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A pair of London-based think tanks released research Thursday showing that corporate profits contributed substantially to the high inflation that the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, and other major nations experienced amid recent global shocks, including the coronavirus pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The new report by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) and Common Wealth argues that while corporate profiteering was not the "sole driver of inflation," the market dominance of a few powerful companies "amplified" economywide price increases.

Examining the profits of major firms listed on the stock exchanges of five countries, the analysis shows that many large corporations were able to keep their margins stable or even boost them—as in the case of major oil and gas companies like ExxonMobil—during pandemic-related turmoil and global energy market disruptions caused by Russia's attack on Ukraine.

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by Jackie Llanos, Florida Phoenix
December 6, 2023

Democrat State Sen. Tracie Davis of Jacksonville on Wednesday questioned the amount of $557,882 that has been set aside in the proposed state budget for next year.  The money is for collecting data on the immigration status of hospital patients — a controversial initiative.

The half-million allocation is part of the overall proposed state budget for 2024-25 and includes the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, which Gov. Ron DeSantis revealed on Tuesday.

The $557,882 would go toward establishing a system to collect data on patients’ citizenship status from hospitals that accept Medicaid. As part of the immigration law that went into place in July, hospitals must include a question on their admission intake form about whether the patient is a citizen of the U.S., legal resident or undocumented immigrant. AHCA has to collect that data every quarter and submit a report to the governor, House Speaker and Senate leader by March 1.

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If, like me, you're wondering if all New York Republican congressmen are crazy, you're probably not going to be dissuaded from that notion by reading this story from Politico. There are even more sordid details in their longer version but this will give you the gist of it. Somehow, Rep. Brandon Williams thinks coming out and telling his side will help him win re-election next November. He's in his first term in Congress now. He won by only about 1% in 2022 and his district voted for Biden in 2020. Yeah, good luck with that.

Republican family values.

Source: Politico

A Republican member of Congress is alleging that a former top aide spearheaded a “vindictive” threat to expose his daughter’s OnlyFans account.

Rep. Brandon Williams (R-N.Y.) told POLITICO that his former chief of staff and former legislative director attempted to retaliate against him using his 27-year old daughter’s account on OnlyFans, a popular forum for people to charge for access to sexually explicit content.

According to Williams, the two former staffers, Michael Gordon and Ryan Sweeney, threatened to expose his daughter after Williams fired them.

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Scores of independent reproductive health centers have been forced to close or stop offering abortion care, with 14 states now having no abortion clinics, a report published Tuesday revealed.

Abortion Care Network (ACN) released its annual Communities Need Clinics report, which details how "abortion bans, extremist harassment, and the financial realities of operating community-based clinics make it increasingly difficult for independent clinics to stay open" after the right-wing U.S. Supreme Court canceled half a century of federal abortion rights in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization a year-and-a-half ago.

As a result, 65 independent reproductive care clinics have shut down or stopped performing abortions since June 2022. The following states now have no clinics providing abortion care: Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia.

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A situação ucraniana entre os tomadores de decisões europeus parece cada vez mais complicada. Atualmente, não é mais possível ver o mesmo entusiasmo de apoio irrestrito a Kiev que se via antes. Os políticos locais estão a ser forçados a …

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In a lot of ways, it’s a dream job: good pay, great benefits, lots of power, and the ability to break the law with impunity. All it requires is surrendering your soul to Donald Trump.

Axios reports that Trump is laying out his plans for assembling a new Cabinet. Those plans are centered around one thing: loyalty to Trump. Experience is not a requirement. Knowledge is not a requirement. And certainly, morality is right out. What Trump wants is a Cabinet willing to, in Axios’ words, “stretch legal and governance boundaries.”

Someone who wants to be a dictator “on day one” is recruiting a Cabinet of thugs willing to break the law to enforce his will. And some of those potential Cabinet members are already bragging about just how far they will go to protect Trump’s authoritarian rule.

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I previously wrote about a Texas judge’s temporary restraining order allowing a woman with a lethally abnormal fetus to get an abortion at 20 weeks into her pregnancy. According to her doctors, the woman’s health is endangered as well as her future ability to bear more children. The judge also ruled that a doctor should be allowed to perform that abortion without facing penalties.

Attorney General Ken Paxton is throwing a temper tantrum. Yes, that’s the same AG Paxton who is charged with securities fraud, is under FBI investigation for corruption and who faces a bar disciplinary for trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election. He was also impeached by Texas’ Republican House of Representatives, though acquitted by the Senate.

Apparently, Paxton thinks laws are whatever he wants them to be. As Chris Hayes explained, Paxton is threatening to prosecute any doctor or hospital that provides that emergency abortion. He sent a letter to three Texas hospitals threatening their licenses, criminal prosecution, and civil penalties if they comply with the judge’s order.

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Os estrategistas americanos estão cada vez mais preocupados com as circunstâncias do conflito ucraniano. A iminente vitória russa está a levar os especialistas americanos a aconselhar medidas urgentes por parte dos EUA para evitar o fim das hostilidades. Agora, estes …

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