Rebecca Barrett

Husband is at a conference. Time to paint and redecorate the bathroom.

An endorsement from the largest local union of professional musicians in the world sounds a little different than the others but the meaning is the same: solidarity forever. Thank you Local 802 AFM!

How Amazon hid its safety crisis Confidential documents reveal the company leaders’ deception about the consequences of Prime Day, its robots and more.

An investigation from @revealnews.org found that workers' injuries go up around Amazon Prime Day. Something to keep in mind. revealnews.org/article/how-...

Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs.

A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.

If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.

Senate Republicans propose deeper Medicaid cuts. Here’s what that means. Senate Republicans are taking Medicaid cuts even further than their House counterparts with legislation that targets hospital payments.

16 million people would lose their health care under the budget plan on Capitol Hill. 338 rural hospitals would close. Millions of children would lose SNAP food assistance — all so billionaires can get a tax break.

Enough is enough.

TUNE IN: Governor Newsom delivers a formal address to California from Los Angeles.

Watch live at 6:30pm.

YouTube: youtube.com/live/Q69izEy...
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X: @CAgovernor
Instagram: @Cagovernor

UPDATE: David Huerta was just released from custody!

Potential Valero Refinery Closure Leaves Benicia, State Officials Scrambling for Alternatives | KQED The potential closure of the massive Benicia oil refinery by next April would have a major impact on the city’s economy and the state’s oil supply.

MON at 9AM:

@bluegreenalliance.bsky.social's @joshsonnenfeld.bsky.social, UC Berkeley prof @severinborenstein.bsky.social, Benicia mayor Steve Young& KQED reporter Julie Small on the potential closure of the Benicia refinery.

❓ What do you think should happen to the Valero refinery in Benicia?

"MY KIDS ARE SCOUSER NOW" 👑

This is what we’re up against: the rich trying to buy public policy. Whether it's Elon offering $1 million to voters in Wisconsin or landlords paying folks to fake grassroots support in Concord, the wealthy are no longer pretending to play fair.

www.mercurynews.com/2025/04/04/l...

Anyone else hate April 1st online?

I try to be a really trusting person and this day always throws me off.

Teachers fight for all students.

Moms for Liberty has been ripping me off for nearly five years - my ideas, my strategy, my brand. Only thing that’s their own are the ménage à trois.

No, Democrats, these little auction signs aren't it. You're acting like Wes Anderson characters who don't understand that they're in a Tarantino movie.

Is there a single person who thinks political fundraising text messages do more good than harm to Democrats?

It’s amazing how a day in my garden improves my mood and clears my head to think.

In these dark times, it’s important to make time for things that bring us peace.

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.

Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.

Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

Thank you Rep. Mark DeSaulnier for visiting our Contra Costa Community College District governing board meeting to hear how the Contract Costa Community College District is using a Federal grant to build out free online textbooks for students — reducing the cost of college for Contra Costa.

I wish all that money and energy around corporate DEI had been funneled into labor organizing, strike funds, and worker education instead; that’s how you actually change a workplace

THE SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW IS UNION MADE!

Shout out to Kendrick Lamar, and all the performers and behind the scenes workers that made this go off without a hitch!

Our students will not be pushed into the shadows. We know access to a great education can change lives and the Contra Costa Community College District remains steadfast in our mission to support every student. #TogetherWeDream #TogetherWeRise

Every safety regulation was written in blood, frequently with a body count higher than one, and it’s not political to put the blame on people who want to “move fast and break things” when they start breaking human lives.

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TRUMP'S DANGEROUS FREEZE OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL HIRING Washington, D.C. — Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Aviation Steve Cohen (D-TN) released the following statements after President Trump froze the hiring of Air Traffic Controllers, among other safety-critical positions. "The bipartisan FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 directs the Administration to hire the maximum number of air traffic controllers. That's what the law says, so the Administration must rescind this ridiculous executive order," Ranking Member Larsen said. "Hiring air traffic controllers is the number one safety issue according to the entire aviation industry. Instead of working to improve aviation safety and lower costs for hardworking American families, the Administration is choosing to spread bogus DEl claims to justify this decision. I'm not surprised by the President's dangerous and divisive actions, but the Administration must reverse course. Let's get back to aviation safety and allow the FAA to do its job protecting the flying public." "Our top priority must be the safety of the flying public so an order freezing the hiring of air traffic controllers is a misguided decision and goes against the directives of our FAA Reauthorization bill," Ranking Member Cohen said. "The aviation community will speak with one voice in condemning this short-sighted policy and reaffirm our

the first fatal commercial plane crash in 16 years happened just days after Trump froze hiring of air traffic controllers that were already stretched thin

Was literally talking to the union representing federal air traffic controllers earlier today about how there’s already a major shortage of air traffic controllers and the resignation offers they all just got from OPM could seriously endanger public safety.

For a moment there, those predatory DNC/DCCC texts had stopped, post election.

Yesterday they returned with full force. Guess we learned nothing.

When I wrote for Law & Order, we fake-murdered more people on all three shows than were actually murdered in NYC that year. And that was just three shows on one network.

Murder mysteries make good stories. But they’re just stories.

You’re safer than you think.

How Undercover Organizers Are Energizing the Labor Movement Let’s talk about “salting.”

The new generation of young, diverse, fired-up worker-organizers around the country are embracing one of the oldest tactics in the pro-union handbook: salting.

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