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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 14, 2025 at 7:12 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.
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Teach a man who hates socialism and votes for authoritarianism to farm and he can receive socialist handouts for life from the government that bankrupted him in the first place.
December 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Teach a man who hates socialism and votes for authoritarianism to farm and he can receive socialist handouts for life from the government that bankrupted him in the first place.
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Something “The Great Gatsby” does get right is that rich people are completely insane
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Something “The Great Gatsby” does get right is that rich people are completely insane
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Hmmm.
Reminds me of the massive corporations raking in BILLIONS that “can’t afford” to pay us a living wage. 🤔
Reminds me of the massive corporations raking in BILLIONS that “can’t afford” to pay us a living wage. 🤔
October 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Hmmm.
Reminds me of the massive corporations raking in BILLIONS that “can’t afford” to pay us a living wage. 🤔
Reminds me of the massive corporations raking in BILLIONS that “can’t afford” to pay us a living wage. 🤔
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15.7 million workers (≈ 10% of all workers) lived in households where someone participated in SNAP in the last year. (CBPP)
It's a SCANDAL that corporations get away with paying their workers poverty wages while taxpayers subsidize their profits!!
It's a SCANDAL that corporations get away with paying their workers poverty wages while taxpayers subsidize their profits!!
October 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
15.7 million workers (≈ 10% of all workers) lived in households where someone participated in SNAP in the last year. (CBPP)
It's a SCANDAL that corporations get away with paying their workers poverty wages while taxpayers subsidize their profits!!
It's a SCANDAL that corporations get away with paying their workers poverty wages while taxpayers subsidize their profits!!
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“Prompt parties,” gatherings of women over cheese and wine to chat about how ChatGPT can help them, are emerging as the next-generation of Tupperware party in San Francisco.
Wine, Cheese and ChatGPT: Ladies’ Night in San Francisco
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
“Prompt parties,” gatherings of women over cheese and wine to chat about how ChatGPT can help them, are emerging as the next-generation of Tupperware party in San Francisco.
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One of perverse dynamics of Trumpism, how a frequently toadyish establishment press undergirds a system in which Trumpists regularly accuse Democrats of being “the Nazis” and we have frequent revelations in which Trump insiders tell each other “we’re the Nazis”
October 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
One of perverse dynamics of Trumpism, how a frequently toadyish establishment press undergirds a system in which Trumpists regularly accuse Democrats of being “the Nazis” and we have frequent revelations in which Trump insiders tell each other “we’re the Nazis”
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Is the United States an oligarchy?
Yes. Yes it is.
Yes. Yes it is.
October 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Is the United States an oligarchy?
Yes. Yes it is.
Yes. Yes it is.
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Happy Birthday to Sigourney Weaver, Patron Saint of Bad-Asses.
October 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Happy Birthday to Sigourney Weaver, Patron Saint of Bad-Asses.
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Who suffers the most? The Cuban editorial cartoonist known as Ramses illustrates the impact of tariffs, which are the most regressive form of taxation.
September 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Who suffers the most? The Cuban editorial cartoonist known as Ramses illustrates the impact of tariffs, which are the most regressive form of taxation.
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The obnoxious HYPOCRISY of trumpliQans, illustrated.
[Artist: Amii James — via www.amiiillustrates.com]
[Artist: Amii James — via www.amiiillustrates.com]
September 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The obnoxious HYPOCRISY of trumpliQans, illustrated.
[Artist: Amii James — via www.amiiillustrates.com]
[Artist: Amii James — via www.amiiillustrates.com]
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726,000 YEARS.
August 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
726,000 YEARS.
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Walmart spent $35.3B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024, enough to give each of its 2.2M employees annual bonuses of $2,719.
Last year, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay of just $29,469.
Textbook corporate greed.
Last year, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay of just $29,469.
Textbook corporate greed.
August 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Walmart spent $35.3B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024, enough to give each of its 2.2M employees annual bonuses of $2,719.
Last year, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay of just $29,469.
Textbook corporate greed.
Last year, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay of just $29,469.
Textbook corporate greed.
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The SEC once considered stock buybacks to be illegal stock manipulation.
But under President Reagan, stock buybacks were made legal.
Now, instead of investing profits into people, corporations use stock buybacks (at record levels) to line the pockets of wealthy shareholders.
But under President Reagan, stock buybacks were made legal.
Now, instead of investing profits into people, corporations use stock buybacks (at record levels) to line the pockets of wealthy shareholders.
Stock Buybacks, Explained | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
August 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The SEC once considered stock buybacks to be illegal stock manipulation.
But under President Reagan, stock buybacks were made legal.
Now, instead of investing profits into people, corporations use stock buybacks (at record levels) to line the pockets of wealthy shareholders.
But under President Reagan, stock buybacks were made legal.
Now, instead of investing profits into people, corporations use stock buybacks (at record levels) to line the pockets of wealthy shareholders.
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American corporations are on pace to spend $1.1 trillion on stock buybacks in 2025, an all-time high.
Buybacks don't create more jobs, increase wages, or grow the economy — but they do help juice CEO pay that's often tied to stock performance.
Nothing trickles down to workers.
Buybacks don't create more jobs, increase wages, or grow the economy — but they do help juice CEO pay that's often tied to stock performance.
Nothing trickles down to workers.
August 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
American corporations are on pace to spend $1.1 trillion on stock buybacks in 2025, an all-time high.
Buybacks don't create more jobs, increase wages, or grow the economy — but they do help juice CEO pay that's often tied to stock performance.
Nothing trickles down to workers.
Buybacks don't create more jobs, increase wages, or grow the economy — but they do help juice CEO pay that's often tied to stock performance.
Nothing trickles down to workers.
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How did 3M’s “forever chemicals” end up in all of us? The inside story of the corporate scientists who discovered—then helped to conceal—the dangers of its chemicals.
How 3M Discovered, Then Concealed, the Dangers of Forever Chemicals
The company found its own toxic compounds in human blood—and kept selling them.
www.newyorker.com
August 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
How did 3M’s “forever chemicals” end up in all of us? The inside story of the corporate scientists who discovered—then helped to conceal—the dangers of its chemicals.
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“I think one of the most common myths related to menopause is that it’s always a negative experience,” says epidemiologist Carrie Karvonen-Gutierrez. “The menopausal transition is often a time when women take stock of their health and make positive changes.”
Where Are We On The Science Of Menopause?
Menopause research began in earnest about 30 years ago. Two experts want you to know that we’ve actually learned a lot—and it’s not all bad.
buff.ly
August 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
“I think one of the most common myths related to menopause is that it’s always a negative experience,” says epidemiologist Carrie Karvonen-Gutierrez. “The menopausal transition is often a time when women take stock of their health and make positive changes.”
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Look familiar?
July 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Look familiar?
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The subway risk chart you've been waiting for (Sawyer County, Wisconsin, is where Sean Duffy is from). Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
July 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The subway risk chart you've been waiting for (Sawyer County, Wisconsin, is where Sean Duffy is from). Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Billionaire tax cuts are a policy choice.
Cutting healthcare for millions is a policy choice.
Cutting food assistance for children is a policy choice.
Taking from the poor and giving to the rich is a policy choice.
Make no mistake: Trump and the GOP just chose to do this.
Cutting healthcare for millions is a policy choice.
Cutting food assistance for children is a policy choice.
Taking from the poor and giving to the rich is a policy choice.
Make no mistake: Trump and the GOP just chose to do this.
July 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Billionaire tax cuts are a policy choice.
Cutting healthcare for millions is a policy choice.
Cutting food assistance for children is a policy choice.
Taking from the poor and giving to the rich is a policy choice.
Make no mistake: Trump and the GOP just chose to do this.
Cutting healthcare for millions is a policy choice.
Cutting food assistance for children is a policy choice.
Taking from the poor and giving to the rich is a policy choice.
Make no mistake: Trump and the GOP just chose to do this.
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a nation on edge holds its breath as the former host of celebrity apprentice huddles with his advisors, the wrestlemania ceo and the former co-host of fox & friends weekends
June 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
a nation on edge holds its breath as the former host of celebrity apprentice huddles with his advisors, the wrestlemania ceo and the former co-host of fox & friends weekends