MIDDAY POSTER: Meet The Pandemic Profiteers
Corporate executive pay skyrocketed during the pandemic, while workers barely saw any raise at all.
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WEEKEND READER: Bezos Wants It All
By purchasing MGM, Jeff Bezos might finally provoke an antitrust backlash.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Big Oil Loses Big
Also: Arizona Democrats urge their senators to scrap the filibuster, and the largest federal employee union backs legislation to divest pensions from fossil fuels.
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Bernie vs. Bailout 3.0
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MIDDAY POSTER: Drug Lords Demand Legal Immunity For Their Empire
The Sackler family made billions off the opioid crisis — unless Congress acts quickly, they could now be granted sweeping legal immunity.
Corporations Kept Bankrolling The Campaign Against Voting Rights
Records show big business funneled millions to GOP groups even after they attempted to limit voting rights and overturn the election.
MIDDAY POSTER: Seeking Immunity, Nursing Home Execs Hire Biden Guy
Nursing homes just hired Biden's top aide to lobby the White House - and Biden has refused to rescind a Trump rule shielding nursing home execs from liability.
How America Became A Tax Haven For The Rich
Corporations are now audited at roughly half the rate as low-income EITC recipients.
WEEKEND READER: Capitulation Now, More Pain Later
Biden’s attempt to avoid a health care fight may pay short-term political dividends, but it will make a solution even more difficult in the future.