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Trump to nominate Oregon Representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer for US Labor Secretary. Chavez-DeRemer has earned a 10% lifetime score by the AFL-CIO for her record voting against working people.

Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths In a letter, the state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because “confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outs...

I know everyone is talking about Matt Gaetz but please don't miss this:

Georgia fired every single person on its maternal mortality review committee. Why? They didn't like that reporters found out that the state's ban killed two women www.propublica.org/article/geor...

i love how cats just slap everything they don't understand

first weekend in recent memory where i have nothing on my calendar. i’m so happy.

International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas officials The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and Hamas officials, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against h...

“The Chamber considered that there are reasonable grounds to believe that both individuals intentionally and knowingly deprived the civilian population in Gaza of objects indispensable to their survival, including food, water, and medicine and medical supplies, as well as fuel and electricity,”

probably not good for my dog to have a monthly subscription to ingestible plastics

Trump will not bring peace – the view from Gaza Mohsen Abu Ramadan is a prominent activist on the Palestinian left who lives in Gaza. This is an edited translation of an article that originally appeared in Al Ittihad, the Arabic language newspaper ...

“The danger of Trump’s return to the White House lies in its coincidence with the rise and control of the fascist right in Israel. The latter now envisions the possibility of fully carrying out its genocide and ethnic cleansing, annexing large areas of the West Bank…”

Jared McCain in the 76ers locker room

kinda jarring going from twitter to bluesky and not seeing nazi propaganda or the hard R every other post

How China Could Re-Dollarize The World China just issued a USD bond in Saudi Arabia

“This could theoretically have the effect of the world being able to trade and invest in dollars without financing America's wars on the world.”

Shen Yun dance company and its secretive parent, Falun Gong, investigated WARWICK, N.Y.—A tall Chinese temple looms over the small Hudson Valley town of Warwick, N.Y. The temple is the centerpiece of a sprawling and secretive school/dormitory complex for Falun Gong, which t...

The complex includes the Fei Tian dance academy for training and schooling Shen Yun dancers. But when the dancers go out on tour, they often don’t get paid.

“Fei Tian students aren’t employees and as such cannot be paid salaries,” the dance company told the Epoch Times.

You Can’t Just Do What’s Popular Yes, politicians who want to win should adopt popular progressive policies. But we need to be willing to push public opinion and not just follow it.

You Can’t Just Do What’s Popular

AFL-CIO cheers as Labor Board majority outlaws captive audience meetings WASHINGTON—The National Labor Relations Board majority has ruled a key tactic which bosses and their union-busters use against union organizing drives, captive audience meetings, is illegal and uncons...

“The NLRB again demonstrated its commitment to working people with the decision to ban captive audience meetings, a coercive tool bosses regularly use to gain an unfair advantage before union elections” AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler 👏
peoplesworld.org/article/afl-...

Equal pay for disabled workers doesn't cost jobs—it creates them A new study finds no benefit to paying people with disabilities as little as $0.25 an hour.

Study: Equal Pay For Disabled Workers Creates, Not Costs, Jobs

we’ll probably see more of russian style elections than we will a “no democracy” light switch tbh.

i understand and empathize with the urgency of pressuring Biden to improve his atrocious Israel policy but the idea that "it couldn't get worse" or that Trump would potentially be the same or an improvement for Palestinians was just not true.

Seems like the most sure fire way to force an Elon/Trump split is through a bunch of big pieces/media narrative about how Elon is the de facto president.

Sri Lankan president's coalition wins majority in general election The win gives leftist president Anura Kumara Dissanayake greater legislative power to pursue policies to alleviate poverty and fight graft.

Sri Lankan president's coalition wins big majority in general election

Trump has signaled this evening that Doug Burgum, a key ally to oil executives, will lead the Department of the Interior. Burgum’s recent role in gathering energy industry leaders at Mar-a-Lago highlights the fossil fuel sector's influence on the administration's environmental policies.

Philly's largest city workers union District Council 33 authorizes strike if demands are not met Philadelphia’s largest union representing city workers officially authorized its members to go on strike if their demands for better wages are not met.

District Council 33, the largest union for city workers in Philadelphia, has formally voted to authorize a strike if their demands are not addressed.

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Trump terror begins as racists and male supremacists launch mass intimidation campaigns The rogues’ gallery that Donald Trump is filling with prospective cabinet nominees foreshadows the anti-people policy offensive that’s coming when he seizes power in January, but the fascist grassroot...

Trump terror begins as racists and male supremacists launch mass intimidation campaigns

Trump is reportedly expected to appoint Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the head of the Department of Health and Human Services.

weird little ross perot lookin pimp

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“these people aren’t qualified for these cabinet positions”

uhhh, they’re not appointed to do the job well, they’re appointed to be loyal.

the dedication some people have to cross posting on twitter and here is concerning. are you okay?

dang ol twitter broke