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busey2.bsky.social @busey2.bsky.social · 10h
If Trump Steals an Election, Here’s What to Do newrepublic.com/article/2161... via @newrepublic.com
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If Trump Steals an Election, Here’s What to Do
Nonviolent rebellion has proven again and again to be the most effective way of ousting even a determined autocrat.
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 10h
Corporate America is raking in record profits www.axios.com/2026/10/13/e...
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A golden age of corporate profits
The bonanza is bolstering the stock market, but it may also be playing a role in the sour mood of the electorate.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 20h
Elon Musk has donated more than $365 million to support Republicans in the midterm elections. Musk's influence on the federal government is the focus of "Blockers," a new book by Michael Lewis. to.pbs.org/3TE2GIF
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In 'Blockers,' Michael Lewis highlights government workers who resisted DOGE
Elon Musk has donated more than $365 million to support Republicans in the midterm elections. Musk's influence on the federal government is the focus of "Blockers," a new book by Michael Lewis. Lisa D...
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 20h
searing column by @mjtoma.bsky.social pinpoints the moral abyss that Hegseth's call for a public execution condemns us to. newrepublic.com/article/2165...
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If the Nidal Hasan Execution Is Livestreamed, We Are a Barbaric Nation
The only countries to carry out public executions in 2025? Iran and Afghanistan. That’s the company Pete Hegseth wants America to keep.
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busey2.bsky.social @busey2.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The Rise and Fall of America’s Most Tireless Socialist newrepublic.com/article/2163... via @newrepublic.com
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The Rise and Fall of America’s Most Tireless Socialist
A new biography of Eugene Debs makes clear that in the United States, the story of socialism is really the story of opposition to socialism.
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busey2.bsky.social @busey2.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The midterm spending bonanza is threatening democracy like never before. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The midterm spending bonanza is threatening democracy like never before.
New on "Stress Test": This cycle's shameless spree is bigger and more brazen than ever. Voters might finally be fed up.
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busey2.bsky.social @busey2.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
October 10, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-10...
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October 10, 2026
So now, after more than a decade of pretending that he is not associated with Russia and that he would honor the U.S.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
This afternoon in Marble Hill, a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood. Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds. We believe the child was physically unharmed.

This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation. I have called the President; when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city. I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities.

Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight. We are praying for his recovery.

Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children.

Abolish ICE.
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busey2.bsky.social @busey2.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Trump says voter fraud is rampant. The evidence says otherwise. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Trump says voter fraud is rampant. The evidence says otherwise.
On this week’s “More To The Story,” conservative activist J. Christian Adams is challenged on his claims of widespread voter fraud in the US. Then he abruptly ends the interview.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: ICE collected tens of millions of voter records, explored undercover investigations against voter registration groups and considered feeding election data into a system used to locate people for deportation as part of an effort to find voter fraud. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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ICE amassed millions of voter records in sweeping fraud hunt, documents reveal
It's one of the clearest pictures yet of how deeply Trump's immigration enforcement apparatus has become involved in elections.
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busey2.bsky.social @busey2.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
South Carolina Senate Hopeful Runs on Health Care Populism prospect.org/2026/10/08/s...
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South Carolina Senate Hopeful Runs on Health Care Populism - The American Prospect
An unusually detailed health care policy platform from Dr. Annie Andrews, a pediatrician, attacks Big Insurance, Big Pharma, and big hospital systems for putting profits over care.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/10/2026
48 MILLION voting records were obtained by ICE through an election denier. The agency's investigative arm, Homeland Security Investigations, also debated sending undercover agents into voter registration organizations. Subscribe to our free newsletter here: demdock.com/4hIlVIP
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/10/2026
Collectively, the cases we’ve documented show that as the administration has relentlessly pursued immigrants, it has run roughshod over the constitutional rights of citizens, too, and on a scale not seen in generations. Read our full story:
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump…
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/10/2026
The government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve tallied more than 500 Americans held against their will in warrantless arrests and detentions during President Trump’s second term.
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The Lever @levernews.com · 08/10/2026
.@governorwalz.mn.gov says Democrats’ 2024 strategy of campaigning with @lizcheney.bsky.social risked losing sight of their own base. Asked whether @kamalaharris.com’s appearances with Cheney misread who the real swing voter was, Walz said yes.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NEWS: A federal judge has ordered DHS to return Ahmed Soliman to the United States, 5 months after he was expelled to Equatorial Guinea, where he has no ties. The decision that could have implications for thousands of others subjected to the Trump administration’s 3rd-country removal scheme.
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Federal Judge Rules DHS Must Bring Back Gay Arizona Man Imprisoned in Africa - The American Prospect
A Trump-apppointed judge ordered Ahmed Soliman must be returned to the United States.
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busey2.bsky.social @busey2.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Federal Workers Notch Win Against Illegal RIFs prospect.org/2026/10/07/f...
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Federal Workers Notch Win Against Illegal RIFs - The American Prospect
Multiple labor unions sued the Trump administration last September over its attempt to fire thousands of federal workers during the government shutdown.
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Glenn Kirschner @glennkirschner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
IMPEACH. CONVICT. REMOVE. youtu.be/sZ8JHZkZeWE?...
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UNFIT!
YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner
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busey2.bsky.social @busey2.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
How the Courts Became a Safe Haven for Corporations prospect.org/2026/10/06/h...
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How the Courts Became a Safe Haven for Corporations - The American Prospect
A new report details how the judiciary has become more corporate over the past few decades—and names the specific judges who are most responsible.
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busey2.bsky.social @busey2.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Identity Crisis prospect.org/2026/10/06/i...
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Identity Crisis - The American Prospect
Citizen access to public agencies is a basic public function. Why does government contract out the process of verifying identity to a for-profit monopoly company?
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines, as part of a broader effort for the Trump administration to interfere with the midterm vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to seize voting machines
The problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Pay teachers a fair wage. Pay paraprofessionals who help support our kids a fair wage. Make sure our schools are safe, clean, warm, and dry.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“This election is likely our last chance to stop the march of fascism led by Trump and his enablers seeking to hold onto power by any means necessary…We should take seriously Trump’s repeated assertions that he intends to stay in power after 2028.” www.americaamerica.news/p/we-are-und...
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We Are Under Attack From an Enemy Within
By listening to our founders and refusing to go along with this, we can name and defeat the ongoing danger to our constitutional republic
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Michael Tomasky @mjtoma.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
New Column: The most pressing issue in America, to Republicans? The 10 transgender NCAA athletes (out of 510,000; for real). Disgusting people. Repubs, not trans athletes! newrepublic.com/article/2161... via @newrepublic.com
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Pathetic Republicans “Trans”-ition to Their Vile Closing Argument
A month out, the GOP is all-in on playing the anti-trans card. Here’s how the Democrats need to answer it.
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busey2.bsky.social @busey2.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Pathetic Republicans “Trans”-ition to Their Vile Closing Argument newrepublic.com/article/2161... via @newrepublic.com
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Pathetic Republicans “Trans”-ition to Their Vile Closing Argument
A month out, the GOP is all-in on playing the anti-trans card. Here’s how the Democrats need to answer it.
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busey2.bsky.social @busey2.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Long and Extremely Urgent To-Do List if Democrats Takethe House newrepublic.com/article/2161... via @newrepublic.com
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The Long and Extremely Urgent To-Do List if Democrats Take the House
If House Democrats don’t use every tool at their disposal to name names, kick ass, and stop further destruction, there will be hell to pay with the base.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 05/10/2026
Medicare for All remains key pressure point for Democrats before midterms
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Medicare for All remains key pressure point for Democrats before midterms
The idea of universal health coverage in the US is embraced by party’s left but often considered a liability by centrists
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Heartbreak in Springfield, Ohio. Please read this important reporting. It all begins with big lies and it ends with ethnic cleansing and deaths for which we must not only mourn but feel ashamed. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
22 California billionaires have spent a combined $150 million to defeat Prop 40. Their combined wealth in January 2025 was $439 BILLION. By September 2026, it had grown to $722 BILLION. They're accidentally making the case for the billionaire tax better than anyone else could.
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busey2.bsky.social @busey2.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Happy Anniversary, EPI prospect.org/2026/10/02/h...
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Happy Anniversary, EPI - The American Prospect
Forty years of altering conventional economic assumptions with meticulous research and action
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busey2.bsky.social @busey2.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
America Has Turned on Trump. But Has It Really Said No to Fascism? newrepublic.com/article/2160... via @newrepublic.com
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America Has Turned on Trump. But Has It Really Said No to Fascism?
Polling shows the president in free fall. Unfortunately, a number of his most reactionary policies still have disturbing levels of support.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and Keith Porter Jr. were murdered. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was shot. Salah Sarsour was arrested and jailed. The next victim of ICE's cruelty could be you. We must all speak out and demand accountability.
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‘She was pure love’: Renee Good’s partner makes first public comments as family sues U.S. government, ICE officer over her killing
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot Good, 37, in the driver’s seat of her SUV during a Jan. 7 en
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration illegally changed a form used by overseas voters to register and request mail ballots just weeks before the midterms, Democrats argue in a new lawsuit filed Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump admin quietly changed overseas voter form at 11th hour to disenfranchise Democrats, lawsuit says
The change is part of a Republican plan to make it more difficult to vote or outright disenfranchise a bloc of voters viewed as more inclined to vote Democratic, the DNC lawsuit argues.
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busey2.bsky.social @busey2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Road to Universal Medicare prospect.org/2026/09/30/o...
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The Road to Universal Medicare - The American Prospect
The apparent split between advocates of Medicare for All and a more incremental approach is misleading and easily remedied.
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busey2.bsky.social @busey2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
How Trump Won the Russia Messaging War—and How the Democrats Lost It newrepublic.com/article/2159... via @newrepublic.com
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How Trump Won the Russia Messaging War—and How the Democrats Lost It
When Robert Mueller found no smoking gun on collusion, Democrats largely turned to other matters. But Trump and his backers never stopped pushing their lies.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 30/09/2026
Black text that reads:

229 new affordable homes are coming to the Bronx.

We just broke ground on Sol on Park:
• 80 homes for current NYCHA residents
• 69 homes for formerly homeless seniors
• 79 homes for low- and middle-income seniors
• 8,000 sq. ft. of community space, including a health and wellness center 

This is what’s possible when we invest in NYCHA and use the power of government to build a City where New Yorkers come first.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
At a time when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction. But not Jack Smith. Kudos to him for continuing to be a much needed voice of clarity.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 28/09/2026
The new film "Britain's Gaza Secrets Exposed" documents how the U.K. government downplayed evidence of Israeli war crimes in Gaza. "It's quite extraordinary, the level of duplicity that was going on, in order for us to keep selling Israel arms," says executive producer @bendepear.bsky.social.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The response when progressive policies that help millions of people are proposed... "How will you pay for it?" The response when the richest 1% ask for tax cuts, or banks ask for bailouts, or defense contractors ask for more contracts... "How much do you need?" It doesn't have to be this way.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 27/09/2026
Run, don't walk, to vote.nyc/page/register-vote. Register to vote by October 24 so that you can vote on faster, more efficient government.
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Register to Vote | NYC Board of Elections
You can register to vote online, in-person, or by mail.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The U.S. owes $40 trillion in debt. Everyone has an opinion about why. But there’s one question you almost never hear asked: Who’s actually getting paid?
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busey2.bsky.social @busey2.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The House Districts Where Democrats Are Still Fighting Each Other prospect.org/2026/09/28/c...
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The House Districts Where Democrats Are Still Fighting Each Other - The American Prospect
California’s Democrat-on-Democrat races mirror left-vs.-center primary battles we’ve seen across the country.
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busey2.bsky.social @busey2.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Socialist in Seattle prospect.org/2026/09/28/o...
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Socialist in Seattle - The American Prospect
A year after her election, Mayor Katie Wilson wants to upgrade housing and transit in the Emerald City. But moderate councilors and divisions within her own base are undermining her.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 26/09/2026
A historic milestone for New York’s youngest learners: Universal 2-K is here. Our two-year-olds are ready to learn, explore and build a strong foundation from day one. This is what it looks like when we invest in our kids.
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The Look Book Goes to the First Day of Preschool
The city’s universal-2K program launched September 10 as an inaugural class of 2-year-olds joined Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 26/09/2026
Being a leftist means taking big shots. And making them.
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busey2.bsky.social @busey2.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Coming AI Meltdown prospect.org/2026/09/25/c...
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The Coming AI Meltdown - The American Prospect
The whole economy has been pumped up by unsustainable investment in AI. The unwinding will not be pretty—and could be catastrophic.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court GRANTS People Not Politicians stay application, ordering the 2022 map to be in effect for the midterms! A victory for Elias Law Group, our clients People Not Politicians and Richard von Glahn, and the people of Missouri. www.democracydocket.com/cases/missou...
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🚨Onder v. Missouri
Learn more here.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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