Colleen O'Connell (she/her)

I’m just a girl
living in Ohio
asking her legislature
to do literally anything real for working people.

(Hint: You’re getting colder, my dudes.)

US’s Largest Labor Union Votes to Cut All Ties to the Anti-Defamation League The ADL leveraged spurious antisemitism claims to demand that schools bring it in to set policy and provide programming.

This article covers the attack/doxxing of members by ADL.

Bonus: It also covers also how, when NEA helped the National Anti-Klan Committee develop an anti-white supremacy curriculum in 1982, "the ADL denounced it as too critical of the U.S. state’s role in racism" truthout.org/articles/uss...

“I’m looking out the window on the plane,” Thomas told the Chronicle, “and I’m hoping the plane crashes and I die.”

The shit this man has been through, all done in our name… The shit so many have been and are enduring (or not surviving) in our name…

What the actual fuck are we doing?

Ohio House lawmakers introduce companion bill that would ban DEI in K-12 schools • Ohio Capital Journal Ohio House Republicans are trying to ban diversity and inclusion in K-12 schools.

Ohio House Republicans are trying to ban diversity & inclusion in K-12 schools w/House Bill 155 & companion bill Senate Bill 113.
This comes as 2 federal lawsuits by @ACLU & @NEAToday are challenging Trump admin’s attempt to ban DEI programs in K-12 schools.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/05/08/o...

College professors take first step toward repealing anti-DEI higher education law - Signal Cleveland A group submitted voter signatures and paperwork in the hopes of getting a referendum on Ohio Senate Bill 1 before voters in November.

College professors take first step toward repealing anti-DEI higher education law
A group that includes faculty from Youngstown State University submitted voter signatures and paperwork in hopes of getting referendum on Ohio Senate Bill 1 before voters in November
signalcleveland.org/college-prof...

The character Anne Veal on Arrested Development is sitting on George Michael‘s bed in a pink sweater, holding a pamphlet about Christianity.

There’s something about Karoline Leavitt that vaguely reminds me of Ann Veal (aka Bland, Egg, Plant, Ann Hog, Yam, etc). Like a fascist remix of her.

Anyway. The scriptwriters for this season of "Life on Earth" getting a little heavy-handed with the plot points again

Outside of outright theft, the accumulation of great wealth is a function of opportunities created by American society. The wealthy in America have used their wealth to aid in the destruction of the economic engine that made them wealthy.

This is where your Harry Potter money goes

BREAKING: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is firing 1,500 workers, and will soon have only about 200 remaining.

That means the CFPB will be largely unable to carry out its mission of overseeing financial institutions and regulating companies that scam consumers.

"These are kids who will never pay taxes," Kennedy declared. "They'll never hold a job. Theyl never play baseball. They'Il never write a poem. They'll never go out " on a date. Many of them will never use a toilet unassisted. We have to recognize doing this to our children. we are

RFK Jr. wants to eradicate autistic people and also has no idea what an autistic person is

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a father, a husband, and a union worker.

The Trump administration kidnapped him in an IKEA parking lot while his 5-year-old son watched in the backseat of the car.

But he should have never been taken.

@rollingstone.com showing us how to write a headline that is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

it causes me such pain to see snooty liberals respond to a story about a horrific, incurable, fatal occupational disease like black lung with “but how did they vote????” as if that fucking matters

He came wearing a mask. Knowing full well the trauma he was about to inflict. Feeling too ashamed to show his face. And yet willing to do this anyway.

Don't make me tap the sign again. Oh wait, they made me tap the sign again.

I'll say it again: Being able to predictably move the markets is a hell of a way to cheat.

Meanwhile, a black lung epidemic is tearing through Appalachia, killing men as young as their 30s. And the Trump admin just defunded NIOSH, the worker health agency that’s been tracking it. inthesetimes.com/article/coal...

An International Minimum Wage Tariffs? Why? Hello? Hello?

An international minimum wage is a policy that would improve "free trade" in the pro-worker way people claim to want. Instead we are talking about tariffs in a conversation that is often insincere/ insane.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/an-interna...

a man in a red sweater is holding a woman 's hand and says sometimes i cry in the shower ALT: a man in a red sweater is holding a woman 's hand and says sometimes i cry in the shower

I guess good water pressure could come in handy… especially lately. 🫠

Also, FYI: someone’s past record of any good spontaneously combusts when they do scab shit.

Also, no heroes. Ever.

When electeds and appointeds do any good, credit is always due to *the people* for fighting to make it happen. (And any elected/appointed folks worth their salt would say the same.)

Folks who cosplay labor to line their pockets are… 🥁 *drumroll* 🥁 scabs.

While your rights as a worker are gutted and your advocates in DOL are cut, this scab literally ate cake. And blew money. In honor of herself. 🤮Gross.

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Text from various news media on budget

List of representatives to contact

🚨 Ohio lawmakers are threatening to defund our beloved public libraries, and we need you to take action! We’ve created a factsheet that can be used as a script to make it easier for you to contact legislators.Let’s come together to protect our libraries, a pillar of our communities: lnkd.in/gnuRkWaQ

Ohio House proposed state budget cuts $100 million in funding for public libraries The Ohio House version of the two-year budget changes the way public libraries are funded by eliminating the Public Library Fund and instead earmarking a flat line item amount for each year.

#Ohio House's proposed state budget would cut $100 million in funding for public libraries

"...more than $100 million loss for public libraries and abolishes the Public Library Fund completely"

www.wosu.org/2025-04-03/o...

NP! You helped share my union’s story when we were locked out over the summer, and it was everything to have that solidarity. ✊🏻❤️

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Happy Monday. We are not victims. We are the workers who have built this world—and it’s time we take back what’s ours.

🧵 We're extremely concerned DOGE has gained access to data that would help them target farmworkers & organizations serving them.

Please help us spread the word in your communities. 🚨

Here's what we know.

Photo of a protest sign held above someone's head that reads, "We love federal workers" with several large American flags flying on poles in the background.

We can't tell you how much it meant to see all these signs. To see so many people stand against tyranny and greed. To know how many people are willing to fight back against the destruction of our institutions. Thank you, thank you, thank you. ♥️🤍💙

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