Climate campaign with @Public_Citizen, formerly @SierraClub. Views are my own, but they can be yours too! Bluesky: https://nitter.gq/t.co/R5MZLqISSi
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Politicians are lagging indicators of public will on a given issue.
Once in a while you see a refreshing exception. @JaneKim is the rare one staring down the insurance industry, calling its bluffs, and setting out a proposal that takes shareholder profits out of the equation.
The @newrepublic just did a deep dive on our race, and our plan to actually hold the insurance industry accountable to consumers and confront climate risks.
Check it out at the link in our bio, and vote Jane Kim for Insurance Commissioner by Nov. 3rd!
The @FT reported an insurance insiders memo detailing how insurance companies downplay climate risks and plan to leave taxpayers holding the bag.
If insurance companies don't face consequences, home insurance will be nothing more than a open racket. citizen.org/news/response-fiβ¦
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We were proud to join other organizations in signing @Public_Citizen's letter, which urges state attorneys general around the country to investigate property insurers' claims handling practices.
citizen.org/news/20-organizaβ¦
OK, FL, CA, and IL are suing P&C insurance companies for racketeering + fraud. Industry insiders dropped a bombshell exposΓ© outlining just how widespread this is.
Today we called on state attorneys general to open investigations. citizen.org/news/20-organizaβ¦
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In the face of rising costs, what if we said, βWe donβt have to just take this. Letβs use government to help people so they donβt elect a bunch of fucking fascists!β Thatβs the core lesson of @IsabellaMWeberβs great new book. Check out our conversation! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcasβ¦
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Whatβs happening in France is a wake-up call to the entire world. π The cost of living keeps rising while everyday people struggle to survive. People are tired of working hard just to barely get by. Governments need to start listening to the people before frustration turns into chaos. π―ππ½
If you listen to one podcast this year make it this episode of @FightFascismPod open.spotify.com/episode/4Bnβ¦
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For decades economic development has relied on tax breaks and subsidies for the largest corporations, a trickle-down approach that too often falls short.
@NYCMayor and @NYCEDC are charting a new path.
In the first deal of its kind in NYC history, the public is investing $30 million in a quantum lab - in exchange for three board seats and 15% of the revenue generated from technology it creates.
And if any firm coming out of the lab merges, gets acquired, or IPOs, the city gets a payout.
When public dollars are invested, the public should share in the wealth and innovation those investments create.
nytimes.com/2026/10/14/nyregβ¦
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These are insurance executives warning of The Great Climate Insurance Collapse, and of what that portends for the economy. Time for us all to wake up.
insidetrack.org.uk/releases/β¦
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Steven Donziger knows what it takes to stand up to corporate power. He took on Chevron, won, and was put in prison for it. And now heβs backing our campaign to take on the insurance industry.
Thank you @stevendonziger for your endorsement!
If this isn't illegal we need new laws.
theguardian.com/commentisfreβ¦
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Insurance went from being a form of mutual aid to one of the most speculative, profitable industries on the planet.
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The oligarchs are coming for every last tool the American people have ever used to restrain corporate abuse, deception, and overreach. It's a huge new front in the right's push for elite impunity, and it's not getting enough attention. newrepublic.com/article/2154β¦
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The data center boom is making toxic pollution in Cancer Alley even worse, writes RDP Senior Fellow Dorothy Slater in @DissentMag. dissentmagazine.org/online_aβ¦
π§΅There's a battle of global importance being waged inside the California Air Resources Board (CARB). Oil&Gas companies are desperate to shield their financiers from scrutiny. (1/3) π
citizen.org/article/californβ¦
To do so is the first step to drying up the flow of money from our bank accounts, insurance premiums, and pensions into fossil fuel pockets. (2/3) π
It was 113 F in St. George last month and their Rep. Colin Jack is trying to pump more CO2 into the air. People are already dying from the heat there every year and it's only getting worse.
The little heard about insurance commissioners @naic can do SO MUCH to help out people crushed by the home insurance crisis. I asked every state regulator if they'd let us see the data.
Result: some said yes, most played coy.
Read: citizen.org/article/regulatiβ¦
