Steve Holcombe

Trump Administration Eases Application Process and Lowers Wages for Guest Farmworkers United Farm Workers said the shifts will hurt both migrant and domestic farmworkers. Farm groups praised the changes.

"[T]he administration [has] altered the way H-2A wage rates are calculated .... United Farm Workers [has] calculated that the change will reduce wages by $5 to $7 per hour in some states, leading to $2.46 billion less paid to H-2A workers annually."

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The structure and kind of people that enabled Epstein to do what he did while everyone knew what was going on, is exactly the same structure and kind of people around Trump who enable and embolden him to do incredible damage to our country and the world.

Denmark plans social media ban for under-15s as PM warns phones ‘stealing childhood’ Mette Frederiksen links social media use to anxiety, depression and lack of concentration

'The Danish prime minister says the country will ban social media for under-15s, as she accused mobile phones and social networks of “stealing our children’s childhood”.'

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Alt text: A man in camouflage clothing and a face covering sits inside a gray Jeep, pointing a weapon out of the open driver-side window. The gun is aimed directly at the camera. The man wears gloves and a dark cap, and his eyes are visible above the mask. The vehicle’s door and side mirror are wet with raindrops.

ICE is a hostile occupying force that is a danger to everyone.

Mamdani’s statement on October 7 attacks draws sharp rebuke from Israel | CNN Politics New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani reflected on the second anniversary of the October 7 attacks Tuesday, issuing a statement in memory of Israeli victims and hostages still held b...

Mamdani's balanced, well-considered statement on the second anniversary of October 7th. And, yes, the U.S. is supporting genocide in Gaza

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Seconding that motion!

'Pretty incredible': CNN anchor floored by Senator's shutdown claim CNN anchor Erin Burnett was visibly stunned by a Democratic Senator's claim about why the Republicans shut down the government last week. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) joined Burnett on her show "Out...

"Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) have been circulating a bill to force the release of the Epstein files .... The bill needs 218 votes to pass, and currently has 217 lawmakers signed on to support it."

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Pritzker is right. They want to normalize troops in cities so they can steal every election just like Putin does.

If you were determined to devastate places like the Arkansas Delta, where I grew up, you'd be hard pressed to come up with a more destructive set of policies. It's soybeans and rice as far as the eye can see. It's not an incidental fraction of the local economy, it is the entire foundation of it.

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

By the way, I qualify. My Great-great grandfather was Andrew Jackson Holcombe. He fought for Lee and was captured at the Battle Spotsylvania Courthouse in May, 1864. Spent a year as a POW in Elmira, New York.

Which will accelerate the dropping off into oblivion of further rural hospitals.

🚨Today, OK Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready said
"Unfortunately, we believe that out of those 300,000 plus folks (with ACA coverage) there's going to be maybe 100K people that are going to drop off and no longer have insurance..."
@kfor4.bsky.social
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scooby doo from the scooby doo cartoon is making a funny face Alt: scooby doo from the scooby doo cartoon is making a funny face and saying "ruh roh".

Ry-Ry is ruh rohing.

Opinion | Pam Bondi has a lot to answer for In eight short months, Attorney General Pam Bondi has left the Justice Department in chaos.

How Democrats could reshape the public narrative around AG Pam Bondi

In eight short months, Attorney General Pam Bondi has left the Justice Department in chaos.

What's happening in Chicago is not normal.

The arrest of Alderperson Fuentes is just the latest example of how far Noem and Bovino are willing to go to ignore the rule of law. We must all speak up.

A screenshot of an X.com post by House Homeland Security Committee (@HouseHomelandSecCo) stating, "We're drawing a blank, let us get back to you," with an image of a crowd storming a government building, featuring individuals in red caps and carrying flags. Below, a reply from @Acyn , Acyn, posted 5 hours earlier, quotes Stephen Miller asking, "when in our history have we tolerated unlawful, riotous assemblies around government buildings," accompanied by a video thumbnail of Miller speaking on a news program, labeled "OANN 0:13" with text identifying him as the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy.

Notice how they’re now calling everyone else an “insurrectionist.” Pure projection.

Easter Island's statues actually 'walked,' and physics backs it up For years, researchers have puzzled over how the ancient people of Rapa Nui did the seemingly impossible and moved their iconic moai statues. Using a combination of physics, 3D modeling and on-the-gro...

"It shows that the Rapa Nui people were incredibly smart. They figured this out," said Lipo. "They're doing it the way that's consistent with the resources they have. So it really gives honor to those people, saying, look at what they were able to achieve ..."

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US supreme court appears poised to overturn Colorado ban on ‘conversion therapy’ Ruling in favor of Christian legal group could undermine care and rights for LGBTQ+ youth across the country

Incredible. SCOTUS will make a decision for a made up case in which the plaintiff has never beem harmed and the State of Colorado has never enforced its law against anybody. Just bonkers.

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CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism (declassified)

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"And even though he had long prospered from its manufacturer, in the end [the Shah] had the misfortune of ruling over a place where faith regularly trumped fact, where delusion and reality fused."

"King of Kings" by Scott Anderson, p. 257.

"While this peril lurks for almost any autocrat anywhere, it might have been especially pronounced for the [Shah of Iran], presiding as he did over land steeped not only in faith but in faith's many ancillary properties: superstition and myth, revelation and fantasy."
2/3

"Like economics, revolution is often a matter of faith, a test of the human capacity to believe. Convince enough people that an American dollar has value ... and it does. Convince enough people thar a seemingly omnipotent dictator can fall, and he just might." 1/3

Love it. A new pun.

Why can't Trump just say that sexual predators won't ever, EVER receive a pardon from him?

Because, birds of a feather.

Are You a ‘Heritage American’? Why some on the right want to know if your ancestors were here during the Civil War

A so-called "Heritage American" is a white American whose lineage in America traces back before the Civil War. This is overt racism.

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Democrat accuses Mike Johnson of ‘suspicious’ delay of swearing-in to avoid Epstein vote Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz., told MSNBC she’s not a “conspiracy theorist” but said she couldn’t come up with another explanation for the delay.

Still waiting for Speaker Mike Johnson to allow the swearing-in of Adelita Grijalva, who was elected 2 weeks ago. Grijalva’s vote could pave the way for House action on releasing the Epstein files – which Johnson opposes. In his version of Christianity, they cover up for child sex predators.

"The opinion is significant, legal experts said, because it appears to justify an open-ended war against a secret list of groups, giving the president power to designate drug traffickers as enemy combatants and have them summarily killed without legal review." 2/2

Exclusive: Classified Justice Department opinion authorizes strikes on secret list of cartels, sources say | CNN Politics The Trump administration has produced a classified legal opinion that justifies lethal strikes against a secret and expansive list of cartels and suspected drug traffickers, according to multiple peop...

The opinion is illegal and unconstitutional. Let those lawyers who have signed off this know that they are under the threat of disbarrment and criminal prosecution. 1/2

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