Monday, February 24, 2025

Economics and Corruption and Healthcare and Education related links 022425


Banning Trans Health Care Puts Young People at Risk of Harm.  Contrary to what conservative lawmakers argue, the Supreme Court will increase risks by upholding state bans on gender-affirming care. – December 13, 2024

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/banning-trans-health-care-puts-young-people-at-risk/

 

Bidenomics Was Wildly Successful – December 17, 2024

https://newrepublic.com/article/189232/bidenomics-success-biden-legacy

 

Wealthy Pay Fair Share: Fighting for Tax Justice in 2025.  Voters feel the economy isn’t working for them and want corporations and billionaire CEOs to pay their fair share. It’s the people who fight for tax justice. – January 9, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/economic-equality/wealthy-pay-fair-share

 

Why Gov. Shapiro sued to limit future electric bill hikes. The state says the regional grid operator has a broken cost-setting process. – January 10, 2025

https://billypenn.com/2025/01/10/pjm-electricity-auction-costs-pa-future/

 

China’s Trade Surplus Reaches a Record of Nearly $1 Trillion – January 12, 2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/business/china-trade-surplus.html

 

Shockingly Common Injury Linked With Increased Risk of Dementia – January 13, 2025

https://www.sciencealert.com/shockingly-common-injury-linked-with-increased-risk-of-dementia

 

Mass Deportation Harms All Working People.  Connect the dots – the immense financial costs of mass deportation, the loss of revenue from millions of earners – you see the damage deportation will inflict. – January 13, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/immigration-reform/mass-deportation-harms-all

 

Economic Update: Marxism and Economics: A Global View with Shahram Azhar – January 13, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjPEYNSl5JE

 

"BE CAREFUL! This Is Serious..." | Richard Wolff's Last WARNING – January 13, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6mbO3_Pjgc

 

Genetic Breakthrough Reveals How Superbugs Outsmart Our Defenses – January 13, 2025

https://scitechdaily.com/genetic-breakthrough-reveals-how-superbugs-outsmart-our-defenses/

 

What United Healthcare Did to My Mother.  It’s time to take a good, hard look at whether Medicare Advantage plans are doing more harm than good. – January 13, 2025

https://progressive.org/latest/what-unitedhealthcare-did-to-my-mother-sacks-20250113/

 

As Fires Rage, L.A. Activists Put Price-Gouging Landlords on Notice.  Tenant organizers see signs of illegal disaster profiteering on Los Angeles rental sites while 100,000 evacuees seek temporary or permanent lodging.January 14, 2025

https://inthesetimes.com/article/price-gouging-wildfires-los-angeles-landlords

 

Fire Relief Immigrant Workers Face ICE Raids - Incarcerated Firefighters Injured at 4x Rate of Professional Firefighters - Union Laments Private Firefighters in LA – January 14, 2025

https://paydayreport.com/fire-relief-immigrant-workers-face-ice-raids-incarcerated-firefighters-injured-at-4x-rate-of-professional-firefighters-union-laments-private-firefighters-in-la-2/

 

Wolff Responds: "The Lesson California's Fires Should Teach Us" Dated January 15, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qxhKme6tdE

 

The Right-Wing Judge on a Mission to Destroy ESG Retirement Planning.  The notorious Reed O’Connor is back with another one of his patented-troll decisions, this time threatening to upend the world of socially conscious investing. – January 15, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/article/190212/reed-oconnor-esg-investment-blackrock

 

America’s Coming Public Health Crisis.  Efforts to stop the spread of infectious disease have always suffered from a cycle of panic and neglect. Vaccine skepticism in the new administration brings even greater challenges. – January 15, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/article/190115/americas-coming-public-health-crisis

 

A second hospital chain bankruptcy draws more private equity scrutiny – January 15, 2025

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/15/prospect-bankruptcy-private-equity

 

How a major bank cheated its customers out of $2 billion, according to a new federal lawsuit – January 15, 2025

https://popular.info/p/how-a-major-cheated-its-customers

 

A Breath Away From a Cure: How Xenon Gas Could Transform Alzheimer’s Treatment – January 15, 2025

https://scitechdaily.com/a-breath-away-from-a-cure-how-xenon-gas-could-transform-alzheimers-treatment/

 

New Study Reveals High Blood Pressure May Not Harm Brain Health in Old Seniors – January 15, 2025

https://scitechdaily.com/new-study-reveals-high-blood-pressure-may-not-harm-brain-health-in-old-seniors/

 

Trump’s Treasury Pick Vows to Give Back to the Rich in Bleak Hearing.  Scott Bessent used his confirmation hearing to make clear that he cares about the rich and the rich only. – January 16, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/190334/trump-treasury-pick-bessent-rich-taxes-wages-confirmation-hearing

 

AARP/UnitedHealth bait and switch
https://pnhp.org/news/aarpunitedhealth-bait-and-switch/


Why Is AARP Boosting Medicare Privatization?
https://www.levernews.com/why-is-aarp-boosting-medicare-privatization/?utm_source=newsletter-email&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=newsletter-article

 

People’s Action - Share your story of a current or past care denial at ppls.ac/share
https://airtable.com/appQ0FPrTtL3BKoqq/pagPl1LieWyAIamyZ/form


People’s Action - Sign up to take a role with the campaign at ppls.ac/vol
https://airtable.com/appQ0FPrTtL3BKoqq/pagH5Z8GTy2e6heQh/form


People’s Action - Sign (& share) our petition to end care denials at ppls.ac/sign
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stopdenyingcare


People’s Action - Sign up for virtual organizing trainings at ppls.ac/foot

https://www.mobilize.us/peoplesaction/event/747186/?link_id=2&can_id=65159c7053ec75de43765b751ae9bc5f&source=email-join-our-two-day-fundamentals-of-organizing-build-power-community&email_referrer=email_2572660&email_subject=join-our-two-day-fundamentals-of-organizing-training-build-power-community

 

Finding The Money Documentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrje-m01kI8

 

Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) Resolution regarding United Healthcare Group

https://www.iccr.org/reports/united-healthcare-group-macro-economic-risks-2025/

 

LIVE: Bernie Sanders on the Dangers of Our For-Profit Health Care System – January 16, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SbUPQtJLyU

 

COVER OUR CARE – January 16, 2025

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CbeQjOYZf_YVrJZhRmGIdoIaiAvmjPnS/edit?pli=1

 

Warning: Census ‘Security Alert’ Is a Hoax

https://www.factcheck.org/2019/12/warning-census-security-alert-is-a-hoax/

 

The U.S. Puts China on the Back Foot With a Breakthrough That Advances the Lithium Race - Jason Deegan – January 16, 2025

https://jasondeegan.com/the-u-s-puts-china-on-the-back-foot-with-a-breakthrough-that-advances-the-lithium-race/

 

Hospital chain reveals it owes $1B — and can't afford to pay staff – January 16, 2025

https://www.rawstory.com/hospital-chain-reveals-it-owes-1b/

 

Migrant Workers Lose Jobs in LA Fires - JPMorgan Chase Workers Talk Union - Labor Reporter Runs for DNC Chair – January 16, 2025

https://paydayreport.com/migrant-workers-lose-jobs-in-la-fires-jpmorgan-chase-workers-talk-union-labor-reporter-runs-for-dnc-chair-2/

 

USC Study Exposes Hidden Culprit of Dementia in Brain’s Blood Vessels – January 16, 2025

https://scitechdaily.com/usc-study-exposes-hidden-culprit-of-dementia-in-brains-blood-vessels/

 

Can You Read This Cursive Handwriting? The National Archives Wants Your Help – January 17, 2025

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/can-you-read-this-cursive-handwriting-the-national-archives-wants-your-help-180985833/

 

Obamacare’s 24.2 Million Enrollment Breaks Record As Biden Exits – January 17, 2025

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2025/01/17/obamacares-242-million-enrollment-breaks-record-as-biden-exits/

 

Amazon Unionization Movement Spreads to North Carolina.  Like New York’s Amazon Labor Union, Amazon workers organizing with CAUSE report unsafe conditions and a determination to fight for worker power. – January 17, 2025

https://progressive.org/latest/amazon-unionization-movement-spreads-to-north-carolina-llano-20250117/

 

How an Education Reform Group Founded by Jeb Bush Harmed Oklahoma Schools.  ExcelinEd says its mission is to “share what works,” but that’s not really true.January 17, 2025

https://progressive.org/public-schools-advocate/how-an-education-reform-group-founded-by-jeb-bush-harmed-oklahoma-schools-thompson-20250117/

 

Trump Supporters Begin to Sound Alarm on the Economy – January 18, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lDQg24hlII

 

New Technology Uncovers DNA Secrets Behind Disease and Evolution – January 18, 2025

https://scitechdaily.com/new-technology-uncovers-dna-secrets-behind-disease-and-evolution/

 

TikTok restoring service to US users – January 19, 2025

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5094247-tiktok-restoring-service-us/

 

Economic Update: Persistent Homelessness: Capitalism's Housing Failures – January 20, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSKTkMm2p8s

 

20 Years in the Making: Scientists Unveil Breakthrough Anticancer Weapon – January 20, 2025

https://scitechdaily.com/20-years-in-the-making-scientists-unveil-breakthrough-anticancer-weapon/

 

The Morbidly Rich: A New Name for an Old Problem.  We need a new phrase to identify these oligarchs who are reaching out to seize control of our government, our economy, and our culture... – January 20, 2025

https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-morbidly-rich-a-new-name-for-df7

 

C.E.O.s, and President Trump, Want Workers Back in the Office – January 21, 2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/business/return-to-office-remote-work.html

 

Global Capitalism: What Trump 2.0 Means – January 22, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u4A0D_Wc9c

 

Wolff Response: Deporting Immigrants A Weak U S Economy – January 22, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32LLQRC1rnk

 

Farms already seeing 'massive drop off' in workers as mass deportations begin: report – January 22, 2025

https://www.rawstory.com/amp/trump-immigration-2670966821-2670966821

 

End-to-End Encryption Now a Historical Footnote. They Won. – January 22, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh1pF1zaauc

 

When Workers Become Owners – January 23, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TMskU1528c

 

Capitalism Hits Home: Prolific Rapists Exposed and Prosecuted: Why Do These Men Rape? – January 23, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gweS0Ezakig

 

Unions Show the Way.  Whether coffee baristas, or hotel workers, or faculty unions, their most important reasons for joining unions are better pay and benefits, employee representation, and job security. – January 24, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/labor-social-justice/unions-show-the-way

 

Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is now America's largest in recorded history – January 24, 2025

https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/politics/government/2025/01/24/kansas-tuberculosis-outbreak-is-largest-in-recorded-history-in-u-s/77881467007/

 

Trump's Social Security Fairness Act Next Move – January 25, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/live/0GiufsoYI70

 

Richard Wolff: The INEVITABLE End of the US Empire, the Denial of Trump, BRICS & China Rise – January 26, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZf7ERX3cUw

 

Trump cuts communication from health agencies despite growing bird flu threat – January 26, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdIzcRvpAFE

 

Trump's NO TAX Plan: Getting Rid of Income Tax? – January 26, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E91jcDFh8ws

 

In a Time of Genocide, Move from Colonial to Liberation Medicine.  This transformative work requires reimagining medicine’s structures, moving people with racist beliefs out of positions of power, and creating systems for the most marginalized to lead. – January 26, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/foreign-policy/liberation-medicine

 

Biden’s Pernicious Presidential Legacies.  The most obvious economic legacy Biden leaves behind is the overhang of the worst inflation since 1980-81. – January 26, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/bidens-pernicious-presidential-legacies

 

Economic Update: Trump's Anti-Immigrant Campaigns – January 27, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr5rkBlTpoQ

 

World leaders tell Fareed Zakaria what they think of President Trump – January 27, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExL1WXAMt4o

 

Billionaires Own EVERYTHING - Now They Want YOUR LIFE! – January 27, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phs2MKhU_2Y

 

Trump SENDS MARKET into DOWN SPIRAL after FIRST WEEK?!?! – January 27, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4pv2vMhdfk

 

We Are The Union.  San Francisco Native Touts Worker-to-Worker Organizing As Key to Labor Revival – January 27, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/labor-social-justice/we-are-the-union

 

Solve The Teacher Shortage: Tell Teachers They Don’t Have To Stay In The Classroom Forever – January 27, 2025

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lilyjones/2025/01/27/want-to-solve-the-teacher-shortage-tell-teachers-they-dont-have-to-stay-in-the-classroom-forever/

 

Trump Deals Massive Blow to NLRB Amid Confusion Over Funding Freeze.  Donald Trump is testing the limits of his power yet again—this time with the firing of multiple people on the National Labor Relations Board. – January 28, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/190823/trump-firing-nlrb-national-labor-relations-board

 

Tuberculosis Is Back—Just in Time for Trump to Make Things Even Worse.  State officials say the U.S. is suffering its largest documented TB outbreak in history. Meanwhile, Trump is busy gutting health programs. – January 28, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/190797/tuberculosis-outbreak-trump

 

Will Trump Crash Economy On Purpose? Historian Explains DANGEROUS MAGA Plot – January 28, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDvYj6nlwI8

 

Crashing the Economy: Trump’s Blueprint for Power and Profit.  A collapsing America is a billionaire’s paradise, and Trump’s all in… – January 28, 2025

https://hartmannreport.com/p/crashing-the-economy-trumps-blueprint-59f

 

Responding to Trump tariff threat, Taiwan says chip business is 'win-win' – January 28, 2025

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/responding-to-trump-tariff-threat-taiwan-says-chip-business-is-win-win/ar-AA1xZsjy

 

The External Revenue Service: What's That?  Creating this agency would require an act of Congress, emphasizing the legal and legislative steps necessary for establishing new federal entities. – January 28, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/the-external-revenue-service

 

The Mountain West’s Mega-McMansion Problem.  The rich have turned the region into “ultra-exclusive enclaves,” creating hazardous living conditions for everyone else. – January 28, 2025

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/mountain-west-mega-mcmansion-housing-problem/

 

Wolff Responds: "DeepSeek: Lessons for America" Dated January 29, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIllymvhRTo

 

China’s DeepSeek Sparks Global AI RaceJanuary 29, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KK8SuvwoRQ

 

Trump May Want to Cut Taxes on the Rich; States Can Do Differently.  We won progressive taxes in our state by showing people just how unjust our tax code was. Other states can follow. – January 29, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/economic-equality/cut-taxes-on-the-rich

 

Trump Stooge CRUMBLES as Bernie Sanders Rips Him Apart with Ease – January 30, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jax_29MegZ4

 

The Right Is Frothing Over a New Medication Abortion Study.  The birth control drug name-dropped in Project 2025 is suddenly getting new attention, thanks to research suggesting it could serve as a mifepristone substitute. – January 31, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/article/190921/ella-medication-abortion-study-mifepristone

 

Elon Musk Is Trying to Get Control of Key Payment System—at Any Cost.  A top Treasury official plans to resign after a fight with Elon Musk’s allies over access to a sensitive payment system. – January 31, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/190983/top-treasury-official-quit-elon-musk-fight-payment-system

 

Trump Moves on From D.C. Plane Crash to Start Another Trade War.  Donald Trump is always ready to threaten someone with tariffs. – January 31, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/190992/donald-trump-brics-trade-war-plane-crash

 

What Trump’s Tariffs Could Mean for Your Utility Bill – January 31, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/article/191009/trumps-tariffs-electricity-prices-utility-bill

 

Trump signs tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China – February 1, 2025

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5121102-trump-tariffs-china-canada-mexico/

 

Tax Handout to Billionaires Coup of the Century.  This administration is trying every tactic—legal or not—to fund its planned massive tax handout to billionaire backers. And this won’t be the last attempt. – January 30, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/civil-liberties-and-civil-rights/tax-handout-to-billionaires

 

Tariffs on Canada and Mexico could hurt Trump’s quest for US energy dominance – January 30, 2025

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/tariffs-on-canada-and-mexico-could-hurt-trumps-quest-for-us-energy-dominance/

 

US imports of Canadian and Mexican crude oil by company January 31, 2025

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-imports-canadian-mexican-crude-oil-by-company-2025-01-31/

 

Big Tech’s AI Bubble.  Powerful forces are driving global events in these historic times. Capitalism is in uncharted waters and the situation is highly unstable. – January 31, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/techie-tips/ai-bubble

 

Trump moves to cancel recent union agreements with federal workersJanuary 31, 2025

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-moves-cancel-recent-union-agreements-with-federal-workers-2025-02-01/

 

18 Differences Between Teaching Kids Now Vs. Then – January 31, 2025

https://www.buzzfeed.com/dannicaramirez/teachers-share-differences-teaching-students-then-vs-now

 

Residents of small Iowa town take legal action against employer: 'Too often allowed to violate the law' – January 31, 2025

https://www.yahoo.com/news/residents-small-iowa-town-legal-100048726.html

 

Trump INSTANTLY TANKS Economy with CHAOTIC Presser – February 1, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX3BGolCYEQ

 

Top Treasury official exits as Musk makes grab for federal payment system – February 1, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OujB43E-JeI

 

How Companies Are Dodging Trump Tariffs On Canada, Mexico And China – February 1, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5P8WHBrQvo

 

Costco and Teamsters reach a tentative deal to avert a strike – February 1, 2025

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/01/business/costco-teamsters-strike/index.html

 

Trump stretches trade law boundaries with Canada, Mexico, China tariffs – February 2, 2025

https://www.reuters.com/business/trump-stretches-trade-law-boundaries-with-canada-mexico-china-tariffs-2025-02-02/

 

Union official says Education Department employees were placed on leave after taking diversity training during Trump’s first term.  A letter to the affected employees obtained by NBC News said they would continue to receive their full salaries and benefits and wouldn't be required to do any work-related tasks. – February 2, 2025

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/union-official-education-department-employees-leave-dei-training-rcna190337

 

Economic Update: New Economics Institute with Clara Mattei – February 3, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d71PICrxW3I

 

Dear President Spurs: Tariffs, Really?  If trade is something you object to flowing into America? Your tariffs should solve that problem. – February 3, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/foreign-policy/tariffs-really

 

People With Disabilities Were Left Behind During the Los Angeles Fires.  Emergency response plans need to account for disabled people. – February 3, 2025

https://progressive.org/latest/people-with-disabilities-were-left-behind-during-the-los-angeles-fires-ervin-20250203/

 

China Strikes Back After Trump Imposes 10% Tariff on Goods – February 4, 2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/business/economy/trump-tariffs-china.html

 

Calls Grow in Canada to Ban Musk’s X, Tesla and Starlink – February 4, 2025

https://www.thedailybeast.com/calls-grow-in-canada-to-ban-musks-x-tesla-and-starlink/

 

Scientists Just Found a Way to Starve Cancer Using Fat CellsFebruary 4, 2025

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-just-found-a-way-to-starve-cancer-using-fat-cells/

 

Diversity in Hiring Benefits Us All.  We must affirmatively invite all students to imagine themselves as public policymakers, and commit to making them feel welcome at federal agencies. - February 4, 2025

https://progressive.org/op-eds/diversity-in-hiring-benefits-us-all-leiter-20250204/

 

U.S. Travel Association Warns of Economic Tourism Disaster After Thousands of Canadian Tourists Cancel Trips in Protest – February 4, 2025

https://www.thetravel.com/us-travel-association-warns-of-economic-tourism-disaster-after-thousands-of-canadian-tourists-cancel-trips-in-protest/

 

Wolff Responds: "The Anti-democratic Fraud Called 'Meritocracy'" dated February 5, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILljYRz_G-I

 

"America Is In DEEP DANGER Under Trump!" - Richard Wolff's Dire WarningFebruary 5, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ-EZds3RoQ

 

Vietnam's trade surplus with US hits record high in 2024 – February 5, 2025

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/vietnams-trade-surplus-with-us-hits-record-high-2024-2025-02-05/

 

Capitalism Hits Home: Marriage and Capitalism – February 6, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6t4-kmtUuo

 

Richard Wolff: Billionaires made $6 billion PER DAY in 2024 – February 6, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTt6FafDn0c

 

Delaware County Council has strong words for Crozer Health, its parent company, with bankruptcy hearing Thursday morning – February 6, 2025

https://www.delcotimes.com/2025/02/06/delaware-county-council-has-strong-words-for-crozer-health-with-bankruptcy-hearing-thursday-morning/

 

Insulin Is a Right, Not a Privilege: Accessing Life-saving Healthcare.  However well crafted or impactful a policy may be, people urgently need insulin access now. To fill the gap, communities created their own mutual aid networks. – February 6, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/healthcare/insulin-is-a-right

 

Alpha-Gpc - Uses, Side Effects, and More

https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-1087/alpha-gpc

 

Trump’s Big Firing Spree Is Screwing the Working Class.  President Donald Trump’s full-tilt embrace of the unitary-executive cult (“ I have an Article 2, where I have the right to do whatever I want as president ”) demonstrates how very empty… – February 7, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/article/191269/trumps-firing-spree-screwing-working-class

 

Trump Puts Worst Person You Know in Charge of TikTok’s Next Steps.  Donald Trump has decided who will be managing the TikTok portfolio in the U.S.February 7, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/191277/trump-tiktok-us-sale-next-steps-jd-vance

 

NIH announces new funding policy that rattles medical researchers : Shots - Health News – February 8, 2025

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/02/08/g-s1-47383/nih-announces-new-funding-policy-that-rattles-medical-researchers

 

Federal workers who took Trump buyout feel fear, regret after judge’s order.   A judge in Massachusetts paused a Feb. 6 deadline to decide on whether to take the buyout, pending a Monday court hearing in a lawsuit seeking to nullify the Trump administration’s deferred resignation program. – February 8, 2025

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/02/08/federal-workers-deferred-resignation-judge-ruling/

 

Major NIH funding cuts threaten medical research at UW-Madison – February 8, 2025

https://www.wisn.com/article/federal-cuts-to-nih-grants-impact-uw-madison-research-initiatives/63721387

 

Welcome to Oligarchy: Offshore Capital – February 9, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw9w1paDlF8

 

The Super-Duper Bowl.  America is showing the world—where over 3 billion people live in poverty—that it can lavishly spend so much wealth and energy on a frivolous display of grandeur that only an empire can afford – February 9, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/racism/super-duper-bowl

 

$20M in Public Funds Go to Keep Crozer Health Hospitals Open – February 10, 2025

https://delco.today/2025/02/crozer-health-hospitals-open-20m-public-funds/

 

Radical Study Proposes a Single Cause to Explain Alzheimer's Disease – February 10, 2025

https://www.sciencealert.com/radical-study-proposes-a-single-cause-to-explain-alzheimers-disease

 

Economic Update: The View from Prison – February 10, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe2BmTMwZYo

 

American Medical Association (AMA) (a source to replace the silenced CDC)

https://www.youtube.com/@americanmedicalassociation

 

Nevada dairy cattle bird flu news, American Heart Month, cardiovascular disease facts and flu tests – February 10, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruBXo3r_pXQ

 

Donald Trump Has Found a New Way to Threaten the Economy.  The bond market’s calm won’t last if Trump repeats his threat once or twice more, as he tends to do until he gets a reaction. Or it may react with even greater alarm than expected when… – February 10, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/article/191367/trump-treasury-default-bond-market

 

Scientists Reprogram Immune Cells to Stop Autoimmune Attacks – February 10, 2025

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-reprogram-immune-cells-to-stop-autoimmune-attacks/

 

[FULL] Bernie Sanders - NEW- 2025 Healthcare Revolution Speech – February 11, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dQdhjTAf4k

 

Leader Jeffries Remarks at AFGE Rally to Save the Civil Service – February 11, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWykrnAh5I8

 

LIVE: What the Oligarchs Really Want – February 11, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsVuZENQ0f4

 

The US National Debt and the President Who Grew It by 722%. – February 11, 2025

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/savingandinvesting/the-us-national-debt-and-the-president-who-grew-it-by-722/ss-AA1srgCA

 

The L.A. Fires Were the First Tragedy. The Second Is Just Beginning.  A pattern that began almost half a century ago is about to play out in the Pacific Palisades. Big houses will get bigger, the total number of units will shrink, and the housing crisis and climate crisis will continue to cause chaos. – February 11, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/article/191403/la-fires-recovery-palisades-housing

 

DOGE slashes millions from Education Department research – February 11, 2025

https://www.yahoo.com/news/doge-takes-chainsaw-education-department-162932154.html

 

100-year-old heart drug made from foxglove may help 'dissolve' clumps of spreading cancer cells – February 11, 2025

https://www.livescience.com/health/medicine-drugs/100-year-old-heart-drug-made-from-foxglove-may-help-dissolve-clumps-of-spreading-cancer-cells

 

Health care workers to picket Providence facilities in Sonoma, Napa counties amid call for higher wages, increased staffing – February 11, 2025

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/providence-picket-sonoma-napa-counties-nuhw/

 

An Oligarchy Unleashed, Corruption Plain-faced.  An oligarchy unleashed and in the open. Their extraordinary wealth is buying the power to make them even wealthier. This, my friends, is pure corruption. – February 11, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/democracy/an-oligarchy-unleashed

 

The United States Is More Vulnerable to Disasters Under Trump.  Trump’s anti-climate executive orders and federal funding freeze are weakening communities’ defenses against extreme weather, health, and financial threats. – February 11, 2025

https://progressive.org/op-eds/the-united-states-is-more-vulnerable-to-disasters-under-trump-mingle-20250211/

 

Teacher Fundraising Is Not a Solution to Our Broken System for Funding Schools.  The fundraising site DonorsChoose raises millions for teachers, but many public school students still don’t have the resources they need. – February 11, 2025

https://progressive.org/public-schools-advocate/teacher-fundraising-is-not-a-solution-to-our-broken-system-for-funding-schools-bader-20250211/

 

Tracing Trouble – February 12, 2025

https://globalpost.com/stories/potatoes-came-from-south-america-and-so-did-their-pathogens/

 

Wolff Responds: "The Hoax Of The Tariff " Dated February 12, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/live/8vJciu00Sis

 

Trump Press Secretary Crashes and Burns When Trying to Prove Fraud.  Karoline Leavitt had no answers when asked about the fraud Donald Trump and Elon Musk are supposedly eliminating. – February 12, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/191469/donald-trump-press-secretary-karoline-leavitt-fraud

 

Republicans Finally Reveal How They’ll Pay for Tax Cuts for the Rich.  Mike Johnson has just released House Republicans’ budget plan—and it’s not good. – February 12, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/191458/house-republicans-budget-plan-tax-cuts-rich-debt

 

Mark Cuban Says U.S. Healthcare Is 'Horrific'—Calls for Free Medical School to Fix Doctor Shortages and Soaring Costs – February 12, 2025

https://in.benzinga.com/startups/25/02/43662970/mark-cuban-says-u-s-healthcare-is-horrific-calls-for-free-medical-school-to-fix-doctor-shortages-and-soaring-costs

 

Why the health care industry is letting RFK Jr. cruise to confirmation – February 12, 2025

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/12/rfk-jr-confirmation-health-care-00203851

 

Judge OKs Prospect Medical To Sell Two RI Hospitals – February 12, 2025

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/general/bankruptcy-court-approves-prospect-sale-of-2-ri-hospitals/ar-AA1yVVJP

 

Large healthcare companies are redistributing most of their profits to shareholders, study finds February 12, 2025

https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/healthcare-companies-shareholder-payouts-increasing-jama/739827/

 

Dialectic At Work: Capitalism hits the fan 2.0? – February 13, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMd_4-fA6e8

 

How to Fund an Economic Miracle: ‘Quantitative Easing with Chinese Characteristics’.  Chinese labor is cheaper than in the U.S. largely because the government funds or subsidizes social needs, reducing the operational costs of Chinese companies and improving workforce productivity. – February 13, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/economic-equality/fund-an-economic-miracle

 

Are Rent-Stabilization Laws Essential for Protecting Tenants?  The real estate and tech industries have shown they only care about two things: making obscene profits off the backs of hard-working Americans, and then scheming to make even more obscene profits. – February 13, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/housing-and-homlessness/rent-stabilization-laws

 

Why LA’s Homeless Crisis Will Only Get Worse.  If you think homelessness in LA will decline, think again. It is already high, and it will rise for these three reasons. – February 13, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/housing-and-homlessness/homeless-crisis-will-only-get-worse

 

What Trump Is Really Doing With Shady Public Health Executive Order.  Donald Trump established a “Make American Healthy Again Commission.”February 14, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/191560/donald-trump-robert-f-kennedy-jr-public-health-executive-order

 

Wolff Responds: "The Folly of Deregulation" Dated February 14, 2025 (BONUS)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIBSl68nGrk

 

Gut Bacteria Secretly Rewire the Brain – New Study Reveals How – February 15, 2025

https://scitechdaily.com/gut-bacteria-secretly-rewires-the-brain-new-study-reveals-how/

 

Scientists Crack 30-Year Cancer Mystery: New Discovery Could Revolutionize Radiotherapy – February 16, 2025

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-crack-30-year-cancer-mystery-new-discovery-could-revolutionize-radiotherapy/

 

Economic Update: Capitalism, Lost Empathy and Rising Addictions – February 17, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTp0p56Ke3Q

 

New Study Uncovers a Shocking Side Effect of a Parkinson’s Drug – February 17, 2025

https://scitechdaily.com/new-study-uncovers-a-shocking-side-effect-of-a-parkinsons-drug/

 

Economic woes trigger record exodus from New Zealand February 17, 2025

https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3298936/economic-woes-trigger-record-exodus-new-zealand

 

The Truth About Trump’s Tariffs – February 18, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfVGUiet39E

 

“The Collapse Of A Generation Is Here” | Richard Wolff – February 18, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk2jNCWr8E4

 

Farm bill for Pennsylvania would impact ‘everyone,’ not just farmers – February 18, 2025

https://www.abc27.com/pennsylvania-politics/farm-bill-for-pennsylvania-would-impact-everyone-not-just-farmers/

 

The Strike at Kaiser.  They take care of us; who will take care of them? – February 18, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/labor-social-justice/the-strike-at-kaiser

 

Wolff Responds: "The Dilemmas Of Europe" Dated February 19, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kdbM4L5m3E

 

“Trump Just Announced His WORST Idea” - Richard Wolff’s Latest WarningFebruary 19, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6eT1gtsMQY

 

Trump Declares Himself King as He Kills Congestion Pricing in New York.  Donald Trump is celebrating an end to New York City’s congestion pricing program. – February 19, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/191715/trump-king-end-congestion-pricing-new-york

 

How to Save Public Health: Follow Labor’s Lead.  The Trumpian ascension of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. carries the potential for vast harm. Fortunately, the playbook for lessening the damage has already been written. – February 19, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/article/190620/labor-organizing-public-health-crisis

 

Trump Has a Wild New Excuse for Why Inflation Isn’t His Fault.  After almost a month in office, Donald Trump still says inflation has "nothing to do" with him. – February 19, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/191679/donald-trump-excuse-inflation-fault

 

So many Americans died from COVID, it’s boosting Social Security to the tune of $205 billion – February 19, 2025

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/retirement/so-many-americans-died-from-covid-it-s-boosting-social-security-to-the-tune-of-205-billion/ar-AA1zoi3E

 

Musk Lies About Social Security Waste and Fraud So He Can Kill It.  The richest man alive wants to cut off your benefits and then have Congress use the savings to give himself a gigantic tax cut. – February 19, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/economic-equality/social-security-waste

 

Sepsis Rates Have Skyrocketed Since This Red State Banned Abortion.  More women are being forced to endure life-threatening conditions just to get treatment.

https://newrepublic.com/post/191777/sepsis-rates-skyrocketed-texas-ban-abortion

 

Imminent changes to the SSA: Elon Musk proposes new measures for pension payments.  A change in SSA retiree information could cause the entire benefits system to change completely in the coming years – February 20, 2025

https://www.tododisca.com/en/imminent-changes-ssa-elon-musk-new-measures-pension-payments/

 

Capitalism Hits Home: What’s Love Got to Do With It? – February 20, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MngESaiSHDI

 

Hundreds of Philadelphia IRS workers laid off as Trump administration tries to cut federal workforce – February 20, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL8j83yMa2c

What Will Trump's Secretary of Labor Bring?  Trump, whom Lori Chavez DeRemer praised and endorsed for reelection, is paying plenty of attention to federal workers. He's firing them wholesale. – February 20, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/labor-social-justice/secretary-of-labor-lori-chavez-deremer

 

Americans Should Support Garment Workers Taking on Nike.  The company continues to exploit workers in the Global South as it reels in billions, creating a “race to the bottom” that hurts all workers. – February 20, 2025

https://www.laprogressive.com/labor-social-justice/support-garment-workers

 

Who Needs College Anymore?  Kathleen deLaski asks that question in a new book that asks how to make higher ed not only more accessible but applicable to Americans’ real lives. – February 20, 2025

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/02/20/who-needs-college-anymore/

 

Trump’s Latest Health Care Claim Will Make Your Head Spin.  Donald Trump pushed a bogus claim about Amish people. – February 21, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/191836/donald-trump-health-care-amish-people-autism

 

A Furious Trump Is Learning That Food Prices Are Out of His Control.  Why Trump and the Republicans are struggling to lower prices – February 21, 2025

https://newrepublic.com/post/191764/trump-inflation-egg-food-prices

 

MUST WATCH: Bernie Sanders Outright Accuses Trump And Elon Musk Of Breaking The Law With DOGE Cuts – February 21, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVxHFhhWea4

 

CDC vaccination committee meeting postponed days after RFK Jr. took over at HHS

https://apnews.com/article/vaccines-cdc-rfk-trump-acip-74ad20e0a5430bfd6b48d35900c34d13

 

Pennsylvania GOP Senator Calls Marijuana Prohibition A 'Disaster,' Signaling Support For Treating Cannabis Like Alcohol And Tobacco - Marijuana Moment – February 21, 2025

https://www.marijuanamoment.net/pennsylvania-gop-senator-calls-marijuana-prohibition-a-disaster-signaling-support-for-treating-cannabis-like-alcohol-and-tobacco/

 

DOGE shut the funding spigot for medical research overnight. Scientists are calling it ‘the end of science’ in America – February 21, 2025

https://www.yahoo.com/news/doge-shut-funding-spigot-medical-120300712.html

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