M. E. Merrill

M. E. Merrill

@memerrill73.bsky.social

Retired teacher, dog lover, quilter, nature lover, pickleball player, hiker, pro democracy, please no DMs.

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Robert Reich
@rbreich.bsky.social

Five corporations control 90% of the US media market. Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere. It means more power for them and less freedom for you.

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NBC News
@nbcnews.com

In the world of private equity, it’s relatively common to have a group of seemingly unrelated businesses under one roof, because they all are run with the same general strategy: Maximize returns for investors away from the glare of public markets.

nbcnews.toPizza Hut’s strange new private equity bedfellows: 24 Hour Fitness and a ‘deathcare’ firmP.E. firms have bought up restaurant chains in recent years, but they have a mixed track record when it comes to turning them around.

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Democracy Docket
@democracydocket.com

Trump believes he has the power to weaponize the U.S. Postal Service to restrict voting. Marc Elias and his law firm are already challenging that notion in court. “[The Trump administration has] come up with a scheme that is so unbelievably unconstitutional and authoritarian.”

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Action Together New Jersey
@atnj.org

"Maine veterans showed up outside Senator Susan Collins' Portland office this weekend with 168 lunchboxes, one for each schoolgirl killed in the Minab school bombing, and 13 portraits memorializing the 13 American service members killed in the war in Iran." (From Common Defense)

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MeidasTouch
@meidastouch.com

BREAKING: Award-winning journalist Scott MacFarlane is joining MeidasTouch as our Chief Washington Correspondent. This is a major expansion of our enterprise and investigative reporting in D.C.

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Robert Reich
@rbreich.bsky.social

Just a random reminder that over 50 members of Congress collectively own millions of dollars in defense contractor stocks. They stand to personally profit from wars that enrich these contractors. Make no mistake, this is legalized corruption. Watch how they vote this week.

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Marc Elias
@marcelias.bsky.social

I spent part of today sorting out what is going on with the Epstein Files. Why the delay? Why have the rolling productions stopped. And, what might a recent filing by Ghislaine Maxwell have to do with it.👀 On Monday, Democracy Docket will publish my analysis. Subscribe to receive. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Marc Elias
@marcelias.bsky.social

Unlike CBS, I believe that the media should take into account the perspectives of those advocating for free and fair elections. I started Democracy Docket to do just that -- provide you news, information and analysis of what is happening to democracy in court. Sign up now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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MeidasTouch
@meidastouch.com

BREAKING: The United States appears to have begun bombing Venezuela. Massive airstrikes are underway. War is here.

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Acyn
@acyn.bsky.social

Goldman: This guy is so clearly trying to follow the Putin model—using the government to make money, making sure his allies control the most important companies in the country, including our media companies, doling out money by deregulating their industries, and taking money from them in return…

M. E. Merrill
@memerrill73.bsky.social

"We have decided that the right to own weapons of war matters more than a child’s right to grow up without terror. We have decided that inconvenience to adults outweighs mass graves for kids."

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Kat Abughazaleh
@katmabu.bsky.social

Trump wrongly indicted me. I’ll rightly impeach him. Impeachment isn’t just an option, it’s a necessity. I know firsthand the lengths Trump is willing to go in order to silence dissent — but is it working?

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Lauren Underwood
@laurenunderwood.bsky.social

Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw. The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.

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Robert Reich
@rbreich.bsky.social

The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals. The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry. Where is the MAHA outcry?

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree
@pingree.house.gov

Trump can try to bury the truth by canceling the annual food security report—while spreading lies about SNAP fraud and dismissing decades of research—but families know how real the hunger crisis is. We’re not backing down—no matter how hard the Admin tries to hide the reality of hunger in America.

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Robert Reich
@rbreich.bsky.social

A House panel is holding a hearing on a proposed ban on Congressional stock trading. This ban is long overdue. Why should members of Congress be able to use privileged information to make money on the stock market, while they’re supposed to be working for you?

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MeidasTouch
@meidastouch.com

Meiselas this past Monday: Halligan says the grand jury rejected the 3-count indictment, so she brought back a 2-count version they supposedly approved, but that part is missing from the transcript. Judge Currie warned the grand jury may never have seen it. If true, that’s criminal.