There Are No Weird Blogs Anymore Cause It’s More Fruitful to Drive Them Out of Business

#capitalism #PrivateEquityFirms #blogging

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/private-equity-killed-media

There Are No Weird Blogs Anymore Cause It’s More Fruitful to Drive Them Out of Business

I learned many surprising lessons from my 20 months as editor-in-chief of...

TPM - Talking Points Memo

Renting in #Maine is #unaffordable, but it’s the best option in #NewEngland

by Kathleen O'Brien July 23, 2025

"Someone earning minimum wage needs to work 61 hours a week to afford a modest one-bedroom apartment in Maine.

"Maine, like last year, was ranked 26th, which makes it more affordable than any other state in New England. That’s because someone needs to earn $28.42 per hour to afford a two-bedroom unit in Maine — nearly double Maine’s current minimum wage of $14.65 — according to the study."

Read more:
https://www.bangordailynews.com/2025/07/23/business/business-housing/high-rent-prices-maine-best-option-new-england-joam40zk0w/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/NezVH

#UnaffordableHousing #CorporateLandlords #InstitutionalInvestors #InvestorOwnedHousing #Unhoused #PrivateEquityFirms #CorporateCriminals #HousingForAll #LessMallsMoreHousing #LessOfficeSpaceMoreHousing

Renting in Maine is unaffordable, but it’s the best option in New England

In order to be able to afford a two-bedroom unit in Maine, you'd need to make nearly double the state's current minimum wage.

Bangor Daily News

Apollo, Ares Eye Bigger Role Backing Sports Leagues, Teams

(Bloomberg) — Apollo Global Management Inc. and Ares Management Corp. are both pushing deeper into sports investing, the…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #ApolloGlobalManagement #AresManagementCorp #Latvia #LV #privateequityfirms #sportsfinance #sportsinvesting
https://www.newsbeep.com/5717/

#DaveNeal two (part 2)

27 min. mark: #CorporateHousing because of #PrivateEquityFirms buying up houses and farmland and renting them out. No one gets to own land or buy their first home. #housing #globalhousingcrisis #NoToPrivateEquityHomes #LateStageCapitalism

27.43 min mark The U.S. Nazi Party passed an amendment to sell off #PublicLand (#stateparks, etc) #RoKhanna said land is being sold in #Nevada, #Utah, etc.

Anyone who is overly concerned with big 'Gubbermint' is misinformed & misguided as to who the real enemy of We-The-People are in this toxic capitalist, for-profit state. It's the Corporatocracy stupid.

https://www.propublica.org/article/congress-industry-leaders-call-for-crackdown-on-hospice-fraud

#Corporatocracy #PrivateEquity #PrivateEquityFirms #ForProfit #NonProfit #CorporateCorruption #Hospice #Death #Dying #Healthcare

Congress and Industry Leaders Call for Crackdown on Hospice Fraud

Following a ProPublica-New Yorker investigation into the hospice industry, members of the Comprehensive Care Caucus and national trade groups are demanding reform.

ProPublica

How ugly can toxic-capitalism get? How about private-equity firms making profits on the terminally ill? Yeah, private-equity-firms profiting on the dying. How low can the Corporatocracy go? WTF!?

https://www.propublica.org/article/hospice-healthcare-aseracare-medicare

#CorporateCorruption #Corporatocracy #Corruption #Hospice #PrivateEquityFirms #PrivateEquity #Death #Dying #Whores #ToxicCapitalism #ForProfit #NonProfit

The Hospice Hustle

Half of all Americans now die in hospice care. Easy money and a lack of regulation transformed a crusade to provide death with dignity into an industry rife with fraud and exploitation.

ProPublica