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...
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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...
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.
Rural communities and people with disabilities will have even more limited access to health care. Families with low incomes who rely most heavily on community clinics and health departments will have fewer resources available to them. Children will lose access to lifesaving vaccines due to cost.
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2. Over the last two weeks, a war has broken out in Florida over Pride crosswalks. At the center is the Pulse Memorial Crosswalk, painted in rainbow colors to honor the lives lost in the 2016 Pulse massacre but since painted over by the anti-LGBTQ+ state authorities.
1. On Saturday, a judge ordered Pulse pride crosswalk protester released from jail. Police arrested him after he chalked the bottom of his shoe in rainbow colors and walked across it. Sunday, police arrested 3 more under the same charges. Subscribe to support my journalism.
#TXLEGE: 11 key laws go into effect today. Instead of preparing Texans for real crises, lawmakers prioritized bills that go against our Texas values. Here's a breakdown of some of the bills that have passed. 🧵
Keep tagging us in your protest pics and vids, and we’ll share them! We’re making it clear to the world today that we’re done with this shit.
This is now two consecutive popes who have loudly stood against fascism and general malfeasance by the far-right -- both elected, in part, by conservative cardinals within the Catholic Church. It's almost as though God is trying to communicate something here.
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Thank you I know there are good things in Florida, but it’s reassuring to actually see something come out of there
We are suing Texas in two cases -- one voting, one redistricting.
Outrageous. FEMA staff warned that disaster response has been gutted—and instead of fixing it, they were suspended. Retaliating against civil servants for telling the truth puts Americans at risk.
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)
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Oh unfortunately, they do. I worked in classrooms for a long time and worked post Covid in a classroom. It was extremely difficult to get them to keep their masks on. And when they were on, they would always slip the masks below their nose. I mentioned up above, it’s about comfort and peer pressure
Shouldn’t be because of the fees it should be because they’re worried about coming into the country and being detained
Last year, overdose deaths in Massachusetts dropped 36% — their lowest level since 2013. It's good news, but our work is far from over. Together with providers and advocates, we'll invest in what we know works: Narcan, test strips, recovery coaches, mobile treatment and more.
CNN confirms that the pilots landed the plane using paper maps. www.cnn.com/2025/09/01/w...
This is, of course, false. The United States exported $83 billion in goods and services to India last year alone.
If they enact a new illegal congressional map, Missouri will be sued.
They should do it anyway for the environmental benefits.
The President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa called the orange felon a Russian asset in a live televised speech. Well done, this is how you do it. 👏
A California court denied Republicans’ petition asking it to stop state officials from putting Gov. Gavin Newsom’s redistricting measure on the ballot. The decision appears to clear the way for the governor’s plan to appear on the November ballot.
Speaking as someone who worked in a school, no. Moreover the children won’t want to because the masks are uncomfortable and peer pressure is uncomfortable. 🥺
CT has experienced a significant decline in overdose deaths in large part to investments made in intervention, awareness & education – But there is still work to do. This #InternationalOverdoseAwarenessDay, we shine a light on this epidemic & work towards a brighter, healthier tomorrow.
9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Daily Reminder: Social Security is OUR money!
I found you because of it and shared it so thank you
Somewhere in Iceland.
If you enjoy… Weekends Safe working conditions Retirement benefits Paid vacations Breaks at work Sick leave Paid holidays … then you’re part of the labor movement. Happy Labor Day.
MO Gov Mike Kehoe is calling a special session to gerrymander the 5th District which encompasses Kansas City. He is specifically violating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which bans any voting practice that denies or weakens the power of a racial minority to elect its preferred candidates.
POPE LEO: “Let us plead God to stop the pandemic of arms, large and small, which infects our world.” He prays for the victims in Minneapolis, and “the countless children killed and injured every day around the world”
I don’t know if it’s real, but it is certainly delightful
IT’S ALL NATIVE LAND!
Reminder: Most mass shootings are carried out by cisgender men.
“No nos dejan limpiar el monte” “No se puede coger ni una piña” “Los ecologistas no dejan quemar” ❌ FALSO: La Ley de Montes no prohíbe limpiar, recoger frutos o hacer quemas prescritas. OBLIGA a hacerlo con una gestión forestal sostenible y la prevención de incendios. Los bulos no apagan fuegos.
Can the media STOP referring to Jeffrey Epstein as a “financier”? The money he made came from SEX TRAFFICKING MINORS, RAPING CHILDREN, and BLACKMAIL. He was NOT a financier. I’ve seen at least five stories from three outlets refer to him this way in the past week. This is the latest from the Times:
California stepping up.
Ex-CDC deputy director says secret COVID vaccine plan revealed by the Daily Beast would be a total catastrophe. trib.al/hlB6qkc
Don’t let anyone fool you. This is not about ensuring proper compensation for people who are harmed by vaccines (and remember—the benefits of vaccines far outweigh the risks). This is just another way to reduce vaccine availability, sow distrust, and spread misinformation
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen didn’t mince words in describing Russia’s Vladimir Putin during a visit to Poland’s border with Belarus yesterday.
senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, former chief economist to Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) & director of budget and spending policy for Marco Rubio’s 2016 presidential campaign👇🏽
They are just so beautiful
Everything we take for granted — weekends, paid vacations, sick leave, safer workplaces, health care — exists because of unions.
Specific examples of what I’ve done & seen other poll workers do to make voting fairer: 1) Get eligible voters back on track after a PW accidentally puts wrong information into an electronic roster. 2) Correct a fellow PW who was incorrectly requiring that a drivers license have a current address.
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🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump said in a weekend social media post he plans to issue an executive order to impose voter ID requirements. And he reiterated his desire to ban mail voting. The president lacks the authority to take either step. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
NY Times vs Democracy Docket. Why does the Times use the word "explicit" when Trump has ZERO authority?👀 Support pro-democracy independent media. Subscribe to Democracy Docket today. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
Are you a mother of children under 5 who left the workforce in the last six months? We want to hear from you for an upcoming story: https://bit.ly/4lNu0MD
HAMILTON COUNTY: “@hamcoschools learned of a student suicide a week before the board voted 6-5 to end the federally funded in-school therapy…” Republicans axed the Centerstone contract because they helped 🏳️🌈 kids. Ugly stuff. Hate over kids’ safety. www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/au...
We keep seeing this exact gaslighting over and over — @RepJohnRose & Sexton also said this to NC5 $1 TRILLION in Medicaid cuts only impacting people who *shouldn’t be on it* + “waste/fraud/abuse” is nonsense Also: if all this fraud exists, why 0 arrests?
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.”
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Cats are sweet, you are sweet, therefore you are a cat, poof! Caturday ahoy!
I’m absolutely begging reporters to stop suggesting that Lisa Cook stated that she would use both properties as a principal residence on her mortgage APPLICATIONS Mortgage APPLICATIONS and mortgage AGREEMENTS are not the same thing We have no idea what she represented on the APPLICATIONS
CVS & walgreens, I looked it up
My reporting uncovered the existence of DoJ training videos instructing FBI personnel on how to flag Trump’s name in the Epstein files. I’m suing to get the videos under FOIA. substack.com/@muellershew...
"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:
The Social Security Administration official who exposed that the Department of Government Efficiency had left millions of Americans’ personal data vulnerable says he has been forced to resign due to retaliation. Charles Borges, who served as the SSA’s chief data officer, told
RFK Jr must be fired. He’s too deranged and full of himself to leave voluntarily. So it’s vital to convince Trump that keeping Kennedy around drains his own political power and thus his personal wealth by so visibly endangering the health of everyone in the U.S. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Masked ICE aren’t about safety; they’re about fear and evading responsibility. Demand transparency and accountability by adding your name to this petition:
No matter what @MarshaBlackburn keeps saying, it’s not criminals they’re targeting. www.cnn.com/2025/08/30/u...
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#epstein #leavedc
Jones: I want to bring theology into this because you have all these people that want to give thoughts and prayers. But I was a minister, and that is a form of theological malpractice—when you pray for something you have the power to change.
Jones: I would say to my colleagues who serve in government—keep your thoughts and prayers, keep your tweets. If you want to address gun violence, you don't need to tweet. What you need is a mirror. You have the power to change things.
REP. @brotherjones.bsky.social: “People want to give thoughts and prayers after a shooting, but it’s a form of theological malpractice when you pray for something you have the power to change.”
We are adorable, but maybe we need some space instead of being filmed so we can calm down
I really hope this becomes the black eye it deserves to be www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
If you’re interested in finding out what we can do to fight back against the gerrymandering in Missouri, I hope you’ll join this call. I will be speaking on the call. www.mobilize.us/indivisiblek...
Huge news - appeals court rules that a majority of the President’s tariffs are illegal. The President is wreaking havoc on our economy, and he is breaking the law to do it. We must right this ship. We need sane trade policy again.
Television legend Stephen Colbert has just signed a $13.5 million deal with Netflix for a 7-episode series.
CHICAGO…
This part. Everyone should be taking notes from @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social’s @mizzwelch.bsky.social
CW: Sexual assault Women are being kidnapped and assaulted by men who impersonate ICE agents. This is one of many reasons why we can’t have a masked, unaccountable secret police force roaming the streets. Urge your elected officials to take action today: www.bluestatedefianc...
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...
In other news:
GOV. WHITMER on marriage equality 🏳️🌈 attacks: “Treating people equally is a Michigan value… LGBTQ+ Michiganders make our state stronger, better, and more vibrant.”
Last January, a source shared evidence with me that DOGE was installing devices on govt servers to upload data to the cloud. Some hosts were FOREIGN. On Friday, a whistleblower resigned and came forward to share the same. Listen to what we found in January: www.muellershewrote.com/p/a-fork-in-...
The Trump administration announced that it plans to dismiss nearly all remaining employees at Voice of America, escalating tensions with a federal judge who had previously blocked efforts to overhaul the government-funded broadcaster.
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I hope people realize how absolutely fucked this situation is. This isn’t normal. People are resigning all over the place because the government is mishandling our data, ruining our public health services, and generally making Americans less safe.
California lawmakers reach an agreement with Uber and Lyft that will open the door for app-based drivers to form unions. This is a victory for organized labor that could lay the groundwork for similar efforts in other states.
NEW: The Pentagon issued a “letter of concern” to Microsoft over the company’s use of China-based engineers to maintain sensitive government computer systems. The DOD is now investigating whether any of those employees have compromised national security. By @reneedudley.bsky.social
Trump already gutted $9 billion in foreign aid—now he’s back for $4.9 billion more. This time he's trying to let Republicans dodge a vote. These cuts hit vital counterterrorism, food security, and democracy programs with zero accountability. This is illegal, plain and simple.
He’s trying to get her killed…
It’s time to take serious action at the State Capitol to address gun violence.
They’re traumatizing kids.
Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who resigned from the CDC, revealed that RFK Jr. has NEVER been briefed by CDC experts on measles, flu, or Covid: “No one from my center has ever briefed him on any of those topics…He’s getting his information from somewhere”
Welch: He claims that he's the law and order president. But we all know that's a lie because he's a convicted felon. He pardons convicted felons, he surrounds himself with obsequious people that kiss his all day, every day
So they have reduced the charge against sandwich guy to a misdemeanor, but they're still going to trial over it? This seems not normal...
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Thursday to terminate the U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon at the end of next year after nearly five decades, bowing to demands from the United States and its close ally Israel. https://to.pbs.org/4oXf80R
Sending hugs if acceptable Also, an internet puppy w/ attitude
