NEW: Twitter hasn’t paid thousands of dollars in charitable donations that employees made in 2022, around the time of the acquisition. The money was taken out of employee paychecks but never reached the organizations. Benevity, the third-party platform that is used to facilitate

Amazon's CEO made $212.7 million in compensation in 2021 while the typical worker received $32,855. That's a ratio of 6,474 to 1. Now we learn that the company spent $14 million on anti-union consultants... Don't tell me that Amazon can't afford to let workers join a union.

I want to meet senior software engineers in LA with product management and team leadership experience who might be interested in joining a seed-funded climate tech startup in its earliest stage. ALL races, genders, and walks of life are encouraged to inquire. Discretion is

ConAgra—maker of Slim Jim, Healthy Choice, Reddi-wip, etc—says profits are booming thanks to price hikes on consumers. Profits are up 57% despite 8 straight quarters of declining product sales. All growth was driven by higher prices. Corporate profits are driving inflation.

🚨NEW: While secretly accepting undisclosed billionaire gifts, Clarence Thomas pushed to kill all political spending disclosure laws in America, insisting that billionaires have a right to anonymously influence public officials. levernews.com/thomas-pushed-…

At a time of rampant corporate greed and increasing inequality, young people know that the only way we will win real gains for the working class is by growing the trade union movement. We need to make it easier for workers to join a union. x.com/nprbusiness/st…

A Trump-appointed judge is attempting to ban Mifepristone—an abortion pill that was approved by the FDA 23 years ago. Far-right Republicans are pushing for a national abortion ban. I'm joining 240 members of Congress to file an amicus brief to ensure access to Mifepristone.

As Texas Gov Abbot prepares to pardon a white man & convicted murderer for killing a peaceful BLM protestor—Texas sentences a Black man to 70 years in prison for “spitting at police” to “make an example out of him.”😳 Systemic white supremacy is thriving in the GOP. Horrific.

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Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s safer to NOT have them. Via Streetsblog USA usa.streetsblog.org/2019/05/29/pro…

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Children are gunned down at their school. And Tennessee Republicans decide to take immediate action to protect... GUN MANUFACTURERS from mass shootings. You cannot make this stuff up. cbsnews.com/news/tennessee…

In 2023, over 400 anti-trans bills have been introduced across our country. We need to call it what it is: a deliberate campaign by the GOP to erase trans people. It’s an attack on human rights.

Okay, real talk, let's talk Twitter Blue. A short thread on why this whole misadventure is so stupid and doomed. I've designed monetization for F2P MMOs. I know about subscription fees, and I know about free options, I know about enticing players to upsell to the sub. 1/

the NYPD is on pace to blow past its allotted overtime budget for FY2023 by ~$366 million which is 16X what it would cost to keep public libraries open on the weekends. Keep in mind, $366 million isn’t their OT budget, it’s what the NYPD went OVER their allotted OT budget ($374M)

NEW: Trump Attorney Cleta Mitchell-who fought to overturn 2020 election-caught on tape admitting she never saw any evidence of fraud with the voting machines. Let’s make this viral.

Trump hosted Kyle Rittenhouse after he killed Black Lives Matter protesters. Greg Abbott wants to pardon Daniel Perry, who murdered a Black Lives Matter protester. Ron DeSantis is fundraising for Daniel Penny, who killed a Black man on a subway. This is the Republican Party.

Tax cuts for the wealthy have long drawn support from Republicans who argue that such measures will “trickle down” and eventually boost jobs and incomes. A study by LSE* says 50 years of such tax cuts have only helped one group — the rich. (2021) theintellectualist.com/members/the-in…

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