Empowering Main St. Before Wall St.

Reclaiming America's promise for the people who do the work, pay the bills and keep our communities alive. Advance the common good.
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[Empowering Main St. Before Wall St. @EmpowerMainSt]

Many factors are behind consumer rage: company consolidation, regulatory rollbacks, court decisions limiting consumer power, tech-enabled cost cuts, #privateequity takeovers, Covid-era changes, a moribund media and the rise of #AI customer service. https://t.co/TZUH5tLX5c

[Empowering Main St. Before Wall St. @EmpowerMainSt]

Thousands of veterans could benefit from VA delivery changes. The shift immediately speeds up delivery for thousands of #veterans nationwide. https://t.co/YO2tcuI1jM

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Despite long-established procedures for bringing Americans home for monitoring and treatment, the Trump administration has not said that it will allow those at risk of #Ebola back into the US.
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Evidence from government watchdogs, physicians, patients and lawmakers finds the #MedicareAdvantage program has become a case study in what happens when Wall Street and private insurance gets involved in the care of US seniors. (Podcast 30 minutes) https://t.co/3fvrhS1BwV

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Last year, America’s crop #farmers lost $34.6 billion, and farm bankruptcies surged to the highest point since 2020, according to the Farm Bureau. This year, 70 percent of farmers say they cannot the fertilizers they need.
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Ben Black, the head of a little-known government investment agency funded by billions of dollars from US taxpayers, had personal and business ties to Jeffrey #Epstein. His father, Leon Black, had once been the disgraced financier’s highest-paying client
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“#Amazon Is the New Slavery”: Chris Smalls on the Labor Fight of a Lifetime. A conversation with the labor organizer about his new book, When The Revolution Comes: A Fight for the Future of the Working Class." #unionstrong https://t.co/B3A9uLnH82

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#wealthinequality

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KFF: Most adults with #Medicaid are working, About 1 in 5 don't meet the 80 hours-per-month threshold because of barriers that keep them from the workforce, such as being #disabled. Some could not find jobs; others were laid off; others had retired.
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[Empowering Main St. Before Wall St. @EmpowerMainSt]

#Commonwealth Fund: 21% of adults experience denied health claims or prior authorization. Some 41% of them said it delayed care. Some 31% said that the denial ended up costing more money, and 28% said that a health problem worsened. https://t.co/eomKP2fXEI

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#Ebola is spreading after Trump dismantled #USAID, withdrew from the World Health Organization, fired thousands of #publichealth experts, and cut $12.7 billion in grants for surveillance, prevention, emergency response, and crisises. @uncpublichealth
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#Sanders unveils plan to take 50% stake in AI companies for government wealth fund. He says #AI companies built their models using the creative work of millions of people, mostly without receiving permission from the creators or compensating them. https://t.co/QA7DDWlOmV

[Empowering Main St. Before Wall St. @EmpowerMainSt]

The Costs of War Project estimates that Trump’s bizarre war in #Iran, in part by closing the Strait of Hormuz, has already cost every American family on average more than $300 (and those costs are still rising).
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Michael #Whatley's Senate campaign posted a photo of an #AI-generated image of a hockey player from the Carolina Hurricanes. Asked to name his three favorite #Hurricanes players, Whatley said, “I think we like them all. I don’t have a favorite player." https://t.co/7ohZHISJ6X

[The Assembly @TheAssemblyNC]

Looking back and looking forward as we mark half a decade of compelling and nuanced journalism about North Carolina. https://t.co/e1ksetcrFb

[Jim Acosta @Acosta]

When 60 Minutes is in trouble, we are all in trouble. When Pelley says CBS is meddling in his reporting for political reasons, believe it. https://t.co/lWpjdv1Unm

[Tara Blume @tcblume]

Science gasps for breath. They are removing all the ocean monitors to understand changes in currents and climate, and the excuse is a master class in obfuscation & double speak . (1/2) https://t.co/vs782YbcI3

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Trump appears to have forgotten today that he posted the same rambling message, word for word, about his war in Iran 1 week ago.

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

Still think Capitalism works? 🤬

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

Fifty-one Americans in the healthcare industry were included on Forbes‘ annual billionaires list.

Americans are paying more than ever for healthcare, and 51 people have become billionaires because of it.