Linda Benesch
Linda Benesch is the Communications Director at Social Security Works. This op-ed was adapted from Inequality.org and distributed for syndication by OtherWords.org.
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Crypto, online betting and AI interests supplied 53% of the total, and the $737.3 million is 60% above the 2024 presidential cycle, Public Citizen found.
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As taxpayers, we are funding our own endgame, but we don't have to.
Funeral prices rose 310% since 1986 as inflation rose 193%
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Montana passes Initiative 194, barring corporate election spending
The AP called the measure Tuesday with a margin of about 115,000 votes; it takes effect Jan. 1, 2027, unless a court blocks it.
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