Manohla Dargis

These CA tomato pickers make 86¢ per bucket. The worker runs back to try and make as many buckets as they can. Because of the hot weather they often only work 4 to 5 hours a day, so every bucket counts towards paying their bills. #WeFeedYou

The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.

The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:

$678M raised through those spam tactics

$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.

$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)

The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.

Vineyard workers at a union company having a safety meeting

"Adan" works at a vineyard under a UFW contract and shares, "My union contract makes me feel safe. Because of it we consistently have safety meetings. We know what to do to remain safe which is very important during these hot summer days." #WeFeedYou

once upon a time in America…

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It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.

EXCLUSIVE: Someone Waived Ghislaine Maxwell's Sex Offender Status to Move Her to a Minimum Security Camp in Texas According to sources, you can't move someone with a Public Safety Factor (PSF) designation - which Maxwell had - without waiving it. That's what happened here.

“The reason for the move is listed as a “lesser security transfer” (code 308), which is completely inappropriate for inmates who are in the early stages of serving their sentences. ‘This is such obvious corruption. I have never seen this before.’”

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Why the US is burning $10m worth of birth control | Moira Donegan With action after action, the Trump administration has made clear it does not value women’s health, their dignity, their aspirations

The Trump administration is burning $10 million worth of contraceptives, slashing birth control grants, and turning federal family planning funds toward boosting the birth rate: I wrote about the attacks on Title X. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A New York apple orchard

Workers tell us it is hot in Western NY's apple orchards. On this day temps hit 96°. Plus there has been a number of heat waves over the last month or so. Despite the heat they are hard at work de-leafing the trees to encourage better fruit production and quality. #WeFeedYou

"There is no longer a Democratic Party as such. There is a big financial machine called the Democratic Party."

@mehdirhasan.bsky.social speaks with Robert Reich on the Democrat’s refusal to endorse Zohran Mamdani and the corporate backing of the Democratic Party.

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How a Nazi-obsessed amateur historian went from obscurity to the top of Substack Tucker Carlson has called Darryl Cooper the “most important popular historian working in the United States today.” His background is more extreme than previously reported.

Daryl Cooper—the current #1 History Substacker—in 2016: “Think of how most people you know got here. It wasn’t from basic American ideology to reading Mein Kampf and then, boom, they’re onboard. It’s a process, and you have to initiate people without scaring them off."

Farm Workers sitting at the edge of a field eating lunch as there is not enough room under the shade structure

These vegetable workers are eating lunch. They share their employer does provide shade to eat lunch, but it is very crowded. There isn't enough space for everyone, so some workers choose to eat in the sun. #WeFeedYou

Apologies! (I sang it - well, the original - in 7th grade choir.)

Sunrise, catastrophic failure
Sunrise, catastrophic failure
Is this the little girl I carried?
Is this the little boy at play?
I don't remember growing older
When did they?

A farm worker carrying two full 24 lb buckets of tomatoes out of the field

"Ana" is carrying 2 buckets full of tomatoes - each weighing 24 lbs. She rushes to approach the line of workers waiting in 90° heat for their tomatoes to be dumped into the trailer. Once she get credit, Ana rushes back into the field to harvest more. #WeFeedYou

Motherfucking wind farms…

A farm worker sent us this video of weeding lettuce on CA's Central Coast. She shares that the field is very long and by the end of the day their legs hurt from all of the walking. #WeFeedYou

Opinion | Juan Crow Is Back With a Vengeance

"The policies of this administration reinstate an era in which the rights conferred to all people in the United States by the Constitution are subject to a sliding scale of extralegal violability depending on one’s race, ethnicity or assumed immigration status."

Call this fascism Juan Crow.

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Speaking Reassurance to Power, by Pankaj Mishra

‘No second “Harper’s Letter” has emerged, locating the threats to free expression in an extremist ruling class, narcissistic Silicon Valley oligarchs, free-speech hucksters, and cravenly self-censoring media organizations and think tanks.’ A searing indictment, this harpers.org/archive/2025...

trump is first and foremost a vehicle for delusional extremists — most of whom are total mediocrities — to impose their ideologies on the country, with vought as a paradigmatic example

Farm workers are harvesting lettuce on CA's Central Coast. They share it was a very hot day, w/temps in the '90s. They're trying to work under the shade cast by the machine that they place the harvested lettuce on, so the sun doesn't shine directly on them. #WeFeedYou

World Central Kitchen | WCK Resumes Limited Hot Meal Service in Gaza After 5-Day Pause After a five day pause, limited cooking operations resumed today at World Central Kitchen's Deir al-Balah Field Kitchen in Gaza.  This marks the second time in 2025 our hot meal program has been force...

After a five-day halt due to a lack of supplies, our team at WCK’s Deir al-Balah Field Kitchen has resumed limited hot meal service in Gaza. #ChefsForGaza (1/3)

Sen. Alex Padilla introduces legislation for pathway to lawful permanent residency for immigrants Amid weeks of immigration raids in SoCal, Sen. Alex Padilla announced legislation intended to expand existing pathways for immigrants to obtain lawful permanent residency.

Sen. Alex Padilla introduces legislation for pathway to lawful permanent residency for immigrants

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when RFK says he wants to “end chronic disease,” what people hear is “he wants to cure us” but what he means is “i want to cull the weak”

"This whole thing is just such bulls**t": Not every Democrat wants to talk about Epstein "I don't think this issue is big outside the Beltway," one prominent centrist House Democrat told Axios.

my beef with so many centrist democrats is honestly less their ideology than their total lack of political instincts. the actual public is going wild with epstein speculation and this anonymous idiot is skeptical that it is playing outside of washington www.axios.com/2025/07/24/j...

Exclusive | RFK Jr. to Oust Advisory Panel on Cancer Screenings, HIV Prevention Drugs The task force determines which preventive services insurers must cover at no cost to patients.

RFK Jr. has now officially stated that he will dismantle the United States Preventive ServicesTask Force (USPSTF).

This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.

Beyond the 60 Minutes payoff & Colbert cancelation, an unprecedented capitulation: as part of merger agreement, new parent company agrees to install an official to "monitor bias" at CBS’s news division. CBS news will essentially be state controlled media.
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CNBC: Colbert is a comedian. You keep talking about journalism and fairness in news, but we all remember Carson and Jay Leno giving Reagan the business. Where does that fit in?

FCC CHAIR BRENDAN CARR: Frankly, the media industry across this country needs a course correction

Farm worker picking blackberries

"Blanca" has been picking blackberries for 25 yrs on CAs Central Coast. "I'm currently thinning the rows so the plant produces more berries. We pick 6 hrs/day and then do this thinning 2-3hrs/day. It will make it easier to harvest the fruit the next day. #WeFeedYou