A reminder on this Labor Day: Slavery still exists in the form of incarcerated labor. It’s long overdue to end forced labor in prisons.
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A reminder on this Labor Day: Slavery still exists in the form of incarcerated labor. It’s long overdue to end forced labor in prisons.
Japan's fossil fuel share of electricity generation has just hit a record low, dropping below 60%; underscores the fact that no new fossil fuels are needed to maintain Japan's electricity supplies. www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
Stews rock!
😊 Retired Teacher NOT dreading the start of high school tomorrow here in NYS. I'm watching shows from 10 years ago & keeping the Death Watch going.... where's JD?
Germany will not send troops to Ukraine, all German troops will be divided between Germany and Lithuania to help defend the Baltic front. Estonia ready to evacuate all citizens in the country and possibly Latvia when Russia invades. At least 16,000 Estonian troops expected to stay behind and fight.
Do you eat eggs? Not your point, I realize, but their protein is worth the costs.
For Elon, the USA is the new white South African apartheid.
More framing like this, please www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
My baby slept 90 mins max at a stretch until about 6 months when she went up to 3 hrs. Hell. Good luck & I hope you don't have to return to work by 6 weeks!
S Miller might actually shit his pants. Won't be as much fun with JD. I'm not on Twitter, so whatever the Trump "boys" pushing rn?
Trump is going to announce he's going to do that Doctor Who thing where he gets a new body isn't he
US not prepared for war with Russia, it's recommended local and state governments take initiative due to near collapse of federal agencies under Trump. Unlike previous wars, this one will reach the homeland.
Tesla is circling the drain in Europe--and actually everywhere. The stock has only lost 17% this year so far but will be lower soon. STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Registrations of new Tesla cars in Sweden fell 84% in August from a year earlier, to 210 vehicles, data from Mobility Sweden showed on Monday.
Rudy Giuliani Presidential medal of (dis) honor recipient
Hey, why are we organizing society based on what makes the most money for the people who already own everything? That seems like it'd lead to a bunch of easily foreseen problems.
Bruise from surgery via eyeball to clamp clot after strokes?!
😳…is this what voting will be like…😳
Medicare for all. Paid leave. Universal childcare. Break up corporate monopolies. Take on Wall Street greed. Get big money out of politics. Support unions. Raise wages. If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda.
The GOP hates women and children, who are the most likely to be victims of gun violence.
This is how to cover this. NPR did a spot on the award and said nothing about 2020 and Giuliani’s lies.
Reposting.
Some new street art spotted in DC 🤣
The ongoing National Guard mission in Washington, DC, part of President Donald Trump’s effort to fight crime in the city, is estimated to cost about $1 million a day, experts told CNN.
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A local diner was raided by ICE and 14 people were kidnapped, and most of the locals seem more concerned with where they're going to get their hashbrowns than with anything else. Unfriendly reminder that immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers and migrants don't owe you labor to deserve respect.
Platner: No one cares that you pretend to be remorseful as you sell out to lobbyists. Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnations do not bring back Roe V Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.
It is one thing, as a blue state voter, to know that your taxes are being spent elsewhere in the country. But it is quite another to worry that they will simply disappear into a sinkhole of corruption, such as that which is now being created in the WH. snyder.substack.com/p/look-on-my...
Do you want to know how low life sorry people have planned for a Trump Riviera in Gaza. After they starve the people to death. 🤬 Republicans this is what you are supporting. www.democracynow.org/2025/8/29/ga...
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AIPAC is attacking Rep. Ro Khanna for wanting the USA to join 147 other countries in recognizing the Palestinian state
Graham Platner, an oyster farmer from Maine, wants to “claw back wealth that was created by the labor and the consumption of working-class Americans who have not shared in the riches they helped build.”
Trump could shoot someone in the middle of 5th Avenue and get away with it, Netanyahu could kill 53,000, and Putin could kill millions. The table of impunity only gets longer. It’s important to fight tyrants at all levels. #3E
Bluesky has been critical to Democracy Docket's growth and reach. Nate Silver is an idiot.
Happy Labor Day!
he’s gonna die to distract us from the epstein files isn’t he
Not a drag queen. Not a member of the LGBTQ community. All church workers of one variety or another. #USDemocracy
Labor Day in Nevada County! Powerful message 💙
This should be getting far more attention from the media, and it should be investigated as a hate crime. A 14-year-old Black teen was targeted, beaten, and dehumanized with racial slurs by white teens while people stood around cheering. 1/4
Every person, without exception, who claims they voted for King asshole “because of the economy” is lying. All of them. Not a single person voted for that criminal asswipe because of the economy. They voted for him because they wanted team white man to win and be in charge. That’s it.
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Hundreds of labor groups and community activists took to the streets across the country Monday for mass Labor Day protests, including several demonstrations in Florida — with a notable showing in Palm Beach Gardens.
Foreign-funded white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and affiliated criminal groups orchestrated a series of anti-immigration rallies across Australia under the banner “March for Australia.”
Time for his double to cheat at golf, photographed from a distance....
So are we in a Weekend at Bernie's situation right now?
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.
NATO-Ukraine Council to discuss response to Russian strikes at Monday meeting, Kyiv says reut.rs/4mIVp3z
Trump's World Liberty token falls in first day of trading reut.rs/3HO7S6P
🚨Meidas Canada is LIVE Connecting a global conversation about resistance in the age of gangster fascism and disinformation. This is resistance without borders. youtu.be/QZvOUFBptHA?...
" The United Nations exists precisely to ensure that no nation, however powerful, can silence another. ” — Dag Hammarskjöld UN Secretary-General 1953-1961
Frankfurt, Germany: "Icelandic horses graze in a meadow during sunrise at a stud farm in Wehrheim on the first day of meteorological autumn." 📸 Michael Probst/AP www.theguardian.com/news/gallery...
Total Household Debt hit $18.39 Trillion last quarter, a new all-time high 🚨 Congrats everyone, we did it 🥳🫂
Lily pads for days
I know you’re scared. We all are. This is an insane time right now. Just know that you are not alone. We are in this together. We must stand together. The chant in Chicago today: “Stand up, fight back!” We got this. #Resist
Pope Leo XIV met with one of the most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic Church. The Rev. James Martin said Leo told him that he intended to continue Pope Francis’ policy of LGBTQ+ acceptance in the church and encouraged him to keep up his advocacy.
This Labor Day, remember that Black Americans are the most overworked and underpaid group.
Of true, this is truly amazing. Great job, guys!! #USDemocracy
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)
happy labor day
I think it's time to discuss the 25th Amendment.
Of course...
Russian State Duma member Viktor Sobolev has once again voiced imperial ambitions, claiming that regions like Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, and Odesa are part of Russia and must be “fully liberated” as part of the so-called “special military operation.”
UNITE + RISE. St. Petersburg, Florida.
Demand cheaper energy. Why do you want to pay more energy? I dont www.reuters.com/business/ene... GO RENEWABLE People, us, you, we humans, must demand CHEAPER energy. That is renewable.
Israel attacked and assassinated Yemen’s prime minister and cabinet for defending their territorial waters. War crime. Horrible
The democrats are not our allies anymore 🤷 at least not like they were. It’s tabula rasa (reset) time! Which means you need to back up and re-analyze the battlefield and who friends and enemies are. Some old friends are now enemies, some enemies are friends, and a lot of people are still deciding 🇺🇸
Another MAGA milestone: cutting $679 million of gov't support for off-shore wind power at US ports while increasing funds for ICE by $ tens of billions in the 2025-2026 federal budget. www.npr.org/2025/08/31/n...
Raise the minimum wage. It’s been $7.25/hr since 2009. Some states have voluntarily raised the minimum wage. Most red states have not. Workers should not have to work several jobs just to survive. WA is at $16.66/hr, CA at $16.50 #LaborDay www.paycor.com/resource-cen...?
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“The more relaxed you are, the better you are at everything: the better you are with your loved ones, the better you are with your enemies, the better you are at your job, the better you are with yourself.” ― Bill Murray
Introverts don’t recharge with sleep, we recharge by being left completely alone for 3–5 business days
What happens when a cult leader dies? What will happen to MAGA when Donald Trump dies?
Melania's vibrators?!
Found the Epstein Files
Sky mirror #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #photography #photographie #reflections #reflexiones
I can personally confirm that they ARE doing this… www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/...
Federal officials are threatening Denver schools for allowing gender-neutral bathrooms. Every student deserves dignity, safety, and equal protection under the law. Discrimination has no place in our classrooms. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/28/denver-schools-gender-neutral-bathrooms-00534598
Just interesting facts, for no particular reason.
We are suing Texas in two cases -- one voting, one redistricting.
When our working families are strong, Minnesota is strong. That’s why we’ve established paid leave, expanded the right to collectively bargain, and why we’re investing in the projects creating the union jobs of the future. Happy Labor Day, Minnesota.
Got a nice haul of cherry tomatoes from the backyard.
And lovely bowl!
✈️🇪🇺🇧🇬A plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was forced to land in Bulgaria using paper maps after suspected Russian GPS jamming disrupted its navigation systems, the Financial Times reports.
If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations. If you're 45, that number is 74.7%. If you're under 28, the number is 100%. Happy Labor Day.