I hope Shae Moss and Ruby Freeman sue him for it.
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I hope Shae Moss and Ruby Freeman sue him for it.
Thank you on this labor day!!
Jay Nordlinger: “I love this country and its political system—its constitutional way of life. And our country, its way of life are worth struggling to maintain. Don’t leave the field to our foes. Our illiberal foes. Hang in there. Okay, that’s my lil’ speech.” open.substack.com/pub/jaynordl...
Today I’d like to share two poems with you. To me, both feel appropriate to the dark time we’re now living in. Read them and let me know what you think. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/two-poems-that-feel-apt
Do you have kids and/or grandkids? Maybe keep them around so the grandkids don’t think you were always old? 😄
Thank you, Senators Markey and Warren for all that you do!🙏🙏💙💙
Clyde turned 3 today; his little sisfur Gracie turned 1 in June and we didn't want her to feel left out 🤣
His administration is more authoritarian than ever, the red states are as aggressive as ever, the destruction of our health care system is worse than ever—and Trump doesn’t seem particularly engaged or even well. What’s up as we enter September? Tim and JVL discuss. youtu.be/N3XMfXXnD4I?...
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This morning in Charlotte, @captmarkkelly.bsky.social and I were proud to celebrate Labor Day with the Mecklenburg County Democrats. Working people and unions built this country. I’ll always be proud to stand with workers and the unions who lift us all up. Happy Labor Day, everyone!
States begin to see job losses from Trump’s cuts, housing and spending slowdowns | via @timhenderson.bsky.social #ksleg
Nine former CDC directors, from Bill Foege onward, speak out about the incalculable harm that RFK, Jr. is doing to public health in the US and around the world. Gift link.
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.
Nine former directors of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are speaking out, saying Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is endangering the health of Americans. abcnews.go.com/Health/forme...
“Frayed collar workers in gold plated times.” 30 years ago I issued a stark warning about the health of America’s working class. Watch and tell me what you think. https://youtu.be/8rW1kkAV-gw?feature=shared
Once he’s out of office his successor should have them dig up the marble and, if the successor wants a super ugly monstrosity aka patio, move it elsewhere on the grounds and restore the rose garden to the spot of beauty and peace that it was before Trump.
Had an amazing time today at the West Indian American Day Parade in Brooklyn! I love celebrating our Caribbean communities and all of the culture, traditions, and history they bring to our state!
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.
Wages of unionized workers are 13% higher than their nonunion counterparts. But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy. In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states. This is why unions are vital.
🚨When all is said and done the money that was WASTED on Alligator Alcatraz could’ve easily been the 1 TRILLION that was cut from Medicaid. There must be oversight for the OUTRAGEOUS costs: 1) Monetarily 2) Environmentally & 3) The Physical & Mental Health stress this cost people and their families.🚨
Exactly. Keep the pressure on. Trump will not stick with anyone he thinks may be dragging him further down. That was the beginning of his distancing from Elon. Keep the pressure on. RFK must go.
Happy Labor Day, folks! Unions built the middle class, and it’s more important than ever that we stand together in support of workers and workers’ rights. Thank you to the people of Charlotte for welcoming me and @gabbygiffords.bsky.social at the parade this morning.
Eastern Parkway always feels like the heartbeat of New York during the West Indian Day Parade — the food, the flags, the dancehall and soca. Caribbean culture makes this city great 🇹🇹🇭🇹🇧🇧🇩🇲🇱🇨🇯🇲🇻🇨🇬🇩🇬🇾
Charlie Sykes is doing excellent interviews these days; check it out. youtube.com/watch?v=OMDo...
An incredible story of courage in the face of danger. Ryan Palattao, in a wheelchair, survived because his teacher, Becca Heer, pulled him under a pew and threw herself over him to protect him. His family calls her a "guardian angel." www.startribune.com/he-couldnt-r...
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.
Illinois is now the number one state in the Midwest to work in. This ranking reflects our work in making Illinois the best state in the nation to do business, raise a family, and thrive.
Meanwhile US EV tax credits expire this month.
Good.
JUST IN: Drew Ensign, on behalf of DOJ, reports that all of the migrant children have been returned to ORR custody.
On #LaborDay, I stand with every worker demanding fair pay, safe conditions, and respect on the job. The fight for dignity is far from over. (2/2)
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)
My family achieved the American Dream because of the Union benefits he got as a member of AFSCME. The Labor Movement is the backbone of the American economy, and I’ll always stand up for workers’ rights. Happy Labor Day, and if you have the day off—thank a union member.
Remember that we can always find power, solidarity, and hope in the labor movement. [Artwork by Ricardo Levins Morales]
We share this graph as often as we can. #UnionStrong
KOH: “Trump Stripped 1 million workers’ bargaining rights while plastering his face on the Labor Dept… Closed miner health clinics… Cut $2.4 Billion from youth & senior job programs… This is the real story of Trump & Labor.” #LaborDay
Exactly.
"It isn’t that many more Americans wouldn’t like to belong to unions if they could —they don’t have the chance. That decline in union membership is no accident." By @paulwaldman.bsky.social in PN: www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-labo...
A DOGE whistleblower revealed that employees uploaded a Social Security database—containing full names, dates of birth, and addresses of hundreds of millions of Americans— to a cloud server without “independent security or oversight," creating “enormous vulnerabilities" to hackers. trib.al/FDTWG43
Completely agree. A new Tea Party that focuses on freedom, democracy, pluralism, the Constitution, the rule of law, and basic human decency. This new Tea Party would be the antithesis of today’s Republican Party.👇
Happy Labor Day New York! Every Labor Day reminds us of the hardworking New Yorkers, Americans, and committed unions always there to support our communities. Labor built this country, and I will always stand with the workers and unions that got us where we are.
NEW: Judge Sooknanan is back at it. She orders DOJ to file at fifth status report to address whether the two children discussed in its previous report have been returned to ORR custody. Status report due at 12 noon today.
In “Mob Boss in the White House,” guest host @jonathanalter.bsky.social w/ @peterbakernyt.bsky.social @mollyjongfast.bsky.social & @sykescharlie.bsky.social take on Trump’s power grab, the week’s firings, the elusive Ukraine deal & why his mob-boss tactics still work. bit.ly/MobBossTF
As we begin a new month, my law firm is litigation 51 voting and election cases in 25 states. 6 in Arizona 6 in Georgia 4 in Florida 4 in North Carolina 8 involve redistricting
52 of 53 Republican senators voted to confirm him.
Powerful piece by @markhertling.bsky.social. “I am infuriated that the Air Force plans to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it.” www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...
Liberals: “We could try to DO some things to reduce gun violence; ‘thoughts and prayers’ isn’t enough.” Republicans: “Outrage! Disgrace! They’re attacking prayer.” There’s no need to be polite or defensive in response to this. Invoking faith as an excuse to shun responsibility deserves no respect.
Her face says, “baby is fine… but what about you??” 🥺 #dog #dogday #bluesky
You guys see where this is going? Right?
"For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul, and the one greedy for gain curses and renounces the Lord." -- Psalm 10:3
This is nothing else but a hybrid war that Russia wages against Europe Let's name things as they really are:Russia has made an assassination attempt of the President of the European Commission Russia has been jamming GPS-signals over many Eastern Europe countries that are in its immediate vicinity
Did you know in 1890 manufacturing employees worked on average 100 hours a week? It would be decades before the eight-hour workday became real. It took labor activists and labor unions to turn the cry for change into policy and practice. www.americaamerica.news/p/a-labor-da...
❗️The plane Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu was on was forced to land in Bulgaria due to suspected Russian GPS interference -FT There are reports that the pilots even had to use paper maps due to GPS jamming as they made the emergency landing.
Pope Leo XIV prayed publicly on Sunday for the victims of the shooting at a Catholic school in Minnesota and called for an end to the "pandemic of arms, large and small."
"Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide in Article II of the United Nations Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948)". Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, genocide scholars' association says - www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Leaving aside the typical histrionics, this seems to be Trump beginning to distance himself from Kennedy (who’s “ripping apart” CDC), and inviting mainstream physicians and scientists to defend the vaccines, so Trump can then say, I got them to explain it better and vaccines are OK.
1/ If you are feeling overwhelmed by the fast paced of legal news, remember that it’s deliberate. It’s a strategy Trump uses, flooding the zone in hopes that people will tune out. Read what you need to know here to get ready for the week: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
The shooter did not act alone. He was assisted by one president, 219 House members, 53 senators, and the NRA.
Have a peaceful Labor Day.👇
I have an opinion piece in the New York Times today on how the labor movement has failed to step up to the moment in countering Trump, even as Trump unilaterally strips public sector workers of collective bargaining. Labor will die as a movement if this continues. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Troops in the streets and he thinks he’s going to get a Nobel, peace begins at home
AXIOS: “(Trump’s) tariff policy will cost midsize businesses $82.3 billion, according to a new report from the JPMorganChase Institute…” www.axios.com/sponsored/mi...
Happy Labor Day! Today, we celebrate workers and the power of the labor movement in securing fair wages, safe workplaces, and better lives for people across the country. 🛠️💪 #UnionStrong
Trump's Ego is a National Security Risk: India Was the Economic Alternative to China. Trump Ended That. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/b...
Trump did that.
Difference between a husky and border collie... 👀😅🤣 #dog #dogday #bluesky
And country has gone full circle, several states easing age restrictions on employment. Whatever keeps wage down is good with maga.
“But our march had done its work. We had drawn the attention of the nation to the crime of child labor…The Pennsylvania legislature passed a child labor law that sent children home from the mills, and kept others from entering the factory until they were fourteen.” www.thebulwark.com/p/labor-day-...
“There are those who would try to refuse the worker any effective power to bargain collectively, to earn a decent livelihood and to acquire security. It is those shortsighted ones who threaten this country with class dissension…” — Franklin Roosevelt, Sep. 6, 1936 www.thebulwark.com/p/labor-day-...
The USA has screwed up so badly by decimating the US relationship with India because of Trump’s childish, destructive ego, that the state department is now in the process of grovelling. In the end the US will probably cave, as it has with China.
This Labor Day, never forget: the sitting President said we have "too many non-working holidays." Happy Labor Day, workers.✊
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.
Take several seats, JD.
I especially liked the “faith without works is dead” reply to Vance.
Why I left MAGA
No matter what @MarshaBlackburn keeps saying, it’s not criminals they’re targeting. www.cnn.com/2025/08/30/u...
Just heard from over 200 veterans and military family members at our town hall in Raleigh with NC Attorney General @jeffjacksonnc.bsky.social. They’re fired up because Trump is cutting the services they depend on here and across the country, and we’re going to keep fighting to stop him.
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“in six months sec. kennedy has undermined 60 years of vaccine preventable diseases in this country.” dr. tom frieden frmr dir of CDC let that sink in-the damage this regime has inflicted on us.
August 31, 2025
Where is the mainsteam media? Anyone out there? Can you hear me???
Pritzker: "No one in the administration -- the president or anybody under him -- has called anyone in my administration or me. It's clear that in secret they're are planning this invasion with US troops."
Giuliani willingly stopped his car for a stranger looking for help? Yeah, right.
@suricrowe.bsky.social appelliert an alle, sich nichts mehr vorzumachen, was das Trump/Vance-Regime und seine weiteren Pläne anbelangt. Es ist naiv zu glauben, dass es freie und faire Midterms gibt. Und selbst wenn die Demokraten gewinnen würden - wer sagt, dass das Ergebnis akzeptiert würde?
I'm actually not sure that I'd take this bet myself but I wouldn't be surprised if she did that bsky.app/profile/anna...
Good. I hope he wins.
Concerning...
Not white enough?
This is why NO institution should pay him a bribe. No university , no corporation , no individual, NEVER. He is not a King! #DoNotObeyInAdvance #NoKingsInAmerica #25thAmendmentNow
Having a bad day?? Here's a pick me up... 😊 #bluesky #nature #babygoats
Fifty-one of the 85 Federalist papers were written by a guy born in Nevis.
Not quite sweatshirt and hoodie weather here yet but I’ve started thinking about getting cold weather clothing out of storage.
Daily Reminder: Social Security is OUR money!
I have come to realize the saddest part of the trump administration of terror is our abdication of intellectual leadership at the global level. I always thought the next major breakthrough in medicine or science would come from the U.S. but now accept that will simply never happen. All thanks to 1
Gov Gavin to the rescue
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Honored that Mark is now a Democracy Docket member.🙏 The force of democracy must be with us!!!🥳