Friday, August 14, 2026

Covid..

 


MacK..

  


MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has become one of the most influential philanthropists in America by pioneering large-scale medical debt relief.

According to a report by Fortune, through her donations to Undue Medical Debt (formerly known as RIP Medical Debt) Scott helped transform a small non-profit into a national force.

Since 2020, her gifts totaling more than. $100 million have enabled the organization to abolish more than $40 billion medical debt across all 50 states, providing relief to millions of families.

The initiative of cutting down the medical debt is a small part of Scott’s larger philanthropic footprint. 

Scott has also given away more than $26 billion to more than 2,500 organizations which include Black colleges and universities, environmental groups, and economic equity nonprofits and more. As per Fortune report, the recent estimates suggest that her net worth stands at around $33.8 billion.

Fauci..

 

In one February 2, 2020, email—just one day after the now-infamous “Proximal Origins” call— a conversation between Jeremy Farrar, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and Francis Collins shows their intent to “get ahead of the science and narrative of” the origins of COVID-19. 

Later, Dr. Fauci instructed then-NIH Director Francis Collins: “Please delete this e-mail after you read it.”

In another email, dated July 20, 2020, Dr. Fauci displayed a blatant disregard for congressional oversight, remarking “As usual [Rand Paul]’s full of s..t” and wrote to his Chief of Staff: “please delete this e-mail after you read it.”

“Dr. Fauci misled Congress and the American people. The evidence is clear: while publicly posturing as a champion of science, he was privately directing his staff to destroy federal records,” said Dr. Paul. 

“This is a blatant violation, a betrayal of the public trust, and further proof that Fauci engaged in a coverup from the very beginning of the pandemic.”

Scream..


Progress..

 

Despite..

 


Despite Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s “rent freeze,” the costs for New York apartments continues to soar — except it’s not really “despite” at all: His policies either don’t touch the problems, or make them worse.

The average rent of an open Manhattan unit just hit an eye-watering $6,655 a month, report industry pros, a 10% jump from last year.

An average studio is now going for more than four grand;  

One major reason: Rent regulation insulates 1 million apartments more than one quarter of the entire city’s housing stock from market pricing.

Those tenants rarely leave, making open units more scarce, and so forcing up prices for the 1 million market-rate apartments.

And the rent freeze (which actually benefits higher-income folks more that lower earners) only makes things worse.

Plus, when a longtime rent-stabilized tenant finally moves out, 2019 state “reforms” make it unaffordable for landlords to bring the unit up to code, so even vacated apartments can’t get offered to new tenants.

All of this makes the city’s “rent inequities” even worse, with would-be newcomers facing the most ridiculous rents while the “haves” already here get an ever-better break.

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

No prison..

 

An intense ideological conflict is dividing the Democratic Party as moderate leaders clash with the left wing over the radical "Workers Deserve More" platform released by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) in July 2026.  
  •  The DSA's "Workers Deserve More" platform proposes drafting a new U.S. Constitution that abolishes the Senate and replaces the presidency and Supreme Court with leaders chosen by Congress. 
  • The platform calls for abolishing national borders, defunding the Pentagon, eliminating most prisons, and shifting large corporations into government ownership 
  •  It promises guaranteed public housing, zero consumer debt, and universal healthcare as basic human rights. 
    • Moderate and establishment Democrats warn that the socialist agenda is electorally toxic and contains losing messages for general elections outside deep-progressive strongholds. 
    •   Figures like Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) and former Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel have publicly urged the party to reject the DSA, comparing the socialist faction's disruptive nature to the right-wing House Freedom Caucus.  
    •   Prominent progressive and democratic-leaning lawmakers have declined to endorse the controversial platform, and several high-profile progressive members have let their formal DSA memberships lapse.