Jan D.Weir
@jandweir.bsky.social
Lawyer, 50 years of experience. Taught law at the University of Toronto. Represented banks in $400M+ lawsuits, led class action benefitting 40,000+ pensioners. https://janweirlaw.medium.com
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Today I want to share with you a statement by former federal judge Mark L. Wolf explaining why he resigned from the federal bench in early November. I found it sobering and troubling. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/winner-of-this-weeks-joseph-welch
December 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Today I want to share with you a statement by former federal judge Mark L. Wolf explaining why he resigned from the federal bench in early November. I found it sobering and troubling. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/winner-of-this-weeks-joseph-welch
Congress has left an obvious dodge so that the Department of Justice can withhold files that may implicate Trump. Congress should have appointed a non-partisan oversight committee to review all of the original documents that the DOJ either redacts or withholds.
November 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Congress has left an obvious dodge so that the Department of Justice can withhold files that may implicate Trump. Congress should have appointed a non-partisan oversight committee to review all of the original documents that the DOJ either redacts or withholds.
Elizabeth Warren correctly explains the unrecognized danger of private equity, which is allowed to loot corporations at the expense of jobs and worker pensions: youtu.be/8_A_Th4aj_0?...
Private Equity Guts Everything from Red Lobster to Hospitals: Let's Talk About the Economy Episode 5
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
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November 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Elizabeth Warren correctly explains the unrecognized danger of private equity, which is allowed to loot corporations at the expense of jobs and worker pensions: youtu.be/8_A_Th4aj_0?...
AI is replacing jobs far faster than most understand: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dthb...
AI Could Wipe Out the Working Class | Sen. Bernie Sanders
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
AI is replacing jobs far faster than most understand: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dthb...
JP Morgan warned US of $1bn in Epstein transactions possibly related to human trafficking that Treasury ignored: www.theguardian.com/business/202...
October 31, 2025 at 11:54 PM
JP Morgan warned US of $1bn in Epstein transactions possibly related to human trafficking that Treasury ignored: www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Canada can harm the US auto industry as it has harmed the US wine and liquor industries: youtu.be/xtRqNhjq86Q?...
October 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Canada can harm the US auto industry as it has harmed the US wine and liquor industries: youtu.be/xtRqNhjq86Q?...
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What is unique about the Zen approach?
Can this ancient system help with modern life’s challenges?
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What is unique about the Zen approach?
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What is unique about the Zen approach?
Can this ancient system help with modern life’s challenges?
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What is unique about the Zen approach?
Can this ancient system help with modern life’s challenges?
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Zen For Today's Challenges
Ageless techniques updated for the stress of modern life.
Guided meditation with discussion
This Tuesday, October 21, 2025. 8 PM EDT
Zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8213554237...
Also available through Meetup – Come Sit With Us.
Ageless techniques updated for the stress of modern life.
Guided meditation with discussion
This Tuesday, October 21, 2025. 8 PM EDT
Zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8213554237...
Also available through Meetup – Come Sit With Us.
Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting
Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise cloud communications.
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October 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Zen For Today's Challenges
Ageless techniques updated for the stress of modern life.
Guided meditation with discussion
This Tuesday, October 21, 2025. 8 PM EDT
Zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8213554237...
Also available through Meetup – Come Sit With Us.
Ageless techniques updated for the stress of modern life.
Guided meditation with discussion
This Tuesday, October 21, 2025. 8 PM EDT
Zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8213554237...
Also available through Meetup – Come Sit With Us.
A recent study shows in the case of the United States, CEOs of publicly listed companies earn 269 times more than the average full-time worker. People thought CEOs only earned 18 times as much, and they would prefer it to be just 5 times. melbourneinstitute.unimelb.edu.au/publications...
October 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A recent study shows in the case of the United States, CEOs of publicly listed companies earn 269 times more than the average full-time worker. People thought CEOs only earned 18 times as much, and they would prefer it to be just 5 times. melbourneinstitute.unimelb.edu.au/publications...
“The three hundred largest yachts in the world emit as much carbon dioxide as the ten million inhabitants of Burundi.” —from Burned by Billionaires
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...
Boom time for US billionaires: why the system perpetuates wealth inequality
As the super rich grow even richer, inequality expert Chuck Collins says the system is broken – but it can be fixed
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
“The three hundred largest yachts in the world emit as much carbon dioxide as the ten million inhabitants of Burundi.” —from Burned by Billionaires
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...
Today’s Tax Justice podcast explains how a conservative Catholic organization helps to fund the conservative movement including Trump from an investigation into the failed Spanish bank Banco Popular. podcasts.taxjustice.net/production/t...
September 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Today’s Tax Justice podcast explains how a conservative Catholic organization helps to fund the conservative movement including Trump from an investigation into the failed Spanish bank Banco Popular. podcasts.taxjustice.net/production/t...
My presentation today at 5:30 PM EST: Your Salary Has Been Stolen Here How
Explains how most workers’ salaries could be doubled from the amount spent on buyback alone without putting up product price.
Go to: mediumday.com
Explains how most workers’ salaries could be doubled from the amount spent on buyback alone without putting up product price.
Go to: mediumday.com
September 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
My presentation today at 5:30 PM EST: Your Salary Has Been Stolen Here How
Explains how most workers’ salaries could be doubled from the amount spent on buyback alone without putting up product price.
Go to: mediumday.com
Explains how most workers’ salaries could be doubled from the amount spent on buyback alone without putting up product price.
Go to: mediumday.com
There are completely indefensible tax breaks for the rich.
They likely endure simply because the public is not fully aware of them:
medium.com/@janweirlaw/...
They likely endure simply because the public is not fully aware of them:
medium.com/@janweirlaw/...
September 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
There are completely indefensible tax breaks for the rich.
They likely endure simply because the public is not fully aware of them:
medium.com/@janweirlaw/...
They likely endure simply because the public is not fully aware of them:
medium.com/@janweirlaw/...
Bill Pulte’s parents claimed 2 primary residences:
www.reuters.com/world/us/bil...
This follows on the revelation that three Trump cabinet members did the same: www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2...
www.reuters.com/world/us/bil...
This follows on the revelation that three Trump cabinet members did the same: www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2...
September 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Bill Pulte’s parents claimed 2 primary residences:
www.reuters.com/world/us/bil...
This follows on the revelation that three Trump cabinet members did the same: www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2...
www.reuters.com/world/us/bil...
This follows on the revelation that three Trump cabinet members did the same: www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2...
Trump quietly hurts the workers who put their faith in him.
He lets job killing private equity raise money from employer-employee pension plans.
The strategy works: The more he hurts them in these undetected ways, the more they commit to him..
janweirlaw.medium.com/trump-just-g...
He lets job killing private equity raise money from employer-employee pension plans.
The strategy works: The more he hurts them in these undetected ways, the more they commit to him..
janweirlaw.medium.com/trump-just-g...
September 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Trump quietly hurts the workers who put their faith in him.
He lets job killing private equity raise money from employer-employee pension plans.
The strategy works: The more he hurts them in these undetected ways, the more they commit to him..
janweirlaw.medium.com/trump-just-g...
He lets job killing private equity raise money from employer-employee pension plans.
The strategy works: The more he hurts them in these undetected ways, the more they commit to him..
janweirlaw.medium.com/trump-just-g...
A new study by the Institute for Policy Studies finds CEO pay at firms that pay their workers the lowest escalated to over 600 times median worker pay: ips-dc.org/report-execu...
For more on this: medium.com/age-of-aware...
For more on this: medium.com/age-of-aware...
August 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
A new study by the Institute for Policy Studies finds CEO pay at firms that pay their workers the lowest escalated to over 600 times median worker pay: ips-dc.org/report-execu...
For more on this: medium.com/age-of-aware...
For more on this: medium.com/age-of-aware...
Hedge funds and private equity do not make their huge profits by management skill but by slashing jobs and looting worker pensions
Absurdly, their predatory tactics against workers are largely funded by federal pension funds
Series begins here:
janweirlaw.medium.com/the-new-mark...
Absurdly, their predatory tactics against workers are largely funded by federal pension funds
Series begins here:
janweirlaw.medium.com/the-new-mark...
August 21, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Hedge funds and private equity do not make their huge profits by management skill but by slashing jobs and looting worker pensions
Absurdly, their predatory tactics against workers are largely funded by federal pension funds
Series begins here:
janweirlaw.medium.com/the-new-mark...
Absurdly, their predatory tactics against workers are largely funded by federal pension funds
Series begins here:
janweirlaw.medium.com/the-new-mark...
Hedge funds and private equity make their profits by looting workers pensions not superior marketing skills
Absurdly, pension funds are their biggest source of investment
Their predatory tactics are a major mechanism for the upward transfer of wealth janweirlaw.medium.com/hedge-funds-...
Absurdly, pension funds are their biggest source of investment
Their predatory tactics are a major mechanism for the upward transfer of wealth janweirlaw.medium.com/hedge-funds-...
Hedge Funds and Private Equity: The Hottest Game in Town
“One of the most ruthless, predatory industries in America, private equity, now controls 1 in 5 U.S. companies. These firms buy up…
janweirlaw.medium.com
August 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Hedge funds and private equity make their profits by looting workers pensions not superior marketing skills
Absurdly, pension funds are their biggest source of investment
Their predatory tactics are a major mechanism for the upward transfer of wealth janweirlaw.medium.com/hedge-funds-...
Absurdly, pension funds are their biggest source of investment
Their predatory tactics are a major mechanism for the upward transfer of wealth janweirlaw.medium.com/hedge-funds-...
A Progressive Agenda for the US Economy
open.substack.com/pub/markorto...
open.substack.com/pub/markorto...
A Progressive Agenda for the US Economy
undoing the last fifty years of rule by the rich and corporations
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August 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
A Progressive Agenda for the US Economy
open.substack.com/pub/markorto...
open.substack.com/pub/markorto...
Less than five years after urging rioters to "kill" police at the Capitol, a former Jan. 6 defendant is working as a senior adviser for the Department of Justice:
www.npr.org/2025/08/07/n...
www.npr.org/2025/08/07/n...
August 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Less than five years after urging rioters to "kill" police at the Capitol, a former Jan. 6 defendant is working as a senior adviser for the Department of Justice:
www.npr.org/2025/08/07/n...
www.npr.org/2025/08/07/n...
How tax evasion is easier and more convenient than ever for the truly rich: janweirlaw.medium.com/the-us-the-n...
August 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
How tax evasion is easier and more convenient than ever for the truly rich: janweirlaw.medium.com/the-us-the-n...
15 years ago Robert Reich made this accurate prediction on Stephen Colbert: open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
August 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
15 years ago Robert Reich made this accurate prediction on Stephen Colbert: open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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Groceries are still expensive — and Republicans in Congress hope you won’t notice who’s responsible.
So we built something they can’t ignore:
🚨A brand-new price tracker that exposes how GOP policies are fueling the rise in food costs.
Check out Don’t Inflate Our Plates:
dontinflateourplates.com
So we built something they can’t ignore:
🚨A brand-new price tracker that exposes how GOP policies are fueling the rise in food costs.
Check out Don’t Inflate Our Plates:
dontinflateourplates.com
July 31, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Groceries are still expensive — and Republicans in Congress hope you won’t notice who’s responsible.
So we built something they can’t ignore:
🚨A brand-new price tracker that exposes how GOP policies are fueling the rise in food costs.
Check out Don’t Inflate Our Plates:
dontinflateourplates.com
So we built something they can’t ignore:
🚨A brand-new price tracker that exposes how GOP policies are fueling the rise in food costs.
Check out Don’t Inflate Our Plates:
dontinflateourplates.com
Reposted by Jan D.Weir
andrew chen of 3sixteen explaining why you may not feel the tariffs yet
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August 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
andrew chen of 3sixteen explaining why you may not feel the tariffs yet
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New report shows how private equity harms 401k investments
ourfinancialsecurity.org/reports-publ...
It’s actually worse. Workers are invited to invest in private equity firms that loot worker pensions janweirlaw.medium.com/looting-work...
ourfinancialsecurity.org/reports-publ...
It’s actually worse. Workers are invited to invest in private equity firms that loot worker pensions janweirlaw.medium.com/looting-work...
August 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
New report shows how private equity harms 401k investments
ourfinancialsecurity.org/reports-publ...
It’s actually worse. Workers are invited to invest in private equity firms that loot worker pensions janweirlaw.medium.com/looting-work...
ourfinancialsecurity.org/reports-publ...
It’s actually worse. Workers are invited to invest in private equity firms that loot worker pensions janweirlaw.medium.com/looting-work...