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During his first term, Trump’s OSHA cut back on safety inspections. He also repeatedly tried to gut OSHA’s budget.
Now? Trump is planning to put a former Amazon exec in charge of the agency.
Amazon warehouse injury rates are at least 50% higher than its competitors.
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Now? Trump is planning to put a former Amazon exec in charge of the agency.
Amazon warehouse injury rates are at least 50% higher than its competitors.
Hello?
🚨INVESTIGATION: Trump’s pick to run America’s workplace safety agency was a safety exec for firms cited for worker illness/death amid severe heat, according to documents reviewed by The Lever.
He could help his former employers’ trying to end heat rules. www.levernews.com/workers-frie...
He could help his former employers’ trying to end heat rules. www.levernews.com/workers-frie...
Workers Fried and Died Under Trump’s Workplace Safety Nominee
As David Keeling led companies’ safety operations, workers fell ill and died amid extreme temperatures. Now he could dismantle federal heat protections.
www.levernews.com
May 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
During his first term, Trump’s OSHA cut back on safety inspections. He also repeatedly tried to gut OSHA’s budget.
Now? Trump is planning to put a former Amazon exec in charge of the agency.
Amazon warehouse injury rates are at least 50% higher than its competitors.
Hello?
Now? Trump is planning to put a former Amazon exec in charge of the agency.
Amazon warehouse injury rates are at least 50% higher than its competitors.
Hello?
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How did 11 top corporations — including PepsiCo, ComCast, and Kimberly Clark — spend their spoils from Trump's tax scam?
By spending three times as much on stock buybacks as they paid in taxes.
Nothing trickled down. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/trump-tax-cuts-stock-buybacks
By spending three times as much on stock buybacks as they paid in taxes.
Nothing trickled down. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/trump-tax-cuts-stock-buybacks
Top US companies spent three times as much on buybacks as taxes after Trump cuts – report
As president proposes new cuts, data shows 11 corporations collectively recorded nearly $500bn in profits since last cut
www.theguardian.com
May 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
How did 11 top corporations — including PepsiCo, ComCast, and Kimberly Clark — spend their spoils from Trump's tax scam?
By spending three times as much on stock buybacks as they paid in taxes.
Nothing trickled down. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/trump-tax-cuts-stock-buybacks
By spending three times as much on stock buybacks as they paid in taxes.
Nothing trickled down. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/trump-tax-cuts-stock-buybacks
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Trump campaigned on fighting for the working class, and exit polls found that he won 56% of the blue-collar vote.
One hundred days in, the self-styled champion of the working class has delivered layoffs, trade wars and an erosion of worker protections.
capitalandmain.com/trump-promis...
One hundred days in, the self-styled champion of the working class has delivered layoffs, trade wars and an erosion of worker protections.
capitalandmain.com/trump-promis...
Trump Promised to Fight for Workers — Instead, He’s Undermined Them
100 days in, the self-styled champion of the working class has delivered layoffs, trade wars and an erosion of worker protections.
capitalandmain.com
April 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Trump campaigned on fighting for the working class, and exit polls found that he won 56% of the blue-collar vote.
One hundred days in, the self-styled champion of the working class has delivered layoffs, trade wars and an erosion of worker protections.
capitalandmain.com/trump-promis...
One hundred days in, the self-styled champion of the working class has delivered layoffs, trade wars and an erosion of worker protections.
capitalandmain.com/trump-promis...
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
May 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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This is a major blow to the Trump regime’s deportation blitz — issued by a Trump appointed judge. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-alien-enemies-act-does-not-give
May 2, 2025 at 12:01 AM
This is a major blow to the Trump regime’s deportation blitz — issued by a Trump appointed judge. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-alien-enemies-act-does-not-give
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With all the talk of product shortages , I think it should be said that products will first find their way to densely populated areas first and everywhere else, last
This certainly will hurt all those red counties. How they react to their shelves being everything will define the midterms
This certainly will hurt all those red counties. How they react to their shelves being everything will define the midterms
May 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
With all the talk of product shortages , I think it should be said that products will first find their way to densely populated areas first and everywhere else, last
This certainly will hurt all those red counties. How they react to their shelves being everything will define the midterms
This certainly will hurt all those red counties. How they react to their shelves being everything will define the midterms
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Unifor calls for swift action as GM plans to reduce Oshawa Assembly Plant from a 3 shift to a 2 shift operation this fall, citing Trump imposed tariffs. “We will not allow GM to barter Canadian jobs to gain Donald Trump’s favour,” says
@lanapayne.bsky.social.
www.unifor.org/news/all-new...
@lanapayne.bsky.social.
www.unifor.org/news/all-new...
Unifor calls for swift action as GM cuts shift due to tariffs
Unifor is calling for swift action following General Motors’ announcement that it plans to reduce its Oshawa Assembly Plant from a three shift to a two shift operation this fall, citing Trump imposed ...
www.unifor.org
May 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Unifor calls for swift action as GM plans to reduce Oshawa Assembly Plant from a 3 shift to a 2 shift operation this fall, citing Trump imposed tariffs. “We will not allow GM to barter Canadian jobs to gain Donald Trump’s favour,” says
@lanapayne.bsky.social.
www.unifor.org/news/all-new...
@lanapayne.bsky.social.
www.unifor.org/news/all-new...
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Trumpty-Dumpty is defunding PBS. What he calls "bias" some of us call "facts Trumpty-Dumpty doesn't like."
May 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Trumpty-Dumpty is defunding PBS. What he calls "bias" some of us call "facts Trumpty-Dumpty doesn't like."
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Trump and DOGE are making devastating cuts to agencies and programs that serve the public — all in the name of rooting out "fraud and waste."
Meanwhile, the regime is reportedly planning a military parade for Trump's birthday that could cost an estimated $92 million.
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Meanwhile, the regime is reportedly planning a military parade for Trump's birthday that could cost an estimated $92 million.
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May 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Trump and DOGE are making devastating cuts to agencies and programs that serve the public — all in the name of rooting out "fraud and waste."
Meanwhile, the regime is reportedly planning a military parade for Trump's birthday that could cost an estimated $92 million.
Hello?
Meanwhile, the regime is reportedly planning a military parade for Trump's birthday that could cost an estimated $92 million.
Hello?
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Senate Republicans voted to kill an EPA rule limiting the seven most hazardous air pollutants emitted by chemical plants and other industrial facilities.
Inhaling even small amounts of these pollutants can cause brain damage and cancer.
How is this Making America Healthy Again?
Inhaling even small amounts of these pollutants can cause brain damage and cancer.
How is this Making America Healthy Again?
May 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Senate Republicans voted to kill an EPA rule limiting the seven most hazardous air pollutants emitted by chemical plants and other industrial facilities.
Inhaling even small amounts of these pollutants can cause brain damage and cancer.
How is this Making America Healthy Again?
Inhaling even small amounts of these pollutants can cause brain damage and cancer.
How is this Making America Healthy Again?
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"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom." —MLK
BREAKING: Trump has unveiled his proposed budget.
➡️$163 billion in cuts to health care, child care, education, housing, research, clean energy, food banks, and more
➡️$1 trillion for defense and homeland security
➡️$163 billion in cuts to health care, child care, education, housing, research, clean energy, food banks, and more
➡️$1 trillion for defense and homeland security
May 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom." —MLK
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Trump is threatening to revoke Harvard’s tax exempt status because the university refused to cave to his demands.
Why is he so hell-bent on attacking universities?
Because an educated and informed citizenry has always been the biggest threat to a dictator's power.
Why is he so hell-bent on attacking universities?
Because an educated and informed citizenry has always been the biggest threat to a dictator's power.
May 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Trump is threatening to revoke Harvard’s tax exempt status because the university refused to cave to his demands.
Why is he so hell-bent on attacking universities?
Because an educated and informed citizenry has always been the biggest threat to a dictator's power.
Why is he so hell-bent on attacking universities?
Because an educated and informed citizenry has always been the biggest threat to a dictator's power.
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100 billionaire families spent $2.6 billion in the 2024 election.
70% of these donations went to Republicans.
Now, Trump and the GOP are gutting the FEC — which enforces campaign finance and anti-corruption laws.
See how this works?
70% of these donations went to Republicans.
Now, Trump and the GOP are gutting the FEC — which enforces campaign finance and anti-corruption laws.
See how this works?
May 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
100 billionaire families spent $2.6 billion in the 2024 election.
70% of these donations went to Republicans.
Now, Trump and the GOP are gutting the FEC — which enforces campaign finance and anti-corruption laws.
See how this works?
70% of these donations went to Republicans.
Now, Trump and the GOP are gutting the FEC — which enforces campaign finance and anti-corruption laws.
See how this works?
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Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy.
Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.
That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.
It's Fascism 101. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]
Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.
That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.
It's Fascism 101. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]
May 3, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy.
Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.
That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.
It's Fascism 101. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]
Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.
That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.
It's Fascism 101. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]
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Trump's budget plan includes a record $1 trillion in military spending. At the same time, he wants to cut $163 billion in housing, education, healthcare, climate, and labor programs to pay for tax cuts that will mostly go to the rich. "Fiscal responsibility."
May 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Trump's budget plan includes a record $1 trillion in military spending. At the same time, he wants to cut $163 billion in housing, education, healthcare, climate, and labor programs to pay for tax cuts that will mostly go to the rich. "Fiscal responsibility."
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DOGE initially promised to save taxpayers $2 trillion.
Now it admits it's only delivered $160B in cuts.
And even those minimal savings are nearly wiped out by the cost of implementing DOGE's cuts: $135B.
We're losing vital government services for basically nothing in return.
Now it admits it's only delivered $160B in cuts.
And even those minimal savings are nearly wiped out by the cost of implementing DOGE's cuts: $135B.
We're losing vital government services for basically nothing in return.
May 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
DOGE initially promised to save taxpayers $2 trillion.
Now it admits it's only delivered $160B in cuts.
And even those minimal savings are nearly wiped out by the cost of implementing DOGE's cuts: $135B.
We're losing vital government services for basically nothing in return.
Now it admits it's only delivered $160B in cuts.
And even those minimal savings are nearly wiped out by the cost of implementing DOGE's cuts: $135B.
We're losing vital government services for basically nothing in return.
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Psst…those 1950s manufacturing jobs Trump loves so much?
They were good jobs because they were UNION jobs.
Oh...and taxes on corporations and the rich were much higher.
Trump’s agenda won’t bring back the “Golden Age.”
It’ll make the rich richer at everyone else's expense.
They were good jobs because they were UNION jobs.
Oh...and taxes on corporations and the rich were much higher.
Trump’s agenda won’t bring back the “Golden Age.”
It’ll make the rich richer at everyone else's expense.
May 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Psst…those 1950s manufacturing jobs Trump loves so much?
They were good jobs because they were UNION jobs.
Oh...and taxes on corporations and the rich were much higher.
Trump’s agenda won’t bring back the “Golden Age.”
It’ll make the rich richer at everyone else's expense.
They were good jobs because they were UNION jobs.
Oh...and taxes on corporations and the rich were much higher.
Trump’s agenda won’t bring back the “Golden Age.”
It’ll make the rich richer at everyone else's expense.
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This administration is basically doing Hunter Biden corruption at an industrial scale. And whereas there was no evidence Joe Biden in any way benefitted from Hunter's shenanigans, the current President's family business is raking in the payoffs.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump Crypto Corruption Intensifies as Abu Dhabi Firm Invests $2 Billion
President Donald Trump and his family are deeply involved in the world of cryptocurrency as his administration seeks to deregulate the industry.
www.rollingstone.com
May 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This administration is basically doing Hunter Biden corruption at an industrial scale. And whereas there was no evidence Joe Biden in any way benefitted from Hunter's shenanigans, the current President's family business is raking in the payoffs.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Trump is not just abusing presidential power by violating laws and the Constitution. His behavior is also abusive. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-e9c
Sunday thought
President as abusive parent
robertreich.substack.com
May 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Trump is not just abusing presidential power by violating laws and the Constitution. His behavior is also abusive. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-e9c
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It’s Not OPEC, It’s Russia Crashing Global Oil Markets
YouTube video by Mr Global
youtu.be
May 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Trump's mishandling of the economy during his first 100 days shouldn't surprise anyone. He doesn't understand the economy and tanked pretty much every business he ever touched. Watch. https://youtu.be/zbh9SW5Cgqg?si=tmQLdtdCWpVAWW-r
How Trump Killed Every Business He Touched | Robert Reich
Let’s set the record straight: Trump is not a “successful businessman.” He is, objectively, a business failure.
youtu.be
May 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Trump's mishandling of the economy during his first 100 days shouldn't surprise anyone. He doesn't understand the economy and tanked pretty much every business he ever touched. Watch. https://youtu.be/zbh9SW5Cgqg?si=tmQLdtdCWpVAWW-r
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The Trump family's crypto business just got a huge $2 billion investment from a UAE government-backed firm.
We are witnessing a foreign government effectively bribe the President of the United States — right out in the open.
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We are witnessing a foreign government effectively bribe the President of the United States — right out in the open.
Hello?
Trump Crypto Corruption Intensifies as Abu Dhabi Firm Invests $2 Billion
President Donald Trump and his family are deeply involved in the world of cryptocurrency as his administration seeks to
www.rollingstone.com
May 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The Trump family's crypto business just got a huge $2 billion investment from a UAE government-backed firm.
We are witnessing a foreign government effectively bribe the President of the United States — right out in the open.
Hello?
We are witnessing a foreign government effectively bribe the President of the United States — right out in the open.
Hello?
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The Biden administration made nearly 4 million more workers eligible for overtime pay.
But if Trump doesn't defend this rule by a May 6 court deadline, those workers will lose their much needed raises.
Time for the self-proclaimed "pro-worker president" to put up or shut up.
But if Trump doesn't defend this rule by a May 6 court deadline, those workers will lose their much needed raises.
Time for the self-proclaimed "pro-worker president" to put up or shut up.
May 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The Biden administration made nearly 4 million more workers eligible for overtime pay.
But if Trump doesn't defend this rule by a May 6 court deadline, those workers will lose their much needed raises.
Time for the self-proclaimed "pro-worker president" to put up or shut up.
But if Trump doesn't defend this rule by a May 6 court deadline, those workers will lose their much needed raises.
Time for the self-proclaimed "pro-worker president" to put up or shut up.
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Reminder for those who seem to have forgotten: We don’t have kings in America. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/george-washington-would-have-thrown
May 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Reminder for those who seem to have forgotten: We don’t have kings in America. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/george-washington-would-have-thrown