I don't even know why I started watching this since I definitely don't like TB but anyway, saw this and that's just one other reason why these billionaires should #PayForYourOwnDamnStadium Giving NFL owners public money to build their gold-plated stadiums is ludicrous

"The (Exposed by CMD) report finds that there are now election boards in 15 counties and one state where deniers hold a majority when it comes time to certify election results" They're in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, New Mexico, Nevada, and Pennsylvania. exposedbycmd.org/2024/09/13/new…

At least two women in Georgia died after they couldn’t access legal abortions and timely medical care in their state, ProPublica has found. This is one of their stories. propublica.org/article/georgi… Kavitha Surana

He’s so close to realizing that everyone in his life only pretends he’s funny to keep the money flowing

So important we gifted this article!

Man who stole money from welfare funds so his daughter could play volleyball in a nicer building has opinions on the duties of citizens. x.com/BrettFavre/sta…

🚨I talked to ProPublica about the right-wing effort in Ohio to use taxpayer funding to build more and bigger religious schools. The idea is to create new receptacles to rake in voucher cash.

What is corporate capture and how does it affect out lives? Join Steve Dubb @NPQuarterly w/ Kali Akuno Cooperation Jackson, Hannah Appel The Debt Collective 🟥, Sara Myklebust Bargaining For the Common Good and me tomorrow as we discuss that and offer another way. Happens 9/18 at 2 pm ET bit.ly/3AuKNSI

What passes for “economic development” is too often little more than politician-abetted corporate extraction of public resources. We'll talk about ways to change this and other systems during this thought-provoking panel today - starts at 11 a.m. PT/2 p.m. ET!

Long Island Haitians are holding a counter rally outside the Nassau Comiseum where Trump is slated to speak tonight.

No one---not even police---want police handling mental health emergencies. This is the way.

NEW FOIA Files newsletter is out a day early! Secret Service probing Elon Musk's now deleted tweet about Biden/Harris assassination. Agency says docs we requested via #FOIA being withheld b/c of "enforcement proceedings" 🤔 w/Dana Hull 👩🏻‍💻 🧵 bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

In OJAI on FRIDAY: SunOven gluten-free bakery (with vegan options) will mark its 10th anniversary Sept. 20 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Read about owner Alexis Davis and the bakery’s history here: bit.ly/4dfmNjQ

A big part of this is that Waffle House deducts meals from worker pay, whether the workers actually eat or not. We wrote about this in July: prospect.org/labor/2024-07-…

Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan, the youngest-ever to hold the position, says corporate consolidation is a large factor in soaring prices on items from food to concert tickets. She’s out to break up monopolies. cbsn.ws/4dc2nbv

This is the saddest shit I’ve ever read. No wonder Elon wants to get rid of the block function.

You owe it to yourself to read the FTC’s lawsuit against PBMs over artificially inflated insulin prices. #milliondollarideas #moneyfromsickpeople #grosstonetbubble ftc.gov/system/files/f…

This interview with a Haitian community leader in Springfield, Ohio, is well worth reading, but one point that stood out to me is that he points to the expiration of COVID-era social insurance programs as a moment when bigotry against the Haitian immigrant community increased.

A friendly reminder that Invitation Homes was created by PE giant Blackstone as it bought up foreclosed single family homes in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Blackstone sold its last stake in IH for $7B in 2019.

“White collar crime” is a euphemism for large-scale theft and criminality on a level that far exceeds what normal people have the means to do. So Eric Adams stealing $10,000,000 is “white collar crime” but stealing a $1,000 purse gets reported as “felony theft” and a “shoplifting