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Nearly 2 million Americans on unemployment, highest since pandemic era Continuing unemployment claims jumped to 1.97 million in late July, according to a Labor Department report, highlighting a weakening labor market.

Number of unemployed claims rising above 2 million. That’s a new number. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Update: I've provided further documents and paid the fee. It's now 5 pm GMT, so I'm guessing I will have to wait through the weekend before I hear anything further ... fingers crossed I get some good news on Monday/Tuesday. Thank you, everyone.

Violent crime in Washington DC is at a 30 year low, but you’ve got Stephen Miller screeching that it’s like a war zone.

Temu Goebbels is insufferable.

🙄

Yesterday marked 60 years since the Voting Rights Act became law.

What does Kendrick Lamar have to do with the Voting Rights Act?

Fair Fight Action’s Chief Legal Counsel breaks it down.

A child wears a cardboard box with the message "Please Help Me," protesting the environmental disaster at Love Canal. The sign on the fence reads: "Love Canal Recipe: 1. Mix 82 Chemicals. 2. Place in Canal for 25 Yrs. Yield: Sickness + Death."

#ResistanceRoots

Today in history, 1978: President Carter declares Love Canal a federal health emergency. It was the first time federal funds were used for something other than a natural disaster. Love Canal became the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. /1

The People vs. The Power Grab: A Rally to Fight Redistricting & Support Texas House Democrats · Powered by People Big news! Beto O’Rourke is coming to Tarrant County for a town hall about state and federal issues on Saturday, August 9th at 3:00 PM CDT. Doors open at 2:30PM CDT. Event begins promptly at 3:00PM CD...

Fort Worth - happening tomorrow!! @indivisiblefwa.bsky.social

www.mobilize.us/poweredxpeop...

Texas and California first… When do believe people will realize?!

Update: your emails are working! I was just contacted by the Home Office asking for further documents and for me to pay a fee for the emergency travel document. They note that it's nonrefundable and doesn't guarantee I'll be granted one... but at least it feels like progress? Thank you, everyone.

dakota and sonota is killing me

Message to RFK, Jr.

Kennedy Curse Sure Taking Its Sweet Time With RFK Jr.

Kennedy Curse Sure Taking Its Sweet Time With RFK Jr.

a drawing of dragonite and jirachi flying in the late night sky

late night sky ✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺✧

#dragonite #PokemonLegendsZA #pokemon #digitalart #procreate

It's so stressful going out in public and having to pretend that I'm a normal person and not just a bunch of illnesses in a trenchcoat.

It’s amazing to me that so many good people are crippled by self doubt and self criticism, while so many bad people operate under the delusion they’re martyred saints.

Picture of a sleeping orange cat. He is on his side with one paw curled near his face.

The only orange guy I want in my life

fairy saying to pinocchio 'yes, pinocchio. i have given you life.' pinocchio replies 'why?'

Traditional mixed media art, Pokémon fan art of Squirtle sitting on the seashore. It’s bright and sunny. Squirtle is smiling and wearing a yellow straw hat with a blue ribbon.

Squirtle’s beach day! ☀️🏖️

#art #pokemon #pokemonart #pokemonfanart

I worked 10 hrs/day at an office until I retired. Didn't get to play golf several days a week. My underemployed friend uses Medicaid which doesn't cover everything - also older so would have problems getting a FT job. Her current job does not have a set schedule so she cannot work another PT job

I’m so sick of this thinking…. As if Americans don’t work hard enough, don’t produce enough. There’s a lot of work to go around, it’s the corporations asking fewer workers to do more while paying less and it’s bullshit.

Why do Americans fetishize work?

How come the US doesn’t mandate paid vacation, paid holidays or paid family leave?

It’s not just MAGA. Dems aren’t fighting for work/life benefits either.

Americans work longer hours than any other developed nation. No paid vacation in the summer. No paid maternity leave.

But the billionaires say that’s not enough.