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Screenshot of a Brennan Center for Justice post reporting that private prison company GEO Group allegedly forced immigration detainees to work without pay. The image shows a car parked outside a fenced detention facility with barbed wire.
And detainees are held for much long periods of time than needed so that these companies can charge more and make billions extra. It’s state sanctioned human trafficking.
29.12.2025 00:41 — 👍 7504 🔁 3173 💬 312 📌 145Blue graphic with text "Over 7 million people took to the streets in 2025 to protest for our rights. Together, we are powerful." Below the text is a photo of a protest sign that reads "We the people demand due process for all".
Millions took to the streets this year to defend our fundamental rights, and over 80,000 people joined one of our Know Your Rights trainings beforehand to be better prepared to protest.
We’re keeping up this momentum in 2026.
The Second Strike on the Caribbean Boat: A Resistance History Lesson in Normalizing Authoritarianism
youtu.be/rY-NnBst9Ik
No it’s stochastic terror. He motivates followers to do it for him
21.11.2025 04:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0And the specter of AI plunging us into a recession because billionaires give them our jobs? All at once?
21.11.2025 04:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0My dad always called Nursing a NOBLE PROFESSION. They are the backbone of patient care. This latest act of absolute stoopidity by the DOE is inexcusable & unacceptable. And grossly insulting to nursing professionals. PERIOD.
www.statesman.com/news/article...
Trump has done well politically betting that most stories disappear from public attention after two weeks thanks to a rabid news cycle. You think this will truly be an exception?
21.11.2025 04:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
21.11.2025 02:07 — 👍 30376 🔁 10320 💬 634 📌 388"Please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong *** It is not law enforcement; it is terror."
13.11.2025 19:05 — 👍 6101 🔁 2412 💬 116 📌 93Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
About half of what it was going to cost to fully fund SNAP in November during the shutdown.
13.11.2025 13:15 — 👍 11853 🔁 4673 💬 770 📌 359Hatred of experts and reality they can’t control mark dictators psychoses. And with their power it’s devastating. Millions of Russians starved to death under Stalin who refused real market information.
14.11.2025 04:44 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0I’ve pre-deployed specialized emergency response crews to help protect communities in Los Angeles, Orange, and Ventura counties ahead of heavy storm predictions this week.
Californians should take proactive steps to stay safe and alert.
Wednesday night’s curved viewing line stretches to the northern edge of Iowa
06.11.2025 01:05 — 👍 507 🔁 58 💬 4 📌 4👺🧊kindnapping worker from inside Chicago preschool🇺🇸😢
05.11.2025 23:15 — 👍 171 🔁 82 💬 20 📌 5DHS: ‘Daycare Workers Have Walked Freely in This Country For Far Too Long’
06.11.2025 22:00 — 👍 1844 🔁 309 💬 24 📌 12I hope this isn’t a deepfake.
04.11.2025 18:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0apnews.com/article/elec...
Law enforcement and election officials in New Jersey acted swiftly Tuesday to secure polling places following a series of bomb threats later determined to be unfounded.
The threats had been emailed to seven counties, including Passaic County.
They also may be be getting feeds from Russian disinformation machines. These were very active in 2020 and 2024.
04.11.2025 18:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This should never have even needed to go to court. It’s basic human decency.
04.11.2025 18:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0"We will starve children unless you let us take away their healthcare" seems like a pretty good way to describe what's happening right now.
03.11.2025 14:06 — 👍 679 🔁 231 💬 2 📌 5He’s dismissed her as jealous and crazy after she wrote her bestselling book about the family. He said the book was motivated by her missing inheritance.
04.11.2025 05:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0www.nbcnews.com/business/med...
Jon Stewart will continue to host Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" every Monday through December 2026, keeping the political satirist in the chair for next year's midterm congressional and gubernatorial elections.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump’s request to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form cannot be enforced, a federal judge ruled Friday.