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Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
December 15, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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As it turns out, the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun *isn’t* a good guy with a gun—it can be a good guy *without* a gun. Just another NRA lie.
December 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
As it turns out, the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun *isn’t* a good guy with a gun—it can be a good guy *without* a gun. Just another NRA lie.
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"Shut down Alligator Alcatraz and allow these people to return to their communities, where they belong."
Torture & Enforced Disappearances at Florida’s ICE Jails: Amnesty International Report
Lights on 24/7. Overflowing toilets and lack of access to showers. Solitary confinement in a 2×2-foot box. These are some of the torturous conditions documented in a new report from Amnesty Internatio...
www.democracynow.org
December 14, 2025 at 3:01 AM
"Shut down Alligator Alcatraz and allow these people to return to their communities, where they belong."
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Powerful to rally today with several hundred teachers, families, and community members in support of West Contra County teachers!
Our community supports the strike and will be out in the streets every day until teachers get a fair contract.
Our community supports the strike and will be out in the streets every day until teachers get a fair contract.
December 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Powerful to rally today with several hundred teachers, families, and community members in support of West Contra County teachers!
Our community supports the strike and will be out in the streets every day until teachers get a fair contract.
Our community supports the strike and will be out in the streets every day until teachers get a fair contract.
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December 7, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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There was an assassination attempt on Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, by Russian drones. No one in American media is reporting it. Not corporate, cable, not broadcast networks. Our press is broken and CANNOT BE TRUSTED! Go independent.
youtube.com/watch?v=3Y1Q...
youtube.com/watch?v=3Y1Q...
FURIOUS Zelenskyy BLASTS Trump after ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
There was an assassination attempt on Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, by Russian drones. No one in American media is reporting it. Not corporate, cable, not broadcast networks. Our press is broken and CANNOT BE TRUSTED! Go independent.
youtube.com/watch?v=3Y1Q...
youtube.com/watch?v=3Y1Q...
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
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“It is the 22nd strike the US military has carried out against boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean, bringing the death toll of the campaign to at least 87 people since September when the strikes began.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“It is the 22nd strike the US military has carried out against boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean, bringing the death toll of the campaign to at least 87 people since September when the strikes began.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Pentagon announces it has killed four men in another boat strike in Pacific
Strike comes amid congressional turmoil over legality of US attacks on suspected drug smugglers
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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“It is the 22nd strike the US military has carried out against boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean, bringing the death toll of the campaign to at least 87 people since September when the strikes began.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“It is the 22nd strike the US military has carried out against boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean, bringing the death toll of the campaign to at least 87 people since September when the strikes began.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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NEWS: Democrat Mary Robichaux has defeated Republican incumbent Kurt Wilson in a runoff election to become the next Mayor of Roswell, Georgia. A major upset and another sign of shifting suburban politics in the South.
December 3, 2025 at 4:49 AM
NEWS: Democrat Mary Robichaux has defeated Republican incumbent Kurt Wilson in a runoff election to become the next Mayor of Roswell, Georgia. A major upset and another sign of shifting suburban politics in the South.
Republican Administration demanding SSNs of SNAP Food Assistance recipients. Unlawful. Threatening to withhold SNAP funds (AGAIN).
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December 3, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Republican Administration demanding SSNs of SNAP Food Assistance recipients. Unlawful. Threatening to withhold SNAP funds (AGAIN).
www.facebook.com/100025792116...
www.facebook.com/100025792116...
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DHS’s internal watchdog system has been “gutted” the staff of Office for Civil Rights & Civil Liberties (CRCL) was cut from about 150 down to only 9 people. The cuts leave around 550 active investigations
December 1, 2025 at 3:48 AM
DHS’s internal watchdog system has been “gutted” the staff of Office for Civil Rights & Civil Liberties (CRCL) was cut from about 150 down to only 9 people. The cuts leave around 550 active investigations
Ridiculous!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Native American actor says she was detained by ICE officers who said tribal ID ‘looked fake’
Elaine Miles of Northern Exposure was stopped by four masked men in Seattle while walking to bus stop
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Ridiculous!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Worth the read. Light at the end of the tunnel.
November 30, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Worth the read. Light at the end of the tunnel.
🙄🧐😮👿. Remodeling Golfcourses!? #pedopiggy
Trump has announced ambitious remodeling plans for the golf courses at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, the announcement comes as Americans overall are struggling with the effects of inflation, which has grown due in part to Trump’s economic policies, including his tariffs.
As Americans Grapple With Affordability, Trump Announces Joint Base Andrews Golf Course Remodeling Project
The Trump administration hasn’t provided any details on how the project will be paid for.
truthout.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
🙄🧐😮👿. Remodeling Golfcourses!? #pedopiggy
“By the numbers: the latest ICE and CBP data on arrests, detentions and deportations in the US”
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November 25, 2025 at 7:17 AM
“By the numbers: the latest ICE and CBP data on arrests, detentions and deportations in the US”
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I still can’t figure out why the taxpayers of this country have to pay for FBI security details for the girlfriend of the Director.
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I still can’t figure out why the taxpayers of this country have to pay for FBI security details for the girlfriend of the Director.