“This is a time to rally to protect the health of every American,” write nine former leaders of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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“This is a time to rally to protect the health of every American,” write nine former leaders of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In America’s vaunted system of checks and balances, “We, the people, have always been the real check, the most important balance,” Frank Bruni writes. “But we must recognize what’s happening, sit with the alarm of it and rouse ourselves to push back.”
“Not so long ago, there seemed to be a growing understanding in this country that a justice system that trades in cash for freedom benefits no one,” write Jeremy Cherson and David Gaspar.
Donald Trump is the most ruthlessly antilabor president since before the Great Depression. If the labor movement does not fight harder than it has since he regained the presidency, its future will be dire, Erik Loomis writes.
Bulgaria has confirmed the incident and added that since February 2022, a significant increase in GPS jamming and spoofing is being observed.
The Russians are trying to kill the leader of the EU. Right now wake the fuck up people.
Today's a good day to learn Colbert found a new job. Hope it's a good one for everybody! #HappyLaborDay
111 years ago today, Martha, the last Passenger Pigeon died in her enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo. September 1st is Species Requiem Day to mourn the 869 species driven to extinction or extinction in the wild in the last 500 years by humans. Today is a day to recognize the grave danger we are in.
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Ukraine war latest: Ukraine liberates another village in Donetsk Oblast amid ongoing Russian offensive #Ukraine
Breaking Labor Day news (for MAGA): Donald Trump inherited nearly half a billion dollars. After bankrupting six companies, he got his first non-family job at age 71. And was fired four years later by 81,282,896 of his employers for defrauding them. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump dying in office after Biden lived through his term would be such an indictment of the press. Made “Biden Old” the top story, treating it as an uncovered secret, a scandal. Then lamented not covering it even more. All while treating “Trump Old” as a nonstory. Because he’s loud and lies a lot.
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.
The problem isn’t refugees on boats. The problem is oligarchs hoarding obscene amounts of wealth while most people fight to stay afloat. Wages aren't tied to inflation, so the working class keeps falling behind no matter how hard they work.
Starting today, 2.4M Americans, including kids, lose SNAP food benefits. Stores like Freshly’s Market in Mississippi that serve low-income communities expect a 35–45% drop in sales. Children will go hungry & employees at Freshly's lose jobs. Welcome to trickle-down starvation.
Donald Trump isnt going to get tough on shit. Putin, Modi and Xi are playing that fool like a fiddle while he thinks he has some kind of "leg up." Those guys are going to destroy him... And probably us. #FuckMAGA Oh, and Trump is a pedophile. #EpsteinFiles
NEW from me at The Dispatch. Imagine if a president could just eliminate border spending on a whim. Or gut defense, Medicaid or veterans spending. Even defund SCOTUS after a decision, or end SocSec in blue districts. This is the power Trump seeks with impoundment. 🧵 thedispatch.com/article/trum...
Pope Leo XIV denounced the “pandemic of arms, large and small,” as he prayed publicly for the victims of the shooting during a Catholic school Mass in the United States.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “How can the most powerful country on earth sow the seeds to make people sick again with preventable, even once-eliminated diseases?” our columnist Maureen Dowd writes.
Links: www.wusf.org/politics-iss... www.wesh.com/article/sign... people.com/trump-admini...
We are literally becoming a police and military state under this administration, when chalk at a memorial is treated like a crime, it’s not about “safety.” It’s about this administration having complete control on the American people.
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Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare. Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed. Getting big money out of politics. Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages. If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
SO SAD! CHICAGO'S "HERO" MAYOR JOHNSON JUST TOLD DONNY FASCISTPANTS TO STICK HIS POLICE STATE WHERE THE SUN "DON'T SHINE"! JOHNSON WON'T COMPLY WITH SMELLY DICTATOR DONNY. BOO HOO HOO! MANY ARE THANKING YOUR FAVORITE WRITER, JEFF TIEDRICH (ME!) FOR HIS POST ABOUT IT, WHICH IS HERE —> bit.ly/4lTj5kq
Trump's dictator moves like calling in the national guard or ballooning the ice budget are designed to enrage you, but also to desensitize you to his authoritarian behavior. As Rick Wilson says, we can't let that happen:
Some Links: www.thedailybeast.com/proud-boys-s... lawandcrime.com/high-profile... www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Their proposal? A special panel (similar to the one created after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks) that would award them damages for what they claim were “unfair prosecutions.” The very people who fueled a violent insurrection now want the government to cut them a check.
Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.
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🪶 time for a bird of the day 🎥 Good mix of birds here, I include some hummingbird for you. But starting out with Mrs J who's Crest has gone into full molt 😂 yes just like the Cardinals they do this too. Relax Breathe 🫁 in peace Breathe 😮💨 out negativity We will PERSEVERE #birds
DOGE Stole Your Social Security Data The “forcible resignation” email disappeared after Borges filed a whistleblower complaint accusing DOGE of illegally exfiltrating SSA data - every American's Social Security records - outside the firewall. DOGE could erase you. www.wired.com/story/charle...
In a national poll, 9 out of 10 American flags prefer Governor Gavin Christopher Newsom.
Cracker Barrel CEO is over paid. He should have gone with the new logo and told all those big mouth Trumps to go fk themselves.
Leavitt actually said the president is “working 24/7, literally” we’d call it slavery not leadership. No man doddering up staircases and slurring through speeches is working without pause. What we’re watching is decline dressed in propaganda, a body failing while his courtiers swear he’s immortal.
"Eight hours labour, Eight hours recreation, Eight hours rest.” Labor Day weekend in the U.S. and Canada commemorates the contributions of workers, rooted in the labor movement’s struggle for fair working hours and conditions.
JD Vance on Donald Trump: “I’m a Never Trump guy. I never liked him. I don’t think he’s the person. I don’t think he cares about folks. I think that he’s noxious and is leading the white working class to a very dark place.” { ht: @marcofoster.bsky.social }
Television legend Stephen Colbert has just signed a $13.5 million deal with Netflix for a 7-episode series.
*GASP* I'm stunned. www.thedailybeast.com/ex-cdc-offic...
@nealkatyal.bsky.social: “You’ve got the president who's imposed the largest tax increase on American consumers since 1993 … and he did it without Congress saying one word. That is not our constitutional structure.”
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Another school shooting...
ANGRY @jvl.bsky.social took to @thebulwark.com today: "Trump is waging war against the American government. When he’s done, he’ll use his government to wage war against Americans." www.thebulwark.com/p/the-cdc-th...
CINDY MCCAIN: “The desperation is overwhelming.”
Hello, everyone. Today, thanks to @sbg1.bsky.social and @newyorker.com, I learned a new word. The word is: "butt-snorkeler."
@jessicatarlov.bsky.social: "You know that if a Democratic president was doing any of these things, you would be outraged."
In today's Morning Shots: @eggerdc.bsky.social provides an excellent analysis of the chaos and destruction at the CDC, and the price we'll pay for it. I put myself in Trump's mind and explain why he may well fire Kennedy. www.thebulwark.com/p/camelot-fo...
We've launched a new D.C. campaign demanding that federal agents take off their masks — because public servants should face the public. Our posters and mobile billboard will be blanketing the District, demanding accountability.
I miss the old brand #CDC
At 3 pm Wed., a woman was stabbed just off a busy intersection on H Street, NE. National Guard members were dining al fresco at a taqueria DIRECTLY across the street, yet the suspect got away. "So safe," a local texted us. Our postcard from an Occupied D.C.: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
We were warned by Washington, Lincoln and others. Now we must oppose this authoritarian regime, firmly voice our commitment to the Constitution and rule of law—and assert what it means to be American. www.americaamerica.news/p/its-villai...
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Do we know if Vance was the last person to meet with him?
Trump has entered a quantum super position and is both alive and dead until we open the box.
The Rumours have reached the British Press 🇬🇧🇬🇧 'Donald Trump is dead' rumours explained as Vance comment and bruise go viral www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news...
Wow, it’s so weird how no one talks about this anymore. It’s almost as if inflation wasn’t THE issue, it was just useful…aw but that couldn’t be, in this nation of liberal media and bias!
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Him: Technically the piano is a percussion instrument. Me: Technically the piano is a murder weapon. Just ask Wile E. Coyote.
Good morning and happy Saturday to everyone. What kind of punk ass bitch revokes the Secret Service security detail for Kamala Harris? One that’s petty, small, pathetic, vengeful, and on the Epstein list, that’s who.
If you don't have a dream how you gonna make the dream come true....
#GSUS
There’s already some who believed President Biden was a body double. It might not take much to convince them the deep state replaced him.
NEWS: ACLU pushes to revive criminal contempt proceedings against Trump officials
Come on. Come onnnn
Goodness, if the President has a serious health problem I certainly hope he follows the expert medical advice of his Secretary of Health and Human Services
Them: even if he dies, nothing with change Me: except he’s dead and I’ll be glad he’s dead and everyone will be glad he’s dead. Now give me my tambourine back, Susan
I see and I hear and I speak no evil; I carry no malice within my breast; yet quite without wishing a man to the Devil one may be permitted to hope for the best. -“An Ethical Grook” by Piet Hein
If he isn’t dead I guess he at least gets to see the entire Internet going apeshit hoping he is
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BREAKING: Bernie Sanders has called for a special Senate committee hearing on the CDC crisis, demanding that RFK Jr. testify under oath about the disaster he’s created.
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Stop what you're doing and watch, or at least save, this right now. youtu.be/PL0oB1gbZE4?...
BREAKING: New bill introduced to stop politicians from stock trading would require lawmakers to sell their stocks in 180 days. Those who don't face fines.
📌 Trusted Sources I know I’m preaching to the choir here, but with our current HHS dept clearly compromised, it’s more important than ever that we have access to reliable sources to health, outbreaks and related information — Website and YouTube (subscribe for notifications) links in 🧵…
Federal appeals court strikes down major chunk of Trump’s tariffs The ruling will not take effect right away, giving the administration time to appeal to the Supreme Court.
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The City of Atlanta is opening its first municipal grocery store today. The city is spending $3.5 million in partnership with a neighborhood grocery chain in an effort to eliminate a downtown food desert. www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
This is a BFD
"We're all gonna die" Joni. That one.
I think one of the things people misunderstand about being anti-ChatGPT and related products is that they are being forced into institutions and other products and services in ways that affect all of our lives whether they work or *not* and we will all have to deal with the consequences
We think we can rest on our laurels & do whatever we want —WHATEVER we want. The rest of the world will move on, & they’ll be generating the kind of investment required in order to replace what we used to do. And it’ll be our own fault.
Gov. Pritzker: “The president doesn't seem to understand that it's actually Republican states that have the crime problem. Of the 20 states that have the biggest crime problem, 13 of them are red states controlled by Republican governors.”
Check. This. Out. 👇🏻