Diesel prices just roared past $6 a gallon — an all-time high. Now truckers are paying up to $1,200 to fill up. Not only are they suffering, their costs are going to hit the whole economy. Farms, food, clothing, shipping nearly everything, we're all about to feel the impact.

We're looking to talk to: 1) Home buyers who feel that they overpaid for their mortgage or other closing costs because they were steered to a particular company and not shown other options. 2) Real estate agents who've ever felt pressured to steer clients to Zillow Home Loan, Rocket Mortgage, or another lender. If that's you, send an email over to samblack@perfectunion.us!

This is the federal version of legislation we have in Oregon. The law was tested earlier this year, when Peace Health attempted to replace their local, independent EM group with ApolloMD, a national corporate management group based in Atlanta. The EM group sued and won. The law works. This is a way to protect independent physicians and preserve physician autonomy. Is the law perfect? No. One of the criticisms I keep seeing is that it doesn’t address non-profit hospital direct ownership of physicians, and that is true. The Oregon law originally included hospitals, but the American Hospital Association lobby went nuclear and received an exemption for non-profit hospitals, much to everybody’s dismay. One thing that is unique to the Oregon law and, now, this federal legislation is that it targets the MSO-PC model that so many hospital systems use to supplant independent physician practices. This is not just about private equity. This legislation is fighting a practice model that gives non-physician, corporate influence over clinical decision making. We have dozens, if not hundreds, of examples of hospitals canceling contracts with high functioning, local, independent physician practices, and handing those contracts to these national corporate groups, who then staff hospital departments with temporary physician, NPs, and PAs with no institutional knowledge and no investment in the community. Even though this legislation may not apply to hospitals directly employing physicians, it does give independent physician practices more leverage with the hospitals they serve. This bill also gets rid of non disparagement agreements and non competes. If passed, this would be a huge win for independent physicians and communities who get to keep their local doctors.

A few years ago, the McDonald’s CEO admitted that tough times for consumers can mean booming profits for corporations. So it’s no wonder why they’ve raised prices without raising wages for fast food workers. We must continue to join together so we can shift this reality and ensure prosperity is shared by all, not just #GreedyCEOs# and shareholders!

All pro sports teams should be municipalized and run by their home city. Teams that are part of the fabric of our society can't be private goods owned by billionaires and hedge funds, who do nothing but squeeze fans for billions.

Oil and fracking tycoon Harold Hamm has just finalized a deal with Venezuela’s state oil company to develop and operate 126,000 acres of the country which possess an estimated 30 billion barrels of oil reserves. In 2024 Hamm pumped $1 million into Trump’s campaign, right after Trump asked Big Oil to fund him in exchange for dismantling fossil fuel regulations.

Unionized CVS pharmacists in California, Arizona, and Rhode Island have authorized a strike. Members of the Pharmacy Guild/IAM voted yes by huge margins: 100% in Arizona, 96.7% in favor in California, and 90.3% in favor in Rhode Island.

HUGE: Elizabeth Warren, AOC, and other members of Congress have introduced a bill to push private equity out of healthcare. The Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians Act would make it illegal for private equity, insurance companies, and other for-profit corporations to own or control medical practices. It would also close state-level loopholes that private equity firms have snuck through, prohibit corporate interference with clinical decisions, and more.

Anthropic Is building a surveillance system to monitor activists using a “pre-crime” approach that tries to predict incidents before they happen. The extensive monitoring system that the AI company is building is aimed primarily at keeping tabs on activists who oppose the rapid development of artificial intelligence. More from @DRBoguslaw below: