I dug into the tax returns and financial statements of Mount Sinai and Montefiore. Montefiore's giving their executives chauffeurs and first class airfare, Mount Sinai gave their CEO 12.5 percent annualized raises over the last decade.
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NEWS: The foundation behind the Super Bowl ads to rebrand Christianity put *$50 million* into the right-wing group that drafted the abortion law used by the Supreme Court to end federal protections for abortion rights.
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He Gets Us says: "We are also about sharing Jesus’ openness to people that others might have excluded."
Its parent foundation donated $50 million to a right-wing group pushing to ban abortion and allow businesses to discriminate against LGBTQ+ customers.
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The groomer panic is about breaking unions and ending public education. They're saying it out in the open.
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This is must-read analysis from Revolver about the education reform campaign in Florida: taking over public universities, eliminating DEI bureaucracies, reducing the power of teachers unions, and moving the state toward universal school choice.
revolver.news/2023/02/desant
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New petition just dropped 👀
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UPMC has cheated the system - claiming to be a “purely public charity” while making record profits of $1.3 billion and still got $28 million in city tax breaks.
Sign the petition now if you believe UPMC should be stripped of its tax exemptions. tinyurl.com/taxupmc
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Hey there. We, the staff of Crooked Media, have formed a union. Here’s why.
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Hey there. We, the staff of Crooked Media, have formed a union. Here’s why.
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❗️BREAKING❗️ A viewer sent me this picture. Emergency crews on the scene of a major fire caused by a train derailment in East Palestine
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I think the 50 car Norfolk Southern train wreck in which 30 cars carrying vinyl chloride caught on fire, resulting in 2,000 people being evacuated was a more important story than whatever happened with a balloon, but I bet billionaires disagree.
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Been working on a wild story of corruption and vengeance in The Villages, Florida. Here it is, I promise it’s worth the read:
How a grassroots revolt in an iconic retirement community ended with a 72-year-old political prisoner
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New: Columbus designed a Black History Month cop car and put an MLK quote on it, "Be the peace you wish to see in the world." No historian I talked to, including the founding director of the King Papers Project, has ever seen this quote.
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NEW: The foundation behind a $20 million "He Gets Us" Christian Super Bowl ad campaign has funded a group fighting to limit abortion access and allow anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination.
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News: The foundation behind the $20 million Super Bowl ad campaign promoting Jesus has donated $50 million to a conservative nonprofit leading efforts to ban abortion and allow discrimination against the LGBTQ+. New at
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Chris Brown not knowing who Robert Glasper is… is the reason all of Chris Brown songs sound the same
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Federal Minimum Wage:
2009: $7.25
2010: $7.25
2011: $7.25
2012: $7.25
2013: $7.25
2014: $7.25
2015: $7.25
2016: $7.25
2017: $7.25
2018: $7.25
2019: $7.25
2020: $7.25
2021: $7.25
2022: $7.25
2023: $7.25
The min wage would be over $25 if it kept pace with productivity since 1960.
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Stay strong WTA. The people are behind you. Say no to extortion.
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Woburn families have made yummy baked goods in an effort to support getting the students back to school. The WTA continues to be overwhelmed with appreciation for our amazing community supporters!
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Ecuador: Omar Menéndez, candidate from the Citizen Revolution Movement (left) of former President Rafael Correa for the mayoralty of the town of Puerto López, was assassinated by unknown assailants today. The elections are tomorrow.
#Ecuador
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"Your fight is Philadelphia's fight. Your fight is our fight. Your fight is students' fight." -
Show your support. RT and tell Temple to negotiate a fair contract now with @TUGSA_6920! #TempleUnionMade
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As of '19 census, VT median income = 31.77% of median rent, behind only FL (32.8%), HI (33.65%), NY (36.96%), and CA (37.9%).
VT has highest % unoccupied housing in the country. 25th highest median income.
Stop pretending you don't know why this shit is happening
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Vermont currently has the second-highest per capita rate of homelessness in the US, lower only than California (2022 PIT). We need an aggressive, evidence-based plan and investments commensurate with the scale of this crisis.
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you know the biggest disaster in broadway history? yeah that was me!!!!!!
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SCOOP: George Santos told some potential donors he was a producer on the Broadway Spider-Man Musical. Turns out, that wasn't the case.
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Timing is everything. Railroad Workers United passed our resolution calling for nationalization in October of last year. Due in large part to your support and our efforts, railroad nationalization is a growing conversation. Thank you!
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I proudly stand in solidarity with workers on strike.
The union way of life is sacred. It’s long past time for Temple to come to the table & provide these workers with a good contract, fair pay, and better benefits.
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The mayoral candidate joined other local politicians and spoke to crowds at Main Campus as TUGSA continued its strike for better pay, longer parental leave and classroom improvements.
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SCOOP: George Santos told some potential donors he was a producer on the Broadway Spider-Man Musical. Turns out, that wasn't the case.
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Nurses and supporters stood strong outside Brigham and Women's Hospital during an informational picket on February 1.
They called on BWH and owner Mass General Brigham to put patient safety and the well-being of caregivers ahead of corporate priorities.
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NEWS: Politicians cut secret deals helping Wall St firms skim $600 BILLION of fees off the retirement savings of teachers, firefighters & other workers.
Now the investments may crater, which could jeopardize retirement benefits for millions of Americans.
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Raising the retirement age is a massive cut to Social Security.
Hands off our earned benefits!
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Supposedly progressive state, underpaid teachers on strike for better wages getting fined thousands of dollars. Smh.
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Teachers in Woburn, Massachusetts are on day 5 of their strike, despite public school teacher strikes being illegal in the state.
@WoburnTeachers will be fined so far $45,000 for being on the picket line, and the penalty will increase by $5,000 every day of the strike.
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Legal experts say that Warren’s backing of Texas Supreme Court justices could put the court in a position of banning criticism of its own decisions by ruling in favor of Warren.
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Big business’ plan to block Biden’s ban on noncompete agreements
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"There is no Cop City in the beloved community."
Proud to join my Morehouse faculty colleagues in signing this open letter denouncing Cop City.
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L.A. Times—Business-backed canvassers often lied when they asked Californians to sign petition to hold ballot initiative to repeal new law that would lift fast food workers' pay & standards
Some canvassers lied, saying they aimed to raise fast-food wages
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Pigs are considered the fifth most intelligent animal on Earth and can outperform three-year-old children on cognition tests.
Nonetheless, pork producers continue to crowd pigs into factory farms by the millions to maximize profits. 10/11
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no its not. do not do this.
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White House-linked venture capital fund boasts China war would be great for business interc.pt/3Y2STJ4 by
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"There are no limits" outside the ICU for nurses caring for patients, MNA Prez and ICU nurse Katie Murphy told
Nurses and patients need Safe Patient Limits to address RN recruitment and retention and improve care conditions.
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really grateful for this piece and hope it starts to change people’s minds about who bikes in our city and who safe streets are really for.
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