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Celebrating the work of advocates like Dr. Eaton today on the 115th anniversary of women’s suffrage here in Washington.

In 1909, Dr. Cora Smith Eaton climbed Mt. Rainier with a “Votes for Women” banner.

A year later, on November 8th, women in Washington state won the right to vote – the 5th state to do so, and 10 years before the 19th amendment.

“Have you even said ‘thank you’?”

JD Vance to Americans asking for their congressionally approved SNAP benefits. *

* probably

Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID

Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine

How's that whole Make America Great Again thing going?

Instead of Spotify, we're trying out apps including Tidal, Apple Music, Libby, Bandcamp, & the NPR app. What are your favorite sources for music, audio books, & podcasts?

The Trump administration is canceling infrastructure projects across the country, raising our energy bills and locking thousands of workers out of the jobs.

It’s an attack on working families across the country.

Naw... Ya don't say...

"Perhaps one of the biggest lessons of this week is that the anti-Trump vote appears stronger than ever. And, as notably, the pro-Trump vote appears as weak as ever," writes Aaron Blake. | Analysis
https://cnn.it/4qP7l6b

Workers harvesting sweet potatoes

Workers in Merced County, CA are harvesting sweet potatoes. There's so much work at this time of year that there are multiple shifts. These workers start at 4 a.m. when it's still dark. Lamps hung on the tractor give them enough light to sort the potatoes by size into boxes. #WeFeedYou

Trump pardons former Tennessee House speaker and his aide, who were convicted on federal corruption charges Glen Casada, a Republican, was sentenced to 36 months in prison after being convicted on 17 charges, including wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

A government run by the crooks for the crooks.

The most corrupt President in American history.

Starbucks knows where workers stand. 92% of baristas just said that they are ready to strike.
We stand with these unionized baristas! Don’t shop at Starbucks if they strike.

Racial justice campaigners were Prop. 50's army in the field For the Black organizers who made it happen, California redistricting was just one more round in a decades-long fight.

If you're celebrating California's passing of Prop. 50, don't forget to acknowledge the Black organizers who made it happen.

How a ‘Goon Squad’ of Mississippi deputies got away with years of brutality A “Goon Squad” of Rankin County sheriff’s deputies spent years brutalizing people until their reign of terror was exposed.

In 2023, deputies tortured two Black men in Mississippi before shooting one of them in the mouth. And this wasn’t the first time they’d done something like this.

This week, we uncover the “Goon Squad” and its years-long reign of terror in Rankin County.

‘Huge victory’ in Portland as judge’s final order bars Trump from sending national guard Karin Immergut said earlier she ‘found no credible evidence’ that protests in Oregon city were out of control A federal judge in Oregon on Friday blocked Donald Trump from deploying national guard troops to Portland, ruling there was no evidence of widespread violence to justify federal intervention. The US district court judge, Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee, delivered her final order in the case on Friday. She found that protests near Portland’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility were “predominately peaceful, with only isolated and sporadic instances of relatively low-level violence”. Continue reading...

‘Huge victory’ in Portland as judge’s final order bars Trump from sending national guard

Tacoma Narrows Bridge: 'Galloping Gertie' collapsed 85 years ago

On Nov. 7, 1940, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, or ‘Galloping Gertie,’ dramatically collapsed into the Puget Sound. Friday marks 85 years since the disaster reshaped how engineers approach long-span bridges.

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"Did Women Ruin the Workplace? Hosted by Ross Douthat"

what's the point of satire anymore

I appreciate the legal reporters explaining the likely reasoning behind the SNAP ruling but also rube goldberg-ing our way to maybe possibly giving food to hungry kids is pretty damning in itself

It doesn't matter what the President wants to hear—we NEED to do more to make things more affordable.

He promised lower prices but has instead made everything more expensive. And now he just wants to avoid the topic altogether. Not going to happen.

My kids have measles and my SNAP benefits were cut. But at least those cashiers at Walmart aren’t writing “they/them” on their name tags anymore.

Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.

This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.

To understand JD Vance, you need to meet the “TheoBros” These extremely online young Christian men want to end the 19th Amendment, restore public flogging, and make America white again.

These extremely online young Christian men want to end the 19th Amendment, restore public flogging, and make America white again.

A federal judge has ruled that the Department of Education violated the First Amendment rights of some agency employees when it sent out-of-office messages on their behalf that blamed Democrats for the government shutdown. https://cnn.it/3JrUohY

This is the correct explanation of what happened tonight👇

Beautiful backlit noir shot of Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn as they rehearse a dance for the musical film Funny Face

Beautiful shot of Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn
Cinematic Mood #FridayFeeling #film #cinema #dance #FilmSky 📽️🍁🎬

New York Times snippet: A Decade Later, Supreme Court is Asked to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision; Kim Davis, a Kentucky county clerk once jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses, has asked the court to reconsider its landmark 2015 opinion. 6 minute read

I know this is pedantic, but Kim Davis was not "jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses." She was jailed for contempt of court because she refused to follow a court order (she had stopped issuing all marriage licenses). NYT makes it sound like the Woke Police broke down her door.

A photographer’s view of ICE’s relentless courthouse arrests The shattering of faith in America's goodness is the hardest part to watch.

The shattering of faith in America’s goodness is the hardest part to watch.

Teen Vogue's Closure and the Quiet Defunding of Worker Consciousness Teen Vogue’s shutdown marks more than a media loss. This is a warning about how profit-driven consolidation quietly dismantles worker awareness and voice.

“Since 2018, labor columnist Kim Kelly brought the labor beat to teenage readers through her “No Class” column, covering everything from wildcat strikes to general strikes, the Gilded Age labor organizer Mother Jones to contemporary Amazon warehouse conditions.” 💔 thisislaborwise.com/teen-vogues-...

LabourStart; Organising for a Change; Apple Box Talks; The Workers' Mic; America's Work Force Union Podcast This week on the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: LabourStart talks with Serbian air traffic controllers Ranko and Igor, fired after leading a 40-day strike — part of what they describe as a growing wave of anti-union repression in Serbia. On Organising for a Change, hosts Simon Sapper and Martin Smith join Matt Collins from Hope Not Hate to discuss how unions can counter the rise of far-right politics in workplaces. Apple Box Talks welcomes Winnie Luk, Executive Director of the Disability Screen Office, to talk about accessibility, inclusion, and recognizing both visible and invisible disabilities in the film industry. The Workers’ Mic gets fired up after a Chicago business owner threatens to stab Scabby the Rat, revisiting the legal fights that made Scabby a First Amendment icon. And on America’s Workforce Union Podcast, host Ed “Flash” Ferenc talks with historian Scott Nelson about the real—and haunting—story of John Henry, the young Black convict whose tragic death inspired a legend. Plus teasers for more Shows You Should Know: Economics For The People: David Bacon on deported workers in Tijuana; The Powerline Podcast: Steve Kopp turns “safety on paper” into real jobsite innovation; School Me: Jennifer Albert Mann brings labor history to life for teens; Union Or Bust: Kickstarter United’s Dannel Jurado talks 30 days on strike; Labor Force: Mike connects the government shutdown, SNAP cuts, and Eugene Debs’ legacy; Labor Notes Podcast: A spooky look at organizing lessons from They Live, Hill House, and Nosferatu. Listen to all these and 200+ more shows at laborradionetwork.org Follow #LaborRadioPod on Bluesky, X, Facebook, and Instagram. Support the Network with union-made T-shirts — two colors, all sizes — at laborradionetwork.org. Recorded under a SAG-AFTRA collective bargaining agreement. Edited by Patrick Dixon; produced by Chris Garlock; social media by Harold Phillips.

LabourStart; Organising for a Change; Apple Box Talks; The Workers' Mic; America's Work Force Union Podcast

This week on the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: LabourStart talks with Serbian air traffic controllers Ranko and Igor, fired after leading a 40-day strike — part of what they describe as a gro