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Medicare has negotiated lower prices for 15 new drugs, including Ozempic.

This comes despite Trump pushing to repeal the law that made this possible — the Inflation Reduction Act — and his Big Ugly Bill exempting other high-price drugs from negotiations altogether.

A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping at Target, Amazon, and Home Depot during the holiday weekend over their support for Trump's authoritarian policies.

I encourage you to join — and shop small. https://weaintbuyingit.com/

The Wrist-Slappers Strike Again - The American Prospect A settlement with algorithmic collusion facilitator RealPage allows it to keep allegedly ill-gotten profits and continue innovating to raise rents.

The price-setting company RealPage worked with landlords for years to overcharge tenants. A judge decided they can keep their profits, as long as they promise not to do it again. From @ddayen.bsky.social: trib.al/MbLEQ0Q

State and Local Contracts Prop Up For-Profit Prisons - The American Prospect CoreCivic and GEO Group profit from Trump’s immigration policies while also receiving lucrative contracts from state and local governments, including areas controlled by Democrats.

Private prison profits are booming under Trump 2.0. The CEO of America’s largest private prison operator said their mission “is perfectly aligned with the demands of this moment.” From @matthewcook5 with the Center for Media and Democracy: trib.al/7P1WGmU

The number of immigrants in detention without criminal records has surged by over 2,000% since Trump reentered the White House.

Nearly half of all detainees have no criminal charges or conviction.

Trump was always lying about going after the “worst of the worst.”

This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.

Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.

Getting big money out of politics.

Strengthening unions and fighting for higher wages.

Medicare for all, paid family leave, universal childcare...

This is the progressive populist agenda we need in America.

The Wrist-Slappers Strike Again - The American Prospect A settlement with algorithmic collusion facilitator RealPage allows it to keep allegedly ill-gotten profits and continue innovating to raise rents.

The Justice Department's settlement against RealPage doesn't take a dime of its profits from rental price-fixing, nor does it take away the data used to collude, which can still train the company's AI models. The restrictions imposed were things RealPage agreed to voluntarily a year ago.
Not good!

Over a quarter of Trump's proposed $1T military budget would go to just four companies who have spent $103B in taxpayer dollars on stock buybacks and dividends over the last decade.

He wants to use your money to make the military-industrial complex even richer.

The same executives that just fired 3,200 workers in Lexington a week before Thanksgiving collected $14.4 Million in bonus pay last year.

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Hm, seems like before sending a funding bill to this president, Democratic senators could have written some guarantees into the bill that the funding would actually get spent

The stock market's gains are being overwhelmingly driven by seven Big Tech companies who have invested heavily in AI, which has made tech oligarchs even wealthier.

But when that AI bubble bursts, the rest of us will be stuck holding the bag.

Be warned.

How to Get Rid of "Citizens United" We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way

How to get rid of Citizens United?

We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment.

There’s a far simpler way. Let me explain: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united

Average electricity cost increase since Jan:

Missouri ⬆️ 37%
Iowa ⬆️ 30%
North Dakota ⬆️ 30%
Oklahoma ⬆️ 30%
New Jersey ⬆️ 27%
Nebraska ⬆️ 25%
Montana ⬆️ 25%
Wyoming ⬆️ 23%

NATIONWIDE ⬆️ 11%

Instead of working to lower costs, Trump is boosting power-hungry AI data centers.

After ousting the BLS director and scrapping the October jobs and inflation reports, Trump is now canceling release of the advance Q3 GDP estimate.

Trump doesn't mind turning the lights off on the economy because he’d rather Americans not know how badly it’s doing under him.

The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the chemical industry.

This is why you always follow the money.

www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2025/09/17/a...

Dude who just got the SV Bank bailout two years ago is back banging the cup. It’s a tell.

Since 2000, political donations from the richest 100 Americans have increased nearly 140x.

They collectively spent over $1B in 2024, amounting to 1 in every 13 dollars spent during the election.

Is it any wonder why so many regular people feel like they no longer have a voice?

Exclusive | DOJ settles case accusing real estate tech firm RealPage of enabling landlords to collude on sky-high rents The Justice Department has settled its case against real estate tech firm RealPage, which faced bombshell allegations of building algorithms that allowed landlords to illegally collude to jack up r…

DOJ settles the RealPage case.
Some legitimate changes to its business practices but nobody's getting convicted for price fixing.
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Tyson is closing a Nebraska plant that employs 3,200 workers in order to “right-size” its business.

The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.

It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.

Textbook corporate greed.

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."

-FDR, 1937

Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back | Robert Reich The Guardian has no billionaire or corporate owner: funded by readers, our fierce independence is guaranteed

Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/13/trump-media-ultra-rich-democracy

Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.

Panic Tears Through U.S. as Health Insurance Costs Spike - The American Prospect The end of expanded subsidies for the Affordable Care Act exchanges means more people will go without health insurance.

Millions of Americans can no longer afford their health insurance, with some facing price hikes of more than $1500 a month.“It feels kind of like this war on everyone.” From @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social: trib.al/jnnCdWg

Trump bought Boeing bonds while rewarding the company billions in federal contracts.

He bought Intel bonds after directing the government to acquire a stake in the company.

He bought Meta bonds while pushing AI-friendly policy.

Trump isn’t governing — he’s cashing in.

"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis

Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.

We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.

Is AI inherently bad? Of course not.

The question is: WHO controls it & for what purpose?

Does anyone believe that the richest people on Earth are investing hundreds of billions in AI to improve life for ordinary people, eliminate poverty & solve global warming?

I doubt it.

Ellisons Tap Saudis to Fund News Media Takeover - The American Prospect If the Saudi crown prince owns a piece of CNN and CBS News, how will they cover No Kings Days?

The fortunes of Trump and his tech buddies are increasingly tied to the Gulf monarchies. Now David Ellison wants Mohammed bin Salman to help him buy Warner Bros.. From Harold Meyerson: trib.al/eAZVCSg

Is not playing these stupid games and taking a walk ever considered?

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I love the internet.
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