Librarian Heathen

Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein

EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.

These posters started popping up ahead of next week’s We Ain’t Buying It boycott.

From Nov 27 - Dec 1, folks are stepping back from corporate chains like Target, Home Depot, and Amazon. People are done being squeezed, so they are using the leverage of their wallets 💥

Good morning everyone!

Democracy Docket v. Washington Post.

No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.

Dark money groups pour cash into Missouri fight over gerrymandered congressional map The Republican National Committee is targeting voters to remove their names from a referendum petition that could overturned Missouri's recently redrawn congressional map. A lawsuit is already underway over whether Missouri's Secretary of State improperly threw out tens of thousands of signatures.

The Republican National Committee is targeting voters to remove their names from a referendum petition that could overturned Missouri's recently redrawn congressional map. (@missouriindependent.com)

I say we go big or go home!

*they’re

Or… just give everyone the same cut regardless of their “place” in our current stupidity hierarchy. It’s our collective work their harnessing

Barriers block Missouri SNAP and Medicaid users from keeping vital benefits, survey finds Researchers surveyed low-wage workers and found many report administrative burdens in signing up and keeping vital Medicaid and SNAP coverage.

Many low-wage workers who rely on SNAP were on an emotional roller coaster during the federal government shutdown. But new research shows that people already have a difficult time accessing those federal benefits. (@stlpublicradio.bsky.social)

Attention all Evanstonians!

Your librarians and library staff need your support. Join the Evanston Local 1891 AFSCME Library Union as they make their demands to their Executive Board. @afscme.bsky.social

Your daily reminder that the fossil fuel industry is propped up by billions of dollars in U.S. government subsidies and a multimillion dollar campaign to spread climate disinformation. 💵

Farmers are desperate for workers. They want Trump to make it easier to hire foreign labor The U.S. agricultural industry depends on undocumented immigrants, but President Trump’s immigration crackdown is further depleting an already tight workforce. The labor crisis may be setting the stage for big changes to a federal program that allows foreign workers into the country legally.

“Without these immigrants, we would struggle,” one Midwest dairy farmer says. “We wouldn’t exist basically, and we wouldn’t want to exist either.”

🚨🎥👇🏽

I think it will be something we can’t even imagine.

YouTube video by FREE – Forum for Real Economic Emancipation Why America Solves Inequality with Prisons | John Clegg & Clara Mattei

How entrenched power in our capitalist system depends on workers being exploited and impoverished. Crime is a feature ñ, not a bug!

Clarksville veterans say care, not cuts to the Veterans Administration, are needed • Tennessee Lookout Tennessee veterans face worsening chronic illnesses as a result of long waits for care and denial of claims from the Veterans Administration.

“When we enlisted in the military, we were proud to serve our country. We never imagined that, after our service, we would have to fight for our own healthcare.” @tennesseelookout.com

WATCH — @repstevenhorsford.bsky.social : “My amendment would redirect that $40 BILLION from Argentina to fund the ACA subsidies for two years… a far better use of taxpayer dollars.”

Why do we have money for Argentina while our own people lose their health care? How does this make us great?

‘Why don’t you believe Palestinians?’: the Israeli comedian putting the conflict on stage In documentary Coexistence, My Ass!, Noam Shuster Eliassi uses humor and honesty to turn a one-woman show into something politically radical

“Everyone takes a role in the escalation of the dehumanization of Palestinians.” www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...

November 21 an 22 - Fall of Freedom - www.falloffreedom.com

"an urgent call to the arts community to unite in defiance of authoritarian forces sweeping the nation."

 Canadian multimillionaire and Shark Tank guy Kevin O'Leary went on TV to say he's upset Zohran won't talk to him: "I and others who invest in real estate have tried to get a meeting to figure out what's rhetoric and what's policy. So far for me it's been crickets."

Missouri anti-LGBTQ+ laws linked to population loss and decline in tax revenue, studies find • Missouri Independent Researchers and business leaders warn that discriminatory laws are pushing LGBTQ+ Missourians and employers to leave the state.

“Analysis by the Movement Advancement Project estimates that around $362 million to $879 million in household income has left the state, a number that is expected to increase…

Missouri is one of 10 states highlighted in the study as having a higher proportion of respondents moving away.”

Put Missouri First? Yuck.

Post from Novara Media - YouTube YouTube has removed the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups, erasing more than 700 videos that documented abuses by Israeli forces in...

This is disgusting and cowardly, YouTube.

A group of six people stand on an outdoor stage at a press conference. Behind the podium, Zohran Mamdani smiles while surrounded by five women who make up his transition leadership team. The podium sign reads “A NEW ERA – NEW YORK CITY.” Below the image, bold text says: “Zohran Mamdani’s transition team is being led by… Women. Every single one is a woman.”

Amazing way to set the tone 🙌🏻

Representation isn’t a box to tick, it’s a blueprint for better governance.
When every voice is heard, decisions get smarter, policies get fairer, and people get seen. Diverse leadership builds systems that actually serve the world we live in.

Adios, old boys’ club 👋🏻

Noooo!

We’re hiring!

Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.

Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply

Hack exposes Kansas City, Kansas, Police's secret officer misconduct list A major breach of the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department reveals, for the first time, a list of alleged officer misconduct including dishonesty, sexual harassment, excessive force, and false arrest.

The officer misconduct list is a further indication of what has been an open secret for decades — residents’ accusations that many Kansas City, Kansas, police officers were corrupt or racist.

And it shows how many of them were allowed to stay in the department, and even rise through the ranks.

Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.

BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike.

Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.

Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.