2026-06-05T09:34:12Z https://yabu.me David Dayen https://yabu.me/npub1t7pw7gsjv48jhk285nvdkw99alr6cstc3au0zajjpx7mch64f02s09sqmz https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3&cid=bafkreiadthvqs2olebbrkzjfhzyqtfqun6xzsvqdqowxb5ge4te3hpsrhi https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3&cid=bafkreiadthvqs2olebbrkzjfhzyqtfqun6xzsvqdqowxb5ge4te3hpsrhi https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfq5mxsdf9aqn6p300zh5e9w2ss2fk9d5ka3lgymx45m5rkejf2xgzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2g4y6hk ICYMI we have a full roundup of last night&#39;s outcomes in the Illinois midterm primary: the winners, the losers, the big money that dominated the scene. [@emmarjanssen.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy](<a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:ttz3ziydhzzy2xrw4ocin7oj">https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:ttz3ziydhzzy2xrw4ocin7oj</a> ) has that story.<br/>[prospect.org/2026/03/18/s...](<a href="https://prospect.org/2026/03/18/special-interest-super-pacs-underperform-illinois-democratic-primary-stratton-biss-miller-bean-ford/">https://prospect.org/2026/03/18/special-interest-super-pacs-underperform-illinois-democratic-primary-stratton-biss-miller-bean-ford/</a> )<br/><br/>[Special-Interest Super PACs Un...](<a href="https://prospect.org/2026/03/18/special-interest-super-pacs-underperform-illinois-democratic-primary-stratton-biss-miller-bean-ford/">https://prospect.org/2026/03/18/special-interest-super-pacs-underperform-illinois-democratic-primary-stratton-biss-miller-bean-ford/</a> ) 2026-03-18T13:24:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst62svze8r3dmtcae3pkj3zdhp3w58apnny6rk6eep433qjfepjlszyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2dqg5qq Lots of rumblings that the Trump administration will intervene to block the Netflix-Warner Bros merger, &amp; pave the way for a Paramount takeover that would include CNN, a further corruption of broadcast news. But state AGs have the power to stop this, if they act fast.<br/>[prospect.org/2026/02/19/t...](<a href="https://prospect.org/2026/02/19/trump-warner-bros-netflix-paramount-cnn-hbo-stephen-colbert/">https://prospect.org/2026/02/19/trump-warner-bros-netflix-paramount-cnn-hbo-stephen-colbert/</a> )<br/><br/>[The Wild Card in Trump’s Attem...](<a href="https://prospect.org/2026/02/19/trump-warner-bros-netflix-paramount-cnn-hbo-stephen-colbert/">https://prospect.org/2026/02/19/trump-warner-bros-netflix-paramount-cnn-hbo-stephen-colbert/</a> ) 2026-02-19T14:53:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgqrlp95srj73ayz0w00pys3af9zcymruzdxqgxxvzflxsgxmv7cgzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2d8ueg9 Bad Bunny, fresh off the Grammys, takes the giant stage of the Super Bowl halftime show this weekend. The NFL assures that there won&#39;t be a political message, but Bad Bunny is inherently political: his music is a reflection of Puerto Rico&#39;s colonial state and recent tragedies, James Baratta writes:<br/><br/>[Bad Bunny Bowl - The American ...](<a href="https://prospect.org/2026/02/06/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show-puerto-rico/">https://prospect.org/2026/02/06/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show-puerto-rico/</a> ) 2026-02-06T14:44:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgp2c8dws5ytu7fgjef4p3665h3e8qryvwv7j6454zx8hutf0mg7gzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2m5xcqs The Bondi Beach massacre would have been much worse without Australia&#39;s gun laws that forced the assailants to have to use a bolt-action rifle, writes <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1r56m5shzlae2zaqpvkhfe9gym7ct8r6jtkq7f2vjhw4p0uu7rvzq3mjt3u" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>ryan cooper</span> (<span class="italic">npub1r56…jt3u</span>)</a></span>.<br/>[prospect.org/2025/12/17/a...](<a href="https://prospect.org/2025/12/17/australia-proves-gun-control-works/">https://prospect.org/2025/12/17/australia-proves-gun-control-works/</a> )<br/><br/>[Australia Proves Gun Control W...](<a href="https://prospect.org/2025/12/17/australia-proves-gun-control-works/">https://prospect.org/2025/12/17/australia-proves-gun-control-works/</a> ) 2025-12-17T14:49:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszjqu0s0ad5ex2jc3f3jav24ljm4e3wz9syp06yacq0xul32sgcngzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2mpy9nj I remember writing years ago about a then-new initiative by Amazon to disrupt local government procurement of things like office and school supplies. Turns out Amazon&#39;s become very popular with school districts, and it&#39;s using dynamic pricing to rip those schools off.<br/>[prospect.org/2025/12/17/a...](<a href="https://prospect.org/2025/12/17/amazon-conning-school-districts-out-of-millions/">https://prospect.org/2025/12/17/amazon-conning-school-districts-out-of-millions/</a> )<br/><br/>[Amazon Has Been Conning School...](<a href="https://prospect.org/2025/12/17/amazon-conning-school-districts-out-of-millions/">https://prospect.org/2025/12/17/amazon-conning-school-districts-out-of-millions/</a> ) 2025-12-17T14:15:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr6xcegxqt64e7ahynwj4w60fnepcr89jzv03d24ppulkklrlqh8czyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2tg60v8 What was the movie of 2025? According to our critic A.A. Dowd, it was Sinners and it&#39;s not even close. Yet Hollywood&#39;s power brokers tried to downplay it, maybe because Black directors and stars are still considered &#34;risky&#34; bets in the movie biz, against all evidence.<br/>[prospect.org/2025/12/11/s...](<a href="https://prospect.org/2025/12/11/sinners-hit-hollywood-didnt-want/">https://prospect.org/2025/12/11/sinners-hit-hollywood-didnt-want/</a> )<br/><br/>[The Hit Hollywood Didn’t Want ...](<a href="https://prospect.org/2025/12/11/sinners-hit-hollywood-didnt-want/">https://prospect.org/2025/12/11/sinners-hit-hollywood-didnt-want/</a> ) 2025-12-11T15:04:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0y0vxwmplypr30hq70yacc9ga8pe2uzmrjumq0gcf84z7ggzjhnczyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2ldhcqk We review Tim Wu&#39;s The Age of Extraction, about how everything online has been designed to take from us. From Rhoda Feng, who writes that &#34;In the digital age, the tollbooth has been reborn in algorithmic form.&#34;<br/>[prospect.org/2025/12/10/i...](<a href="https://prospect.org/2025/12/10/internets-tollbooth-operators-wu-review/">https://prospect.org/2025/12/10/internets-tollbooth-operators-wu-review/</a> )<br/><br/>[The Internet’s Tollbooth Opera...](<a href="https://prospect.org/2025/12/10/internets-tollbooth-operators-wu-review/">https://prospect.org/2025/12/10/internets-tollbooth-operators-wu-review/</a> ) 2025-12-10T15:06:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvyvflya9jd8vnnn59vy25zk5q6f2qvurz9ftyrpnyallasvve09szyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2wrnlw6 Seven straight Warner Bros. pictures earned over $40 million on their opening weekends. Warner Bros. led the Golden Globes noms. It&#39;s having one of the best years critically and financially in its history.<br/>Why is it auctioning itself off?<br/>The answer explains a lot about the modern economy.<br/><br/>[Why Is Warner Bros. for Sale a...](<a href="https://prospect.org/2025/12/10/why-is-warner-bros-for-sale-at-all/">https://prospect.org/2025/12/10/why-is-warner-bros-for-sale-at-all/</a> ) 2025-12-10T14:47:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfgxvydz68rtl2czk2tgksatc2xtcgt2rttgk4ehnyk6z46ngjwqszyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2kt6kvq Instacart prices vary by 20% or more depending on the customer, despite buying the same item from the same store at the same time.<br/>Instacart admits that customers are subject to &#34;pricing tests.&#34;<br/>Surveillance pricing is so much more pervasive than we know.<br/>[www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/b...](<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/business/instacart-algorithmic-pricing.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/business/instacart-algorithmic-pricing.html</a> )<br/><br/>[Same Product, Same Store, but ...](<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/business/instacart-algorithmic-pricing.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/business/instacart-algorithmic-pricing.html</a> ) 2025-12-09T14:06:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf77qj6nguaf84h96w3e744m02wfy9wucge3cxp9x5wjze83rwekczyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a27hs4nh Here&#39;s who has come out against the Netflix/Warner Bros. deal:<br/>-Writers Guild<br/>-Directors Guild<br/>-SAG-AFTRA<br/>-documentary filmmakers<br/>-theater owners<br/>So all of Hollywood.<br/>They aren&#39;t opposing this because they secretly want a Paramount merger, it&#39;s because the deal will harm their livelihoods. 2025-12-06T16:00:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd93yssg5qgty6cwr9g9z45g94t442ck2d8kdtma887rpy5ugqtxgzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2xc8e87 The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.<br/>Just to level set 2025-11-29T16:47:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx6uuyhlsj8wc2fzhtd3u9cwnwjmrj7j5vpedwy40gh7fqnyt0syqzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2jquuuu &#34;This column presents empirical evidence that inflation is highly granular – it is significantly influenced by the prices set by a small number of large firms&#34;<br/>Oh.<br/>[cepr.org/voxeu/column...](<a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/granular-origins-inflation">https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/granular-origins-inflation</a> )<br/><br/>[The granular origins of inflat...](<a href="https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/granular-origins-inflation">https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/granular-origins-inflation</a> ) 2025-11-26T19:29:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdalu89e5zenvgutqdcgyxnfena6xe7xfu9ne6ynfjllnm36xu2mgzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2tre7vc We&#39;re not really talking enough about how the tariff reversals on fruits and nuts and spices is an admission by Trump that his entire economic program is a miserable failure.<br/>[www.axios.com/2025/11/15/t...](<a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/11/15/trump-tariffs-grocery-prices">https://www.axios.com/2025/11/15/trump-tariffs-grocery-prices</a> )<br/><br/>[Tariff relief at the grocery s...](<a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/11/15/trump-tariffs-grocery-prices">https://www.axios.com/2025/11/15/trump-tariffs-grocery-prices</a> ) 2025-11-16T23:38:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8z99fc369vackknqcndpeup4qajza7336c7vwmrmwu0w93q4e8qczyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2xljahn Bob Kuttner&#39;s latest on the shutdown is brutal on the Senate Cave Caucus. He also has some reporting on the House, where nearly all Democrats will oppose this and maximize pressure on Mike Johnson to find the votes.<br/>[prospect.org/2025/11/10/d...](<a href="https://prospect.org/2025/11/10/democrats-get-rolled-by-their-own/">https://prospect.org/2025/11/10/democrats-get-rolled-by-their-own/</a> )<br/><br/>[Democrats Get Rolled by Their ...](<a href="https://prospect.org/2025/11/10/democrats-get-rolled-by-their-own/">https://prospect.org/2025/11/10/democrats-get-rolled-by-their-own/</a> ) 2025-11-10T15:57:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfxc0h322362zu80m42rev36lpm7wdezhh0tm7wnazhsc52ny5yjgzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a230gfnp Cave bill text is out<br/>[www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...](<a href="https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/continuing_appropriations_act_2026_bill_text.pdf">https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/continuing_appropriations_act_2026_bill_text.pdf</a> )<br/><br/>[appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/...](<a href="https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/continuing_appropriations_act_2026_bill_text.pdf">https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/continuing_appropriations_act_2026_bill_text.pdf</a> ) 2025-11-09T23:43:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0myf2j82zlcd5pjlzuz6g6v4xaflcpx9m605lsznkd96mzmkhtyczyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a27scmgv SCOOP: Schumer was more involved than reported with the attempted cave on the government shutdown. The Gang of 8 Senate Dems had his approval &amp; he was getting daily updates.<br/>In Thursday&#39;s caucus meeting, the Gang claimed they had 10 votes to cave. The caucus went nuts, leading to the new proposal.<br/><br/>[Why Does Schumer Keep Trying t...](<a href="https://prospect.org/2025/11/08/why-does-schumer-keep-trying-to-cave-government-shutdown/">https://prospect.org/2025/11/08/why-does-schumer-keep-trying-to-cave-government-shutdown/</a> ) 2025-11-08T22:30:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstta6342qzerlhjjfzxnyfgt4k4udfeyn2zu0hkp8lg3lf84fcuugzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a20mmqg3 Two 18-inning World Series games, 2018 and 2023.<br/>This never happened in Biden&#39;s America 2025-10-28T06:46:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstjrw6ehhs5pl80hcy6qe0j7cdj9arwv4423084wydzak7lt4t68gzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2f3z7vd Trump loses some of his power if he&#39;s seen as a lame duck. He wants to be a first-term president in his second term so nobody will tune him out. That&#39;s the third-term talk in a nutshell. 2025-10-27T22:52:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp5dkdqrwaat57uzx34y940tnrcjuvk3d9xpvx2x2xptejkc7xkeczyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2z9xp4y This is something, a 2026 Montana ballot measure would prevent state-chartered corporations from campaign spending, and would force out-of-state corporations doing business in Montana to abide by the restrictions. Harold Meyerson explains Montana&#39;s anti-corporate history &amp; the potential of this law:<br/><br/>[Montanans Go After ‘Citizens U...](<a href="https://prospect.org/2025/10/27/montanans-go-after-citizens-united/">https://prospect.org/2025/10/27/montanans-go-after-citizens-united/</a> ) 2025-10-27T14:02:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2c27kx0e3k4nx89phgphvp68tuqlyglpq7wpk2akfgy78el6vj5qzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a26k3n6a Look, I just don&#39;t care about defending random candidates and I don&#39;t care about destroying them. The point of politics is to improve people&#39;s lives, and for those not actually in legislatures, the most productive activity is to change the ground politicians feel comfortable standing on.<br/><br/>[Politicians Aren’t Heroes - Th...](<a href="https://prospect.org/2025/10/27/politicians-arent-heroes/">https://prospect.org/2025/10/27/politicians-arent-heroes/</a> ) 2025-10-27T13:35:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd70eapzlj6xgwe3ksh97gkf0ud78qdrjdsjtp9dmpl58y6yntspqzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2h37edf California is readying a one-time 5% tax on billionaires for the 2026 ballot that would go toward compensating for Trump&#39;s Medicaid cuts. The architects see it as a national model.<br/>It will be announced today. 2025-10-23T14:33:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstft3xg032d9wgjwfksvkf70f9u8yprqmh2aunl37lawqrfulydhczyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2vernd8 I didn&#39;t have &#34;we need to explain the Law of the Sea&#34; on my 2025 bingo card, but <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1r56m5shzlae2zaqpvkhfe9gym7ct8r6jtkq7f2vjhw4p0uu7rvzq3mjt3u" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>ryan cooper</span> (<span class="italic">npub1r56…jt3u</span>)</a></span> does his duty in breaking down Trump&#39;s summary executions of random fishermen.<br/>[prospect.org/2025/10/23/p...](<a href="https://prospect.org/2025/10/23/pirate-lord-donald-trump/">https://prospect.org/2025/10/23/pirate-lord-donald-trump/</a> )<br/><br/>[The Pirate Lord Donald Trump -...](<a href="https://prospect.org/2025/10/23/pirate-lord-donald-trump/">https://prospect.org/2025/10/23/pirate-lord-donald-trump/</a> ) 2025-10-23T14:09:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf9gsnwyh3jwyjskgqu9l3fdz5g9afd752ru9snn5l0aalk8p06hgzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2syeurj Our story so far:<br/>Trump orders minions to destroy the Capitol on Jan 6.<br/>He&#39;s banned from YouTube.<br/>He returns to the White House.<br/>He sues YouTube for banning him.<br/>They settle for $22 million.<br/>That money is used by Trump to destroy the East Wing<br/>[www.cnbc.com/2025/10/22/t...](<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/22/trump-white-house-ballroom-east-wing-demolition-youtube.html?taid=68f90036808f32000109516b">https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/22/trump-white-house-ballroom-east-wing-demolition-youtube.html?taid=68f90036808f32000109516b</a> )<br/><br/>[Trump White House East Wing ba...](<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/22/trump-white-house-ballroom-east-wing-demolition-youtube.html?taid=68f90036808f32000109516b">https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/22/trump-white-house-ballroom-east-wing-demolition-youtube.html?taid=68f90036808f32000109516b</a> ) 2025-10-22T17:35:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswvhuyyjwhfsts9l3wfuwm6tzed0egn635ht7wz4sj8t4qu6avt9gzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2gyqm76 I was pleased to be asked to participate in TPM&#39;s 25th anniversary.<br/>My story is about paywalls and the privatization of news. The average news consumer today has more available to read than at any time in human history, yet less ability to understand what’s really going on.<br/><br/>[DC’s Access Journalists Turned...](<a href="https://talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/dcs-access-journalists-turned-the-news-into-a-luxury-good">https://talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/dcs-access-journalists-turned-the-news-into-a-luxury-good</a> ) 2025-10-17T14:29:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0xvd25tm82z4qwd5qjw8wkr2z8gahzkn3s4qxlp9kl77g0anxktczyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2vs2nkx Nvidia is paying OpenAI to buy Nvidia chips. The money is going out of one pocket and into another.<br/>This &#34;vendor financing&#34; is what has analysts concerned about AI reaching bubble territory. Bryan McMahon explains what&#39;s going on. <br/>[prospect.org/power/2025-1...](<a href="https://prospect.org/power/2025-10-15-nvidia-openai-ai-oracle-chips/">https://prospect.org/power/2025-10-15-nvidia-openai-ai-oracle-chips/</a> )<br/><br/>[The AI Ouroboros](<a href="https://prospect.org/power/2025-10-15-nvidia-openai-ai-oracle-chips/">https://prospect.org/power/2025-10-15-nvidia-openai-ai-oracle-chips/</a> ) 2025-10-15T13:57:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8j30qnetzf5eh3uw88k2l9pkklfsrnezv9v9rpynjm950j85rzegzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2x0n7sc So this is funny.<br/>The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump&#39;s Labor Department alleges that Trump&#39;s immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a &#34;risk of supply shock-induced food shortages.&#34;<br/><br/>[Trump Labor Department Says Hi...](<a href="https://prospect.org/politics/trump-labor-department-immigration-ICE-food-crisis/">https://prospect.org/politics/trump-labor-department-immigration-ICE-food-crisis/</a> ) 2025-10-08T13:11:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgjed5qp4gfmp8ua9h7s3x9895f635agy74n6jc5tpud44gpcfz0qzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a243fdff Super-interesting episode of our Organized Money podcast here.<br/>The US is bailing out Argentina &amp; MAGA pal Javier Milei. But Argentina is the main competitor for soybean exports to China, so the bailout is hurting US farmers. America First!<br/>Matias Vernengo &amp; Rohit Chopra are our guests.<br/><br/>[The Very Weird Farmer Revolt A...](<a href="https://www.organizedmoney.fm/p/the-very-weird-farmer-revolt-against?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;publication_id=3134908&amp;post_id=175115986&amp;utm_campaign=email-post-title&amp;isFreemail=false&amp;r=7klov&amp;triedRedirect=true&amp;utm_medium=email">https://www.organizedmoney.fm/p/the-very-weird-farmer-revolt-against?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;publication_id=3134908&amp;post_id=175115986&amp;utm_campaign=email-post-title&amp;isFreemail=false&amp;r=7klov&amp;triedRedirect=true&amp;utm_medium=email</a> ) 2025-10-02T15:33:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsznuq7r7h6vjuw9hnktm90809qmy0qeunew889492cp7eqylkdhgczyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a26r2x4r An under-the-radar but huge story: in less than 2 weeks, Microsoft plans to end support for the Windows 10 operating system, which is currently used on 42% (!) of all PCs globally. Over 400 million computers will be vulnerable to hacks or destined for the dump if users don&#39;t pay up.<br/><br/>[Microsoft Is Abandoning Window...](<a href="https://prospect.org/power/2025-10-02-microsoft-abandoning-windows-10-hackers-celebrating/">https://prospect.org/power/2025-10-02-microsoft-abandoning-windows-10-hackers-celebrating/</a> ) 2025-10-02T13:50:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0suyp5eelrfwf9zex4z5gsdypn5jd6ezjpqf0ypmc0km8dgy38gszyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a20muxtn See this is very sharp, but it&#39;s the kind of thing that should populate the budget bill. Any illegal impoundment should result in the immediate elimination of the presidential travel budget, for example.<br/><a href="https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3&amp;cid=bafkreigcagdruenu5v2pc75xkugihlfrsmm75kc746ltod5lc6gzoktkjy">https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3&amp;cid=bafkreigcagdruenu5v2pc75xkugihlfrsmm75kc746ltod5lc6gzoktkjy</a><br/> 2025-09-18T15:10:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs28znrn7xjhpmchmxxv8z59ncz4krtejy929fpk4pr040sj3uf2hszyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2y3lqmw This is a magisterial look at resistance to Trump from a number of different angles by Bob Kuttner.<br/>Resistance in the courts, resistance to ICE, resistance in the streets, resistance at Target &amp; Tesla showrooms, resistance from universities and law firms, and on and on. Ordinary people speaking out.<br/><br/>[Can Resistance Succeed?](<a href="https://prospect.org/politics/2025-09-16-trump-can-resistance-succeed/">https://prospect.org/politics/2025-09-16-trump-can-resistance-succeed/</a> ) 2025-09-16T13:37:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfvw9xzeqhjfttc9553s3ylwgnlklt08p2m09tnqkdcsx6jdnn6sszyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a26w3fn8 Left: yesterday<br/>Right: today<br/><a href="https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3&amp;cid=bafkreigcdfnhwypxfiojv6rhrkrl5pzqydcxyyqzh2dadh37gux36uxhpm">https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3&amp;cid=bafkreigcdfnhwypxfiojv6rhrkrl5pzqydcxyyqzh2dadh37gux36uxhpm</a><br/><a href="https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3&amp;cid=bafkreicvt3yaefzmzwjisziv4b7pslpkr3hqakmuti5q55opzbf3af3doa">https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3&amp;cid=bafkreicvt3yaefzmzwjisziv4b7pslpkr3hqakmuti5q55opzbf3af3doa</a><br/> 2025-09-05T22:04:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxzkm7gn30a3qw9js9zvc4lwthvpssx3wyytkxn8zla8yejqatpjczyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a22rtw2e We&#39;ve got a great story from the inimitable Moe Tkacik.<br/>It&#39;s about how MAHA found itself supporting cane sugar in Coke. It&#39;s about how a company running something akin to a slave plantation still imports to the U.S.<br/>It&#39;s about the Fanjul family, an obscure dynasty that runs on the sweet stuff.<br/><br/>[Sugar Daddies](<a href="https://prospect.org/power/sugar-daddies/">https://prospect.org/power/sugar-daddies/</a> ) 2025-09-05T13:30:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs020x2tntperwq7yx8n4d3ell9t97vg2clnn3ldn0z9c6kzcpwv4szyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2rhm8d3 From me: Some view Trump&#39;s 10% equity stake in Intel as &#34;protecting&#34; US semiconductor investment, but as [@warren.senate.gov](<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/warren.senate.gov">https://bsky.app/profile/warren.senate.gov</a> ) explained today, Intel&#39;s own financial statements say the company now doesn&#39;t have to complete factories &amp; can shift them overseas.<br/>[prospect.org/economy/2025...](<a href="https://prospect.org/economy/2025-09-04-trump-deal-lets-intel-move-factories-overseas-sen-warren-equity-stake/">https://prospect.org/economy/2025-09-04-trump-deal-lets-intel-move-factories-overseas-sen-warren-equity-stake/</a> )<br/><br/>[Trump Deal Lets Intel Move Fac...](<a href="https://prospect.org/economy/2025-09-04-trump-deal-lets-intel-move-factories-overseas-sen-warren-equity-stake/">https://prospect.org/economy/2025-09-04-trump-deal-lets-intel-move-factories-overseas-sen-warren-equity-stake/</a> ) 2025-09-04T13:46:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrev3f8cu5r53l6exj0z7ws5e5m3k2tk0zk6vxmvjx4s63fdmr5wgzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2usfc9a Holy crap, NYT let Charles Munger Jr. write an op-ed opposing the California redistricting without disclosing that he&#39;s FUNDING the opposition to the California redistricting. I have 4 mailers he paid for in my house right now and that&#39;s just the beginning.<br/>[www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/o...](<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/opinion/gerrymander-democrats-california.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/opinion/gerrymander-democrats-california.html</a> )<br/><br/>[Opinion | Do Not Re-Gerrymande...](<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/opinion/gerrymander-democrats-california.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/opinion/gerrymander-democrats-california.html</a> ) 2025-09-02T13:22:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspymmzu3r8ek3kflq73ypp2j076ujzrdgw4tg2z0uy0lk8mjxw4tgzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2qfv6tw We&#39;ve got more for you on Labor Day. More than 82 percent of civilian federal workers have had their right to collectively bargain stripped in the largest act of union busting in US history. Unions are a voice from below, and their autonomy poses a threat to autocrats, Harold Meyerson writes:<br/><br/>[Trump Celebrates Labor Day as ...](<a href="https://prospect.org/labor/2025-09-01-trump-celebrates-labor-day-as-most-anti-union-president/">https://prospect.org/labor/2025-09-01-trump-celebrates-labor-day-as-most-anti-union-president/</a> ) 2025-09-01T13:53:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx5mkf2nsrlzl8zlq99alct0sw4jea42e3sj8sdylhtxvkjha7ztszyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2yxshxj A man was charged with trespassing in New Haven, CT, on the very spot that the state Department of Correction had dropped him off when he finished serving a prison sentence. This is reality in a country where homelessness is criminalized, and it&#39;s getting worse, as Colleen Shaddox reports:<br/><br/>[When Sleeping Is a Crime](<a href="https://prospect.org/justice/2025-08-11-when-sleeping-is-crime-homelessness/">https://prospect.org/justice/2025-08-11-when-sleeping-is-crime-homelessness/</a> ) 2025-08-11T13:55:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvcula6ezjvewdeaxz9kjv7tu46kmjwq380xza3y60gmjjxk9mv0qzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2q7z689 🚨SCOOP:<br/>A &#34;select&#34; number of FEMA probationary employees have been involuntarily reassigned to ICE, effective immediately, to &#34;assist with hiring and vetting.&#34; If the employees don&#39;t report to ICE within seven days, they are threatened with termination. <br/>[prospect.org/labor/2025-0...](<a href="https://prospect.org/labor/2025-08-06-fema-employees-reassigned-to-ice/">https://prospect.org/labor/2025-08-06-fema-employees-reassigned-to-ice/</a> )<br/><br/>[FEMA Employees Reassigned to I...](<a href="https://prospect.org/labor/2025-08-06-fema-employees-reassigned-to-ice/">https://prospect.org/labor/2025-08-06-fema-employees-reassigned-to-ice/</a> ) 2025-08-06T13:50:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8u7djh34wzst2l8qyy0yyvsv3556nmkkkhvllu6nmpw75p7thp8szyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2fvf5f5 The economy in Los Angeles and California is depressed. 3.1% of the state&#39;s workforce stayed home in June. ICE raids are the clear culprit; some businesses say it&#39;s worse than COVID.<br/>Isn&#39;t ICE responsible for that? And shouldn&#39;t they pay for the damage? A provocation from me:<br/><br/>[ICE Raids Broke Los Angeles’ E...](<a href="https://prospect.org/politics/2025-08-05-ice-raids-los-angeles-economy/">https://prospect.org/politics/2025-08-05-ice-raids-los-angeles-economy/</a> ) 2025-08-05T13:49:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs89v2gke5pvnm6c20un9vvxuc4nuq0edyw8txwhlef2f6fwjs4p8czyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2lmzhq6 The conventional wisdom swing on non-pharmaceutical measures during COVID has tilted toward &#34;doing nothing, like Sweden did, was good.&#34; <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1r56m5shzlae2zaqpvkhfe9gym7ct8r6jtkq7f2vjhw4p0uu7rvzq3mjt3u" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>ryan cooper</span> (<span class="italic">npub1r56…jt3u</span>)</a></span> puts this through the ringer: [prospect.org/health/2025-...](<a href="https://prospect.org/health/2025-08-01-covid-contrarians-are-wrong-about-sweden/">https://prospect.org/health/2025-08-01-covid-contrarians-are-wrong-about-sweden/</a> )<br/><br/>[COVID Contrarians Are Wrong Ab...](<a href="https://prospect.org/health/2025-08-01-covid-contrarians-are-wrong-about-sweden/">https://prospect.org/health/2025-08-01-covid-contrarians-are-wrong-about-sweden/</a> ) 2025-08-01T14:01:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspj2xy8jhdly4sdaryn86auf7z2ps86uc5d5fa3l94lw7aaktcqaszyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a29hfa4e From me: Antitrust policy has gone from Lina Khan to dust. Signaling leniency on mergers has become the method to boost asset prices and keep Wall Street happy. It&#39;s a path to greater risk and inevitable crash.<br/>[prospect.org/economy/2025...](<a href="https://prospect.org/economy/2025-07-21-deregulation-swings-pendulum-toward-financial-crash/">https://prospect.org/economy/2025-07-21-deregulation-swings-pendulum-toward-financial-crash/</a> )<br/><br/>[Deregulation Swings the Pendul...](<a href="https://prospect.org/economy/2025-07-21-deregulation-swings-pendulum-toward-financial-crash/">https://prospect.org/economy/2025-07-21-deregulation-swings-pendulum-toward-financial-crash/</a> ) 2025-07-21T13:37:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9yqgw9e6gngcfzhpyq4t3l9s88asz6klx0qxcyp6a9d3a2jgcvdczyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a28wqv3k Who are the contractors that built Alligator Alcatraz?<br/>-1 has an armored car subsidiary that &#34;lost track of&#34; Federal Reserve $$<br/>-1 got a forest mgmt contract in Oregon &amp; accidentally chopped down 10,000+ healthy trees<br/>-1 was sued in an insurance fraud scheme<br/>Moe Tkacik has the details:<br/><br/>[Meet the Disaster Capitalists ...](<a href="https://prospect.org/power/2025-07-17-meet-disaster-capitalists-alligator-alcatraz/">https://prospect.org/power/2025-07-17-meet-disaster-capitalists-alligator-alcatraz/</a> ) 2025-07-17T14:03:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2y6g2tqfgxav7khd4v3zpggry9e26tjnkjtac68gg5m9hpua4d3qzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2f9vvey Remember when JD Vance &amp; the &#34;realignment&#34; right were talking about increasing the child tax credit to $5000?<br/>I assume they secured that win for America in the budget bill.<br/>Let&#39;s check the numbers—<br/>Oh wait it&#39;s only a $200 annual increase?<br/>And the poorest families are still excluded from it?<br/>No way!<br/><a href="https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3&amp;cid=bafkreigmvddnnpcewacz362llgj7zgaesviaxcghh5l3idxwavxjhqgp3y">https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3&amp;cid=bafkreigmvddnnpcewacz362llgj7zgaesviaxcghh5l3idxwavxjhqgp3y</a><br/> 2025-07-05T20:52:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf63cr5wukfwa4gnc46f53ukaj2gel09n87t0ygq7mjegvzqk34nqzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2eq7asq Hakeem Jeffries is still speaking but eventually Republicans are going to pass their megabill.<br/>And it hasn&#39;t been discussed much, but that is going to force $500 billion in cuts to Medicare. Not just Medicaid. Medicare.<br/>Here&#39;s why:<br/>[prospect.org/politics/202...](<a href="https://prospect.org/politics/2025-07-03-republicans-cutting-medicare-not-only-medicaid/">https://prospect.org/politics/2025-07-03-republicans-cutting-medicare-not-only-medicaid/</a> )<br/><br/>[Republicans Are Cutting Medica...](<a href="https://prospect.org/politics/2025-07-03-republicans-cutting-medicare-not-only-medicaid/">https://prospect.org/politics/2025-07-03-republicans-cutting-medicare-not-only-medicaid/</a> ) 2025-07-03T16:34:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrwfyx3uyqj4wzpckggal5cmnlg4zu576z9kdlymeqp5x2frlqchszyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2wk9lw8 C-SPAN puts up the Jeffries speech clock<br/><a href="https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3&amp;cid=bafkreiatamnjfweuedzo5mxqqdctnkhvajjprfwlkfbnia4fnfchlnqnci">https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3&amp;cid=bafkreiatamnjfweuedzo5mxqqdctnkhvajjprfwlkfbnia4fnfchlnqnci</a><br/> 2025-07-03T15:19:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspddeklgvhne88rpu6c3msskp3p08sgl44p9c575fttd7ly97xcuczyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2d3tggw Fortunately, Trump learned his lesson from all the legal trouble he faced, and even though none of it led to any accountability, he moderated himself and served the people with distinction.<br/>That I assume is <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1r56m5shzlae2zaqpvkhfe9gym7ct8r6jtkq7f2vjhw4p0uu7rvzq3mjt3u" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>ryan cooper</span> (<span class="italic">npub1r56…jt3u</span>)</a></span>&#39;s point- Wait, it turns out Trump doubled down!<br/><br/>[Turns Out Appeasing Trump Only...](<a href="https://prospect.org/politics/2025-07-03-trump-prosecution-law-felonies-fascism/">https://prospect.org/politics/2025-07-03-trump-prosecution-law-felonies-fascism/</a> ) 2025-07-03T14:34:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvuf3n2f2xhzr9c8ht76u52enay4mvs78sp9xtpvvz6vmxsvvnp9szyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2gl5x57 If Jeffries can only keep speaking until 12:00pm ET on January 3, 2027, we&#39;ve got this 2025-07-03T14:01:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqmvgp8tpxtxquywxyamwvw5g6p9kqv426vtcf08a2yszvhshxc2gzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a28t2q8g I loved making this latest episode of the Organized Money podcast with Liz Pelly, author of Mood Machine: The Rise Of Spotify And The Cost Of The Perfect Playlist, about how Spotify changed how we listen to music and even what music gets made:<br/>[podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...](<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-spotify-monopolized-music/id1773721991?i=1000715255506">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-spotify-monopolized-music/id1773721991?i=1000715255506</a> )<br/><br/>[How Spotify Monopolized Music](<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-spotify-monopolized-music/id1773721991?i=1000715255506">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-spotify-monopolized-music/id1773721991?i=1000715255506</a> ) 2025-07-02T16:11:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0l9ns6x3qv6n9rgreh2jz8w48wrdc30097ezdpywt28q0jnyt52gzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a23w0whz &#34;If Xi Jinping were to draft an American energy policy law, it’s hard to see how he would have done it differently.&#34; -@ryanlcooper.com <br/>[prospect.org/environment/...](<a href="https://prospect.org/environment/2025-07-02-big-beautiful-bill-green-energy-climate-china/">https://prospect.org/environment/2025-07-02-big-beautiful-bill-green-energy-climate-china/</a> )<br/><br/>[Is the Republican Party a Chin...](<a href="https://prospect.org/environment/2025-07-02-big-beautiful-bill-green-energy-climate-china/">https://prospect.org/environment/2025-07-02-big-beautiful-bill-green-energy-climate-china/</a> ) 2025-07-02T14:28:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqaqnprxdg8uns0w3s9mfcdemfvr3k0a4fkz3eredpl4jent5hycszyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2uv3ent The Senate version of the Big Beautiful Bill has passed, 51-50. It will have to be approved by the House. There is a House Rules Committee hearing scheduled for this today and the House will be in session tomorrow. 2025-07-01T16:05:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0mgvrsufrfsyptjsd3ed9v92s3us54dudauummcg87cdy024ttdczyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2r4er73 Johnson initially voted no on the motion to proceed.<br/>He flipped because of a promise for an amendment for more Medicaid cuts.<br/>The Senate didn&#39;t vote on that amendment.<br/>Now he&#39;s a yes.<br/>It just wasn&#39;t serious that the Senate deficit hawks (outside of Paul) would bolt. They&#39;re fakes. 2025-07-01T14:02:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxlpl8e47fdfq0c7rcrm5vvrs5uhp93hrvxxnvur05hedmzmw6srgzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2hhgl29 A senate source says that there are 209 different amendments that have been filed on the Big Beautiful Bill for the &#34;vote-a-rama.&#34; It could take hours to dispose of them all before a final vote can be called. 2025-06-29T22:01:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxy99x60f2nj87mdvfa7q47lfqakympa8z0vxa4p70trqtwft52jqzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a26jy3ph Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon, an organizer with the Los Angeles-based Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, was picked up by men in an unmarked car last Wednesday, and nobody knows where she is. She made a phone call late Friday and the information she gave is chilling:<br/><a href="https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3&amp;cid=bafkreifmjqyfoyx7nawstf3rqw5arzaxvldkyckkqfy32zljb6nd4u3d6a">https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3&amp;cid=bafkreifmjqyfoyx7nawstf3rqw5arzaxvldkyckkqfy32zljb6nd4u3d6a</a><br/> 2025-06-29T20:48:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszh7dqc9hkxfru8cmywn6z984z2kag2z04v098efdgv6x60ghgy3gzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a28n8dpt People immediately pivoting to slot Lander into a progressive primary challenge are missing the implicit deal in the cross-endorsement: he&#39;s going to be deputy mayor, essentially COO of New York City. He&#39;s going to use his experience with the inner workings of government to help Mamdani deliver. 2025-06-25T10:53:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx33u94z35cdnvngllcad3zg7wdpr6qn7gp0jwz5qrzmtx2kkwr4szyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a22c88sk NYS Tenant Bloc out with a statement:<br/>“Tenants are the majority in New York. Zohran Mamdani understands that and he gave us something to vote for... Tonight’s results send a clear message to landlord-backed politicians like Andrew Cuomo: your time is over.&#34; 2025-06-25T02:55:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstp2kl32ustmm3wzprzsyaqdmzfvx8dfzj9wdpzu5dx6w99ghnj2gzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2x337e4 I really enjoyed our last episode of Organized Money, about Hollywood, the death of cable, and how streaming will completely change what entertainment looks like and how it continues as a business. Check it out at Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get podcasts.<br/>[podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...](<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/can-hollywood-survive/id1773721991?i=1000713781525">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/can-hollywood-survive/id1773721991?i=1000713781525</a> )<br/><br/>[Can Hollywood Survive?](<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/can-hollywood-survive/id1773721991?i=1000713781525">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/can-hollywood-survive/id1773721991?i=1000713781525</a> ) 2025-06-23T12:52:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdyr34494rgdahx7xemgqmfwc8afangr2clxktuzpz8ta9qxr0deqzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2l2r30x It was stupider.<br/><br/>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:k2vqgq3czdvq65346u2ntazb/post/3lrvmorpaic2c">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:k2vqgq3czdvq65346u2ntazb/post/3lrvmorpaic2c</a><br/><a href="https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3&amp;cid=bafkreicxtpsjstabymulv25bwdpgzdfynmq2ihsdzyojuqmcqypsfqqxsq">https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3&amp;cid=bafkreicxtpsjstabymulv25bwdpgzdfynmq2ihsdzyojuqmcqypsfqqxsq</a><br/> 2025-06-18T19:23:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8huuvskfxkgly5pgmnth6kel43f233t2fpckvm62evzglr95kddgzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a27fymvd I was at a car wash in Culver City today that was raided twice last weekend by ICE. 25 car wash workers and 1 customer have been kidnapped over the past several days, and the whereabouts of most of them is unknown. I spoke to families of the kidnap victims:<br/>[prospect.org/justice/2025...](<a href="https://prospect.org/justice/2025-06-11-ice-los-angeles-kidnappings-trump-national-guard/">https://prospect.org/justice/2025-06-11-ice-los-angeles-kidnappings-trump-national-guard/</a> )<br/><br/>[ICE Kidnappings Stoke Fear and...](<a href="https://prospect.org/justice/2025-06-11-ice-los-angeles-kidnappings-trump-national-guard/">https://prospect.org/justice/2025-06-11-ice-los-angeles-kidnappings-trump-national-guard/</a> ) 2025-06-11T21:22:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvmaw8cpyamvdswjdd7qhzhf6k6589vqa3umrpf956sdzl2phwzwczyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2mlruaq I&#39;ve seen no stories about this elsewhere, but on the D-Day anniversary last Friday, tens of thousands of veterans protested the creeping privatization of their health care system. Suzanne Gordon and Steve Early reported on the DC rally and satellite actions in over 250 cities:<br/><br/>[Defending VA Veterans Health C...](<a href="https://prospect.org/health/2025-06-11-veterans-protest-d-day-anniversary-VA/">https://prospect.org/health/2025-06-11-veterans-protest-d-day-anniversary-VA/</a> ) 2025-06-11T15:23:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsglecuky50pf3aqxm055ztztk0etspf6kfhlcx8k7297tjpygnwmgzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2jp6pv6 This took a while to get done, but I&#39;ve chronicled my day among the protesters in Los Angeles, and the idea that this is anything but a celebration of cultural heritage and a firm, nonviolent demand to protect family, friends and neighbors is totally ridiculous.<br/>[prospect.org/justice/crie...](<a href="https://prospect.org/justice/cries-defiance-songs-joy-los-angeles-ice-protests-immigration-raids/">https://prospect.org/justice/cries-defiance-songs-joy-los-angeles-ice-protests-immigration-raids/</a> )<br/><br/>[Cries of Defiance and Songs of...](<a href="https://prospect.org/justice/cries-defiance-songs-joy-los-angeles-ice-protests-immigration-raids/">https://prospect.org/justice/cries-defiance-songs-joy-los-angeles-ice-protests-immigration-raids/</a> ) 2025-06-10T02:14:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsywx44luhy8vq75y930hqwtr6pasadwk8d9rus3c554q6cxsumwmgzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a22lzvcw A full Tejano band in a big truck rolled into the Olvera St, the lead singer has a Fuck ICE shirt on, and this protest is now a dance party<br/><a href="https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3&amp;cid=bafkreihx435ka53szfasw2zllnhhsjxix5tbz7r2ajysplbccyvfmcaswu">https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3&amp;cid=bafkreihx435ka53szfasw2zllnhhsjxix5tbz7r2ajysplbccyvfmcaswu</a><br/> 2025-06-09T21:25:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs03a0uczn6u52q2fgtkkrltucqcdk2zdle7qkgcjy6raxa9t0mlrgzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2wfjg5j Almost every protest in my life is described initially as a &#34;peaceful protest&#34; that &#34;devolves&#34; into unrest or vandalism or violence or whatever else.<br/>There&#39;s a quiet sit-in going on in front of the federal building. All local businesses are still open.<br/>But the headline&#39;s now &#34;Waymos on fire&#34; 2025-06-09T01:13:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2v7cft8e8anlp54dl9fu6ssxtcyqk7j0auuylpg4l3cxlde8mvvszyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2avgze4 Is Patrick Soon-Shiong personally checking each story in the LA Times about National Guard troops being commandeered and deployed by the White House to make sure they&#39;re not too mean to Trump? 2025-06-08T04:58:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9f2t0sdwq00teyv0jhvug2s2d07zy9esm0j60yxc2ura5y7c2zaczyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2jclx0f Maybe we shouldn&#39;t get into a situation where one guy can threaten the entire U.S. space program because the president wrote a mean tweet about him.<br/>[www.bloomberg.com/news/article...](<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-05/musk-says-spacex-to-decommission-dragon-spacecraft-immediately-mbjtsokw?taid=6841fe56d4835c0001f91a83&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_content=business&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-05/musk-says-spacex-to-decommission-dragon-spacecraft-immediately-mbjtsokw?taid=6841fe56d4835c0001f91a83&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_content=business&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter</a> )<br/><br/>[Musk Says SpaceX to Decommissi...](<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-05/musk-says-spacex-to-decommission-dragon-spacecraft-immediately-mbjtsokw?taid=6841fe56d4835c0001f91a83&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_content=business&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-05/musk-says-spacex-to-decommission-dragon-spacecraft-immediately-mbjtsokw?taid=6841fe56d4835c0001f91a83&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_content=business&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter</a> ) 2025-06-05T21:07:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy0sa7yetxfxwhhz02gye966unuvjahluskd09zdld454qwwmkx6czyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a22uupv3 Brutal poll here for Ernst. An incumbent at 45% against a generic opponent is terrible, and 69% of voters (!) have heard her &#34;we&#39;re all going to die&#34; comments<br/>[www.publicpolicypolling.com/polls/joni-e...](<a href="https://www.publicpolicypolling.com/polls/joni-ernst-unpopular-may-face-tough-reelection/">https://www.publicpolicypolling.com/polls/joni-ernst-unpopular-may-face-tough-reelection/</a> )<br/><br/>[Joni Ernst Unpopular, May Face...](<a href="https://www.publicpolicypolling.com/polls/joni-ernst-unpopular-may-face-tough-reelection/">https://www.publicpolicypolling.com/polls/joni-ernst-unpopular-may-face-tough-reelection/</a> ) 2025-06-04T16:42:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsra2r044x97r68p5hg8e7x3t274z36chn27gw77v2jy6wme947lrqzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2j39uxw Waymos are all over my &#39;hood and they seem a lot fucking better at driving than human beings. I am completely on board with letting that technology expand. But I don&#39;t think there should be an entire unregulated class of vehicles on the roads because Congress said so.<br/>[prospect.org/infrastructu...](<a href="https://prospect.org/infrastructure/transportation/2025-06-02-ai-ban-spending-bill-states-driverless-car-regulations/">https://prospect.org/infrastructure/transportation/2025-06-02-ai-ban-spending-bill-states-driverless-car-regulations/</a> )<br/><br/>[AI Ban in Spending Bill Would ...](<a href="https://prospect.org/infrastructure/transportation/2025-06-02-ai-ban-spending-bill-states-driverless-car-regulations/">https://prospect.org/infrastructure/transportation/2025-06-02-ai-ban-spending-bill-states-driverless-car-regulations/</a> ) 2025-06-02T23:54:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfyhjq2v232cxmfu6j56djgnpd9dsngwxda62h45uaq8whtnkxelgzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2f40ugh The Trump administration has effectively ended white-collar crime enforcement. All this week, we&#39;re going to look at what ripoffs, deceptions, and cons will rise as a result to part the public from their money.<br/>This intro sets the stage: it&#39;s the Golden Age of Scams.<br/>[prospect.org/power/2025-0...](<a href="https://prospect.org/power/2025-05-27-golden-age-of-scams/">https://prospect.org/power/2025-05-27-golden-age-of-scams/</a> )<br/><br/>[The Golden Age of Scams](<a href="https://prospect.org/power/2025-05-27-golden-age-of-scams/">https://prospect.org/power/2025-05-27-golden-age-of-scams/</a> ) 2025-05-27T13:09:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz5xt9lnwz676374y450704yr8vg0lulv9gxfm80h3uxyr4m3rc7szyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2pqhhvf If the Trump crisis is separating politicians who are trying to fight versus those laying in the weeds, freshman Rep. Dave Min has somewhat surprisingly put himself in the former category, despite his swing seat. James Baratta talked to him:<br/>[prospect.org/politics/202...](<a href="https://prospect.org/politics/2025-05-08-unchecked-balances-dave-min-pam-bondi/">https://prospect.org/politics/2025-05-08-unchecked-balances-dave-min-pam-bondi/</a> )<br/><br/>[Unchecked Balances](<a href="https://prospect.org/politics/2025-05-08-unchecked-balances-dave-min-pam-bondi/">https://prospect.org/politics/2025-05-08-unchecked-balances-dave-min-pam-bondi/</a> ) 2025-05-08T14:48:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr9n2cgwvh3n3kxwtjykghfs24qulylw95r4m62t2d3gk5f2n44tszyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2s4clvn CFPB decided that protections for people doing installment loans on apps for their groceries wasn&#39;t worth the trouble [www.cnbc.com/2025/05/06/t...](<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/06/trumps-cfpb-drops-enforcement-of-bnpl-as-consumer-protections-decline.html">https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/06/trumps-cfpb-drops-enforcement-of-bnpl-as-consumer-protections-decline.html</a> )<br/><br/>[Trump&#39;s CFPB drops enforcement...](<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/06/trumps-cfpb-drops-enforcement-of-bnpl-as-consumer-protections-decline.html">https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/06/trumps-cfpb-drops-enforcement-of-bnpl-as-consumer-protections-decline.html</a> ) 2025-05-06T22:34:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9rsn5j5r6gvdwpj63fjyuvsarve2vrspzr8cdn58luylthp4glgczyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a22q4c3u The NPR/PBS executive order is a sign of weakness.<br/>Republicans were going to put that cut into a rescission bill, which has been delayed as reconciliation took precedence. The likely story is that Republicans found that they didn&#39;t have the votes for it, so Trump had to go it alone. 2025-05-02T14:05:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspvy3kqs43j9jvh0tvddmnwgaslklswk5shgdmumzak0e5nte892qzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2nktl5t Hearing that Jim Jordan was forced to ditch the part of the Judiciary Committee reconciliation package that would have transferred money and manpower for antitrust enforcement out of the FTC.<br/>We wrote about it earlier today<br/>[prospect.org/politics/202...](<a href="https://prospect.org/politics/2025-04-30-republicans-declare-war-asylum-seekers-ftc/">https://prospect.org/politics/2025-04-30-republicans-declare-war-asylum-seekers-ftc/</a> )<br/><br/>[Republicans Declare War on Asy...](<a href="https://prospect.org/politics/2025-04-30-republicans-declare-war-asylum-seekers-ftc/">https://prospect.org/politics/2025-04-30-republicans-declare-war-asylum-seekers-ftc/</a> ) 2025-04-30T20:15:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs85ykwkg2clfxecpuqw5s0udal3zdx5ju4rv5898wptljlc8lkk2gzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2ydu5lg I&#39;ve tried several times to be quiet about this, crossed out posts and stories, but Axios broke the seal, so it&#39;s at least known: Trump hasn&#39;t sent a single judge to the Senate since the inauguration. <br/>[www.axios.com/2025/04/25/t...](<a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/04/25/tump-judges-nominee-senate-republicans-john-thune-chuck-grassley">https://www.axios.com/2025/04/25/tump-judges-nominee-senate-republicans-john-thune-chuck-grassley</a> )<br/><br/>[Senate awaits Trump judges](<a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/04/25/tump-judges-nominee-senate-republicans-john-thune-chuck-grassley">https://www.axios.com/2025/04/25/tump-judges-nominee-senate-republicans-john-thune-chuck-grassley</a> ) 2025-04-27T21:23:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsva9cldv059rtyfwwk6afg9semekwtdcvqgc0va0uy7m8lpdvpjpgzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2fgrfrj 🚨Still confirming, but just heard that the Department of Justice is dissolving its Consumer Protection Branch, compounding the impact of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau being under assault, as well as the heightened need to protect people from fraud and scams due to economic turmoil. 2025-04-24T22:55:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0hcr8cxn9x2j5xgjcp9h2pawzkta0k2gsqc52elpz9vzctckl9jgzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2pmfp95 Gasparino&#39;s been right a lot and wrong a lot, but if he&#39;s right, he&#39;s unwittingly saying that the White House leaks information to friendly investors who can front-run the markets<br/><a href="https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3&amp;cid=bafkreibspj7fbczlf4lbwtsc6dhes577hyweeixapu7zhogscgx4a72fli">https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3&amp;cid=bafkreibspj7fbczlf4lbwtsc6dhes577hyweeixapu7zhogscgx4a72fli</a><br/> 2025-04-24T14:01:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgatq49ywc4yqul297c5tpeumhgvsgydwyfp4r6z93ae89wfz4wnczyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2yej8va Well apparently there is a red line, and Whiskey Pete crossed it, writes <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1r56m5shzlae2zaqpvkhfe9gym7ct8r6jtkq7f2vjhw4p0uu7rvzq3mjt3u" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>ryan cooper</span> (<span class="italic">npub1r56…jt3u</span>)</a></span>. When you hire a substitute Fox host to run the largest organization in the executive branch, you get the clown show you deserve.<br/>[prospect.org/2025-04-21-p...](<a href="https://prospect.org/2025-04-21-pete-hegseth-signal-chat-fired/">https://prospect.org/2025-04-21-pete-hegseth-signal-chat-fired/</a> )<br/><br/>[Pete Hegseth May Be Too Incomp...](<a href="https://prospect.org/2025-04-21-pete-hegseth-signal-chat-fired/">https://prospect.org/2025-04-21-pete-hegseth-signal-chat-fired/</a> ) 2025-04-21T18:21:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd0zxudn8qlqqnxhwtuqcn5tsq6xx0qrqdpzscryq8pgnl6ew4akczyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2f5828u The people inside the Democratic Party cautioning restraint on kidnappings without due process should go down to Argentina and Brazil and talk to the Mothers of the Disappeared<br/><br/>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nwnlnixtjh3qhkwpz2uy5uwv/post/3ln3yd7dblc2x">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nwnlnixtjh3qhkwpz2uy5uwv/post/3ln3yd7dblc2x</a><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1nhcj3d76mwjga2ef35manta9w83st6q409x37vv3zg5p7s5ajegq33lxjl" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1nhc…lxjl</a></span><br/> </div> I don't really care what the "political consequences" are of fighting for the proposition that *everyone* is entitled to due process before they are removed from the United States and sent to a Salvadoran prison.<br/><br/>It's not really a principle if you only adhere to it when it's politically expedient. </blockquote> 2025-04-18T15:59:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszz5vrlrj89zjuv2nn3nlrvxwat7eyxt60h33nlqwymusqsgt99nszyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a225w4pr Why are we getting rid of a successful government program for direct filing of taxes for free? Intuit can give you $11 million reasons for it, and that&#39;s just the lobbying and campaign donations we compiled in this report from Dan Boguslaw:<br/>[prospect.org/power/2025-0...](<a href="https://prospect.org/power/2025-04-17-intuit-turbotax-wins-battle-against-taxpayers-irs-direct-file/">https://prospect.org/power/2025-04-17-intuit-turbotax-wins-battle-against-taxpayers-irs-direct-file/</a> )<br/><br/>[Intuit, Owner of TurboTax, Win...](<a href="https://prospect.org/power/2025-04-17-intuit-turbotax-wins-battle-against-taxpayers-irs-direct-file/">https://prospect.org/power/2025-04-17-intuit-turbotax-wins-battle-against-taxpayers-irs-direct-file/</a> ) 2025-04-17T19:05:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs24r7qv5c0z4fn0ld6e9hny05atxc52ja5hjjhcfc9yr2tmm5xe3qzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2l0lcfn The dollar is slumping. Investors are fleeing it. Can we see a shift to a new global reserve currency? <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1r56m5shzlae2zaqpvkhfe9gym7ct8r6jtkq7f2vjhw4p0uu7rvzq3mjt3u" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>ryan cooper</span> (<span class="italic">npub1r56…jt3u</span>)</a></span> thinks it&#39;s possible, if Europeans ditch their traditional allergy to debt and printing money.<br/>[prospect.org/economy/2025...](<a href="https://prospect.org/economy/2025-04-14-how-euro-can-replace-dollar/">https://prospect.org/economy/2025-04-14-how-euro-can-replace-dollar/</a> )<br/><br/>[How the Euro Can Replace the D...](<a href="https://prospect.org/economy/2025-04-14-how-euro-can-replace-dollar/">https://prospect.org/economy/2025-04-14-how-euro-can-replace-dollar/</a> ) 2025-04-14T14:27:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsffsh98ldqhhqp5hxj7c4ect3uq7t0m0zghc692s2fm6tpxt23zhszyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2fg370r Huge win in Arkansas(!) with the passage of a bill in both houses of the legislature that prohibits pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from owning pharmacies. (CVS, for example)<br/>[www.economicliberties.us/press-releas...](<a href="https://www.economicliberties.us/press-release/arkansas-lawmakers-are-breaking-up-big-medicine/#">https://www.economicliberties.us/press-release/arkansas-lawmakers-are-breaking-up-big-medicine/#</a> )<br/><br/>[Arkansas Lawmakers Are Breakin...](<a href="https://www.economicliberties.us/press-release/arkansas-lawmakers-are-breaking-up-big-medicine/#">https://www.economicliberties.us/press-release/arkansas-lawmakers-are-breaking-up-big-medicine/#</a> ) 2025-04-11T16:35:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2d7tm2eufcx9wtmfh8ut5keywqlyqus80f99z2cudx0mlsrjeevszyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2fz3sxh &#34;if anything made America great during the long era of American economic ascendance, it was extensive funding of applied science&#34; -Bob Kuttner<br/>[prospect.org/politics/202...](<a href="https://prospect.org/politics/2025-03-18-burning-down-the-house/">https://prospect.org/politics/2025-03-18-burning-down-the-house/</a> )<br/><br/>[Burning Down the House](<a href="https://prospect.org/politics/2025-03-18-burning-down-the-house/">https://prospect.org/politics/2025-03-18-burning-down-the-house/</a> ) 2025-03-18T14:47:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs99x9rgv3enddeldm6yy3n4w89p9faza72sfey62hvh08dkt5ax9szyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2fr2s0h Classic cover from the Pittsburgh City Paper this morning<br/><a href="https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3&amp;cid=bafkreichcmsfuozr3kzzsy2jvy5azdtq67gf5vlyb7qngrivt5j7hnpg6y">https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3&amp;cid=bafkreichcmsfuozr3kzzsy2jvy5azdtq67gf5vlyb7qngrivt5j7hnpg6y</a><br/> 2025-03-08T13:30:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsya532qqfhw8ut2cn8ykprrcwqpyj9m79xgjd8y8uzaqvy45tq7sszyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2krkhsj &#34;The days of rule by unelected bureaucrats are over,&#34; Trump says to applause from Elon Musk 2025-03-05T02:54:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8atkrt402zr2l7365mj4rn9hltxpksxmw4qh67j6rfn092usnkdqzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a26genl0 Another CFPB case has been dismissed, this one against Heights Finance, for trapping people in loans they refinance multiple times, earning fees each time. <br/>[www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/new...](<a href="https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/cfpb-sues-installment-lending-conglomerate-for-illegally-churning-loans-to-harvest-hundreds-of-millions-in-loan-costs-and-fees/">https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/cfpb-sues-installment-lending-conglomerate-for-illegally-churning-loans-to-harvest-hundreds-of-millions-in-loan-costs-and-fees/</a> )<br/><br/>[CFPB Sues Installment Lending ...](<a href="https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/cfpb-sues-installment-lending-conglomerate-for-illegally-churning-loans-to-harvest-hundreds-of-millions-in-loan-costs-and-fees/">https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/cfpb-sues-installment-lending-conglomerate-for-illegally-churning-loans-to-harvest-hundreds-of-millions-in-loan-costs-and-fees/</a> ) 2025-02-27T19:11:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0dy2mf9j5lre0lcxtzhpflalzagz53npprx2dq6zy0ux44cf8dgczyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2vh8hfl You may have seen this BS propaganda document from the White House about CFPB. I&#39;ll have more later, but one piece of it is truly amazing. You wouldn&#39;t know from this language but they&#39;re actively defending segregation.<br/><a href="https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3&amp;cid=bafkreih25yd5y4zcrl456f4mbyjrwfpu5c2igwvp4eq3kelvlaug7eekyu">https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3&amp;cid=bafkreih25yd5y4zcrl456f4mbyjrwfpu5c2igwvp4eq3kelvlaug7eekyu</a><br/> 2025-02-10T19:06:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9apvntt604p0an0jl7fzaa028yvze63f25kfhl6y7uxxh2hlhr8qzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2n5hff6 Here are a couple [@theprospect.bsky.social](<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/theprospect.bsky.social">https://bsky.app/profile/theprospect.bsky.social</a> ) stories on the LA wildfires before we start breaking down the executive orders.<br/>First, [@emmarjanssen.bsky.social](<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/emmarjanssen.bsky.social">https://bsky.app/profile/emmarjanssen.bsky.social</a> ) notes that California voted in November against ending involuntary work by incarcerated people. Now look who&#39;s fighting the fires.<br/><br/>[Incarcerated Firefighters Batt...](<a href="https://prospect.org/justice/2025-01-21-incarcerated-firefighters-battle-la-blazes-california/">https://prospect.org/justice/2025-01-21-incarcerated-firefighters-battle-la-blazes-california/</a> ) 2025-01-21T14:48:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgv42q2l380jgq82tdpqc3qwn0uh2sn59ggptal5gp3fg8w3lzxggzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2xs49jv Barack Obama&#39;s end-of-presidency legacy essay ran in The Economist; Biden chose [@theprospect.bsky.social](<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/theprospect.bsky.social">https://bsky.app/profile/theprospect.bsky.social</a> ).<br/>[prospect.org/economy/2024...](<a href="https://prospect.org/economy/2024-12-16-biden-from-the-middle-out-and-bottom-up/">https://prospect.org/economy/2024-12-16-biden-from-the-middle-out-and-bottom-up/</a> )<br/><a href="https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3&amp;cid=bafkreiavaxufycorwjglgt2mny3pahusivqqpil6cjbdacwwjxs72zi3g4">https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3&amp;cid=bafkreiavaxufycorwjglgt2mny3pahusivqqpil6cjbdacwwjxs72zi3g4</a><br/> 2024-12-16T14:32:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszzyvsed5jxd9g46xvl5yty7l6zx6easaalkrlnl84ln0x852cl7gzyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a2h9jvgn Now here, dear readers, here is really what you want to know about Pam Bondi.<br/>She is a hatchet-for-hire, willing to do the bidding of anyone who pays her.<br/><br/>[When Pam Bondi Protected Forec...](<a href="https://prospect.org/justice/2024-11-22-when-pam-bondi-protected-foreclosure-fraudsters/">https://prospect.org/justice/2024-11-22-when-pam-bondi-protected-foreclosure-fraudsters/</a> ) 2024-11-22T11:17:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsywejzemgtmz69x8jn65e7s6px2ys5t596c436ashwq8y9xz4qfmczyp0c9mezzfj5727eg7jd3kec5hhu0tzp0z8h3utk2gymm0zl249a223fgpc Not seen in NYT&#39;s &#34;what to know&#34; about Pam Bondi: the only thing you need to know, that she fired prosecutors in her office who were investigating companies engaged in foreclosure fraud, after receiving thousands of dollars in donations from those companies.<br/><a href="https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3&amp;cid=bafkreihtgsby34wddhh7aitisay5zcktptci3yyzpnbpigwmvbcthptgau">https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3&amp;cid=bafkreihtgsby34wddhh7aitisay5zcktptci3yyzpnbpigwmvbcthptgau</a><br/><a href="https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3&amp;cid=bafkreib5nmomyovwpzvlzlgnlvyfw3mbfacvypmessp354ctkrdocc3lku">https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3&amp;cid=bafkreib5nmomyovwpzvlzlgnlvyfw3mbfacvypmessp354ctkrdocc3lku</a><br/><a href="https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3&amp;cid=bafkreiekeh6xeadosclxsojatq5p5a5y5k5hrbg4577gfy3cqrgun6vgkm">https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3&amp;cid=bafkreiekeh6xeadosclxsojatq5p5a5y5k5hrbg4577gfy3cqrgun6vgkm</a><br/> 2024-11-22T11:14:41Z