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Shocking!
🚨 In Nov., Trump's Labor Dept. lowered the minimum wage for foreign farmworkers.
A month later, Trump's winery filed to hire 36 foreign, temporary workers.
The rate? Almost $2/hour less than in 2025.
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A month later, Trump's winery filed to hire 36 foreign, temporary workers.
The rate? Almost $2/hour less than in 2025.
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me, for @forbes.com
Trump Vineyard Seeks To Hire Foreign Workers At Lower Wages
Records show the Trump Organization has requested over 2,000 foreign workers since 2008. Its latest request seeks a $13.90 hourly wage—the lowest the winery has offered since 2021.
www.forbes.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Shocking!
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🚨 In Nov., Trump's Labor Dept. lowered the minimum wage for foreign farmworkers.
A month later, Trump's winery filed to hire 36 foreign, temporary workers.
The rate? Almost $2/hour less than in 2025.
1/
me, for @forbes.com
A month later, Trump's winery filed to hire 36 foreign, temporary workers.
The rate? Almost $2/hour less than in 2025.
1/
me, for @forbes.com
Trump Vineyard Seeks To Hire Foreign Workers At Lower Wages
Records show the Trump Organization has requested over 2,000 foreign workers since 2008. Its latest request seeks a $13.90 hourly wage—the lowest the winery has offered since 2021.
www.forbes.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:59 PM
🚨 In Nov., Trump's Labor Dept. lowered the minimum wage for foreign farmworkers.
A month later, Trump's winery filed to hire 36 foreign, temporary workers.
The rate? Almost $2/hour less than in 2025.
1/
me, for @forbes.com
A month later, Trump's winery filed to hire 36 foreign, temporary workers.
The rate? Almost $2/hour less than in 2025.
1/
me, for @forbes.com
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He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
January 9, 2026 at 11:25 PM
He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
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Brazilian exports surged to record levels in 2025, shrugging off months of punishing US tariffs thanks to expanded shipments to China and other major trading partners.
Brazil Shakes Off Trump Tariffs With Record Exports in 2025
Brazilian exports surged to record levels in 2025, shrugging off months of punishing US tariffs thanks to expanded shipments to China and other major trading partners.
bloom.bg
January 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Brazilian exports surged to record levels in 2025, shrugging off months of punishing US tariffs thanks to expanded shipments to China and other major trading partners.
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They need to start freaking out more. The Venezuela raid has apparently left Trump thinking he’s all-powerful and now he wants to do it again and again. Beyond the insanity of running foreign policy on short-term whims, it’s also literally the kind of thing that could set off global war.
Warner: "Nothing would lead to the absolute destruction of NATO more than US aggressive action against a longtime ally like Denmark"
Schumer: "I asked for assurances that they were not planning operations in other countries like Colombia and Cuba, and I was very very disappointed in their answer"
Schumer: "I asked for assurances that they were not planning operations in other countries like Colombia and Cuba, and I was very very disappointed in their answer"
January 6, 2026 at 10:01 PM
They need to start freaking out more. The Venezuela raid has apparently left Trump thinking he’s all-powerful and now he wants to do it again and again. Beyond the insanity of running foreign policy on short-term whims, it’s also literally the kind of thing that could set off global war.
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Bring the bill to the floor
Urgent update.
Our bipartisan petition to force a vote on a straightforward extension of the Affordable Care Act tax credits now has 218 signatures.
Mike Johnson should bring the bill to the floor immediately.
Our bipartisan petition to force a vote on a straightforward extension of the Affordable Care Act tax credits now has 218 signatures.
Mike Johnson should bring the bill to the floor immediately.
January 6, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Bring the bill to the floor
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Feels to me like the last quote here is more devastating and incriminating than even the birthday book and the photos and the rest.
These are the people who are willing to go on the record.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
December 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Feels to me like the last quote here is more devastating and incriminating than even the birthday book and the photos and the rest.
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this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted
December 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted
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Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
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Our legal team just filed the 1st known lawsuit dealing with unconstitutional federal govt involvement in an employment termination in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's murder.
November 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Our legal team just filed the 1st known lawsuit dealing with unconstitutional federal govt involvement in an employment termination in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's murder.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Like I dunno, maybe the reason it took a lady to break open the story of all the men protecting the dude trafficking underage girls is because the male journos were all emailing him making jokes about it?
November 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Like I dunno, maybe the reason it took a lady to break open the story of all the men protecting the dude trafficking underage girls is because the male journos were all emailing him making jokes about it?
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Japan opposition moves to block Takaichi after ruling coalition collapse — Japan’s main opposition parties are in talks to field a single challenger against arch‑conservative Sanae Takaichi after the governing coalition fractured, complicating her bid for the premiership. The…
Japan opposition moves to block Takaichi after ruling coalition collapse
www.ft.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Japan opposition moves to block Takaichi after ruling coalition collapse — Japan’s main opposition parties are in talks to field a single challenger against arch‑conservative Sanae Takaichi after the governing coalition fractured, complicating her bid for the premiership. The…
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“One former senior Trump administration official from the first term tells Zeteo that…when Trump was publicly dangling the idea of attacking Iranian cultural sites…the president indeed… asked…aides what they thought of striking the specific targets offered up by the likes of Hegseth &…Sean Hannity.”
For my piece today at @zeteo.com i wanted to truly underscore how punishingly stupid american fascism is now. Like, my original proposed headline for this was:
Our Democracy Is Imperiled Because One Old Man Won’t Stop ‘Yelling’ At His TV. zeteo.com/p/trump-addi...
Our Democracy Is Imperiled Because One Old Man Won’t Stop ‘Yelling’ At His TV. zeteo.com/p/trump-addi...
Trump’s Addiction to Watching Fox Is Killing American Democracy
Our country is falling apart because one old man, Trump advisers and former administration officials say, won’t stop ‘yelling’ at his TV.
zeteo.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:01 AM
“One former senior Trump administration official from the first term tells Zeteo that…when Trump was publicly dangling the idea of attacking Iranian cultural sites…the president indeed… asked…aides what they thought of striking the specific targets offered up by the likes of Hegseth &…Sean Hannity.”
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I have lived and worked in and around Chicago for 27 years and I have been assaulted less often than Sen Paul has been in his own back yard.
September 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I have lived and worked in and around Chicago for 27 years and I have been assaulted less often than Sen Paul has been in his own back yard.
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Who the hell wants to live in this dystopian society of surveillance? Has he never watched a single movie or even read a book about where this ends?
Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'
Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune
Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.
fortune.com
September 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Who the hell wants to live in this dystopian society of surveillance? Has he never watched a single movie or even read a book about where this ends?
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President Trump is so far gone that he is pushing an obviously fake AI video of *himself*
He can’t even discern what’s true about his own words and his own actions.
He can’t even discern what’s true about his own words and his own actions.
Trump tonight appears to have pushed the false "medbed" conspiracy theory, which has spread in the far-right internet over the years. www.yahoo.com/news/qanon-c...
September 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
President Trump is so far gone that he is pushing an obviously fake AI video of *himself*
He can’t even discern what’s true about his own words and his own actions.
He can’t even discern what’s true about his own words and his own actions.
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Again I ask: Sundays shows. Why?
WELKER: Do you rule out that the president is pressuring the DOJ based on those public comments?
THUNE: You know, the president says a lot of things in public, and he has through the years. He's not a fan, as we all know, of James Comey
THUNE: You know, the president says a lot of things in public, and he has through the years. He's not a fan, as we all know, of James Comey
September 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Again I ask: Sundays shows. Why?
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I repeat: This is WILDLY illegal.
Trump is just outright, explicitly, egregiously ignoring the law.
The fact that NONE of these words in the Times post say so is a failure of journalism.
Trump is just outright, explicitly, egregiously ignoring the law.
The fact that NONE of these words in the Times post say so is a failure of journalism.
For the fourth time, President Trump extended the deadline for when TikTok had to be separated from its Chinese owner, ByteDance, or face a ban in the U.S. Officials have said they are nearing a deal to address national security concerns about the company and its ties to China.
Trump Delays TikTok Ban Again
It was the fourth time President Trump extended the deadline for TikTok to find a new owner or face a ban in the United States. This time, officials have said they are nearing a deal to address concerns about the app.
nyti.ms
September 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I repeat: This is WILDLY illegal.
Trump is just outright, explicitly, egregiously ignoring the law.
The fact that NONE of these words in the Times post say so is a failure of journalism.
Trump is just outright, explicitly, egregiously ignoring the law.
The fact that NONE of these words in the Times post say so is a failure of journalism.
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My wife is not very online (doesn’t use TikTok, etc) but she didn’t believe me when I said Dem politicians post pictures of lengthy statements rather than short videos, which are *proven* to drive more engagement.
“No one is gonna read a picture of a statement,” she said.
“No one is gonna read a picture of a statement,” she said.
My statement in support of the principled opposition by Democrats in the Texas state legislature.
August 6, 2025 at 4:20 AM
My wife is not very online (doesn’t use TikTok, etc) but she didn’t believe me when I said Dem politicians post pictures of lengthy statements rather than short videos, which are *proven* to drive more engagement.
“No one is gonna read a picture of a statement,” she said.
“No one is gonna read a picture of a statement,” she said.
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Such an important point:
“Progressive policies…are very popular in this country…but you have a segment of the Democratic Party that keeps trying to convince progressives we’re losing elections because their policies need to be more moderate.” Matt Dowd
I wish more understood this.
A confession…
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“Progressive policies…are very popular in this country…but you have a segment of the Democratic Party that keeps trying to convince progressives we’re losing elections because their policies need to be more moderate.” Matt Dowd
I wish more understood this.
A confession…
🧵
August 6, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Such an important point:
“Progressive policies…are very popular in this country…but you have a segment of the Democratic Party that keeps trying to convince progressives we’re losing elections because their policies need to be more moderate.” Matt Dowd
I wish more understood this.
A confession…
🧵
“Progressive policies…are very popular in this country…but you have a segment of the Democratic Party that keeps trying to convince progressives we’re losing elections because their policies need to be more moderate.” Matt Dowd
I wish more understood this.
A confession…
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The Department of Health and Human Services will cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines that are being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu.
RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development
The Department of Health and Human Services plans to cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu.
bit.ly
August 6, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The Department of Health and Human Services will cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines that are being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu.
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*Everything is more expensive
*The stock market—which was great under Biden— sucks now
*The wars aren’t over
*Trump bombed Iran
*Trump is deporting non-criminals
*Trump is too scared to release the Epstein files because he’s all over them
Basically the opposite of everything he said he’d do.
*The stock market—which was great under Biden— sucks now
*The wars aren’t over
*Trump bombed Iran
*Trump is deporting non-criminals
*Trump is too scared to release the Epstein files because he’s all over them
Basically the opposite of everything he said he’d do.
July 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
*Everything is more expensive
*The stock market—which was great under Biden— sucks now
*The wars aren’t over
*Trump bombed Iran
*Trump is deporting non-criminals
*Trump is too scared to release the Epstein files because he’s all over them
Basically the opposite of everything he said he’d do.
*The stock market—which was great under Biden— sucks now
*The wars aren’t over
*Trump bombed Iran
*Trump is deporting non-criminals
*Trump is too scared to release the Epstein files because he’s all over them
Basically the opposite of everything he said he’d do.
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"Congressional Republicans are doing their best to turn their criticisms of the ACA into self-fulfilling prophecies." @mirandayaver.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"Congressional Republicans are doing their best to turn their criticisms of the ACA into self-fulfilling prophecies." @mirandayaver.bsky.social
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As I’ve written, it’s possible that low social mobility and a semi-permanent relative vibecession will create an new era of incumbency DISadvantage in US politics www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-big...
The economic vibes are very bad for Trump
Why economic pessimism and social immobility may create a new era of anti-incumbent elections
www.gelliottmorris.com
July 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
As I’ve written, it’s possible that low social mobility and a semi-permanent relative vibecession will create an new era of incumbency DISadvantage in US politics www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-big...