Steve

Steve

@thingsters.com

Between a cynical and skeptical optimist.🇺🇸

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Steve
@thingsters.com

What percentage can afford it? As an income comparison, about 23.4% of U.S. households can afford the current version of the American dream.

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In 2025, 50.7% of full-time workers in the U.S. earned a living wage - a decrease of 5.1 percentage points since 2021.

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ProPublica
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West Virginia has been part of a nationwide push, partially funded by billionaire-backed political groups, to use taxpayer dollars to fund private schools. Among the proponents are the Koch family network and Pennsylvania billionaire Jeffrey Yass.

propublica.orgHe Tried to Set Limits on His State’s School Vouchers. Billionaires Helped Bankroll a Campaign to Unseat Him.A high-ranking Republican had wanted only to curb the unchecked growth of West Virginia’s voucher program, not destroy it. In the ensuing backlash, three PACs — affiliated with the Koch family and Jef...

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The former CEO of a naval defense contractor told FBI agents he cut cash-for-contracts deals with South Carolina’s two most powerful members of Congress — Sen. Lindsey Graham and Rep. James Clyburn.

propublica.orgHow Trump’s FBI Purge Saved Lindsey Graham and James Clyburn From a Bribery InvestigationAn FBI anti-corruption team launched an investigation into whether South Carolina’s most powerful members of Congress were involved in a bribery scheme, ProPublica found. After Trump gutted the FBI an...
Steve
@thingsters.com

Annual premiums for employer-sponsored family health coverage reached $28,303 this year, 5% higher than in 2025. On average, covered workers contributed $7,471 toward the cost of family coverage. www.kff.org/health-costs...

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Billionaires are scared of loosing power to populist and having to capitulate to DEI, ESG, and Stakeholder capitalism.

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The Washington Sun
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The purchase of several aircraft by the DHS during the final days of former Secretary Kristi Noem’s tenure is tied to an “ongoing criminal law enforcement investigation,” the department’s Privacy Office told The Washington Sun.

washingtonsun.comDHS Plane Purchases Tied to ‘Ongoing Criminal Law Enforcement Investigation’The department, while under Kristi Noem’s leadership, bought several aircraft over market value from a donor to a Noem-linked super PAC.

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Robert Reich
@rbreich.bsky.social

Remember when everyone was supposed to get “DOGE dividends” and $2,000 tariff rebates? Now Elon Musk is promising to give every child a SpaceX share, while Trump is claiming he'll dole out $5,000 checks if Republicans win the midterms. Their desperation is showing. Don’t be fooled.