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"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob."
—FDR, 1936
—FDR, 1936
January 5, 2026 at 11:00 PM
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob."
—FDR, 1936
—FDR, 1936
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NPR built a visual archive of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, showing exactly what happened through the lenses of the people who were there. In Chapter 3, we lay out a timeline of key moments throughout the day as the assault on the Capitol unfolded.
Jan. 6, 2021: A visual archive of the Capitol attack
NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
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January 6, 2026 at 9:06 PM
NPR built a visual archive of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, showing exactly what happened through the lenses of the people who were there. In Chapter 3, we lay out a timeline of key moments throughout the day as the assault on the Capitol unfolded.
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Americans don't deserve food assistance or affordable healthcare, but Trump's Big Oil donors are entitled to our tax dollars?
Make it make sense.
Make it make sense.
January 6, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Americans don't deserve food assistance or affordable healthcare, but Trump's Big Oil donors are entitled to our tax dollars?
Make it make sense.
Make it make sense.
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1. Hundreds of corps that pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 5 years
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
Eversource Energy
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
Eversource Energy
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
Five years later, these 10 corporations still aren’t funding election deniers
Five years ago today, on January 6, 2021, a violent mob stormed the Capitol building.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:37 PM
1. Hundreds of corps that pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 5 years
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
Eversource Energy
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
Eversource Energy
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
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In 2025, Virginia lost $1.6 billion in revenue because of tax exemptions granted to data centers.
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Virginia Tax Revenue Losses to Data Centers Soar to $1.6 Billion for FY25 - Good Jobs First
Virginia Tax Revenue Losses to Data Centers Soar to $1.6 Billion for FY25 - Good Jobs First
goodjobsfirst.org
January 6, 2026 at 4:13 PM
In 2025, Virginia lost $1.6 billion in revenue because of tax exemptions granted to data centers.
goodjobsfirst.org/virginia-tax...
goodjobsfirst.org/virginia-tax...
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Congratulations to the 19 states raising the minimum wage in 2026.
But let’s be clear: a $7.25 federal minimum wage is a national disgrace.
No one who works full-time should live in poverty. We must keep fighting to guarantee all workers a living wage — not starvation wages.
But let’s be clear: a $7.25 federal minimum wage is a national disgrace.
No one who works full-time should live in poverty. We must keep fighting to guarantee all workers a living wage — not starvation wages.
As the federal minimum wage languishes, 20 states are on their way to a $15 wage floor if they haven't reached it already.
19 States To Raise Their Minimum Wage For New Year’s Day 2026
As the federal minimum wage languishes, 20 states are on their way to a $15 wage floor if they haven't reached it already.
www.huffpost.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Congratulations to the 19 states raising the minimum wage in 2026.
But let’s be clear: a $7.25 federal minimum wage is a national disgrace.
No one who works full-time should live in poverty. We must keep fighting to guarantee all workers a living wage — not starvation wages.
But let’s be clear: a $7.25 federal minimum wage is a national disgrace.
No one who works full-time should live in poverty. We must keep fighting to guarantee all workers a living wage — not starvation wages.
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Our broken child care system can learn a lot from New Mexico - the state that is leading the way in guaranteeing free child care for all.
There is no better rate of return than investing in our children.
The rest of the country should follow New Mexico’s lead.
There is no better rate of return than investing in our children.
The rest of the country should follow New Mexico’s lead.
December 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Our broken child care system can learn a lot from New Mexico - the state that is leading the way in guaranteeing free child care for all.
There is no better rate of return than investing in our children.
The rest of the country should follow New Mexico’s lead.
There is no better rate of return than investing in our children.
The rest of the country should follow New Mexico’s lead.
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Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
Our Economy Is in Danger. Here’s Why
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
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The Kansas City Chiefs are relocating from Missouri to Kansas and getting a new $3 billion stadium.
60 percent of it will be publicly funded — despite the owners boasting a nearly $25 billion net worth.
This isn't the first stadium scam we've seen recently...
60 percent of it will be publicly funded — despite the owners boasting a nearly $25 billion net worth.
This isn't the first stadium scam we've seen recently...
The Sports Stadium Scam | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The Kansas City Chiefs are relocating from Missouri to Kansas and getting a new $3 billion stadium.
60 percent of it will be publicly funded — despite the owners boasting a nearly $25 billion net worth.
This isn't the first stadium scam we've seen recently...
60 percent of it will be publicly funded — despite the owners boasting a nearly $25 billion net worth.
This isn't the first stadium scam we've seen recently...
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Because of the Citizens United decision, Big Money is buying policy outcomes, Congress is dysfunctional, there's not enough transparency, and corruption is rampant.
@eisendrath.net and @tiffanymuller.bsky.social broke down the disastrous ruling here:
@eisendrath.net and @tiffanymuller.bsky.social broke down the disastrous ruling here:
December 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Because of the Citizens United decision, Big Money is buying policy outcomes, Congress is dysfunctional, there's not enough transparency, and corruption is rampant.
@eisendrath.net and @tiffanymuller.bsky.social broke down the disastrous ruling here:
@eisendrath.net and @tiffanymuller.bsky.social broke down the disastrous ruling here:
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Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial
A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.
www.propublica.org
December 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
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Earlier this month, 14 CWA members gathered in Miami for our first-ever Fighting Oligarchy training. This new political education training focuses on the current political crisis in this country in which the millionaire and billionaire class has taken hold of our politics.
December 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Earlier this month, 14 CWA members gathered in Miami for our first-ever Fighting Oligarchy training. This new political education training focuses on the current political crisis in this country in which the millionaire and billionaire class has taken hold of our politics.
This is also the natural consequence of wealth disparity. Those with money to burn are offered premium services while everyone else is cattle class.
Zohran: "I mean, think about when you fly. We have made it such a difficult experience to go through TSA that there's now a financial incentive to sign up for a separate program that can move you through it quicker. We have monetized the dysfunction."
December 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This is also the natural consequence of wealth disparity. Those with money to burn are offered premium services while everyone else is cattle class.
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Only a person easily bribed would think that everyone else is easily bribed. $1776 to the soldiers. $1500 to you, to cover a lifetime of medical expenses. $2000 tariff refund.
A man with billions of dollars thinks you can be bought for 2 grand.
A man with billions of dollars thinks you can be bought for 2 grand.
December 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Only a person easily bribed would think that everyone else is easily bribed. $1776 to the soldiers. $1500 to you, to cover a lifetime of medical expenses. $2000 tariff refund.
A man with billions of dollars thinks you can be bought for 2 grand.
A man with billions of dollars thinks you can be bought for 2 grand.
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While everyday Americans are trying to pay for the basic necessities of life, Trump is building a $400 million gold-plated palace of corruption funded by bribes from billionaires and corporations.
December 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
While everyday Americans are trying to pay for the basic necessities of life, Trump is building a $400 million gold-plated palace of corruption funded by bribes from billionaires and corporations.
Truer words were never spoken...we are seeing the proof right now.
As Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis stated in 1933; “We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few, but we cannot have both.”
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
December 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Truer words were never spoken...we are seeing the proof right now.
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This shady deal was BLOCKED.
A private equity company tried to abuse the bankruptcy system to slither out of paying what they owe to seniors neglected in its nursing homes.
We stayed in the fight and the deal was blocked.
Next, we need PE out of health care altogether.
A private equity company tried to abuse the bankruptcy system to slither out of paying what they owe to seniors neglected in its nursing homes.
We stayed in the fight and the deal was blocked.
Next, we need PE out of health care altogether.
December 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This shady deal was BLOCKED.
A private equity company tried to abuse the bankruptcy system to slither out of paying what they owe to seniors neglected in its nursing homes.
We stayed in the fight and the deal was blocked.
Next, we need PE out of health care altogether.
A private equity company tried to abuse the bankruptcy system to slither out of paying what they owe to seniors neglected in its nursing homes.
We stayed in the fight and the deal was blocked.
Next, we need PE out of health care altogether.
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We spend twice as much per capita on health care as almost any nation on Earth. We pay the highest prescription drug prices in the world. 85 million Americans are uninsured or underinsured.
Republicans — pathetically — have nothing serious to say about the health care crisis.
Republicans — pathetically — have nothing serious to say about the health care crisis.
December 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
We spend twice as much per capita on health care as almost any nation on Earth. We pay the highest prescription drug prices in the world. 85 million Americans are uninsured or underinsured.
Republicans — pathetically — have nothing serious to say about the health care crisis.
Republicans — pathetically — have nothing serious to say about the health care crisis.
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Richest 1/1000th of world’s population controls 3 times more wealth than the poorest 50%. "The global wealth gap has become so staggering, and its impact on economies & democratic institutions so corrosive, that policymakers should treat it as an emergency..." 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
www.commondreams.org
December 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Richest 1/1000th of world’s population controls 3 times more wealth than the poorest 50%. "The global wealth gap has become so staggering, and its impact on economies & democratic institutions so corrosive, that policymakers should treat it as an emergency..." www.commondreams.org/news/world-i...
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Any crypto regulatory framework coming out of Congress must have real safeguards to fight crime and protect our national security.
December 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Any crypto regulatory framework coming out of Congress must have real safeguards to fight crime and protect our national security.
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ICE is going after people who commit fewer crimes than U.S. born citizens. They're robbing people, hurting people, using racial profiling, violating due process, hurting children, and going after American citizens while they do. This is an illegal criminal enterprise from head to toe.
December 8, 2025 at 10:19 PM
ICE is going after people who commit fewer crimes than U.S. born citizens. They're robbing people, hurting people, using racial profiling, violating due process, hurting children, and going after American citizens while they do. This is an illegal criminal enterprise from head to toe.
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MEDIA-OPOLY
This cartoon aired only once during the original live broadcast on April 4, 1998, and was later cut from reruns and most official online versions due to legal concerns or simply being a sensitive topic for a major media corporation like NBC, which is now part of Comcast.
#ProudBlue
This cartoon aired only once during the original live broadcast on April 4, 1998, and was later cut from reruns and most official online versions due to legal concerns or simply being a sensitive topic for a major media corporation like NBC, which is now part of Comcast.
#ProudBlue
December 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
MEDIA-OPOLY
This cartoon aired only once during the original live broadcast on April 4, 1998, and was later cut from reruns and most official online versions due to legal concerns or simply being a sensitive topic for a major media corporation like NBC, which is now part of Comcast.
#ProudBlue
This cartoon aired only once during the original live broadcast on April 4, 1998, and was later cut from reruns and most official online versions due to legal concerns or simply being a sensitive topic for a major media corporation like NBC, which is now part of Comcast.
#ProudBlue
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Last month, Denny's was bought out by private equity in a $620 million deal.
Now the company is closing 150 locations.
It's the latest chain to be swallowed by private equity and see numerous workers lose their jobs.
Now the company is closing 150 locations.
It's the latest chain to be swallowed by private equity and see numerous workers lose their jobs.
December 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Last month, Denny's was bought out by private equity in a $620 million deal.
Now the company is closing 150 locations.
It's the latest chain to be swallowed by private equity and see numerous workers lose their jobs.
Now the company is closing 150 locations.
It's the latest chain to be swallowed by private equity and see numerous workers lose their jobs.
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Today, SCOTUS heard oral arguments in NRSC vs. FEC, a GOP-backed effort that could lead to Citizens United 2.0.
But don't let that scare you.
This case should serve as a sign for Democrats to take campaign finance reform seriously when back in power.
But don't let that scare you.
This case should serve as a sign for Democrats to take campaign finance reform seriously when back in power.
Project 2029: Campaign Finance Reform Comes First
"The Citizens United decision has meant real gridlock and dysfunction in the last fifteen years.”
www.democracy.news
December 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Today, SCOTUS heard oral arguments in NRSC vs. FEC, a GOP-backed effort that could lead to Citizens United 2.0.
But don't let that scare you.
This case should serve as a sign for Democrats to take campaign finance reform seriously when back in power.
But don't let that scare you.
This case should serve as a sign for Democrats to take campaign finance reform seriously when back in power.