Issue 5

The March 2026 issue of our Northeast Tennessee Organizer newspaper is out. Download your copy here. Below you’ll find links to supporting documents relevant to the articles in issue #5.

Articles:

• The Morning After Is Already Here
• Eight Million Dollars in Cameras Can’t See What’s Missing
• Centrists Out of Step: Abolish ICE Is the Majority Position
• Fascism: Finance Capital’s Insurance Policy Against the Working Class
• War, Weapons, the Working Class—and BWXT

Article Sources & Citations

The Morning After Is Already Here

1. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026, February 11). Employment situation summary: January 2026. U.S. Department of Labor. https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/economicdata/empsit_02112026.pdf
2. Yale Budget Lab. (2025). The tariff impact on U.S. households. Yale University. https://budgetlab.yale.edu
3. Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, 607 U.S. ___ (2026).
4. Congressional Budget Office. (2025). Estimated budgetary effects of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. https://www.cbo.gov
5. Newsweek. (2025, February 19). Trump’s update on Social Security, Medicaid. https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-issues-update-social-security-medicaid-2033082
6. Social Security Administration. (2025, February 28). SSA workforce restructuring update. https://www.ssa.gov
7. Virginia Mercury. (2025, November 4). Democrats sweep Virginia’s statewide races, reclaiming full control of executive branch. https://virginiamercury.com/2025/11/04/democrats-sweep-virginias-statewide-races-reclaiming-full-control-of-executive-branch/
8. WFAE. (2026, March 3). Democratic Reps. Cunningham, Majeed lose to challengers in Mecklenburg. WFAE 90.7. https://www.wfae.org/politics/2026-03-03/democratic-reps-cunningham-majeed-trail-challengers-in-mecklenburg
9. Washington Post. (1977, June 15). A break in the Carter-Meany connection. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1977/06/15/a-break-in-the-carter-meany-connection/b2698498-b055-4036-86b7-09885dc17f2c/
10. Congressional Oversight Panel. (2010, April). Evaluating progress on TARP foreclosure mitigation programs. U.S. Government Publishing Office. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CPRT-111JPRT55737/html/CPRT-111JPRT55737.htm
11. Marketplace. (2018, December 17). Divided decade: How the financial crisis changed housing. https://www.marketplace.org/story/2018/12/17/what-we-learned-housing
12. NPR. (2011, April 26). Why prosecutors don’t go after Wall Street. https://www.npr.org/transcripts/137789065
13. Saez, E. (2013). Striking it richer: The evolution of top incomes in the United States. University of California, Berkeley. https://eml.berkeley.edu/~saez/saez-UStopincomes-2012.pdf
14. California Legislative Analyst’s Office. (2025). Fiscal outlook 2025–26. https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5091
15. Revolving Door Project. (2026). The AI lobbyist starting an abundance nonprofit. https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/new-abundance-group-ai-lobbysits/
16. Semafor. (2026, March 3). How Third Way’s president plans to avoid the Biden fate in 2028. https://www.semafor.com/article/03/03/2026/how-third-ways-president-plans-to-avoid-the-biden-fate-in-2028
17. U.S. Census Bureau. (2024). American Community Survey 5-year estimates: Selected economic characteristics. https://data.census.gov
18. Tennessee Department of Health. (2024). Ballad Health certificate of public advantage annual oversight report. https://www.tn.gov/health
19. Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee. (2025). 2025 hunger study: Northeast Tennessee regional food insecurity report. https://www.secondharvestne.org
20. Democratic Socialists of America. (2025a). DSA membership update. https://www.dsausa.org
21. Associated Press. (2025, May 1). Hundreds of thousands rally across U.S. on May Day. AP News.
22. Democratic Socialists of America. (2025b). Resolution R07: Principles for party-building. 2025 National Convention. https://www.dsausa.org
23. The Nation. (2025). The call is out for mass, simultaneous strikes in 4 years. https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/general-strike-2028-unions-labor-movement/

Centrists Out of Step: Abolish ICE Is the Majority Position

1. Economist/YouGov Poll, Feb. 27–Mar. 2, 2026. https://yougov.com/en-us/articles/54225-support-for-abolishing-ice-reaches-50-percent-february-27-march-2-2026-economist-yougov-poll
2. Third Way memo, January 2026. https://www.thirdway.org/memo/democrats-abolish-ice-abuses-not-ice
3. NPR/PBS News/Marist Poll, Jan. 27–30, 2026.
   https://maristpoll.marist.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/NPR_PBS-News_Marist-Poll_USA-NOS-and-Tables_202602021147.pdf
4. WJHL News. https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/29-illegal-immigrant-located-during-local-ice-operation-sheriffs-office-says/
5. WJHL News. https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/sullivan-co-commission-approves-immigration-funding-resolutions-during-contentious-meeting/

Fascism: Finance Capital’s Insurance Policy Against the Working Class

1. 2025 Johnson City Housing Needs Assessment – Bowen Report by City of Johnson City – Issuu
2. Q4 2025 U.S. Home Equity & Underwater Report: Equity Eases via Underwater Mortgages Flag Growing Tri-Cities Home Equity Pressure – CoreData @ donfenley.com

War, Weapons, the Working Class—and BWXT

1. US-Israel attacks on Iran: Death toll and injuries live tracker | Conflict News | Al Jazeera
2. How much does the Iran war cost? Here’s what Pentagon estimates show
3. Iran war costs US taxpayers over $890 mln per day, think tank finds – CGTN
4. Nuclear components maker BWX Technologies awarded $1.6 billion HPDU contract | Reuters
5. BWX Technologies Reports Q3 2024 Results: Revenue Exceeds Expectations Amid Strong Government Operations – BWXT News – BeyondSPX
6. BWXT leader answers questions on depleted uranium project | WJHL | Tri-Cities News & Weather