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Back when Donald was a failure in real estate, he was famous for not paying his contractors. He would come up with fictional fault in their work as an excuse not to pay them. Now, this unscrupulous cretin is short-changing the National Guard. www.rawstory.com/trump-infuri...
🦋 Time Magazine: Protests underway across the United States to mark Labor Day by rallying against Trump & his Administration Prominent #protests in Washington DC, Chicago, New York City, Detroit, Boston, South Carolina & Tallahassee 865 #WorkersOverBillionaires events from D.C. to Guam 🦋
🦋 1.2 million immigrants disappeared from US labor force As contributions of workers are celebrated on Labor Day Census Bureau data shows Trump's impact (Jan-July) Immigrants are 20% of workforce but with 45% in farming & fishing, 30% construction & 24% service workers AP: tinyurl.com/mv8dkbt7 🦋
Total value of goods imported to the US in 2024 was $3.3 Trillion. Trump's number is insane!
Insane! Actual gross tariff revenue since Trump took office is $158 Billion - less than 2% of the claimed $8 Trillion Still insane as import taxes on American businesses & consumers is more than double anything in the last 10 years and with full impact of August 7 yet to come ...
🦋 INSANE: White House claims $8 Trillion in Tariff Income Actual gross tariff revenue since Trump took office is $158 Billion Still insanity - it shows import taxes on American businesses & consumers is more than double anything in the last 10 years and with full impact of August 7 yet to come 🦋
On #LaborDay, we recognize the workers who make so much of our everyday lives possible. And every day, we should have American workers' back by supporting their organized efforts to secure higher wages, good benefits, and safe & dignified workplaces.
This is what Trumpism does. It drives our allies, enemies and adversaries closer together.
If you enjoy… Weekends Safe working conditions Retirement benefits Paid vacations Breaks at work Sick leave Paid holidays … then you’re part of the labor movement. Happy Labor Day.
.@realDonaldTrump cut a deal with RFK Jr. for his endorsement last year. As we watch the chaos & destruction of our public health system, it's not hyperbole to say Americans will pay for it with their lives for generations to come. nytimes.com/2025/08/29/hea… via @NYTimes
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This is actually fascinating. It appears to me that someone finally got to him on the lunacy of RFK Jr. This could be the beginning of an off-ramp.
🚨 US medical community warn RFK Jr. is a danger > 9 former CDC Directors, with 100 years of leadership, publish warning in NYT "Time to rally to protect the health of every American" > American Academy of Pediatrics "Deeply troubled & alarmed" > National Nurses Union "It is time for him to go" 🚨
🦋 Trump: “First of its kind pilot program” in cooperation with Guatemala's govmt to repatriate refugee children - quietly in the night Latest: Children are sitting on the tarmac in El Paso as US District Judge Sooknanan (Biden) blocks deportation of 600; some on a flight that had to be returned 🦋
🦋 RFK Jr. wants to rewrite science using vaccine critic David Geier in his Autism study Millions of scientific hours have been spent studying hundreds of thousands of children in hundreds of peer-reviewed papers To debunk a 12 child study by a gastroenterologist who was struck off in 2010 🦋 #MMR
🚨 US medical community warn RFK Jr. is a danger > 9 former CDC Directors, with 100 years of leadership, publish warning in NYT "Time to rally to protect the health of every American" > American Academy of Pediatrics "Deeply troubled & alarmed" > National Nurses Union "It is time for him to go" 🚨
🦋 Stay safe at the Labor Day protests on Monday🙏💙 #MayDayStrong #Protests #LaborDay 🦋
💥 1,000 protests scheduled for Labor Day - 36 in #Texas The area in red shows how the numbers spread out when zooming in on the map for events in your state www.mobilize.us/mayday/map/ 💥 #MayDayStrong #Protests #LaborDay
🦋 Judge finds "no probable cause" for arrest over Rainbow Crosswalk Rainbow memorial outside LGBTQ+ Pulse nightclub in Florida where 49 were killed was removed by FDoT Suarez was charged with a criminal mischief felony by FHP for "chalk on his shoe" but Judge Barbara Leach released him from jail 🦋
🦋 One of the most prescient statements ever made Robert Reich: We are on the way to becoming a 2-tiered society. Composed of a few winners & a larger group of Americans left behind. Whose anger and whose disillusionment is easily manipulated 🦋
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India and China fought a war in 1962 over border disputes. They’ve never been allies, which has been to our geopolitical and economic advantage. Thanks to Trump’s insane tariffs the two manufacturing/pharma/tech giants are teaming up, accelerating their rise…and our subsequent downfall.
On my list of escalating distractions from the Epstein Files this was one of them, particularly with the House resuming on Tuesday 🙃
Why is the Draft Dodger-in-Chief trying to drag us into a war with Venezuela? The claim is that drug cartels are so out of control they’ve been designated an international terrorist organization, so we need to send warships. But we’re denying Venezuelan’s asylum claims who fled for their lives. 🤔
Robert Reich 1995: “Jobs disappear and the markets cheer.” With the now over inflated AI bubble, as jobs are consumed the markets will roar.
🦋 One of the most prescient statements ever made Robert Reich: We are on the way to becoming a 2-tiered society. Composed of a few winners & a larger group of Americans left behind. Whose anger and whose disillusionment is easily manipulated 🦋
🦋 Stay safe at the Labor Day protests on Monday🙏💙 #MayDayStrong #Protests #LaborDay 🦋
💥 1,000 protests scheduled for Labor Day - 36 in #Texas The area in red shows how the numbers spread out when zooming in on the map for events in your state www.mobilize.us/mayday/map/ 💥 #MayDayStrong #Protests #LaborDay
🦋 Rudy Giuliani (81) hospitalized after bizarre car crash His Security Manager says he is “in good spirits & recovering tremendously" & will be discharged in 2-3 days with a spine brace Disgraced former New York Mayor is in hospital in Manchester, NH after being rear-ended at speed by a vehicle 🦋
🦋 Tesla sales in Europe fall 40% to less than 9,000 Despite an increase of 39% in EV sales across Europe, Tesla reported seventh consecutive month of decline. They plan to launch a more affordable EV this year, a de-contented Model Y SUV Chinese maker BYD saw their EV sales triple 🦋 #TeslaTakedown
🦋 US Health Secretary RFK Jr. says he wants to understand what causes Autism - a goal that reputable scientists have been pursuing for decades Bringing in vaccine critic David Geier as top researcher on the large federal study should be a shocking choice - he is infamous for flawed studies 🦋 #MMR
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“U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse held his 15th in-person town hall of the year in Steamboat Springs, racking up more of the events in eight months than the rest of the state’s House delegation combined.” Serving your community means showing up — in EVERY community. www.coloradopolitics.com/2025/08/22/q...
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Trump's volume of EOs is a record by far, it's a major strand of the Project 2025 agenda This is the official register for every President
I was quoting the expert commenting in the clip on "full mission profile for first time" as opposed to "first" test flight. Thank you for the summary chart, super useful 💙
🦋 US Health Secretary RFK Jr. says he wants to understand what causes Autism - a goal that reputable scientists have been pursuing for decades Bringing in vaccine critic David Geier as top researcher on the large federal study should be a shocking choice - he is infamous for flawed studies 🦋 #MMR
🦋 RFK Jr. wants to rewrite science using vaccine critic David Geier in his Autism study Millions of scientific hours have been spent studying hundreds of thousands of children in hundreds of peer-reviewed papers To debunk a 12 child study by a gastroenterologist who was struck off in 2010 🦋 #MMR
🦋 Trump: “First of its kind pilot program” in cooperation with Guatemala's govmt to repatriate refugee children - quietly in the night Latest: Children are sitting on the tarmac in El Paso as US District Judge Sooknanan (Biden) blocks deportation of 600; some on a flight that had to be returned 🦋
🦋 Judge finds "no probable cause" for arrest over Rainbow Crosswalk Rainbow memorial outside LGBTQ+ Pulse nightclub in Florida where 49 were killed was removed by FDoT Suarez was charged with a criminal mischief felony by FHP for "chalk on his shoe" but Judge Barbara Leach released him from jail 🦋
The USS Lake Erie, a guided missile cruiser, has passed through the Panama Canal into the Caribbean to join other US warships and a submarine off Venezuela.
A Trump administration proposal to reverse a landmark finding that climate change is dangerous to the public relies heavily on a report from the Department of Energy that dozens of scientists say is flawed. The Associated Press surveyed scientists for their views. Here are some key takeaways:
The ECHR matters, human rights matter #Fascism
⚡️ Trump administration to fire most of Voice of America's staff. VOA was established during World War 2 in an effort to counter Nazi propaganda.
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Don’t forget: Nationwide protest hosted by 50501 this Labor Day!
Promise tariffs ⟶ faff around ⟶ announce tariffs ⟶ pause tariffs ⟶ promise deals ⟶ court rules tariffs illegal ⟶ appeal ⟶ court order stayed ⟶ make no deals ⟶ 90 days expires ⟶ delay tariffs again ⟶ announce tariffs again ⟶ appeals court rules tariffs illegal again ⟶ you are here
American federalism goes to work. As RFK Jr. heads down the road of more measles, more COVID-19 and more flu, public health states must develop our own strategies to stay safe.
"millions"? Billions worldwide will rejoice ...
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"FEMA staff warn Trump's cuts risk exposing US to another Hurricane Katrina"
The Trump administration announced that it plans to dismiss nearly all remaining employees at Voice of America, escalating tensions with a federal judge who had previously blocked efforts to overhaul the government-funded broadcaster.
Please help me welcome to Bluesky @drdebhoury.bsky.social - brave, brilliant, and principled. abcnews.go.com/Politics/vid...
😥 Trump heading off to play golf with grandchildren on Saturday Nathan Howard is a White House press pool photojournalist 😥
Epidemiologist Erin McCanlies spent much of the past two decades studying the environmental causes of autism. Under the leadership of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has promised to find a cause for the condition, her entire division was cut.
“A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the group.” This is on Trump. Gift link here: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
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Because Trump is such a big fan of the word "likewise" within a sentence, a prolific comma user and so precise with his percentages You'd think they'd be better at mimicking his style after 14 years 🤪
🦋 Tesla sales in Europe fall 40% to less than 9,000 Despite an increase of 39% in EV sales across Europe, Tesla reported seventh consecutive month of decline. They plan to launch a more affordable EV this year, a de-contented Model Y SUV Chinese maker BYD saw their EV sales triple 🦋 #TeslaTakedown
Sadly my thought too, the pace would pick up for sure
🦋 Rumour "Trump is dead" swarms across social media Trump not seen in public since Wednesday's sycophantic Cabinet meeting ended "Make federal architecture beautiful again" Executive Order signed behind closed doors Thursday Truth Social post Friday 6.10pm but recent posts not classic Trumpian 🦋
💥 Iowa under Trump: Democrats 2, Republicans 0 Catelin Drey (37) from Sioux City won District 1 election by 55% to Christopher Prosch’s 44% in deep red #Iowa where Trump won by 13%. The second state seat to be flipped this year & which has now broken the Republican senate supermajority (33-17). 💥
💙 I've just changed my mind about reincarnation 💙
Trump: "Nobody has more respect for women than I do." Kamala Harris Debra Houry Susan Monarez Lisa Cook Erika McEntarfer Karen Ortiz Carla Hayden Admiral Lisa Franchetti Erica Roach Michelle King Danielle Sassoon Phyllis Fong Jocelyn Samuels Charlotte Burrows Admiral Linda L. Fagan The new America
💥 Trump cuts $4.9bn U.N. & Foreign Aid approved by Congress In a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) OMB is cutting the budget without going through legislative branch Vought is using "pocket rescission" for first time in 50 years to strip U.N. of its funding including $838m for peacekeeping 💥
🦋 Oscar-winning director Spike Lee's Hurricane Katrina documentary on the biggest tragedy in 21st-century Black American history As we remember the tragedy in New Orleans 20 years on & consider what may happen as Trump guts FEMA & weaponizes National Guard use #Katrina : Come Hell and High Water 🦋
BREAKING 🧵: Divided appeals court rules against Trump's tariffs. 4 judges appointed by Bush I, Obama, & Biden (2) say IEEPA doesn't allow tariffs. 4 judges app. by Bush II (2) & Obama (2) - including chief - say it does. 3 judges app. by Clinton & Obama (2) say it doesn't allow *these* tariffs.
We just prevailed in our case against Trump's massive IEEPA tariffs, in the Federal Circuit! All challenged IEEPA tariffs ruled illegal, but scope of injunction TBD. Will have more to say later. Here is a link to the ruling (7-4 decision by en banc court): www.cafc.uscourts.gov/opinions-ord...
Donald Trump’s and Pam Bondi’s corruption of the Rule of Law in America will continue apace until the American People stand up and cry out “No More. We’ve had enough. We are a nation of laws, not of men.”
COVID vaccine update: Pharmacies in these states won't give you a shot unless you have a prescription. CVS: CO, FL, GA, KY, LA , ME, NY, NC, PA, UT, VA, WV, DC Walgreens: AZ, CO, GA, IN, LA, MO, MT, NM, NY, OR, SC, UT, VA, WA, WV, WI CVS is not yet offering COVID shots at all in MA, NV, and MN.
I doubt it's the reason they have voted to pull out UNFIL over the next couple of years but it could be an influencing factor imho
🦋 Gavin Newsom torches Speaker Mike Johnson over crime response California Governor has been quick to point out blatant hypocrisy in use of National Guard to combat crime Johnson’s home state & district (LA04) has a far-greater murder rate - Shreveport ranks 18 in "America’s 25 Murder Capitals" 🦋
🦋 NEW attack on Fed Governor Lisa Cook after she files lawsuit Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte posts details of another Criminal Referral to the DOJ relating to a mortgage on a third property [doc in post] Federal Reserve's only black woman has not been charged with any crimes 🦋
💥 Medicare adoption of AI leads them down a worrying path for recipients "While experts agree that wasteful spending exists, they worry that the pilot program may pave the way for traditional Medicare to adopt some of the most unpopular practices of private insurers" through the adoption of A.I. 👇
🦋 A spike in US measles cases as children go back to school CDC: 1,408 confirmed cases No. of cases in last week 33 - up from 19 in previous week 42 states: First case in #Alabama since 2002 in an unvaccinated toddler [local report in post] No. of outbreaks 35; total for whole of 2024 was 16 🦋
🧵 Psychologist: We call it narcissistic mortification When they face both mortality & exposure, collapse deepens. They don't self-reflect or accept responsibility, they lash out Important read: Explains escalations in Trump's behaviours & confirms that both Trump and his team know that he is ill 👇
🦋 BREAKING: Trump cans Secret Service protection for Kamala Harris Under federal law former presidents receive Secret Service protection for life but a vice president receives 6 months President Joe Biden shortly before leaving office extended her protection to 18 months but Trump has revoked it 🦋
💥 Trump to ban abortions by the VA even for incest & rape Sexual assault remains endemic in the military - 1 in 3 women respond “yes” when asked if they had been forced to endure sexual activity against their will in uniform New regulations also forbid providers from providing any counseling 💥
🦋 Oscar-winning director Spike Lee's Hurricane Katrina documentary on the biggest tragedy in 21st-century Black American history As we remember the tragedy in New Orleans 20 years on & consider what may happen as Trump guts FEMA & weaponizes National Guard use #Katrina : Come Hell and High Water 🦋
"HISTORIC POCKET RESCISSION PACKAGE ELIMINATES WOKE, WEAPONIZED AND WASTEFUL SPENDING" For the first time in 50 years, using his authority under the Impoundment Control Act to deploy a pocket rescission, cancelling $5 billion in foreign aid that violates the President’s America First priorities
💥 Trump cuts $4.9bn U.N. & Foreign Aid approved by Congress In a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) OMB is cutting the budget without going through legislative branch Vought is using "pocket rescission" for first time in 50 years to strip U.N. of its funding including $838m for peacekeeping 💥
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Republicans are trying to redraw congressional district lines to keep their grip on Congress in the midterms and beyond. Voters should pick their politicians, not the other way around. Get involved with the @democraticredistricting.com as they fight back: bit.ly/3HJ1ayW
The @ametsoc.org responds to the the regime's Department of Energy #climate report: "We identify five foundational flaws in the [...] report. Each of these flaws, alone, places the report at odds with scientific principles and practices." www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am...
The IRS wants Americans to weigh in on Direct File, the agency's free tax filing program. We already know Direct File has been widely popular and successful. The program could save Americans billions annually between filing fees and time costs. www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs...
you mean "we're all going to die" wasn't polling well?
💥 Trump to ban abortions by the VA even for incest & rape Sexual assault remains endemic in the military - 1 in 3 women respond “yes” when asked if they had been forced to endure sexual activity against their will in uniform New regulations also forbid providers from providing any counseling 💥
🦋 Gavin Newsom torches Speaker Mike Johnson over crime response California Governor has been quick to point out blatant hypocrisy in use of National Guard to combat crime Johnson’s home state & district (LA04) has a far-greater murder rate - Shreveport ranks 18 in "America’s 25 Murder Capitals" 🦋
Because destroying the US is not enough, Trump is using tariffs, visa restrictions, and trade deals to pressure other countries to abandon climate goals and increase fossil fuel use, further destroying the world and the future.
This Labor Day, I urge you to join a Workers Over Billionaires protest. We must continue standing together to show Trump that we, the people, have the power – not his billionaire buddies and corporate cronies. bit.ly/4lMgKaR
Trump: "Nobody has more respect for women than I do." Kamala Harris Debra Houry Susan Monarez Lisa Cook Erika McEntarfer Karen Ortiz Carla Hayden Admiral Lisa Franchetti Erica Roach Michelle King Danielle Sassoon Phyllis Fong Jocelyn Samuels Charlotte Burrows Admiral Linda L. Fagan The new America
This story has it all: aquaculture, Black Flag, Bernie Sanders, Star Trek as policy, John Hodgman, male tears, and a candidate citing Luthen’s monologue from Andor. Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/1996...
Union representing CDC employees re: ousted leader Dr Susan Monarez: “We commend her, not just for doing the right thing, but for doing the hard thing by standing against disinformation. She chose science over politics. This is the leader that CDC needs & our nation deserves”
Since the Former Vice President Protection Act of 2008, Cheney, Biden and Pence have all received extended protection far beyond the statutory 6 months. But then they are male and white ...
🦋 BREAKING: Trump cans Secret Service protection for Kamala Harris Under federal law former presidents receive Secret Service protection for life but a vice president receives 6 months President Joe Biden shortly before leaving office extended her protection to 18 months but Trump has revoked it 🦋
Let's not forget that the brief to the National Guard was "beautiful" as well as "safe" ... Gardening, litter picking, what next ...?
💥 Medicare adoption of AI leads them down a worrying path for recipients "While experts agree that wasteful spending exists, they worry that the pilot program may pave the way for traditional Medicare to adopt some of the most unpopular practices of private insurers" through the adoption of A.I. 👇