Sour Rita
@sourrita.bsky.social
“If a group of politicians were going to crucify voting rights and crucify healthcare, then every crucifixion needs a witness.”
Rev William Barber
Rev William Barber
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Pragmatic progressives — armed with bread-and-butter proposals to improve the lives of ordinary Americans and an upbeat message of hope — are the future of the Democratic Party.
This is a good thing. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/bread-and-butter-and-hope
This is a good thing. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/bread-and-butter-and-hope
August 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Pragmatic progressives — armed with bread-and-butter proposals to improve the lives of ordinary Americans and an upbeat message of hope — are the future of the Democratic Party.
This is a good thing. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/bread-and-butter-and-hope
This is a good thing. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/bread-and-butter-and-hope
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It's HOT in Fresno CA. "Ana's" training grapevines around wires to get ready for the crop. She works 7-8hrs/day. If temps pass 95°, she work less. She's happy CA laws changed. She thanks the UFW for helping change heat laws so she no longer must work in dangerous temps #WeFeedYou
August 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
It's HOT in Fresno CA. "Ana's" training grapevines around wires to get ready for the crop. She works 7-8hrs/day. If temps pass 95°, she work less. She's happy CA laws changed. She thanks the UFW for helping change heat laws so she no longer must work in dangerous temps #WeFeedYou
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They go fast when they want to go fast and slow when they want to go to slow and the decision is *always* an ideological one.
Supreme Court Fast-Tracks Potential Demolition of Section 2 of Voting Rights Act by Setting Argument October 15 in Louisiana Case, Possibly in Time to Affect 2026 Midterm Elections electionlawblog.org?p=151533
Supreme Court Fast-Tracks Potential Demolition of Section 2 of Voting Rights Act by Setting Argument October 15 in Louisiana Case, Possibly in Time to Affect 2026 Midterm Elections #ELB
We know the Supreme Court dallied a long time in setting the Louisiana case for reargument, only recently adding a doozy of a question in this racial gerrymandering case that could tee up a potential ...
electionlawblog.org
August 13, 2025 at 1:25 AM
They go fast when they want to go fast and slow when they want to go to slow and the decision is *always* an ideological one.
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"Turn Texas Blue"
Dems Have A Real Chance To Flip A Texas Senate Seat
A statewide victory in TX has long been a dream for Dems
A new report from GOP Senate PAC shows the stars aligning to give Democrats a golden opportunity in the US Senate race
www.politicususa.com/p/democrats-...
#VoteOutAllGOP
Dems Have A Real Chance To Flip A Texas Senate Seat
A statewide victory in TX has long been a dream for Dems
A new report from GOP Senate PAC shows the stars aligning to give Democrats a golden opportunity in the US Senate race
www.politicususa.com/p/democrats-...
#VoteOutAllGOP
August 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"Turn Texas Blue"
Dems Have A Real Chance To Flip A Texas Senate Seat
A statewide victory in TX has long been a dream for Dems
A new report from GOP Senate PAC shows the stars aligning to give Democrats a golden opportunity in the US Senate race
www.politicususa.com/p/democrats-...
#VoteOutAllGOP
Dems Have A Real Chance To Flip A Texas Senate Seat
A statewide victory in TX has long been a dream for Dems
A new report from GOP Senate PAC shows the stars aligning to give Democrats a golden opportunity in the US Senate race
www.politicususa.com/p/democrats-...
#VoteOutAllGOP
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No one is covering the GOP's growing redistricting scheme as closely, with as much context and analysis as Democracy Docket. Its team of 20 works around the clock to provide you independent pro-democracy news and information.
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August 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
No one is covering the GOP's growing redistricting scheme as closely, with as much context and analysis as Democracy Docket. Its team of 20 works around the clock to provide you independent pro-democracy news and information.
Support their work by signing up today. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
Support their work by signing up today. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
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The woman petitioning SCOTUS to overturn marriage equality in the name of the sanctity of marriage is on her fourth husband.
August 13, 2025 at 4:55 AM
The woman petitioning SCOTUS to overturn marriage equality in the name of the sanctity of marriage is on her fourth husband.
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"Juan" harvests peaches in CAs SJ Valley. "It's HOT during the short peak season and it's hard to keep up the pace needed to make extra money. We climb a 14ft ladder. Our full bag weighs 40 lbs. We run to the crate and back to start again. We earn $30 per 900lb crate." #WeFeedYou
August 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"Juan" harvests peaches in CAs SJ Valley. "It's HOT during the short peak season and it's hard to keep up the pace needed to make extra money. We climb a 14ft ladder. Our full bag weighs 40 lbs. We run to the crate and back to start again. We earn $30 per 900lb crate." #WeFeedYou
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What a banal way of describing the march toward fascism.
August 12, 2025 at 1:44 AM
What a banal way of describing the march toward fascism.
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I can’t help but notice the Wall Street Journal stopped getting Epstein leaks after Todd Blanche met with Ghislaine Maxwell and she was moved to a minimum security resort.
August 12, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I can’t help but notice the Wall Street Journal stopped getting Epstein leaks after Todd Blanche met with Ghislaine Maxwell and she was moved to a minimum security resort.
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Jolly Good Ginger
@jollygoodginger.bsky.social
@jollygoodginger.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Jolly Good Ginger
@jollygoodginger.bsky.social
@jollygoodginger.bsky.social
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BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Senator Whitehouse asked the BOP for Ghislaine Maxwells sex offender waiver, custody level, transfer code, and security point score. I have them. She's also been granted the ability to leave the facility for work assignments. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
EXCLUSIVE: I Have Ghislaine Maxwell's Security Score, Custody Level, Transfer Code, and Sex Offender Waiver
I have reviewed an electronic file that includes some of the information Senator Whitehouse is demanding from the Bureau of Prisons.
www.muellershewrote.com
August 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Senator Whitehouse asked the BOP for Ghislaine Maxwells sex offender waiver, custody level, transfer code, and security point score. I have them. She's also been granted the ability to leave the facility for work assignments. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
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“Over and over again, we have seen farmworkers go without the heat safety protections they are legally entitled to,” said Teresa Romero, president of the United Farm Workers union. The state’s heat illness prevention enforcement system “isn’t working.”
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Farmworkers keep dying from heat illness, 20 years after California vowed to protect them
Agricultural workers are toiling in the state's worst heat wave this year, amid questions about the state's commitment to ensure their safety.
www.latimes.com
August 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
“Over and over again, we have seen farmworkers go without the heat safety protections they are legally entitled to,” said Teresa Romero, president of the United Farm Workers union. The state’s heat illness prevention enforcement system “isn’t working.”
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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"Let me be crystal clear: crime in DC is ending and ending today."
August 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"Let me be crystal clear: crime in DC is ending and ending today."
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You cannot have a functioning economy when so few people at the top hold so much of the nation’s wealth. It’s not sustainable.
August 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
You cannot have a functioning economy when so few people at the top hold so much of the nation’s wealth. It’s not sustainable.
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Thank You!
Kris Kosach 🦋
@kosach.bsky.social
"Yep! That’s @TruthHasNoParty on TikTok and truth_hasno_party on Insta. I’m going to try and request he joins us here too."
Kris Kosach 🦋
@kosach.bsky.social
"Yep! That’s @TruthHasNoParty on TikTok and truth_hasno_party on Insta. I’m going to try and request he joins us here too."
August 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Thank You!
Kris Kosach 🦋
@kosach.bsky.social
"Yep! That’s @TruthHasNoParty on TikTok and truth_hasno_party on Insta. I’m going to try and request he joins us here too."
Kris Kosach 🦋
@kosach.bsky.social
"Yep! That’s @TruthHasNoParty on TikTok and truth_hasno_party on Insta. I’m going to try and request he joins us here too."
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On Aug. 9, thousands lined 8 miles of High Street — block after block, hand in hand — from downtown Columbus to Worthington.
August 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
On Aug. 9, thousands lined 8 miles of High Street — block after block, hand in hand — from downtown Columbus to Worthington.
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@upinarms-us.bsky.social was responsible for the Disneyland Remember Hiroshima doll protest. Because people forget what war does to kids. Thank you, @yobencohen.bsky.social, for your continued advocacy for the children of war.
If we stay silent, we are complicit.
If we stay silent, we are complicit.
August 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
@upinarms-us.bsky.social was responsible for the Disneyland Remember Hiroshima doll protest. Because people forget what war does to kids. Thank you, @yobencohen.bsky.social, for your continued advocacy for the children of war.
If we stay silent, we are complicit.
If we stay silent, we are complicit.
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Being undocumented is not a crime — it’s a civil matter, not a criminal offense. Until ally activists and journalists shed the savior posture and speak with unflinching clarity, they’ll remain complicit in sustaining the very systems they claim to challenge. #Pinks
www.boundless.com/blog/myths-a...
www.boundless.com/blog/myths-a...
6 Myths About Undocumented Immigrants in the U.S.
Learn the common myths about undocumented immigrants in the U.S. and the data-driven facts that debunk them.
www.boundless.com
August 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Being undocumented is not a crime — it’s a civil matter, not a criminal offense. Until ally activists and journalists shed the savior posture and speak with unflinching clarity, they’ll remain complicit in sustaining the very systems they claim to challenge. #Pinks
www.boundless.com/blog/myths-a...
www.boundless.com/blog/myths-a...
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Pullups Pasta Politics
@pullupspolitics.bsky.social
@pullupspolitics.bsky.social
August 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Pullups Pasta Politics
@pullupspolitics.bsky.social
@pullupspolitics.bsky.social