LumiWorx - Just Vote Dammit!1d ago

It could be the largest #Antitrust #Lawsuit ever filed in #USHistory

A class action suit filed against #Amazon may turn 288 million buyers into #claimants, in what is described as a massive #AntiDiscounting scheme.

Who qualifies?

"... defined as: all persons in the United States who on or after May 26, 2017, purchased five or more new, physical goods from third-party sellers on Amazon’s marketplace."

Layman's terms:
https://www.openclassactions.com/settlements/amazon-marketplace-antitrust-class-action-lawsuit-decoster.php

Docket info:
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/59939851/de-coster-v-amazoncom-inc/

Political Cartoon Gallery6d ago
Patrick Blower @blowercartoons on #AndyBurnham #Benefit #Claimants @Telegraph – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
Richard Michael BlaberMay 20
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/20/global-power-britain-brexit. "Having failed to situate #national problems in their proper #global context, #Labour ended up splashing around in the shallow end of #political #debate. That is the comfort zone of #demagogues who blame the country’s ills on #immigrants & #benefits #claimants."
The balance of global power is shifting fast, but Britain is stuck in the same old Brexit rut

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CBC CanadaMay 13
Canada's new asylum law leaves 2SLGBTQ+ claimants fearing deportation
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/asylum-law-lgbtq-claimants-9.7196381?cmp=rss
Richard Michael BlaberMay 9
https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/new-dwp-overpayments-concerns-show-something-with-universal-credit-has-gone-catastrophically-wrong/. What is the betting it will be the #claimants who get blamed for the DWP's error? The #disabled will suffer financially, & will get called #benefit #frauds & scroungers - unfairly & without justification.
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Richard Michael BlaberMay 1
https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/key-cost-saving-change-on-pip-re-assessments-as-dwp-offers-new-ways-to-engage-with-timms-review/. "The Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) has increased the number of #disabled #claimants who will face fewer #reviews of their #eligibility for #personal #independence #payment (PIP)." Thank Heaven for small (very small) mercies!
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has increased the number of disabled claimants who will face fewer reviews of their eligibility for personal independence payment (PIP). The measures it i…

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Richard Michael BlaberApr 17
https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/coroners-are-asked-to-do-more-to-question-role-of-dwp-in-deaths-as-they-receive-crowdfunded-book/. "Coroners across #England & #Wales have been asked to do more to question the role of the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) in the deaths of #benefit #claimants before they carry out #inquests."
Coroners are asked to do more to question role of DWP in deaths, as they receive crowdfunded book

Coroners across England and Wales have been asked to do more to question the role of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in the deaths of benefit claimants before they carry out inquests. Th…

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CBC PoliticsApr 10
Immigration Department informing some 30,000 applicants they may be ineligible for refugee hearings
Canada's Immigration Department is sending tens of thousands of refugee claimants letters that they may not be eligible for asylum — and is telling some of them that they should leave immediately.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/immigration-thirty-thousand-ineligible-asylum-9.7158489?cmp=rss
CBC EdmontonApr 10
Immigration Department informing some 30,000 applicants they may be ineligible for refugee hearings
Canada's Immigration Department is sending tens of thousands of refugee claimants letters that they may not be eligible for asylum — and is telling some of them that they should leave immediately.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/immigration-thirty-thousand-ineligible-asylum-9.7158489?cmp=rss
Richard Michael BlaberApr 4
https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/one-in-three-terminally-ill-people-in-deprived-areas-arent-claiming-dwp-benefits-theyre-entitled-to-at-the-end-of-life/. "A third of terminally ill people living in the most deprived parts of #England & #Wales are not claiming #benefits they’re entitled to in the final 12 months of life. Contrary to successive #Government & #mainstream #media #narratives around the soaring numbers of #benefit #claimants, the new #data backs up what many #disabled #activists have repeatedly warned: that the up-take of benefits is instead far lower than it should be."
One in three terminally ill people in deprived areas aren’t claiming DWP benefits they’re entitled to at the end of life

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