Taking away or raising the cost of healthcare is not politically popular, and even some of the people doing it are realizing that
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Taking away or raising the cost of healthcare is not politically popular, and even some of the people doing it are realizing that
More framing like this, please www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
They should do it anyway for the environmental benefits.
Hey Ron DeSantis, you're gonna want to check out MeidasCanada tomorrow. We're taking the fight straight to you from Newfoundland. @charlieangus104.bsky.social
Your Labor Day reminder that Trump doesn't actually care about working people. Take it from me, a former Secretary of Labor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARL5VvYJUe8
A sea turtle surfacing by a MASSIVE school of rays near Clearwater, Florida a couple days ago. Another post into the BluSky void. Maybe 2 or 3 people will see this one and my time won't have been wasted. I'll keep trying a little longer. #nature #animals #amazing #wildlife #awesome #ocean
Two remarkable Ambassadors for our Planet, 99 year old Sir David Attenborough and 91 year old Dr. Jane Goodall. They’ve dedicated their lives to educate and protect.. 🌍 #janegoodall #davidattenborough #nature #chimpanzees #wildlife #environment #drjanegoodall #jane #sirdavidattenborough #bbc #bsky
Portland, Maine crowd as Democratic US Senate candidate Graham Platner takes the stage today.
Warfighters demonstrating leafality.
Owen Shroyer said he has parted ways with Alex Jones. The longtime co-host will no longer do his show for InfoWars because Alex said he was too negative towards Trump lately.
The moderation system here at Bluesky @safety.bsky.app is really amazing. An impersonator account scamming people was taken down within five minutes of reporting. The block function is nuclear. I can hide offensive replies, and even replies to replies. I truly feel safe here. Thank you @bsky.app
The Trump Effect
Never forget this: Working people outnumber the billionaires and CEOs by a huge margin. If workers stand together, they will win. Solidarity.
Military honors for Ashli Babbitt "tells those who gave their lives in defense of the Constitution that their oath was no more meaningful than the motivations of the mob that attacked the Constitution."
Lutnick Family Angling To Make Astronomical Sums Off Court Nixing Tariffs talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/lutni...
The Trump administration used Benny Johnson's claims that his house was "burned to the ground" and that "people were murdered in my front yard" to justify its federal takeover of DC. @kenbensinger.bsky.social found out that Johnson made it all up. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/b...
Meiselas: Xi Jinping and Modi and Putin and all these world leaders are gathering in China, and they're laughing. You know when Donald Trump says the world was laughing at us — the world was not laughing at us before. The world is quite literally laughing at us right now.
Graham Greene has died. A Canadian acting icon, he earned an Oscar nomination for his role as Kicking Bird in Dances With Wolves. He also won a Grammy, Gemini and Canadian Screen Award, along with the Governor General's Performing Arts Award. He also earned a star on Canada's Walk of Fame.
Trump on the cover of French magazine Le Point. Translation: “Man from Moscow” Le Point is a major French weekly news magazine. It is considered a center-right / conservative-leaning publication.
The next US Senator from Maine, Graham Platner.
Here's the response from Paul Bryant, the Black veteran and lawyer whom the govt arrested in part bc he had a legal weapon in DC, to USG attempt to get him detained. It leans heavily into the lack of Body Cam proving he shoulder checked some Guardsmen. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
gun culture
Such and incredible talent and grace in having to represent for so many.
Clyde turned 3 today; his little sisfur Gracie turned 1 in June and we didn't want her to feel left out 🤣
Sadly……😞
here's today's post: "Illinois governor, hero. puppy assassin, zero." — a tale of two TV appearances. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —
"Even in a long line of anti-labor GOP presidents, Trump stands out. And while he may not succeed in completely destroying collective bargaining in America, he’s poised to strike terrible blows against organized labor." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social
Right-wing Daily Caller just released a transcript of an interview they did with Trump last week. This was part of it.
It’s still early, but pretty good turnout so far for Bernie Sanders and Graham Platner’s (running against Susan Collins) rally here in Maine today.
Today in Politics, Bulletin 197. Everything you need to know about what happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
If you’re enjoying a long Labor Day weekend, thank organized labor and consider that the GOP is neutering OSHA, putting kids to work, and rolling back paid sick leave as part of its multi-pronged, systematic attack on working people and the poor.
A Chinese-owned mining company has been accused of covering up the extent of a disastrous toxic spill in Zambia that polluted a major river that millions rely on with cyanide and arsenic.
"Every one of these people is taking with them skills and knowledge that will be difficult to replace. But there may be no single individual whose departure better captures what is being lost and destroyed than Demetre Daskalakis."
NYT: “When Tennessee’s Republican governor @GovBillLee dispatched troops to support Trump’s crackdown on crime, critics wondered why he didn’t keep them within state lines. Memphis has a murder rate twice DC’s, Nashville’s is higher as well.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
Eminem’s 'Curtain Call: The Hits' becomes the first hip-hop album to spend 750 weeks on the Billboard 200. It joins Pink Floyd, Bob Marley, Journey, Metallica, and Creedence Clearwater Revival in reaching the milestone.
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Trump and his greedhead cronies may get a big surprise in spite of their efforts to rig the 2026 election. They could find themselves swamped by a blue wave. Americans are wising up to the fact that Trump is turning the American dream into a nightmare.
If rudy is healed by the 3rd of September, trump will hold this ‘ceremony’ at the same time as @rokhanna.bsky.social ‘s press conference to give the victims of epstein & maxwell, a platform to speak their truth outside of our capital. Let’s see where the major networks’ allegiance lies!😡
Dumbest fucking timeline.
Share this with your red state friends and family. Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says he's awarding former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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What makes private schools truly ludicrous is their insistence that they are engines of “inclusivity,” Caitlin Flanagan argued in 2021. “If these schools really care about equity, all they need to do is get a chain and a padlock and close up shop.”
I have my own harsh criticisms of how the media has covered this era, but I'm mystified at this perspective.
There are people in public life clearly and accurately stating the danger to America at this bizarre moment. Those people need support from every Conservative and Liberal American who find our Constitution worth preserving.
Everything is perfectly normal and fine. Nothing to see here.
Statement from Trump about his good friend Rudy Giuliani who was injured in a serious car crash on Saturday:
Here in the US, “two weeks” actually means never.
A 1941 WPA road gang of migrant workers in New Mexico, many of whom were simultaneously working as farm laborers. Trump would have deported all of them.
Today is the first day of public trading for Trump’s crypto scam.
Senator Merkley nails it! 👇 Tell Congress to protect our use of voting by mail here: https://bit.ly/4lXDWTE #ResistTrump
This Labor Day (and all other days): Thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail. Honor the workers who teach your children. Pay all workers a living wage.
Yes. Vivek is a big fan of workers and unions, with quotes like these: - “Eliminate federal employee unions” - “I don’t have a lot of patience for union bosses.” - “I think we need to end teachers' unions.” Other than that, he’s a big labor guy….
“Get it all on record now. Get the films. Get the witnesses. Because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.” Dwight D. Eisenhower
FEMA is giving $110 million to faith-based organizations and schools for safety upgrades. Public schools get thoughts and prayers.
After a string of devastating Ukrainian strikes that crippled much of its Black Sea Fleet, Russia is now turning to naval drones in a bid to rebuild its presence and adapt to a new phase of maritime warfare.
"To pretend that her death deserves the same recognition as that young soldier at the gate is obscene. It is a betrayal of the oath she once swore and a desecration of the sacrifice made by so many who kept faith with theirs."
Beef prices have hit record highs this Labor Day Weekend — in part thanks to Trump's tariffs. Remember when Trump said he would bring down the cost of groceries? https://youtu.be/9EXi6xyOXSk?feature=shared
Trump and his Department of Veterans Affairs celebrate Labor Day after stripping VA employees of their ability to unionize — another step toward privatizing care for those who have served rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Fox News loves giving Gavin Newsom free publicity — Host on Newsom’s Patriot Shop: “The store reportedly sold about $300,000 worth of this merch in the first day.”
"A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration's Federal Trade Commission investigation into Media Matters, arguing the probe violated the liberal watchdog group's freedom of speech." www.axios.com/2025/08/28/f...
Trump and Republicans attack unions because they know organized workers are powerful. But let’s be clear: workers built this country—not billionaires. (1/2)
When "owning the libs" goes bad.
I'm just gonna flip on some corporate media really quick... ABC: ads CNN: ads Back to CNN: Trump's Chicago "immigration enforcement" MSNBC: Protests in Chicago Back to ABC: A "federal judge getting in the way of Trump's immigration crackdown" Back to CNN: Weekend travel Nothing about Trump MIA
Hey Congress – make Alex Acosta's testimony public and televised. There's absolutely no ethical reason for it to be private and transcribed. Nefarious AF. We need to hear your questions. We want to see him squirm. We need to see him squirm. Yet another sign of a cover-up.
Honestly, the hour-long run and march of people shouting “Free DC” up 14th Street today is the energy I needed this morning. I love you, DC.
Happy Birthday Clyde! ❤️ #CorgiCrew @gtconway.bsky.social
Russia, Russia, Russia!! HOAX!! Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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⚡️Ukraine liberates village of Novoekonomichne in Donetsk Oblast, General Staff says. Ukrainian assault groups spent two weeks fighting to liberate the settlement, raising the national flag in the village center on Aug. 31, according to the General Staff.
You know all those slasher-horror movies where they go in the haunted house or down the basement? And you scream, "OMG, how TF could they be so dumb!?" Yeah, well – that's America right now, with RFK jr as the head of HHS, including the CDC, NIH, etc. No good endings. Insane AF.
Ah, yes. I remember when Michelle Obama ravaged the NIH and CDC, killed off vital vaccine research and denied inoculations to millions for reasons of pure BS. I remember this because I have Pundit Memory™️, an exciting new product that makes you able to both-sides and whatabout anything!
Weird, putting tariffs on construction materials and throwing day laborers in concentration camps should have solved the supply problem by now
Where are our allies who claim they’d HELP UKRAINE?!?!?😡 Since the snake, who currently slithers around our Whitehouse, will not help, PLEASE SOMEONE!🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘
Footage released by Russia's Defense Ministry on Aug. 30 showed a map behind Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov suggesting Moscow's potential ambitions to seize Odesa and Kharkiv oblasts.
It is wild that the Washington Post -- which claims "Democracy Dies in Darkness" -- has remained completely silent for more than a day about Trump's latest attack on free and fair elections. Support pro-democracy independent media. Subscribe to Democracy Docket today. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
Where's his hair? He looks like he's on death's door. He needs to address the media.
Carol N in Santa Fe, NM! 🔥🔥🔥 Keep sending us you Labor Day protest pics to shout@thedangerousones.com
I've had the measles, because I was born seven years before the vaccine became commercially available in the United States. having the measles fucking sucked. WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO RETURN TO THAT, VOLUNTARILY. we really do live in the shittiest possible timeline
I love the smell of consequences in the morning. Thank you, @dragoncon.org
* Trump Family Amasses $6 Billion Fortune After Crypto Launch @wsj.com
Prison chaplain at ICE facility in Pennsylvania accused of sexually abusing immigration detainee
Just an astonishing, powerful op-ed that drives home what we are losing and what's already been lost. We are so incredibly fortunate to live with the advances modern medicine and health science. Destroying and stymieing it is just unforgivable. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Not today, Satan‼️ Got this garbage in the mail a few days ago. Republicans trying to trick California voters into voting NO on Prop 50. Suddenly they care about “democracy”? Please. Vote YES on Prop 50. Don’t let the cheaters write the rules.
Ban the pill and ladies will revert to their true maga selves
It's difficult to rank the magnitude of all the lies that RFK jr has told – they've been numerous, manipulative AF, and deadly – because he's trying to cull Americans, en masse. But the idea that Trump has any empathy is so absolutely manipulative – a dangerous lie. Trump has ZERO empathy. NONE.
Remember that we can always find power, solidarity, and hope in the labor movement. [Artwork by Ricardo Levins Morales]
"I'm a big believer that Maryland will be, can be, and should be the state that serves, and I believe that service is the thing that's gonna end up saving us all." @iamwesmoore.bsky.social joins @johnavlon.bsky.social in the latest episode of How To Fix It:
Will the ‘major’ networks ( @cbsnews.com , @nbcnews.com , and ABC news COVER THIS?!? Or are they too cowardly?!?😡 ‘Can’t piss trump off, I suppose.
Anyway, I’m glad to know the president is still technically alive so he can watch this tomorrow www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
When 9 former CDC directors are ringing alarm bells about RFK and his dangerous policies, all of America must listen and act
Trump WILL try to jail his enemies. We must be ready to call out the farce. www.treason.io/p/read-he-wi...
Trump said this weekend it “would not bother me” to see James Comey and John Brennan arrested by his people. He’s actually giving a directive to his lieutenants: “It would please me very much…proceed accordingly.” This is not normal. There’s a mob boss in the Oval Office.