Bernie Sanders' Fighting Oligarchy - Where We Go From Here, with Troy Jackson, candidate for Maine Governor and Graham Platner, candidate for US Senator from Maine. The rally is available, in its entirety, looks like, right here: www.youtube.com/live/uOfE0vp...
More than 445,000 federal employees saw their union protections disappear in August, as agencies moved to comply with an executive order President Trump signed earlier this year that called for ignoring collective bargaining contracts with nearly one million workers.
Okay. I just came back to this and you aren’t calling these efforts resegregation yet, you absolutely should be
ive got no idea what's going on with Trump's health. But the 'biden precedent' is just so glaring and hilarious. half of 2025 has been taken up with elite press shaming of how no one ever talked abt Biden's age which was actually their main topic in 2024. Ok. Set aside that his party literally ...
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Ports across the country were planning to become economic hubs for the growing offshore wind industry. The Trump administration is cancelling grants to build the infrastructure for it.
WIth Elon it's not just an obsession with birthrates, but rather with eugenics. He's a firm believer in the Lebensborn approach to maintaining proper genetic stock.
“LIKE A BROKEN RECORD” Now that the @nytimes is reporting Modi and Trump had a falling out over Trump’s lie that he deserves credit for the India-Pakistan ceasefire, we re-submit to you this clip of an Indian anchor calling him out months ago — even as 🇺🇸 media wouldn’t.
One of the world’s most prominent hedge fund billionaires has warned that rising inequality is turning the US into an autocratic state and condemned business leaders for failing to speak out against Donald Trump’s policies.
More than 1.2 million immigrants disappeared from the labor force from January through the end of July, according to preliminary Census Bureau data analyzed by the Pew Research Center. That includes people who are in the country illegally as well as legal residents. https://to.pbs.org/46d1uiJ
Perfect encapsulation of the Trump administration: The guy suing Harvard for alleged antisemitism is a straight-up Hitler-admiring Nazi. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/m...
Exclusive: US regulators cancel bank exams as Trump rollback gathers pace reut.rs/423lH8a
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"...Mr. Musk and his artificial intelligence company, xAI, have tweaked the chatbot to make its answers more conservative on many issues, according to an analysis of thousands of its responses by The New York Times. The shifts appear, in some cases, to reflect Mr. Musk’s political priorities."
Trump demanded that Israeli prosecutors drop their corruption case against Netanyahu. “It is INSANITY doing what the out-of-control prosecutors are doing to Bibi Netanyahu,” he complained. So much for not lecturing other nations “on how to live and how to govern your own affairs”! wapo.st/4nahJCH
We’ve spent more time talking about nonexistent crime in 🇺🇸 cities in the last month, even as we’ve totally erased actual political violence from the National Conversation™️. Hard to overstate how disheartening & deeply unserious this has been.
Good morning New York, while you were sleeping this was our most read story. on.ft.com/4nbV1dD
Imagine a country where a polarising president refused to accept an election defeat and inspired a failed insurrection. The trial of Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former president, offers a lesson for America
Retaliation against whistle blowers is unlawful & must be prosecuted!
From today’s @bostonglobe.com. I’ll link the full article below, but for those who hit a paywall… “Velchik — who holds two degrees from Harvard, one from the college and one from the law school — was the sole lawyer arguing the case for the White House in July.” You really can’t make this up.
Told ya... Cracker Barrell's kerfuffle was ONE activist investor crying on the Twitter machine bc he didn't like the new CEO putting mimosas on the menu or the store refreshes so he pitched a fit but only got the old logo back so he's still mad. Good. www.wsj.com/podcasts/the...
A1 above the fold in the @nytimes.com. The message is getting through. Keep pushing everyone. We can save the #CDC, save the #NIH from the clutches of #RussellVought #StephenMiller and #DonaldTrump. Keep the pressure up on your members of Congress and the media (letters to editors, op-eds).
BERLATSKY:“What’s really notable, though, is extent to which Republican senators and leaders have remained largely supine even in face of a radical assault on their grandchildren by transparent death-dealing fraud who wasn’t even member of the party a year ago.” www.publicnotice.co/p/rfk-jr-pub...?
Russians have likely caused a new environmental disaster in the Black Sea: a massive oil slick is currently drifting toward Crimea following a Russian tanker accident and an oil spill near Novorossiysk. According to the latest data, the slick covers approximately 350 square kilometers.
The 5th Circuit Friday upheld sections of a Texas voter suppression law, reversing a district court’s decision that found the provisions violated Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Performative public lying is a hallmark of far right authoritarian regimes
This was $12 at the beginning of the year
#RFKJr wants to take away #COVID #vaccines (and then move on to #childhood #preventable #diseases). You can see it in the works now. Write to your member of #Congress now. This makes it easy to do so. @defendpublichealth.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...
President Trump’s most recent attack on mail voting is part of a concerted effort to undermine our elections. The administration has provided us with clues about what comes next. The good news: key actors can be ready to respond. bit.ly/4fRIqtA
Soldiers are doing landscaping in DC parks. I’m thrilled for them | Dave Schilling
We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
From Portland's shipyards to the Lewiston mills, from lobstermen + loggers to cooks + housekeepers, workers have been the backbone of Maine’s economy. Today, we celebrate them—and honor the contributions so many made to improve the lives of all Americans. Let us never take these gains for granted.
Telling it like it is 🔥 "Once again, we are seeing the federal government retaliate against our civil servants for whistleblowing—which is both illegal and a deep betrayal of the most dedicated among us." www.newsweek.com/fema-staff-l...
I guess Trump should call his friend Xi to discuss. wapo.st/421KwBm
On Labor Day, we take a moment to honor the dignity of hardworking men and women across Maine and our country. As we celebrate with friends and family, let's remember those who helped build America, as well as the workforce of today striving for a stronger, more prosperous nation.
“ILLEGALS” MY ASS! Green card holder Rami Othmane speaks out after being snatched off the street by ICE while driving to the grocery store. He’s a documented immigrant and the husband of Dr Wafaa Alrashid, chief of staff at a local hospital. He was locked in detention for 13 days.
Dangerous stupidity on display!
Yeah, somehow I don’t think that I am at all competent to have chosen the correct surgical technique for repairing the hole in my eye. I trusted the experts.
Feel safer yet? ICE made a “brave”arrest of two firefighters in Washington state who were part of a crew battling a massive fire. Are they going to march into a hospital room and arrest the anesthesiologist? Or maybe the nurse who is giving CPR? New meaning of stupid!
On the water in front go Chief Justice John Roberts summer home on Upper Island. There were about 25 people in 17 boats ranging from paddle boards, kayaks, canoes, row boats and one motorized Zodiac. On the dock was several dozen people with signs. Thanks to Audacity CAT for pulling this together.
Jones: We have a presidential administration that has more outrage about the changing of the cracker barrel logo than they do about changing the policies that allow our children to be gunned down in school…
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The extent to which ICE is ignoring all civil rights and due process is astounding — and indicative of a culture where they’ve been told they can do literally no wrong. Agency and admin leaders must face sanctions and legal consequences.
Cough - money laundering - cough cough…
"Another picture emerged: that of small businesses being harmed by a president who was elected because of his purported business acumen; of a man whose obsession with appearing tough on crime now threatens to sabotage urban economies across the country."
The U.S. is one of the world's biggest human rights violators under Trump. Well done, maga.
One disabled Marine veteran has not had a primary care doctor assigned to him since his previous doctor left in the winter, his wife said. The VA “was never like this before. There’s a lack of staff, empty rooms, locked doors.”
This seems exceptionally unhinged, even for Trump.
Putin landed in China. Will meet with leaders from China, Iran, India, Turkey He will meet “for tea” with Xi, then have a trilateral meeting with Xi and President of Mongolia, Khürelsükh. Kremlin pool shares that DJT has not confirmed nor denied attending the military parade on 9/3 in Beijing.
Trump said tonight he is going to issue an executive order purporting to require enforcement of voter ID rules: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u... The president has no such authority to order how elections are conducted.
it shouldn't be easier to get a gun in America than the covid vaccine
Normally they've booked 40% of their fall soybean sales to China at this point. This year, they are at 0% booked, and no, that's not a typo. www.farmprogress.com/soybean/us-s...
New Mexico is overriding the federal government on the topic of COVID19 vaccines to ensure their residents can access them. States hold a tremendous amount of public health power. They should use it.
What assinine use of taxpayer's money!
They’re doing all this to prevent people from MEMORIALIZING A MASS SHOOTING
Our national parks generated $56 billion in visitor spending and supported 415,000 jobs in 2023. The entire National Park Service budget was just $3.6 billion. That’s some return on investment — so why is Donald Trump taking an axe to our parks?
Wisconsin meatpackers face labour shortage after Trump orders migrants home on.ft.com/41yyf7s
Xi and Modi say they are ‘partners not rivals’ in bid to repair ties on.ft.com/4mOqeUA
A Maine cop, corrections officer and pastor have been arrested by ICE and targeted for deportation. I'm sure glad these troublemakers are off the street.... #news #maine https://www.centralmaine.com/2025/08/31/the-worst-jokes-youll-ever-hear-victoria-hugo-vidal/
Let’s count the ways the current president and his administration are threatening our health: 1. One in six Americans dies from cancer. Currently, mRNA vaccines are being used to fight some cancers an... #news #maine https://www.centralmaine.com/2025/08/31/how-we-vote-can-affect-our-health-letter/
Bernie’s endorsement doesn’t seem to have helped Troy Jackson. Why would it help Platner?
This “explicit” is a weird editorial choice. The constitution gives the president no power over this at all. It’s not ambiguous.
If you don’t believe that Trump’s authoritarianism can be defeated, look at how scared MAGA is of chalk:
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A different meaning to thermostatic politics: Ohio Republican Rep. Roy Klopfenstein (R., Haviland) wants to allow utilities in Ohio to remotely set Ohioans' thermostats in their houses.
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NEW: Man who wants Nobel Peace Prize creates Department of War.
🧵 The detention of David Slagger, a disabled U.S. veteran and respected Wabanaki elder—despite his presentation of valid Tribal ID—is deeply troubling. Denying him access to life-saving insulin, threatening him with force, and refusing to honor his Jay Treaty rights was totally unacceptable. (1/4)
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This is an unconstitutional and authoritarian power grab. The constitution grants power over federal elections to the states and Congress - not the president.
It seems to me one of the best arguments to the court is that if this is truly a national emergency, the president’s own party controls Congress but has done nothing to address it with legislation, so how can it possibly be an emergency?
“.. The Oval Office photos don’t resolve those questions. They raise them. And until the press decides to treat Trump’s health the way it treated Biden’s, makeup and memos will remain the White House’s first—and last—line of defense.” @passantino.bsky.social www.status.news/p/trump-heal...
NEW: For decades, protecting the voting rights of people with disabilities was a bipartisan priority. Now, as the GOP restricts voting access through the lens of “election integrity,” those long-standing protections are already beginning to erode. From: @yuniorarivas.bsky.social
Since returning to the White House, Trump has widely deployed the National Guard, with clear plans to expand its presence nationwide and few safeguards to limit him. And it looks like he might take his use of the military to the polls in 2026 and 2028.
Anne Applebaum: European leaders "understand the stakes of the war, but also the profound change in Washington. And none of them will say this publicly, and I understand why...But they’re horrified by the Alaska meeting and by domestic politics inside the United States." youtu.be/F8yzpfxOm6o?...
Trump supporters are very angry this morning about people making jokes on social media after many years of telling the rest of us to have a sense of humor and don't take everything so seriously.
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"She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it. She was not protecting lives at a gate in Iraq; she was forcing her way through windows in the Capitol to stop the peaceful transfer of power." New from @markhertling.bsky.social:
Jokes aside, if Biden was AWOL for four days and had nothing on his sked for a holiday weekend: -CNN would permanently show a running clock on the last time Biden was seen in public -Alex Thompson would publish multiple stories a day on Axios -Chris Cillizza would crank out 56 "But His Age" stories
Love these—-brilliant👍🏻
This is one of my favorite posts from @hcrichardson.bsky.social It strikes directly into the misconception so many people have about Mexicans in the US. Awareness and an understanding of history can completely change the way someone sees something. And in the comments is a map for context.
It’s long past time you all stopped using “Congress” when you mean “Republicans”. Not a single Democrat voted for this hot mess of an appointment. This endless grind to maintain a non-partisan tone, despite the partisanship of our fascist reality, is willfully blind, & a betrayal of your country.
Thank you @jeremyfaust.bsky.social Demetre, Dan, and I ("D3") using our voices to raise the alarm for public health
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these people are the weakest fuckin weaklings in all US history
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Trump & Kennedy, instead of attacking diseases are attacking the scientists who keep us safe, exactly what anyone who watched Trump’s performance during Covid, is familiar with Kennedy’s anti-science views, or read Project 2025 could have anticipated. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/h...
ATLANTA: “The city is opening a grocery store to clear up a downtown food desert… City leaders say the market will help those in the area who have not previously had easy access to healthy food.” (cc: everyone acting like @ZohranKMamdani is crazy🤔) www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
That’s what makes Trump’s attacks on FEMA, NOAA + the NWS so enraging. These are the very agencies that are supposed to help us prepare for—and quickly respond to—disasters like Katrina. They deserve to be fully funded. Not dismantled in service of the president’s extreme, pro-billionaire agenda.
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Trump cabinet officials told a federal appeals court that ruling president’s global tariffs illegal would seriously harm US foreign policy, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warning of “dangerous diplomatic embarrassment.”
Hope SCOTUS enjoys being treated like Trump’s lapdog
This notion that Republicans are coasting right now and the wind is beneath the sails of Donald Trump is just not true. Joni Ernst is not going to run for reelection in Iowa. There was a special election in Iowa earlier this week and the Democrats have now broken the Republican super majority.
Every worker deserves dignity, respect, and the right to stand together for a better future. That’s what #LaborDay is meant to honor. And this President has just shown workers across the country the extent of his disdain for the labor movement.
This is retaliation against the unions that have bravely participated in lawsuits against Trump's anti-worker policies. Unions have played an indispensable role in protecting workers’ rights, ensuring fair pay, and giving public servants a voice on the job.