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Every goddamn word of this ⬇️
"Economic inequality is at the heart of all humanity’s major problems, but the wealthiest refuse to confront a system that benefits them."
www.theguardian.com/global/2026/...
"Economic inequality is at the heart of all humanity’s major problems, but the wealthiest refuse to confront a system that benefits them."
www.theguardian.com/global/2026/...
In Davos, the rich talk about ‘global threats’. Here’s why they’re silent about the biggest of them all | Ingrid Robeyns
Economic inequality is at the heart of all humanity’s major problems, but the wealthiest refuse to confront a system that benefits them, says economist and historian Ingrid Robeyns
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Every goddamn word of this ⬇️
"Economic inequality is at the heart of all humanity’s major problems, but the wealthiest refuse to confront a system that benefits them."
www.theguardian.com/global/2026/...
"Economic inequality is at the heart of all humanity’s major problems, but the wealthiest refuse to confront a system that benefits them."
www.theguardian.com/global/2026/...
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“ICE, their secret police, is their tool," a former DHS oversight official told us. “Once they have that power, which they have now, there’s nothing stopping them from using it against citizens.”
(Published Oct. 2025)
(Published Oct. 2025)
How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...
www.propublica.org
January 17, 2026 at 4:00 AM
“ICE, their secret police, is their tool," a former DHS oversight official told us. “Once they have that power, which they have now, there’s nothing stopping them from using it against citizens.”
(Published Oct. 2025)
(Published Oct. 2025)
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Democrats must refuse to vote for any funding bill that increases ICE’s budget and refuse to fund DHS until ICE’s abuses of power are stopped.
The government funding deadline is January 30th. Call your reps today: (202) 224-3121
https://indivisible.org/campaign/how-rein-ice-now
The government funding deadline is January 30th. Call your reps today: (202) 224-3121
https://indivisible.org/campaign/how-rein-ice-now
January 16, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Democrats must refuse to vote for any funding bill that increases ICE’s budget and refuse to fund DHS until ICE’s abuses of power are stopped.
The government funding deadline is January 30th. Call your reps today: (202) 224-3121
https://indivisible.org/campaign/how-rein-ice-now
The government funding deadline is January 30th. Call your reps today: (202) 224-3121
https://indivisible.org/campaign/how-rein-ice-now
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That’s what it is
I’ve started using the term “ethnic cleansing campaign” to describe the ICE occupation here in Minnesota. This is deliberate because the reality on the ground is that, at a given moment, any non-white person can be kidnapped by masked federal paramilitaries regardless of their constitutional rights.
January 15, 2026 at 3:46 PM
That’s what it is
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Not to be too hyperbolic but I feel like price discrimination at this granular a level, if done at scale, kinda takes a sledgehammer to some of the fundamentals of microeconomics.
www.marketplace.org/story/2026/0...
www.marketplace.org/story/2026/0...
Different customers, different prices: Companies use data for personalized pricing
Between surveillance pricing and discounting, it's harder than ever to figure out if you're getting the best price.
www.marketplace.org
January 15, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Not to be too hyperbolic but I feel like price discrimination at this granular a level, if done at scale, kinda takes a sledgehammer to some of the fundamentals of microeconomics.
www.marketplace.org/story/2026/0...
www.marketplace.org/story/2026/0...
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PRO PUBLICA: “Former Police Are Appalled… Banned Tactics, No Punishment — There is a federal ban on chokeholds and similar tactics. But there is no sign of punishment for ICE officers who’ve used them.” www.propublica.org/article/vide...
January 14, 2026 at 11:18 PM
PRO PUBLICA: “Former Police Are Appalled… Banned Tactics, No Punishment — There is a federal ban on chokeholds and similar tactics. But there is no sign of punishment for ICE officers who’ve used them.” www.propublica.org/article/vide...
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🗽Robert Reich
TRUMP'S ASS-BACKWARD “AFFORDABILITY” AGENDA...
Please share this with any Democrat or independent (hell, share it with any Republican) interested in running for office and improving Americans’ standard of living.
robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-ass...
TRUMP'S ASS-BACKWARD “AFFORDABILITY” AGENDA...
Please share this with any Democrat or independent (hell, share it with any Republican) interested in running for office and improving Americans’ standard of living.
robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-ass...
Trump’s ass-backward “affordability” agenda
Here’s a REAL affordability agenda
robertreich.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:10 PM
🗽Robert Reich
TRUMP'S ASS-BACKWARD “AFFORDABILITY” AGENDA...
Please share this with any Democrat or independent (hell, share it with any Republican) interested in running for office and improving Americans’ standard of living.
robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-ass...
TRUMP'S ASS-BACKWARD “AFFORDABILITY” AGENDA...
Please share this with any Democrat or independent (hell, share it with any Republican) interested in running for office and improving Americans’ standard of living.
robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-ass...
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“3 flash bangs at my car. ICE knew we were trying to leave. My 6 month old can’t breathe.”
Trump’s goons terrorize a Black family in Minneapolis, to the point where EMT’s have to come help his child get away from the gas and chaotic dangerous scene
(H/T @thejfreakinc.bsky.social )
Trump’s goons terrorize a Black family in Minneapolis, to the point where EMT’s have to come help his child get away from the gas and chaotic dangerous scene
(H/T @thejfreakinc.bsky.social )
January 15, 2026 at 5:01 AM
“3 flash bangs at my car. ICE knew we were trying to leave. My 6 month old can’t breathe.”
Trump’s goons terrorize a Black family in Minneapolis, to the point where EMT’s have to come help his child get away from the gas and chaotic dangerous scene
(H/T @thejfreakinc.bsky.social )
Trump’s goons terrorize a Black family in Minneapolis, to the point where EMT’s have to come help his child get away from the gas and chaotic dangerous scene
(H/T @thejfreakinc.bsky.social )
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Yes, this was predictable. From October, 2024:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
January 15, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Yes, this was predictable. From October, 2024:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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An AI blunder reportedly sent unprepared federal immigration agents into the streets.
Trump admin's AI blunder floods streets with unprepared ICE agents: report
An AI blunder reportedly sent unprepared federal immigration agents into the streets.In a stunning tech failure, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's rush to beef up its force with 10,000 new officers blew up in its face when a faulty artificial intelligence system sent undertrained recruits i...
bit.ly
January 15, 2026 at 2:20 PM
An AI blunder reportedly sent unprepared federal immigration agents into the streets.
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“It’s like half of y’all ain’t never seen Star Wars or a Disney movie. How do you not know which side to root on?”
January 14, 2026 at 4:04 AM
“It’s like half of y’all ain’t never seen Star Wars or a Disney movie. How do you not know which side to root on?”
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This was the plan
January 14, 2026 at 2:58 PM
This was the plan
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At least 25 data centers were canceled last year as communities organized and pushed back against them. That's four times as many as 2024, according to Heatmap News.
heatmap.news/politics/dat...
heatmap.news/politics/dat...
Scoop: Local Opposition to Data Centers Is Surging. So Are Canceled Projects.
A Heatmap Pro review of public records shows that 25 data centers were scrubbed last year after local pushback — four times as many as 2024.
heatmap.news
January 13, 2026 at 6:13 PM
At least 25 data centers were canceled last year as communities organized and pushed back against them. That's four times as many as 2024, according to Heatmap News.
heatmap.news/politics/dat...
heatmap.news/politics/dat...
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Major streaming companies raised prices nearly 20% in December, jacking up video and video games subscription service costs at a blistering pace.
Some popular streaming services, like Disney+, have gone as far as nearly tripling prices since they launched.
Some popular streaming services, like Disney+, have gone as far as nearly tripling prices since they launched.
January 13, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Major streaming companies raised prices nearly 20% in December, jacking up video and video games subscription service costs at a blistering pace.
Some popular streaming services, like Disney+, have gone as far as nearly tripling prices since they launched.
Some popular streaming services, like Disney+, have gone as far as nearly tripling prices since they launched.
Epic sues health information network over nearly 300,000 illegally accessed records www.statnews.com/2026/01/13/e... via @statnews.com
Epic sues health information network over nearly 300,000 illegally accessed records
Epic Systems is suing Health Gorilla, a health information network, over improperly accessing nearly 300,000 patient records.
www.statnews.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Epic sues health information network over nearly 300,000 illegally accessed records www.statnews.com/2026/01/13/e... via @statnews.com
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Blue Cross had refused to pay thousands of claims for the center’s patients, but on several occasions executives at the insurance company had signed special one-time deals with the center to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment.
(Published April 2025)
(Published April 2025)
“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors
Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.
www.propublica.org
January 11, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Blue Cross had refused to pay thousands of claims for the center’s patients, but on several occasions executives at the insurance company had signed special one-time deals with the center to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment.
(Published April 2025)
(Published April 2025)
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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
January 10, 2026 at 7:00 PM
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
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Senate phone: (202) 224-3121.
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A switchboard operator will connect you.
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Our friend Megan Rothery developed this list. Don't be afraid to call Senators and Representatives from other states&districts too. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Senate phone: (202) 224-3121.
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A switchboard operator will connect you.
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Our friend Megan Rothery developed this list. Don't be afraid to call Senators and Representatives from other states&districts too. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Do it!
January 5, 2026 at 12:03 AM
www.threads.com/@jesseavesma...
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Senate phone: (202) 224-3121.
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A switchboard operator will connect you.
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Our friend Megan Rothery developed this list. Don't be afraid to call Senators and Representatives from other states&districts too. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Do it!
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📣📢🚨 REPOST
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Senate phone: (202) 224-3121.
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A switchboard operator will connect you.
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Our friend Megan Rothery developed this list. Don't be afraid to call Senators and Representatives from other states&districts too. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Do it!
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“The billionaire class has sought to convince those making $30-an-hour that their enemies are those earning $20-an-hour. They want the people to fight amongst ourselves so that we remain distracted from the work of remaking a long, broken system.”
-Zohran Mamdani
-Zohran Mamdani
January 2, 2026 at 2:00 AM
“The billionaire class has sought to convince those making $30-an-hour that their enemies are those earning $20-an-hour. They want the people to fight amongst ourselves so that we remain distracted from the work of remaking a long, broken system.”
-Zohran Mamdani
-Zohran Mamdani
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Internal Meta documents outline tactics to reduce the visibility of scam ads to regulators on its Ad Library, plus a playbook to resist universal advertiser verification unless forced by law, a Reuters investigation found reut.rs/49lSd8w
December 31, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Internal Meta documents outline tactics to reduce the visibility of scam ads to regulators on its Ad Library, plus a playbook to resist universal advertiser verification unless forced by law, a Reuters investigation found reut.rs/49lSd8w
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Market concentration → Less competition → Higher prices for consumers → Corporate profits at 70-year high → Record stock buybacks → Higher shareholder value → More power for corporations and the rich.
How do we fight back? Break up monopolies and rebuild union power.
How do we fight back? Break up monopolies and rebuild union power.
December 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Market concentration → Less competition → Higher prices for consumers → Corporate profits at 70-year high → Record stock buybacks → Higher shareholder value → More power for corporations and the rich.
How do we fight back? Break up monopolies and rebuild union power.
How do we fight back? Break up monopolies and rebuild union power.
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Megan Cornish, a mental health professional, decided to run a test on her LinkedIn: She recast her profile to seem more like a guy.
Within a week, her impressions quadrupled. Here’s why: https://wapo.st/49vW83M
Within a week, her impressions quadrupled. Here’s why: https://wapo.st/49vW83M
December 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Megan Cornish, a mental health professional, decided to run a test on her LinkedIn: She recast her profile to seem more like a guy.
Within a week, her impressions quadrupled. Here’s why: https://wapo.st/49vW83M
Within a week, her impressions quadrupled. Here’s why: https://wapo.st/49vW83M
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
December 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.