Occupy was pretty effective in changing public opinion. Before Occupy economic inequality wasn't widely acknowledged as a major issue, support for capitalism was far greater, and almost everyone thought they were middle class rather than thinking in terms of workers vs the 1%.

The union President will go to jail and the union & strikers will all be fined.

I just don't read local news unless I am googling for something specific. There is nothing in it I really need to know. Its kinda like smoking: addictive, but bad for your (mental) health. I'm sure cherry-picking the worst tragedies in your community gets lots of clicks and ad revenue (or subscription fees), but it creates a distorted & depressing view of the world. Feel good fluff is also pointless, and also leads to an inaccurate view of the world.

The biggest mafia is when the government and private companies team up. When you hear the phrase "public-private partnership" watch you wallet.

If a company gets most of its income from the government it is defacto a government agency. It differs from a normal agency in that there are more avenues for corruption. For example, it can put the money it gets from the government into the hands of shareholders / owners, or hire outgoing politicians / government officials into high ranking roles in exchange for shady deals.

I'm independent too. This election fraud narrative pushed by Trump is just as false as Russiagate was. Nonsense pushed mainly by people with partisan blinkers on.

Once they start blocking news they will probably also block some non-news items too because their algorithm mis-identified it as news.

So primary Republicans and get anti-wage theft candidates nominated.