That Black Quaker

Flex that attention span and watch the whole thing. Fun fact a single pricing for all was started by Quakers in this country. Hangling (price flux pre AI) was the norm. There's a reason you naturally distrust sellers that change prices. It's laced w/ dishonesty www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8fNCvvv/

EXCLUSIVE: We uncovered a secret corporate scheme to raise grocery prices. We found that Instacart is using AI algorithms to charge customers different prices for the same items. The scary part? It's ...TikTok video by More Perfect Unionwww.tiktok.com

That Black Quaker

25 нояб., 03:29

Let the record show, it was easy. Lawmakers made it harder and harder for people to move back and forth. They created this situation, to make it easier for companies to exploit workers.

Alabama Reflector

Via @timhenderson.bsky.social and Stateline: In a tacit admission that U.S. food production requires foreign labor, the Trump administration is making it easier for farmers to employ guest workers from other countries. https://ow.ly/vQMu50XwVs6

That Black Quaker

21 нояб., 21:09

The cost of medication in the US is because of the salaries of lobbyists, the money they line pockets with, and the commercials we watch. Marketing usually has a larger budget than research.

Robert Reich

Drug companies have hired over 500 lobbyists this year to gut the Inflation Reduction Act's drug price negotiation provisions. They outnumber public interest advocates more than 20 to 1. We must get money out of politics and end Big Pharma's deadly greed once and for all.

That Black Quaker

21 нояб., 17:26

Whenever people say to me "look at your parents, they did it the right way" I just roll my eyes. The goal posts for naturalization in this country has always been on wheels. www.localsyr.com/news/local-n...

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That Black Quaker

13 нояб., 03:06

We're behind on so many things because people here weirdly cleave crab in a bucket mentality

Robert Reich

81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.

That Black Quaker

10 нояб., 15:46

This is just too much law and order for me. Hallmark of conservatism laws are for us, not them. www.axios.com/2025/11/10/t...

Trump pardons Giuliani, 76 others accused of bid to overturn 2020 electionNone of those named faced federal charges, and presidents can't pardon state crimes.www.axios.com

That Black Quaker

9 нояб., 15:25

Source: Fortune search.app/5CKYw Every company he's affiliated with cuts corners to make more money at the expense of our lives. Just another way we're constantly subsidizing rich people.

Elon Musk’s Boring Company fined nearly $500K after it dumped tunnel drilling fluids into Las Vegas manholes—and then ‘feigned compliance’ and was caught doing it again | FortuneA Nevada regulator accused Boring of dumping wastewater into a county sewage system, the latest in a series of violations against the tunneling startup.search.app

That Black Quaker

8 нояб., 18:55

www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2025/11/07/m... I guess @govmurphy.bsky.social is choosing to go out with a bang

Murphy Greenlights Trump’s Pipeline, Betrays New JerseyThe NESE pipeline — approved despite overwhelming opposition — threatens wetlands, waterways, and neighborhoods across New Jersey.www.foodandwaterwatch.org

That Black Quaker

4 нояб., 05:13

I wish I could vote for this dude.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani

A few days after the presidential election one year ago, we went to Fordham Road in the Bronx. It was a little different last week.

That Black Quaker

3 нояб., 02:32

When population decline is mentioned, 100% next is women working outside the home being a primary cause. Random thought: Many women have changed with the economy, but too few men have. Meaning women have taken on more & men are still about the same. Family policies would change, if more men did

That Black Quaker

30 окт., 17:08

It's only a handout if your poor. And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’ “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

Robert Reich

Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving: $100 billion Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%: $100 billion One is decried as "welfare." One is not. Why?