More Perfect Union

The U.S. war on Iran is estimated to have already cost taxpayers over $2 billion dollars.

Washington post editorial board: Bernie sanders 2028 litmus test would strangle America’s golden goose. sub head: a 5 percent annual wealth tax on america's billionaires aims to halve their wealth

The Jeff Bezos Washington Post really doesn't like Bernie’s proposal to tax the rich.

Ohio has approved a $4.5 million sales tax exemption for a data center expansion project. The project will create 10 new full-time jobs.

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A consortium led by BlackRock and a Swedish private-equity firm is buying US power company AES for $33.4 billion.

AES is one of the world's biggest utility companies, generating electricity in 15 countries.

In the US alone the company has over 1 million customers.

85% of those who hold side jobs do that work during the school year, not just over breaks, according to the new Gallup survey done in partnership with the Bipartisan Policy Center and the Walton Family Foundation.

America’s teachers are working two jobs and barely getting by | CNN Business Ashley loves her day job teaching math, reading and science to fifth-graders in Washington. But like many other teachers, Ashley relies on a side hustle or two to get by.

The overwhelming majority of American public school teachers (71%) hold at least one side job, according to a new survey released today.

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Temco drivers unionize despite stiff opposition — a first for a Home Depot subsidiary “We did have management telling us that we were going to lose our jobs and would shut down.”

For the first time ever, workers at a Home Depot company have unionized.

Drivers who deliver building materials for Home Depot’s Temco subsidiary have voted to join the Teamsters.

They did so despite a vicious anti-union campaign from Home Depot and Temco.

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The top 1% in America now hoard $55.8 trillion — more than the G.D.P. of the United States and China combined.

On CNBC Steve Eisman says investors should ignore the U.S.-Iran war, because in the long-term this attack "is very, very positive."

Throwback to the co-founder of Palantir saying this is all about making money in June 2025:

" I'm really excited to invest in Iran if we can get this country to be some sort of republic and not run by crazy people, and that's a lot easier than doing that in Afghanistan..."

The money would also be used to:

-Reverse the cuts to Medicaid

- Raise the minimum salary of every public school teacher to $60,000

- Expand Medicare to cover dental, vision, and hearing for seniors

- Build $850 billion of affordable housing

- Provide universal childcare

BREAKING: Today Bernie Sanders is proposing new legislation to raise $4.4 trillion in taxes from America’s billionaires — a move that would virtually cut their massive fortunes in half.

A chunk of the money raised would go toward sending a $3K stimulus check to every person earning under $150K.

The first page of the draft reads: “It has been determined that a lowering of water quality of various waters of the state associated with granting coverage under this permit is necessary to accommodate important social and economic development in the state of Ohio.”

Ohio EPA weighs allowing data centers to dump wastewater into rivers COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency released a draft for a new permit that would allow data centers across the state to release untreated wastewater and stormwater dire…

The Ohio EPA released a draft for a new permit that would allow data centers to release untreated wastewater directly into rivers and streams.

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Homeland security awarded $250,000 contract to Trump-aligned consulting firm Exclusive: DHS chose firm with ties to Corey Lewandowski after demanding partisan loyalty, in departure from federal procurement guidelines

DHS has awarded a $250,000 contract to American Made Media Company, managed by former Trump campaign officials, to provide “strategic counsel” to top officials.

AMMC will draft branch negotiations and secure preferred media outlets to cover Kristi Noem’s press conferences.

Maryland AG Anthony Brown has filed a federal lawsuit to block the Trump administration’s “unlawful decision” to convert a warehouse into a massive immigration detention center to hold 1,500 people.

Workers decry Whirlpool’s job cuts amid offshoring, praise of Trump’s tariffs The US has lost factory jobs amid promises of a tariff-led renaissance

Whirlpool is enacting another round of layoffs at an Iowa plant, while moving work to Mexico, all while continuing to praise Trump's tariffs that cost the company $300 million last year
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Households With 2 Kids Need to Earn Average of $402,708 to Comfortably Afford Child Care Families don’t make enough on average to afford child care for two children, according to government benchmarks.

"Families don’t make enough on average to afford child care for two children, according to government benchmarks. The average annual cost of child care for an infant and a 4-year-old across the U.S. is $28,190."

A two-child household must earn $400,000 a year for childcare to be affordable, according to a new study.

Private equity behind majority of 2025’s largest bankruptcies PESP finds private equity-backed companies drove 54% of the largest U.S. bankruptcies in 2025, including 71% of major retail failures and 60% of major manufacturing bankruptcies

Private equity was behind a majority of 2025’s largest bankruptcies, according to a new report.

PE firms had a hand in 54% of the largest US corporate bankruptcies last year, per @pestakeholder.bsky.social.

These were cases involving $1 billion or more in liabilities at the time of filing.

Atlanta has the worst eviction rates in the country.

The metro area is less than a third the size of the NYC metro area, but Atlanta still has more evictions.

Atlanta also has the highest rate of mega-investor owned housing in the country.

Burger King will use AI to check if employees say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ Have it your way?

Burger King is launching an AI chatbot that will assess workers' "friendliness" and will be trained to recognize certain words and phrases like “welcome to Burger King,” “please,” and “thank you.”

The AI will be programmed into workers' headsets, according to @theverge.com.

BREAKING: JD Vance announces that the Trump administration has decided to “temporarily halt” some Medicaid funding to the state of Minnesota.

“Forever chemicals” are in the public drinking water systems of at least 151 million people — roughly half of all Americans who rely on these utilities for clean water.

This is according to the latest EPA data.

Merrimack town manager Paul Micali said the issue weighed heavily on residents' minds over the past few months.

“To say I'm ecstatic is an understatement,” he said.

Merrimack officials, residents say they’re relieved DHS is ditching its plan for a detention facility Gov. Kelly Ayotte announced Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will not move forward with a proposed Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Merrimack.

DHS has scrapped plans for an immigrant detention facility in Merrimack, New Hampshire.

After major community protest, and pushback against the Trump admin from Republican Governor Kelly Ayotte, the plans to buy a warehouse for use by ICE have been tossed out.

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Over 1,400 people stepped up to shovel snow in New York City as the city was hit by a major blizzard.

Zohran bumped pay from $19 to $30 — and got nearly 3x the number of emergency shovelers compared to the last big storm in January.

" I didn't like the speech because he did not talk about what he was doing to make our lives better... He talked about the healthcare plan. Where is his healthcare plan? People's health insurance premiums are going up. What is he doing for that? What is he doing for our seniors?"

Attorney General Bonta Exposes Amazon Price Fixing Scheme Driving Up Costs for Americans, Asks Court to Immediately Halt Illegal Conduct New evidence shows Amazon, its vendors, and competing retailers are price fixing, hiking up prices for consumer products and making Amazon richer and richer OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob B...

California’s Attorney General says they have uncovered evidence of Amazon and its competitors engaging in coordinated price fixing to raise prices and boost Amazon’s profits.

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Bitcoin mining is no longer profitable after crypto's latest downward turn, analyst says Bitcoin briefly sank below $63,000 on Tuesday, dragging down its miners alongside it.

Bitcoin mining is no longer profitable after crypto’s latest downturn, according to a new analysis.

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