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The Rick Show 04-17-2020

@helaineolen @PostOpinions @PublicSeminar @JosephNSanberg @Aspiration #EndPoverty! @petemont @peoplefor @RightWingWatch @RDispatches @BobNey

Kelly Sennholz

Nate Lerner: This will be one of the wildest elections of all time. Trump & his team know that all things being equal, Joe Biden wins. Trump's polling in FL is falling b/c of the way FL is handling unemployment.

@NathanLerner

@BuildTheWave

Nate Lerner

Nate Lerner: This will be one of the wildest elections of all time. Trump & his team know that all things being equal, Joe Biden wins. Trump's polling in FL is falling b/c of the way FL is handling unemployment.

@NathanLerner

@BuildTheWave

Abe Amoros

Abe Amoros: I think the Congress is taking the measures they need to; in PA, they're having meetings by Zoom.

@AmorosAbe

Will Bunch

Will Bunch: Germany & Norway are among the countries who paid employers right off the bat to keep workers on the payroll so they don't have the high unemployment we do. We don't have such safety nets in place.

@Will_Bunch

The Rick Show 04-16-2020

@MtnMD #CoronavirusPandemic #CoronaVirusUpdate @AmorosAbe @NathanLerner @BuildTheWave @Will_Bunch

Bob Ney

Bob Ney: I still think Klobuchar has to be on top of the heap for a possible Biden VP. Kamala Harris, too. Stacey Abrams is also putting herself out there for VP. The Gov. of Michigan [Gretchen Witmer] would be a good choice, too.

@BobNey

Tim Schwab

Tim Schwab: Bill Gates has become a de facto public health advocate. People are looking for authority; Bill Gates seems happy to play that role, even though he's not a doctor. It's the type of role billionaires play in policy debates.

@TimothyWSchwab

@thenation

Tim Schwab

Tim Schwab: Bill Gates has become a de facto public health advocate. People are looking for authority; Bill Gates seems happy to play that role, even though he's not a doctor. It's the type of role billionaires play in policy debates.

@TimothyWSchwab

@thenation

Maurice BP-Weeks

Maurice BP-Weeks: It's my hope that after this is all over, we'll correct the ways we've been dealing with things like homelessness, pharmaceuticals. etc.

@mo87mo87

#PostCoronaEconomy #HomesGuarantee #AbolishPrivateEquity

Hillary Rothrock

Hillary Rothrock: My brother was told at age 3, when he was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy, that he would live to 18. He will turn 28 in July. I just want everyone to stay home & stop the spread so he can celebrate that birthday.

@HIRH

@seiuhcpa

#EssentialWorkers

Hillary Rothrock

Hillary Rothrock: My brother was told at age 3, when he was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy, that he would live to 18. He will turn 28 in July. I just want everyone to stay home & stop the spread so he can celebrate that birthday.

@HIRH

@seiuhcpa

#EssentialWorkers

Hillary Rothrock

Hillary Rothrock: My brother was told at age 3, when he was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy, that he would live to 18. He will turn 28 in July. I just want everyone to stay home & stop the spread so he can celebrate that birthday.

@HIRH

@seiuhcpa

#EssentialWorkers

The Rick Show 04-15-20

@TimothyWSchwab @thenation @HIRH @seiuhcpa #EssentialWorkers @BobNey

Pedro da Costa

Pedro da Costa: There's really no point in making a minimum wage, or even a maximum wage, if we're on a burning planet no one can survive. I think when one aspect gets rolling, they all should--climate change, min. wage, etc.

@pdacosta

Pat Harkins

PA State Rep Pat Harkins: The Federal CARES Act provides a a lot of benefits: pandemic unemployment assistance for self-employed workers, for example. We should be seeing those unemployment checks in about two weeks.

@PaHouseDems

Propane Jane

Propane Jane: When you see numbers in a pandemic, you're already getting skewed data. A population that doesn't have access to tests, to healthcare, will be harder hit. Yes, the minority populations are hit more heavily, but so are rural areas

@docrocktex26

#InstabilityInChief

Bob Ney

Bob Ney: Biden cannot walk a fine line on the China/trade issue; he'll need to have concrete ideas to appeal to voters.

@BobNey

The Rick Show 04-13-2020

@pdacosta @PaHouseDems @docrocktex26 @BobNey

Sarah Kendzior

Sarah Kendzior: This is a wake-up call for Americans. It's not a good kind of thing. People are having to go to food banks for the first time & they never thought they'd have to do that.

@sarahkendzior

@gaslitnation