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The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020. — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.

In 2001, Walter Cronkite appeared on the David Letterman show and shared his thoughts.

Mitch McConnell getting a little assist in getting back on his feet from Lindsey Graham

Ladies and gentlemen: the President of the United States.

Solid gold clip. Might bring a smile and maybe even a lump in your throat. Also, great Redd Foxx impression!

The stories & photos from today’s voting rights marches in Alabama deserve to be seen by people who weren’t able to stand there in person. If this piece moves you, please share it widely & help make sure these voices aren’t lost in the noise of a crowded news cycle. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

The highlight of the shooting is all the press and influencers yoinking bottles of wine and champagne. Good on them for that.

De Niro: It doesn’t matter if you’re a Democrat, a Republican, or an Independent—no one, no one voted for new wars. No one voted for higher prices at the pump. No one voted for higher prices in grocery stores, and no one voted for government-masked thugs shooting down our citizens in the streets.

War crime

Interesting development

Pritzker demands a $1,700 refund per family for the people of Illinois after Trump's tariffs were ruled unconstitutional. Dems, pay attention. This is your midterms message.

What...the...fuck

"Their windmills are destroying their fields and their beautiful meadows and their oceans"

100％ every word Gail says here

@democrats.senate.gov Defund, defund, defund! DO NOT allow the Department of Homeland Security funding bill to pass. This is totalitarianism vs democracy. The time is now to be a true opposition party. Use every tool at your disposal. Failure is not an option. Do not blow this opportunity.

Immigration officers received a "legal refresher" reminding them that personal insults and rude gestures are legal, per documents leaked to me: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/immigratio...

Q: "Do you believe that deadly force was necessary?" Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."

Have you ever been mocked by a woman? Wanted to kill her? President Trump thinks you are ICE material.

Hard to overstate what a remarkable statement this is from a Republican senator — even a retiring one — accusing thte Trump White House of weaponizing DOJ to control the Fed: "It is now the independence and credibility of the Department of Justice that are in question."

A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you." The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?" "Learned what?" she asks Then he knocks her phone out of her hand

this is escalating quickly

Unfuckingbelievable www.mediaite.com/politics/tru...

How to respond to a bully. Unfortunately the U.S. Congress is primarily composed of self-serving cowards, so we are unaccustomed to hearing such responses in the U.S.

He states it quite clearly and plainly.

You can find the full article here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

The swastika is the ultimate symbol of hatred and serves as a call for the annihilation of the Jewish people. The noose is a dark reminder of the horrors of slavery and Jim Crow lynchings in America. Neither symbol is has any place in our society, especially our armed services.

Moderation as a strategy, "It's tapped out. There are no gains left to be had. ....I see anti-corruption as this very open lane for realignment," says @adambonica.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2030...

I don't understand why this isn't the only story and why he isn't giving his resignation. I mean, I do. But still. How can the president. THE PRESIDENT. Of the United States of America. The. President.

There will be another 60 vote Friday* on the garbage shutdown deal. If we can convince just one Senator from the 52 republicans and 8 Dems that voted yes to flip, we could still stop this. Please jump on the phone today, call them, and share this widely. *If all goes by the regular schedule

Texas… it’s not just Grijalva…. #TrumpEpsteinFilesCoverUp

There sure are a lot of cops in this country. And a lot of federal agents. There are still way, way more other people though.

I haven't seen a single one of my Christian, Trump-voting friends or family members say a God Damned Word about ANY of this. Not one word. Oh but they love everybody. No exceptions. And they get pissed if you suggest they are racist.

Well, there it is. Sinclair is digging in for a fight, so please help push back -- find stations in your area, watch their local news to see what ads they run, then write those advertisers to tell them you're boycotting as long as they're on a Sinclair station. List here: sbgi.net/tv-stations/

What’s more astonishing: 1) that the president clearly believes, and repeatedly suggests, that asylum seekers are people from mental asylums, or 2) that no journalist has ever challenged him on this and no mainstream media outlets have done any deep dives on this story?

This has been coming from the beginning. All major democracy-supporting NGOs and foundations have their legal complaints already drafted. And in time, perhaps not even much time, they will win their cases. What is needed most in the meantime is courage. Keep saying what you think, doing what you do.

Our press and other news media have already failed us into fascism.

I truly appreciate this from @mayor.lacity.gov. Now if the Mayor could please effectively direct the LAPD to protect us, instead of firing non-lethal rounds at our heads, gassing us, and beating us with truncheons when we peacefully protest, that would be great.

@democrats.senate.gov We need to name and shame every House Democrat who voted to continue providing weapons to the murderous regime in Israel.

@gailsimone.bsky.social Try as I might to move past it and find peace, I cannot stop wishing that just for a moment you could see through my eyes and understand what it feels like to see Y-wings as being cool.

A worker was killed. Dozens detained. Dr. Jonathan Caravello, A CSU faculty member and US citizen, was brutalized & disappeared by ICE for observing. Trump’s ICE thugs are escalating terror in our communities. Release them ALL. seiuca.org/press-releas...

@amysiskind.com info on this morning's LA raid - great details and videos from someone on the scene: bsky.app/profile/melb...

This should be an easy boycott.