#GVerse #Veterans
US Citizen detained by ICE: Clearly it didn't matter that I was a citizen, a veteran, or identified who I was. They ignored everything I said. They just broke my window and dragged me out. I let them know I was a veteran, I wasn't doing anything wrong, just trying to get to work.

Americans deserve better than the eight Democratic Senators who voted on a promise, without a guarantee, to protect the Affordable Care Act.

Jim Acosta @ @Acosta • 28m Democrats had tons of energy coming out of last week's elections. Tonight's deal with GOP will outrage progressives and divide the party once again. For what? The possibility there will be a vote on Obamacare subsidies down the road? Which Trump will likely hold hostage? Huh?

The art of folding a winning hand

the democratic party establishment hasnt learned a damn thing since they voted to allow george w bush to invade iraq. not one thing.

An agreement to agree to do a later vote is NOT an enforceable contract so what in the actual hell are Americans getting out of this deal??

Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult.

A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.

When will party leadership learn this lesson?

The reason people think the Democratic Party doesn't actually stand for anything is because it doesn't.

I'm an older attorney. I remember respecting conservative Constitutional scholars - not that I necessarily agreed with them, but for their passionate defense of the Constitution. Where have they gone?

#BookSky

Why don't we just close our borders? Tariffs, deportations, Visa integrity fee - the US clearly doesn't want anyone coming in. Let's see how well isolationism, turning on our allies, and self-sufficiency work.

This is your daily reminder that Republicans are planning to cut Medicaid, Medicare and SNAP to hand tax breaks to their billionaire donors. Don’t get distracted. Help me spread the word.

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!!!

The ABA rejects efforts to undermine the courts and the legal profession Three weeks ago, the American Bar Association spoke to you about values that guide us. We called upon every lawyer to insist that the government adhere to four major principles of law that have guided...

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What Will DOGE’s Moves on Government Agencies Mean for OSHA? Unions took to the streets—and the courts—to try to keep Elon Musk’s initiative out of the Labor Department.

OSHA has repeatedly fined Elon Musk’s companies for serious safety violations. Granting him and his associates access to the agency’s files is an obvious conflict of interest, and would likely discourage workers from filing future complaints.

Musk Team Seeks Access to I.R.S. System With Taxpayers’ Records A White House spokesman said that the initiative called the Department of Government Efficiency needed to review data to fix waste within the agency.

The IRS is preparing to give a team member working with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency access to sensitive taxpayer data. IRS data is tied to millions of Americans, including their tax returns, Social Security numbers, addresses, banking details, and employment information.

Republicans just introduced a bill to abolish OSHA. Tesla is 4% of US auto manufacturing, yet they make up 75% of OSHA violations.

“He’s unqualified, and I daresay that everybody here knows it.” We need more principled senators like Warnock.

Exactly. No is a complete sentence

Robert Reich-Republicans have introduced a bill to abolish OSHA. As a former labor secretary, I know firsthand how crucial this agency is to protecting workers from bosses who cut corners on safety to pass their own pockets. This is the party of corporate greed, not the party of workers.

@rbreich.bsky.social

Black History Month

None of this is legal

None of this is legal:

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. MLK, Jr.

How can he talk about merit hiring when none of his Cabinet nominations are merit based? #disability

“The tepid response so far offers the latest measure of how much Congress has ceded its authority since earlier eras in which powerful committee chairmen defended their constitutional turf no matter who was in the White House.”

USAID is a criminal organization,” Mr. Musk wrote on Sunday in a social media post that many aid workers saw as confirmation the agency would soon be absorbed into the State Department and that some viewed as a potential threat to their personal safety. “Time for it to die.”
THIS HAS TO STOP.