You’ve probably all seen these Stephen Colbert episodes, but just in case, I’m making it easy to do so. I heard Alice Walker speak at the beginning of Trump’s reign and she gave us ten ways to survive the Trump years. The last one was to get all of your political news from comedians. These are great examples.One more coming up.
This is a great primer on how to check out information before sharing it. It starts out talking about a program to teach kids how to do so but then goes on to give great advice on where to go to check out stories before we repost them. We all need to learn how to do this. It includes easy ways to check out what the real source is of a story, how to learn which sites are just impersonating valid news sites, how to use reverse Google photo searches and a list of the four best sites to go to to fact check: Snopes, factcheck.com and politifact–as well as Wikipedia to check out background information before using one of the other sites. This video is a bit long but contains really valuable information all in one spot. Take notes and tape them to your desk or device. Help stop fake news and propaganda in its tracks!!!
And, because trickle-down economics is not much more than a nice idea rather than a reality, approximately 82% of the benefits from that tax law change go to people making $1 million or more annually. This means that 95% of the individuals who benefit make at least $200,000 a year, according to an analysis conducted by Congress’ joint committee on taxation.
(for more, go here:)
https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/06/9852642/billionaires-rich-looting-america-tax-law-money
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