Sam R 🌹

Propaganda flyer reading: Protect The Wheel! Stop_Outside Forces From Taking Over Our Union! Changing how we elect leaders does not stop corruption. Reforms, transparency and com- mitment to the integrity of our union roots out corruption. Over 11 million union mem- bers elect their national leadership via a delegate system for good reason: it's democratic and protects unions from the influence of dark money. irect election of national leader- ship opens the door to a new kind of danger: • Smalllocals_will_be unbeard: candidates will naturally spend their time campaign- ing at larger locals. Under a delegate system, all members - regardless of the size of their worksites -- have a proportional voice in the process. • Fewer members willdetermine the_outcome: the Teamsters (1BT) have had direct election of leaders since 1996 and have seen a significant drop off in member voting: from 34% in 1996 to 13% today. In contrast, under the current UAW delegate system, most locals send delegates to the Constitutional convention. ◦ Campaigns_cost money: A national campaign involving almost a million votes costs lots of money. To seriously run, candidates will need campaign supporters and that's what should concern us all. Who will be contributing to these elections? • Investigations_and_the independent monitor are working: The events of the past few years have reminded all of us that our highest duty is to one another:. If the concern is rooting out corruption, then the process is working. ◦ Who willbe our leaders? With the likely influence of outside money and low voter participation, it is possible that the elections become popularity contests: the loudest fire- brand with the deepest pocket will win. We deserve more than that: we deserve leaders with experience who have been tested. You can learn more about the referendum by visiting the website set up by the indepen- dent monitor. www.uawmonitor.com. The UAW Administration Caucus pledges to never accept contributions from …

It's hilarious how many DSA members when I advocate for one member one vote unironically parrot the same uaw admin caucus anti-democracy propaganda. They say this stuff as though I haven't lived the experience of a class conflict org radically transforming from member participation.

“Stop me before I kill again!” - Josh Hawley

when you make a flying contraption you go in knowing people are going to make fun of you if you accidentally kill yourself. that rule goes all the way back to icarus

A funny thing about the free bus fare discourse is everybody engaging in it believes that zohran had never heard all their arguments before.

That's the actual message of the Alex Garland movie of the same name

I’m politically homeless. Like so many Americans, I am furious that the president cut $50 billion in subsidies to my exploding rocket and child murdering car business. Like other Americans who have 60 kids with 57 different mothers, all boys with hieroglyphics for names, I am being left behind.

Every WWIII fear was the nervous grappling of a public opposed to the war trying to imagine consequences for themselves.

Instead we have the grim reality that Presidents can bomb as they like abroad with no consequence so long as the country targeted lacks nukes & majority in Congress allow it.

Imagine being Hasret Icsen. You pay $1,015/month for a 3-bedroom apartment in a green, mixed-income building full of amenities. When you touch your home, you're touching climate progress.

This is Vienna's green social housing. As @NPR explains, we could do it here
www.npr.org/2025/06/15/n...

The French build infrastructure so quickly and at such low cost because they have no labor unions.

A book with just the right ambition to provide a vision for a different future that yet misses the moment.

My review of Abundance for Foreign Policy.

they've gotta stop letting federal law enforcement guys dress like they're in a cartel hype video

There is absolutely no way the US can host the World Cup or the Olympics

"never doubt a union man"

my brother, I never did.

New York City Voters Support Municipal Grocery Stores - Climate and Community Institute Read our Substack piece on why municipal grocery stores can bring down costs and repair food supply chains.  The rising cost of groceries has driven nearly 50 …

NEW: Two-thirds of NYC voters support creating municipal grocery stores to bring down prices.

"The concept is imminently feasible. In fact, publicly owned grocery stores are quite common and already exist at scale—in the US military."

trump take everything

Manhattan buses have for decades been among the slowest in the nation. But speed gains from congestion pricing have made riding on those routes desirable again.
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“The next time we hit a recession, a spending crisis or a budget shortfall, we will all look back at this vote,” said Hugo Soto-Martinez, whose district stretches from Echo Park to Hollywood.

it’s been said, but every genocidaire in history said they were provoked

The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents 800,000+ federal and D.C. workers (i.e. people directly impacted by a government shutdown), is urging senators to vote no on the House GOP's CR.

In other words, AFGE is saying a government shutdown is less bad than this GOP bill.

🧵 IN SHOCKING MOVE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FIRES UNION PRESIDENT ONE DAY BEFORE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN, IN FURTHER CRACKDOWN ON FREE SPEECH

A Kroger grocery store advertisement posted on a self-checkout station, promoting the “PlayKroger” sports betting app - some kind of licensed gambling app services through the OwnersBox platform.

bro my grocery store launched a sports betting app im never gonna be able to afford eggs again

Constantine Defends Bus Electrification Focus as King County Metro Service Lags - The Urbanist # County Executive Dow Constantine says Metro has made the right choices when it comes to balancing service expansion needs with transitioning the fleet toward climate-friendly electric alternatives, ...

Spending $1 billion on electric buses that will reduce our transit frequency to save 2% on CO2 emissions seems rather ridiculous to me.

www.theurbanist.org/2025/03/05/c...

Earlier today the LA Times had AI-generated counterpoints to a column from @gustavoarellano.bsky.social. His piece argued that Anaheim, the city he grew up in, should not forget its KKK past.

The AI "well, actually"-ed the KKK. It has since been taken off the piece.

www.latimes.com/california/s...

If people in Los Angeles have to hear about Eric Adams constantly you have to hear about L.A. earthquakes.

i challenge new yorkers to elect a mayor I never have to hear about

Mexico Plans To Manufacture Low-Cost Electric Vehicles By Olinia - CleanTechnica The government of Mexico plans to create a new electric car brand called Olinia to manufacture inexpensive urban EVs.

Well this is interesting cleantechnica.com/2025/01/09/m...

A good way to understand why wealth inequality is a problem is, if some idiot says "no regulations should exist" you just laugh at him, but if that idiot has $400 billion then it's an existential crisis for America.