Over/under on how redactions there are of Trump’s name? 🎁 article wapo.st/4g8bpcM
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Over/under on how redactions there are of Trump’s name? 🎁 article wapo.st/4g8bpcM
Women continued to outvote men in 2024, despite an overall drop in turnout. “The turnout rate for women voters in 2024 was the second highest in all presidential elections since 1980.” Great data in this report from the Center for American Women and Politics. cawp.rutgers.edu/blog/women-c...
The Rock Springs massacre was not an isolated event but a notorious example of the widespread anti-Chinese sentiment. Numerous “driving out” incidents occurred across the American West in the late 19th century, many of them organized by the anti-Chinese Knights of Labor. /end
Sixteen white miners were arrested, but a grand jury was unwilling to indict anyone because no white citizens would testify against them. In 1887, Congress, under pressure from President Grover Cleveland, agreed to pay $147,748.74 in restitution to the Chinese government for property damage. /5
Several hundred Chinese survivors abandoned their homes and businesses and hid in the hills, afraid to come out for food. Federal troops temporarily sheltered them before escorting them back a week later. The troops remained in Rock Springs for more than a decade to prevent further violence. /4
After a workplace dispute escalated into a violent conflict, a mob of around 150 armed white miners descended on Chinatown. Many Chinese miners fled for the hills, while others hid in their homes. The mob looted and burned nearly 80 homes, with rioters reportedly throwing bodies into the flames. /3
The white miners had tried to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, but were thwarted by the Union Pacific Railroad, which owned the mines. To fill vacancies and break strikes, the railroad hired Chinese laborers, who were willing to work hard at lower wages. /2
#ResistanceRoots Today in history, 1885: A mob of white miners in Rock Springs, Wyo., attack and kill at least 28 Chinese miners, wound 15 others and burn down the town’s Chinatown. Union troops were called in to quell the violence, which was rooted in economic tension and anti-Chinese racism. /1
Trump’s gonna hate this ad. Take a look as this exposes exactly WHO trump is & what he’s doing. SAVE DEMOCRACY IN ALL 50 STATES! #YESOn50 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory
#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory You can thank PA Senate Republicans for ALL SEPTA price hikes, delays & route reductions. They’re hurting businesses, workers & now our school kids. Tell PA Republicans to get back to Harrisburg & do their damn job NOW!
Women dressed as Handmaids raise their voices: 🗣️SHAME
#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory Trump’s assault on the integrity of data along with masked agents disappearing people should be extremely alarming. It serves to entrench authoritarianism. It makes it easier for an oppressive state to plant false & divisive “facts”. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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🚨Resisters!🚨 Our good friend Aunt Meme lost her main account due to a hacker. Can we all follow her new account @aunt57.bsky.social to help her rebuild and find her friends? It can happen to any of us. Let's pass this on and show her how resisters have each other's backs. Let's go!
#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory A disappearance machine that erases lives quietly while making absence look routine. It’s not hypothetical. It’s funded, operational & expanding. Went from undocumented immigrants to visa holders, asylum seekers, parolees. Next gone? www.commondreams.org/opinion/immi...
#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory RFKjr will have almost total, personal authority over who is “medically frail” & who has “special needs” He’ll blame individual ppl for their chronic diseases—particularly by associating health conditions with choices to cut Medicaid www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is rich! A totally unqualified anti-science and anti-medicine director with no medical experience whatsoever, who also happens to be an ex-drug addict, will have medical control over people’s lives.
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🚨 The silence is over. Tomorrow at 10:30 AM, survivors of Epstein’s abuse will speak on Capitol Hill. Reps. Ro Khanna & Thomas Massie will stand with them. Listen to the victims. Believe them. RELEASE THE FILES ‼️
#ReleasetheEpsteinFiles
#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory You haven’t walked the roads I’ve traveled or faced the mountains I’ve had to climb. You don’t know my story, my fears, my pain & my laughter. So stop assuming what you would’ve done differently or what I should’ve done. I simply don’t give a flying fuck. It’s my path.
#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory Time To #ProtectPACourts 👉 vote.pa/register LFG!!
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Trump’s DHS is recruiting a deportation army—bonuses, propaganda posters, and a mission to hunt immigrants. It’s not law enforcement. It’s a fascist militia built with your tax dollars. Stop them. NOW. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
47 does not have the power he believes he has He never did After all the terror he's reigned down or tried to,he has to stop. He's believing that he can rule like a dictator.. This is America no dictatorship
Trump believes freedom belongs to only him & his rich friends. He’s stripping funds to education, healthcare & housing—while building himself a ballroom. His entire presidency is about enriching himself & his family & he doesn’t give a damn if you lose everything. #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory
Forgotten is also the fact that everything black people do is criminalized while white crime is largely ignored and barely gets a warning. Also the fact that you can steal more money with a briefcase than you can with a gun.
You get what you look for. They’re targeting people based on skin color - black and brown.
within the criminal justice system that disproportionately affect people of color. In short, UCR arrest data is being used improperly to imply guilt and to spread fear against Black people. Please be mindful of this the next time a racist throws crime statistics around. You're welcome.☕️ (end)
individuals being seven times more likely to be wrongfully convicted of serious crimes compared to their white counterparts. The primary factors contributing to these wrongful convictions include official misconduct, mistaken witness identifications, and systemic issues (cont)
nearly 61% of exonerees in 2023 were Black, and overall, Black people account for about 53% of all exonerations since 1989, despite representing only 13.6% of the U.S. population. This indicates a significant racial disparity in wrongful convictions, with Black (cont)
Conviction data is typically collected by other agencies, such as state courts, and is not included in the FBI's UCR statistics. It is also important to note that Black people have the highest exoneration rate. According to the National Registry of Exonerations, nearly (cont)
including murder rates, across different demographics. However, it's important to note that the UCR focuses on reported incidents and arrests rather than convictions related to these crimes. This distinction is important for understanding the context of crime data. (cont)
about the individuals arrested, and other related details. This is where they misrepresent the data to fit their anti-Black narrative. The UCR is "arrest" data, not convictions. Stay with me folks. These statistics are crucial for understanding trends in violent crime,(cont)
The FBI crime statistics primarily tally arrests, not convictions. The data collected and reported in the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program includes information on the number of arrests made for various offenses, categorized by type of crime, demographic information (cont)
🧵 How many times have you heard "Blacks are 13% of the population and commit 50% of violent crime"? Well, racists have been using the UCR wrong for their tired narrative. Let's set the record straight. Pull up a seat, folks.🪑 #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Not a surprise but good to see this judge’s ruling. Everything Trump does breaks the law. 🎁 article wapo.st/4p4fPFE
#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #PA Register & Vote Jeff Yass is trying to turn PA into Texas. He’s already spent millions propping up far-right judges & funneling dark money into attack ads. Don’t let billionaires buy our courts! 👉 vote.pa/register #ProtectPACourts
Oh, can’t you see what he’s doing to our economy? FOTUS has created a dictatorial economy. Instead of trying to control inflation or lower prices, the economy is loyal to the whims of a narcissist & his billionaire friends. #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory
Good Morning to the Democratic Platform and all who have actually read it. Notice the massive difference now between the parties? Please educate yourself. Y’all may not like politics, but politics will and do make or break your life. #DemVoice1 #Pinks #Voices4Victory
Susan Collins has been a female megaphone for Republican men her entire career. Her “con” was the clutching pearls. She’s always been a woman pushing down other women. She does what she is told to do by men in red hats. #Pinks #DemVoice1 #Voices4Victory
“There are 22 Arab states, and approximately 50 Muslim-majority countries…No one disputes their right to exist based on religious or cultural identity. “But Israel? The only Jewish state in the world? That’s ‘controversial.’” It’s the antisemitism. If you’re antizionist, that’s you.
Israel and Jordan were born from the same colonial British Mandate. Israel’s right to exist is constantly under fire, but not Jordan, the real home of Palestinians. Why? “A toxic mix of modern antisemitism, historical revisionism, and global hypocrisy.” 1/2 www.algemeiner.com/2025/08/20/w...
Watch. Listen. Never. Ever. Again. Stop the Genocide. Stop Netanyahu. @mehdirhasan.bsky.social @zeteo.com #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF3l...
Republicans control the Senate But with Roy Cooper in North Carolina, the emergence of @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social in Iowa and Sherrod Brown maybe returning in Ohio, the map looks a lot better If Democrats beat Susan Collins and @ossoff.bsky.social holds his seat, the balance of power will change
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📢 Release the Epstein files! #ONEV1 #Pinks 🌸 #Voices4Victory
📢 GOTV #ONEV1 #Pinks 🌸 #Voices4Victory 👇🏾CANNOT
And we need a changing of the guard in politics. Hell, when I was a flower child, we didn’t trust anyone over 30. Elect our youth. They are the future.
I’m so sorry, Lou, it never should have been that way! It’s disgusting! Sadly, this regime and its minions want to take us right back there. We’re not going back!
I’ve seen so many posts demanding young people just vote, dammit. You want to know why they aren’t voting? They earn college degrees but there are NO jobs for them. No chance to own a home either. They’re working their asses off but see no reward. Stop demanding they vote until you fix the system
In addition to learning complex protocols, cords, plugs, lights and keys, operators became an integral part of their customers’ lives, particularly in smaller communities. They were, literally and figuratively, the connection between individuals and the rest of the world. /end
Callers connected to an operator at a central office, who plugged a cord into the proper circuit to complete the call. It was complicated, physically demanding work. Operators had to be detail-oriented, make quick decisions, remember names and handle criticism. /6
Operators were essential in the early days of the telephone, before the advent of automated exchanges. Dial telephones were invented in the 1930s but took many years to become widespread. A few rural communities did not have them until the early 1970s. /5
Nutt was patient and had a soothing, cultured voice that earned an overwhelmingly positive response from callers, confirming Bell’s instinct to hire her. Nutt reportedly memorized every number in the New England Telephone Co. directory, making her extremely efficient. /4
A few hours after Emma Nutt began her job at the telephone company, her sister Stella began working there, becoming the second female telephone operator and the first two sisters in the occupation. However, Stella only worked there for a few years. /3
Initially, the telephone company hired boys as operators, starting with George Willard Croy in January 1878. Boys had been successful as telegraphy operators but tended to be impatient and were prone to cursing and pranks, qualities unacceptable for live contact with callers. /2
#ResistanceRoots Today in history, 1878: Emma Nutt becomes the first female telephone operator, an occupation that would soon be dominated by women. Alexander Graham Bell hired Nutt to work for the Boston Telephone Dispatch Co., where she spent her entire 35-year career. /1
This weekend I found out that lots of 30 something year olds didn’t vote in the 2024 election. Why? Because they don’t trust either party. My advice? Just read both parties platform. Now, your protest of not voting has us on the edge of tyranny. Grow up! NOW! #Voices4Victory #Pinks #DemVoice1
Release the Epstein files. No, we’re not going to “let it slide” m.youtube.com/shorts/zh8ny...
Lauren Jewett is running for US House, LA-1. Louisianians deserve a representative who works for US. Who respects our dignity & knows that workers are the backbone of our state & country. Retire Scalise. Elect Lauren Jewett. Donate: secure.actblue.com/donate/laure... #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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ICE gestapo hide their faces from cameras while ripping a child from her migrant father as he was arrested trying to RENEW HIS DOCUMENTS. But they will NEVER hide from history AND from their own children and families--who will shame and shun them for generations. h/t @calltoactivism.bsky.social
📢 📢 TEN-HUT National Guard, ICE, U.S. military and law enforcement‼️ NEVER FORGET: From Adolf Hitler to "America's Hitler" (according to JD Vance), history is NOT on the side of anyone who gives--OR follows--orders to commit atrocities against their own people.
And it will echo right through he MAGA Nuremberg trials. bsky.app/profile/mind...
If you look back at the ways Hitler and the Nazi regime used emergency powers and fear to rise to power, the echoes from 1933 are hard to miss. Trump may not be a gay Hitler fish, but he sure does love those Nazi fish sticks. www.britannica.com/topic/Enabli...
This regime has more resistance to their disgraceful tactics than ever. We still have rights guaranteed by the union contract This slimy group of bullies will lose to the workforce by standing up for the law! #UnionStrong
#WomensRights ✊🏾 #ONEV1 #Pinks 🌸 #Voices4Victory
Happy Labor Day! #ONEV1 #Pinks 🌸 #Voices4Victory
Further reading on the "Battle of the Overpass" in 1937. bsky.app/profile/bamb...
On May 9, 1970, Reuther, his wife and four others were killed when their chartered jet crashed on approach to a small airport in Michigan. The official cause was an instrument malfunction, but some speculate foul play. Reuther was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1995. /end
As a liberal Democrat, Reuther was an influential advisor to JFK and LBJ. He helped advocate for landmark legislation such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Peace Corps. A lifelong environmentalist, Reuther and the UAW were crucial in funding and organizing the first Earth Day in 1970. /7
Reuther was a powerful and visible ally of the Civil Rights Movement, marching with Martin Luther King Jr. and helping to fund the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Coretta Scott King later eulogized him, stating, “He was there in person when the storm clouds were thick.” /6
In 1946, Reuther was elected president of the UAW and served in that position until his death in 1970. He transformed the UAW into one of the most progressive labor unions in the U.S. Auto workers’ standard of living doubled under his leadership, with substantial increases in pay and benefits. /5
After returning to Detroit, he became a key organizer for the nascent United Auto Workers union, leading successful sit-down strikes, including a major victory against GM in 1937. He was also famously beaten by Ford’s security guards during the “Battle of the Overpass” in 1937. /4
In the 1930s, Reuther and his brother Victor embarked on a three-year world tour, which included working in a Soviet car factory. This experience made him a fierce opponent of communism, though his opponents often baselessly accused him of being a communist sympathizer. /3
Born into a socialist and union-activist family, Reuther was imbued with a passion for social and economic justice from a young age. After starting as a tool and die maker in his teens, he moved to Detroit and joined Ford Motor Co. He was fired in 1932 for his socialist organizing activities. /2
#ResistanceRoots Walter Reuther was born on this day in 1907 in Wheeling, W.V. A highly influential and progressive American labor leader and civil rights activist, Reuther believed that labor movements should advance social justice and human rights as well as the economic interests of workers. /1
The BEST 2 for this vote right here SHOW UP FL #SaveAmerica and #VoteBlue TOMORROW
🚨 Tomorrow is election day in Florida for two critical seats! Make your plan to vote for: ☑️ LaVon Bracy Davis, State Senate District 15 ☑️ RaShon Young, State House District 40 (the seat Davis vacated to run for State Senate) These two Democrats are the leadership Florida needs. Be sure to vote!
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Never lose your humanity. Love all living things #Resist h/t Meow Magic
On this #LaborDay, we honor unions and all workers, including immigrants, women, and minority communities, who have helped build this country. We see you and know this nation wouldn't be what it is without you! #OnYourSide #ATuLado
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This #LaborDay, let’s remember that immigrants make up 20% of the workforce. If 20% of the workforce were deported, the country's GDP would decrease by 12% (-3 trillion). Hurting immigrants doesn't only hurt them. It hurts America. Is weakening America worth owning the libs? #OnYourSide
America is under siege. From El Paso to DC, state violence stalks our streets. But we refuse to bow. We fight with cameras, with community, with fire. Democracy survives only if we resist. Join the rebellion. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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