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New York and California have named retail crime as a top priority in 2024 and are proposing new legislation and funding to tackle theft. cnbc.com/2024/01/11/new…
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Target says organized retail crime is worsening and will fuel $500 million more of lost and stolen merchandise this year than last year. cnbc.com/2023/05/17/tar… - happy tax day everybodyBREAKING: Lockheed Martin wins $17 billion US missile defense contract
- BREAKING: The @UAW is calling for a cease-fire, the largest U.S. union to do so. This is major news for both labor and the larger movement calling for a cease-fire, and could mark a sea change in what has so-far been the modest support from national labor unions for a cease-fire.
- BREAKING: Presidential appointee Lily Greenberg Call, who is Jewish, has resigned in protest of the Biden Administration’s refusal to help stop Israel’s assault on Gaza. “What is the point of having power," she says, "if you will not use it to stop crimes against humanity?”
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- You could never shoplift as much as your boss has stolen from you.
- Chicagoans of all backgrounds are coming out to support the teachers strike today.
- Earlier this morning in Queens, NY, officers cracked down on strikers and arrested Amazon driver Jogernsyn Cardenas for attempting to join the picket line @lfelizleon reports.
- “I have only a short time to live, only one death to die, and I will die fighting for this cause. There will be no peace in this land until slavery is done for.” On May 9, 1800, abolitionist John Brown was born.
- Under new rules, Congressional Progressive Caucus members must: + tell whip @IlhanMN where they stand + vote with the Caucus 2/3 of the time + adhere to this rule at least two-thirds of the time Or face expulsion.
- Happy Passover from Sean Spicer and the Trump administration...
Inside the organized crime rings plaguing retailers including Ulta, T.J. Maxx and Walgreens cnbc.com/2024/03/12/ins…
