Azurp
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After buying it for $18.8 billion, Walgreens' new private equity owner has eliminated paid holidays for all hourly workers on Christmas and New Year's.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
December 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
After buying it for $18.8 billion, Walgreens' new private equity owner has eliminated paid holidays for all hourly workers on Christmas and New Year's.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
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Like it or not, what Trump says or does while US president represents you as a whole, an entire country, an entire people, whether you voted for him or not, protest him or not, he is your legal and international face, and YES that should piss you the fuck off. It is possible for you to be angrier.
December 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Like it or not, what Trump says or does while US president represents you as a whole, an entire country, an entire people, whether you voted for him or not, protest him or not, he is your legal and international face, and YES that should piss you the fuck off. It is possible for you to be angrier.
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Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group.
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
December 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group.
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The Trump administration will begin seizing the pay of people in default on their student loans in the new year.
Starting January 7th, the Department of Education will start withholding a chunk of the wages from some student loan borrowers in default.
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Starting January 7th, the Department of Education will start withholding a chunk of the wages from some student loan borrowers in default.
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Wage garnishment for defaulted student loans to resume early next year
The Education Department had stopped collecting wages to repay defaulted loans during the coronavirus pandemic.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The Trump administration will begin seizing the pay of people in default on their student loans in the new year.
Starting January 7th, the Department of Education will start withholding a chunk of the wages from some student loan borrowers in default.
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Starting January 7th, the Department of Education will start withholding a chunk of the wages from some student loan borrowers in default.
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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In the Netherlands, burnout is a legally recognized reason for sick leave, and workers are entitled to at least 70% of their salary for up to 104 weeks of illness.
December 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
In the Netherlands, burnout is a legally recognized reason for sick leave, and workers are entitled to at least 70% of their salary for up to 104 weeks of illness.
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Looking for the truth about what it was like inside CECOT?
Earlier this year, we spoke to the men the Trump administration deported to El Salvador. Hear about what they endured, in their own words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8INs141xeQ
Earlier this year, we spoke to the men the Trump administration deported to El Salvador. Hear about what they endured, in their own words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8INs141xeQ
December 23, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Looking for the truth about what it was like inside CECOT?
Earlier this year, we spoke to the men the Trump administration deported to El Salvador. Hear about what they endured, in their own words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8INs141xeQ
Earlier this year, we spoke to the men the Trump administration deported to El Salvador. Hear about what they endured, in their own words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8INs141xeQ
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After a year of community pressure, Minneapolis cut funding for its contract with Zencity, an Israeli tech company whose surveillance technology emerged from Israel’s military intelligence center.
fightbacknews.org/articles/min...
fightbacknews.org/articles/min...
Minneapolis cuts funding for contract with Israeli tech surveillance company
Minneapolis, MN - After a year of community pressure, Minneapolis cut funding for its contract with Zencity, an Israeli tech company wh...
fightbacknews.org
December 23, 2025 at 3:56 AM
After a year of community pressure, Minneapolis cut funding for its contract with Zencity, an Israeli tech company whose surveillance technology emerged from Israel’s military intelligence center.
fightbacknews.org/articles/min...
fightbacknews.org/articles/min...
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"I have no interest in supporting this deportation machine and if an aviation grant is what’s on the line, it's clear to me where the city should stand on that, and where my obligations are to people in this city and around the country.”
fightbacknews.org/articles/den...
fightbacknews.org/articles/den...
Denver community stops expansion of deportation flight operation
Denver, CO - Organizers in Denver are continuing the fight against local airline Key Lime Air, responsible for deportation flights. Ov...
fightbacknews.org
December 23, 2025 at 3:44 AM
"I have no interest in supporting this deportation machine and if an aviation grant is what’s on the line, it's clear to me where the city should stand on that, and where my obligations are to people in this city and around the country.”
fightbacknews.org/articles/den...
fightbacknews.org/articles/den...
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U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
December 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
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On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, or NCAR, reports Benjamin Santer.
"Even if you’re not a scientist, this should be on your radar. You need to understand what it means."
Read more: buff.ly/kdq6GJg
"Even if you’re not a scientist, this should be on your radar. You need to understand what it means."
Read more: buff.ly/kdq6GJg
December 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, or NCAR, reports Benjamin Santer.
"Even if you’re not a scientist, this should be on your radar. You need to understand what it means."
Read more: buff.ly/kdq6GJg
"Even if you’re not a scientist, this should be on your radar. You need to understand what it means."
Read more: buff.ly/kdq6GJg
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Believe the victims
Believe the victims
Believe the victims
Maria Farmer first went to the FBI to warn them about Epstein in 1996.
She was ignored
Mass abuse followed
She’s been called a liar & an attention seeker for decades
One of the files released today vindicated her
Believe the victims
Believe the victims
Maria Farmer first went to the FBI to warn them about Epstein in 1996.
She was ignored
Mass abuse followed
She’s been called a liar & an attention seeker for decades
One of the files released today vindicated her
Statement from Maria Farmer: “This is amazing. Thank you for believing me. I feel redeemed. This is one of the best days of my life. Of course, it's mixed with the fact that I'm devastated about all the other little girls like Virginia who were harmed because the FBI didn't do their job. 1/
HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
December 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Believe the victims
Believe the victims
Believe the victims
Maria Farmer first went to the FBI to warn them about Epstein in 1996.
She was ignored
Mass abuse followed
She’s been called a liar & an attention seeker for decades
One of the files released today vindicated her
Believe the victims
Believe the victims
Maria Farmer first went to the FBI to warn them about Epstein in 1996.
She was ignored
Mass abuse followed
She’s been called a liar & an attention seeker for decades
One of the files released today vindicated her
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With a dozen crazy events like this now happening every day
I almost admire the discipline it takes for corp news & white liberals to still, even as we cross 1.5C warming,
pretend we’re not in a real time global emergency.
I almost admire the discipline it takes for corp news & white liberals to still, even as we cross 1.5C warming,
pretend we’re not in a real time global emergency.
December 20, 2025 at 1:06 AM
With a dozen crazy events like this now happening every day
I almost admire the discipline it takes for corp news & white liberals to still, even as we cross 1.5C warming,
pretend we’re not in a real time global emergency.
I almost admire the discipline it takes for corp news & white liberals to still, even as we cross 1.5C warming,
pretend we’re not in a real time global emergency.
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Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
December 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
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🚨 @slotkin.senate.gov warns of new NSPM-7 order tasking federal law enforcement with "coming up with this list of domestic terrorist organizations."
December 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
🚨 @slotkin.senate.gov warns of new NSPM-7 order tasking federal law enforcement with "coming up with this list of domestic terrorist organizations."
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U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
December 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
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Starbucks workers are STILL on ULP strike in over 130 cities and growing. Support our fight for better pay, scheduling, and protections - as well as a resolution to all outstanding unfair labor practices - by NOT BUYING STARBUCKS at ANY location for the duration of our strike!
December 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Starbucks workers are STILL on ULP strike in over 130 cities and growing. Support our fight for better pay, scheduling, and protections - as well as a resolution to all outstanding unfair labor practices - by NOT BUYING STARBUCKS at ANY location for the duration of our strike!
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ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
December 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
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🚨NEW: Fresh off paying fines in a kickback prosecution, dialysis giant Davita - previously nailed in a huge Medicare fraud case - just used Citizens United to dump a $50,000 corporate donation into Colorado's gubernatorial race.
Now, there's a state push to ban that kind of spending.
Now, there's a state push to ban that kind of spending.
This Is How To End Citizens United
Colorado’s Attorney General joins Montana’s battle to use the Supreme Court’s own precedent to strip corporations of their personhood status.
sirota.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
🚨NEW: Fresh off paying fines in a kickback prosecution, dialysis giant Davita - previously nailed in a huge Medicare fraud case - just used Citizens United to dump a $50,000 corporate donation into Colorado's gubernatorial race.
Now, there's a state push to ban that kind of spending.
Now, there's a state push to ban that kind of spending.
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Forty years ago, 90% of media outlets were spread across 50 companies.
Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.
This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.
This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
December 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Forty years ago, 90% of media outlets were spread across 50 companies.
Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.
This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.
This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
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Layoff announcements top 1.1 million this year, the most since 2020 pandemic, per CNBC
December 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Layoff announcements top 1.1 million this year, the most since 2020 pandemic, per CNBC
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Reminder: This vast consolidation of wealth and power at the top has not been due to neutral market forces.
There’s no such thing as a “free market.”
It is designed.
It either advances public purposes or it serves the monied interests.
There’s no such thing as a “free market.”
It is designed.
It either advances public purposes or it serves the monied interests.
December 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Reminder: This vast consolidation of wealth and power at the top has not been due to neutral market forces.
There’s no such thing as a “free market.”
It is designed.
It either advances public purposes or it serves the monied interests.
There’s no such thing as a “free market.”
It is designed.
It either advances public purposes or it serves the monied interests.
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Neighbors, we are still (wonderfully) overwhelmed by the requests and support.
Tomorrow (Saturday) we're having a zine folding party from 1-3:30pm.
DM for the location - it's a public space in South Minneapolis on public transit.
Come fold zines that will go straight out into the community!
Tomorrow (Saturday) we're having a zine folding party from 1-3:30pm.
DM for the location - it's a public space in South Minneapolis on public transit.
Come fold zines that will go straight out into the community!
December 6, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Neighbors, we are still (wonderfully) overwhelmed by the requests and support.
Tomorrow (Saturday) we're having a zine folding party from 1-3:30pm.
DM for the location - it's a public space in South Minneapolis on public transit.
Come fold zines that will go straight out into the community!
Tomorrow (Saturday) we're having a zine folding party from 1-3:30pm.
DM for the location - it's a public space in South Minneapolis on public transit.
Come fold zines that will go straight out into the community!
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According to a new study, members of Congressional leadership perform 47% better in stock market trades than their rank-and-file peers, thanks to access to nonpublic information.
Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
December 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
According to a new study, members of Congressional leadership perform 47% better in stock market trades than their rank-and-file peers, thanks to access to nonpublic information.
Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
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Neighbors: if you need 1-2 whistles, please pick them up at one of these great neighborhood businesses hosting whistles!
Minneapolis: Bichota Coffee, May Day Cafe, Sisters Sludge Coffee, Nice Time Market, Moon Palace, Arbieter, A Bar of Their Own, Bench Pressed, Boneshaker Books, Color Wheel
1/2
Minneapolis: Bichota Coffee, May Day Cafe, Sisters Sludge Coffee, Nice Time Market, Moon Palace, Arbieter, A Bar of Their Own, Bench Pressed, Boneshaker Books, Color Wheel
1/2
December 5, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Neighbors: if you need 1-2 whistles, please pick them up at one of these great neighborhood businesses hosting whistles!
Minneapolis: Bichota Coffee, May Day Cafe, Sisters Sludge Coffee, Nice Time Market, Moon Palace, Arbieter, A Bar of Their Own, Bench Pressed, Boneshaker Books, Color Wheel
1/2
Minneapolis: Bichota Coffee, May Day Cafe, Sisters Sludge Coffee, Nice Time Market, Moon Palace, Arbieter, A Bar of Their Own, Bench Pressed, Boneshaker Books, Color Wheel
1/2
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Why have so many corporations donated to Trump’s White House ballroom project?
Could it be because many of them have lucrative government contracts?
Or because they have mergers and other regulatory business before Trump?
I’m sure they just thought a ballroom sounded nice…
Could it be because many of them have lucrative government contracts?
Or because they have mergers and other regulatory business before Trump?
I’m sure they just thought a ballroom sounded nice…
Trump’s Ballroom Corruption Exposed
YouTube video by Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Why have so many corporations donated to Trump’s White House ballroom project?
Could it be because many of them have lucrative government contracts?
Or because they have mergers and other regulatory business before Trump?
I’m sure they just thought a ballroom sounded nice…
Could it be because many of them have lucrative government contracts?
Or because they have mergers and other regulatory business before Trump?
I’m sure they just thought a ballroom sounded nice…