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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 27/09/2026

“Most LLMs (including those from OpenAI) are built on millions of scraped webpages and other large text datasets, and almost none of this content has been obtained with its owners’ knowledge or consent.” This is how tech executives talk when no one thinks they’re listening.

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AI exec: We may have pulled off “the largest theft of labor in human history.”

Documents from our lawsuit reveal how tech leaders talk when they think no one is listening.

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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 8h

We're *shocked* by this new GAO report on child labor violations and what the Labor Department should do better. 🙄 "Since January 2025, DOL’s collaboration with federal agencies on activities to prevent and detect child labor violations has largely diminished." files.gao.gov/reports/GAO-...

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Alt: Southpark "Let's go child labor!"

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 9h

Following a 47–41 party line vote, Keith Sonderling will take the job on a permanent basis. Dems aren’t wild about his tepid response to AI concerns or the broader “anti-worker” agenda he represents. trib.al/qwZpdsC

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Just How Bad Will Trump’s New Labor Secretary Be?

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AltStateGov @altstategov.altgov.info · 22/09/2026

"Historically, immigration officers counted only cash benefits, such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families or Supplemental Security Income from Social Security, in their evaluations." Now? There's no specification about which programs to consider. SNAP, Medicaid, school meals, etc.

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States sue to stop DHS rule that would make it harder for some to get green cards

22 states are suing to block a new DHS rule they say would give immigration officials wider discretion to deny green cards, visas or entry into the United States.

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Kristen Parisi @kris10p.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Keith Sonderling has changed drastically since he was EEOC commissioner in the Biden admin. It's hard to believe that he's the same person I met a four years ago, who expressed ethical concerns with AI www.hr-brew.com/stories/2022...

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Silly, inefficient humans discuss AI at HR Transform

Experts, including EEOC Commissioner Keith Sonderling, discussed the ethical dilemma of AI.

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Jesse discusses Trump's acting Labor Secretary, Keith Sonderling defending the Trump regime's position on AI & data centers. Keith defended Trump while attacking & mocking Debbie Dingell, telling viewers to see Trump's post where Trump himself mocked her & her dead husband. youtu.be/jQZBFHX5Lyg?...

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Trump's Labor Secretary MOCKS Widow on Fox News

YouTube video by Jesse Dollemore

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GovExec @govexec.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

When a workplace accommodation takes months to process, the delay can become a workplace problem of its own. Now 40 House lawmakers want answers from the Labor Department. Jory Heckman gets into what’s behind the backlog. buff.ly/BquMSnS

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Labor’s disability accommodation delays under scrutiny by House lawmakers

Lawmakers say interim accommodations “are infrequently considered,” and that staffing shortages have contributed to significant processing delays and growing backlogs.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Work till you die is a Republican position.

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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 15/09/2026

⚠️ "Agencies spent $9.5 billion on salary costs for this leave in 2025, a sixfold increase from 2023. Most of this growth came from the deferred resignation program." ⚠️ $9.5 BILLION in taxpayer dollars spent on admin leave because of DOGE forcing feds out. Their fuckery has cost our country dearly.

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Michele Evermore @micheleevermore.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I remain disturbed that DOGE politicals got access to that, and more should be done to ensure the data is used solely by OIG for fraud prevention.

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Michele Evermore @micheleevermore.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The final DOL rule on UI data disclosure is out. Topline for me: "State UC agencies are largely already disclosing the information that this final rule codifies to the Department and DOL-OIG, minimizing any new costs." Seems like no new data disclosure.

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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 07/09/2026

The first Labor Day celebration was held in 1882, the height of the second industrial revolution. Workers had virtually no protections. They began joining unions in record numbers to push back against inhumane conditions and poverty wages. Around 10,000 workers took off work...

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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 04/09/2026

Lori Chavez-DeRemer pulling a wad of singles out of her purse, shoving them into an agent's hand, and insisting he put them on a stripper one by one despite his objections has to be one of the creepiest things a labor secretary has ever done. What a gross power trip.

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Salacious details of ex-Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s strip club visit, relationship with bodyguard revealed in IG report

The department’s inspector general probed into allegations that she abused her position as a top Trump administration official.

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Among the allegations were claims that the Trump Cabinet member had an affair with a bodyguard, drank on the job, and took her subordinates to a strip club during a work trip.

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Married Female Trump Cabinet Member’s Wild Sex Secrets Busted

Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned amid scandal in April.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 04/09/2026

A Cabinet officer appointed by President Trump maintained an “inappropriately close and unprofessional relationship” with a member of her security detail, used government funds for personal travel and regularly drank on the job, a federal watchdog found.

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Former labor secretary misused funds and drank on the job, report finds

Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned in April over the misconduct allegations. She oversaw a "toxic, intimidating and humiliating" work environment, a federal watchdog said.

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Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

"During a personal trip to Oregon, the report said, Ms. Chavez-DeRemer asked her driver to take her and the agent to a strip club. She also had the driver go inside with them and asked him to drop money from her purse onto a partially naked performer." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/b...

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Former Labor Secretary Stoked Dysfunction and Toxicity, Department Report Finds

Lori Chavez-DeRemer spent Labor Department funds on personal travel and tolerated harassment in the agency, its inspector general found.

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Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Insane stuff in the inspector general report on Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the Trump/Sean O’Brien pick for labor secretary. Truly demented behavior!

For example, during
Chavez-DeRemer’s April 15–20, 2025 personal travel to Oregon, she requested an off-
the-record stop at an establishment that was determined upon entry to feature partially
nude dancers. ASAIC 1, who served as Detail Leader and ASAIC, complied with
Chavez-DeRemer’s request to reassign the limousine driver so he could enter with her.
Chavez-DeRemer subsequently took money from her purse, gave the money to the
driver, and directed him to give it to the performer. When the agent resisted and sought
guidance from ASAIC 1, ASAIC 1 instructed him to comply with Chavez-DeRemer’s
requests. Chavez-DeRemer then took additional money from her purse and asked the
agent to drop the bills one by one onto the partially nude woman. The agent again
hesitated and sought intervention from ASAIC 1, who told him to follow Chavez-
DeRemer's instructions.

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Nathan Newman @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This is the most important measure of the class war against workers over the last few decades. At the height of union strength, right after World War II, the labor share was 66% of economic output. Now that has dropped to barely half- and it's plummeting under Trump.

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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 03/09/2026

There's a reason labor history isn't taught. Knowledge is power. Brush up on your labor history and tell your friends, too.

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Mike Konczal @mtkonczal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

BLS this morning, with revised 2Q data: "The labor share, which is the percentage of output that accrues to workers in the form of compensation, was 52.8 percent in the second quarter of 2026, the lowest level in the series, which begins in the first quarter of 1947."

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Lisa Catara (official)💎 @lisa-catara.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This Administration came hard after our entertainment unions. They intend to Union-bust across the board. If they succeed, they will exploit your labor and your time. UNIONS MATTER.

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Erika McEntarfer @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

A very small preliminary benchmark revision meaning the payroll survey did a pretty amazing job estimating job growth last year. Since the pattern for QCEW revisions is that they are revised up this may convert to a small positive revision in Feb.

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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This year's annual "benchmark" revisions will reduce estimated employment by just 79,000 jobs, per preliminary data from @BLS_gov. That's an encouraging sign after two years of unusually large downward revisions. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/b... #EconSky

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Smaller Revision Points to More Accurate Jobs Numbers (Gift Article)

The 2026 revisions by the Bureau of Labor Statistics represent a downward adjustment of just 0.1 percent of the total work force.

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GovExec @govexec.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Employees who sought disability accommodations at the Labor Department are being told their sensitive information was sent to a personal email account. The department says it’s still assessing the scope of what happened. Jory Heckman has the details: buff.ly/LwPj8Jn

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Data from Labor employees seeking disability accommodations impacted by 'internal incident'

The Labor Department is telling employees about an “internal incident report” in which an individual sent employees' sensitive health information to their personal email address.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Extremely my jam:

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Alt-NIHscience4ALL @alt-nihscience4all.altgov.info · 08/08/2026

Time to spam the gears!!!! The appointment of Dorothy Fink as Deputy Director and acting institute director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development installs a MAHA mom to our children’s health institute. Send your thoughts to: NICHDethics@mail.nih.gov

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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 13/08/2026

This is a massive win for thousands of young people across the country who want the opportunity to get a good job. Thank you @splcenter.org @publiccitizen.bsky.social & all the others who stood up to this administration's cruelty toward the working class and fought to keep Job Corps centers open.

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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 13/08/2026

Acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick bullshitted their way through this event, taking credit for bringing manufacturing back to the U.S. Toyota officials made it clear afterward the plant expansion had *absolutely nothing* to do with Trump's tariffs.

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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

So much for the World Cup hiring bump people were expecting. The leisure and hospitality sector wound up *cutting* more than 80,000 jobs in June and July combined.

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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Hourly earnings were basically flat in July. Wage growth continues to slow on a year-over-year and three-month basis. Not good news for workers at a time when inflation is proving stubborn.

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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Employers cut jobs in July, and job growth was revised down for May and June. Net result is that the pop in hiring that we saw earlier this year now seems to have largely evaporated. We've now averaged just +20,000 jobs/month over the past three months. #NumbersDay

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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Apple got a $2.2 billion tariff refund. Amazon got $600 million. Trump is sending the "refunds" to the companies, not working people. Every single cent of these refunds should go back to American consumers.

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digitaldesert.bsky.social @digitaldesert.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Good thread on how the government’s H2A program turned migrant farmworkers into little more than trafficked slaves, the 2024 reforms that mitigated the abuse, and last year’s Trump directive(see below) that stripped away those reforms. cdmigrante.org/trump-dol-ro...

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Trump administration strips worker protections for farmworkers recruited to work in the U.S. on H-2A visas

Last Friday, the Department of Labor (DOL) quietly suspended enforcement of its 2024 rule which strengthened protections for farmworkers recruited to work in the United States through the H-2A agricul...

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ACLU @aclu.org · 31/07/2026

The Labor Department is poised to issue regulations stripping minimum wage and overtime protections for more than one million home care workers, disproportionately immigrant women who provide vital care to seniors and people with disabilities. Care work is real work. Care workers deserve fair pay.

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Opinion | The Immigration Crackdown and the Plight of the Caregivers (Gift Article)

Readers describe a crisis for caregivers and families. Also: Canceling grants based on politics; no politics in uniform; rediscovering resilience.

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Jordan Barab @jbarab.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

What are Republicans thinking as they try to kill a federal OSHA heat protection standard that would protect workers from excessive heat? Nothing good and nothing honest. jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

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Republicans Try to Smother OSHA Heat Standard Under General Duty Clause - Confined Space

Republicans try to kill an OSHA heat standard in favor of misguided reliance on the General Duty Clause.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 30/07/2026

literally impeach him just for this

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 27/07/2026

Billions of dollars and political pressure are corrupting our food supply. Wired has the receipts for the Taylor Farms cyclosporisis outbreak.

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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 27/07/2026

Universal healthcare would help increase job mobility (and therefore satisfaction), and put pressure on businesses to pay decent wages and make more of an effort to retain their workers. We're never getting it.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Under Trump: -Household electricity costs are up 18% -Ground beef prices are up 22% -Gas prices are up 40% -ACA out-of-pocket premiums are up 58% -Inflation is at a three-year high Tired of "winning" yet?

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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 27/07/2026

ICYMI: This is a stunning article about what happened when Trump dismantled Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs - the office that held contractors accountable for treating employees fairly: archive.ph/w5EZG Yet another example of the predator class "protecting women."

When women refused demands by some managers for sex acts in exchange for overtime pay, managers would retaliate, the investigators said. Their report cited actions such as "lowering performance evaluations, inequitable distribution of overtime hours, job assignments, and retaliatory write-ups."

Mr. Maiden, the lead investigator, said the evidence was so sound that he was confident a settlement would compensate the workers and compel the company to halt similar practices in all of its work sites.

“We were all ready to go with it, writing it up,” said Mr. Maiden.

After Mr. Trump signed the order, the acting labor secretary directed the office to “cease and desist all investigative and enforcement activity.”

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Megan Wachspress @meganwachspress.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I know folks are shitting (pun intended) on RFK and DOGE for this outbreak, and that's fair, but I also want to give credit to the nameless bureaucrats who are hanging in there and solved the kind of complex public health puzzle that would have been unsolvable for much of human history. Thank you

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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 16/07/2026

When asked about the impact of staff cuts on OSHA enforcement at his confirmation hearing, Keith Sonderling openly acknowledged DOL is hiring and building our workforce back up again. The amount of waste that comes from firing thousands, only to have to hire again, is staggering.*

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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 16/07/2026

Giving credit where it's due: when asked by Sen. Jim Nazi-lite Banks how DOL can work better with ICE on preventing illegal workers, Keith Sonderling emphasized the need to hold *employers* accountable for following the law -- including enforcing wage laws, so law-abiding employers aren't undercut.

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