Isle of Mildred
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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 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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.
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Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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Tesla shareholders approved Elon Musk's $1 trillion pay package.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, can't afford to feed their families, and struggle with cuts to the safety net made to finance tax cuts for the super-rich.
American capitalism is off the rails.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, can't afford to feed their families, and struggle with cuts to the safety net made to finance tax cuts for the super-rich.
American capitalism is off the rails.
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Tesla shareholders approved Elon Musk's $1 trillion pay package.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, can't afford to feed their families, and struggle with cuts to the safety net made to finance tax cuts for the super-rich.
American capitalism is off the rails.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, can't afford to feed their families, and struggle with cuts to the safety net made to finance tax cuts for the super-rich.
American capitalism is off the rails.
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If you’re ok with vouchers being used for ski trips or piano lessons but not ok with SNAP benefits being used for pizza or cupcakes, it’s not the use of public money you have a problem with.
It’s that you think wealthy people deserve perks and poor people deserve to be poor.
It’s that you think wealthy people deserve perks and poor people deserve to be poor.
November 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
If you’re ok with vouchers being used for ski trips or piano lessons but not ok with SNAP benefits being used for pizza or cupcakes, it’s not the use of public money you have a problem with.
It’s that you think wealthy people deserve perks and poor people deserve to be poor.
It’s that you think wealthy people deserve perks and poor people deserve to be poor.
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The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
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Trump gave Amazon a $16 billion tax break to accelerate its investments this year.
Now, Amazon will replace 600,000 workers with robots as Jeff Bezos accelerates his plan to automate warehouses.
No. Corporate tax breaks do not trickle down to workers. Never have. Never will.
Now, Amazon will replace 600,000 workers with robots as Jeff Bezos accelerates his plan to automate warehouses.
No. Corporate tax breaks do not trickle down to workers. Never have. Never will.
October 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Trump gave Amazon a $16 billion tax break to accelerate its investments this year.
Now, Amazon will replace 600,000 workers with robots as Jeff Bezos accelerates his plan to automate warehouses.
No. Corporate tax breaks do not trickle down to workers. Never have. Never will.
Now, Amazon will replace 600,000 workers with robots as Jeff Bezos accelerates his plan to automate warehouses.
No. Corporate tax breaks do not trickle down to workers. Never have. Never will.
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The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
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Why do those companies have enough money to spare for a vanity project like this? Because they're....
a) ripping us off as consumers.
b) underpaying their employees.
c) not paying taxes commensurate with their spoils.
d) using OUR tax dollars to ensure THEIR prosperity.
e) All of the above.
a) ripping us off as consumers.
b) underpaying their employees.
c) not paying taxes commensurate with their spoils.
d) using OUR tax dollars to ensure THEIR prosperity.
e) All of the above.
October 23, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Why do those companies have enough money to spare for a vanity project like this? Because they're....
a) ripping us off as consumers.
b) underpaying their employees.
c) not paying taxes commensurate with their spoils.
d) using OUR tax dollars to ensure THEIR prosperity.
e) All of the above.
a) ripping us off as consumers.
b) underpaying their employees.
c) not paying taxes commensurate with their spoils.
d) using OUR tax dollars to ensure THEIR prosperity.
e) All of the above.
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The same people who lost their minds over renovations to Cracker Barrel are totally fine with the White House getting bulldozed
October 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The same people who lost their minds over renovations to Cracker Barrel are totally fine with the White House getting bulldozed
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It’s far from the most important thing, morally right now, or in terms of the human stakes, but the ballroom thing is really breaking my brain.
October 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
It’s far from the most important thing, morally right now, or in terms of the human stakes, but the ballroom thing is really breaking my brain.
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The forgotten Chinese graves reveal how America buries its violent history, even as it repeats this history the present.
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Montana’s Chinese past isn’t past - High Country News
A forgotten Chinese cemetery reveals how Missoula buries its past — and why the present is so familiar.
www.hcn.org
October 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The forgotten Chinese graves reveal how America buries its violent history, even as it repeats this history the present.
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buff.ly/RO4voLJ
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Mariners Win!!! "The City is Shaking!"
# SeizeTheMoment
@Mariners @MLB @TMobilePark @FoxSports
# SeizeTheMoment
@Mariners @MLB @TMobilePark @FoxSports
October 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Mariners Win!!! "The City is Shaking!"
# SeizeTheMoment
@Mariners @MLB @TMobilePark @FoxSports
# SeizeTheMoment
@Mariners @MLB @TMobilePark @FoxSports
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The mainstream media loves making it seam like dysfunction in Washington is coming from both parties.
Hello?
Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party.
Enough of the false equivalence.
Hello?
Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party.
Enough of the false equivalence.
October 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The mainstream media loves making it seam like dysfunction in Washington is coming from both parties.
Hello?
Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party.
Enough of the false equivalence.
Hello?
Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party.
Enough of the false equivalence.
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Republicans in Congress strangely silent on the Argentina bailout to benefit Bessent’s friends.
It also helps you to avoid talking about it when you are never asked about it.
It also helps you to avoid talking about it when you are never asked about it.
October 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Republicans in Congress strangely silent on the Argentina bailout to benefit Bessent’s friends.
It also helps you to avoid talking about it when you are never asked about it.
It also helps you to avoid talking about it when you are never asked about it.
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If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.
October 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.
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One thing that comes through awfully clearly in these ICE videos is how many of these goons gravitated toward the job because being able to assault people with impunity is a big thrill for them.
October 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
One thing that comes through awfully clearly in these ICE videos is how many of these goons gravitated toward the job because being able to assault people with impunity is a big thrill for them.
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Federal agents reporting to Secretary Noem have spent weeks snatching up families, scaring law-abiding residents, violating due process rights, and even detaining U.S. citizens.
They fail to focus on violent criminals and instead create panic in our communities.
They fail to focus on violent criminals and instead create panic in our communities.
October 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Federal agents reporting to Secretary Noem have spent weeks snatching up families, scaring law-abiding residents, violating due process rights, and even detaining U.S. citizens.
They fail to focus on violent criminals and instead create panic in our communities.
They fail to focus on violent criminals and instead create panic in our communities.
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The amount of bullshit I wind up angrily typing into a search engine fully aware that it's going to be dumb and piss me off is starting to get concerning
October 3, 2025 at 3:10 AM
The amount of bullshit I wind up angrily typing into a search engine fully aware that it's going to be dumb and piss me off is starting to get concerning
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Good morning.
The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.
Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.
The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.
Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.
October 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Good morning.
The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.
Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.
The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.
Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.
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MTFP reporter Nora Mabie and Missoulian photojournalist Ben Allan Smith were invited to spend time in the Ackerman family home last winter to produce a portrait of the home life shared by thousands of Indigenous families across Montana.
Seven people, three bedrooms, and two days in the life of a family on the Blackfeet Reservation
Reservation housing in Montana is frequently overcrowded and underserved by the amenities most Montanans take for granted.
montanafreepress.org
September 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
MTFP reporter Nora Mabie and Missoulian photojournalist Ben Allan Smith were invited to spend time in the Ackerman family home last winter to produce a portrait of the home life shared by thousands of Indigenous families across Montana.
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I read the Ezra Klein piece and that class solidarity subtext really comes through. The idea is that Kirk, through the way he practiced politics (the specifics of which we won’t discuss because whoo boy) had made it. Kirk was one of them, and if he’s not safe they’re not safe. That’s it.
September 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I read the Ezra Klein piece and that class solidarity subtext really comes through. The idea is that Kirk, through the way he practiced politics (the specifics of which we won’t discuss because whoo boy) had made it. Kirk was one of them, and if he’s not safe they’re not safe. That’s it.
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Only 40 days have passed since Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were tragically killed by an unhinged Trump supporter, yet this story has largely faded from national awareness. We must not allow that to happen.
September 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Only 40 days have passed since Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were tragically killed by an unhinged Trump supporter, yet this story has largely faded from national awareness. We must not allow that to happen.