The number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits for at least a week rose to the highest level since late 2021, according to Labor Department data.
07.08.2025 16:44 โ ๐ 11547 ๐ 5239 ๐ฌ 1016 ๐ 576@hedfxr.bsky.social
retired psychiatrist. Wisconsin expat living in SoCal. Interested in climate change, social justice, contemplative Christianity. WI Badger fan. Love guitars, love riding bicycles.
The number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits for at least a week rose to the highest level since late 2021, according to Labor Department data.
07.08.2025 16:44 โ ๐ 11547 ๐ 5239 ๐ฌ 1016 ๐ 576Scarborough loses patience with Mike Lawler after Lawler lies that Republicans didn't actually cut Medicaid: "Congressman, you can keep talking if you want to, but are you saying you know doctors' business, you know hospital administrators' business better than they know their own business?"
08.08.2025 12:39 โ ๐ 3333 ๐ 821 ๐ฌ 223 ๐ 70What??? WE ARE NOT GOING BACK! Never!
07.08.2025 22:09 โ ๐ 105 ๐ 47 ๐ฌ 9 ๐ 5When the D.C. Bureau Chief of the Independent drops a truth bomb.
08.08.2025 17:44 โ ๐ 4909 ๐ 1427 ๐ฌ 228 ๐ 67Every day Iโm inspired by the bravery of these courageous ICE agents.
08.08.2025 16:10 โ ๐ 14621 ๐ 4875 ๐ฌ 920 ๐ 389Federal employees who work at the VA are often Veterans themselves who dedicate their careers to serving other Veterans. Eliminating collective bargaining rights of these employees at the VA - many of whom are Veterans - will undermine the health care & benefits provided to our Nation's Veterans.
07.08.2025 23:37 โ ๐ 118 ๐ 34 ๐ฌ 8 ๐ 4The VAโs unilateral termination of union contracts for ~360k workers represents a loss of 2.5% OF ALL UNION MEMBERS IN AMERICA.
Iโm not sure what it will take for the labor movement to get into crisis mode, but the crisis is here.
Are you ready to commit...right here...right now...that the Epstein crimes, and every last hidden file tied to them, will be a story you will NEVER let dieโฆ no matter who tries to bury it?
08.08.2025 17:17 โ ๐ 4222 ๐ 1140 ๐ฌ 331 ๐ 94More than two weeks ago I called for Democratic governors to redistrict 30 Republicans out of their seats.
I stand by that.
Imagine if Kamala had done this. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
08.08.2025 12:05 โ ๐ 3248 ๐ 1098 ๐ฌ 200 ๐ 60Is she undocumented?
Ghislaine Maxwell is not a U.S. citizen. She was born in France and holds British citizenship. Maxwell has lived in the U.S. for many years.
She got due process, but brown ladies selling fruit do not have that luxury.
We know white, er..I mean why.
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So proud of you,OKC! Thank you, Beto OโRourke!
07.08.2025 17:19 โ ๐ 127 ๐ 31 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0mRNA cancer vaccines teach the immune system to spot cancer. The mRNA gives instructions to make tumor proteins, which help train T cells to recognize and attack cancer cells-even ones the body normally overlooks.
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07.08.2025 21:43 โ ๐ 1100 ๐ 431 ๐ฌ 35 ๐ 24LOOK AT THIS BULLSHIT: ICE detained a pregnant U.S. citizenโSabrina Medinaโwhile she was 5 ยฝ months pregnant with twins.
Agents tried to blackmail her for info on her husband.
Kristi Noem stood outside the raid for a photo op. This is war on our own people.
We found the waste, fraud, and abuseโฆ
07.08.2025 19:43 โ ๐ 14626 ๐ 6113 ๐ฌ 701 ๐ 310SGA paid a visit to SickKids in Toronto & shared some very special moments! ๐ฅน
07.08.2025 15:19 โ ๐ 6361 ๐ 842 ๐ฌ 178 ๐ 73In Alabama, another horrible ICE detention storyโ pulled over for going 1 mile over the speed limit and then put into detention, a woman who earned a masters degree and has become a beloved community advocate. Not a criminal. Someone who contributes to America. www.al.com/news/2025/08...
07.08.2025 16:10 โ ๐ 7592 ๐ 3745 ๐ฌ 394 ๐ 166If youโre wondering how ICE recruitment and training is going under Kristi NoemโSouth Park already nailed it.
07.08.2025 13:51 โ ๐ 23340 ๐ 8039 ๐ฌ 659 ๐ 488Theyโre not arresting criminals. Theyโre arresting resistance. And if that doesnโt shake you, read this twice.๐
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@govpritzker.illinois.gov: "There ought to be independent commissions in every state. The fact of the matter is that doesn't seem like it's possible. We have to recognize that, even though I'd love to see it for Illinois, we're not going to unilaterally disarm when R states are drawing crazy maps."
07.08.2025 17:53 โ ๐ 6252 ๐ 1792 ๐ฌ 146 ๐ 65JFC, @msnbc.com, stop saying "no collusion was found."!!
The Mueller report found 200 pages worth of "collusion." They also specified that technically "collusion" is not a crime. (Just hella unpatriotic, if you ask me.) They did not find enough to charge a criminal conspiracy, in part because ...
This can't just die down and go away.
07.08.2025 12:07 โ ๐ 6102 ๐ 2288 ๐ฌ 203 ๐ 94๐ Gloria is a shark ! She
shall bring , swift justice โ๏ธ ๐ฅ