Jessica Roberts

@jessyrob

Assistant professor of Journalism & Media Studies, researching intersection of participatory media and journalism

Lisbon, Portugal
Joined February 2009
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    Mar 3

    “Since DeSantis started using the state’s vaccine initiative to steer special pop-up vaccinations to select communities, his political committee has raised $2.7 million in the month of February alone, more than any other month since he first ran for governor in 2018”

    Former Illinois Gov Bruce Rauner wrote a $250,000 check to Florida Gov Ron DeSantis after the gated Florida Keys complex where Rauner now lives got vaccines before the rest of Florida. Miami Herald —>
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    Mar 3

    THIS JUST IN: New IG report shows Elaine Chao apparently violated federal ethics rules in multiple ways, including directing official staffers to do personal tasks. Please read, RT, and share.

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    Mar 2

    Having a vaccinated governor decide to completely reopen Texas is like having a bunch of millionaire senators decide you don't need $15/hr. They can see the harm it would cause, it just won't affect them.

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    Mar 2

    And this is why I'm afraid the ignore him and he'll go away strategy isn't going to cut it.

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    Mar 2

    In other news, 100 people have $78 billion to spare

    Warren's wealth tax would cost 100 richest Americans $78 billion
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    Mar 1

    A good idea worth broad support: The Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act would raise ** $3 trillion ** over 10 years from the richest 100,000 households (0.05%), without raising taxes on the 99.95% with under $50 million of wealth.

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    Mar 2

    "The Republican Party is one of the most anti-democratic political parties in the developed world."

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    Mar 2

    Justice Barrett asks GOP lawyer Michael Carvin in AZ case: "why is the RNC in this case?" Carvin admits striking down restrictions on voting "puts us at a competitive disadvantage relative to Democrats" Another example of Republicans saying the quiet part out loud

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    Mar 1

    Wow ... I'm always telling people to negotiate because "What are they going to do, take the offer back??" I guess that is in fact what they are going to do.

    very proud of my friend talking to the wsj about the time rolling stone reneged a job offer because she dared to negotiate the salary they offered her
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    Feb 27

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    Feb 26

    Republicans on Georgia’s Senate Ethics Committee just voted to repeal automatic voter registration, which 5 million of state’s 7.6 million voters used to register. More egregious voter suppression in Georgia

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    Feb 26

    Min wage Costco: $16 Walmart: $11 Average pay Costco: $24 Walmart: $15 Employees on food stamps (subsidized by you) Costco: Virtually none Walmart: More than any other company Founder net worth Costco: not a billionaire Walmart: over $220 billion; up $30 billion in pandemic

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    Feb 26

    Republican senators haven't represented a majority of voters since 1996.

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    Feb 25

    The fact that they found the parents of the 500 stolen migrant children in 30 days doesn’t seem to be getting the coverage it deserves.

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    Feb 25

    Sen. John Thune, opposing $15 min wage, says he earned $6 as a kid—that's $24 with inflation

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    Feb 25

    Facebook is broken because they automate their decisions except when there’s conservative pressure in which case their government affairs shops spring into action to override their nEutRaL PLatFOrm algorithm.

    Facebook took down our video of me putting up the Transgender flag outside my office and labeled it as “hate speech.” Meanwhile, they’re still allowing Marjorie Taylor Greene’s transphobic video to be posted. Supporting transgender Americans is NOT hate speech.
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    Feb 24

    His $6/hour salary in 1977 would be $25/hour today if pegged to inflation.

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    I started working by bussing tables at the Star Family Restaurant for $1/hour & slowly moved up to cook – the big leagues for a kid like me– to earn $6/hour. Businesses in small towns survive on narrow margins. Mandating a $15 minimum wage would put many of them out of business.
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    Feb 24

    There is no compelling substantive argument against the minimum wage: the economic literature suggests few negatives effects AND it's very very popular politically. Capital doesn't like it: that's it. That's the story, here.

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    Feb 24

    Just keep in mind that none of the Republican Senators who are objecting to Biden's well-qualified nominees publicly condemned the fact that Trump appointed his daughter and son-in-law to plum posts and appointed his son's literal wedding planner to run federal housing in NY/NJ.

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    Feb 23

    So... Ted Cruz might be buying copies of his own book through a mystery company — to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars — and paying himself royalties through a “shadow entity,” according to recent FEC filing.

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