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@jeffreyballinger.bsky.social
Longtime worker rights activist. Decade w/ textile+clothing unions. 10yrs in Asia for AFL-CIO. Founded anti-sweatshop NGO, Press for Change. Header: Indonesian union workers celebrate strike victory https://inthesetimes.com/authors/jeff-ballinger
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Note that 5 of the last 6 strikes are in the eastern Pacific, far from Venezuela. This is now regionalized.
Add the aircraft carrier and the casual threats to hit land targets in Ven, Colombia, and Mexico, and we may be entering a period of Gunboat Diplomacy that would make William McKinley blush.
Add the aircraft carrier and the casual threats to hit land targets in Ven, Colombia, and Mexico, and we may be entering a period of Gunboat Diplomacy that would make William McKinley blush.
October 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Note that 5 of the last 6 strikes are in the eastern Pacific, far from Venezuela. This is now regionalized.
Add the aircraft carrier and the casual threats to hit land targets in Ven, Colombia, and Mexico, and we may be entering a period of Gunboat Diplomacy that would make William McKinley blush.
Add the aircraft carrier and the casual threats to hit land targets in Ven, Colombia, and Mexico, and we may be entering a period of Gunboat Diplomacy that would make William McKinley blush.
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Clearly, nostalgia for a time when there were no billionaires, a far more unionized workforce, a top marginal tax rate of 92%, and an electorate that wouldn’t even vote for a dogcatcher who was a twice-divorced open philanderer who used profanity in public.
October 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Clearly, nostalgia for a time when there were no billionaires, a far more unionized workforce, a top marginal tax rate of 92%, and an electorate that wouldn’t even vote for a dogcatcher who was a twice-divorced open philanderer who used profanity in public.
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I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day
October 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day
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DON DRAPER, ruinously hungover at pitch meeting: You're sort of Nazis.
CLIENT: Excuse me?
DRAPER: You're LIKE Nazis.
ROGER STERLING: Don, what the hell? I apologize for my--
CLIENT: Hold on ... let him finish.
CLIENT: Excuse me?
DRAPER: You're LIKE Nazis.
ROGER STERLING: Don, what the hell? I apologize for my--
CLIENT: Hold on ... let him finish.
I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day
October 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
DON DRAPER, ruinously hungover at pitch meeting: You're sort of Nazis.
CLIENT: Excuse me?
DRAPER: You're LIKE Nazis.
ROGER STERLING: Don, what the hell? I apologize for my--
CLIENT: Hold on ... let him finish.
CLIENT: Excuse me?
DRAPER: You're LIKE Nazis.
ROGER STERLING: Don, what the hell? I apologize for my--
CLIENT: Hold on ... let him finish.
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DHS has used the Statute of Liberty's likeness in at least 16 ICE recruiting posters it posted to its X account in the last two months.
Lady Liberty had been "permanently stamped" as "the role of unofficial greeter of incoming immigrants."
DHS is clearly seeking to change that perception.
Lady Liberty had been "permanently stamped" as "the role of unofficial greeter of incoming immigrants."
DHS is clearly seeking to change that perception.
October 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
DHS has used the Statute of Liberty's likeness in at least 16 ICE recruiting posters it posted to its X account in the last two months.
Lady Liberty had been "permanently stamped" as "the role of unofficial greeter of incoming immigrants."
DHS is clearly seeking to change that perception.
Lady Liberty had been "permanently stamped" as "the role of unofficial greeter of incoming immigrants."
DHS is clearly seeking to change that perception.
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This is a take-one-for-the-team moment.
Our country is dying, and Jack Smith knows it.
He’s asking to testify publicly, so you know he’s got receipts.
Doing this paints an even larger target on his back, and he's saying, "Fuck it."
Go Jack!
Our country is dying, and Jack Smith knows it.
He’s asking to testify publicly, so you know he’s got receipts.
Doing this paints an even larger target on his back, and he's saying, "Fuck it."
Go Jack!
October 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This is a take-one-for-the-team moment.
Our country is dying, and Jack Smith knows it.
He’s asking to testify publicly, so you know he’s got receipts.
Doing this paints an even larger target on his back, and he's saying, "Fuck it."
Go Jack!
Our country is dying, and Jack Smith knows it.
He’s asking to testify publicly, so you know he’s got receipts.
Doing this paints an even larger target on his back, and he's saying, "Fuck it."
Go Jack!
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So this is great on the depth.
But for a post on nostalgia, we can’t overlook this 1980 gem.
The proud strutting is … memorable.
But for a post on nostalgia, we can’t overlook this 1980 gem.
The proud strutting is … memorable.
October 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
So this is great on the depth.
But for a post on nostalgia, we can’t overlook this 1980 gem.
The proud strutting is … memorable.
But for a post on nostalgia, we can’t overlook this 1980 gem.
The proud strutting is … memorable.
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I have much to say about @lastweektonight.com lumping us in with National Review & The Federalist & Pod Save & Jacobin as an "opinion-heavy outlet."
We are a news outlet that (regardless of our perspective) provides fact-based reporting. Putting us on this list is, well, factually inaccurate.
We are a news outlet that (regardless of our perspective) provides fact-based reporting. Putting us on this list is, well, factually inaccurate.
October 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I have much to say about @lastweektonight.com lumping us in with National Review & The Federalist & Pod Save & Jacobin as an "opinion-heavy outlet."
We are a news outlet that (regardless of our perspective) provides fact-based reporting. Putting us on this list is, well, factually inaccurate.
We are a news outlet that (regardless of our perspective) provides fact-based reporting. Putting us on this list is, well, factually inaccurate.
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Some of the 100s of CDC workers "mistakenly" fired on Friday have been asked to return to work. Some were involved with the federal measles and Ebola responses.
JD Vance told CBS it was a mistake caused by "the Dems' shutdown of the Government".
The sackings were ordered by the White House.
JD Vance told CBS it was a mistake caused by "the Dems' shutdown of the Government".
The sackings were ordered by the White House.
October 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Some of the 100s of CDC workers "mistakenly" fired on Friday have been asked to return to work. Some were involved with the federal measles and Ebola responses.
JD Vance told CBS it was a mistake caused by "the Dems' shutdown of the Government".
The sackings were ordered by the White House.
JD Vance told CBS it was a mistake caused by "the Dems' shutdown of the Government".
The sackings were ordered by the White House.
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The rise, and fall...and rise? of Necco Wafers: https://bit.ly/3WrQwA5
October 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The rise, and fall...and rise? of Necco Wafers: https://bit.ly/3WrQwA5
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Loved ones of the White House adviser are publicly turning on him.
Stephen Miller’s Uncle Agrees That He’s a ‘Depraved Fiend’
Loved ones of the White House adviser are publicly turning on him.
trib.al
October 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Loved ones of the White House adviser are publicly turning on him.
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If you want to give me a location and your name on this, let me know. I did a quick brighten and sharpen.
October 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If you want to give me a location and your name on this, let me know. I did a quick brighten and sharpen.
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SCOOP: PA prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parent's address in Pennsylvania for years. Me with @marisakabas.bsky.social
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MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.
A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.
slate.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
SCOOP: PA prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parent's address in Pennsylvania for years. Me with @marisakabas.bsky.social
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This is an excellent piece overall, but this pull quote is 💯^💯.
“Dooming is itself a liberation from the burden of choice. If everything is ruined forever, if your allies have already forsaken you, if the battle is already lost, you aren't responsible for your choices. They can't affect the outcome. You're free.” www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-mu...
Democrats Must Embrace War Mindset
We have exited a long period of peace and entered into a struggle not unlike war, in which all the old certainties have gone malleable and the future of the republic is at stake.
www.liberalcurrents.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This is an excellent piece overall, but this pull quote is 💯^💯.
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Game 1 of the NLDS between Cubs-Brewers is Saturday at 1:08 p.m. in Milwaukee on TBS.
Game 2 is Monday at 8:08 p.m.
Game 2 is Monday at 8:08 p.m.
October 3, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Game 1 of the NLDS between Cubs-Brewers is Saturday at 1:08 p.m. in Milwaukee on TBS.
Game 2 is Monday at 8:08 p.m.
Game 2 is Monday at 8:08 p.m.
#UAE #ForcedLabor
Lawsuit accuses members of the emirate’s ruling family of stringing the Irish hotelier, Patrick McKillen, along on high-end developments as “part of a yearslong pattern of illegal racketeering.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/w...
Lawsuit accuses members of the emirate’s ruling family of stringing the Irish hotelier, Patrick McKillen, along on high-end developments as “part of a yearslong pattern of illegal racketeering.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/w...
Qatari Royals Schemed to Get Free Labor for Luxury Properties, Hotelier Says
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October 3, 2025 at 1:09 AM
#UAE #ForcedLabor
Lawsuit accuses members of the emirate’s ruling family of stringing the Irish hotelier, Patrick McKillen, along on high-end developments as “part of a yearslong pattern of illegal racketeering.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/w...
Lawsuit accuses members of the emirate’s ruling family of stringing the Irish hotelier, Patrick McKillen, along on high-end developments as “part of a yearslong pattern of illegal racketeering.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/w...
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Three journalists were assaulted by federal officers while reporting outside the immigration court at NYC’s Federal Plaza this morning.
One of the journalists, L. Vural Elibol of Anadolu Agency, struck his head and has been hospitalized.
One of the journalists, L. Vural Elibol of Anadolu Agency, struck his head and has been hospitalized.
Turkish journalist hospitalized after assault at NYC immigration court
L. Vural Elibol, chief videographer for Turkey’s Anadolu Agency, was knocked to the ground by federal officers while reporting at …
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September 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Three journalists were assaulted by federal officers while reporting outside the immigration court at NYC’s Federal Plaza this morning.
One of the journalists, L. Vural Elibol of Anadolu Agency, struck his head and has been hospitalized.
One of the journalists, L. Vural Elibol of Anadolu Agency, struck his head and has been hospitalized.
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A CA law meant to safeguard journalists at protests turns four this fall. But it was openly defied this summer.
Nearly half of nationwide press freedom violations so far in 2025 have happened in that state — almost all at the hands of law enforcement.
Nearly half of nationwide press freedom violations so far in 2025 have happened in that state — almost all at the hands of law enforcement.
California press protections undermined as violations surged at LA protests
Batons, pepper balls, searches, detainment: How police defied the state’s media rights law
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September 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A CA law meant to safeguard journalists at protests turns four this fall. But it was openly defied this summer.
Nearly half of nationwide press freedom violations so far in 2025 have happened in that state — almost all at the hands of law enforcement.
Nearly half of nationwide press freedom violations so far in 2025 have happened in that state — almost all at the hands of law enforcement.
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Lot's of exciting developments at the California Policy Lab:
-> We're hiring a policy director
-> We were awarded a Public Impact Research Award
-> New research on #CJreform, #Labor, #Studentdebt, and #Nudging, and more
Learn more in our monthly update: capolicylab.org/newsletter/c...
-> We're hiring a policy director
-> We were awarded a Public Impact Research Award
-> New research on #CJreform, #Labor, #Studentdebt, and #Nudging, and more
Learn more in our monthly update: capolicylab.org/newsletter/c...
California Policy Lab September 2025 Newsletter - California Policy Lab
CPL receives UCLA's Public Impact Research Award, CPL is hiring a new policy director, and new CPL research released.
capolicylab.org
September 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Lot's of exciting developments at the California Policy Lab:
-> We're hiring a policy director
-> We were awarded a Public Impact Research Award
-> New research on #CJreform, #Labor, #Studentdebt, and #Nudging, and more
Learn more in our monthly update: capolicylab.org/newsletter/c...
-> We're hiring a policy director
-> We were awarded a Public Impact Research Award
-> New research on #CJreform, #Labor, #Studentdebt, and #Nudging, and more
Learn more in our monthly update: capolicylab.org/newsletter/c...
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Starbucks unions are practicing picketing as the company abuses its workers and denies them a fair contract.
This is your reminder to not cross a picket line and support workers!
NO CONTRACT, NO COFFEE.
This is your reminder to not cross a picket line and support workers!
NO CONTRACT, NO COFFEE.
September 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Starbucks unions are practicing picketing as the company abuses its workers and denies them a fair contract.
This is your reminder to not cross a picket line and support workers!
NO CONTRACT, NO COFFEE.
This is your reminder to not cross a picket line and support workers!
NO CONTRACT, NO COFFEE.
3 Activists Arrested At Burlington ICE Facility
The three were attempting to deliver food to those being detained at the facility,
Where there's "good trouble" in the Boston area, you'll often find @nathanpboston.bsky.social
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The three were attempting to deliver food to those being detained at the facility,
Where there's "good trouble" in the Boston area, you'll often find @nathanpboston.bsky.social
cc @buearth.bsky.social @bostondsa.org
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September 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
3 Activists Arrested At Burlington ICE Facility
The three were attempting to deliver food to those being detained at the facility,
Where there's "good trouble" in the Boston area, you'll often find @nathanpboston.bsky.social
cc @buearth.bsky.social @bostondsa.org
The three were attempting to deliver food to those being detained at the facility,
Where there's "good trouble" in the Boston area, you'll often find @nathanpboston.bsky.social
cc @buearth.bsky.social @bostondsa.org
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Shame on the MA congressional delegation for 0 follow up on a 6/25/25 request for info letter to ICE about conditions in the Burlington prison camp. Today I found out ice did reply?! Why keep the public in the dark @repauchincloss.bsky.social @moulton.house.gov @markey.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov?
September 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Shame on the MA congressional delegation for 0 follow up on a 6/25/25 request for info letter to ICE about conditions in the Burlington prison camp. Today I found out ice did reply?! Why keep the public in the dark @repauchincloss.bsky.social @moulton.house.gov @markey.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov?
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Please welcome our new Boston University Earth and Environment graduate student cohort!
This includes:
- 6 PhD Students
- 6 MA in Earth & Environment Students
- 6 MS in Remote Sensing & Geospatial Sciences Students
- 5 MS in Energy & Environment Students
- and 2 MBA/MS Students
Welcome to E&E! 🌎
This includes:
- 6 PhD Students
- 6 MA in Earth & Environment Students
- 6 MS in Remote Sensing & Geospatial Sciences Students
- 5 MS in Energy & Environment Students
- and 2 MBA/MS Students
Welcome to E&E! 🌎
September 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Please welcome our new Boston University Earth and Environment graduate student cohort!
This includes:
- 6 PhD Students
- 6 MA in Earth & Environment Students
- 6 MS in Remote Sensing & Geospatial Sciences Students
- 5 MS in Energy & Environment Students
- and 2 MBA/MS Students
Welcome to E&E! 🌎
This includes:
- 6 PhD Students
- 6 MA in Earth & Environment Students
- 6 MS in Remote Sensing & Geospatial Sciences Students
- 5 MS in Energy & Environment Students
- and 2 MBA/MS Students
Welcome to E&E! 🌎