As landlords consolidate and shape-shift to amass more power, tenants can't afford to stick to the same ole program. That's why unions within Tenant Union Federation have been organizing at a bonkers pace, taking big swings. It's working. 1000 units in Capital's portfolio and more to come...

IMPORTANT! A competent Democratic Party would emphasize full criminal and civil liability for all fat cat corporate executives who (seemingly in this case) break the law.

A top real estate industry newsletter this morning: "This Tenant Union Federation campaign [to organize tenants across the Capital Realty Group portfolio] could reshape tenant power in the era of corporate landlords."

🚨 "Boeing is regaining authority from the Federal Aviation Administration to perform final safety checks on its 737 MAX." Rather than increase agency capacity to conduct independent inspections and improve safety, Trump's FAA will allow Boeing to self-certify its planes.

Rent is due tomorrow. The rent is too damn high. Meanwhile the Trump admin seeks to cut millions off from housing support. This is not only cruel but also politically stupid, will guarantee unseen levels of homelessness. And now a political meltdown on hud.gov...

Two of the nation's largest rail companies want you to think that their mega-merger is popular. They're lying. More than half of those on the merger's official "supporters" list have conflicts of interest in favor of the rail corporations.

In a new report out today our Toni Aguilar Rosenthal and Public Citizen's Alan Zibel (@alanzibel.bsky.social) uncovered 100+ people with ties to polluting industries who are occupying high level offices throughout the Trump administration. What interests, the question must be asked, are they poised to serve?

At a press conference where an organizer burned a copy of their lease, these tenants announced a historic strike. This is the first ever rent strike in Raytown, Missouri. These tenants aren't just demanding repairs, rent caps, and basic dignity — they're fighting for it.

Corporate America’s mouthpieces claim the few limits on corporate influence we helped win during the Biden admin drove Big Business to board Trump’s tyrannical train. If so, how can Big Business ever be trustworthy participants in a democracy? Our Jeff Hauser in the The Wall Street Journal:

Read our The Wall Street Journal response letter here: wsj.com/opinion/why-di…

NEW: A Third Way fellow claimed in the Wall Street Journal's editorial pages that Democrats “alienated” Big Business into allying with Trump, and that our organization deserves some of the blame. Our full response in today’s newsletter: bit.ly/46WLZvT

Corruption Calendar: Trump has rolled out the red carpet for the oil industry, filling his administration with former fossil fuel executives, canceling renewable projects and promising the white glove treatment for any Big Oil company that comes knocking. But that's not all...

This is Trump’s presidency in a single photo: Illegal, destructive, and not helping you.

In today's newsletter: the Trump administration has embedded AI chatbots in its operations, both as feeble replacements for fired workers and as increasingly empowered decision-makers involved in everything from personnel decisions to war games to surveillance.

NEW FOR The American Prospect Our Toni Aguilar Rosenthal and Julian Scoffield call out the hollowness of the RFK Jr’s populist rhetoric by revealing the corporate revolvers he has brought into HHS prospect.org/2025/10/24/mee…

Today, Defense Secretary Hegseth deployed an aircraft carrier and its strike group to the waters off South America. This further escalates the risk of the U.S. getting dragged into a regime change war in Venezuela.

REPORT: Billionaires and corporations donate to Trump's inauguration fund and the White House ballroom. Then, Trump makes the government work for them. We dove in to see exactly who is making these massive contributions, and what they got in return. perfectunion.us/trumps-corpora…

Since Pulte has sacked the FHFA-OIG, it seems like a good time to re-share my blog on Yale Journal on Regulation arguing that FHFA’s “investigations” into mortgage fraud are completely illegal yalejreg.com/nc/are-pultes-…