<description>Talking climate disasters, frivolous wastes of money, Pharmaceutical monopolies, environmental justice, and how Trump is continuing to ignore the American tragedies unfolding around him.

http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-feed-homeless-veterans-cost-military-parade-839813

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/03/local-news-anchors-now-have-to-read-pro-trump-propaganda.html

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2018/mar/12/burning-coal-may-have-caused-earths-worst-mass-extinction

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/welcome-to-the-age-of-climate-migration-w516974

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-03-air-pollution-linked-brain-cognitive.html

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/02/corporate-america-would-rather-not-be-associated-with-mass-murder

http://www.businessinsider.com/cignas-67-billion-express-scripts-acquisition-changes-pharma-industry-2018-3</description>

Talking climate disasters, frivolous wastes of mo…

Talking climate disasters, frivolous wastes of money, Pharmaceutical monopolies, environmental justice, and how Trump is continuing to ignore the American tragedies unfolding around him.

http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-feed-homeless-veterans-cost-military-parade-839813

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/03/local-news-anchors-now-have-to-read-pro-trump-propaganda.html

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2018/mar/12/burning-coal-may-have-caused-earths-worst-mass-extinction

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/welcome-to-the-age-of-climate-migration-w516974

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-03-air-pollution-linked-brain-cognitive.html

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/02/corporate-america-would-rather-not-be-associated-with-mass-murder

http://www.businessinsider.com/cignas-67-billion-express-scripts-acquisition-changes-pharma-industry-2018-3

Trump's Tank-less Parade Could Feed Our Veterans. And More!

<description>So much to cover, so little time. Links below.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2018/01/09/cost-of-weather-climate-disasters-was-306-billion-in-2017-what-could-you-buy-with-that/#254f111271ed

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-07/nra-s-banker-wells-fargo-climbs-to-top-of-gunmaker-debt-market

https://theintercept.com/2018/03/02/crapo-instead-of-taking-on-gun-control-democrats-are-teaming-with-republicans-for-a-stealth-attack-on-wall-street-reform/

https://theintercept.com/2018/03/06/bank-regulation-citigroup-cbo/

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/charles-koch-corporate-influence-problems_us_5aa1ed9ce4b086698a9c1930

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/09/pipeline-ceos-facing-environmental-activism-vow-to-fight-back.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-06/zinke-says-interior-should-be-a-partner-with-oil-companies

https://www.apnews.com/fe6edd739fff49d3a8e56324f7cc9721

https://www.axios.com/health-care-industry-tax-savings-1519943623-3eb9c0dd-a89b-496b-a6e4-96977ad6d969.html</description>

So much to cover, so little time. Links below.

h…

So much to cover, so little time. Links below.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2018/01/09/cost-of-weather-climate-disasters-was-306-billion-in-2017-what-could-you-buy-with-that/#254f111271ed

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-07/nra-s-banker-wells-fargo-climbs-to-top-of-gunmaker-debt-market

https://theintercept.com/2018/03/02/crapo-instead-of-taking-on-gun-control-democrats-are-teaming-with-republicans-for-a-stealth-attack-on-wall-street-reform/

https://theintercept.com/2018/03/06/bank-regulation-citigroup-cbo/

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/charles-koch-corporate-influence-problems_us_5aa1ed9ce4b086698a9c1930

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/09/pipeline-ceos-facing-environmental-activism-vow-to-fight-back.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-06/zinke-says-interior-should-be-a-partner-with-oil-companies

https://www.apnews.com/fe6edd739fff49d3a8e56324f7cc9721

https://www.axios.com/health-care-industry-tax-savings-1519943623-3eb9c0dd-a89b-496b-a6e4-96977ad6d969.html

We're Back! And Look At All These Folks Still Profiting From Death

<description>The proposed Trump budget is the exact opposite of what our economy needs. 

The greedy liars who have proposed it either 1) don't understand economics, or 2) are lying to steal our money. A little of column A, a little of column B.</description>

The proposed Trump budget is the exact opposite o…

The proposed Trump budget is the exact opposite of what our economy needs. 

The greedy liars who have proposed it either 1) don't understand economics, or 2) are lying to steal our money. A little of column A, a little of column B.

Trump's Budget: Callous, Cowardly, and Weirdly Totalitarian

<description>It's been a few days since the last one, so I run through some news you might have missed. Verizon will pocket its tax cut. Exxon quintupled its profit. Student debt is dragging down the economy, and young people are unionizing.

Finally, let's talk about a plan I call "Soil Economics"

https://heavy.com/news/2018/02/risks-costs-private-water-lead-poison/

https://www.themaven.net/beingliberal/room/verizon-will-pocket-tax-cut-savings-not-create-better-network-or-jobs-KshzJNl4zEu6eyAOM7JPkQ

https://bangordailynews.com/2018/02/05/business/ll-bean-starts-employee-buyouts-ends-pension-plan/

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hy-musk-subsidies-20150531-story.html

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/02/02/exxon-mobil-profit-trump-tax-cut/300076002/

http://www.epi.org/publication/biggest-gains-in-union-membership-in-2017-were-for-younger-workers/

http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/11/health/aetna-california-investigation/index.html

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/02/lets-cancel-everyones-student-debt-for-the-economys-sake.html

https://www.wvgazettemail.com/life/historian-shines-light-on-region-s-forgotten-history-of-slaves/article_a5dcfb35-fd5f-50c7-9b06-51f456cde046.html</description>

It's been a few days since the last one, so I run…

It's been a few days since the last one, so I run through some news you might have missed. Verizon will pocket its tax cut. Exxon quintupled its profit. Student debt is dragging down the economy, and young people are unionizing.

Finally, let's talk about a plan I call "Soil Economics"

https://heavy.com/news/2018/02/risks-costs-private-water-lead-poison/

https://www.themaven.net/beingliberal/room/verizon-will-pocket-tax-cut-savings-not-create-better-network-or-jobs-KshzJNl4zEu6eyAOM7JPkQ

https://bangordailynews.com/2018/02/05/business/ll-bean-starts-employee-buyouts-ends-pension-plan/

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hy-musk-subsidies-20150531-story.html

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/02/02/exxon-mobil-profit-trump-tax-cut/300076002/

http://www.epi.org/publication/biggest-gains-in-union-membership-in-2017-were-for-younger-workers/

http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/11/health/aetna-california-investigation/index.html

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/02/lets-cancel-everyones-student-debt-for-the-economys-sake.html

https://www.wvgazettemail.com/life/historian-shines-light-on-region-s-forgotten-history-of-slaves/article_a5dcfb35-fd5f-50c7-9b06-51f456cde046.html

Let's Talk Soil Economics - After A Run Through the News Jungle

<description>In a lengthy rant, I talk about the criminalization of poverty, and how that leads to big profits for private prisons and other companies that exploit prison labor. On the other hand, if you're rich in America, you grin and ask for your bank to be fined. With enough money, a prison sentence isn't social death - it's a springboard for a senate run!

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/02/09/384968360/jail-time-for-unpaid-court-fines-and-fees-can-create-cycle-of-poverty

https://www.npr.org/series/313986316/guilty-and-charged

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/43412-jailing-the-poor-for-fines-and-bail-is-a-government-operated-loan-shark-operation

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/43453-yes-lots-of-people-go-to-jail-because-they-can-t-pay-a-fine

http://www.hcn.org/issues/49.8/how-the-booming-business-of-private-prisons-came-to-be

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2017/09/slavery-prison-system-170901082522072.html

https://www.npr.org/2018/01/30/581778796/er-use-goes-down-as-hospital-program-pays-homeless-peoples-rent

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/06/us/baltimore-police-corruption.html

https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/gazette_opinion/op_ed_commentaries/troy-n-miller-it-was-never-about-the-drugs-and/article_674a982f-4639-5741-ba8c-a60bb9a3e872.html

http://www.businessinsider.com/jamie-dimon-said-he-could-afford-fines-2015-3

https://www.salon.com/2018/02/05/mick-mulvaneys-cfpb-gives-up-on-equifax-probe/

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/11/ex-con-coal-baron-don-blankenship-is-running-for-u-s-senate.html</description>

In a lengthy rant, I talk about the criminalizati…

In a lengthy rant, I talk about the criminalization of poverty, and how that leads to big profits for private prisons and other companies that exploit prison labor. On the other hand, if you're rich in America, you grin and ask for your bank to be fined. With enough money, a prison sentence isn't social death - it's a springboard for a senate run!

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/02/09/384968360/jail-time-for-unpaid-court-fines-and-fees-can-create-cycle-of-poverty

https://www.npr.org/series/313986316/guilty-and-charged

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/43412-jailing-the-poor-for-fines-and-bail-is-a-government-operated-loan-shark-operation

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/43453-yes-lots-of-people-go-to-jail-because-they-can-t-pay-a-fine

http://www.hcn.org/issues/49.8/how-the-booming-business-of-private-prisons-came-to-be

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2017/09/slavery-prison-system-170901082522072.html

https://www.npr.org/2018/01/30/581778796/er-use-goes-down-as-hospital-program-pays-homeless-peoples-rent

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/06/us/baltimore-police-corruption.html

https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/gazette_opinion/op_ed_commentaries/troy-n-miller-it-was-never-about-the-drugs-and/article_674a982f-4639-5741-ba8c-a60bb9a3e872.html

http://www.businessinsider.com/jamie-dimon-said-he-could-afford-fines-2015-3

https://www.salon.com/2018/02/05/mick-mulvaneys-cfpb-gives-up-on-equifax-probe/

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/11/ex-con-coal-baron-don-blankenship-is-running-for-u-s-senate.html

In America, Fines are Fine for the Rich - but Prison for the Poor

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