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Congrats to Leonard Aguilar and Lorraine Montemayor on their election to lead @texasaflcio.org! We look forward to working together to continue building a labor movement as big as Texas!

Thank you President Levy for your service to our labor movement and congrats on your retirement.

NEW: Following the retirement announcement of President Rick Levy, the Texas AFL-CIO Executive Board has elected Leonard Aguilar and Lorraine Montemayor to leadership! They will be sworn in on Dec. 2.

Read the full announcement: texasaflcio.org/news/texas-a...

Trump to Axe All 7 Hydrogen Hubs, Bucking Bipartisan Law A new list of Department of Energy grants slated for termination will hit clean energy and oil majors alike, including Exxon and Chevron.

The Trump administration seems to be on a grant cancellation spree. The latest list of awards slated for termination includes all seven hydrogen hubs, which will hit oil majors in addition to clean energy companies.

Here's the latest reporting from @emilypont.bsky.social:

Laura N. Rodríguez Presa, who just posted this on "X," is a Chicago Tribune reporter. 4:03 PM · Oct 7, 2025

Ken Paxton in a mustache: Hey fellow woke pronouns, y’all.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who should be in prison, is launching an undercover operation to infiltrate transgenderism. This statement literally reads like parody. I wish I could say I can’t believe this is an actual press release from a government official, but of course I can.

Texas AG Ken Paxton roasted on social media for bragging about 'undercover operation' against ANTIFA - San Antonio Current 'Only someone as stupid as Ken Paxton can announce to the world that they are doing something undercover,' one person tweeted. In the press release post on social media platform X, Paxton said he was ...

‘Only someone as stupid as Ken Paxton can announce to the world that they are doing something undercover,’ one person tweeted.

$41 million: The amount of money we’ve raised for indie bookstores since 2020.

$0: The amount of money Amazon has raised for indie bookstores since 1994.

Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

What history tells us about an AI bubble We asked three experts to weigh in.

We are in an AI bubble. @patrickkulp.bsky.social spoke with a few historians to better understand what is happening, and what might come next.

www.techbrew.com/stories/2025...

Senator Jim Banks V @SenatorBanks Follow g.. The 2020 Census was a fraud. The Biden admin used a shady "privacy" formula that scrambled the data and miscounted 14 states. It included illegal immigrants and handed Democrats extra seats. Americans deserve a fair count and l'm fighting to fix it. Zinited Statcs SScnate MASHNORON DEYNN October 6, 2025 an. Thow arewutn Socretary U.S. Department of Commerce Washington, DXC 20230 Dear Secretary Lutaick: I urge you to investigate and correct erroes from the 2020 Census that handed disproportionntd political power to Democrats and illogal alicns. The Census Burcau adoptod a now and opaque voting districts. As preparod by the Biden administration, the 2020 Censas roports miscountod the population of fourteen states, ' wrongly allocating six congressional scats aod Electoral xx conwuu tmora uy, toc taroro tu mot đoo tnn Cunu lc pung t imber of votine districts. And the reoorts de aniovety inchaded ilecnl nhens widhout track those aliens' citiz enship status, If left uncorrected, these erroes will coetinue diluting the political power of American citizens. Consus data plays a crucial role in allocating political roprescntation and goverment funding Under the Constitution, cach state gets Congressional represcotutives and Electoeal College votes- based on "the whole number of persons" within the state." The number of persoes is in tum clabaabod by a consttubocalty-mandalcd dcccacaal ccavas. Pcual agcco nely on census data to allocate billions of dollars in federal funding, much of which hinges ee opulation. And states use consus data to deaw congrossicnal and voting districts, »hich the The it eiy of tie soaren alie n tor dur at ce hor inc ae oam toy ee n nght wilbout statsica ly signilicant ciroo. Diffcrcntial privacy is opaque and liable to mistakcn count totals. Sure cnough, the 2020 Ccnsus ovarocunted the noculation in cicht states and undercounted it in six." Tihe most extrcmi andercount was Arkansas, at 5.04%, and the larg…

“Who was president in 2020?” is the question of our time

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The remedy for a president who believes he can levy taxes and spend the revenue without congressional authorization is removal from office.

Never, ever Newsom. Fuck that guy.

Where was that energy for Uvalde??

A press release from Texas AG Ken Paxton reads in part: " Ken Paxton has launched undercover investigations into various groups affiliated with left-wing political violence known to be operating in Texas"

nothing stealthier than announcing your undercover operations in a press release

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Launches Under- cover Operations to Infil- trate and Uproot Leftist Terror Cells in Texas After Increased Political Violence

Law enforcement historically loves announcing their undercover operations ahead of time

Attorney General Ken Paxton Launches Undercover Operations to Infiltrate and Uproot Leftist Terror Cells in Texas After Increased Political Violence In response to the political assassination of national hero Charlie Kirk and the disturbing rise of leftist violence across the country, Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched undercover investigati...

Well, this is stupid. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is sending out undercover operatives to infiltrate ... checks notes ... "Antifa." smdh www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/release...

"If Ghislaine Maxwell were pardoned, it would undermine all the sacrifices I made to testify and make a mockery of mine and all survivors' suffering," survivor De Georgiou said.

A press release dated October 7, 2025, with the headline: “Attorney General Ken Paxton Launches Undercover Operations to Infiltrate and Uproot Leftist Terror Cells in Texas After Increased Political Violence.” The statement claims rising left-wing violence, referencing the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and outlines Paxton’s directive for undercover investigations. A highlighted quote from Paxton reads: “Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people.” The text further accuses the radical Left of fostering political violence, referencing incidents involving Antifa-like groups and a supposed assassin tied to transgender movements. It also notes that President Trump designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization, with Paxton vowing sweeping investigations into radical leftist groups.

In a press release, Texas Attorney General calls "transgenderism" a "corrupted ideology" that is "a cancer on our culture."

This is openly genocidal rhetoric about trans people from a sitting AG.

Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.

Cops misled journalists about using a powerful surveillance tool to track a woman across state lines because she had an abortion, then tried to cover it up when we found out the truth. Huge story from @jasonkoebler.bsky.social and @josephcox.bsky.social this morning: www.404media.co/police-said-...

honestly kind of amazing how hard they're working to completely invent a world in which Charlie Kirk was shot by anyone other than one random guy. They didn't even really do this with *Trump*

We will rebuild

He's well known for ripping people off.

If this was a no, it would be really easy to say no.

Bondi’s ad hominem attack on Whitehouse is WAY more of an answer than she realizes.

2025 Fiscal Year Among the Deadliest in ICE History for Detained Migrants Nearly all of ICE’s detention centers are run by privately owned companies and have been criticized for overcrowding and unsanitary living conditions.

71% of immigrants detained by ICE have no criminal convictions.

These are mostly private, for-profit prisons that put their bottom lines over health and safety. We see the results — immigrants are dying. It is absolutely outrageous.
www.notus.org/immigration/...

Feeling unsafe on campus.

This is a common claim by right-wing students at present. What they mean is they don't like learning about left-leaning ideas. But college is about being intellectually challenged; that's the point.

Hearing ideas you dislike poses no physical threat.

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

For the first time in history renewable energy sources are now generating more power than coal worldwide.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Map of the U.S. with dots for each of the 500 health facilities closing or at risk of closing.

500 hospitals, nursing homes, and clinics are now closing or at risk of closure because of the Republican bill that guts health care funding, per @protectourcare.org.

From Epstein to health care cuts, it's all one story.

Republicans are running a billionaire protection racket.