AvatarThe Tickflipped into The ClusterFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoHow Capitalism Became a Threat to Democracyproject-syndicate.org - Mordecai KurzSince the 1980s, American capitalism has been transformed into a winner-takes-all economy in which one or a few technologically dominant firms …
AvatarThe Tickflipped into The ClusterFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoImagine a President Trump Who Owes Saudi Arabia $540 Millionnewrepublic.com - Michael TomaskyWho’s going to pay Trump’s legal penalty? Donald Trump is attempting to appeal and delay having to pay that whopping fine that New York Judge Arthur …
AvatarThe Tickflipped into The ClusterAvatarAvatarTennessee firm employed minors to clean meat saws, head splitters at slaughterhousesNBC News - By Laura StricklerFayette Janitorial LLC employed 15 children to clean dangerous equipment at a Perdue Farms plant in Virginia and nine to clean a Seaboard Triumph Foods pork plant in Iowa. Another industrial slaughterhouse cleaner has been accused by the U.S. Labor Department of illegally employing children as young …
AvatarThe Tickflipped into The ClusterAvatarAvatarDemocrats pushed climate action. Then utility bills skyrocketed.verified_publisherPOLITICO - By Wes VenteicherElectricity bills are biting lawmakers in coastal, Democratic-leaning districts. SACRAMENTO, California — California Democrats proudly authored nation-leading clean energy goals that forced the automobile industry to go electric and shaped global climate policy. Then the bill came due. There is …
AvatarThe Tickflipped into The ClusterFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoElon Musk and Amazon Team Up to Try to Demolish Workers’ Rightsnewrepublic.com - Matt FordA handful of corporations with notoriously bad labor practices are hoping to convince the Supreme Court to gut the National Labor Relations …
AvatarThe Tickflipped into The ClusterStudy: Harmful pesticide found in cerealFox 5 New York - WNYWNew research is raising a red flag about a pesticide linked to reproductive issues in animals, and says that 80% of Americans tested have that pesticide in their systems.
AvatarThe Tickflipped into The ClusterFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe olm: meet the 'human fish', a blind cave-dwelling predator that lives to 100discoverwildlife.com - Megan ShersbyJourney deep beneath the ground in search of one of the world's weirdest creatures – the olm, a cave-inhabiting 'dragon' that is as elusive as it is …
AvatarThe Tickflipped into The ClusterAvatarAvatarMongolia's former president mocks Putin with a map showing how big the Mongol empire used to be, and how small Russia wasverified_publisherBusiness Insider - Sinéad BakerThe former president of Mongolia mocked Russian President Vladimir Putin over the weekend and his focus on history to try to justify his invasion of Ukraine. Putin has frequently used historical borders to rationalize his brutal invasion, arguing that Russia has a claim over Ukraine even though …
AvatarThe Tickflipped into The ClusterFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoRussia using Musk’s Starlink, Ukraine army intelligence sayspolitico.eu - Varg Folkman“This is starting to become systematic,” says Defense Intelligence of Ukraine. Free article usually reserved for subscribers Elon Musk's satellite …
AvatarThe Tickflipped into The ClusterAvatarAvatarInvestigation finds U.S. prison labor linked to popular food brandsNBC News - NBCNews.comA new investigation found that several popular U.S. food companies are benefiting off of prison labor. NBC News' Valerie Castro talks to Investigative Reporter Robin McDowell about the findings in the report. Feb. 2, 2024
AvatarThe Tickflipped into The ClusterAvatarAvatarBiden's Response To Slain Soldiers In Jordan Contrasts With Trump's Disrespect To Black, Brown Gold Star FamiliesNewsOneSgt. William Jerome Rivers, Spc. Kennedy Ladon Sanders, and Spc. Breonna Alexsondria Moffett were killed in a drone attack last weekend. President Joe …
AvatarThe Tickflipped into The ClusterAvatarAvatarElon Musk's $56 billion Tesla compensation voided by judge, shares slideverified_publisherCNBC - Dan Mangan and Lora KolodnyA Delaware judge on Tuesday voided the $56 billion pay package of Tesla CEO Elon Musk, ruling that the company's board of directors failed to prove …