ScotchBot5000 (he/him)

This is misleading. Here's how much the MA Millionaire Tax raised vs the most generous possible assumption of how much combined revenue was lost from millionaire movers.

Just sat through an entirely depressing work meeting about Caesar Chavez. I appreciate the attempt to make space for this, but as an abuse survivor myself, this was Not the way I wanted to start my Friday. Now I feel like I need counseling and to vent, but expected to work, lol.

This is astonishing—a rhetoric steeped so deeply in New York's ethnic history, in grass-roots urban progressivism, in the immigrant experience in the United States. It's not "you should be in solidarity with others," it's "you always have been, we all always have been."

endorse this plan

far too few Ds being unequivocal here

They either didn't know Iran would shut down the Strait of Hormuz or they knew and didn't have a plan. Either way - just totally clear they don't give a damn about what this war means for hardworking Americans.

lmao

what a colossal waste, and betrayal by MAGA as a 'peace movement'

Iran war is the largest oil supply disruption in history, report finds

NEW: Hundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as six months for help.

The Senate GOP posted an AI deepfake of Texas Senate candidate James Talarico. Using this tech isn't just a profound threat to our democracy - it's a disgraceful attempt to intentionally deceive voters. Congress must swiftly pass federal AI protections.

wow

lol

The cure to male loneliness:

I want to hear him out I'm attending California Working Families Party's event, “Meet the Candidate for CA Governor: Butch Ware” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/ca-wfp/event...

NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse. The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead. "Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender" Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue." 1/

Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...

“What have I done!” 🤡

weird how when I go to my 'following' tab i look at a ton of one-liner reposts sans any context....

I was there. Interestingly they regularly have workers and allies arrested for blockading stores. The CEO lets his managers do it but lacked the gonads to be seen doing so himself. Keep the pressure on.

Over 20,000 students stayed home from school Monday in Charlotte amid ICE raids, representing 15% of enrollment The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/n...

“Private equity is using its newfound control over utilities to socialize costs for the expansion of data centers,” said one critic.

“The Department unilaterally and without staff knowledge or consent, went in and changed the messages to include partisan language,” claims a DOE employee. This is particularly problematic because experts have alleged that the partisan language could be a violation of the Hatch Act.

the planned and continued assaults on trans folk should be deeply disturbing to us all; we'll be next

These for-profit concentration camps are built with a mind the 13th amendment saying slavery is legal in prison. Of course they are specifically targeting the trans community, with immigrants, 1st. Fascism ALWAYS has to target scapegoats, and the abuses never stop with the first victims.

regardless of the details I think it’s important to spin the Kimmel thing as a win Trump is weak, he’s unpopular, he massively overreached and inspired enough of a revolt that Disney had to backtrack immediately he wants to paint himself as an all-powerful dictator, paint him as a loser who sucks

POWER TO THE PEOPLE! "ABC said on Monday that “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” would return to its airwaves on Tuesday, ending an impasse that began last week." #JimmyKimmel www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/b...

Interesting polling data: Those with unfavorable views of Donald Trump are the LEAST LIKELY to support political violence.

what this sounds like to me is the administration is cutting money for efforts to support integration and sending some of the cash over to HCBUs, under the view that this is where black students ought to go www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...

fair

with Confederate troops invading Union cities, now is the Perfect time to Defund the government; lets see if those ICE agents and Guardspersons will do their racism for free....

A Gaza aid flotilla’s main boat was hit by an explosive while docked in Tunisia; organizers claim it was a drone attack, but authorities blame an onboard accident. Greta Thunberg had been on the boat earlier—all crew are safe.

Breaking: 800,000 CA rideshare drivers are on the verge of winning their union with #AB1340. Workers are building power and making history. #SolidaritySeason

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Trump DOJ is now looking at ways to ban transgender Americans from owning guns. Worth noting that the Nazis did the exact same thing to the Jews. Also worth noting they have no plans to ban right wing white supremacists from owning guns, even though they commit a vast majority of all mass shootings.

SCOOP: Three Trump Cabinet Members Have Multiple Primary-Residence Mortgages @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @justinelliott.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social

BREAKING: There are now more unemployed people than job openings for the first time since COVID. Buckle up. The trajectory ain’t good.

Where are all the “don’t tread on me” people? Just so you know, this is how it always starts. With a marginalized group… www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

The Trump administration has canceled the Biden era rule where airlines would have to compensate passengers for flight disruptions.

“The Voting Rights Act is functionally dead in a vast part of our country,” warns Samantha Blencke, an attorney with the Native American Rights Fund.

The Trump administration’s new policy requiring applicants for student and exchange visas to set social media accounts to “public” for government review is a dangerous expansion of existing social media collection efforts. This policy gravely chills free expression.

NY Jews aren't buying the 'antisemitic' slurs, instead aligning with the material needs of the cities working class inhabitants.... www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaig...