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Marcia Meier

@marciameier.bsky.social

Former journalist, award-winning author, essayist and memoirist, Weeping Willow Books publisher. marciameier.substack.com & marciameier.com

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David Dayen@ddayen.bsky.social · 4w ago

I did a solo episode of Organized Money about a serious threat to independent restaurants. Sysco wants to buy Restaurant Depot, consolidating 2 suppliers that most restaurants play off each other for prices. I talked about it with Dan Jacobs, a chef and co-owner of 2 restaurants in Milwaukee.

An Existential Threat To Neighborhood Restaurants

Sysco proposes acquisition to halve independent restaurants and double double your burger’s price.

organizedmoney.fm

David Dayen@ddayen.bsky.social · 3mo ago

There's been bipartisan disgust at the Save Our Bacon Act, which attempts to pre-empt state rules to give pigs at least a little room to walk in confinement cages. Yet it's the pork industry's top priority, and it could ruin the farm bill. Good story from Zachary Groz: prospect.org/2026/07/07/m...

The Meat Industry’s Tireless Effort to Keep Live Pigs in Coffins - The American Prospect

The Save Our Bacon Act, which would override hundreds of state food safety laws, has triggered bipartisan revulsion. But the pork industry wants it so they can keep confining pigs.

prospect.org

Evan Urquhart@evanurquhart.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Every outlet in our news tracker covered the recent trans sports ban decision at SCOTUS, but when I looked at the coverage I found one clear outlier - the New York Times had the most stories (5 in all) but not one included a quote from a trans person or representative of a trans rights organization.

Assigned Media@assignedmedia.org · 3mo ago

Why should you support independent trans media? Perhaps because we take on the bias of major news organizations with facts and data. Here's the latest from @evanurquhart.bsky.social, who found NYT wrote 5 stories on the trans sports ban decision without quoting a single trans person. 🤯🤯🤯

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Microsoft is laying off 4,800 workers today. Its CEO made $96.5M in 2025, a 22% increase from the previous year. Microsoft made $101B in net income last year — and raked in up to $12.5B in tax breaks from Trump's Big Ugly Bill. This is what a rigged system looks like.

David Dayen@ddayen.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🚨Alert: A Republican legislative package would stop wounded veterans from being cheated out of benefits. But that's offset by denying future veterans access to health care. This is Project 2025 made law, as the blueprint for limiting benefits and privatizing services came from there. Full story:

Another Bait and Switch on VA Care - The American Prospect

Under cover of delivering rightful benefits to veterans, a new Republican-backed bill in Congress takes them away.

prospect.org

David Dayen@ddayen.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We looked through a year of government contracts and found some doozies: • an AI-driven “news monitoring service” for the Pentagon • a DOD “decoration set" • DNA tests at ICE field offices to verify people’s biological relatives • parkas and plastic badges for ICE agents prospect.org/2026/05/27/m...

MAGA Hogs at the Government Trough - The American Prospect

For the Trumpiest federal agencies, it’s an all-you-can-eat buffet.

prospect.org

Marcia Meier@marciameier.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Good lord! This administration has taken all its talking points from the Heritage Foundation's anti-American playbook.

PEN America@penamerica.bsky.social · 4mo ago

“The FCC is trying to take the tactics of censorship from our libraries to our living rooms,” said @jonfreadom.bsky.social of PEN America. “Proposing a kind of ‘warning label’ for LGBTQ content on TV is a means to silence and seclude LGBTQ stories and characters.” www.advocate.com/politics/nat...