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Rent is skyrocketing and home buying is out of reach for millions. One big reason why? Wall Street. Let me explain. How Wall Street Priced You Out of a Home | Robert Reich

According to a new report, nearly 27% of homes sold in Q1 of 2025 were bought by real estate investors — the highest share in at least five years.

If we want to make housing affordable for working people, we must get Wall Street out of our homes. https://youtu.be/q9TOGxDJ0TE?si=vGkgsj8jyHBFtUyW

Developing nations leapfrogging the fossil fuel stage. We're seeing this in Pakistan with rooftop solar, in Ethiopia and Nepal with electric vehicles. Hugely important for all of us.

"This was supposed to be my best assignment," Allen told ABC News. "This was supposed to be the crowning jewel of my career. To move from the tactical level to the operational level. But immediately, all that excitement about being here was derailed." Instead, he says he later found out there were leaking sewage pipes under the home that the housing company, Hunt Military Communities, said it had already repaired. Allen's wife, Stacey, and daughter, Sydney, were by his side to address health issues, including visits to specialists who couldn't understand why they couldn't control the inflammation and pressure in his eyes. "So we had the house tested, and that's when we found out that there was black mold coming through the air ducts," said Allen. "Green mold in the house, too." Environmental consultant Joe Reiss, who tests species of molds though is not involved in any of these cases, told ABC News that this fungus thrives in damp environments and "will look for an opportunistic colony." Allen says he has incurred out-of-pocket expenses totaling thousands of dollars. He has now moved his family off base with only the essential clothes and furniture they could salvage from the mold.

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Personally, if I were threatening to deploy my troops to occupy Manhattan, I probably wouldn't compensate those troops by making their wives and kids live in literal tenements.

Lovely sunset, David--Gwen

Lots of snags and upturned roots at the edge of the marsh between Green island and Skidaway Island, GA, near Savannah. Delegal Creek cresting at kingtide

Young man in flat profile, but his mazzocchio (that’s the headgear) looking very 3-dimensional because it’s painted by Paolo Uccello, master of perspective. Today is his day.

A set of stairs in the #portlandjapanesegarden. The fog was just starting to clear and i love these stairs. #photography #portland #pdx #landscape #garden #nikon

The new US Ambassador to Greece

i keep seeing people saying “no way to know why dems lost” and it makes me want to lose my mind

they lost bc disengaged voters bought gop bullshit and its pretty obvious this was the payoff of a generational effort on the right to work the refs in media…

Fellas, I don’t post here a lot but you should absolutely know this // help me spread the word!

Violent crackdowns are happening in Tbilisi, Georgia. We are fighting for our lives here.

Please, please, please help us spread the word.

Trump's 4 indictments in detail: A quick-look guide to charges, trial dates and key players for each case A brief overview of the key players and allegations in each of Donald Trump's four criminal cases.

"I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed."

-- Jonathan Swift, born #OTD 1667

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How Kennedy Has Worked Abroad to Weaken Global Public Health Policy The health secretary pick and his organization have worked around the world to undermine longstanding policies on measles, AIDS and more.

“He, his organizations and their officials have interfered with vaccination efforts, undermined sex education campaigns meant to stem the spread of AIDS in Africa, and railed against global organizations like the World Health Organization that are in charge of health initiatives.”

@juliemason.bsky.social prediction: Everyone will learn the wrong lessons from this election

I had to pull over from laughing so hard listening to Greg Bluestein joke about MTG being the head of Homeland Security on @juliemason.bsky.social. Funniest thing I heard all day!

YouTube video by The Ground Game Podcast Ep. 08 - Blame the Media? (with Julie Mason) - The Ground Game Podcast

POOLIGANS - we got a new Ground Game Pod with one @juliemason.bsky.social

It's as excellent as it sounds. Title: Blame the media?
@thegroundgame.bsky.social

Listen, subscribe, like, share!

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@juliemason.bsky.social been thinking about Vance's weird obsessionfor families with kids: I hope when Walz gets a chance he can ask Vance If he supports both maternity and paternity leave, free child care, expansion of the child tax credit, and/or free Post-Secondary education (in whatever form).

That would be a nightmare. Vance is a jerk but smart, much smarter than Trump.

@juliemason.bsky.social I wonder if Trump will drop out after this disasterous debate and the Rs will run JD Vance. 🤔

😅

JD Vance speaking from behind bulletproof glass in Michigan

School shootings are a "fact of life", get over it, says man with the power to change that, flanked by elite armed guards and hiding inside a bulletproof box.

A brown and white goat and a white and brown goat looking at you, wondering if you have some spare scritches or cookies or anything

These two

A black cat pushing a little GOP elephant off a ledge with the caption, November 5, 2024.

So simple it's genius.

Naming heatwaves after mythical creatures: kid in sunglasses and bow in their hair going nah Naming heatwaves after oil companies : kid says yes

Also hurricanes

“They want to eliminate national parks” is a very simple way to get just about anyone on the Stop Project 2025 train. Are there much more glaring and life-threatening goals of P25? Yes but even your most bigoted cousin does not want to see the parks system sold for parts.

If they’re comfortable killing other people, they will eventually be comfortable killing you.

You can learn that lesson the easy way or the hard way.

@juliemason.bsky.social @oknox.bsky.social Cheese news! Opening THIS FRIDAY - A cheese museum in Paris!!! 😃

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Vivek Ramaswamy Crosses Trump Just in Time for Iowa Caucus (Sam Brodey/The Daily Beast)

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