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Tom Perez
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This country was founded on the idea of being rooted to where you live — but the corporate state has flipped the script.
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The Housing Crisis Is A Democracy Crisis
This country was founded on the idea of being rooted to where you live — but the corporate state has flipped the script.
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December 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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The Latest Animal Research News:
—A lab tech calls infant monkeys her “kids”
—FDA released new draft guidance to reduce animal testing
—Emotional testimony from Beagle puppies’ rescuers
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Animal Research News Roundup: December 12, 2025
This week in animal research news: FDA releases draft guidance on reducing animal testing; emotional testimony from activists who rescued Beagle puppies; and more…
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December 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Disclosure documents show Google treated state legislators to a perk-filled Chicago junket this fall; now those officials are considering legislation that could impact Google’s bottom line.

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Google Bankrolled Secret Summit For Key State Lawmakers
Disclosure documents show the tech giant treated state legislators to a perk-filled Chicago junket this fall; now those officials are considering legislation that could impact Google’s bottom line.
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December 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Richest 0.001% Now Own Three Times More Wealth Than Poorest Half of Humanity Combined www.commondreams.org/news/world-i...
Richest 0.001% Now Own Three Times More Wealth Than Poorest Half of Humanity Combined | Common Dreams
A landmark report on global inequality shows that the chasm between the richest slice of humanity and everyone else continued to expand this year
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December 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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A new policy by Anthem will punish hospitals that use doctors outside of its network — triggering chaos and cutting patients’ access to care.
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Anthem Health Insurance Is Launching A Doctor Blacklist
A new policy by Anthem will punish hospitals that use doctors outside of its network — triggering chaos and cutting patients’ access to care.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Trump Trashes 'Big, Fat, Rich Insurance Companies.' Progressives: 'Wait Until We Tell You About Medicare for All' www.commondreams.org/news/trump-t...
Trump Trashes 'Big, Fat, Rich Insurance Companies.' Progressives: 'Wait Until We Tell You About Medicare for All' | Common Dreams
"If we had Medicare for All everyone would have healthcare with no premiums, deductibles or co-payments and we’d save $650 billion and 68,000 lives a year."
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November 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Billie Eilish asked an important question: "If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?"

There are FIVE ways to accumulate a billion dollars:

1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance

Billionaires are the result of a failed system.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Private equity-owned Black Bear Sports Group is buying up youth hockey — and icing out parents who want to record their kids’ games.
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Wall Street Is Paywalling Your Kids’ Sports
Private equity-owned Black Bear Sports Group is buying up youth hockey — and icing out parents who want to record their kids’ games.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Sunday caption contest: Panic
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Sunday caption contest: Panic
And last week’s winner
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November 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Is the Democratic Party Back from the Dead? Sleepy Don, Soaring Grocery Prices, and… Joe Walsh (D) for President!? — with Mike Nellis and Joe Walsh
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Is the Democratic Party Back from the Dead? Sleepy Don, Soaring Grocery Prices, and… Joe Walsh (D) for President!? — with Mike Nellis and Joe Walsh
Mike Nellis & Joe Walsh — Live on Fridays @ 12PM ET
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November 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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America Is Sick of Donald Trump
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America Is Sick of Donald Trump
An epic Election Day smackdown
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November 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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🚫 YouTube Just Did the Dirtiest Thing I’ve Ever Seen It Do to Three Palestinian Human Rights Organizations
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🚫 YouTube Just Did the Dirtiest Thing I’ve Ever Seen It Do to Three Palestinian Human Rights Organizations
700+ videos erased, three channels wiped—because they worked with the ICC. Sanctions can stop money; they can’t legally stop information.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Brevard Underwater: What Flooding Taught Us About Community, Feedback, and Change
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Brevard Underwater: What Flooding Taught Us About Community, Feedback, and Change
✅ Recap of the Brevard County 10/28 Meeting
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November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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The True Test of our Progress
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The True Test of our Progress
Trump has put America into reverse
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November 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Zohran Mamdani Makes History As New York City's First American Muslim Mayor
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Zohran Mamdani Makes History As New York City's First American Muslim Mayor
Zohran Mamdani’s Win Is Not the Finish Line — It’s the Starting Gun
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November 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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Empire, Oppression, and "Hell, No!" to ICE
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Empire, Oppression, and "Hell, No!" to ICE
Videos with Richard Wolff, Sonali Kolhatkar, and Omar Zahzah
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November 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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What the Democrats Must Do. Now!
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What the Democrats Must Do. Now!
Friends,
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November 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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🎥 IDF Soldiers Filmed Taking Turns Raping a Palestinian Man in Prison. Israel Investigates Who Leaked the Video
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🎥 IDF Soldiers Filmed Taking Turns Raping a Palestinian Man in Prison. Israel Investigates Who Leaked the Video
Now, imagine for just a moment, that the roles were reversed. Do you think this story would be breaking news around the world? All over the headlines? Then why not now?
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November 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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In a little-noticed Supreme Court case, the country’s largest private prison operator argues companies should be shielded from lawsuits when doing the government’s dirty work.
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The Human Trafficking Case That Could Hand Government Contractors Blanket Immunity
In a little-noticed Supreme Court case, the country’s largest private prison operator argues companies should be shielded from lawsuits when doing the government’s dirty work.
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October 16, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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From tech giants to airlines to health care providers, every company is becoming a bank — and that’s bad news for the rest of us.
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Bankification Nation
From tech giants to airlines to health care providers, every company is becoming a bank — and that’s bad news for the rest of us.
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October 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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For reporting on Trump’s authoritarian tendencies and the master plan to sell our democracy, NewsGuard’s media rating system has deemed us misleadingly liberal.
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Reporting Reality? That’s Partisan Now
For reporting on Trump’s authoritarian tendencies and the master plan to sell our democracy, NewsGuard’s media rating system has deemed us misleadingly liberal.
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October 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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The sleeping giant is awakening
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The sleeping giant is awakening
After a week of authoritarian excess, the nation is turning on Trump
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September 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Homebuilding giant Lennar has launched an e-marketplace, with a potential “kickback scheme,” to help corporate landlords buy up properties and raise rents.
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The Corporate Home-Search Site Making Housing Unaffordable
Homebuilding giant Lennar has launched an e-marketplace, with a potential “kickback scheme,” to help corporate landlords buy up properties and raise rents.
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September 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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The must-pass legislation that just passed the House would, for the first time, allow the Pentagon to send private military contractors to the border.
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Defense Bill Opens Door To Guns-For-Hire At The Border
The must-pass legislation that just passed the House would, for the first time, allow the Pentagon to send private military contractors to the border.
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September 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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As the nation’s college students head back to school, they are more likely than ever to be buying their textbooks from Wall Street.
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How Wall Street Broke The College Bookstore
As the nation’s college students head back to school, they are more likely than ever to be buying their textbooks from Wall Street.
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September 15, 2025 at 12:58 AM