The landlord gutting America’s hospitals Medical Properties Trust buys up hospitals and then leases them back to health care systems. Dozens of its hospitals have gone belly up.

One reason so many American hospitals are struggling? Investors buy them up, then suck them dry, charging such high rents that services are gutted.
Reveal explores what happened to one Louisiana hospital when Medical Properties Trust came to town. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I refuse to support a party by any billionaire. If the reasons for that are not obvious to anyone, they should be.

Like spoiled milk.

Honestly, I think that would be amazing. I hate shopping in larger stores, it takes a while to go through the store and find what I need. That, and while I love farmers markets, the ones I frequent are open Thursdays through Saturdays, but only until a certain time each day.

I see we are continuing to get both bad comedy and bad theater from the clown and pony show in DC. At some point, I hope someone comes to their damned sense and just reveals all.

...how is that shocking? That theory has been around longer than anyone living today has been alive.

History can tell you a lot, including recent history. Helps root out the liars and those with bad agendas.

Journalists are being attacked at protests again. Here’s how you can help Five ideas for standing with and standing up for journalists facing police abuses at protests

Want to stop law enforcement abuse of journalists and the First Amendment at the recent protests?

Here are five things you can do to help.

I will live in spite of this Administration. I will live in spite of this court.

The work goes on, and I will not stop fighting for us.

The TNR Wealth Poll: Americans Say Spread the Dough Our exclusive survey shows that a majority of Americans understand just how unequally wealth is distributed in the country—and they’re not happy about it.

When @sanders.senate.gov took his “Fighting Oligarchy” tour to Montana, he had one person in particular on his mind. “Mr. Musk himself owns more wealth than the bottom 56 percent of American households. That is not what this country is supposed to be about.” newrepublic.com/article/1962...

A kroger with a store temporarily close sign

Kroger has shut down four Colorado locations as grocery strike begins.

The UFCW just launched these initial walk outs, but the strike could grow dramatically and spread across multiple strikes.

Over 100,000 supermarket workers have authorized strikes across the West and PNW.

*International students represent about 15% of all higher ed students.
*They subsidize US students, so expect domestic student costs to increase
*Trump complains about tariffs but he is destroying an industry where the US is a huge net exporter
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/u...

Do you trust Marco Rubio to administer the Electoral College? Plus: Major hack of FOIA software reveals problems of government’s overreliance on private companies

The archivist of the United States oversees the administration of the Electoral College and the constitutional amendment process.

Can Marco Rubio fulfill these roles without political interference?

Read more in our weekly secrecy newsletter, “The Classifieds.”

Short answer: no.
Long answer: also no. I see him being political about it. He will outright follow the edicts put forth in Project 2025 as well as whatever Trump randomly pulls from the ethereal on whatever random day of the week he pulls it. I expect immense, irreparable damage to the archives.

"Can the Tacomans take on the Lasagna Collective?! Find out in the next exciting adventure of Tacomans Z!"

Detention? Sounds like they're getting ready to open concentration camps in-country rather than rendition immigrants to El Salvadore.

One provision in the House bill that would normally get stripped out of the Senate bill (because it lacks budget effect) would empower the Trump admin to shut down NGOs that it views as "terrorist."

If Pablo is right and the Senate is bending the rules, there's a real danger of this becoming law.

When I interviewed KKK leaders in Arkansas, this is what they said too. “We don’t hate anyone. We just love our own people.” Then they burned a cross.

More Than a Dozen U.S. Officials Sold Stocks Before Trump’s Tariffs Sent the Market Plunging Records show well-timed trades by executive branch employees and congressional aides. Even if they had no insider information, ethics experts say such trading undermines faith in government and the ma...

NEW: More than a dozen high-ranking executive branch officials and congressional aides made well-timed trades since Trump took office, most of them selling stock before the market plunged amid fears that Trump’s tariffs would set off a global trade war.

The Shadowy Industry That Shaped American Work Direct-selling schemes are considered fringe businesses, but their values have bled into the national economy.

Multi-level-marketing companies are considered fringe businesses, but their values and practices have bled into the American workplace. @lorakelley.bsky.social on how they spawned the gig economy:

Who wants to slash Medicaid?

NOBODY.

Except the people in power.

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We should be asking what he's trying to distract us from today. Because that's usually the MO for this kind of posting of his.

Sounds like this is a prelude. This does not bode well for any lawmaker.

Just 115 days in, we’re seeing a troubling concentration of power—something our Constitution was designed to guard against. As Madison wrote, “The accumulation of all powers… may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”

From my speech at the New Republic:

On Lawfare Daily, Dan Byman talked to Evan Braden Montgomery and Toshi Yoshihara to discuss how China might use a blockade, subversion, and nuclear threats to intimidate Taiwan, the United States, and key regional states like Japan. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawf...

JFC... That's incredibly insane. And absolutely on brand for Musk.

Details on 89M Steam Accounts Leaked, Valve Says Systems Not Breached Valve says the leak features phone numbers that previously received a one-time passcode, but they're not associated with a Steam account, password, or other personal data.

So, this is a thing. Good time to change your password.
www.pcmag.com/news/change-...

U.S. AG Pam Bondi Sold More than $1 Million in Trump Media Stock the Day Trump Announced Sweeping Tariffs Disclosure forms show that Bondi sold between $1 million and $5 million worth of shares on April 2. That day, after the market closed, Trump’s “Liberation Day” press conference sent the market tumblin...

Disclosure forms show that Bondi sold between $1 million and $5 million worth of shares on April 2. That day, after the market closed, Trump’s “Liberation Day” press conference sent the market tumbling.

GOP Rep. Jeff Hurd: "I have serious concerns with this so-called gift from the govt of Qatar- security concerns, ethical concerns... but it's also a gift from a govt that supports terrorist organizations like Hamas. If a Democratic president accepted a gift like this, we'd be outraged."