Finnish-Canadian, with 25 yrs in US & South America. Landed in Hamburg, global health, social policy & Lat A. Find me @merikeblofield.bsky.social
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Dear all, moving over to blue sky, @merikeblofield.bsky.social. Would love to connect with you there!
I love this country. I’ve mailed in my ballot. Now, I just send vibes of love, empathy and respect, which I hope to God will win the day and counter all the hate
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Wharton professor here! Here are the Penn Wharton Budget Model estimates:
— Harris’ proposal increases the deficit by $1.2 trillion, with low- and middle income households benefiting disproportionately.
— Trump’s proposal increases the deficit by $5.8 trillion.
Details below 👇
Our latest briefs analyze the policy proposals of the Kamala Harris and Donald Trump campaigns for their economic, budgetary, and distributional effects over the next 10 and 30 years.
budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.ed…
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Opinion | There Are Four Anti-Trump Pathways We Failed to Take. There Is a Fifth. - The New York Times nytimes.com/2024/10/24/opini…
Meanwhile in Germany the exact opposite, despite the need Germany has for immigrants
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced measures to make it easier for immigrants to settle in Spain, championing migration and its economic benefits even as other European governments have tightened their borders against newcomers reut.rs/4dzljRO
Germans really don’t see themselves as an immigrant country, which is such a missed opportunity. Germans need immigration, and lots of it
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Q: What specific legislation will you commit to to make child care affordable?
Trump: Well, I would do that and we're sitting down, you know, I was, somebody, we had Marco Rubio and my daughter, Ivanka… But I think when you talk about the kind of numbers that I'm talking about that because the child care is, child care couldn't, you know, there's something you have to have it in this country, you have to have it... I want to stay with child care… So we'll take care of it. Thank you
This not satire 🤣🤣 I’ve never mentioned in a CV any of the jobs I had from 14 years on till finishing college in a post-college job application
NEW: Kamala Harris’s missing “summer job” at McDonald’s job. Her resume and job application a year after graduating college — @FreeBeacon obtained through FOIA — don’t mention it. Neither do either of her books, or either of the biographies on her. @SaysSimonson @ChuckRossDC and @AndrewKerrNC report:
freebeacon.com/elections/i-d…
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España y la UE no reconocen los resultados de las elecciones en #Venezuela
Mientras el régimen de Nicolás #Maduro no publique las actas electorales, #Espana no podrá "reconocer el resultado de las #elecciones", dijo el gobierno de Pedro Sánchez. /rr
p.dw.com/p/4jqGk
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Many Americans are baffled by "Right to Roam."
It's a very different approach to the bundle of rights associated with landownership.
In the green countries you can basically walk around anywhere other than someone's yard.
Farms and woods are "owned" but not "private."
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👋🏾 Recently I've gotten a bunch of requests - so I put it together for easy sharing:
"Opportunities for African and global south grad students & scholars"
Mentorship, grad school app guidance, grants etc. ➡️ Please use, download & share around!
docs.google.com/document/d/1…
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JD Vance says women should stay in violent marriages “for the sake of their kids”
How can anyone, let alone Christians, support him?
How can anyone, let alone Christians, support him?
In @time, Trump’s nephew recounts a conversation w/ then-president Trump after 2020 White House meeting with disability advocates.
“Those people…” Trump said of people w/ complex care needs. “The shape they’re in, all the expenses, maybe those kinds of people should just die.”
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Great to see you @Luicy_Pedroza, @rettberg_an and @MerikeBlofield again! Honoured too to have shared the panel with you. Big thanks to the Ibero-America Institute @IAI_Bibliothek in Berlin for hosting us.
A pleasure to participate at this event in Paris!
📅 Le Colloque #IdA_MEAE_EULAC_AFD 2024 se poursuit avec la 2ème table ronde “Care et Santé publique”.
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Offline: The death of civilian immunity. “The ignominy is on us all.” thelancet.com/journals/lance…