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Workplace safety & health, & labor. OSHA Deputy Assistant Secretary 2009-17. Ran AFSCME's health & safety program 1982-98. Also House Ed & Labor Ctte & Chemical Safety Board Read my workplace health & safety blog: Confined Space http://jordanbarab.com

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"We had to destroy the Kennedy Center in order to save it"

02.02.2026 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Washington Post: Beware, there are potential Mamdanis EVERYWHERE!

01.02.2026 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Analysis | Why a Minnesota child’s family doesn’t want ICE to deport her murderer Demands that state and local authorities turn over β€œthe worst of the worst” could set a killer free, a family worries.

Trump's "deport everyone" policy means that a convicted child murderer could be deported to Mexico where he could be set free.

That's the problem with the regime that operates on ideology rather than thoughtful logic and reason.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

01.02.2026 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Stunning upset in Texas: Machinist union leader and Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins special election to represent a solidly red Texas Senate district that President Donald Trump carried by 17 points in 2024.

01.02.2026 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The b-roll babe?

01.02.2026 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Stunning upset in Texas: Machinist union leader and Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins special election to represent a solidly red Texas Senate district that President Donald Trump carried by 17 points in 2024.

01.02.2026 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Analysis | Why a Minnesota child’s family doesn’t want ICE to deport her murderer Demands that state and local authorities turn over β€œthe worst of the worst” could set a killer free, a family worries.

Trump's "deport everyone" policy means that a convicted child murderer could be deported to Mexico where he could be set free.

That's the problem with the regime that operates on ideology rather than thoughtful logic and reason.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

01.02.2026 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Investment tip: if Trump succeeds in building his arch, invest in dynamite futures before the next Presidential election.

31.01.2026 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Washington Post: Snow shows hazards of electing socialist Mamdani type in DC.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

31.01.2026 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Reported Workplace Injuries and Illnesses decline in Last Biden Year - Confined Space The number and rate of workplace injuries and illnesses in 2024 reached the lowest number since 2003Β  according to a report issued last week the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Workplace Injuries and Illnesses decline in last Biden year in the private sector, but go up in public sector jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

27.01.2026 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

She must have done or said something to offend Jeff Bezos. Billionaires are a very sensitive and thin-skinned bunch of people. They will not be mocked!

29.01.2026 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Different strokes....

29.01.2026 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Abolish Ice!

29.01.2026 04:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

stay classy

29.01.2026 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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How the National Park Service Is Deleting American History

So many things to reverse the morning of January 21st, 2029.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/c...

28.01.2026 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for telling me. I was planning to swim in the Potomac tomorrow.

28.01.2026 04:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sounds like the AI version of Fatal Attraction. Just don't let your bunny anywhere near Chat GPT.

28.01.2026 04:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Weekly Toll: Dead on the Job - Confined Space On average, over 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work. Here are how a few died last week.

How Workers died last week: Fall into lubricant tank, crushed by falling steel, grain bin suffocation, snowplowing, falls, electrocution, stabbing, vehicle incidents and shootings. On average, over 100 workers are killed every week in the US.
jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

28.01.2026 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Inside the White House Screening for Amazon’s β€˜Melania’ Doc (Exclusive Photos) The White House held a private screening of the doc on Saturday night that included black-tied VIPs, monogrammed popcorn tubs and a military band playing movie tunes.

Remake of "Pretty Woman" released!

Melania Trump in the Julia Roberts roll, Donald Trump instead of Richard Gere, and Stephen Miller in the role once played by Jason Alexander.

I doubt it if it'll be as good as the original.

www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

27.01.2026 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is infuriating! The lack of care and compassion. Can someone ask Trump or Gnome about this?

27.01.2026 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Inside the White House Screening for Amazon’s β€˜Melania’ Doc (Exclusive Photos) The White House held a private screening of the doc on Saturday night that included black-tied VIPs, monogrammed popcorn tubs and a military band playing movie tunes.

Remake of "Pretty Woman" released!

Melania Trump in the Julia Roberts roll, Donald Trump instead of Richard Gere, and Stephen Miller in the role once played by Jason Alexander.

I doubt it if it'll be as good as the original.

www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

27.01.2026 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Leaving them to find their own way home? From Texas to Minneapolis?

Shit, they should be flying them back home first class.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...

27.01.2026 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Reported Workplace Injuries and Illnesses decline in Last Biden Year - Confined Space The number and rate of workplace injuries and illnesses in 2024 reached the lowest number since 2003Β  according to a report issued last week the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Workplace Injuries and Illnesses decline in last Biden year in the private sector, but go up in public sector jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

27.01.2026 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And Rand Paul.

www.newsmax.com/politics/ran...

27.01.2026 04:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Tim Walz: The Un-American Assault on Minnesota Federal officials are lying. My state’s Corrections Department honors all immigration detainers.

Walz: "The Trump administration’s assault on Minnesota long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. It is a campaign of organized brutality against the people of our state. It isn’t just. It isn’t legal. And, critically, it isn’t making anyone any safer."

www.wsj.com/opinion/tim-...

26.01.2026 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cruz urges Trump to soften tone after ICE shootings US Senator Ted Cruz urged the US administration on Monday to tone down its rhetoric following the killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis and other incidents.

And Ted Cruz! breakingthenews.net/Article/Cruz...

26.01.2026 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Donald: If you've lost Greg Abbott, you might want to consider fleeing the country before the mid-terms.

Maybe think in terms of Mar-a-Moscow.

26.01.2026 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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I feel fully confident that a full and objective investigation will be conducted knowing that the agency that murdered 2 Mpls citizens and whose director already concluded that the victims are at fault, will be conducting the investigation into the murders.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

26.01.2026 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I think that would more accurately be a "Whole of what's-left-of-government response."

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

26.01.2026 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Unsung Heroes: Workers Braving the Monster Storm - Confined Space When the massive snowstorm rolls in, many if not most of us will have the luxury of staying home. But not the workers doing the essential jobs.

jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

26.01.2026 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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