The top 10% of richest Americans own 87% of stocks. The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks. It's worth pointing out once again: the stock market is not the economy.
US stock market hits record highs as AI profits pile and oil prices easeS&P 500 shot up 1.8% and the main measure of Wall Street’s health topped its prior all-time high set a few months agowww.theguardian.com
"The condition is structural. The structure is the rentier capture of the assets that constitute a viable life. The cure is to break the capture."
David_j_rothI thought this essay was quite good: henryfudgeofficial.substack.com/p/degeneracy...
$4 BILLION. That’s how much the Trump Administration has now spent paying companies to cancel offshore wind projects that would have lowered your electric bill. Yes, you heard that right: they are PAYING to keep more energy off the grid and your bills higher.
Trump Administration to Pay RWE to Cancel Wind LeasesIt was the fifth such deal struck by the administration to get companies to drop offshore wind projects.www.nytimes.com
The whole point of the Bill of Rights is to protect the only true minority - the individual. It limits the governments power to harm the individual. The whole constitution is designed to limit the governments power.
The Koch Nazis are back “A shadowy network of conservative activist groups, backed by Koch-linked dark money, is deploying hidden cameras and mass public-records requests to hunt down and destroy the careers of college professors and administrators — and it's working.”
Red flags fly after conservative harassment network targeting teachers exposed: 'Chilling'A shadowy network of conservative activist groups, backed by Koch-linked dark money, is deploying hidden cameras and mass public-records requests to hunt down and destroy the careers of college profes...www.rawstory.com
Do you want to know how popular school vouchers are? They have never won on a ballot. Not once. In any state. Ever. The only way states are able pass a school voucher scheme is behind closed doors. Legislatively. The people would never approve their tax dollars going to private religious schools.
They are literally shadow banning this on Meta Platforms because it scares them. SHARE IT! BOYCOTT THE SEC
I took a hard look at the financial donors to ICE’s biggest supporters in Congress. These are people who want to significantly expand ICE’s power and have sponsored or co-sponsored legislation to do so. Here are the top 25 consumer brands bankrolling the biggest ICE supporters in Congress:
A lot of people don’t realize the dust bowl wasn’t a natural phenomenon. It happened when agrobusiness interests dramatically transformed the plains without regard for drought, and created vicious dust storms that choked whole families to death. That’s what I think of when I read about data centers.
The "abundance" movement, pitched as a fix for the housing crisis by relaxing zoning rules, has become a stalking horse for tech billionaires to seize local political power under a pro-housing banner.🪡
The Cyclospora outbreak — 27× last year's cases, 34 states, no source found — is out of control because in July 2025 the CDC gutted FoodNet down to two pathogens. We're dining with Death, side order of Campylobacter, Listeria, Shigella, Vibrio, and Yersinia. #medieval #healthcare #RFKJrWantsYouDead
I think this is what most of us want… So how do we make it happen… Vote Only Blue!! 🔵
Detainees held at Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas report spoiled food, missed meals, denial of medical care, routine beatings, and near constant abuse. When historians reflect on this regime, cruelty will be the word most often used to define it.
US: Deaths, Neglect in Fort Bliss Immigration DetentionPeople held in the immigration detention camp at the US Army’s Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas have experienced serious abuwww.hrw.org
“Incarcerated workers are responsible for producing over $2 billion in goods annually, much of which is sold via federal and state prison industries to public institutions like libraries, schools, courthouses and government agencies.”
Made in America: The Products of U.S. Prison Labor Are All Around UsA project by photographer Daniella Zalcman shows the casual prevalence of goods made by prison labor in public and private spaces. www.themarshallproject.org