Remember when the “she was right about everything” candidate was going to make the Starbucks CEO her Secretary of Labor? Good times…

Most US states do NOT provide universal air conditioning in prisons, producing hellish conditions.

Prisoners die every year from heat stroke in US prisons, and the number will only increase as the climate warms up.

https://phys.org/news/2022-09-states-dont-universal-air-conditioning.html

Atlanta’s Attack on Cop City Protesters Should Be a Warning to Us All. This is one of the great struggles of our time. By

Angela Y. Davis & Barbara Ransby

https://truthout.org/articles/atlantas-attack-on-cop-city-protesters-should-be-a-warning-to-us-all/?utm_campaign=Truthout+Share+Buttons

Apparently cop city protestors are getting arrested for "Domestic Terrorism" because of things like "unlawful use of the internet to disrupt commerce."

They're basically saying failure to cheerlead for capitalism is a form of domestic terrorism. This is mask off fascist fuckery.

Lol

#Philadelphia hits the streets to oppose gender fascist "Mom's for Liberty" conference. https://itsgoingdown.org/gender-fascist-moms-for-liberty-philly-resistance/

a single parent who thinks it is “divisive” to teach kids not to bully their peers could upend an entire classroom of kids whose parents want their kids to hear that lesson

i’ve made this point in a column but these laws are basically designed to facilitate the heckler’s veto and empower the most bigoted and reactionary parents at the expense of the teachers and students

Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights needed 413,000 valid signatures to get abortion on the ballot in November. They’ve submitted over 700,000.

if you are a member of a DE&I department, then you should probably start talking about unions to your allies in your companies. Like now....

Post on "Scenes from the Atlanta Forest," a hub for reports on #StopCopCity, writes that "[t]wo high-level Atlas consultants claimed Atlas was no longer funding Cop City," due to activists being "fucking nightmares." This weekend, dozens rallied outside homes in Minnesota. Major development if true.

Direct action works! Atlas Consulting employee claims to have dropped out of the Cop City project! #StopCopCity
https://scenes.noblogs.org/post/2023/07/04/you-guys-are-fucking-nightmares-atlas-employees-claim-to-have-dropped-cop-city-contract/

“When federal failures prevent those impacted from getting the support they need, it creates a perfect opportunity for groups like Oath Keepers to push anti-government sentiment and strengthen their numbers.”

Two BIG votes to win in Ohio this year: first for democracy in August, and then for reproductive rights in Ohio

Volunteer with #VoteNoInAugust: https://votenoinaugust.org/act/

Volunteer with #ProtectChoiceOhio: https://protectchoiceohio.com/volunteer

I can't wait for Ana Kasparian's PragerU episode of "Why I left the Left"

Most detailed write-up I've found so far on the shooting in Philadelphia

I'm begging people to listen to these residents of East Palestine. Their lives have been blown up, they've been abandoned, they desperately need help. You can watch our whole livestream here:
https://therealnews.com/east-palestine-residents-have-been-left-behind-and-theyre-running-out-of-water

Easily the biggest loss from twitter is not being able to directly cyberbully elected officials anymore