Been here, there, done this and that. Don’t want to be doing this Resistance again but will do it to the end of this anti-democratic movement. Stand up.
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Interesting to read about Pay Pal’s Peter Thiel, a tech bro who’s helping spearhead the murder of American democracy, which enabled creation of his wealth. These guys use our roads, ports, airwaves, protection, corporate welfare, and all benefits of society to rip us all off and build their bunkers.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again and again: Cities are not test grounds for the president to enact egregious, unconstitutional, uncalled for military takeovers. The Trump Administration’s stunts and performance have no place in our cities.
No surprise here.
Moscow’s war aims exposed? A map behind its top general marked Odesa and Mykolaiv regions as part of Russia.
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.
Ah, if only YOU were our VP!!
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.
Because the info given out by the CDC has gotten less robust & trustworthy under Trump, & it is just going to get worse now as more actual experts are removed or forced to resign, I signed up for this newsletter from #Brown. #COVID #Pandemic #Health #CDC @altcdc.altgov.info pandemics.sph.brown.edu
🪬🧿 There is no amount of money, oil, or gold in the world that is worth more than having bees, trees, and clean water.
Boston to King George III, “don’t occupy us. You’ll regret it.” One Lexington and Concord later…
It’s all so ridiculous. Let’s just ditch the electoral college altogether. It’s way too antiquated. The whole business of mid-decade redistricting is proof the the electoral college was a rigged game from the beginning
Of course it was. A fabrication of slavers.
I think I have meta cognitive laziness. But the cause I attribute it to is having children.
We haven’t had a mass school shooting in the UK in my lifetime. We have the same issues regarding mental illnesses, etc… as the US does. The difference? Gun laws. Saying “it’s not the guns” is total bullshit.
AMOC collapse could come sooner than expected With grateful thanks to lead author Prof Sybren Drijfhout This is the most important piece I have written and I am very proud of Yorkshire Bylines for putting this front and centre @yorkshirebylines.co.uk yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environ...
Thank you for helping others.
Entitled white boy.
We confronted the 1% in one of the Hampton's most expensive restaurants. They kicked us in the neck. These are the people responsible for installing this fascist regime. The dystopian world Trump is making is a paradise for them, and them alone. They can't get away with it.
Well you have great proof. Sue the crap out of them. That fat head deserves to pay you thru the nose. You’re right up there with Sandwich Guy in my hero list!
Janet Yellen was the first woman to lead the Federal Reserve, as well as the United States Treasury. She warns “There will be a cost to every American that could be profound if” if Trump is allowed” to interfere with the Fed. www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
Friends, I urge you to join a Workers Over Billionaires protest this Labor Day. Let’s honor the roots of this holiday by standing together to protest the exploitation and oppression of our tinpot dictator. bit.ly/4lMgKaR
Yellen: “The Fed has been structured by Congress in order to allow it to make independent decisions that are not influenced by politics….President Trump has made clear he wants the Fed to behave differently… His goals are not price stability and full employment.” www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
Americans are standing up, taking action, and refusing to let democracy slip away. The fight for our democracy lives in communities everywhere, not just in the halls of power. We explore how each act of defiance—no matter how small—chips away at authoritarianism’s grip. www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
🛢️ Fuel shortages triggered by Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian oil refineries are now spreading into temporarily Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine.
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.
They should all be jailed, as should their enablers.
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
Keep up the Good Fight, Senator! You’re a hero!!
It’s a tough Labor Day with Trump’s assault on public workers and labor rights but the union movement is tough and America overwhelmingly supports the right to organize and bargain.
They get it.
Good morning with good news: Japan, world's 4th largest economy, cut its fossil fuel generated electricity from 73.1% in June 2018 to 54.8% in June 2025. That's 18.3 points drop or 2.6 points/year! It could be near zero FF by 2045. Gas fell from 38.1% to 27.4% Coal fell from 30% to 20% #energysky
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.
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says Elon Musk is “one of the only people in the world” who could build Houston’s much-needed tunnel system for flood water mitigation. But Musk's Boring Company has never completed a major public project in Texas.
Very good, serious piece…
This is, of course, false. The United States exported $83 billion in goods and services to India last year alone.
Happy Labor Day, Illinois!
Sanctions WORK.
⚡ China’s Heihe Rural Commercial Bank has halted payments from Russia after being placed under European Union sanctions.
Robert Reich shouldn't apologize that his new book "Coming Up Short" is #1 on the New York Times Non-Fiction Bestseller list. "Essential reading for understanding this moment in American history.” - Molly Jong-Fast
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Donald Trump pretends to care about Medicare fraud, but then turns around and pardons a guy who ran a $1.3 billion Medicare fraud scheme.
BOSTON
Nice hat.
I'm still waiting for the relentless onslaught of media demands for a press conference and calls to resign.
Who believes Donnie’s nonsense?!
To be clear: 1. We’ve taken in roughly $150 billion in tariffs - nowhere near a single trillion, much less trillions. 2. Tariffs single-handedly saving our military — which has been the strongest in the world for decades — is the dumbest shit I’ve read today.
NEW: The trump administration attempted to remove 600 terrified unaccompanied minors to Guatemala in the middle of the night on a holiday weekend. Judge Sooknanan stopped it. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-sookna...
Pure fucking evil. Everyone involved in this shit needs to be held accountable.
There's only one way to stop the rumors about Donald Trump's health: a press conference. Why won't he talk to the press, and why isn't the media doggedly demanding it?
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You in NYC? Go there!!!
NYC — TOMORROW (9/1): Trump Always Chickens Out 🌮 This Labor Day, as part of the Workers Over Billionaires national day of action, we're taking the fight for fair and living wages straight to Trump Tower. 📅 9/1 📍 725 5th Ave ⏰ 2 - 4 PM And yes, there will be: TACOS, MUSIC, CHICKEN & TACO MASCOTS!
Cheapskate as always.
Trump limits National Guard assignments to 29 days at a time to keep the called up service members from getting healthcare and housing benefits while on duty. And the NG troops are catching on. Stereotypical Trump. Don't give those losers and suckers an extra dime. www.rawstory.com/trump-infuri...
Hi. I’m the executive director of the organization that had the honor of hosting the FEMA Katrina Declaration and I can confirm this is a lie. NICE TRY, KRISTI! @standupforscience.bsky.social @atrupar.com
Liar liar as usual. But her hair extensions are perfect!
Bingo.
Finally. All of this.
This is just sad. We’ve posted about this before. Now here is what is going down. The rainbow crosswalk at the Pulse memorial in Orlando (created to honor the 49 lives lost in the 2016 shooting) has now become the target of state enforcement.
My fear is that once this is over, we will be finding mass graves. But keeping it real, the same powers want to disappear all evidence of other US atrocities...and we do have them.
Outrageous.
Right now in Michigan, we’re in the middle of a budget showdown. The Republican Speaker of the House slipped a provision into the budget that would kneecap our Attorney General – and make it near-impossible for us to take the Trump Administration to court.
No debate here.
It is just wild to me that the largest facility used during Japanese internment will now be used to intern immigrants from ICE raids, people who are disappeared by masked officers off the streets, and there is still a debate about whether naming and shaming those doing it is fair.
THIS is the story.
#CollectiveCourage: Hundreds of economists from across the country have signed an open letter calling on Congress to uphold Federal Reserve independence. If you’re an economist, you can still sign on: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oGrUv-_CoeulsLZDt_lyNTPbm9wYCAfiTLm7KMiwgzA/edit?tab=t.0
rip to everyone whos become delusional after talking to chatgpt but im built different. like actually different. according to chatgpt im some kind of god. the one who decides
Trump isn’t just axing the Constitution. He’s axing something we all love. Watch. https://youtu.be/HS7IJaB5NDc?feature=shared
German Chancellor Merz predicts Russia's war in Ukraine will be prolonged, stating peace can't come at Ukraine's expense. He cites no foreseeable military defeat for either side. #UkraineConflict #News
There are nuts in Canada, too.
Alberta used to have one of the best education systems in Canada. As recently as 2022 PISA data shows Alberta students ranking first in Canada for science and reading, and second in math. Watch those scores plummet with Maple MAGA in charge. Daniele Smith loves the uneducated.
People say this site doesn’t have the juice but we got the president of the United States doing “I’m alive” posts
Never give up the fight! #USDictatorTrump
Crimes. A criminal regime-and I’m not just talking about Afghanistan.
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U.S.-funded nonprofit.
Last night, at the final show of her Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour, Cyndi Lauper brought out Joni Mitchell (for “Carey”), Cher (“Girls Just Want To Have Fun”), SZA (“True Colors”), John Legend (“Time After Time”), and more. www.stereogum.com/2321337/cynd...
It’s all a distraction. Donnie wants to take over the Fed. That’s the only story here.
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
Let's give a shout out to the men & women who labor in the fields to put food on our tables. #WeFeedYou #LaborDay. Mandemosle un saludo a los hombres y mujeres que trabajan en el campo para poner comida en nuestras mesas. Thank you Ignacio Gomez for letting us use this art
Nationwide Labor Day protests #50501
As a friend recently put it: the venn diagram of people who assured us the gun violence was worth it because we need the guns to protect ourselves against a tyrannical federal government and the people cheering on Trump as he deploys the military to take over American cities is a circle
What’s wild to me: NOW, media outlets & medical organizations are “stunned” by the damage RFK Jr. is doing to CDC, other health agencies, & public health. Me & my colleagues have been screaming about him for years. Years. Even more so in the last year. We were called hyperbolic. 1/
I think the reason is that few imagined such a nutcase would find his way into any kind of power. But I’m so naive-I thought the idea anyone would vote for trump for president was laughable. But here we are.
1/ This Lakoff-inspired piece by Gil Duran is so explanatory & important to understanding the cognitive framing MAGA & the GOP are using, I'm gonna pull some quotes & make a 🧵of them. No pay wall.
Great reporting Phil - this is similar to other Tech Billionairs wanting to build these fascist communities. Gil Duran a Silicon Valley reporter has been writing about it. He coined it the ‘Nerd Reich’. Also has a podcast . JD Vance loom large as well. Chilling - all of it
Why is Mark Zuckerberg building a $300 million mansion fortress on Kauai with underground bunkers, blast-proof doors, and room for over 100 people? In this episode of the Nerd Reich Podcast, host Gil Duran is joined by journalists Guthrie Scrimgeour and Taylor Lorenz to unpack the chilling reality
The Financial Times published my letter about Peter Thiel, "The Sovereign Individual," and the nation-destroying aspirations of crypto. on.ft.com/47mldxs
Fascinating. What happens when boys get too much money and power. Tax them. Stop catering to this bs.
I know that's all really frightening. You may have already watched this video on YouTube with @hcrichardson.bsky.social and Gil Duran. If you haven't seen this, it's very informative. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWjR...
Great to stop by Hyde Park and see Chef Erick Williams. This Black Business Month and every month, we’re proud to show the world what Illinois is really all about.
Cowards.
More from My Favorite Gov, please.
Fatality.
Trump continues to pursue an imperial presidency. Here's what you need to know to be ready to follow events in court this week: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
See this?!
Heather Honey, a high-profile denier of Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, has been appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security in which she’ll help oversee election security.
Good news.