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  1. Sold on a Monday: A True Story of Heartbreak and Resilience "2 CHILDREN FOR SALE. The sign is a last resort, a last hope" Sale: $18 to $1.99 by Kristina McMorris Rating: 4.3/5 (52,132 Reviews) #HistoricalFiction #GreatDepression #Heartbreak #Redemption #Books #BookClub #LiteraryFiction #BookSky

    Sold on a Monday: A True Story...

  2. The Worst Hard Time "America’s High Plains during the Great Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since" Sale: $18.99 to $1.99 by Timothy Egan Rating: 4.5/5 (7,144 Reviews) #DustBowl #History #GreatDepression #Environmental #Nonfiction #Survival #USA #BookSky

    The Worst Hard Time

  3. Coming Apart: A Novel of the Great Depression (Ava and Claire Book 1) "No one knows you like a sister" Sale: $4.99 to FREE by Karen Heenan Rating: 4.7/5 (2,034 Reviews) #HistoricalFiction #Sisters #GreatDepression #Family #WomensFiction #BookSky

    Coming Apart: A Novel of the G...

  4. This is from 1933 (great depression and all that). There's a demonstration around a sign saying "down with capitalism". Next to it there are two policemen, speaking: "I'll freeze if I stand still any longer. Let's club a few of these guys."

    #newyorker #acab #capitalism #greatdepression #ad1933 #cartoon

  5. 🌱 #Cannabis 🇺🇸 was seen as a cheaper alternative to #alcohol after the #EighteenthAmendment to the #UnitedStatesConstitution imposed national ⛔ 🚭 #Prohibition from 1920 until its 1933 repeal.[25] Later in the 1920s, tensions grew as small farms resented larger ones for relying on cheaper #Mexican labor. Shortly afterwards, the 😢 #GreatDepression increased the scarcity of jobs & resources, suggesting that early #marijuana regulation was #racially motivated.[26]

    #Hanfwissen en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_hi

  6. 🚨 #BREAKING: #Klarna-like “buy now, pay later” options are officially here for American #Renters, per AP. This is blaring five alarms for the #Economy: A literal #GreatDepression indicator BTW. If we need #BNPL just to secure #Housing, the system is officially broken. apnews.com/article/rent...

    Fees for 'rent now, pay later'...

  7. 🚨 #BREAKING: #Klarna-like “buy now, pay later” options are officially here for American #Renters, per AP.

    This is blaring five alarms for the #Economy: A literal #GreatDepression indicator BTW.

    If we need #BNPL just to secure #Housing, the system is officially broken.

    apnews.com/article/rent-now-pa

  8. 🚨 #BREAKING: #Klarna-like “buy now, pay later” options are officially here for American #Renters, per AP.

    This is blaring five alarms for the #Economy: A literal #GreatDepression indicator BTW.

    If we need #BNPL just to secure #Housing, the system is officially broken.

    apnews.com/article/rent-now-pa

  9. 🚨 #BREAKING: #Klarna-like “buy now, pay later” options are officially here for American #Renters, per AP. This is blaring five alarms for the #Economy: A literal #GreatDepression indicator BTW. If we need #BNPL just to secure #Housing, the system is officially broken. apnews.com/article/rent...

    Fees for 'rent now, pay later'...

  10. 🚨 #BREAKING: #Klarna-like “buy now, pay later” options are officially here for American #Renters, per AP. This is blaring five alarms for the #Economy: A literal #GreatDepression indicator BTW. 🚨 If we need #BNPL just to secure #Housing, the system is officially broken. 🚨🚨🚨

  11. Wish Biden was still making more jobs every month than any President since FDR? Because the billionaires are destroying the economy.

    "Corporate Profits Surge as Companies Cut Nearly 1 Million Jobs"

    "Alpine Macro calls the disconnect a "jobless boom." Companies typically cut workers when profits decline. Amazon laid off 30,000 employees despite strong earnings."

    m.slashdot.org/story/448812

    #dems #coup #musk #billionaires #GreatDepression #trump #tariffs #jobless

  12. 𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘

    ✧ 70 Pine Street ✧

    70 Pine Street is a 67-story, 952-foot (290 m) residential skyscraper in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. Designed by the architectural firm of Clinton & Russell, Holton & George in the Art Deco style, 70 Pine Street was constructed between 1930 and 1932 as an of...

    #UnitedStates #FinancialDistrict #CitiesServiceCompany #Manhattan #GreatDepression #Wikipedia
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/70_Pine_