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Trump would not be treating half the country (well, more than half, but half of all voters) this way were it not for the Electoral College.

It's an artifact of slavery and it has got to go.

Why Unpaid Air Traffic Controllers Could Be Key In Ending Shutdown Air traffic controllers are working 60-hour weeks with no pay—conditions that led to a breaking point during the last shutdown.

Air traffic controllers are working 60-hour weeks with no pay—conditions that led to a breaking point during the last shutdown.

KKKaroline lies

Saying it's the Democrat shutdown is like saying the Titanic was sunk by the passengers.

Mike Johnson says he'll swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social as soon as she wants. Okay, so how about today?

How Scott Bessent Enables Oligarchy The Treasury secretary has gutted the most important anti-corruption reform legislation in a generation—the 2020 Corporate Transparency Act.

Trump’s Treasury secretary announced he would not penalize entities who fail to report beneficial owners of shell corporations, allowing oligarchs to continue to hide about a trillion dollars in uncollected taxes each year. Robert Kuttner reports:
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#cook #bread

Trump on getting workers backpay after shutdown in 2025: "I would say it depends on who we're talking about"

Trump during 2019 shutdown: "I will make sure that all employees receive their backpay very quickly or as soon as possible."

Release The trump/Epstein/johnson Files!

Fuck this.

This is nothing but red meat for Trump’s base. A federal law that *Trump* signed into law guarantees backpay to furloughed workers. There’s no disputing this.

A day in the Portland war zone

The Portland War Zone isn't for everyone but at least the chaos is locally sourced.

Pepsi Recalls Popular "Diet" Drink After It’s Found to Contain Full Sugar PepsiCo is recalling more than 34,000 bottles of its popular Lipton Green Tea due to a major labeling error. Here's what happened—and what to do now.

Pepsi Recalls Popular "Diet" Drink After It’s Found to Contain Full Sugar!

#recall
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Q: Why would you say that some workers should not receive back pay?

Trump: You're going to have to figure that out.

@nealharkness.bsky.social

SEN. HIRONO: “Did you approve shutting down the bribery investigation into Homan?”

BONDI: “Are you Antifa?” 🤡

(That’s a yes)

Greta welcomed back in Europe

The Nobel Peace Prize should be awarded to Greta Thunberg & the participants of the Sumud Flotilla for being able to break the genocidal Israeli blockade after 19 years and for successfully promoting human rights and international law by putting their lives at risk. @nobelprize.bsky.social

The gutting of our Justice Department will take years to recover from.

Mixed my metaphors. “Death by a thousand cuts”

OMB deletes reference to law guaranteeing backpay to furloughed feds from shutdown guidance An Office of Management and Budget FAQ document now states that only excepted employees forced to work without pay are guaranteed backpay at the conclusion of a lapse in appropriations.

This is rampant lawlessness

The law says what it says, and Russ Vought doesn't get to unilaterally change that

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Mike Johnson says Republicans may not pay back federal workers after Trump’s shutdown.

They stand with billionaires and turn their backs on the workers who keep this country running. 😡

Novelist Spurs Passion Over Parking Dispute: In crowded San Francisco, Danielle Steel has permits for 26 spaces. City considers limits.

Danielle Steele had 26 SF parking permits
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Trump Leaves Door Open to Maxwell Pardon While Pretending Not to Know Her The president said he would look at the case of Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.

‼️Of course - the sociopath will do whatever it takes to keep his crimes hidden.

Ummm. Huh?

So she contracted friends?

On October 7 and every day...

You can be anti-Netanyahu and not be an antisemite.

You can be anti-Hamas and not be an Islamphobe.

You can be anti-Trump and not be anti-America.

You cannot be pro-Netanyahu, Hamas and Trump and be pro-democracy and humanity.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

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The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

What's happening in Chicago is not normal.

The arrest of Alderperson Fuentes is just the latest example of how far Noem and Bovino are willing to go to ignore the rule of law. We must all speak up.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse asked Pam Bondi about DOJ's decision to drop the investigation into Tom Homan.

MSNBC first reported that Homan was recorded in Sept. 2024 accepting a bag with $50,000 in cash in an undercover FBI sting.

Bondi refused to answer, then attacked Whitehouse.

COONS: How did you conclude that these strikes on boats in the open ocean are legal?

BONDI: I'm not going to discuss any legal advice that my department may or may not have issued

Former Surgeons General Say It's Their Duty to Warn of 'Profound' Threat RFK Jr. Poses to Americans | Common Dreams Former US surgeons general warn that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. poses a threat to public health with anti-vaccine views and misinformation.

Former Surgeons General Say It's Their Duty to Warn of 'Profound' Threat RFK Jr. Poses to Americans www.commondreams.org/news/rfk-jr-...

WATCH LIVE: Trump holds meeting with Canada's Carney as relationship between allies hits low point Carney's second visit to the White House on Tuesday comes ahead of a review of the free trade agreement, which is critical to Canada's economy.

“We’ve had ups and downs, but this is the lowest point in relations that I can recall,” said Frank McKenna, a former Canadian ambassador to the United States and current deputy chairman of TD Bank. https://to.pbs.org/4h2It6s