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Two days before the general election, Michigan Rep. Haley Stevens (D) walked into a Detroit church with Republican Mike Rogers and endorsed him for the U.S. Senate — over her own party's nominee, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed. Hours earlier, around midnight, she had assured her colleagues she would never do it.

AIPAC's super PAC spent $30.6 million trying to beat El-Sayed in the Democratic primary. Stevens lost anyway — by 13,792 votes. This is the story of the endorsement, the money behind it, and the 149-year pattern it belongs to: 1877, 1913, 1935, 1947, 1964, NAFTA, the crime bill, and the primary machine that deleted Bowman and Bush.

Research and data: ATCSTW (Analytics That Can Save The World). Full sourced dossier on our Substack.

Read the full article: https://mtcstw.substack.com/p/the-30-million-loser-haley-stevens

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Chapters:

0:00 The Endorsement

2:25 The Church

3:22 She Lost by a Point

5:48 The Senate Works for the Billionaires

8:09 She Was Never on the Team

11:07 Because of a Twitch Streamer

13:16 We’ve Seen This Playbook Before

17:44 Sober Eyes

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The FTC sued over the two prices. ATCSTW followed the rest of the machine. It was the best of prices, it was the worst of prices.

Dollar General: A Tale of Two Prices — the federal government sued over the shelf tags. This episode follows the rest of the machine: the register, the time clock, the territory, and the pipe the money travels up.

In this episode:

0:00 The Eggs — two prices, one store

1:28 The Peg — the FTC and 20 states file

3:07 The Register — Compliance Tuesday and the mechanism

5:24 The Ledger of Knocking — state after state

8:00 The Time Clock — OSHA, the Severe Violator record, and the ATCSTW numbers

11:38 The Territory — one store, whole town

15:05 The Pipe — margin, pay, and dynamic pricing by neglect

21:48 The Reckoning — New York, the defense, and the close

The data analysis in this story is by ATCSTW — Analytics That Can Save The World. The receipts are linked under the article.

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Productivity up 93.7%. Typical pay up 32.7%. The difference went somewhere — here is the ledger, with receipts.

In this update: The week in prices · A record that pays less · Profits at a record · The climb · 312 to 1 · Housing: the rent eats first · The $132 cart · Healthcare: the premium and the debt · The plastic trap · The layoff ledger · The tariff tax (estimates, labeled as estimates) · Filed: 1.23 million · The fight-back, and the Alaska gambit

Read the full article: https://mtcstw.substack.com/p/economic-warfare-choose-your-side

This update is a Propaganda Factory Network production, powered by ATCSTW — Analytics That Can Save The World. The full network — shows, data projects, and the fight — lives at mtcstw.com. JOIN THE FIGHT.

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A trillionaire flickers on and off the line. Musk crossed $1 trillion in June, jumped $65.4B in a day on Oct 5, lost $36.4B three days later — and the indexes can’t agree within $100B on what he’s worth (Bloomberg Billionaires Index; Forbes Real-Time). Plus: the $845B the tech fortunes added in nine months (Bloomberg); the layoff ledger — Barclays 5,000 for AI, eBay ~1,000, HubSpot ~660 per its 8-K, EA 400+ and BioWare; Kroger in court (Albertsons v. Kroger, Delaware Chancery, opened Oct 19, $7.5–9.3B); Airbnb’s split economy (revenue +17% while 47% of hosts earned less — Airbnb Q2 2026; AirROI); the landlord numbers (3–10% corporate rent premium — Federal Reserve research; eviction filings up to 3.7× — LISC Kansas City); and the tariff refund you never got (Treasury net customs duties: −$25.56B in June 2026 — U.S. Treasury MTS Table 4).

Receipts — every figure in this episode: Bloomberg Billionaires Index · Forbes Real-Time Billionaires · TechCrunch + AP (the SpaceX-share pledge, Oct 19, 2026) · company filings incl. HubSpot 8-K · Delaware Court of Chancery reporting · Airbnb Q2 2026 report · AirROI (83,892 listings) · Federal Reserve research (2022) · Raymond et al. (Atlanta/Fulton Co.) · LISC Kansas City · GAO · P.L. 119-101 · U.S. Treasury MTS Table 4 · Econ Desk Trumpflation v1 (E, Aug 2026: 6.8718%). The statutory tariff rate is not held and is never quoted.

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Hey team,

It’s been a minute. We haven’t had as much long-form content lately. Even sitting here opening this to get started, I feel so much anxiety, and for what?

False expectations I put on myself. I’ve learned I push myself really hard. Sometimes too hard, but in life that’s what it took to survive, so here we are. Somewhere, there’s a balance, but there’s an eternity to sleep and only finite time to build the world we deserve.

So much happening. Senators sending proof-of-life photos, senators dropping like ladybugs, AI still going crazy, and cameras everywhere except on private islands and yachts.

We brought on some contributors, but honestly, I don’t blame them for the lack of content because I haven’t been producing myself. Leadership starts with accountability, and our lack of output lies with me. I’ll do better for the people, as that’s what they deserve.

It may seem like a break from the lack of content and engagement. In some ways, I may have actually checked out. Mentally, it’s tough sometimes. But we’ve been steadily working toward various goals to drive real change.

One of those avenues is music.

Under the name MTC$TW (Music That Can $ave the Wolrd), we have released a debut single, I’m Trying, from our upcoming Propaganda Factory album.

We also have a second album, Fave Color Green, that has a single coming soon. We hope to have both these projects delivered to the people ASAP. One this fall for sure. This is fundamental to our recurring revenue model.

Why music? Through the content game and life, we’ve learned that cash is king. It’s an unfortunate reality. We have not, nor will we ever, beg for money from our community. Although some of you find ways to get coins into our coffers, The Propaganda Factory prides itself on being self-sustaining and self-funded. It also gives us the freedom to be as creative as we want with how we try to impact change.

We aim to build as many revenue sources as possible so that they can never silence our sick left radical voices. This will be deployed through short and long-form video content, music, books, screenplays, etc. Our goal is an unstoppable media empire that plugs in the most sick left radical ideals and profits from this disgusting system so that we can purchase our freedom. Or the means to attain it. Whichever is cheaper.

We maintain profitability by leveraging our established networks to maximize social return. We are always looking to grow our network and impact. One way this is happening near term is that The Propaganda Factory will contribute to community fridge programs provided by local DSA chapters.

We look forward to this opportunity to raise awareness of the ways we can plug in on the ground and help our communities. Local DSA chapters offer many tangible ways to put boots on the ground.

Comrades, the tides are changing, and they aren’t yacht-friendly.

We are making sure that we are ready. This means we must have funds. These funds come from you; however, through your eyes, your fingers, your hearts, your souls. Our wallets are already maxed. Together, we will maximize the return of our lives.

That said,

* Liquidate the billionaires

* Liberate the food

* Liberate the houses

* Liberate ourselves.

I look forward to this new chapter for us all. More soon.

- MTCSTW

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Join us on this episode of the Propaganda Factory with Dr. Greg as a guest. We talk economics, politics, and about the new upcoming Propaganda Factory album.

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This episode was recorded Friday, 4/17/2026. Check out the Dr. Greg Show for relevant science and hard facts. Tune in for some unreleased music and a fun little chat.

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Hey team. I've been working even though I'm not as visible these days. Please join us to listen to some unreleased music from our upcoming album. I also play around and throw together a little beat. It's a different podcast episode. A lot of repetitive beats and talking to myself later in the episode but hey what's every episode.

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This episode, we bring on Capn Neurospicy aka Moreno Neurospicy News to talk creating and solidarity. Join us.

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If you or a loved one is struggling with mental health, please use all free resources available, including this community.

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