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U.S. Lost 32,000 Jobs in September, Says Payroll Processor The ADP report showed a labor force that continues to deteriorate.

“The surprise job loss in September is the latest sign that the labor market is weakening. Job growth has slowed to a trickle this year…”

www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...

Let me be clear: this will impact ALL of us. It’s bigger than just Medicaid & Medicare. We will all pay the price.

Ossoff: "We have a president who's completely out of control, a crook engaged in unprecedented corruption, who's passing one of the most unpopular agendas in history. The public is turning against him. The opposition is motivated. We can win & we have to win, but we don't have the luxury of despair"

Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?

Happy Friday!

@freedcproject.bsky.social - love to see more allies speaking out for our rights!!

Wednesday, on a party-line vote, the US House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform advanced 14 bills to weaken or outright repeal DC’s local laws. These bills aren’t just uninformed & anti-democratic, they are dangerous and will make us less safe. 🧵

How do you even measure the Washington Post cringe factor at being embarrassed like this in coverage of your own city...

Same event:

Left side - New York Times headline

Right side - Washington Post white house press release I mean headline

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) on the shooting of Charlie Kirk:

"Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it."

The House Oversight Committee is set to mark up 14 bills that would rewrite DC’s local laws. That’s Congress directly stepping in on the District. CM Charles Allen breaks down one of these bills as… The House Oversight Committee is set to mark up 14 bills that would rewrite DC’s local laws

The House Oversight Committee is set to mark up 14 bills that would rewrite DC’s local laws.

That’s Congress directly stepping in on the District. CM Allen breaks down 1 of these as an example of what’s at stake: Eliminating our locally elected @dcattorneygeneral.bsky.social.

youtu.be/q-JuCVC1EaA

Alright, so I've been afraid to say this out loud, but I think after today, I can say it: In the first Battle of Los Angeles, the good people of LA County have prevailed. We beat ICE back. 1/

The job market continues to slow, and it's pretty dramatic. Keeping our head above water (for now).

August jobs growth was only +22k. July revised up +6k to +79k. June was revised down by -27k to -13k. Average jobs growth over the three months = +29k.

Unemployment rose a tick to 4.3%

STATEMENT FROM COUNCILMEMBER ROBERT WHITE: URGENT CALL TO END FEDERAL OCCUPATION IN D.C.

Bowser welcomes federal law enforcement presence indefinitely Bowser issued an executive order Tuesday requiring local coordination with federal law enforcement “to the maximum extent allowable by law.” The order gives no expiration date.

Mayor Bowser, "shared priorities" with this administration means having masked agents disappear our neighbors in the middle of the night.

It means soldiers with assault rifles in our neighborhoods.

It means arresting children.

These are the priorities of a dictator. DC does not share them.

Some Democracy actions to consider... James Baldwin's — The Fire Next Time: "Please try to remember that what they believe, as well as what they do and cause you to endure does not testify to your inferiority but to their inhumanity.”

Some Democracy actions to consider...
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Trump's actions over the last several days are increasingly dangerous for the people of DC and for American democracy.

DC belongs to the people who live here.

We call on allies everywhere to help us make sure it stays that way. freedcproject.org/event-list/d...

FreeDC is leading the protests today. Be safe. Be vigilant. Be loud. bsky.app/profile/girl...

Reject Jeanine Pirro — Free DC

Anyone with some time, please write and even better, call. Congressional switchboard is 202-224-3121

📬Postcards for Resistance ✨

We need YOUR help! Let’s flood federal agencies with messages of encouragement and support reminding federal workers they have the power, the duty, and the community backing to resist illegal, unethical, or dangerous actions under this administration.

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This is really important and tired to the message!

I'm going to try and communicate with my Republican colleagues in a new way.

Significant disruption inside Senate Appropriations Committee hearing just as OMB Director Russ Vought was about to begin his testimony.

If Donald Trump truly wants the District to be ‘safe’ and ‘beautiful,’ the best thing the administration and members of Congress can do is restore critically needed federal funding that gives vulnerable people in D.C. a chance to live healthy lives with their basic needs met. -Monica Hopkins, Executive Director, ACLU-D.C.

There is never a good time to spend $100 million on a military parade to soothe Donald Trump’s ego. But right now is the absolute worst time.

YouTube video by vlogbrothers 90,000,000 Lives for $20

The House is voting on the rescissions package THIS THURSDAY.

Congress is considering devastating cuts to global health funding, including to PEPFAR and ‪@unicef.org

More from @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJW2...

Check the thread on how you can take action today 👇

🚨 House votes 3 PM TODAY on rescission package:
$9.4B in cuts & $900M slashed from PEPFAR & global health. Green light for rescission further strips power of purse from Congress. Call NOW: 5calls.org/issue/usaid-... Say: “Vote NO on the Rescission Package. Stop the deadly PEPFAR cuts." #SavePEPFAR

House Speaker Mike Johnson calls for the Senate to "censure" Alex Padilla after he was restrained and handcuffed by FBI agents at Kristi Noem's presser, adding that it is "wildly inappropriate behavior."

So it looks like Republicans want to escalate this!

Another video of Senator Padilla’s violent arrest at DHS Sec Noem’s press conference in LA. You can see him thrown to the ground by FBI agents and handcuffed.

(video shared by Padilla’s staff with Elex Michaelson of Fox LA and posted on X)

Hey @5calls.org: Please update your app to include this script to vote “no” on rescissions, especially for #foreignaid!