He’s brazenly anti-worker’: US marks the first Labor Day under Trump 2.0: Advocates say Trump has hurt workers in many ways, often by cutting their pay or making their jobs more dangerous www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I’ve been many people, done many things. Besides my 30+ yr marriage to Carlton, most proud to have volunteered with the #OneInTeen #LGBTQ youth group in Nashville for 20 yrs. Was also part of #GeeksResist #DemCast prior to being banned from Musk’s Twitter.
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He’s brazenly anti-worker’: US marks the first Labor Day under Trump 2.0: Advocates say Trump has hurt workers in many ways, often by cutting their pay or making their jobs more dangerous www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Happy Labor Day! #LaborDay #UnionStrong #WorkersUnite
Graham Platner (Maine Democrat) Bernie Sanders endorses popular oyster farmer running against GOP Senator Susan Collins. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Nick Fuentes: America’s Next Top Racist Infamous for “Your body, my choice. Forever,” that he posted on Election Night in November 2024. His hate is dangerous and his influence is growing with young white men. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Keene NH Labor Day weekend Music Festival Street Art — sidewalk chalk art Rural America Resists (found art, not my creation)
Pritzker: "We don't want troops on the streets of American cities. That's un-American and frankly the president ought to know better. This one doesn't seem to. He hasn't read any books. He doesn't seem to understand the Constitution or the laws."
Cruelty is GOP policy! Trump & his enablers are targeting children on a holiday weekend when they hope your attention is focused elsewhere. They are monsters!
9/1 Nationwide #MusicFestival! Check the line up for your local WORKERS OVER BILLIONAIRES at www.FiftyFifty.one #50501Movement #FiftyFiftyOne #NoKings #PeoplesMovement #GoodTrouble #FuckTrump #Resist #FightFascism #SolidaritySeptember #WeThePeopleArePissed
They will never understand that treating workers with respect and appreciation goes a long way in those same workers putting their all into their jobs. Being cruel and hurtful feeds the empty souls of those in charge.
Shameful. Cruelty is GOP policy
Dark days. Work to protect what you value. Resist to protect those you love!
I remember when the right of same-sex couples to marry was deemed unattainable by national LGBTQ activists — now we have Democratic leaders willing to fight to defend it. These are dark days, but I have NOT lost hope. Be part of what’s honorable in America. Join the fight for what matters to you!
This! 💯
“I am infuriated that the Air Force plans to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it” Mark Hertland open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
I’ll pass
Time to call out the national guard, they’re drawing rainbows again
This blame game helps only the right wing. I have voted exclusively Democratic since I turned 18 in the 80s. AND have been active in Democratic Party politics literally since I was 8 years old. Terms like‘comrade’ & ‘far-left’ don’t scare me. A Liberal from a southern Liberal family & proud of it.
This blame game helps only the right wing. I have voted exclusively Democratic since I turned 18 in the 80s. AND have been active in Democratic Party politics literally since I was 8 years old. Terms like‘comrade’ & ‘far-left’ don’t scare me. A Liberal from a southern Liberal family & proud of it.
William Pomeranz, the deputy director of the Wilson Center’s Kennan Institute, said after hearing a description of the footage. “It’s the height of Glasnost and Perestroika, where there are genuine efforts by Americans to reach out to Soviet cities and try to establish these relationships.”
Fuck, what question do you want answered? I don’t see it in the above thread & may have missed it in the flood of responses you have sent. But, fine, ask your question clearly & I will answer.
I hear you — you hate Bernie Sanders — that’s your right & opinion. I’m not a BernieBro (whatever that means in 2025). I’m not playing the rehash 2016 game. I’m done talking to you. Have a good weekend.
You are welcome to believe whatever nonsense you wish, it’s still a mostly free country. My point remains that you are directing your fire at the wrong targets. The danger is in front of us — making the country less free with each passing day. The term ‘comrade’ doesn’t scare me. Lifelong Democrat
Even if you believe this Opinion piece from the Daily Beast & other items you had so handy to ‘share’ — I say again your anger is focused in the wrong direction! 2nd, so who do you blame for Trump’s 2024 victory? ‘Friendly Fire’ is still damaging. Are you still angry that LBJ undercut Humphrey 68?
If you are still angry over the Democrats failures during the 2016 election, you have missed the meaning of THIS crisis. The GOP, Trump, Vance, MAGA, Christian Nationalists are the danger we face. Fight the coming fascism, not old grievances. No more of the ‘Left Eats Its Own’ !!
I fear that is part of the plan
If you are still angry over the Democrats failures during the 2016 election, you have missed the meaning of THIS crisis. The GOP, Trump, Vance, MAGA, Christian Nationalists are the danger we face. Fight the coming fascism, not old grievances. No more of the ‘Left Eats Its Own’ !!
The GOP controlled Senate will not act on Bernie’s call for an investigation—regardless he is out front doing his job—Speaking publicly on an issue important to America! We need strong leadership like this & what Gov. Newsom is doing. Democrats need take Action www.help.senate.gov/dem/newsroom...
“I am infuriated that the Air Force plans to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it” Mark Hertland open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
You can count on the GOP to keep themselves safe. The rest of us are on our own! ...always...
I see a discussion re: whether science fiction as a lit genre is dying. My thought about that is no BUT there are two important factors to consider: One, it was/is heavily cis-white-dude coded and that group buys fewer books now; Two, SF thrives with optimism about the future, and, well.
"Coups are like concrete. When they stop moving, they set. It is already later than we think." "The entire business model of Silicon Valley is surveillance." "History is our best chance of getting out of this." "Privacy is power." Carole Cadwalladr www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker delivered an extraordinary takedown of Trump in response to the threat to send troops into Chicago. Soon after, Trump exploded in fury about Pritzker’s impudence, calling him a bunch of names & instructing Pritzker to bow down before him. Insane!! newrepublic.com/article/1997...
Bernie's On Fire 🔥!!!!
Let's shakedown the deportees !!! www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Harry, there aren’t enough WTF’s !?!?!?!? in the universe to cover this story. My heart goes out to all the members of the Capital Police who were injured on January 6th.
As someone with Fae ancestry, I've been asked to inform y'all that Fae Ri is no longer abducting or accepting walk-in Americans at this time.
Another avenue of escape blocked by GOP criminality & chaos.
Merchants of Doubt exposes how a handful of scientists, backed by industry, deliberately sowed confusion on issues from tobacco to climate change to block action and protect profits. #books #propaganda #antiscience amzn.to/4mGfSGb
American Exceptionalism in Action.
What a f*%king surprise!! Maine, please retire this disgraceful women. You deserve better representation.
Sad, but true. We see the void where GOP empathy should reside. These children have been denied a future. We get the future we deserve. Let's deserve better!
Anything but calling for an assault weapons ban. I can’t with this man.
you can't throw a rock in america without hitting some troglodytic religious weirdo trying to control other people's bodies and that's why we should throw a lot more rocks
RFK jr COVID vaccine policy: Exclusion of healthy individuals: Limiting access to updated vaccines will make it more difficult for healthy children, young adults, & healthy pregnant women to get vaccinated. This places them at greater risk of severe disease, especially w/ the expected winter surge.
You can count on the GOP to keep themselves safe. The rest of us are on our own! ...always...
The GOP is preparing to change Senate rules to make it easier to adopt Trump’s agenda and confirm nominees. Good thing Manchin and Sinema “preserved democracy” with their performative bullshit. Dems have to quit holding themselves to standards the GOP won’t meet.
Ashli Babbitt was a grown ass adult who chose to break into an unauthorized area during an insurrection against the repeated warnings of law enforcement. She ignored those warnings and got killed through no one's fault but her own. She was a traitor. She doesn't deserve full military honors.
Tick tock. Tick tock. RFK Jr.'s time is running out. Today, Senators Cassidy and Sanders both challenge RFK Jr's reign of (t)error at HHS. Call your Senators and Representatives. U.S. Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
We've got to use all non-violent, peaceful means to stop these people. And non-violent doesn't mean weak--from Gandhi to MLK Jr--we can move mountains without raising a hand. 11/
Every American has to decide what they are going to do now, because your government is out to kill you. Perhaps in January, this might have seemed like hyperbole, but in late August, it sounds like just another Thursday morning in the United States. 9/
I've lived through two epidemics (HIV in the US in the 80s/90s and in South Africa in the 2000s) and through COVID with the rest of us. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing has been as terrible as what is happening now. 8/
It's important to know what we're dealing with. Though some in the media still try to horse-race, both sides this, we're faced with psychopaths at the helm of our nation's public health, scientific and healthcare efforts. They want to inflict pain and suffering. It's a goal, not a by-product. 6/
COVID-19 vaccine: Lack of protection for vulnerable contacts: Healthy individuals who work with or live w/ those vulnerable to severe COVID, such as the very young, elderly, or immunocompromised, may not be able to get vaccinated. This increases the risk for these especially vulnerable populations.
COVID-19 vaccine Exclusion of healthy individuals: Limiting access to updated vaccines will make it more difficult for healthy children, young adults, & healthy pregnant women to get vaccinated. This places them at greater risk of infection & severe disease especially w/ the expected winter surge.
Paywall warning -- more information below: www.houstonchronicle.com/health/artic... www.axios.com/2025/08/28/n...
COVID-19 is still a danger to those you love (see below). RFK, jr. has now restricted who will have access to updated COVID-19 vaccines. Another GOP policy that kill people. www.chron.com/news/article...
“firefighters at work combating a wildfire in the state of Washington likely also felt the indignity inflicted by the government today when ICE agents showed up and made them line up so the agents could check their IDs” —Lttrs f/a Americn @hcrichardson.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Remember: it’s never just a job or a paycheck if it’s helping erase the existence of human beings. No paycheck is worth that much.
The newly ousted director of the CDC refused to fire top agency leaders or approve changes to vaccines from RFK Jr.’s hand-picked panel of advisers.
The chief justice of the US has painted himself as a modern institutionalist over the past 20 years. Experts say he’s emboldening Trump’s drive toward authoritarianism. He is destroying our country. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
They told a Federal Judge that this wasn't happening -- Trump, DOGE & their GOP enablers LIED to you and the court. What else are they LYING about? Who will be held accountable for these LIES? We must respond with Courage & Persistence.
I do not understand why government officials resign when asked to do something bad. The resignations will no longer be treated by the public like a scandal. It’ll be out of the news within 24 hours. People should stay and force the White House to fire them. Do not make it easy.
The GOP & Trump's wealthy enablers don't care about Rural Hospitals or Your Healthcare needs -- they have access to the best healthcare Money Can Buy! RFK Jr., Trump & the GOP lie regardless of who it hurts because it won't impact them. Use YOUR voice to make them feel Your community's pain!
ICE arrests & disappears our neighbors to inhumane Foreign Prisons without due process, violating habeas corpus rights, AND tries to prevent court reviews of detention/imprisonment to determine whether lawful. Say "NO" to Trump's racist, extrajudicial & criminal actions. app.sosha.ai/s/QTJyKwNE
Trump & hate-mongering demagogue Stephen Miller falsely claim that due process protections like immigration hearings & appeals are too slow & allow undocumented immigrants to remain for years. This is a lie! People are being illegally disappeared. Who's next? app.sosha.ai/s/HsqWUfnz
Trump's Project 2025 & related 'Think Tanks' proposed creating a centralized federal database to monitor benefits recipients, immigrants & school kids. All to be run by private contractors, rewarding them with lucrative federal contracts. Fight Corruption & Abuse of Power. app.sosha.ai/s/QIfwsBqE
The Florida government has signed contracts with at least $245 million of taxpayers' money for this this short-lived un-American photo-op cruelty.
Our constitutional right to VOTE also means that we get to choose those candidates we support with our donations. Trump ordered an investigation into #ActBlue, the backbone fundraising platform nearly every Democratic candidate has used for over 20 years. Support #ActBlue app.sosha.ai/s/qJtPCH5l
Without the required 30-day notice to Congress, Trump illegally fired (without providing a rationale) at least 17 federal inspectors general, called a "Friday night coup" by media. Say "NO" to the criminal actions of Trump & his enablers. Stand against this criminal regime! app.sosha.ai/s/p31Yroqe
MAGA sexists & racists call DEI “preferential treatment” for women, LGBTQ+ & people of color. Stephen "Sociopath" Miller falsely claims it undermines merit & "discriminates" against white straight men. White Christian Nationalism is their goal. Defeat MAGA! app.sosha.ai/s/BmDBbe9E
Trying to end birthright citizenship plays well with Trump's racist, anti-immigration base & fits into Stephen "Sociopath" Miller's vendetta to restrict legal & undocumented immigration. Let's defeat these white supremacists! #VoteBlue #VotingMatters app.sosha.ai/s/c1Hdt6Vd
Trump's enablers attack people who disagree with them, including at least 11 officials who have been arrested or physically assaulted for doing their jobs. MAGAs are trying to frighten and silence us, but we are peacefully fighting back. #NoKings Democracy requires Action! app.sosha.ai/s/PTTAuExf
Families of at least 11 federal judges who've ruled against Trump in politically charged lawsuits have been targeted with threats & harassment by Trump, his enablers and/or MAGA. He pardoned 1,500 Jan6 criminals so they could be his private militia. Protect Democracy! app.sosha.ai/s/ZvNedJdW
The 1878 Posse Comitatus Act prohibits use of the U.S. military to implement domestic laws unless expressly authorized by the Constitution or Congress. Trump's regime is raising its middle finger to the rule of law! Organize & non-violently fight back. app.sosha.ai/s/rMqIeAZs
Fuck ICE.
Total “chaos” erupted at the Centers for Disease Control on Wednesday after the forced removal of CDC Director Susan Monarez, handpicked by President Donald Trump just months ago, was followed by the disgruntled resignations of other top officials at the agency.
UPDATE: Lisa Cook's lawsuit goes to ... Jia COBB, a Biden appointee who has handled a slew of sensitive cases in recent years — from the trial of J6 instigator Ryan Samsel to the FBI retaliation lawsuit to immigration parole. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Gavin Newsom: 'I don't think Donald Trump wants another election' - POLITICO apple.news/ABntog10YRBq...
New research by Nobel Prize economist Claudia Goldin has found that countries where MEN take on more of the household labor and child care — in other words, those who buck traditionalism’s standards of the provider husband — have HIGHER Fertility Rates. 19thnews.org/2025/08/fert...
Repeating GOP talking points is not reporting. The recent DC Grand Jury has failed to indicts individuals from this improper police action ... shows you how real people are feeling about crime in DC.
Also actor Brian Cox says Donald Trump is a ‘very good example of a villain’ ‘No empathy whatsoever’ Described Trump as “a force that is self-serving” and argued he is moving the US towards an oligarchy. www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...
As Susan Monarez leaves the Centers for Disease Control after less than a month as Director, Trump searches for 3rd nominee in only 8 months! www.reuters.com/business/hea...
NEW QUINNIPIAC POLL: Trump approval rating: 37% Trump's handling of: Crime: - 12 Russia/Ukraine: -12 Foreign Policy: -16 Economy: -18 Trade: -18 Israel/Hamas/Gaza: -19 Sending weapons to Israel: -28 National Guard to DC: -15 Epstein files: -48 Smithsonian: -27 poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
NPR Marketplace: Why Trump's attempt to influence the Fed could backfire. If investors lose faith in the Fed, they may start demanding higher yields on long-term bonds. That could lead to an increase in the interest rate for mortgages, government debt and more. www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...
Nick Fuentes gives young men a clearly articulated road map as to how being prolifically racist will improve the quality of their life. Conservative orgs at many college campuses have been taken over by students aligned w/ Fuentes. Not mainstream GOP yet, but his influence can't be safely ignored.
Nick Fuentes: America’s Next Top Racist Infamous for “Your body, my choice. Forever,” that he posted on Election Night in November 2024. His hate is dangerous and his influence is growing with young white men. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Democrat Catelin Drey wins Iowa Senate special election, breaking GOP supermajority. This Flip to Democrats is the latest in a string of positive special election results for Democrats this year that give hope they can claw back seats in the 2026 midterms. www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...
Hard to argue. presswatchers.org/2025/08/we-h...
A federal magistrate judge said an arrest in Northeast Washington was preceded by the “most illegal search I’ve seen in my life” and described another arrest as lacking “basic human dignity.” wapo.st/3Jyc2QI
At around the 22-25 minute marks, Yarvin, JD Vance’s court philosopher, proposes a system where black people would be made wards of religious ministers, who could force them to work as indentured servants and require them to submit to 24/7 “air-tag” monitoring.
So True. Me also.
www.thedailybeast.com/doge-goons-d...
Re-reading the report of the Social Security whistleblower, it is striking how many times good people within SSA tried to keep DOGE from committing crimes. Here's my understanding of the timeline 🧵
Worth your time to read. As usual, the conservative SIMPLE solution is NOT the answer. GOP lies about everything. We need Men (both straight & gay) to stand up and be the Modern FATHERS that our children need.
New research by Nobel Prize economist Claudia Goldin has found that countries where MEN take on more of the household labor and child care — in other words, those who buck traditionalism’s standards of the provider husband — have HIGHER Fertility Rates. 19thnews.org/2025/08/fert...