Yes, WAY better off than four years ago. And so is everyone else too. Four years ago we were in a pandemic that DJT did not manage well. One million died.
Not sure why my Governor is in Texas working on an issue that is a federal issue or a Texas issue. And the Senate has a bill to fix this.
I'd much prefer he fix issues here like potholes, schools, Medicaid application delays and more.
Just got back to Jefferson City after our trip to Texas to see firsthand the crisis at the southern border. Missouri will answer Governor Abbott’s call and support the State of Texas in this fight.
Missouri stands with Texas!
Missouri House advances measure shielding Bayer from Roundup lawsuits
A plan that would protect Bayer from cancer lawsuits connected to its Roundup herbicide drew bipartisan opposition Wednesday in the Missouri House. House lawmakers approved the plan on a voice vote, but not
This is my niece Lindsay McBride, a middle school teacher in WI. I'm so proud of her. She is an award-winning educator, an expert on teaching about the Holocaust and other genocides. Here she is testifying today at the WI Legislature to continue education on the Holocaust. ❤️✡️
NBC: After watching the trial, do you believe the jury has the ability to make accurate decision?
Donald Trump Jr: “…They wouldn’t be able to show up to their children’s schools if they acquitted Trump.”
@VaughnHillyard
It has been almost four days since Putin murdered Alexei Navalny.
Yet my two Senators have not condemned the war criminal Putin.
Why not
@HawleyMO
,
@SenEricSchmitt
,
@Eric_Schmitt
?
@KristiNoem
@realDonaldTrump
A normal human ?
Normal humans do not bully disabled people like my son.
Normal people do not assault women.
I could go on.
DonJr and Eric haven't been there most of the trial.
Ivanka and Jared have never shown up.
Melania has never shown up.
Says something.
Media never discusses this. If a Democrat were on trial and their family didn't show up? Big headlines.
It's your dad. You want praise for showing up to court when he's a defendant?
This is like Chris Rock's famous skit about men giving themselves credit for paying child support: "You're supposed to, you dumb m*****f*****r!"
@ATRightMovies
It always has to be TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
"... and Atticus... he would in Jem's room all night and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning."
I just love this. My favorite part is how she sneaks into Target and signs a few books for the lucky people who will buy them. And no one there seems to recognize her.
Thank you
@MichelleObama
for being the great and fun person you are
While in St. Louis, I stopped by
@Target
to run a few errands and check out the paperback of my book,
#TheLightWeCarry
. I left behind a few signed copies – if you find them, let me know!
Whether this pans out at the ballot box may decide the election. Recent NYT poll shows Trump carrying 23% of black voters—better than any Republican since the dawn of exit polling in the 1970s.
So will 2024 mark the biggest racial realignment in US politics in generations?
@JosephPatrice
Where do you get the idea the
@POTUS
and
@SenateDems
have not appointed a very diverse group to the bench? In fact they have appointed a record number of diverse judges.
Question: If Trump is convicted and gets a jail sentence, will he be a president from prison?
MTG: “Absolutely. People are going to vote for him even if he’s in jail. I’d vote for him even if he’s in jail.”
The White House Correspondents’ Dinner was really bad. Colin Jost BOMBED, and Crooked Joe was an absolute disaster! Doesn’t get much worse than this!
Donald Trump Truth Social 01:05 AM EST 04/28/24
LOL.
Biden has lead when RFKJr is included, but Trump has lead when he is not.
That noise you are hearing is panic Bannon's office because their plot isn't working.
@RobertKennedyJr
@KellyannePolls
#ObamaCare
is a child of serial deceptions & constitutional violations, which poisoned our politics and eroded trust in institutions.
It worsens discrimination against the sick.
It is so unaffordable, Congress offers $12K in premium subsidies to enrollees earning >$200K.🧵
Wrong,
@LaraLeaTrump
The unemployment rate was 4.6% when Trump took office,
It rose to 14.8%, the highest level seen since the Great Depression in April 2020, and when he left office was still higher than in 2017 (6.4%}
See graph
So bizarre.
Trump completely mishandled the COVID-99 crisis, and hundreds of thousands died who did not have to die, many suffered (and still suffer) from COVID who did not have to suffer... and yet..
Poll says DJT better at handling a crisis, had a strong record, and is
NBC poll: Trump is smoking Biden in who can handle inflation better, who can handle a crisis better, and who is mentally and physically fit to be president:
@ATRightMovies
You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it.
So how much money is the State of Missouri wasting by making us vote on a totally redundant issue that has been law for decades? Doesn't sound fiscally conservative to me.
Extending the Trump tax cuts would cost the U.S. $4 trillion over the next decade while disproportionally benefitting the richest households.
cc:
@amprog
@BBKogan
Someone should explain to
@benshapiro
that the people paying into Social Security and Medicare paid payroll taxes their entire working careers to fund these benefits. So who the hell is he to say that it's not their right to collect the benefits?
Ben Shapiro on Medicare and Social Security: "No one in the United States should be retiring at 65 years old. Frankly, I think retirement itself is a stupid idea unless you have some sort of health problem."
Donald Trump: “The job numbers just came out, and it's horrible. And I say that not happily; I say it very unhappily…It’s only going to get worse.”
Fact check: When Trump left office, the unemployment rate was 6.3%. It's 3.9% now and has been below 4% for 27 months.
GOP Ron Johnson brags about sabotaging border security deal. He told Fox News that he was able to 'delay' border security deal between Democrats and Republicans and the he was "pretty well leading the efforts to slow this process down."
@ScottWalker
Serious question. Do you not believe in the transition of power in a democracy after an election? Do you think elections should be decided by violence?
@moll_aj
A person fraudulently sent a $30 donation to her campaign and somehow it's her fault? I think the fault lies with the person who sent the contribution under a false name.
Ageism is arguably the last acceptable prejudice. While other forms of discrimination are considered reprehensible, ageism is normalised.
WHO reports that, globally, 1 in 2 people are ageist. Unfounded stereotypes about old age directly affect the lives of those in their later
Reminder that Trump ripped up the agreement with Iran to make sure they don't get nukes...
And that Trump and
@EliseStefanik
side with Putin against our ally Ukraine.
#PutinsPuppets
"Under Joe Biden, the world is less safe. Since stepping into the Oval Office, Joe Biden’s weak foreign policy has been defined by a steady stream of disastrous decisions and a world in chaos....we need to return to President Trump’s peace through strength policies." -
So the guy who led the insurrection against the US Capitol, when the National Guard wasn't called in to protect the electoral vote now wants the National Guard called in against college kids.
@SenHawleyPress
@HawleyMO
Biden is chained to his pro-Hamas base that is overrun by the same bougie jihadists threatening violence on college campuses
Send in the National Guard to protect Jewish students
I'm beginning to believe Netanyahu doesn't want this to end because he knows when it does he will lose power. His own constituents are not happy with him and they were not before this started.
U.S. President Joe Biden and his wife Jill on Monday released tax returns showing that their income rose 7% to $619,976 in 2023 and that the couple paid 23.7% of their income in federal taxes.
@NancyMace
@GStephanopoulos
@ThisWeekABC
No, he did not try to "shame you". Sorry that happened to you, but the point is, now in 2024 why do you support someone who assaults women?