Alec Opperman

Producer | @moreperfectUS.
Previously @citedpodcast, Wisecrack

[Alec Opperman @alecopperman]

Here's a story about how pharmaceutical companies have infiltrated the scientific process by recruiting respected doctors and ghost-writing their articles. Many of these practices were implicated in the opioid crisis - and not much has changed since. https://t.co/Hr7gHB0vjh

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

BREAKING: We just won our second Emmy!

More Perfect Union took home the award for Outstanding News Discussion and Analysis for our video covering the real story of the Springfield, Ohio, immigration debate.

Watch our full acceptance speech here:

[Faiz @fshakir]

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Private equity has been moving into the bagel business.

As bagels have grown in popularity, private equity started eying local chains.

Call Your Mother Deli, PopUp Bagels, H&H Bagels have all gotten major investments, or been bought out.

These investors reportedly see the bagel industry as having unfilled potential for growth.

https://t.co/ugEqvClNnO

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

BREAKING: The REI union is asking customers across the country to boycott the chain.

The workers of @reiunion have been trying to negotiate a first contract for 4 years.

They're tired of the stonewalling and union busting. Now they're escalating, and asking you to join them.

[Alex Jacquez @AlexSJacquez]

When I worked at USDA and we mildly suggested that maybe children shouldn’t drink energy drinks in the nutrition guidelines the Monster Energy lobbyists came in with a presentation on how Monster wasn’t just fine for kids, it was actually beneficial.

[Alec Opperman @alecopperman]

The dairy industry funds so much research about the health benefits of yogurt it has become difficult for actual researchers to parse the data.

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

NEW: The new food pyramid was built by corporate interests.

General Mills, Danone, the beef industry, and more had financial ties to the scientists writing the new dietary guidelines.

RFK said he couldn't be bought, then he let Big Food write the nutrition guidelines.

[More Perfect University @MPUniversityUS]

NEW: More Perfect Union is opening up our newsroom, connecting with students everywhere, and equipping them with the tools needed to unrig our broken economic system.

[The Verge @verge]

Unionized ProPublica staff are on strike over AI, layoffs, and wages https://t.co/YJPIe5jl08

[Paul Blest @pblest]

Last year my coworkers and I @MorePerfectUS made a video about Springfield, Ohio, and today it got nominated for an Emmy along with five other MPU stories. Very proud to have been part of this

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

NEW: Sysco just announced a $29 billion deal to buy a huge competitor, Restaurant Depot.

Restaurant Depot is a lifeline for small restaurants and food trucks.

If it moves forward, the deal could leave consumers and restaurant owners with even fewer choices and higher prices.

[Alec Opperman @alecopperman]

You cannot escape the slop. The slop will find you.

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

BREAKING: Sysco just announced a $29 billion deal to buy Restaurant Depot.

This continues Sysco's relentless acquisition spree, becoming one of the largest companies in food service.

This consolidation means higher prices for mass-produced food made under grueling conditions.

[Alec Opperman @alecopperman]

The EPA is scaling back pesticide protections that the chemical companies themselves proposed. Why? Every pesticide label in America is being run through 4 former lobbyists at the EPA.

"I have never seen this happen once with a pesticide approval" - @Nathan_Donley

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

NEW: 4 former chemical lobbyists control America’s pesticide regulations, letting pesticide companies pump the country full of toxins.

For every 1 meeting with an environmental group, the EPA met 25x with corporate interests.

We revealed the corporate lobby poisoning America:

[Ben Freeman @BenFreemanDC]

He’s saying the quiet part out loud now.

[Faiz @fshakir]

"One of the fastest-growing left-wing pages on YouTube doesn’t look like other online political content... More Perfect Union has added more subscribers in the past 90 days than any other liberal or progressive political channel on YouTube and the third most overall..."

Washington Post profiles the rise of @MorePerfectUS

https://t.co/rnNQ41mRlD

[Alec Opperman @alecopperman]

I spent $638 dollars at a Knicks game to investigate the question: is charging too much for a hot dog illegal?

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

NEW: People are spending upwards of $60,000 on Super Bowl tickets.

World Cup tickets are going for as much as $230,000.

The cost of going to a game is out of control. We investigated what billionaire owners don't want you to know — how to fix this mess.

[Alec Opperman @alecopperman]

Importantly, Qatar is playing a game they picked up from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Israel. Foreign lobbying laws are rarely enforced, and bad actors around the world are well aware of this.

[Alec Opperman @alecopperman]

As we were putting the final touches on this video, a slew of right-wing influencers attended a luxurious junket to Qatar and Trump pardoned a Democratic lawmaker who accepted bribes from a foreign government.

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

NEW: Since 2016, Qatar has spent $250 million to influence the US government.

Now they’re getting a training facility in Idaho and defense commitments from the US military.

Despite espousing “America First,” Trump has put the interests of foreign oligarchs ahead of our own.

[Tom Mueller @tommuellerX]

My appearance on Trevor Noah's podcast "What Now?" just aired:

https://t.co/C4NzAMxHdm

We go deep & then broad -- an in-depth exploration of America's dialysis disaster, then outwards into our larger healthcare drama & the neoliberal drivers behind it all.

Thoughts?

[Alec Opperman @alecopperman]

Talked about Sysco, private equity, and the enshittification of restaurants with @carlo_versano at @Newsweek https://t.co/e7g9hHuUbP