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  Roosevelt Institute rooseveltinstitute.org · Feb 4
  Today’s layoffs at the Washington Post should not be understood in a vacuum. News outlets nationwide have suffered for decades under a profit-maximizing logic that ignores the media’s civic role as a trusted messenger. The reaction from our Director of Democratic Institutions @bilalb.bsky.social ⬇️
  
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    The New York Times nytimes.com · Feb 4
    Breaking News: The Washington Post began sweeping layoffs that were slated to shrink the scope of the publication.
    

    Washington Post Begins Sweeping Layoffs

    The layoffs are slated to shrink the newsroom by hundreds of journalists, cutting into The Post’s local, international and sports coverage.

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  Roosevelt Institute rooseveltinstitute.org · Feb 2
  In California, a handful of billionaires are pouring tens of millions into campaigns to block a one-time 5% wealth tax—money that would fund health care cut by the federal government. From @prospect.org ⬇️
  

  To Avoid a Tax Hike, Billionaires Decide to Take Over California - The American Prospect

  Facing a proposed wealth tax that would restore health cuts, they’re pouring money into their own gubernatorial and legislative candidates.

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    Roosevelt Institute rooseveltinstitute.org · Jan 26
    Last week marked 16 years since the Citizens United decision. The consequences for our politics have been disastrous. Billionaire spending has skyrocketed—and it’s no coincidence that economic policies ever since have overwhelmingly favored entrenched wealth over the working class.
    
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