In Q1 of this year, Procter & Gamble raised prices by 10%.
They weren't alone.
Nestlé and Kimberly-Clark also raised prices by 10%. Coca-Cola hiked prices by 11%. Pepsi jacked them up by 13%.
This is what corporate price gouging looks like.
Ingalls Wilder wasn't just a mythmaker. She was a close literary and political collaborator with her daughter, the far-right ideologue Rose Wilder Lane, who used the *Little House* royalties to fight the New Deal, and, later, to create a school for oligarchs, the "Freedom School," whose graduates include Charles and David Koch:
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/09/little-house-on-the-prairie-conservatism-214237/
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My ebooks and audiobooks (from Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, Beacon and others) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements."
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Al Jaffee, King of the Mad Magazine Fold-In, Dies at 102.
"Florida Senate Committee Advances Elections Bill Restricting Voting and Criminalizing Elections"
"The bill requires all first-time voters without a Florida ID or social security number to vote in-person. Previously, these voters could vote by mail — a method over two millions Floridians utilized in 2022 …"
Voter suppression! 😠
Many thanks to @marcelias / @democracydocket for reporting on this ❤️
Howard Schultz doesn’t like the “moniker” of billionaire because he “earned” all of his wealth.
Rubbish. Schultz built his fortune on the backs of workers, many of whom can barely afford to make ends meet.
The myth of the self-made billionaire is a cruel hoax.
Robert Reich
Cory Doctorow
Dave Winer's linkblog in Masto
Chris Espinosa
Ahimsa
Danielle Foré