death to the scam economy

signed, my stressed mother not realizing she had signed up for a monthly subscription to a laundry stain remover until after the purchase, and had no idea why her card details were saved with shopify

opted-in defaults must be destroyed with cleansing fire

Bingo. Corporate welfare is the real welfare you should be talking about.

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Call to action! Framingham, MA tomorrow, 11/16, 8-10 am

#newtonindivisible #noice #crushice #isap

Facts

Rev. Michael Woolf, a faith leader and minister at Lake Street Church of Evanston, detained by Illinois State Police while protesting immigration policies outside the Broadview facility in Chicago. Photo by Jim Vondruska/Reuters

Rev. Michael Woolf, a faith leader and minister at Lake Street Church of Evanston, detained by Illinois State Police while protesting immigration policies outside the Broadview facility in Chicago.

Photo by Jim Vondruska/Reuters

I stand in solidarity with the Starbucks workers on strike.

When a corporation can pay $96 million to its CEO for just four months of work, it can afford to pay its workers a living wage and decent benefits.

Private equity firm Sycamore Partners bought Walgreens.

Now Walgreens has stopped giving most workers paid vacation on Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays.

Private equity takeovers are a disaster for workers, and customers.

Starbucks’ CEO makes 6,666x what the average @sbworkersunited.org barista does. It would take less than one day of sales to finalize a fair contract.

Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.

New Orleans nurses are on the strike line this week because fewer and fewer staff are staying long-term at UMC. Meanwhile, LCMC executives are making obscene amounts of money.

How about investing those profits into nurse retention instead of executive pay?

Priorities.

My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far

A purple flower stretches upward, growing from a crack in the sidewalk concrete

Like a stubborn bloom
Living in cracks of concrete
You cannot kill hope.

#poetry #Haiku

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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"

WATCH — @repstevenhorsford.bsky.social : “My amendment would redirect that $40 BILLION from Argentina to fund the ACA subsidies for two years… a far better use of taxpayer dollars.”

Why do we have money for Argentina while our own people lose their health care? How does this make us great?

China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity

This seems like good news... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Instead of just trying to make premiums more affordable, let’s get rid of them.

Medicare for All.

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At a time when Trump wants to double premiums and throw 15 million off the health care they have, please remember that the U.S. is the only major country on Earth not the guarantee health care to all as a human right.

We must pass Medicare for All.

Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...

“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...

Boycotts work!

Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?

Character isn't something you tell people about.

It's something you live.

Vets Say No one n November 11, 2025.

Veterans are saying NO this Veterans Day - no to ICE, no to cuts, no to occupation.

Join About Face veterans + May Day Strong on Tues Nov 11, 3-4pm at Veterans Memorial Park, Boston. Nonviolent rally, all are welcome.

Be there! Please share + spread the word.

#NoICE #NoCuts #NoOccupation

It shouldn’t take multiple court orders for the President to feed hungry Americans.

Donald Trump needs to restore full SNAP benefits now. No half measures. No excuses.

Be there, Newton! ICE out of Waltham! Saturday vigil, 11 am, with march to Waltham Common and rally, 12:30.

#newtonindivisible
#fuckice #walthamstrong

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Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 94th day out of the last 106.

12 days of work in 106 days.

With full pay and benefits.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning.

This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.