Manosphere on the Defensive! Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has been aroused to fury by a surprise attack on U.S. strategic reserves of testosterone.
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Having served as Director of Chicago’s Office of New Americans early in my career, I saw firsthand how thoughtful immigrant inclusion policies can strengthen communities. That’s why I appreciate the vision behind this Game Changers proposal, “The Wealth of Welcome.”
Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working America@gamechangerspolicy.bsky.social · 3w agoImmigration policy should be about more than enforcement. Our Game Changers proposal, "The Wealth of Welcome," explores a more welcoming, orderly, and fair approach that helps people, communities, and our economy thrive. 🎥 Watch below Read the proposal: peri.umass.edu/publication/...
No more Games of Thrones. No more Hunger Games. No more Squid Games. Go to the Common Dreams interview with Gerald Epstein to learn more about alternatives. www.commondreams.org/opinion/econ...
Game Changers: Building an Economy that Works for Working Americans | Common Dreams
There is an arsenal of bold policies out there to embrace that will “defeat fascism, preserve democracy, and help create a greener, stronger and fairer economy for American workers.”
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Families in the U.S. need a care package! Check this one out along with other game-changing policy proposals at peri.umass.edu/publication/...
The Care Package: Support for Family Care Provision in the U.S.
Introduction and Overview Every day in the United States, millions of people wake up and face a version of the same impossible arithmetic. They need to earn income. They also need to care for their ch...
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“The cuts to Medicaid in one year alone are enough to finance 100 more days of bombing Iran or tax cuts for the rich—neither of which would benefit most Americans.” War Dollars, Care Dollars (and No Sense) www.dollarsandsense.org/war-dollars-... @sbs-umass.bsky.social @nancyfolbre.bsky.social
War Dollars, Care Dollars (and No Sense)
It seems like a good time to compare the running tally of war dollars with the cost of relentless attacks on public care provision in the United States.
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Call to Prayer: Our father, who art Heaven itself, hallowed be thy name. Give us this day our daily boost to our stocks, bonds, and real estate. Help us regain control over the sacred fluids that fuel our prosperity. We kings of wealth place no other Gods before thee. Death to infidels!
theconversation.com/when-unpaid-... @leilagautham.bsky.social Also, inflation bites harder now than in the past--a larger share of total household consumption of goods and services is purchased in the market. No wonder people are feeling broke!
When unpaid cooking, cleaning and child care get a dollar value, income inequality in the US shrinks – but the gap has grown since 1965
Women’s unpaid work at home has declined much more than men’s contributions have increased.
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Terrific new report lays out an ambitious yet realistic vision for the U.S. care economy. tcf.org/content/repo... #CareCantWait #ChildCareForAll #PaidLeaveForAll
Hi five! Kiss the rich! The share of consumer spending by the top 10% has increased from 35% in 1994 to 49.2% today. tinyurl.com/ezyuf8u9
The Plutonomy Is Still Going Strong
For the last 20 years, analysts have known that this is an economy by and for the rich.
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Whose economy? Not yours, unless you're in the top 10% (households making more than $250,000 a year) that account for 49% of all consumer spending these days. Sales of luxury goods and services are keeping the economy afloat... #inequality tinyurl.com/msz3u8n9
The Two-Speed Economy Is Back as Low-Income Americans Give Up Gains
High-earners and older Americans are faring better than ever, while fortunes are sliding again for low-wage and young workers
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"Who's afraid of the Democratic Socialists?" and... "Socialism is emerging as the populist alternative on the left." from the pages of The Economist, September 15, 2025 #Mamdani
Watch the actual Fox News broadcast "joking" about lethal injections for the homeless. #homeless #evil www.mediamatters.org/fox-friends/....
Fox News host on mentally ill people who commit crimes: “Just kill them”
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Parents shouldn’t be going bankrupt paying for childcare. It’s time to rebuild our country’s childcare infrastructure to actually benefit families. Let’s pass my bill to offer care for $10/day while paying employees at least $24/hour.
New Mexico is the first state to commit to free, universal childcare and preschool www.krqe.com/news/politic...
Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico is becoming the first state in the U.S. to offer free early childhood education to every family in the state. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a universal ch…
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New Mexico becomes first state to offer free childcare for all: ‘model for the nation’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
New Mexico becomes first state to offer free childcare for all: ‘model for the nation’
Move is expansion of existing program that has helped lift tens of thousands of people out of poverty
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Famous last words, eh. I’m not feeling any sadness. Remembering his utterly disgusting words towards women. He told Taylor Swift & all women to “submit.” To husbands. To men. Disgusting prick. Wonder why the old guy shot him, though. 🤔
Linda Marie 🕊️@lindam174.bsky.social · 11mo ago"I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights" - Charlie Kirk, 2023 www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...
From @theguardian.com: "Irish woman with green card faces US deportation over $25 bad cheque. [She] has lived in US since 1977 and wrote cheque a decade ago, being held in isolation by Ice." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The private cost of children in the U.S. is at least twice as high as conventional estimates suggest. #feministeconomics www.dollarsandsense.org/the-underest...
The Underestimated “Price of Parenting”
Even a low-ball estimate of the cost of time shows just how misleading an estimate based only on money expenditures really is.
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Individuals working freelance day jobs are now considered "suspects." Perhaps they will soon be required to wear a yellow star on their outer clothing to identify their "alien" status. #ice the.ink/p/illegal-un...
Illegal until proven citizen
The Supreme Court says, "Show us your papers"
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False promises, blue collar blues, and bye bye manufacturing. So far this year jobs in this sector have declined by 38,000. #stagflation www.wsj.com/opinion/augu...
Opinion | The Trump Summer Jobs Stall
Most businesses have stopped new hiring as tariffs add costs and uncertainty, the latest jobs report confirms.
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Since our President prefers Diet Coke for breakfast, he might not have noticed that that ground roast coffee prices are up 38% from a year ago. #inflation www.cnbc.com/2025/09/04/w....
Why coffee prices are so high — and where they’re headed next
Coffee prices have spiked as major producers like Brazil and Vietnam have experienced extreme weather that's crimped supply.
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Most so-called pronatalist policies in the U.S. seriously underestimate the costs and risks of raising children in today’s economic environment. They also ignore child poverty. #feminist #childpoverty #pronatalism www.dollarsandsense.org/more-babies-...
What could we do with the $5.7 trillion owned by billionaires in the U.S. today? Wall Street Journal notes it could buy a Corvette Stingray for every 65+ U.S. driver. I guess it knows its subscribers well, even as it reveals its own values. #plutocracy www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
What We Know About America’s Billionaires: 1,135 and Counting
An exclusive, up-close look at the richest people in the U.S. from celebrities like Taylor Swift and Elon Musk to the founder of a roofing supplier in Wisconsin.
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MAGA personality Charlie Kirk tells Taylor Swift, "Engage in reality more… Reject feminism. Submit to your husband, Taylor. You're not in charge.” Travis, buddy, time for you to speak up. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Charlie Kirk claims Taylor Swift’s engagement will make her ‘conservative’
MAGA mouthpiece Charlie Kirk offered a somewhat disingenuous congratulations to the pop megastar – who he has regularly criticized for being ‘woke’ – following the announcement
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Wall Street Journal wryly describes a Big Con. #crypto www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
The Trump Family Cashes In on ‘the Infinite Money Glitch’
When President Trump gets in on a new online moneymaking idea, his followers often pile in—but two out of the last three times they went on to lose bigly.
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The tools we have for managing inflation and unemployment are not only weak--they are also fundamentally biased against working people. Economist Bob Pollin explains: www.dollarsandsense.org/trump-tariff...
Trump Tariffs and Stagflation: Why TACO is the Least Bad Option
The first obvious step right now for fighting stagflation is for Trump to dump his tariff policies.
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The fact that this administration is hell bent on punishing Kilmar Abrego Garcia while rewarding Ghislane Maxwell tells you all you need to know about their violent racism and misogyny.