Whitney Curry Wimbish
@whitneycwimbish.bsky.social
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"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
Indivisible Launches its Largest Primary Program in Response to Senate Democrats Surrendering on the Shutdown Vote
indivisible.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
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I keep thinking how any shop steward could get more for folks than the entire democratic party
November 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I keep thinking how any shop steward could get more for folks than the entire democratic party
This guy would never be able to unionize his office, let alone bargain a first contract.
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This guy would never be able to unionize his office, let alone bargain a first contract.
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Tell Conde Nast execs Chief People Officer Stan Duncan, CEO Roger Lynch, Chief Content Officer Anna Wintour and @newyorker.com Editor David Remnick to reinstate the Fired Four, reverse the suspensions and end the union-busting. Sign the petition!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
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November 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Tell Conde Nast execs Chief People Officer Stan Duncan, CEO Roger Lynch, Chief Content Officer Anna Wintour and @newyorker.com Editor David Remnick to reinstate the Fired Four, reverse the suspensions and end the union-busting. Sign the petition!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
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I say this without a ounce of exaggeration:
Chuck Schumer is a deeply evil man who should be screamed at in the streets until he hides himself from public life for the rest of his miserable days.
Chuck Schumer is a deeply evil man who should be screamed at in the streets until he hides himself from public life for the rest of his miserable days.
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I say this without a ounce of exaggeration:
Chuck Schumer is a deeply evil man who should be screamed at in the streets until he hides himself from public life for the rest of his miserable days.
Chuck Schumer is a deeply evil man who should be screamed at in the streets until he hides himself from public life for the rest of his miserable days.
Come on man, you're 81 years old, how do you not know to get it in writing? CHRIST
King: So I believe that we are closer tonight to a vote on the ACA tax credits than we were this morning. This agreement tonight is a win for the American people.
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Come on man, you're 81 years old, how do you not know to get it in writing? CHRIST
40 days of shutdown for nothing. WTF man are we really doing this?
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
40 days of shutdown for nothing. WTF man are we really doing this?
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If you have a Dem senator and you're seeing this right now, CALL THEM RIGHT NOW and tell them NO. If you don't know anyone who would be affected by this, call them for my friend Lisa. She cannot afford insurance without ACA subsidies and without health insurance I'm terrified she will die.
! A key group of Senate Democrats is leaning toward voting for a deal to end the shutdown, provided final details can be worked out like worker protections (Gift link)
(Deal does NOT include an ACA extension.)
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
(Deal does NOT include an ACA extension.)
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Thune Plans Test Vote on Shutdown, Saying Deal Is Getting Closer
Senate Republican leader John Thune said a deal is “coming together” as he planned a test vote Sunday on a narrow spending package that would end the 40-day government shutdown.
www.bloomberg.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
If you have a Dem senator and you're seeing this right now, CALL THEM RIGHT NOW and tell them NO. If you don't know anyone who would be affected by this, call them for my friend Lisa. She cannot afford insurance without ACA subsidies and without health insurance I'm terrified she will die.
I think @tacobellquarterly.org should get a genius grant for many reasons, and one of them is so they can buy this.
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I think @tacobellquarterly.org should get a genius grant for many reasons, and one of them is so they can buy this.
Just to be clear, they are resigning because of alleged bias for the left and for making Trump look worse than he already does. They are not resigning because of their failure to cover Israel's genocide in Palestine.
Tim Davie resigns as BBC director general after accusations of ‘serious and systemic’ bias in coverage www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Tim Davie resigns as BBC director general after accusations of ‘serious and systemic’ bias in coverage
Davie tells staff departure was “my own decision” but it comes with the BBC preparing to apologise for the way it edited a Trump speech
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Just to be clear, they are resigning because of alleged bias for the left and for making Trump look worse than he already does. They are not resigning because of their failure to cover Israel's genocide in Palestine.
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UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has responded to Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon after he called her a “witch”, saying, “If I had the power to make spells... I would use it to stop your crimes once and for all.”
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ihrv92
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ihrv92
November 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has responded to Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon after he called her a “witch”, saying, “If I had the power to make spells... I would use it to stop your crimes once and for all.”
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ihrv92
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ihrv92
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This is absolutely crucial. In 1973, Tom Bradley was elected LA with a strong multiracial activist coalition behind him, which he quickly demobilized, appointing a lot of leaders to boards or even heads of commissions (of which LA has a lot). This elevated individuals, but decapitated the coalition
Very exciting to see activists launching a new nonprofit today to keep building on the community of volunteers that came together to get Mamdani elected.
Our Time is a 501(c)(4) and plans to start events in December.
Our Time is a 501(c)(4) and plans to start events in December.
Our Time
A campaign for an affordable NYC
ourtime.nyc
November 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This is absolutely crucial. In 1973, Tom Bradley was elected LA with a strong multiracial activist coalition behind him, which he quickly demobilized, appointing a lot of leaders to boards or even heads of commissions (of which LA has a lot). This elevated individuals, but decapitated the coalition
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The state Department of Environmental Conservation on Friday approved a key water-quality permit for a natural-gas pipeline that would extend about 17 miles in New York waters — after rejecting the proposal three times since 2018.
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State Permits Trump-Backed Natural Gas Pipeline in New York Waters
The Williams pipeline would span 17 miles near the Rockaways and Staten Island. The state had rejected the project three times previously.
www.thecity.nyc
November 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The state Department of Environmental Conservation on Friday approved a key water-quality permit for a natural-gas pipeline that would extend about 17 miles in New York waters — after rejecting the proposal three times since 2018.
buff.ly/Ya1EE7y
buff.ly/Ya1EE7y
Hell is not hot enough for this monster.
Trump administration seeks emergency pause of court order to fully fund November food stamp benefits – US politics live
Move comes after judge ordered US government to fully fund Snap benefits by Friday
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Hell is not hot enough for this monster.
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If I'm doing the math correctly, Musk's big pay packet yesterday could have made each of these now-dead people millionaires instead.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If I'm doing the math correctly, Musk's big pay packet yesterday could have made each of these now-dead people millionaires instead.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
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Shame on Condé Nast management. If you can't take questions, don't be in the business of hiring reporters.
Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.
November 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Shame on Condé Nast management. If you can't take questions, don't be in the business of hiring reporters.
"go back to work"
management remains the best organizer.
management remains the best organizer.
The most brutally awkward thing you'll see today: Condé Nast staffers confront head of HR Stan Duncan over layoffs outside his 34th-floor office.
Four of the employees featured in this exclusive video from the confrontation were then fired for "extreme misconduct."
The whole story: bit.ly/49EUgGk
Four of the employees featured in this exclusive video from the confrontation were then fired for "extreme misconduct."
The whole story: bit.ly/49EUgGk
November 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
"go back to work"
management remains the best organizer.
management remains the best organizer.
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For @inthesetimes.com I argued that "New Yorkers will only win the campaign promises Mamdani ran on if they keep the movement that elected him alive." I am so happy to see the 104,000 volunteers are not going home....
inthesetimes.com/article/zohr...
inthesetimes.com/article/zohr...
November 7, 2025 at 12:36 AM
For @inthesetimes.com I argued that "New Yorkers will only win the campaign promises Mamdani ran on if they keep the movement that elected him alive." I am so happy to see the 104,000 volunteers are not going home....
inthesetimes.com/article/zohr...
inthesetimes.com/article/zohr...
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I see, I see www.reuters.com/world/us/boe...
November 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I see, I see www.reuters.com/world/us/boe...
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what if obama hadn't disbanded organizing for america after his campaign victory and instead spun it out into an independent political action committee to mobilize support for his agenda? we're about to see what that looks like on a local level.
Very exciting to see activists launching a new nonprofit today to keep building on the community of volunteers that came together to get Mamdani elected.
Our Time is a 501(c)(4) and plans to start events in December.
Our Time is a 501(c)(4) and plans to start events in December.
Our Time
A campaign for an affordable NYC
ourtime.nyc
November 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
what if obama hadn't disbanded organizing for america after his campaign victory and instead spun it out into an independent political action committee to mobilize support for his agenda? we're about to see what that looks like on a local level.
Very exciting to see activists launching a new nonprofit today to keep building on the community of volunteers that came together to get Mamdani elected.
Our Time is a 501(c)(4) and plans to start events in December.
Our Time is a 501(c)(4) and plans to start events in December.
Our Time
A campaign for an affordable NYC
ourtime.nyc
November 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Very exciting to see activists launching a new nonprofit today to keep building on the community of volunteers that came together to get Mamdani elected.
Our Time is a 501(c)(4) and plans to start events in December.
Our Time is a 501(c)(4) and plans to start events in December.
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Last week, a unemployed Texan barred from getting a job in his field by a noncompete agreement stepped up to intervene in the federal lawsuit and defend the FTC's ban on noncompetes that Trump's FTC won't. @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social talked to Ric Davidson about his story & why he decided to fight.
Texan Takes On Corporate Abuse as Trump’s FTC Abandons Workers - The American Prospect
Ric Davidson’s motion to defend the federal ban on noncompete clauses would force the FTC to undertake a formal process to roll it back, not just quietly suffocate it in the dead of night.
prospect.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Last week, a unemployed Texan barred from getting a job in his field by a noncompete agreement stepped up to intervene in the federal lawsuit and defend the FTC's ban on noncompetes that Trump's FTC won't. @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social talked to Ric Davidson about his story & why he decided to fight.
I love stories like this, someone who decided to stand up not just for themselves against an injustice, but for everyone else in the same struggle.
New from me in @prospect.org, how a worker who should be planning his retirement is taking on the Trump administration instead.
New from me in @prospect.org, how a worker who should be planning his retirement is taking on the Trump administration instead.
Texan Takes On Corporate Abuse as Trump’s FTC Abandons Workers - The American Prospect
Ric Davidson’s motion to defend the federal ban on noncompete clauses would force the FTC to undertake a formal process to roll it back, not just quietly suffocate it in the dead of night.
prospect.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I love stories like this, someone who decided to stand up not just for themselves against an injustice, but for everyone else in the same struggle.
New from me in @prospect.org, how a worker who should be planning his retirement is taking on the Trump administration instead.
New from me in @prospect.org, how a worker who should be planning his retirement is taking on the Trump administration instead.
The way bosses treat working moms vs dads is out of control. One of the craziest things I saw in a previous job where this was a huge problem was that bosses would let dads work a split shift so they could pick up their kids from school, but not moms. And this was under a woman boss.
Employment lawyer here: the number of male employers who genuinely believe they should be able to sleep with their female employees and pay working mothers less than working fathers is most of them. They genuinely believe that it is an injustice against them that they might face repercussions.
the question nobody with a soul is asking, answered by people nobody wants to hear from
November 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The way bosses treat working moms vs dads is out of control. One of the craziest things I saw in a previous job where this was a huge problem was that bosses would let dads work a split shift so they could pick up their kids from school, but not moms. And this was under a woman boss.