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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
In her statement on the ICE shooting in New York, AOC specifically calls out Target. The congresswoman demands that the mega-corporation stop allowing ICE to stage paramilitary raids from its parking lots. migrantinsider.com/p/aoc-to-tar...
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AOC to Target: Stop Lending Your Bronx Parking Lots to ICE
After federal agents fired into a car with a 5-year-old in the back seat, Ocasio-Cortez names the retailer that lawmakers say gave ICE a place to wait.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Now the country's two largest unions, UGT and CCOO, have agreed to strike together for the first time in 14 years, with other unions set to join as well.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Rising rents and evictions have taken center stage in the country over the last month, leading to massive protests and a proposed eviction moratorium which was shot down by the conservative element in Parliament. /2
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
HUGE: Spain’s biggest unions have announced a nationwide general strike over housing issues on November 11, just two weeks before a newly called snap election. /1
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The workers who make Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering are unionizing. The teams behind these famous games would join United Wizards of the Coast, a union established earlier this year by Magic: The Gathering Arena developers in partnership with the Communication Workers of America.
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The Dungeons & Dragons And Magic: The Gathering Teams Are Forming A Union - Kotaku
If successful, this unionization effort would bring almost every Wizards of the Coast IP under union representation
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
At least $260 billion in data center projects have been cancelled so far this year due to local organizing and opposition, according to Heatmap. heatmap.news/daily/260-bi...
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Exclusive: Data Center Cancellations Top $260 Billion in 2026
Local opposition has exacted a much higher cost for developers than has been previously understood, according to new Heatmap Pro survey of public records and financial information.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Skydance CEOs now acknowledge that layoffs will in fact be coming after the Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger, per @variety.com.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Utah is letting an AI bot prescribe certain acne medications to patients without direct human oversight, the first time a state has allowed this technology to replace the role of a doctor. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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AI Can Now Prescribe Acne Drugs in this US State
In a first-of-its-kind pilot, Nolla Health lets AI diagnose and issue prescriptions.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
HUGE: The Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes have both voted to impose a three-year moratorium on data center construction on tribal lands — temporarily banning dara centers on 8,000 square miles. The Cherokee Nation, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, and the Kickapoo Tribe have all imposed similar bans.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The richest 0.1% of Americans have more than doubled their immense wealth since 2019 — per WSJ.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Ban Flock Act would prohibit federal agencies from using automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) and block federal funding from state and local governments that use this technology, making it untenable for these AI surveillance cameras to continue proliferating across the country.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BREAKING: Bernie Sanders, AOC, and Jeff Merkley are introducing the Ban Flock Act. This bill would effectively put an end to AI surveillance cameras that track Americans. /1
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More Perfect University @mpuniversity.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Students for a Democratic Cornell: Billionaire trustees with stakes in weapons manufacturers, Big Oil, and pharmaceutical companies are doing everything they can to crush student movements.
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More Perfect University @mpuniversity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@aoc.bsky.social on justice at Cornell: we have an institution that issues a suspension on track for deportation for someone engaging in free speech and protest on campus, but made rapists write an essay in private.
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More Perfect University @mpuniversity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@aoc.bsky.social on organizing in rural communities to block data centers: "Once somebody starts to see you show up for them, then they will open up their ear to you on any number of other issues."
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More Perfect University @mpuniversity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@aoc.bsky.social: The best thing that we can do to rein in runaway costs at private institutions is by having tuition free public colleges and universities. “For anyone who wants to say that that’s pie in the sky and unrealistic… this is literally what baby boomers gave themselves.”
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More Perfect University @mpuniversity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@aoc.bsky.social: We must abolish ICE. "These black box detention centers are for-profit institutions... that's why they're going after every man, woman and child that is engaging in productive activity... because the CEOs of GEO Group & CoreCivic have profits to post."
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More Perfect University @mpuniversity.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@aoc.bsky.social: “The culture of rape, sexual assault, and pedophilia is protected in elite institutions across the United States and including Cornell University”
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More Perfect University @mpuniversity.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@aoc.bsky.social calls out Cornell University and shares her message to sexual assault survivors: “The fact that Jane Doe, that survivor, lost her education… and those men were protected by an institution and granted an Ivy League Education — never again.”
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More Perfect University @mpuniversity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@aoc.bsky.social: “To me the idea that Flock cameras even exist is unconscionable. And I want to congratulate Ithaca on kicking Flock cameras out of your city.”
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More Perfect University @mpuniversity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@aoc.bsky.social explains why it’s important to organize in person, not just online. “We are on the billionaires’ algorithms… but there are more of us than there are of them.”
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dodgytrish.bsky.social @dodgytrish.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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More Perfect University on Instagram: "AOC spoke to Cornell students and the Ithaca community at an event with More Perfect University. She called out Cornell University, and shared her message to sex...
4,196 likes, 94 comments - moreperfectuniversity on September 27, 2026: "AOC spoke to Cornell students and the Ithaca community at an event with More Perfect University. She called out Cornell Univers...
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More Perfect University @mpuniversity.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Students, get involved with More Perfect University on Discord: discord.com/invite/QUpAy....
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Join the More Perfect University Discord Server!
Check out the More Perfect University community on Discord - hang out with 3036 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
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More Perfect University @mpuniversity.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
NOW: @aoc.bsky.social is speaking with Cornell and Ithaca College students at our fourth Students vs Billionaires town hall, answering questions about the issues impacting them: from skyrocketing rent and tuition to the erosion of free speech.
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LIVE Students vs Billionaires Town Hall ft. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - Cornell & Ithaca College
YouTube video by More Perfect University
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Right now More Perfect University (@mpuniversity.bsky.social) is LIVE with AOC. www.youtube.com/live/vHZo1Sf...
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LIVE Students vs Billionaires Town Hall ft. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - Cornell & Ithaca College
YouTube video by More Perfect University
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
HUGE: Autozone workers just won the first ever union at the company. Despite Autozone spending an estimated $210,696 and using every tactic in the book to stop just 11 workers from forming a union, the small shop in New York chose to unionize today. These workers will now join the @uaw.org.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This comes two months after the state sued Kalshi: www.cnbc.com/2026/09/24/n....
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New York sues Polymarket U.S., two months after filing lawsuit against Kalshi
State attorney general Letitia James claims Polymarket has violated the state's gambling laws.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: The state of New York is suing Polymarket, claiming the company operates an illegal gambling platform in violation of state gambling laws.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: Despite a federal judge ordering the Trump administration to immediately restore CNN, MS NOW, and Politico’s access to the White House, a Politico reporter was barred from entering the White House this morning and had his credentials seized. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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POLITICO barred from White House after court ruling restoring access
The Secret Service confiscated a POLITICO reporter's press pass Thursday morning despite a federal judge’s decision hours earlier that a media ban appeared to violate the constitutional due process ri...
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More Perfect University @mpuniversity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“I think one of the most important things you can do is prove that it is doable.” @abdulelsayed.bsky.social on garnering voters’ trust that change is possible without taking corporate donor money.
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More Perfect University @mpuniversity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"I feel like we need a shit lettuce accountability act" @abdulelsayed.bsky.social Answering a student's question on the failures of our FDA
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More Perfect University @mpuniversity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
HAPPENING NOW: University of Michigan students speak with @abdulelsayed.bsky.social at our third Students vs Billionaires town hall. Students across Michigan are demanding solutions to the cost of living crisis impacting every one of us.
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LIVE University of Michigan Students vs Billionaires Town Hall ft. Abdul El-Sayed
YouTube video by More Perfect University
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
BREAKING: The White House is preparing a plan for a 90-day diesel exports ban, per Politico. Experts, and Trump Energy Secretary Chris Wright, warn this move wouldn't bring down prices, and could make things worse.
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More Perfect University @mpuniversity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Our Students vs. Billionaires Town Hall featuring @aoc.bsky.social is THIS Sunday 9/27 at 5PM! Cornell and Ithaca College students will have the opportunity to ask Rep. Ocasio-Cortez questions about the issues that matter most to them. See you soon, Ithaca! actionnetwork.org/forms/mpuniv...
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Nearly 190,000 home health workers in New York could unionize in one of the biggest U.S. labor drives in decades. SEIU Local 1199 says they've gotten almost 70,000 signatures, enough to trigger a union vote, and now the union has petitioned the National Labor Relations Board to hold an election.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New Jersey has fined a huge data center in New Jersey over $1 million for installing and operating 62 large gas powered generators without state permits. This comes as other data centers, like Elon Musk's facilities in Memphis, pollute communities with unpermitted turbines and face no consequences.
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NJ fines data center $1 million for illegally powering facility with gas generators
Gov. Mikie Sherill said it was the largest fine handed out to a data center in state history.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The policy passed with no corporate amendments, and the Mayor Katie Wilson supports the bill. www.king5.com/article/news...
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Seattle just became the first city to pass a ban on surveillance pricing by grocery stores. The City Council passed a proposal stopping large grocery stores and online grocery retailers from using race, gender, browsing history, employment, or AI software to change prices from consumer to consumer.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
BREAKING: JD Vance and Trump administration officials will announce today that they are removing hundreds of thousands of people from Affordable Care Act coverage, claiming these people were fraudulently enrolled as they kick them off of their healthcare. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump officials plan to cut hundreds of thousands from ACA, claiming fraud
Vance targeted ACA enrollment as part of a broader administration crackdown on suspected fraud.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Xbox plans to lay off hundreds of employees this week. It will be there second major job reduction of the year, after Xbox eliminated 1,600 roles in July. Microsoft, which owns Xbox, Bethesda, Activision, and Blizzard, made over $100 billion in profit last year.
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Exclusive: Xbox to Cut Hundreds of Jobs, Consolidate Game Studios
Xbox is planning to lay off hundreds of employees this week in its second major staff reduction this year, according to someone briefed on the plans. The Microsoft-owned firm also plans to consolidate...
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
BREAKING: Kalshi is asking the CFTC to allow margin trading on its platform, which would let users gamble with borrowed funds. www.cnbc.com/2026/09/22/k...
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Kalshi asks CFTC to allow margin trading on its platform, letting users buy with borrowed funds
It's the latest move by the company as it and other event contract exchanges seek to gain greater participation by institutional traders.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: Paramount has reached a settlement with California and other states suing to block its acquisition of Warner Bros, per Bloomberg. The settlement comes after California AG Rob Bonta caved and stopped trying to block the merger. The final four holdout states have now conceded as well.
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Paramount to Settle Lawsuits, Paving Way for Warner Bros. Merger
Paramount Skydance Corp. has reached a settlement with California and other states suing to block its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., according to a person familiar with the matte...
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Spending on data centers and other AI hardware now exceeds housing investment in the United States. According to the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis, private housing investment was $748 billion in the second quarter, while spending onAI equipment and data centers rose to $752 billion.
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U.S. economy hits pivotal milestone: Spending on data centers and other information-processing hardware now exceeds housing investment | Fortune
"We’re seeing a pivotal shift in the US economy: investment is shifting away from residential investment and towards computers."
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Larry and David Ellison are trying to take over CNN, which Trump has just banned from the White House. While the major TV networks have banded together in solidarity with the banned outlets, the billionaire family that owns CBS and is seeking to buy CNN hasn't issued a statement.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Nobody wants this. Polling shows that Americans want to protect public lands, and certainly don't want data centers built on them.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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!
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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. ...
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Correction: it is the international release they may be getting cold feet about.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Home heating oil customers can expect to pay as much as 31% more this winter if prices stay at their current levels, and people could wind up paying more if prices keep rising.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A final decision has not been made, reportedly, but after Amazon dropped the OpenAI movie there appears to be a trend of companies bowing to tech oligarchs and refusing to air films about them.
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