Sylvia Ruiz
@sylviajruiz.bsky.social
Fighting for justice & equity. Guatemalan born, Northern CA raised, American by circumstance y choice, Bombón’s human. Thoughts/opinions son míos
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Today is a sad day for America, for those of us who believe in justice, and for those of us who believe that America’s diversity is the bedrock for a thriving democracy.
June 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Today is a sad day for America, for those of us who believe in justice, and for those of us who believe that America’s diversity is the bedrock for a thriving democracy.
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Imagine going to work each day not knowing how much you’ll get paid. If you’re an Uber driver, you face that grim scenario every day.
Our new report based on a survey of 2,500 drivers paints a bleak picture of what it's like to work at the whim of AI.
www.powerswitchaction.org/resources/ub...
Our new report based on a survey of 2,500 drivers paints a bleak picture of what it's like to work at the whim of AI.
www.powerswitchaction.org/resources/ub...
Uber's Inequality Machine
Data on How AI-Driven Pay is Harming Workers and What We Can Do to Push Back
www.powerswitchaction.org
June 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Imagine going to work each day not knowing how much you’ll get paid. If you’re an Uber driver, you face that grim scenario every day.
Our new report based on a survey of 2,500 drivers paints a bleak picture of what it's like to work at the whim of AI.
www.powerswitchaction.org/resources/ub...
Our new report based on a survey of 2,500 drivers paints a bleak picture of what it's like to work at the whim of AI.
www.powerswitchaction.org/resources/ub...
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June 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
June 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Illinois follows the law — we expect the federal government to follow the law, too.
We won't participate in abuses of power.
We won't violate court orders.
We won't ignore the Constitution.
We won't defy the Supreme Court.
We won't take away people’s right to peacefully protest.
We won't participate in abuses of power.
We won't violate court orders.
We won't ignore the Constitution.
We won't defy the Supreme Court.
We won't take away people’s right to peacefully protest.
June 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Illinois follows the law — we expect the federal government to follow the law, too.
We won't participate in abuses of power.
We won't violate court orders.
We won't ignore the Constitution.
We won't defy the Supreme Court.
We won't take away people’s right to peacefully protest.
We won't participate in abuses of power.
We won't violate court orders.
We won't ignore the Constitution.
We won't defy the Supreme Court.
We won't take away people’s right to peacefully protest.
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LA is home to nearly a million undocumented immigrants. If you live here, you know someone living that reality whether you know it or not.
It’s part of what makes this city what it is—and no, we’re not living in fear because of them.
It’s part of what makes this city what it is—and no, we’re not living in fear because of them.
June 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
LA is home to nearly a million undocumented immigrants. If you live here, you know someone living that reality whether you know it or not.
It’s part of what makes this city what it is—and no, we’re not living in fear because of them.
It’s part of what makes this city what it is—and no, we’re not living in fear because of them.
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In LA, SF, Seattle, and across the country, we’re joining the thousands of people showing the Trump regime:
- we see these ICE abductions for the violence they are
- we will keep our communities whole
- we will not be intimidated into submission
#FreeDavidHuerta #FreeDavidEndRaids #FreeThemAll
- we see these ICE abductions for the violence they are
- we will keep our communities whole
- we will not be intimidated into submission
#FreeDavidHuerta #FreeDavidEndRaids #FreeThemAll
June 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
In LA, SF, Seattle, and across the country, we’re joining the thousands of people showing the Trump regime:
- we see these ICE abductions for the violence they are
- we will keep our communities whole
- we will not be intimidated into submission
#FreeDavidHuerta #FreeDavidEndRaids #FreeThemAll
- we see these ICE abductions for the violence they are
- we will keep our communities whole
- we will not be intimidated into submission
#FreeDavidHuerta #FreeDavidEndRaids #FreeThemAll
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We condemn the abductions and violence carried out by ICE yesterday in the Los Angeles area, and join in solidarity with the community leaders and groups who showed out to protest and defend our immigrant siblings.
June 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
We condemn the abductions and violence carried out by ICE yesterday in the Los Angeles area, and join in solidarity with the community leaders and groups who showed out to protest and defend our immigrant siblings.
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BREAKING: Los Angeles protests erupt over ongoing ICE raids. NBC News' @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social reports on the ground on @allinwithchris.bsky.social.
June 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
BREAKING: Los Angeles protests erupt over ongoing ICE raids. NBC News' @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social reports on the ground on @allinwithchris.bsky.social.
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EVERYBODY WATCH.
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.
He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.
Don’t turn away.
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.
He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.
Don’t turn away.
June 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
EVERYBODY WATCH.
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.
He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.
Don’t turn away.
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.
He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.
Don’t turn away.
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When ICE comes into our neighborhoods targeting our communities and hurting our leaders, we show up! United. Organized. Ready to protect families.
June 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
When ICE comes into our neighborhoods targeting our communities and hurting our leaders, we show up! United. Organized. Ready to protect families.
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This is outrageous. ICE just arrested Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark, NJ outside a private prison corporation’s $1 billion detention facility that the City says is violating local laws. The Mayor was with Congress members investigating the facility.
www.nbcnewyork.com/new-jersey/n...
www.nbcnewyork.com/new-jersey/n...
NJ mayor arrested while protesting opening of ICE detention center
The mayor of Newark was arrested Friday at an ICE detention facility in New Jersey where congressional leaders had scheduled an afternoon “oversight” visit.
www.nbcnewyork.com
May 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
This is outrageous. ICE just arrested Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark, NJ outside a private prison corporation’s $1 billion detention facility that the City says is violating local laws. The Mayor was with Congress members investigating the facility.
www.nbcnewyork.com/new-jersey/n...
www.nbcnewyork.com/new-jersey/n...
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⚡️BIG NEWS: Green Social Housing just passed in Chicago!
This is a *huge* win that residents and organizers with IL Green New Deal and @grassrootschi.bsky.social have been working towards for years: housing that's permanently affordable, environmentally sustainable, mixed-income AND tenant governed!
This is a *huge* win that residents and organizers with IL Green New Deal and @grassrootschi.bsky.social have been working towards for years: housing that's permanently affordable, environmentally sustainable, mixed-income AND tenant governed!
May 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
⚡️BIG NEWS: Green Social Housing just passed in Chicago!
This is a *huge* win that residents and organizers with IL Green New Deal and @grassrootschi.bsky.social have been working towards for years: housing that's permanently affordable, environmentally sustainable, mixed-income AND tenant governed!
This is a *huge* win that residents and organizers with IL Green New Deal and @grassrootschi.bsky.social have been working towards for years: housing that's permanently affordable, environmentally sustainable, mixed-income AND tenant governed!
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🚨 Today, as Uber execs celebrate profits, drivers and advocates from across the US and around the world are joining together to release this statement criticizing the corporation for its inaction in the wake of the deportation of UberEats driver Ricardo Prada Vásquez:
May 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
🚨 Today, as Uber execs celebrate profits, drivers and advocates from across the US and around the world are joining together to release this statement criticizing the corporation for its inaction in the wake of the deportation of UberEats driver Ricardo Prada Vásquez:
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Uber relies on a majority immigrant workforce to make its billions – drivers like Ricardo Prada who was detained and deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration without due process. It’s time for Uber to speak out against this injustice and protect drivers from abduction and deportation.
April 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Uber relies on a majority immigrant workforce to make its billions – drivers like Ricardo Prada who was detained and deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration without due process. It’s time for Uber to speak out against this injustice and protect drivers from abduction and deportation.
While the Trump regime scapegoats immigrants, Amazon is partnering with ICE and profiting from technology to terrorize and abduct people. We want safety, not surveillance!
That’s why I’m on the streets today #MayDay2025 #HeretoStay #HomeisHere maydaystrong.org
That’s why I’m on the streets today #MayDay2025 #HeretoStay #HomeisHere maydaystrong.org
National Day of Action
They want to erase labor rights, break our unions, and silence immigrant voices. This May Day we are fighting back. Stand with us.
maydaystrong.org
May 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
While the Trump regime scapegoats immigrants, Amazon is partnering with ICE and profiting from technology to terrorize and abduct people. We want safety, not surveillance!
That’s why I’m on the streets today #MayDay2025 #HeretoStay #HomeisHere maydaystrong.org
That’s why I’m on the streets today #MayDay2025 #HeretoStay #HomeisHere maydaystrong.org
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‼️✊ ALL OUT FOR MAY DAY ✊‼️
Tomorrow we're taking to the streets to support workers’ rights, to protest the policies of the Trump-Musk authoritarian regime, and to join in solidarity with our immigrant and trans communities. #MayDay2025
Find an action near you 👉 maydaystrong.org
Tomorrow we're taking to the streets to support workers’ rights, to protest the policies of the Trump-Musk authoritarian regime, and to join in solidarity with our immigrant and trans communities. #MayDay2025
Find an action near you 👉 maydaystrong.org
April 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
‼️✊ ALL OUT FOR MAY DAY ✊‼️
Tomorrow we're taking to the streets to support workers’ rights, to protest the policies of the Trump-Musk authoritarian regime, and to join in solidarity with our immigrant and trans communities. #MayDay2025
Find an action near you 👉 maydaystrong.org
Tomorrow we're taking to the streets to support workers’ rights, to protest the policies of the Trump-Musk authoritarian regime, and to join in solidarity with our immigrant and trans communities. #MayDay2025
Find an action near you 👉 maydaystrong.org
💪 Workers power Amazon! This #MayDay, we’re fighting back against Bezos, Trump and his billionaire buddies who put profits over people. We stand with Amazon workers demanding dignified wages and safety! Join @powerswitchaction.org at an action near you maydaystrong.org
National Day of Action
They want to erase labor rights, break our unions, and silence immigrant voices. This May Day we are fighting back. Stand with us.
maydaystrong.org
April 30, 2025 at 12:21 AM
💪 Workers power Amazon! This #MayDay, we’re fighting back against Bezos, Trump and his billionaire buddies who put profits over people. We stand with Amazon workers demanding dignified wages and safety! Join @powerswitchaction.org at an action near you maydaystrong.org
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NEW: At least 10 states lose more than $100 million per year in tax revenue to data centers. The loss of revenue is surely worse than we can yet document — of the 32 states with data center tax incentives, 12 fail to disclose even *aggregate* revenue losses.
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Cloudy with a Loss of Spending Control: How Data Centers Are Endangering State Budgets - Good Jobs First
Cloudy with a Loss of Spending Control: How Data Centers Are Endangering State Budgets - Good Jobs First
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April 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
NEW: At least 10 states lose more than $100 million per year in tax revenue to data centers. The loss of revenue is surely worse than we can yet document — of the 32 states with data center tax incentives, 12 fail to disclose even *aggregate* revenue losses.
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New @ips-dc.org report w/@powerswitchaction.org & @athenaforall.bsky.social on Amazon execs' windfalls from rigged tax code:
$6.2B: Bezos savings from discounted cap gains rate
$86B: Bezos heirs' gains if estate tax eliminated
72%: Amazon workers with $0 in 401k
inequality.org/article/tax-...
$6.2B: Bezos savings from discounted cap gains rate
$86B: Bezos heirs' gains if estate tax eliminated
72%: Amazon workers with $0 in 401k
inequality.org/article/tax-...
The Tax Debate: What’s in It for Jeff Bezos and Amazon CEO Andrew Jassy
New research reveals Amazon executives’ huge windfalls from the last big tax reform.
inequality.org
April 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
New @ips-dc.org report w/@powerswitchaction.org & @athenaforall.bsky.social on Amazon execs' windfalls from rigged tax code:
$6.2B: Bezos savings from discounted cap gains rate
$86B: Bezos heirs' gains if estate tax eliminated
72%: Amazon workers with $0 in 401k
inequality.org/article/tax-...
$6.2B: Bezos savings from discounted cap gains rate
$86B: Bezos heirs' gains if estate tax eliminated
72%: Amazon workers with $0 in 401k
inequality.org/article/tax-...
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NEW: Jeff Bezos has saved $6.2 BILLION from the discounted capital gains tax rate since the 2017 tax reform.
As Congress pushes MORE corporate tax giveaways, the IPS @inequality.org team, @powerswitchaction.org, and @athenaforall.bsky.social expose how Amazon execs have been raking it in. REPORT:
As Congress pushes MORE corporate tax giveaways, the IPS @inequality.org team, @powerswitchaction.org, and @athenaforall.bsky.social expose how Amazon execs have been raking it in. REPORT:
Amazon and Our Rigged Tax System
The stakes in the tax debate for the corporation and its executives vs. workers and small businesses.
ips-dc.org
April 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
NEW: Jeff Bezos has saved $6.2 BILLION from the discounted capital gains tax rate since the 2017 tax reform.
As Congress pushes MORE corporate tax giveaways, the IPS @inequality.org team, @powerswitchaction.org, and @athenaforall.bsky.social expose how Amazon execs have been raking it in. REPORT:
As Congress pushes MORE corporate tax giveaways, the IPS @inequality.org team, @powerswitchaction.org, and @athenaforall.bsky.social expose how Amazon execs have been raking it in. REPORT:
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"To stop autocracy, we need to challenge the corporations and billionaires enabling and benefitting from oligarchy, not give them more tax breaks," says our ED @laurenrants.bsky.social
New research produced w/ @ips-dc.org & @athenaforall.bsky.social 👇
www.powerswitchaction.org/resources/am...
New research produced w/ @ips-dc.org & @athenaforall.bsky.social 👇
www.powerswitchaction.org/resources/am...
Amazon and Our Rigged Tax System
New analysis reveals how Amazon and its top executives exploit tax loopholes—raking in profits at the expense of everyday workers and small businesses.
www.powerswitchaction.org
April 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
"To stop autocracy, we need to challenge the corporations and billionaires enabling and benefitting from oligarchy, not give them more tax breaks," says our ED @laurenrants.bsky.social
New research produced w/ @ips-dc.org & @athenaforall.bsky.social 👇
www.powerswitchaction.org/resources/am...
New research produced w/ @ips-dc.org & @athenaforall.bsky.social 👇
www.powerswitchaction.org/resources/am...
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"Local control, a true redistribution of wealth, and a model for other cities to follow..."
This is what green social housing could look like in Chicago 👇
www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/gree...
@grassrootschi.bsky.social
This is what green social housing could look like in Chicago 👇
www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/gree...
@grassrootschi.bsky.social
Opinion: Green social housing is a radical fix for Chicago's housing and climate crisis
If Chicago doesn’t act swiftly, we risk being left behind, suffocating from both a lack of affordable housing and deteriorating environmental conditions.
www.chicagobusiness.com
April 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"Local control, a true redistribution of wealth, and a model for other cities to follow..."
This is what green social housing could look like in Chicago 👇
www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/gree...
@grassrootschi.bsky.social
This is what green social housing could look like in Chicago 👇
www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/gree...
@grassrootschi.bsky.social
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Amazon may not have the best customer service or the lowest prices, but it’s really good at avoiding taxes by funneling profits into overseas tax havens like Luxembourg – something mom-and-pop stores can’t afford to do.
April 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Amazon may not have the best customer service or the lowest prices, but it’s really good at avoiding taxes by funneling profits into overseas tax havens like Luxembourg – something mom-and-pop stores can’t afford to do.
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TOMORROW - APRIL 8: Our Homes Are Not Your Tax Cuts!
Join us @aforhj.org @pplsactioninst.bsky.social @popdemoc.bsky.social and Right to the City for a teach-in about HUD's significance, new proposed housing cuts, and what we can do about it.
Tune in at 7:30pm ET ➡️ www.mobilize.us/peoplesactio...
Join us @aforhj.org @pplsactioninst.bsky.social @popdemoc.bsky.social and Right to the City for a teach-in about HUD's significance, new proposed housing cuts, and what we can do about it.
Tune in at 7:30pm ET ➡️ www.mobilize.us/peoplesactio...
Our Homes Are Not Your Tax Cuts: HUD Teach-in · Peoples Action Institute
The Trump Administration is working with Congress to dismantle the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD). This will not only eliminate and reduce essential resources for our families a...
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April 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
TOMORROW - APRIL 8: Our Homes Are Not Your Tax Cuts!
Join us @aforhj.org @pplsactioninst.bsky.social @popdemoc.bsky.social and Right to the City for a teach-in about HUD's significance, new proposed housing cuts, and what we can do about it.
Tune in at 7:30pm ET ➡️ www.mobilize.us/peoplesactio...
Join us @aforhj.org @pplsactioninst.bsky.social @popdemoc.bsky.social and Right to the City for a teach-in about HUD's significance, new proposed housing cuts, and what we can do about it.
Tune in at 7:30pm ET ➡️ www.mobilize.us/peoplesactio...