Category: Anxiety

http://twitter.com/#!/JenebaSpeaks/status/274600106886561793

Well, Democrats almost stopped short of calling it racist, but it seems they just couldn’t help themselves. The Republican-led House today took a step toward its version of immigration reform by passing the STEM Jobs Act, which would reallocate up to 55,000 green cards from a diversity program and direct them to foreign students earning advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM.

House passes STEM Jobs Bill 245-139, 27 Dems voted with Republicans in support of it.

— Jordan Fabian (@Jordanfabian) November 30, 2012

The bill would also cut to one year the wait for spouses and minor children of legal permanent residents to come to the U.S.

Most people would find it difficult to call such an immigration policy racist, but Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) found a way. While the Congressman said that he wasn’t accusing anybody of racism, he insisted the program was racist in its effect if not intent.

Debate over STEM visa bill getting heated on the House floor. Rep. Hank Johnson said it was “racist” if not in intent, then in effect.

— Alan Gomez (@alangomez) November 30, 2012

Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) calls GOP immigration bill “racist.” Says “it is a trojan horse and baresthe ugly face of racism.”

— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) November 30, 2012

“Republicans have just received historically low votes from minorities in the past election, yet they want to create an immigration system that gives visas with one hand while taking visas away from minorities with the other,” he told lawmakers. “It is a Trojan horse, and the ugly head of racism will rear its ugly head if this Trojan horse, H.R. 6429, becomes law.” Really?

House pushes thru STEM Jobs Act, which comes at the expense of immigrants w/ less education and privilege colorlines.com/archives/2012/…

— julianne hing (@juliannehing) November 30, 2012

The GOP’s STEM Jobs Act says: PhDs Shantay, you stay!, regular immigrants sashay away. soc.li/oOhRQRC

— Jorge Rivas (@thisisjorge) November 30, 2012

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said he was “personally insulted” by the charge.

Issa tells Hank Johnson on the floor “to go to a masters or PhD… and see the diversity before accusing anyone of racism.”

— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) November 30, 2012

Many lawmakers, though, including New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg, praised the Republican effort to create technology jobs.

Hopefully the STEM Jobs Act will begin a renewed focus on the need to overhaul & modernize our immigration system: bit.ly/Tx32JZ

— Mike Bloomberg (@MikeBloomberg) November 30, 2012

I voted yes as the House passed the STEM Jobs Act. More visas for high-skilled immigrants – great news for Indiana: ow.ly/fIUod

— Todd Rokita (@ToddRokita) November 30, 2012

Glad House passed STEM Jobs Act. Keeping more highly-skilled grads in the US will help keep us hub for tech innovation ht.ly/fIwln

— Jeff Flake (@JeffFlake) November 30, 2012

Some, though, are less concerned with importing highly skilled immigrants than with filling STEM jobs with American candidates.

@ariannahuff There are hundreds of PhD chemists without jobs– there isn’t a STEM talent gap, there’s a STEM wage gap!

— onesleepynerd (@onesleepynerd) December 1, 2012

@gopleader nice you r committed to foreign STEM grads but what about citizens & your own constituents who need #HR3032 to keep their jobs?

— Donna Crinklaw (@SklmarmVa) December 1, 2012

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2012/11/30/rep-hank-johnson-slams-gop-immigration-reform-vote-as-the-ugly-head-of-racism/

http://twitter.com/#!/RBReich/status/222443653317140480

The former U.S. Secretary of Labor and Berkeley’s current Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy is fed up with money playing a role in politics, gosh-darn it! And he’s taken to Twitter to express his righteous indignation:

CEOs have no right to spend shareholder money on politics without disclosing to whom it's going & giving shareholders a chance to opt out.

— Robert Reich (@RBReich) July 9, 2012

2012 will go down in history as the year we lost our democracy to big money. Will 2013 be the year we take it back?

— Robert Reich (@RBReich) July 9, 2012

America suffers, as MLK said, not from the "actions of the bad people but the appalling silence and indifference of the good people." Act.

— Robert Reich (@RBReich) July 9, 2012

Obviously, Robert, you’re still sore about Citizens United (just like your buddies Peter Fonda, Ben, and Jerry). Stomp that foot! Maybe AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka will join you in your tantrum; he, too, thinks money’s “dangerous to democracy.” ::cough::

Reich found some support among fellow waaaaaahmbulance passengers:

Fuck yeah! RT @RBReich: 2012 will go down in history as the year we lost our democracy to big money. Will 2013 be the year we take it back?

— Only Human (@leahmcelrath) July 9, 2012

https://twitter.com/Debeauche/status/222445703958511616

https://twitter.com/bobdobolina/status/222445501688201217

One lefty was willing to acknowledge something Reich did not:

@RBReich I agree 100%, but this is what the GOP say about the union support Dems receive? How can we make your argument and counter theirs?

— J P (@histino) July 9, 2012

Many conservatives echoed this point, countering Reich’s arguments by pointing out his hypocrisy when it comes to unions’ financial contributions.

@RBReich You would be referring to the heads of the labor unions, wouldn't you?

— Ted Frank (@Colonel_Ted) July 9, 2012

@RBReich Do Union Leaders have the same responsibilities as CEO's to disclose to its member's where dues are spent on politics?

— Paul Lovett (@BadBeat) July 9, 2012

https://twitter.com/TTrsquare/status/222448634040553473

https://twitter.com/headinjurykid/status/222451786424913920

"@RBReich: unions have no right to spend money on politics without disclosing to whom it's going & giving a chance to opt out."edited w/fac

— Tammy Ingram (@TammyIngram1) July 9, 2012

https://twitter.com/WBPetersen/status/222447543383113728

Reich isn’t really in a position to take up the mantle of Crusader for Political Justice.

https://twitter.com/evilofindiff/status/222446658259140608

@RBReich u want ppl to forget u & clinton hands in the mess we r in that Pres O cleaning up. U need to look in the mirror

— lovelyladypa (@whome51obama) July 9, 2012

@SooperMexican translated @RBReich "our big $ $oros is going to be nearly matched for a change"

— J.P. Kalishek (@JPKalishek) July 9, 2012

@RBReich You would be referring to George Soros and other Democrat party moneybags, wouldn't you?

— Ted Frank (@Colonel_Ted) July 9, 2012

https://twitter.com/clarkcali/status/222451054783107072

Hopefully this November, Reich’s tears will be genuine:

@RBReich 2012 will actually be the year that the Tea Party will save the country from Obama and the communists (Democrats) in Congress.

— Ted Frank (@Colonel_Ted) July 9, 2012

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2012/07/09/robert-reich-laments-money-in-politics-if-the-money-is-from-conservatives/

http://twitter.com/#!/kevinroose/status/378265535927959552

Twitter is moving ahead with its plans for an initial public offering, but don’t tell anyone you heard it from us. In a tweet, Twitter noted that it had filed its submission confidentially.

http://twitter.com/#!/max_read/status/378262938890416128

No, read the tweet.

http://twitter.com/#!/Bensign/status/378262514959532033 http://twitter.com/#!/SarahARosser/status/378263487774195712

Facebook went public last May, with high rollers like 2.3 percent owner Bono suddenly finding himself with $1.5 billion worth of Facebook stock. Twitter, on the other hand, is valued at around $10 billion total.

It’s the most exciting day in Twitter’s seven-year history — now get back to work. There are conservatives in Twitter Gulag who need their gruel.

http://twitter.com/#!/DrewMula/status/378262613341503488 http://twitter.com/#!/iamelliot/status/378268306299310080

Editor’s note: An extraneous tweet was removed.

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/09/12/dont-tell-anyone-twitter-confidentially-files-for-its-ipo/