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'CEOs don't want this released': US study lays bare extreme pay-ratio problem

Golly, why wouldn’t CEOs want this released? You’d think they’d want us to know how much more valuable to society they are than us plebs who do all the grunt work, wouldn’t you? (/s)

'CEOs don't want this released': US study lays bare extreme pay-ratio problem

The first comprehensive study of CEO-to-worker pay reveals an extraordinary disparity – with the highest gap approaching 5,000 to 1

US intelligence reports: Russia's new hypersonic weapon will likely be ready for war by 2020

I keep saying that threatening RUSSIA! is an incredibly stupid thing to do. (And I’m not the only one here that has said it.) They’re NOT the usual third world country that’s been kicking our ass all over the Middle East. They are a nuclear powerhouse that could, and would, clean our collective clock if ‘push’ ever really came to ‘shove’.

US intelligence reports: Russia's new hypersonic weapon will likely be ready for war by 2020

The Poor People's Campaign & Non-Party Opposition

A very informative article from Counterpunch added depth and context to my understanding of The Poor People's Campaign The New Poor People's Campaign: Seeds Of A Non-Party Opposition?

Not settling for a choice between Democrats or Republicans:

There is a third strategic alternative: A “non-party opposition” which draws diverse constituencies out of their silos to combine their power but uses direct action rather than electoral politics as its means to exercise that power. Such a non-party opposition can play some of the crucial roles of a political party, bringing together different constituencies around common interests, exposing existing policies and institutions, and presenting alternatives.

Florida to monitor Broward election chief after judge finds ‘unlawful’ ballot destruction in Wasserman Schultz race

This is good, but what about the Awan family?

Florida to monitor Broward election chief after judge finds ‘unlawful’ ballot destruction in Wasserman Schultz race

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