M Donoian
@michaeldonoian.bsky.social
I'm here for the articles. I've taught Econ in colleges, finance, insurance sales, bartender, server,..lots of st**
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Adding $500m in infrastructure bonds for the Spurs arena would bring the total to $1.3B, by far the largest arena subsidy in history, to replace a venue that is the 11th-newest in the NBA, in a city already dealing with staffing cuts to balance its budget.
Spurs arena subsidy could reach $1.3B, setting new NBA record for taxpayer money
One of the standard items in the stadium campaign playbook is "moving the goalposts" — setting a target for public funding, then once you get it, asking for more on top. It's a tactic that goes back w...
www.fieldofschemes.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Adding $500m in infrastructure bonds for the Spurs arena would bring the total to $1.3B, by far the largest arena subsidy in history, to replace a venue that is the 11th-newest in the NBA, in a city already dealing with staffing cuts to balance its budget.
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A Chinese immigrant named
Chaofeng Ge died in ICE custody.
He was found hanging with his hands and feet tied behind him in the “hog tie” position.
Deaths within these camps continue to rise, with more people dying in the last nine months than in the entire previous four years.
Abolish ICE
Chaofeng Ge died in ICE custody.
He was found hanging with his hands and feet tied behind him in the “hog tie” position.
Deaths within these camps continue to rise, with more people dying in the last nine months than in the entire previous four years.
Abolish ICE
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 AM
A Chinese immigrant named
Chaofeng Ge died in ICE custody.
He was found hanging with his hands and feet tied behind him in the “hog tie” position.
Deaths within these camps continue to rise, with more people dying in the last nine months than in the entire previous four years.
Abolish ICE
Chaofeng Ge died in ICE custody.
He was found hanging with his hands and feet tied behind him in the “hog tie” position.
Deaths within these camps continue to rise, with more people dying in the last nine months than in the entire previous four years.
Abolish ICE
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Nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from the Broadview ICE Detention Center has been "irretrievably destroyed" and cannot be produced as evidence in a lawsuit against the government over abhorrent conditions there:
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
Two Weeks of Surveillance Footage From ICE Detention Center ‘Irretrievably Destroyed’
"Defendants have indicated that some video between October 19, 2025 and October 31, 2025 has been irretrievably destroyed and therefore cannot be produced on an expedited basis or at all."
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from the Broadview ICE Detention Center has been "irretrievably destroyed" and cannot be produced as evidence in a lawsuit against the government over abhorrent conditions there:
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
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NEW: DOJ has been in settlement talks with Michael Flynn -- Trump's first national security adviser seeking $50M for his prosecution by ex-special counsel Robert Mueller -- and Stefan Passantino, a Trump I White House lawyer who accused the House Jan. 6 committee of privacy violations
bit.ly/4hWdolc
bit.ly/4hWdolc
November 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
NEW: DOJ has been in settlement talks with Michael Flynn -- Trump's first national security adviser seeking $50M for his prosecution by ex-special counsel Robert Mueller -- and Stefan Passantino, a Trump I White House lawyer who accused the House Jan. 6 committee of privacy violations
bit.ly/4hWdolc
bit.ly/4hWdolc
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(AP) — A confidant of Bill Pulte .. provided confidential mortgage pricing data from Fannie Mae to a principal competitor, alarming senior officials .. who warned it could expose the company to claims that it was colluding with a rival to fix mortgage rates.
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apnews.com/article/fann...
November 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
(AP) — A confidant of Bill Pulte .. provided confidential mortgage pricing data from Fannie Mae to a principal competitor, alarming senior officials .. who warned it could expose the company to claims that it was colluding with a rival to fix mortgage rates.
apnews.com/article/fann...
apnews.com/article/fann...
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NEW:
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
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Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
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Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
NEW:
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
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Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
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The fight between the Ngöbe-Buglé and the Panamanian government has reached a tipping point, as the nation finds itself on the verge of being fully restricted from Isla Escudo de Veraguas, the last of its ancestral fishing grounds. @gracehussain.bsky.social reports:
Panama Shuts Indigenous Fishers Out of Ancestral Waters as Industrial Fish Farm Expands Nearby
The government has increased its restrictions in the name of conservation without subjecting nearby aquaculture facilities to the same scrutiny.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The fight between the Ngöbe-Buglé and the Panamanian government has reached a tipping point, as the nation finds itself on the verge of being fully restricted from Isla Escudo de Veraguas, the last of its ancestral fishing grounds. @gracehussain.bsky.social reports:
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"Combined losses linked to climate change topped at least $1.4tn last year across 25 markets. After a serious extreme weather event, about 40% of small businesses in the affected area do not reopen and a further 25% close within a year of the catastrophe"
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November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"Combined losses linked to climate change topped at least $1.4tn last year across 25 markets. After a serious extreme weather event, about 40% of small businesses in the affected area do not reopen and a further 25% close within a year of the catastrophe"
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In the last month, the FBI has charged players from two different leagues for roles in sports-betting scandals.
Either legalized gambling is exposing corruption that’s always been there.
Or it’s creating it.
Either answer is terrible for sports.
Either legalized gambling is exposing corruption that’s always been there.
Or it’s creating it.
Either answer is terrible for sports.
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
In the last month, the FBI has charged players from two different leagues for roles in sports-betting scandals.
Either legalized gambling is exposing corruption that’s always been there.
Or it’s creating it.
Either answer is terrible for sports.
Either legalized gambling is exposing corruption that’s always been there.
Or it’s creating it.
Either answer is terrible for sports.
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764 is a sextortion network which coerces minors into producing Child Sexual Abuse Material and then uses the content to force them into acts of violence, including self-harm. Some cases tragically end in suicide. 🔽
November 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
764 is a sextortion network which coerces minors into producing Child Sexual Abuse Material and then uses the content to force them into acts of violence, including self-harm. Some cases tragically end in suicide. 🔽
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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NEW: 12 Mississippi polling places have moved and 4 have been closed ahead of the Nov. 4 legislative special elections, an MFP investigation finds.
Counties also have incorrect addresses in the state system for 11 polling places, risking sending some voters to the wrong location.
Counties also have incorrect addresses in the state system for 11 polling places, risking sending some voters to the wrong location.
12 Polling Places Move Before Mississippi Special Elections, 4 Close
County election officials in Mississippi have moved 12 polling places and closed four since 2024, an MFP investigation finds.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
NEW: 12 Mississippi polling places have moved and 4 have been closed ahead of the Nov. 4 legislative special elections, an MFP investigation finds.
Counties also have incorrect addresses in the state system for 11 polling places, risking sending some voters to the wrong location.
Counties also have incorrect addresses in the state system for 11 polling places, risking sending some voters to the wrong location.
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Evanston Mayor Dan Biss on today’s ICE raids in his community: “What federal agents are doing in Evanston right now is monstrous.”
October 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Evanston Mayor Dan Biss on today’s ICE raids in his community: “What federal agents are doing in Evanston right now is monstrous.”
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American Rivers is closely monitoring the impacts from a serious train derailment in rural New Kent County, Virginia. The derailment occurred over sensitive wetlands and very near the Chickahominy River, a James River tributary.
Read more: www.americanrivers.org/media-item/r...
Read more: www.americanrivers.org/media-item/r...
Rapid Cleanup of Coal Train Derailment in Virginia Vital to Avoid Wetland and River Contamination
American Rivers is closely monitoring the impacts from a serious train derailment in rural New Kent County, Virginia. According to news reports, as many as 53 cars carrying coal derailed this last wee...
www.americanrivers.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:51 PM
American Rivers is closely monitoring the impacts from a serious train derailment in rural New Kent County, Virginia. The derailment occurred over sensitive wetlands and very near the Chickahominy River, a James River tributary.
Read more: www.americanrivers.org/media-item/r...
Read more: www.americanrivers.org/media-item/r...
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While some politicians haunt city halls like ghosts of elections past, we’re helping a new generation of young, bold leaders rise up—and bring our democracy back to life.
🎃 Ready to shake up the status quo? Run for office.
🎃 Ready to shake up the status quo? Run for office.
October 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
While some politicians haunt city halls like ghosts of elections past, we’re helping a new generation of young, bold leaders rise up—and bring our democracy back to life.
🎃 Ready to shake up the status quo? Run for office.
🎃 Ready to shake up the status quo? Run for office.
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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A mother of 8 was deported within 24 hours of reporting sexual harassment by an ICE contracto
She was following the rules & going through the process to get her green card
Someone working on behalf of ICE abused her.
She spoke out and was kicked out of the country.
It’s retaliation & it’s wrong
She was following the rules & going through the process to get her green card
Someone working on behalf of ICE abused her.
She spoke out and was kicked out of the country.
It’s retaliation & it’s wrong
October 29, 2025 at 3:22 AM
A mother of 8 was deported within 24 hours of reporting sexual harassment by an ICE contracto
She was following the rules & going through the process to get her green card
Someone working on behalf of ICE abused her.
She spoke out and was kicked out of the country.
It’s retaliation & it’s wrong
She was following the rules & going through the process to get her green card
Someone working on behalf of ICE abused her.
She spoke out and was kicked out of the country.
It’s retaliation & it’s wrong
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Videos show Israeli authorities demolishing multiple shops owned by Palestinians near Bab al-Amud in occupied East Jerusalem.
October 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Videos show Israeli authorities demolishing multiple shops owned by Palestinians near Bab al-Amud in occupied East Jerusalem.
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A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
October 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Via Amy Nixon: The top 10% of American households own 87% of all stocks, nearly 85% of all private businesses and 44% of Real Estate
Another way of looking at this: The bottom 90% increasingly don’t matter in official economic data #EconSky
Another way of looking at this: The bottom 90% increasingly don’t matter in official economic data #EconSky
October 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Via Amy Nixon: The top 10% of American households own 87% of all stocks, nearly 85% of all private businesses and 44% of Real Estate
Another way of looking at this: The bottom 90% increasingly don’t matter in official economic data #EconSky
Another way of looking at this: The bottom 90% increasingly don’t matter in official economic data #EconSky
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They have tear gassed a parade of trick or treating children. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/26/f...
Feds Tear Gas Northwest Side Street, Disrupting Halloween Parade For Kids
Two neighbors, including a 70-year-old man, were arrested after allegedly interfering in the arrest of another man by immigration agents, neighbors said. Agents also threw a woman, 67, to the ground.
blockclubchicago.org
October 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
They have tear gassed a parade of trick or treating children. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/26/f...
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Our entire system of punitive incarceration should be overhauled. It’s a nasty 19th century colonialist relic.
We should follow nordic countries. Reform must start with children and young adults, and include human rights for social services housing and food
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
We should follow nordic countries. Reform must start with children and young adults, and include human rights for social services housing and food
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Children under 14 are incapable of evil and should be protected from criminal responsibility, NSW review finds
Review was led by former supreme court judge turned parole authority chair Geoffrey Bellew SC and former NSW police deputy commissioner Jeffrey Loy
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Our entire system of punitive incarceration should be overhauled. It’s a nasty 19th century colonialist relic.
We should follow nordic countries. Reform must start with children and young adults, and include human rights for social services housing and food
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
We should follow nordic countries. Reform must start with children and young adults, and include human rights for social services housing and food
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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📢 Out now in the September 2025 issue of #JAERE! 📢
"Monitoring and Enforcement and Environmental Compliance: Power Plant Emissions During the 2018–19 Federal Government Shutdown" by Ruohao Zhang, Huan Li, and Neha Khanna.
Read it here: buff.ly/AJKAhBX
📈📉 #Econsky
"Monitoring and Enforcement and Environmental Compliance: Power Plant Emissions During the 2018–19 Federal Government Shutdown" by Ruohao Zhang, Huan Li, and Neha Khanna.
Read it here: buff.ly/AJKAhBX
📈📉 #Econsky
October 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
📢 Out now in the September 2025 issue of #JAERE! 📢
"Monitoring and Enforcement and Environmental Compliance: Power Plant Emissions During the 2018–19 Federal Government Shutdown" by Ruohao Zhang, Huan Li, and Neha Khanna.
Read it here: buff.ly/AJKAhBX
📈📉 #Econsky
"Monitoring and Enforcement and Environmental Compliance: Power Plant Emissions During the 2018–19 Federal Government Shutdown" by Ruohao Zhang, Huan Li, and Neha Khanna.
Read it here: buff.ly/AJKAhBX
📈📉 #Econsky