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Marcus Baram

@marcusbaram.bsky.social
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Journalist: Capital & Main, Crain Currency Bylines: ProPublica, Documented, Fast Company, The New Yorker Author: Gil Scott-Heron: Pieces of a Man Skeptic + Dad (The views expressed here are personal)

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Marcus Baram @marcusbaram.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
My latest: “I’ve never seen it this bad.” The perfect storm of climate change, expanding oil and gas production, and costly homeowners insurance is devastating residents of coastal Louisiana. via @capitalandmain.bsky.social capitalandmain.com/on-louisiana...
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On Louisiana’s Gulf Coast, Residents Fume as Insurers Hike Rates and Invest in Fossil Fuel Projects
Locals face a perfect storm — they can’t afford insurance and climate change threatens their livelihood.
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Marcus Baram @marcusbaram.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
My latest: “I’ve never seen it this bad.” The perfect storm of climate change, expanding oil and gas production, and costly homeowners insurance is devastating residents of coastal Louisiana. via @capitalandmain.bsky.social capitalandmain.com/on-louisiana...
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On Louisiana’s Gulf Coast, Residents Fume as Insurers Hike Rates and Invest in Fossil Fuel Projects
Locals face a perfect storm — they can’t afford insurance and climate change threatens their livelihood.
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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Climate change. Expanding oil and gas production. Costly homeowners insurance. This perfect storm of inextricably linked factors is devastating residents of coastal Louisiana. The trend has only accelerated. Story by @marcusbaram.bsky.social capitalandmain.com/on-louisiana...
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On Louisiana’s Gulf Coast, Residents Fume as Insurers Hike Rates and Invest in Fossil Fuel Projects
Locals face a perfect storm — they can’t afford insurance and climate change threatens their livelihood.
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Marcus Baram @marcusbaram.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
NEW: Since DOGE was launched in early February, the cost-cutting initiative has had a major impact on Idaho — from federal job and service cuts to nonprofit funding freezes, via @idahostatesman.com
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Marcus Baram @marcusbaram.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
NEW in the DOGE Impact Tracker: In the wake of the Social Security Administration slashing 12% of its workforce, the agency’s field offices have struggled to adjust to their new normal with overburdened workers + frustrated recipients, reports @nytimes capitalandmain.com/doge-impact-...
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The DOGE Impact Tracker
Investigating Money, Power and Society.
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EJ Today News @ejtodaynews.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
NWS Plan to Hire Staff After Layoffs Will Be Too Late for #Wildfire Season @marcusbaram.bsky.social reports for @capitalandmain.bsky.social #news #environment #climatechange EJ Today Headlines: sej.org/headlines/list capitalandmain.com/national-wea...
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National Weather Service’s Plan to Hire Crucial Staffers After Mass Layoffs Will Be Too Late for Wildfire Season
Key California weather forecast offices will remain
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Marcus Baram @marcusbaram.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Must-read by @megduff.com on @capitalandmain.bsky.social: “It comes down to how much is a life worth,” Wolfe said. “You want more coal, but you don’t care about the coal miners and what’s happening to them.” capitalandmain.com/a-coal-miner...
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A Coal Miner’s Daughter Takes on DOGE to Protect Miners’ Health
Since 1970, more than 75,000 miners have died of black lung disease. Now, researchers working to prevent those deaths get layoff notices.
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Marcus Baram @marcusbaram.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
NEW: Due to staff cutbacks proposed by DOGE staffers at Social Security Administration, at least three dozen field offices lost more than a quarter of their staff, reports @nytimes. That resulted in long lines at offices overwhelmed by the public... capitalandmain.com/doge-impact-...
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The DOGE Impact Tracker
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/06/2025
NEW: A ProPublica investigation found that for more than a decade, the FDA gave substandard factories banned from the United States a special pass to keep sending drugs to an unsuspecting public.
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Threat in Your Medicine Cabinet: The FDA’s Gamble on America’s Drugs
A ProPublica investigation found that for more than a decade, the FDA gave substandard factories banned from the United States a special pass to keep sending drugs to an unsuspecting public.
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Marcus Baram @marcusbaram.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
My latest: Missing from the feud and the media reaction is any sense of the devastating impact Trump and Musk have had on the lives of millions of people -- veterans, children, the sick and hungry. capitalandmain.com/before-attac...
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Before Attacking Each Other, Musk and Trump Struck Blows Against Veterans, Children, the Hungry and the Sick
The president and his former ally were united long enough to hurt millions of people here and abroad.
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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Trump and Elon are fighting. But missing from the feud and the media reaction was any sense of the massive impact that Trump and Musk have had on the lives of millions of people by slashing funding for essential federal agencies, writes @marcusbaram.bsky.social. capitalandmain.com/before-attac...
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Before Attacking Each Other, Musk and Trump Struck Blows Against Veterans, Children, the Hungry and the Sick
The president and his former ally were united long enough to hurt millions of people here and abroad.
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Marcus Baram @marcusbaram.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
NEW: The budget cuts to Job Corps–—which provides free education, job training and a place to live for low-income people—will hit Kentucky hard, shuttering three locations that serve over 500 students, reports the @courierjournal.bsky.social
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Marcus Baram @marcusbaram.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
NEW: DOGE cut more than 50 grants in Georgia’s 10th district – impacting programs that trained students in school counseling, outreach to historically underserved farmers + recruited more women into fields like computer science, reports Flagpole
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Marcus Baram @marcusbaram.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
NEW: Just miles from the White House, DOGE hits after-school program for low-income families, reports @washingtonpost The parents “who send their children…are the nurses, day laborers + janitors who make this community function for everyone else” capitalandmain.com/doge-impact-...
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The DOGE Impact Tracker
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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
DOGE budget cuts are hurting the Hancock County Food Pantry in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, reports @wlox.com: capitalandmain.com/doge-posts/m...
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Mississippi Food Bank Sees More Demand, but Less Federal Funding
DOGE budget cuts are hurting the Hancock County Food Pantry in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, reports WLOX: The Hancock County Food Pantry is a source that many people in the area rely on during hard t...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/06/2025
Refugees in Kenya have died at food distribution centers, officials noted, including a pregnant woman crushed to death during a stampede. Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”
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Death, Sexual Violence and Human Trafficking: Fallout From U.S. Aid Withdrawal Hits the World’s Most Fragile Locations
Exclusive State Department records show: As the Trump administration abandons its humanitarian commitments, diplomats are reporting that the cuts have led to violence and instability while…
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Ed Yong is offline @edyong209.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
I urge everyone to read Unbreaking’s new page on everything the govt is doing to destroy & diminish medical research funding. It’s the best thing I’ve read on this topic: @lizneeley.bsky.social & co have such done an incredible job. unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
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Medical Research Funding — Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
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Marcus Baram @marcusbaram.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
NEW: DOGE budget cuts are hurting food banks in Mississippi, reports WLOX: capitalandmain.com/doge-impact-...
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Grist @grist.org · 30/05/2025
‘Chilling and dangerous’: Grassroots groups sue over Louisiana law that censors air quality data. A new state law threatens massive fines for releasing air quality data, inviting a First Amendment showdown with community organizations. grist.org/accountabili... #Law #Courts #Climate #Louisiana
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‘Chilling and dangerous’: Grassroots groups sue over Louisiana law that censors air quality data
A new state law threatens massive fines for releasing air quality data, inviting a First Amendment showdown with community organizations.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/05/2025
Elon Musk led the dismantling of the federal government with absurd threats and actions; wreaked havoc at USAID; disrupted HIV programs; stayed up late to send harassing emails. But what @inaeoh.bsky.social will remember most is his utter disdain for the workers he traumatized.
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Elon Musk made your life worse
The billionaire may be on the outs with Trump. But the damage, much of it cruel and at times life-ruining, will continue to unfold.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
The NY Post had a big scoop about Trump’s pick to lead the DEA . . . then the political editor spiked the story. www.breakermedia.com/p/ny-post-ca...
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🔎 NY Post “Catch and Kill”; Melber meetings; Cardinale & Air Mail
MSNBC anchor in talks to leave; Post Trump story spiked; Telegraph owner's US Play
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Marcus Baram @marcusbaram.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
NEW in the DOGE Impact Tracker: By cutting $1 billion in funding for U.S. Department of Agriculture programs that enabled schools and food banks to buy food directly from local farmers, DOGE is having an impact in South Florida, reports CBS News. capitalandmain.com/doge-impact-...
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The DOGE Impact Tracker
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Julie A. Su @juliesulabor.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
A basic part of the American promise is a just day’s pay for a hard day’s work. For too many workers, that promise has been broken for too long as productivity gains have gone to profits for the rich instead of wages for workers, and people have had to work longer hours just to keep up.
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Marcus Baram @marcusbaram.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
NEW: Due to funding cuts by DOGE, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment lost a $1 million federal grant to address food insecurity in two counties with poverty rates above national and state averages, reports the Topeka Capital-Journal:
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Marcus Baram @marcusbaram.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
ICYMI: Trump touts ‘no tax on overtime.’ But he just made it harder for millions to earn overtime. via @capitalandmain.bsky.social capitalandmain.com/trump-touts-...
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Trump Touts ‘No Tax on Overtime.’ But He Just Made It Harder for Millions to Earn Overtime.
Department of Labor “walked away from” rule that expanded overtime to 4 million workers, says former agency head.
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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
“You can’t benefit from ‘no taxes on overtime’ if you’re not even paid overtime," former Secretary of Labor Julie Su told @capitalandmain.bsky.social. @marcusbaram.bsky.social reports: capitalandmain.com/trump-touts-...
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Trump Touts ‘No Tax on Overtime.’ But He Just Made It Harder for Millions to Earn Overtime.
Department of Labor “walked away from” rule that expanded overtime to 4 million workers, says former agency head.
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Marcus Baram @marcusbaram.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
My latest: “I know it’s hurting people and I know it’s affecting people,” says one of Elon Musk’s South Texas neighbors. “And I know it’s going to continue if they keep cutting the way they’re cutting. It’s very obvious. How can it not affect you?” capitalandmain.com/doge-cuts-hu...
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DOGE Cuts ‘Hurting’ Residents in Elon Musk’s Backyard in Rural Texas
While the tech billionaire slashes jobs and services, local food banks, veterans' health care and college students all suffer.
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Marcus Baram @marcusbaram.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
NEW: The cuts represents nearly 30% of the food bank’s anticipated deliveries for the year — 900,000 meals that won’t reach seniors, working families and children in Delaware who rely on them, Cathy Kanefsky tells @whyy.org capitalandmain.com/doge-impact-...
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The DOGE Impact Tracker
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Marcus Baram @marcusbaram.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
ICYMI here’s my discussion about our DOGE Impact Tracker with @ethanelkind.bsky.social on @kalwradio.bsky.social yesterday. www.kalw.org/show/your-ca...
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The human cost of Trump's DOGE cuts & the rise of Trump’s crypto firm
We discuss The DOGE Impact Tracker, a new project from Capital & Main, a The New York Times investigation exposing the Trump family's expanding global crypto business.
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Marcus Baram @marcusbaram.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
NEW: DOGE cuts that have impacted Kentucky — ranging from disaster relief to school meals to education programs — are being documented by a state nonprofit’s new tracker: capitalandmain.com/doge-impact-...
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The DOGE Impact Tracker
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Marcus Baram @marcusbaram.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
ICYMI here’s my discussion about our DOGE Impact Tracker with @ethanelkind.bsky.social on @kalwradio.bsky.social yesterday. www.kalw.org/show/your-ca...
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The human cost of Trump's DOGE cuts & the rise of Trump’s crypto firm
We discuss The DOGE Impact Tracker, a new project from Capital & Main, a The New York Times investigation exposing the Trump family's expanding global crypto business.
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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Elon Musk's DOGE has spent the last several months dismantling the departments & agencies that regulate HIS businesses. Our report found that Musk has a direct business interest in over 70% of the agencies & departments DOGE targeted. The conflicts of interest are endless.
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Ethan Elkind @ethanelkind.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
What have the real-world impacts been from DOGE? @marcusbaram.bsky.social joins us on Your Call 10am PT to talk about his national tracker. Then: Trump's crypto business & conflicts of interest, with @ericlipton.nytimes.com. Stream live 10am PT @kalwradio.bsky.social! www.kalw.org/show/your-ca...
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The human cost of Trump's DOGE cuts & the rise of Trump’s crypto firm
We discuss The DOGE Impact Tracker, a new project from Capital & Main, a The New York Times investigation exposing the Trump family's expanding global crypto business.
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Marcus Baram @marcusbaram.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
NEW in the DOGE Impact Tracker: $400M in cuts to AmeriCorps is hitting Partnership 4 Kids, an Omaha, Nebraska-based education mentoring program, hard since it relied on volunteers to work w/ high school students, reports the @OWHnews capitalandmain.com/doge-impact-...
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The DOGE Impact Tracker
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Marcus Baram @marcusbaram.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
NEW: DOGE cuts to AmeriCorps, a federal agency for national service and volunteerism, is leading to layoffs at nonprofits in the Cincinnati area, reports WCPO-Channel 9: capitalandmain.com/doge-impact-...
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The DOGE Impact Tracker
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Marcus Baram @marcusbaram.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
This week we officially launched the DOGE Impact Tracker! Since February, we've documented dozens of stories on the impacts of the initiative’s budget cuts + program terminations—on children, seniors, vets, farmers, disabled students, working families and more. capitalandmain.com/doge-impact-...
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The DOGE Impact Tracker
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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Billionaire Elon Musk's DOGE is cutting federal programs. But what's the real impact on Americans? 🤔 @capitalandmain.bsky.social is launching a crucial new project to track the consequences on the ground. Follow along as we investigate! #DOGEtracker #DOGEWatch capitalandmain.com/doge-impact-...
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The DOGE Impact Tracker
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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Wondering what #DOGE is up to beyond the Beltway headlines? Check out the new DOGE Tracker from @capitalandmain.bsky.social and compiled by @marcusbaram.bsky.social This is what the cuts look like on the ground, in people's lives capitalandmain.com/doge-impact-...
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The DOGE Impact Tracker
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Walt Mossberg @waltmossberg.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Today is the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere’s ride from Boston. Along with others, he was dispatched to warn the patriots at Lexington and Concord that the British were coming to arrest their leaders. Today, we need millions of Paul Reveres to arouse our country to the threats to our freedoms.
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Marcus Baram @marcusbaram.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
My latest story: “These enormous oil and petrochemical facilities with significant safety and health hazards will be inspected even less frequently than they are now… These closures will result in more injuries, illnesses and deaths.”
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Marcus Baram @marcusbaram.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
My latest story: “These enormous oil and petrochemical facilities with significant safety and health hazards will be inspected even less frequently than they are now… These closures will result in more injuries, illnesses and deaths.”
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Marcus Baram @marcusbaram.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Feeling very nostalgic on a walk down the Bowery today. So many echoes of the ‘80s right now: right-wing prez tearing down govt slashing social programs war on the poor and vulnerable greed and materialism everywhere anger in the air
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Marcus Baram @marcusbaram.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
My latest: With CFPB’s Destruction, Fraud Victim ‘Not Hopeful’ He’ll Be Refunded capitalandmain.com/with-cfpbs-d...
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With the Destruction of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Fraud Victim ‘Not Hopeful’ He’ll Be Refunded
Agency charged with protecting consumers drops high-profile fraud cases, leaving victims in limbo.
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Marcus Baram @marcusbaram.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
NEW: DOGE cuts funds for South Dakota nonprofit that gives free books to students capitalandmain.com/doge-impact-...
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Marcus Baram @marcusbaram.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
My latest: With CFPB’s Destruction, Fraud Victim ‘Not Hopeful’ He’ll Be Refunded capitalandmain.com/with-cfpbs-d...
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With the Destruction of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Fraud Victim ‘Not Hopeful’ He’ll Be Refunded
Agency charged with protecting consumers drops high-profile fraud cases, leaving victims in limbo.
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Marcus Baram @marcusbaram.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
NEW in the DOGE Impact Tracker: USDA Cuts Impact Food Banks in Florida “The idea that there are less resources coming into the community to help those families is going to be difficult for us to manage,” says the president of Feeding Tampa Bay.
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Marcus Baram @marcusbaram.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Such a powerful quote by Eric Cooper, who runs the San Antonio Food Bank which feeds more than 100,000 hungry people every week across 29 counties in Texas. Because of DOGE, he’s not getting $3M in funding. capitalandmain.com/usda-cuts-hi...
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Marcus Baram @marcusbaram.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
NEW in the DOGE Impact Tracker: USDA Cuts Hit Food Banks Across the Country: ‘This Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg’ capitalandmain.com/doge-impact-...
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Oh. 😳 Florida debates lifting some child labor laws to fill jobs vacated by undocumented immigrants
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Florida debates lifting some child labor laws to fill jobs vacated by undocumented immigrants | CNN Business
Florida has been working for years to crack down on employers that hire undocumented immigrants. But that presented a problem for businesses in the state that are desperate for workers to fill low-wag...
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