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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 11h

Vulnerable patients are getting signed up for medical credit cards—in some cases while they’re still on anesthesia.

These cards are creating a new frontier of medical debt.

Some patients are even getting sued over debt from cards they don’t remember signing up for.

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Billionaire Banks Found a New Way To Trap You In Debt

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 14h

Nearly 70% of Americans believe the economy is headed in the wrong direction, according to a new Fannie Mae survey.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 14h

Read the full report here:

www.protectourcare.org/hospital-cri...

Hospital Crisis Watch: Senator Murphy and Protect Our Care Mark Grim Milestone of 500 Providers at Risk of Closing or Closed Due to GOP Health Care Crisis — Protect Our Care

Protect Our Care’s Hospital Crisis Watch Map Now Shows 500 Health Care Providers at Risk of Closing Due to the GOP Health Care Crisis Washington, D.C. — Protect Our Care’s...

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 14h

500 hospitals, nursing homes, and clinics are now closing or at risk of closure because of the Republican bill that guts health care funding, per @protectourcare.org.

Map of the U.S. with dots for each of the 500 health facilities closing or at risk of closing.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 15h

Meta, OpenAI, and Oracle have collectively announced plans to spend more than $1 trillion on data centers in the next several years.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 15h

For the first time in history renewable energy sources are now generating more power than coal worldwide.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 16h

California has now banned algorithmic price fixing.

The state has outlawed the practice of landlords colluding to raise prices using rental software and AI.

This is a huge victory for renters in the biggest state in the country.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 16h

Investors now make up the highest share of homebuyers in 5 years.

www.cnbc.com/2025/10/07/h...

Investors are making up the highest share of homebuyers in 5 years

Real estate investors, both individual and institutional, bought one-third of all single-family residential properties sold in the second quarter of 2025.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 16h

Real estate investors bought one-third of all single-family residential homes sold in the second quarter of 2025.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 16h

Twelve Federal Aviation Administration facilities saw staffing shortages Monday night.

Burbank, Phoenix and Denver had the worst staffing problems.

Newark, Jacksonville, Chicago, DC, and Indianapolis and other locations were also short staffed due to the government shutdown.

Government shutdown hits air travel, closing a control tower and causing delays across the country | CNN

The impact of the government shutdown hit travelers across the United States Monday, as air traffic controllers called out sick, closing a control tower and leading to delays at major airports.

www.cnn.com

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 16h

You can read the law for yourself here:

www.congress.gov/bill/116th-c...

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 16h

A new White House memo says that furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to back pay.

This is clearly against the law, which guarantees furloughed federal employees back pay for the duration of a government shutdown.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump administration is proposing cutting the NASA budget nearly in half.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

Housing prices are now falling in half of the country’s major housing markets.

Half of America’s major housing markets now have falling home prices

While many Sun Belt metros face mild corrections, tighter markets in the Northeast and Midwest are still seeing home prices rise.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

Individual bankruptcy filings have jumped 15% in the first 9 months of 2025.

Chapter 7 Individual Bankruptcy Filings Jump 15 Percent in First 9 Months of 2025

There are also growing concerns about rising credit stress among Americans.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

Nike has dramatically raised prices over the last year.

Footwear prices are up 17%.

Apparel prices are up 14%.

And equipment and protection prices are up 18%.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

More than 800,000 Uber and Lyft drivers in California will be able to unionize under a bill that has now been signed into law.

The law also requires the corporate giants to bargain with these workers in good faith.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump admin is preparing a plan to make it harder for older Americans to get Social Security disability payments.

Officials are considering eliminating age as a factor in deciding whether or not someone is capable of working.

Hundreds of thousands of people could lose out.

Trump plan would limit disability benefits for older Americans

Trump administration officials are considering eliminating age as a factor in deciding whether someone is capable of working.

www.washingtonpost.com

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

And voters also think that the economy, jobs, and inflation are the most important issues the country faces right now:

www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-new...

CBS News poll finds few feel shutdown is worth it, low marks for Republicans, Democrats and Trump's handling

Americans are concerned about the effect of the shutdown on the economy, amid unease about jobs and inflation.

www.cbsnews.com

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

New CBS polling shows that voters have soured on Trump's handling of economic issues.

60% of voters now disapprove of his overall handling of the economy.

On inflation it's even worse for Trump, with 65% disapproving.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has voted to let BlackRock buy Allete, the company that runs Minnesota Power.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 4d

BlackRock is on the verge of buying Aligned Data Centers — a massive data center construction company — in a deal valued at $40 billion.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 4d

The Trump administration says it's freezing $2.1 billion in Chicago infrastructure funding.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 4d

The top 1% in the US have now a record $52 trillion in wealth.

The bottom 50% have about $4 trillion.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 5d

Furloughed Department of Education workers have discovered their email accounts manipulated to include partisan talking points blaming the government shutdown on Democrats, per @nbcnews.com:

The altered email messages included language saying: “Thank you for contacting me. On September 10, 2025, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5371, a clean continuing resolution. Unfortunately, Democrat Senators are blocking passage of H.R. 5371 in the Senate which has led to a lapse in appropriations. Due to the lapse of appropriations, I am currently in furlough status. I will respond to emails once government functions resume.”

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