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Trump’s FCC Accidentally Gives Democrats a Boost MAGA’s hate machine is—at least temporarily—sputtering.

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What’s the ETA for the patriotic tourists to visit the Supreme Court?

Daily reminder.

Kamala Harris was the right choice.

Mayor Mamdani salts steps alongside two NYC DOT crew members.

NYC has over 100 step streets — many in the hills of the Bronx — and NYC DOT works hard to keep them safe.

Grateful to the crew at the DOT Brush Avenue Yard for walking me through their salting operation as the first snow starts to fall. Public service in action.

'No thanks': ​Greenland leader gives icy reception to Trump's bizarre hospital ship plan President Donald Trump’s bizarre plan to deploy a hospital ship to Greenland drew a chilly response Sunday from Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederick Nielsen, who politely told the president “no tha...

There are a great many places where the hospital ship would be desperately needed. Gaza, for instance, where Palestinians & their children are sick from malnutrition & exposures. #Greenland is off limits.

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Charity Spotlight - City Harvest New York City’s first and largest food rescue organization — moving millions of pounds of good food to neighbors who need it.

🥕🍐 Charity Spotlight: City Harvest; rescuing good food and getting it to New Yorkers who need it.

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DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as ‘violent perpetrators’

"In Chicago, of 92 people arrested for assaulting or impeding officers last fall, 74 cases have resulted in no charges; in 13 cases, charges were filed and dismissed; and five charged cases were still pending *** As of the end of January, there have been no convictions."

Even a Demented Trump gets the SCOTUS Tariff Ruling is Horrible for His Fascist Agenda! No Kings...ever!

Even a Demented Trump gets the SCOTUS Tariff Ruling is Horrible for His Fascist Agenda!
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Every day I don't see a headline saying he has been escorted out of the White House and arrested is another sad day.

The Future Is Nuclear: Booming Demand and New Tech to Power IBEW Jobs for Decades
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With Trump hitting new lows, the GOP is experiencing a moral reckoning
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US union membership soared to 16-year high in 2025 despite Trump assault Union coverage slightly increased last year even as White House tried to eliminate contracts for thousands of workers

US union membership soared to 16-year high in 2025 despite Trump assault
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Unions Held The Line In 2025 Membership Numbers - PopularResistance.Org For four decades, a federal count of union members has been the annual physical exam for the labor movement. Did we grow or shrink, and where? The tally just came out for 2025. At face value, the number looks better than expected, given a year of open warfare on us from CEOs who want to automate everything and a bloodthirsty federal government. The feds asked 15,000 households per month whether they included a union member. Based on that survey, they estimated an additional 450,000 workers were union members compared to 2024, roughly half of them in the public sector and half in the private sector.

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New poll includes damning warning for Trump as Americans find him 'racist' and 'cruel' A new poll found that a plurality of U.S. voters see President Donald Trump as "corrupt," "racist," and "cruel."The Economist/YouGov poll asked more than 1,600 registered voters about Trump's job perf...

New poll includes damning warning for Trump as Americans find him 'racist' and 'cruel'
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WI AFL-CIO President Memorializes Legendary WWAFLCIO great Terry L Hicks bit.ly/3ZFGhdk
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Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."

How to Debunk Anti-Immigrant Myths at Work Anti-immigrant myths flood our airwaves. They dominate news cycles and our online feeds. And now they’re amplified from the highest halls of power. President Donald Trump has asserted, for example, th...

Some members may be wary of their union taking up “political issues” like immigration. But many workers have found that fighting for immigrant members and the wider immigrant community has only strengthened the union.
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Immigration officials grilled over U.S. citizen deaths during oversight hearing For the first time since the federal operation in Minneapolis led to the deaths of two U.S. citizens, the heads of three immigration agencies testified before the House Homeland Security Committee.

Immigration officials grilled over U.S. citizen deaths during oversight hearing

Democratic congressman Ro Khanna names six high-profile individuals appearing in unredacted Epstein files – live Khanna, who co-sponsored the Epstein transparency act, named six people including Victoria’s Secret tycoon Leslie Wexner on the House floor

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YouTube video by Elle Cordova Bring on the midterms

If you watch only one 'short-form' video this year, make it this one:
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Terry L Hicks, who served as president of the WWAFLCIO for 16+ years and editor of the Union Herald for over two decades, passed away on January 20, 2026. Arrangements will be posted on Schumacher Kish website.
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Fifty-three years after Roe v. Wade, politicians are still trying to control the most personal medical decisions Americans make. That’s why Arizona voters said enough in 2024 and enshrined reproductive freedom in our constitution.

YouTube video by The Rational National Jesse Ventura Emerges To Rip Trump & ICE Apart

Jesse "The Body" Ventura "Slams" #trump.
Ventura endorsed a democrat (Harris) for the first time last fall and now follows up with these wise and truthful warnings for an America under Trump.
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Less than 1% of Epstein files have been released, DOJ admits Read more here.

🚨BREAKING: More than two weeks past its statutory deadline, the DOJ has released less than 1% of its Epstein documents and it will continue to be in violation of the law for the foreseeable future. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

2026 price hikes hit ACA health insurance plans as subsidies expire for millions of Americans Enhanced tax credits that have helped Americans offset the cost of Affordable Care Act health insurance for the last four years expired overnight.

If your healthcare bill is higher in 2026 and you’re wondering why 👉 look to your Republican representatives.

Rep. Tom Tiffany and Congressional Republicans refused to extend the ACA tax credits, making healthcare costs skyrocket for families.