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submitted 1 day ago • 75 comments

The 100 lowest-paying major US corporations spent $522B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2023.   Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay. The typical worker at these companies earned just $34k.  Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $14.7M. See the problem?

submitted 7 hours ago • 96 comments

The President is lying about Social Security as an excuse to gut Social Security after promising not to touch it. Why? To pave the way for more tax cuts for the rich.

submitted 5 days ago • 233 comments

Socialism is what they called public power.  Socialism is what they called social security.    Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.   Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

submitted 4 days ago • 143 comments

Extending the Trump tax cuts for the next 10 years would add roughly $4 trillion to the deficit. Remember this the next time Republicans try paying for them with cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.  The "party of fiscal responsibility" is full of it.

submitted 4 days ago • 112 comments

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submitted 4 days ago • 629 comments

Trump's CFPB just dropped its lawsuits against: -Capital One, for cheating depositors out of $2B+ in interest -Rocket Homes, for providing kickbacks to agents and brokers -Vanderbilt Mortgage, for trapping customers in risky loans  It's open season for corporate crooks.

submitted 9 days ago • 192 comments

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submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

RFK Jr. is far more than just an “anti-vaxxer.” Over the years, he’s made countless outrageous statements on a wide range of topics. We’ve compiled 10 of the wildest clips—though even that barely scratches the surface.

submitted 39 days ago • 1238 comments

Medicaid didn't go offline because it was too "woke." School lunch programs weren't put at risk because of immigrants. Funding for cancer research wasn't on the chopping block because of trans people. All of this (and more) was jeopardized because of one person: Donald Trump.

submitted 39 days ago • 147 comments

Trump's funding fiasco is a sign of what's to come under his second regime. But we can't tune out. That's exactly what the oligarchs want.

submitted 39 days ago • 48 comments

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submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Meatpacking giants Perdue and JBS will pay a combined $8M penalty for employing migrant children as young as 13 to work in their slaughterhouses. These cases are part of a dangerous resurgence of child labor in America, fueled by corporate greed.

submitted 51 days ago • 32 comments

The corporate takeover of American politics was rapid and ruthless. In the 1970s, I watched as thousands of corporate lobbyists descended on Washington. Fast forward to today, and lobbying has become a $3.7 billion dollar industry. It all began with the Powell Memo.

submitted 51 days ago • 62 comments

"The system is made to have these happy little accidents that end up resulting in a lot of money from taxpayers."

submitted 52 days ago • 30 comments

Tomorrow will be a dark day. But we are a resilient people. We will get through this scourge. robertreich.substack.com/p/tomorrow-w...

submitted 49 days ago • 494 comments

History has already shown us what happens when warnings are ignored… Stay vigilant—freedom depends on it.

submitted 49 days ago • 592 comments