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Stephano N🇲🇽🇺🇸

@stephanon.bsky.social

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Interests of 15-03-2026 are online @ https://www.mtgstocks.com/interests?utm_source=bsky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=interests #mtgstocks #mtgfinance

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in dress shoes

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CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples’ Movements An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. ICE has bought access to similar…

An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. ICE has bought access to similar tools.
www.404media.co/cbp-tapped-i...

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If anyone has resources on (or, gd forbid, experience with) talking to three-year-olds about religious slurs *directed at them*, we would really appreciate your insight.

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Well.

This is both fascinating *and* disturbing.

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Portland 2, Houston 3

Final from Houston

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Oooooph. Timbers found a way to give up the go-ahead goal to lose up 10 v 11 off a red card. #RCTID #PTFC

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The “you do see how that’s worse” meme
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The president’s spokeswoman going on the president’s daughter-in-law’s interview program to lie about the effects of her efforts to strongarm other media outlets into changing a report damaging to the regime would be very recognizable to anyone who’s lived under authoritarianism.

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Virginia General Assembly Passes Historic Legislation to Allow More Than Half a Million Public Service Workers the Freedom to Collectively Bargain

Legislation now heads to Governor Spanberger’s desk

RICHMOND, Va. — Both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly tonight passed historic legislation to allow more than half a million public service workers — including teachers, firefighters, state workers, home care workers and service staff at public universities — the freedom to join a union and bargain collectively for their wages, benefits and working conditions. 



SB 378, patroned by Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell, passed the Senate by a vote of 20-18 and the House by a vote of 61-36. HB 1263, patroned by House Democratic Caucus Chair Kathy Tran, passed the House by a vote of 62-34 and the Senate by a vote of 20-18.



While the General Assembly must still pass a budget that funds the legislation, today marks a significant step toward ensuring all workers have the dignity of a seat at the table and a voice on the job. 



“At the start of this legislative session, I announced this bill as one of our caucus’s key affordability proposals, and I am proud to deliver a conference report that is one of the most significant advances for workers’ rights anywhere in the country in recent history,” said Leader Surovell. “Senate Democrats will continue to fight for workers, including the public sector workers we rely on every single day for high-quality services that they deliver to our families and communities.” “At a time when costs continue to rise and public sector workers struggle to rent or buy homes in the communities they serve, we must act to make life more affordable for them,” said Caucus Chair Tran. “From our teachers, to home care workers, to firefighters and frontline workers, public sector employees work hard to provide the best possible services to our families, and they deserve a seat at the table. Together, we will continue to show that Virginia can be one of the best states in the country for both business and workers.” 



“I applaud the General Assembly for passing this bill,” said Portsmouth firefighter Kurt Detrick, who serves as President of Local 539, Portsmouth Professional Firefighters and Paramedics “The problem right now is that firefighters, teachers, and other public service workers cannot even begin the process of deciding whether or not we want to collectively bargain unless a few politicians decide that we are worthy of this right. This legislation would put that decision in the hands of the workers, which is where it belongs, and I am glad it is headed to Gov. Spanberger’s desk.” 



“It is simply not right that our freedom to be a part of a union is dependent on our zip code. We show up every day and work hard to make our communities better and stronger; we deserve the same rights and freedoms as anyone else,” said Natalie Boyd Thomas of Portsmouth, a social worker who’s been working to organize a union with AFSCME. “Senate Bill 378 and House Bill 1263 will fix this. It’s good that these bills are headed to the governor’s desk so that our local public service workers have a voice on the job.”



“There are several school divisions that have successfully implemented collective bargaining and union contracts in the last five years,” said Nicholas Green, a member of the Education Association of Norfolk and a Norfolk middle school teacher. “Workers in Arlington won the right to speak their native language while at work. Workers in Prince Willi… “This victory isn’t just a win for us, but for all Virginians who need care. Our care strengthens families, supports communities, and helps Virginia invest in care at home rather than more costly alternatives,” shared Athena Jones, SEIU Virginia 512 home care chapter chair. “I’m proud of our union, and our sibling unions, who have stood united in our fight to ensure that all workers in Virginia are treated with respect and that our rights are protected by law.” 



“We are the people who keep the schools safe and clean for the students to get their education, and who keep the buildings clean,” said Wakisha Nunley, a housekeeper for Old Dominion University and member of UNITE HERE. “We deserve change and we deserve it now, and I’m glad it’s about to finally be here, and we will keep fighting until every worker at a public university has the same rights.”



While the Virginia Public Sector Labor Coalition recognizes the passage of this historic legislation as a cause for great celebration, it stands in solidarity in its commitment to the continued fight to ensure all faculty and staff at public universities — including graduate workers, adjunct professors, and tenured professors — have the freedom to collectively bargain. 



“Expanding collective bargaining rights to all public sector workers has been a central focus of our work for years, and we are excited that we have taken a major step towards that goal today,” said Cecelia Parks, Chair of the United Campus Workers of Virginia Political and Policy Committee and a librarian at the University of Virginia. “However, we are disappointed that so many of our members, including faculty, graduate student workers, and many staff were left out of the legislation that passed today. Workers like me are the heartbeat of our public colleges and universities, and we are deeply committed to our students and our institutions. Bargaining would give us a seat at the table to improve our working conditions, our students’ learning c… 

“We are thrilled that so many public sector workers will now have the chance to improve their working conditions, but are beyond disappointed that instructional faculty and graduate teaching assistants are being left behind,” said Bethany Letiecq, President of GMU-AAUP and Vice-President of AAUP-AFT Local 6741. “This at a time when teaching is under attack by anti-democratic actors at the highest levels of government. And faculty, even with tenure, are being fired without due process. We will continue to fight for college and university instructors—this is not over by a long shot.”



The legislation builds on a 2020 law, championed by Delegate Elizabeth Guzman (D-Prince William) and Sen. Jennifer Boysko (D-Fairfax), that lifted Virginia’s blanket ban on public sector collective bargaining by allowing workers the freedom to collectively bargain in localities that passed ordinances authorizing the practice. A surge in energy led to more than 80,000 public service workers actively organizing to win collective bargaining rights. 

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Authorized by the Virginia Public Sector Labor Coalition, which comprises Virginia AFL-CIO; American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME); American Federation of Teachers; American Federation of Teachers-American Association of University Professors; Communications Workers of America (CWA); SEIU Virginia 512; Virginia Education Association (VEA); Virginia Professional Fire Fighters (VPFF); UNITE HERE; and United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 400. The coalition collectively represents hundreds of thousands of Virginia workers.

"Virginia General Assembly Passes Historic Legislation to Allow More Than Half a Million Public Service Workers the Freedom to Collectively Bargain" bluevirginia.us/2026/03/virg...

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New York is Close to Abolishing 24-hour Shifts for Home Health Workers - Documented If passed, a new law would ban 24-hour shifts in New York City, a practice advocates call ‘inhumane.’

If passed, a new law would ban 24-hour shifts in New York City, a practice advocates call ‘inhumane.’

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zens of an unfortunate country about the virtues of democracy.
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Smedley Butler, as he turned sharply against war later in his life, would home in on one of those causes above the others. "A French phrase, 'cherchez la femme, advises you to search for a woman whenever there is a shady deal put across," Butler would tell a radio audience around 1935. "But I feel it more to the point, in these times, to look for the oil deposits when you are trying to get at the bottom of deep international in-trigue." 4
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And a reason the title was “Gangsters of Capitalism.” bsky.app/profile/noah...

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There’s a reason I subtitled my last book in part “the making and breaking of America’s empire.”

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The Oil Tankers Trump Seized Are Costing the U.S. Millions of Dollars

The Oil Tankers Trump Seized Are Costing the U.S. Millions of Dollars

Although President Trump said seizing tankers would be a financial boon, the cost of maintaining just one aging ship has already reached $47 million.

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RIGHT PLACE ✅ RIGHT TIME ✅

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Some people think Zohran should be going to the mat for this woman, for some reason (they hate Jews and/or are stupid)

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The thing about Zohran doing this is that he may not get immediate credit from Jewish organizations, but telling these psychos to fuck off and thus polarizing his own broad left-wing coalition against them is in and of itself beneficial.

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For years on my old blog I published the names of servicemembers who died in Iraq & Afghanistan. No other outlets were.

These are the first 4 Americans to die in the Iran War.
Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35
Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42
Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39
Sgt. Declan J. Coady, 20

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"antisemitism and other forms of discrimination" lol even under these circumstances they can't quite bring themselves to say words like "racism" and "misogyny" out loud. when you're definitely beating the allegations

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There is absolutely no bottom.

@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2026/03/13/p...

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I’m watching Nuremberg right now and the opening statement from Robert Jackson (later a Supreme Court justice) hit me like a ton of bricks. It’s like he’s addressing today’s headlines. We may need help from allies for a similar trial soon. I’d love to see Trump & Hegseth in front of judges from 🇩🇪&🇯🇵!

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So has anyone figured out what was making Bessent piss his pants on live TV yesterday

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A week after FIU college republicans were exposed for celebrating Himmler's concept of a "Nazi heaven," UF college republicans are disbanded for doing Hitler salutes.

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All-American comics writer Joanne Starer (eg Harley Quinn Fartacular: Silent Butt Deadly) and her artist husband Khary Randolph now reside in Austria, and might be the coolest couple I know...

www.joannestarer.com

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I am in favor of a team winning the WBC that appears to be enjoying it.

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More than 300 MLB players have been born in Puerto Rico. Only nine have been born in Italy.

Yet, Italy had enough to defeat Puerto Rico and advance to their first ever World Baseball Classic semifinals.

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I get that this route makes no sense for people who are unfamiliar with LA’s political and transit landscape, so let me try and explain the dynamics that make this actually a good decision…

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DHS Ousts CBP Privacy Officers Who Questioned ‘Illegal’ Orders Department of Homeland Security leaders removed top privacy officers who objected to mislabeling government records to block their public release, WIRED has learned.

Department of Homeland Security leaders removed top privacy officers who objected to mislabeling government records to block their public release, WIRED has learned.

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