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Luke Goldstein

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  • Trump IRS Pick Was Just Enriched By Tax Schemers

    1 week ago | levernews.com | David Sirota |Freddy Brewster |Luke Goldstein

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  • Florida Republicans Want to Gut the State’s Minimum Wage Law

    2 weeks ago | jacobin.com | Luke Goldstein

    The Florida legislature is rapidly advancing a suite of bills allowing employers to underpay sub-minimum-wage workers — including children. One measure proposes undoing key child labor restrictions, like rules regulating maximum hours per week, banning overnight shifts, and guaranteeing teens get meal breaks. Another bill would permit employers to misclassify full-time workers as interns and apprentices to circumvent the state’s new minimum wage law.

  • Florida Republicans Seek To Gut Wildly Popular Minimum Wage Law

    3 weeks ago | levernews.com | Luke Goldstein

    The Florida legislature is rapidly advancing a suite of bills allowing employers to underpay subminimum-wage workers — including children. One measure proposes undoing key child labor restrictions, like rules regulating maximum hours per week, banning overnight shifts, and guaranteeing teens get meal breaks. Another bill would permit employers to misclassify full-time workers as interns and apprentices to circumvent the state’s new minimum wage law.

  • Paging Dr. Land Baron

    3 weeks ago | levernews.com | Helen Santoro |Luke Goldstein

    Nonprofit hospital chains are buying up billions of dollars worth of real estate around the country, milking them for income while using their charity status to avoid paying property taxes that fund schools, emergency departments, and other community services.

  • Meta Helped Write a Delaware Law Protecting Mark Zuckerberg

    3 weeks ago | jacobin.com | Luke Goldstein

    Delaware just passed a law this week that would shield tech billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk from an array of potential misconduct, which could impact active litigation against them alleging theft from shareholders. The bill was crafted by Democratic governor Matt Meyer’s office in direct consultation from Meta’s own legal team and a roster of corporate defense lawyers representing both billionaires, according to documents released last week by CNBC.

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Luke Goldstein
Luke Goldstein @lukewgoldstein
19 Apr 25

RT @davidsirota: INVESTIGATION: Trump’s administration halted a probe of surveillance pricing — now “price optimization” consultants are he…

Luke Goldstein
Luke Goldstein @lukewgoldstein
19 Apr 25

RT @stacyfmitchell: 1. Walmart is set to be a big winner from Trump’s tariffs. It will gain even more market share, despite relying heavil…

Luke Goldstein
Luke Goldstein @lukewgoldstein
19 Apr 25

Sometimes CNBC says the quiet part out loud. Texas oil exec Scott Sheffield is talking here about how Trump's steel tariffs will make oil drilling more expensive. The host asks: "Do you think there are companies raising their prices without even having a higher price themselves https://t.co/WVQkBuGUOG