Dan Taylor

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 79th day out of the last 91.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

I think we can lay the groundwork to win this. @hammerandhope.bsky.social ran an interview with the folks who won Build Public Renewables in New York, lessons there worth checking out

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Q: You talked about the Hudson River Tunnel in NYC. Is the funding terminated?

TRUMP: Right now there is no funding. Because it's up to me

Pursuing misdemeanor charges against SEIU ISWW & @seiuca.org president David Huerta is a gross abuse of power by this administration. The 15 million members of the AFL-CIO stand shoulder to shoulder with David as he fights for justice. aflcio.org/press/releas...

Not to mention LaGuardia

The goal of the modern right has always been the reversal of gains made during the civil rights area era in America.

Peter Giunta, chair of the New York State Young Republicans

Bobby Walker, vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans

William Hendrix, communications assistant for Kansas’ Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach

Sam Douglass, Vermont state senator

Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.

Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
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IndyStar 2 . Follow 1h: "All Media School and IU students, faculty and staff should be scared by this blatant attack on someone standing up for what's right," student Editors-ln-Chief Mia Hilkowitz and Andrew Miller said in a statement. Read more: bit.ly/43ebKW1 IndyStar. IDS The original investigative student newsroom of Indiana University Barge suspends Bloomingtonr LITTLE 500 IDS IDS She should've knownbetter:' nt in N eoiencnalt. A INnpttM Indiana University fires IDS adviser amid push to control student newspaper's content

The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper. As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t. Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

#MedicareForAll

Important reminder.

This will affect the Virginia election.

ICE robbed more from our community than a public servant Jason Benell highlights "just how much these targeted ICE attacks are stealing from communities across the country."

New post by Jason Benell @jastiger.bsky.social: ICE robbed more from our community than a public servant

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This shit is so stupid

It's more important than ever to elect attorney generals willing to fight back in court against this kind of punitive behavior against federal workers.

Hydrogen is not without lots of controversy, but eliminating these hubs means lots of jobs for the building trades that are going to disappear and essentially dashing any hopes of decarbonizing the steel industry in the immediate future.

Financial disclosure gaps, questionable gifts cloud Earle-Sears’ bid for governor • Virginia Mercury Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee Winsome Earle-Sears built her political brand on transparency and accountability. But a closer look at her public filings reveals a pattern of omissions and…

Republican gubernatorial nominee Winsome Earle-Sears didn't respond to questions about a pattern of omissions and inconsistencies in her financial disclosures, like a $12,000 “gift” over the state’s legal limit and undisclosed trips funded by outside groups. virginiamercury.com/2025/10/08/f...

Bari is going to run CBS News not because of her journalism, or even because of The Free Press, but because much of the mainstream media serves as a vessel for elites to distribute power to their allies

North Carolina AFL-CIO Convention Backs May Day 2028 Plans The North Carolina AFL-CIO passed a resolution at its September convention backing the call from the United Auto Workers for mass action on May 1, 2028. The resolution directs the state AFL-CIO to cre...

The NC AFL-CIO will create a May Day Committee to plan a May Day 2028 mass action in coalition with other labor and community groups. “Imagine what kind of leverage we could have if we stood in solidarity,” said UAW Local 3520 president Jon Greene. labornotes.org/blogs/2025/1...

As redistricting fight looms, North Carolina poll shows voters of all parties oppose gerrymandering • NC Newsline A poll found 84% of North Carolina voters say redrawing maps for partisan advantage is “never acceptable” and they should be drawn neutrally.

A survey of North Carolina voters released Thursday found that 84% of all voters, including strong majorities in both parties, say redrawing voting maps for partisan advantage is “never acceptable” and districts should be drawn neutrally. Story by @kingdollar.bsky.social #ncpol

Renewal of health subsidies backed by big majorities in poll, including Trump voters • NC Newsline The vast majority of Americans, including Republicans and those who identify as strong supporters of President Donald Trump, want Congress to renew the enhanced tax credits for people who buy their he...

The vast majority of Americans, including Republicans and those who identify as strong supporters of President Donald Trump, want Congress to renew the enhanced tax credits for people who buy their health insurance from the Affordable Care Act Marketplace, according to a poll released Friday.

REPORTER: Do you commit to doing something to address the ACA subsidies so that insurance premiums don't spike for Americans?

MIKE JOHNSON: Republicans commit to continuing the work we've already been doing

(That's a no)

This is going to be brutal for the building and construction trades in New York. Coupled with the attacks on offshore wind projects in the region, the administration is really going after them.

Opinion | The moment I knew the world would try to move on from Jamal Khashoggi I could see it coming at Time’s 2018 Person of the Year celebration.

The Saudi government murdered Jamal Khashoggi seven years ago today. His editor @karenattiah.bsky.social wrote this two years ago.

It’s time to #StopTheTrumpShutdown.

Fund the government.
Fix the health care crisis.
Put working people first. act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...

FEMA’s Years of Living Dangerously The Trump administration’s determination to force states to shoulder disaster funding burdens guarantees more deaths and destruction.

Trump’s insistence on gutting FEMA is leaving states with excessive loss of life and financial burdens for disaster relief they simply cannot bear. From @gurleygg.bsky.social‬:
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the daily caller published a call to violence of the left yesterday, a news organization that has connections to the heritage foundation

IOWA: “ICE detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent of Iowa’s largest public school district…” 🤔 www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...

Threats to Free Speech Won’t End with Late-Night Comedians - Roosevelt Institute The media industry today is more consolidated than ever, with 5 companies controlling 90 percent of mass media, compared to 50 companies 30 years ago. Of course, this level of consolidation can act as...

Free speech depends on a diverse media landscape.

Consolidation hands politicians and corporations the power to decide which voices get heard—and which don’t.

Its impact is becoming increasingly evident every day, and it is a danger to democracy. rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/threats...