2/ this is quite revealing about the local impacts of data farms: www.bbc.com/news/article...
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” George Orwell, 1984
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2/ this is quite revealing about the local impacts of data farms: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Portland, Maine crowd as Democratic US Senate candidate Graham Platner takes the stage today.
Oh yeah. Sounds kinda like this 👇!!! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
NYT reports TRUMP & MODI had a falling out because Modi wouldn’t back Trump’s lie that he brokered the India-Pakistan ceasefire — a lie 🇺🇸 media has let him get away with with even as India’s media has openly mocked him for it. Video: x.com/thetnholler/...
🚨 MUST READ! @vermontgmg.bsky.social has 6 Qs re: 1) The bruised hands. 2) The recent changes in patterns. 3) The years of health record lies. 4) Trump’s obviously diminished capacity. 5) The swollen ankles. 6) Biden Precedent. Why is the press negligent in covering Trump's health? 🧾 is.gd/pRjRTd
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?...
Putin did this!!!
JUST IN: Drew Ensign, on behalf of DOJ, reports that all of the migrant children have been returned to ORR custody.
Trump is the biggest union-buster in American history. This Labor Day, recommit to fighting back. Trump Orders Have Stripped Nearly Half a Million Federal Workers of Union Rights www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
It makes me emotional to see Judge Sooknanan showing that she values each individual child’s life at a moment when this administration is doing exactly the opposite
Happy Labor Day!
Advocates for immigrants and low-wage workers said the companies owe it to their drivers to speak out.
Trump and his million megaphone sycophants will use all of their energy and platforms to denounce and denigrate every one of these victims. Because: This is MAGA!
Something that has been missing from the Trump administration’s review of the Epstein case: considering the survivors. This week, they speak out, and we should all be listening. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
As Trump attacks unions and occupies our city, we’re called to remember how we got here. Labor Day would not exist without the workers who fought and died at the Haymarket Massacre and the Pullman Strike in Chicago. It’s not a coincidence he’s targeting Chicago:
Happy Labor Day, Michigan ✊
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.
Platner: Our taxpayer dollars can build schools and hospitals in America, not bombs to destroy them in Gaza.
This is what the entire Democratic Party needs! @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Take note. This is the type of spine, intensity and conviction we need to restore our rule of law and democracy! Step aside if you’re not up to the task!
I love this guy
If anyone missed my long-form explainers, I have great news!
"[M]aybe the president’s health is totally fine — but given the questions and the importance of understanding the state of president’s mental and physical well-being, it’s all the more critical that the press dig into this." @vermontgmg.bsky.social gives 6 "clear reasons" for the press to dig in.↘️
Because Trump is a weak, wannabe dictator, incapable of standing up to international “strongmen”!
"The courts have been unpersuaded that we live in a state of permanent national emergency that is global in scope and decades-long in duration, requiring swift executive action on the theory that Congress could never assemble in time to address the issue. … www.nationalreview.com/corner/divid...
California stepping up.
Trump is attacking unions, driving up costs, and dismantling workers’ rights. On Labor Day, we’re reminded that America deserves better. I’m proud to have helped author the PRO Act to expand workers’ rights & strengthen unions—and I’ll keep fighting to put workers first.
Let’s not get lost in Trump’s low IQ, the real brains behind this movement are just using his popularity to achieve their goals!
Ditto.
Gavin Newsom, for the win! Let's fucking go! 🙌💪👏✊👇
Today in Politics, Bulletin 197. Everything you need to know about what happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
I desperately want to email this to a certain journalist
We need a nationwide “Oust the Oligarchs” tour!!!
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.”
“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
Trump wants a pre-midterm GOP convention to “celebrate success.” Bold move considering his approval is 37%, his big bill polls at 32%, and Democrats are outraising his party. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Because nothing screams “qualified diplomat” like a guy whose entire foreign policy experience is yelling at women from his car. johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/trump-pick...
Aren’t they getting salaries and OT from ICE?
They think *we* should pay *them*.
These people are unrepentant racists but also too cowardly to use the slur they so desperately want to.
Meanwhile, top Center for Disease Control and Prevention scientists are resigning rather than push anti-vax lies. Republicans create chaos, Democrats defend science.
Trump and RFK Jr. tried to fire Center for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez for refusing to rubber-stamp their junk science. Problem: she’s Senate-confirmed. Translation: she’s not leaving until Trump himself does. 🫡
Exactly why the current, depraved SCOTUS, administration and state officials who support the banning of all abortions must be stopped! amp.kansascity.com/news/nation-...
An Oklahoma man is facing charges of child sexual molestation after an 11-year-old girl gave birth in her home. Her mother is also accused of enabling the abuse.
Muskogee man charged with sexual abuse of 11 year old child resulting in her pregnancy. After receiving DNA test results from the from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the charges were amended. The results showed Dustin Walker was the father of the child. www.fox23.com/news/muskoge...
An 11-year-old girl gave birth — DNA revealed the father was her stepdad. 💔 One of the “most serious” abuse cases Oklahoma prosecutors have ever seen
Oklahoma penalty for abortion is 10 years in prison, and assisting to procure is 2-5 years. This girl had zero options for her 11 year old body. Make that make sense. What a fucked up country. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Trump and his family have made over $3.4 BILLION while in office. We’ve never seen profiteering at this scale – not even close. While costs rise for Americans, Trump is using the White House to rake in as much money for himself as possible.
“Another merciless night in Gaza City,” said Saeed Abu Elaish, a Jabaliya-born medic sheltering in the northwestern side of the city. https://to.pbs.org/3HVQ7T5
The novelist Lauren Grodstein traveled to the country of Georgia in search of food and a story. She found a new understanding of how to stand up for democracy:
Leaked ‘Gaza Riviera’ plan dismissed as ‘insane’ attempt to cover ethnic cleansing
Great lead headline right now, @nytimes.com.
Happy Labor Day! Donald Trump’s attacks on unions and federal employees make our country weaker and less prosperous.
Honestly, the hour-long run and march of people shouting “Free DC” up 14th Street today is the energy I needed this morning. I love you, DC.
Blocks and blocks of Chicagoans marching against Trump’s fascism.
Literally.
Trump’s latest lunge for unchecked power. A flurry of controversial firings. The long wait for a Ukraine peace deal. Guest host Jonathan Alter steps in for Harry on this week’s @talkingfeds.bsky.social roundtable —breaking down why Trump’s mob-boss tactics work, and what we can do to resist them.
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” George Orwell, 1984
“Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide,” according to the resolution from the International Association of Genocide Scholars. https://to.pbs.org/45Tumg1
What happens at Cracker Barrel, stays at Cracker Barrel. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
The state often leads the way in conservative lawmaking. Here are some of the most significant measures that kicked in Sept. 1, affecting education, healthcare, public safety, property rules, first responders and more. via @houstonpublicmedia.bsky.social
Decent crowd at the HB pier, about a hundred people so far protesting Trump.
UPDATE/CORRECTION: there are 600 people in the putative class. 76 of them were loaded onto planes, and all 76 have been returned to the ORR in the U.S.
Judge Sooknanan is giving a master class in judging during the Trump Administration -- but really in how judges should always value the people whose lives are affected by their decisions.
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...
How does the Major’s best farm system for the last 3 years continue to produce one of the Major’s worst offenses? One must ask: Is it the talent, or the Orioles 3-headed batting coach monster?
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.
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
This is what happens when US laws and historical precedents don’t allow the petulant President to get what he wants!
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
New in PN: "By the time you read this, the White House may have put out a Labor Day statement. It will no doubt offer an effusive tribute to Trump, who in his infinite beneficence has delivered workers a utopia of prosperity. But back on Earth, he's the most anti-labor president in modern history."
Wonder why fresh baked loaves of bread at Walmart have increased 47%, jalapeños are up 25% at Whole Foods, and beef has increased by an average of 11.3%?
big policy win for them. Congratulations. I feel safer already, kidnap all the people taking care of the elderly next
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...
The senator online troll says….”oh dear! That doesn’t sound good.”
All from an account called RAW EGG Nationalist.
Just when you thought Musk wasn’t so bad after all, he proves once again he never really exited the dark side! BOYCOTT MUSK!! (Starlink & Tesla)
You guys see where this is going? Right?
“Appropriate “ being the operative word?
2/ GOP gerrymandering fever moves to Missouri, where the Republican governor is willing to strip voting fights from citizens of his own state in service to Trump.
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...
What exactly has this Supreme Court done to give us confidence they *won't* find a tortuous way to greenlight Trump firing Powell if he decides that's what he wants to do? ICYMI @kimwehle.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/if-trump-t...
“Peace” through death.
Grand juries are not delivering the indictments that the Trump administration is asking for—and that may just be the start of a massive legal failure, Quinta Jurecic argues.
The fall of any euro zone government would be "worrying", says ECB's Lagarde reut.rs/4n7zra7
Summer is over — and we appear to be heading into an autumn of discontent as both France and Poland’s prime ministers find themselves frantically navigating tricky domestic politics. Brussels Playbook explains 👇
Funny how MAGA was born from the Tea Party movement. Now, this is their argument!?
Classic false dilemma fallacy. A common disinformation and populist tactic.
This is the provision Ensign cited as the basis for the government's authority to summarily remove unaccompanied migrant children. I’d love to hear from immigration lawyers, but having briefly looked at it… it’s so frivolous it’d be laughable if it weren’t so cruel. (Am I wrong??)
The Trump effect on international politics is nauseating!
Hope Florida Foundation- the non profit that received nearly $10 million from a Medicaid settlement then diverted it to a committee that supported Ron DeSantis’s political goals? youtu.be/7d2imbAcLvM?...
The POTUS vehemently supports this! Because, it Makes America Great Again!?
Yeah, it's long, but read this.
Reminder: the apparent plan was to spirit these children away in the middle of the night without them ever seeing the inside of a courtroom to challenge their deportation. Children.
Evil has a name Russia is committing the genocide of #Ukrainians. Russia strikes our cities, kills peaceful people, kills children. It steals hundreds and thousands of Ukrainian children, tortures captured Ukrainian soldiers and civilians, consistently breaks the laws of war, murders,rapes,steals⤵️
Of course. Gathering more of the Usual Suspects!
Meanwhile, did you see? A federal judge on Friday allowed the Trump admin and the Oklahoma AG to use his court to subvert democracy through a sham lawsuit manufactured to get rid of a pro-immigrant state law they don’t like without needing to go through the trouble of actually repealing the law.