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U.S. corporations are on pace to conduct over a trillion dollars in stock buybacks this year, breaking all previous records. Apple, Google, JPMorgan, Bank of America and Morgan Stanley are among the companies buying back the most stock to enrich shareholders.

www.tipranks.com/news/apple-a...
Apple and Google Drive Stock Buybacks to Record-Breaking Trillion Dollar Highs - TipRanks.com
U.S. tech titans and banks are on course to drive a record-breaking amount of share buybacks in 2025. According to new figures from Birinyi Associates, U.S. firms h...
www.tipranks.com
August 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Nationalise Thames Water and the entire water network now.
August 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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18 million children will lose free school meals because of the Republican cuts to food assistance.

time.com/7308619/trum...
Trump’s Tax Bill Will Starve Public Schools. Kids are Next
An estimated 18 million kids could lose access to free school meals because of Trump's tax bill.
time.com
August 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Nearly 1 in 6 Americans say they don't have enough food to eat.
August 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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It's time for a new kind of political party - one that belongs to you.

Sign up at yourparty.uk.
July 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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ICJ Advisory Opinion on climate change:
July 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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The government of Argentina under Javier Milei has announced that it will privatize the public water and sanitation company.

Private capital will control 90% of the company, according to the president's spokesperson.
July 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Yesterday a Labour government voted to slash £2 billion from some of the poorest people in our society.

They sip drinks at Mastercard HQ while disabled people are pushed to food banks.

I know I speak for millions when I say: we won't take this anymore.
July 10, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party.

Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country.

Join us. The time is now.

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July 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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We have found a way to act, to suspend the trade agreement and pressure Israel to stop the genocide! Sign and share!
Link below and in bio!
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June 9, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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"What if we have all internalized the belief that we are entirely on our own, and that interdependence and cooperation are signs of weakness?

That would be a pretty good way to create a society devoid of any form of collective organising; devoid of much real hope."
substack.com/@graceblakel...
What Can We Do?
What Can We Do? #1
substack.com
March 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Concerned citizens have turned to the Neighbors app, once used largely to look for lost deliveries, to make public service announcements about ICE raids in their communities.
LA Residents Are Foiling ICE Raids Using Amazon Ring’s Neighborhood Watch
Concerned citizens have turned to the Neighbors app, once used largely to look for lost deliveries, to make public service announcements about ICE raids in their communities.
www.forbes.com
June 18, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Apple must face a class action lawsuit over its illegal monopolization of the digital storage market and its practice of making customers overpay for iCloud, a federal judge has ruled.

www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Apple must face consumer lawsuit over iCloud storage, US judge rules
Apple must face a proposed class action accusing the iPhone maker of illegally monopolizing the market for digital storage and causing consumers to overpay for its iCloud service, a federal judge in California ruled on Monday.
www.reuters.com
June 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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A bill creating a minimum wage for farmworkers in Maine has been signed into law.

Starting next year, farmworkers' minimum rate will rise to $14.65 an hour.

Currently, their minimum wage is only $7.25/hr.
June 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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An “Anti-migration international” prepares to challenge the European Court of Human Rights
An “anti-migration international” prepares to challenge the European Court of Human Rights
Nine European countries have the European Court of Human Rights in their sights. They accuse it of hindering their migration policies. Europe's press considers the likely consequences.
voxeurop.eu
June 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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The Justice Department is restarting its enforcement of the law banning US corporate bribery abroad, but on a smaller scale.

Only 15 prosecutors will be involved and the focus has shifted from companies to individuals.

Bribing foreign officials just got easier for US companies.
June 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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WhatsApp says it will start showing ads inside the app for the first time.

The ads will be in a part of the app called Updates, used by around 1.5 billion people a day.

WhatsApp will collect data on users to target the ads, like location and your default language.
June 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Mark Zuckerberg and Meta are getting into the defense industry.

The billionaire and his company are partnering with defense-tech company Anduril to "design, build, and field" new products for the military.

nymag.com/intelligence...
Mark Zuckerberg Joins the Military-Industrial Complex
Meta is making the perhaps inevitable move into defense contracting.
nymag.com
June 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Join artists Briony Campbell and Alison Carlier talk about their practice and journey of collaboration through the UCL Arbor programme bit.ly/4dA5U5a
May 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Great coverage of our mutual aid network across the US-Canadian border moving Indigenous data so it's safer.

www.theverge.com/features/664...
Indigenous scientists are fighting to protect their data — and their culture
They’re worried about the loss of their research.
www.theverge.com
May 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Trump’s story has always been that he should be president because he was rich. That was always false. In order to become rich he had to first become the president.
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Trump Family Turns Presidency Into Most Lucrative Venture Yet
Since he launched his campaign, the family has put dealmaking in overdrive — with memecoins, guns and new hotels abroad.
www.bloomberg.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Check out Ian Bruce’s art meets tech critical take on the Broligarchy!! Looking forward to the livestream tonight and the conversation with Yanis Varoufakis tomorrow!

ianpaintselon.com
Ian Paints Elon
We need to talk about Elon Musk.
ianpaintselon.com
May 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM