Janette W

See you out there today. Abolish ICE!! ✊

Masked government agents are killing people in the streets, abducting people from their homes in the middle of the night, and arresting those who speak out.

If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?

# Christmas carol lyrics that go hard when you paste them over a picture of Stacker Pentecost

What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”

What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”

Funny how that works.

A heads-up state and federal agencies are actively monitoring online activity tied to criticism and protest of the immigration crackdown in New Orleans. That includes social media comments, posts, group chats, and other digital spaces.

When we say, “Remember, there is organized and there is disorganized and sometimes disorganized is its own kind of organized,” it speaks to how communities often adapt when they know they’re being monitored. In many movements, people have intentionally shifted away from predictable

The vicious cycle of monopolization:

1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.

My middle school gym teacher always said “Life, vegetables & the pursuit of happiness. In that order.”

I’ll always remember Mr. Burnett.

Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.

Socialism is what they called public power.

Socialism is what they called social security.

Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.

Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

—Harry Truman, 1952

Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.

UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.

Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

I have the farmyard toile overalls & one of my students asked me why I was wearing my pajamas to school. 😂

Robert Reich The Sports Stadium Scam | Robert Reich

It's official: D.C. taxpayers are on the hook for over $1 billion to build a new stadium for the Washington Commanders.

The team's owner is a private equity mogul worth nearly $10 billion.

Here's what you should know about the billionaires' public subsidy stadium scam.

luigi mangione murdered a healthcare executive and opposed "wokeism." i don't know why people insist that killers need some coherent ideology. most people don't even have coherent wardrobes, let alone a coherent worldview.

Out, out

Celebrating Frances Perkins’ legacy this Labor Day Honoring the woman behind The New Deal

Most of the labor rights that define America today- rights that under constant attack - are owed to Fanny Perkins, the first female cabinet member in US history and the architect behind the New Deal.

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Dear journalists:

The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.

Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.

@kremlincardinal.bsky.social this is for you

simpsons don't make me tap the sign meme. panel 1 bus driver: don't make me tap the sign. panel 2 bus driver taps sign that reads "asking for help is a positive social skill"

librarians everywhere

NEVER FORGET:As the price of food continues to climb, those of us on SNAP will have reduced monthly support due to the BBB, people will die of malnutrition and hunger. Food banks are already overrun with people who are starving.

Remember, Trump illegally ordered this impoundment of funds, but the GOP approved it after the fact in its rescission package. This is on them, too.

The IRS's free tax filing tool is now reportedly "gone," according to Trump's IRS chief.

This comes after Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, lobbied the government for years to block IRS free file.

Intuit donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration.

See how this works?

He will lie, sir, with such volubility, that you would think truth were a fool.

Everyone is celebrating him for his (obviously wonderful) songs but I am also celebrating him for releasing all his works into the public domain and insisting he retained no copyrights over any of it.

I don't think most Americans realize how hard tariffs are about to hit them. The combination of 1) escalating tariffs, 2) companies slowly passing the cost to consumers, and 3) the repeal of the de minimis exemption in the Big Beautiful Bill, a lot stuff will be more expensive in 2027.

Since Halloween stuff is coming out, a plea to really *look* at those seasonal decorations because big stores like Michael’s and Marshall’s are using AI for their seasonal decor and it sucks and you should not buy it.

Conceal them, or thou diest.

Gaza suffering man-made mass starvation, says WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issues warning, as more than 100 aid groups urge Israel to ease blockade

When Andrew Jackson sent Native Americans on the Trail of Tears, it was a policy choice.

When the British diverted food away from the Irish during The Great Hunger, it was a policy choice.

The starvation & death in Gaza is no different. This is a policy choice & our government is complicit in it.

A U.S. citizen and former Marine detained.

A 15-year-old boy with no criminal record held at "Alligator Alcatraz."

A father who has lived here for 30 years. No criminal record. Still held by ICE after nearly 6 months.

We are witnessing the cruelty of Trump's police state.