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The Trump administration put billionaires, giant corporations and their profits first this year, while working people struggled to make ends meet.
Workers are fed up. And in 2026, America’s unions are ready to shift the fight back into overdrive.
Workers are fed up. And in 2026, America’s unions are ready to shift the fight back into overdrive.
US labor unions gear up to fight against Trump’s ‘Billionaire First’ agenda
AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler says union ready to stand up for struggling Americans: ‘Which side are you on?’
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The Trump administration put billionaires, giant corporations and their profits first this year, while working people struggled to make ends meet.
Workers are fed up. And in 2026, America’s unions are ready to shift the fight back into overdrive.
Workers are fed up. And in 2026, America’s unions are ready to shift the fight back into overdrive.
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The U.S. government just banned five people from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech. This ban, according to the State Department, is necessary to protect free speech.
If that sounds insane to you, congratulations on your reading comprehension.
If that sounds insane to you, congratulations on your reading comprehension.
Opinion | Marco Rubio is using real censorship to fight fake censorship
Mike Masnick: In the name of protecting free speech, the U.S. government just banned five Europeans from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech.
www.ms.now
December 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The U.S. government just banned five people from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech. This ban, according to the State Department, is necessary to protect free speech.
If that sounds insane to you, congratulations on your reading comprehension.
If that sounds insane to you, congratulations on your reading comprehension.
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Check out this article from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Bucks head coach and Chicago native Doc Rivers spoke about ICE arrests. 'That’s not this country'
www.jsonline.com/story/sports...
Bucks head coach and Chicago native Doc Rivers spoke about ICE arrests. 'That’s not this country'
www.jsonline.com/story/sports...
Bucks head coach and Chicago native Doc Rivers spoke about ICE arrests. 'That’s not this country'
Milwaukee Bucks head coach and Chicago native Doc Rivers spoke about ICE arrests in his hometown before his team's game against the Bulls.
www.jsonline.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Check out this article from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Bucks head coach and Chicago native Doc Rivers spoke about ICE arrests. 'That’s not this country'
www.jsonline.com/story/sports...
Bucks head coach and Chicago native Doc Rivers spoke about ICE arrests. 'That’s not this country'
www.jsonline.com/story/sports...
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Check out this article from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
A Fourth of July list of grievances from overworked, unrepresented America | Opinion
www.jsonline.com/story/opinio...
A Fourth of July list of grievances from overworked, unrepresented America | Opinion
www.jsonline.com/story/opinio...
A Fourth of July list of grievances from overworked, unrepresented America | Opinion
Let's remember what July 4 is about: independence from people who governed without listening, taxed without accountability, and ignored their citizens
www.jsonline.com
July 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Check out this article from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
A Fourth of July list of grievances from overworked, unrepresented America | Opinion
www.jsonline.com/story/opinio...
A Fourth of July list of grievances from overworked, unrepresented America | Opinion
www.jsonline.com/story/opinio...
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Some thoughts about the military parade in my hometown of Washington DC today -- specifically, the route. Military parades in DC are quite rare. But when they happen, they have always begun, symbolically and geographically, at the Capitol and moved outward. 1/
June 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Some thoughts about the military parade in my hometown of Washington DC today -- specifically, the route. Military parades in DC are quite rare. But when they happen, they have always begun, symbolically and geographically, at the Capitol and moved outward. 1/
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"Or I just won't vote because everything is shitty and confusing and terrible, and I don't know who's right and I don't care."
That's how you got 62 percent turnout when democracy is on the line.
That's how you got 62 percent turnout when democracy is on the line.
“I’m a simple Midwestern guy. A perpetually undecided swing voter. But if I see Mexican flags flying in LA, I’ll have no choice but to vote a fourth time for trump, who deserves another term because of the Russia hoax and because Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do the right thing.”
June 10, 2025 at 1:22 AM
"Or I just won't vote because everything is shitty and confusing and terrible, and I don't know who's right and I don't care."
That's how you got 62 percent turnout when democracy is on the line.
That's how you got 62 percent turnout when democracy is on the line.
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It's a mystery.
Something has happened in the months since January that has led the World Bank to dramatically lower its economic growth forecasts. And whatever it is, it's hurting the United States more than any other major economy. (China remains unscathed.)
June 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It's a mystery.
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Not in response to the protests but in response to Trump and his admin’s desperate desire to unleash the military domestically
CNN: We have breaking news now from the Pentagon. CNN can now report that roughly 500 Marines are being mobilized in response to the protests in Los Angeles.
June 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Not in response to the protests but in response to Trump and his admin’s desperate desire to unleash the military domestically
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This should be the end of Noem’s career in public life. It almost certainly won’t be, however, which is itself damning.
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
May 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This should be the end of Noem’s career in public life. It almost certainly won’t be, however, which is itself damning.
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OMG you have got to be kidding me.
Democrats, you want to know what the answer is when a reporter asks you to criticize Joe Biden? "My answer is: Republicans hate regular Americans and are trying to take away their health insurance so their creepy billionaire friends can have a tax cut."
Democrats, you want to know what the answer is when a reporter asks you to criticize Joe Biden? "My answer is: Republicans hate regular Americans and are trying to take away their health insurance so their creepy billionaire friends can have a tax cut."
May 15, 2025 at 2:06 AM
OMG you have got to be kidding me.
Democrats, you want to know what the answer is when a reporter asks you to criticize Joe Biden? "My answer is: Republicans hate regular Americans and are trying to take away their health insurance so their creepy billionaire friends can have a tax cut."
Democrats, you want to know what the answer is when a reporter asks you to criticize Joe Biden? "My answer is: Republicans hate regular Americans and are trying to take away their health insurance so their creepy billionaire friends can have a tax cut."
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This is all kosher, and not-at-all unconstitutional, says Trump’s attorney general, Pam Bondi — who until recently was paid $115,000 a month as a registered foreign lobbyist for the Qatari government.
But, wait. It gets worse.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
But, wait. It gets worse.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Trump's Fanciest Bribe
Qatar's wingéd corruption
open.substack.com
May 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This is all kosher, and not-at-all unconstitutional, says Trump’s attorney general, Pam Bondi — who until recently was paid $115,000 a month as a registered foreign lobbyist for the Qatari government.
But, wait. It gets worse.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
But, wait. It gets worse.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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Having masked men in plainclothes pulling out firearms and detaining people introduces a lot of problems for democracy beyond the obvious ones.
Opinion | Is that guy with a gun an ICE officer — or just a guy with a gun?
Masked federal agents aren’t exactly Trump’s secret police. But they are hiding from accountability.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Having masked men in plainclothes pulling out firearms and detaining people introduces a lot of problems for democracy beyond the obvious ones.
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Gulf of Mexico of course
May 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Gulf of Mexico of course
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House Republicans are now targeting federal workers’ retirement benefits to help fund their massive tax cuts. Last week, the House Oversight Committee approved a plan to slash $50 billion from the retirement system over the next decade by changing
May 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
House Republicans are now targeting federal workers’ retirement benefits to help fund their massive tax cuts. Last week, the House Oversight Committee approved a plan to slash $50 billion from the retirement system over the next decade by changing
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in the gop tax plan, the top 0.1% gets more than all the households in the bottom half of america combined
here's the same thing, but showing percentiles
it's a huge tax cut for the top 5% and way less for everyone else
it's a huge tax cut for the top 5% and way less for everyone else
May 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
in the gop tax plan, the top 0.1% gets more than all the households in the bottom half of america combined
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This is how authoritarian state security forces behave in Turkey, China and other countries. Now America joins them.
This is what ICE does: just like they stalked the family’s car and smashed the windows in to kidnap them.
They attack people on the streets grab them and take them to concentration camps.
Entire neighborhoods gather to protect little babies & their moms from being separated & kidnapped.
They attack people on the streets grab them and take them to concentration camps.
Entire neighborhoods gather to protect little babies & their moms from being separated & kidnapped.
May 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This is how authoritarian state security forces behave in Turkey, China and other countries. Now America joins them.
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Martin Diaz came to the U.S. as a toddler, fleeing cartel violence with his family. They had proof of the danger—a letter from a Michoacán official. He married a U.S. citizen & was advancing his visa.
Then ICE showed up at his home in Spokane: no warrant, no ID
#OnYourSide
VC pslspokane
Martin Diaz came to the U.S. as a toddler, fleeing cartel violence with his family. They had proof of the danger—a letter from a Michoacán official. He married a U.S. citizen & was advancing his visa.
Then ICE showed up at his home in Spokane: no warrant, no ID
#OnYourSide
VC pslspokane
May 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Martin Diaz came to the U.S. as a toddler, fleeing cartel violence with his family. They had proof of the danger—a letter from a Michoacán official. He married a U.S. citizen & was advancing his visa.
Then ICE showed up at his home in Spokane: no warrant, no ID
#OnYourSide
VC pslspokane
Martin Diaz came to the U.S. as a toddler, fleeing cartel violence with his family. They had proof of the danger—a letter from a Michoacán official. He married a U.S. citizen & was advancing his visa.
Then ICE showed up at his home in Spokane: no warrant, no ID
#OnYourSide
VC pslspokane
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Americans put in the Oval Office a man who does not give a damn about the Constitution or the rule of law, but only about consolidating power & wealth for himself & his cronies. Every day we can see the fateful consequences of this disaster--and We the People must decide how long we'll tolerate it.
April 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Americans put in the Oval Office a man who does not give a damn about the Constitution or the rule of law, but only about consolidating power & wealth for himself & his cronies. Every day we can see the fateful consequences of this disaster--and We the People must decide how long we'll tolerate it.
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This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
April 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
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Van Hollen: "If the president gets to shred the Constitution and ignore the Supreme Court in this case, it is a very short path to the president ignoring court orders in other cases. So every American should care about this."
April 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Van Hollen: "If the president gets to shred the Constitution and ignore the Supreme Court in this case, it is a very short path to the president ignoring court orders in other cases. So every American should care about this."