President Trump and his aides have declared that they will use all the tools federal power gives them to silence criticism in the media, and MAGA-aligned billionaires have bought major media outlets and begun moving them to the right. It’s why Trump’s attack on Jimmy Kimmel spotlights an even bigger problem.
Thousands of nurses are organizing across four hospitals in the Des Moines area owned by UnityPoint Health, after experiencing years of unsafe staffing ratios, minimal security, and mistreatment from management. Instead of improving safety measures, the hospital system has spent between $3.7 million and $6.1 million on anti-union activity.
While the president howls about crime in liberal cities, he is taking drastic action to make it worse everywhere. Top administration officials are putting themselves—the people who control the world’s largest military—and the American people at greatly increased risk of attack from criminals and spies alike.
Media organizations face a dilemma as the Trump administration escalates its crackdown on a free press: get safe access to events as they’re happening but run the risk of compromising basic standards of journalistic integrity, or do the challenging work of reporting—potentially putting one’s body on the line.
Workers from more than three dozen labor unions and advocacy groups protested the ongoing abuse of immigrants in custody after immigration officials told federal lawmakers that more detainees have died in their care.
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Crypto Cowboys and Big Bad Banks
David Dayen and Whitney Curry Wimbish talk about how crypto bought Congress and how Wyoming is becoming the crypto capital. Plus: the price of the consolidation of the banking industry.
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