"No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country." ~ FDR, 1933 Musician, writer, opiner, general scaliwag Pic: Eugene Debs, Ftn City Park, Knoxville, TN- 1905
we should charge the C-suite with fraud and theft if they take a tax credit meant to keep people employed and then cut staff anyway.
Paula WirthPixar receives a $26.2 Million Tax credit to keep film jobs in CA, and immediately lays off 10% of its work force, after making over a billion from Toy Story 5, the highest-grossing film of 2026.
Really enjoyed this episode with the great @adamconover.net about the Paramount-Warner Bros merger and the uprising in Hollywood. www.organizedmoney.fm/p/the-roll-u...
The Roll-Up of All Media Is No Longer Inevitable (with Adam Conover)Antitrust is poking tiny holes in oligopoly's dark cloak; is the light winning?www.organizedmoney.fm
NASHVILLE SCENE: “ @justinjpearson.bsky.social plan to win an upset in TN9, newly gerrymandered from a majority-Black safe Democratic seat, is simple & difficult: Be everywhere, do everything, talk to everybody, appeal to every Tennessean w/ economic populism.” www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...
"Why Criminalising the Phrase 'Globalise the Intifada' Is Dangerous" Neve Gordon, an Israeli professor of international law, explains the actual meaning of the controversial chant and the real reason why there are attempts to outlaw it in the UK, the US and Australia
Why Criminalising the Phrase 'Globalise the Intifada' Is DangerousNeve Gordon, an Israeli professor of international law, explains the actual meaning of the controversial chant and the real reason why there are attempts to outlaw it in the UK, the US and Australiazeteo.uk
There is no bar. It's not bad enough he created the largest producer of CSAM in history he has to to battle and sue people who try to stop him from making more
MPR NewsElon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is suing Minnesota over a first-in-the-nation law banning technology that allows users to create and post deepfake videos or images of people naked without their consent.
After Emily Waldorf was denied care for a life-threatening miscarriage, her mother and stepfather, who considered themselves “pro-life,” were outraged: “If I took my dog to a vet and it had this problem, that dog would get better treatment.” (Published May)
She Faced a Life-Threatening Miscarriage. Under Arkansas’ Abortion Ban, Even Calls to the Governor’s Office Didn’t Help.Her case shows how abortion bans have left hospital lawyers, not doctors, deciding who gets care — and how lawmakers and regulators have failed to change that.www.propublica.org"Meet All the New Progressives and Democratic Socialists Heading to Congress" The gravity inside Congress is already poised to radically shift – and the primary season is far from over. From @premthakker.bsky.social for Zeteo:
Meet All the New Progressives and Democratic Socialists Heading to CongressThe gravity inside Congress is already poised to radically shift – and the primary season is far from over.zeteo.comI don't know how you look at everything Trump's been doing to mess with the election and think anything other than that he's trying to rig it. But whether he will succeed is a different matter, as Bob Kuttner reports. prospect.org/2026/07/28/t...
Yes, Trump Will Attempt a Coup - The American ProspectIf we are vigilant, he won’t pull it off.prospect.org