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Starbucks unionized workers say they'll strike on Nov. 13 if coffee giant doesn't finalize contract Union members say they are ready to strike on the chain's Red Cup Day if Starbucks doesn't finalize a contract with their union by then.

BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.

If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.

a salt and pepper miniature schnauzer with clipped hair wearing a pumpkin sweatshirt with a hood and a stuffed satin green pumpkin stem is standing on a black rug in front of a tan wall with his head hanging in a 'why on earth are you doing this to me.' expression.

all schnauzers (ok dogs too) are people!! just ask them.

my schnauzer

I always thought it was particularly funny that the systems at my retail jobs were called POS too. (because really.)

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(those fucking jerks trying to make it harder to help our neighbors not starve)

Frame it as unpacking the courts or unfucking the courts.

Liberals seem not to like “pack the courts” language.

The Federalist Society packed the courts.

The most popular candidate is a socialist in a time where fascism is sweeping the nation. He represents politics and policies that have felt completely impossible. And his wild popularity has inspired the country and created hope where none existed. That’s why.

I am really afraid to look. 😑

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Sign the Petition Amend City Code to Protect Boynton Beach's Little Free Libraries

The City of Boynton Beach is ending free little libraries and food pantries when they are needed most. Please speak up and support these hundreds of community support outreaches in neighborhoods next door.

www.change.org/p/amend-city...

The Bmore Community Fridge Network Fights Food Insecurity, One Refrigerator at a Time Given the government shutdown, soaring grocery prices, and federal cuts to food-assistance programs, the need for the grassroots initiative is greater than ever.

one of the things I love about Baltimore, that and how our community comes together

www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/comm...

The Bmore Community Fridge Network Fights Food Insecurity, One Refrigerator at a Time Given the government shutdown, soaring grocery prices, and federal cuts to food-assistance programs, the need for the grassroots initiative is greater than ever.

www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/comm...

starving people a month before thanksgiving seems ill-advised but what do I know

Ine average American has only been to 4 1. Orlando 2. New York City 3. Las Vegas 4. San Francisco 5. Boston 6. Miami 7. Chicago 8. Washington D.G. 9. Los Angeles 10. New Orleans 11. San Diego 12. Denver 13. Seattle 14. Philadelphia 15. Phoenix 16. Dallas 17. Houston 18. Nashville 19. San Antonio 20. Honolulu

The average American (US-ian) has only been to 4. With alt text. I have been to 18 of the 20.

We’ve already seen quite a few examples of ICE agents trying to kidnap someone and eventually giving up and running away because a crowd had gathered and shouted them down. That’s EFFECTIVE.

A few more pics from yesterday's absurdly adorable press conference.

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

The reason I’m talking so much about the food at food pantries is because I want people to go. I want the stigma to be removed. Imagine it like a community garden. Feeding our neighbors is a great thing.

I know folks who were too proud to go. Let’s end that.

Blind protester dragged, detained by feds says agents picked 'the weakest person they could find' Updated: Oct. 21, 2025, 5:53 p.m. | Published: Oct. 21, 2025, 5:30 a.m. Photo shows six goons, with at least three of them involved in dragging a person on the ground. One of the goons also appears to be holding the white cane that presumably belongs to the blind protestor.

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taking an actual wrecking ball to the White House is a little on the nose as far as metaphors go

Opinion | Trump's mass firings strike a hammer blow against Americans with disabilities The GOP once supported special education programs. Recent dismissals at the Education Department put an end to that support.

It may be hard to believe, but for the better part of 40 years, Republican presidents frequently signed legislation promoting special education. Nixon signed the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. George H.W. Bush signed the Individuals with Disabilities Educastion Act
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

It’s really disheartening to see people who admit this regime is doing eugenics fail to understand the ways in which chronically ill, disabled, and immunocompromised people are just absolutely fucked by Long Covid

I am so glad you shared that - what a timely read <3

And probably the government will bail them out like it has in past crashes so they have no incentive to do better. :/

this sounds suspiciously like something we've tried before. does nobody ever learn?

My brain melts at the direction the current Kennedy is taking the Kennedy legacy on this. :/

also these acts were wholly bipartisan so you asses saying that 'Democrats never did anything for disabled people' are loudly and extremely wrong.

"The original Americans with Disabilities Act was the result of a broad bipartisan coalition and a collaborative effort across party lines. "

Special education staff decimated after Trump administration shutdown firings: Sources The nation’s special education services have been significantly damaged after Fridays’s mass layoffs within the Department of Education, sources told ABC News.

My parents were Republicans because George H.W Bush signed the Americans with Disabilites Act and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. A generation of people with disabilities went to college, got jobs and lived independently because of IDEA.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/spe...

My tenets:

1) no one is free until we're all free

2) revolution requiring vulnerable members of society be disposable just to GET to the cishet white oligarchs you really want to target Feels Bad, Actually

3) be clear if you are trying to change a mind OR score points when you engage

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