Reposted by Celeste DCalifornia Fast Food Workers Union @cafastfoodunion.org · 22hRecently, workers at Jack in the Box in Northern California organized a strike due to wage theft at the store. In California, wage theft is a crime. We won’t back down until we get paid. #UnionsForAll #MoneyPowerRespect 02810
Reposted by Celeste DAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 22hTrump said "I don't rule anything out" when asked about potentially invoking the Insurrection Act to place troops at polling locations (federal law makes it a crime to put armed troops at the polls). He's going to lose the midterms, he's a desperate man, and all he's got to offer is "we'll see." 721382402
Reposted by Celeste DRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23hCEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down. 316105754101
Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 22hWoot! www.nytimes.com/badges/games...nytimes.comI got Genius!How many words can you make with 7 letters? 000
Reposted by Celeste DJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Sort of insane fact about how broken US urban planning is—America now spends more building *just the lights for roads and highways* than on all subways & ground mass transit combined Spending on roadway *pavement* is 18x transit spending 482714732
Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Good read: including how Trump doesn't recognize his own statements anymore, doesn't understand percentages & keeps threatening genocide against Iranians. Most importantly, words from the great Umberto Eco that explain Hegseth's obsession with machismo. www.thebulwark.com/p/not-to-ala...thebulwark.comNot To Alarm You, But Trump’s Brain Is MeltedAnd Hegseth’s neo-fascism is out in the open. 000
Reposted by Celeste DNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Trump, You don't get to pick your press corps based on who flatters you Letting Fox in while shutting out CNN, MS NOW & Politico is textbook viewpoint discrimination & the First Amendment forbids it Constitution 101 w/ @weeknightmsnow.bsky.social -TN 8433119
Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 02/10/2026To be clear, I knew this by second grade. I mean, it was probably first grade, but I’ll spot him a year. Telling everyone “TIL dumb has a b at the end” as an 80 year old isn’t the flex he thinks it is. 000
Reposted by Celeste DOversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Lorenzo Salgado Araujo should still be alive. Instead he was wrongfully killed by ICE agents. His son Lorenzo Salgado Jr. recalls memories of how his father inspired him and shaped him into the man he is today. Oversight Dems will get justice for Lorenzo and his family. 523393
Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Deportation Roulette, Brought To You By Monsters. johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/deportatio...johnfugelsang.substack.comDeportation Roulette, Brought To You By Monsters.Your ticket’s one-way, your destination’s a secret, and your opportunity to object has been downgraded to standby. 000
Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Are there any actual progressives who think the “abundance agenda” isn’t just an anti-union scam? Please, do tell. 000
Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 30/09/2026President Trump's approach to free speech is more similar to a monarch or dictator than a person who swore to protect and defend the Constitution. The First Amendment isn't optional. It's the law. ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...ballsandstrikes.orgThe Trump White House Keeps Treating the First Amendment as More of a SuggestionWhere normal people see “rights,” the White House sees privileges that the president may grant or withhold as he sees fit. 000
Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Wordle 1,929 6/6* ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟨⬛🟨 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Sheer luck! 000
Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Must watch of the week: #enshittification substack.com/@luizajarovs...substack.comLuiza Jarovsky, PhD (@luizajarovsky)Norwegian humor is on another level. Here's how the Norwegian Consumer Council explained @Cory Doctorow's concept of 'enshittification': 000
Reposted by Celeste DUSpolitics 🇺🇸 @uspol.skyfleet.blue · 29/09/2026Three deaths, three states, 24 hours: one day in ICE’s quiet but ‘gruesome’ surgetheguardian.comThree deaths, three states, 24 hours: one day in ICE’s quiet but ‘gruesome’ surgeThese men in Maine, Georgia and Florida shared no ties – until they became casualties in Trump’s anti-immigration campaign 066
Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 29/09/2026September 28, 2026 Wordle 1,927 3/6* ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A day late. Killed my streak. 000
Reposted by Celeste DDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"It's no trick to make a lot of money. If all you want...is to make a lot of money." -Mr. Bernstein, Citizen Kane. "Allow my vast wealth and prideful sociopathy to make clear my overarching genius." -the voice in Peter Thiel's head. Never equate riches with intelligence or human worth. Never. 2731270
Reposted by Celeste DRick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026P.S. If there's one thing that can override the usual divergent ideological leanings of the Justices, it is a lower court that disobeys the Court's earlier orders or looks for sneaky ways around them. 0364
Reposted by Celeste Dwavedeva @wavedeva.bsky.social · 25/09/2026justinthenickofcrime.substack.com/p/free-p-y-u...justinthenickofcrime.substack.com“FREE P---Y UPSTAIRS”: THE HORRIFYING CORNELL FRATERNITY ALLEGATIONS EVERY PARENT SHOULD READA former Cornell student says seven fraternity members drugged and raped her while one allegedly invited others upstairs. And the allegations are unfolding during National Hazing Prevention Week. 074
Reposted by Celeste DNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Please don't overreact to the SCOTUS SAVE database decision today Page 6 of the decision makes clear that we are in the 90 day statutory window when mass changes cannot be made to voter lists! Yeah it's a shit decision for the reasons the 3 dissenters say but we can deal with it. More to come...nytimes.comSupreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms (Gift Article)Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges. 31144921826
Reposted by Celeste Dcarriew811.bsky.social @carriew811.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The corrupt 6 strike again. 021
Reposted by Celeste DLoudoun Cats @loudouncats.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The Lucky Charms Crew! Acorn (m), Clover (f), Jade (f), & Zuni (m) are so ready to be in their forever home! This crew is everything you want - super playful, snuggly, lap kitties who follow you around. Clover should be adopted with a sibling Apply/Inquire: www.loudouncommunitycats.org/adoptions 019362
Celeste D @celested.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Can We Find Literally Any Sign Deportations Are Helping Native-Born Workers? Spoiler Alert: No. open.substack.com/pub/mikekonc...open.substack.comCan We Find Literally Any Sign Deportations Are Helping Native-Born Workers?Shoot the moon! Ten hypotheses, ten charts, and no payoff for native-born workers. 000
Reposted by Celeste DAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/09/2026USPS in Utah dumped 300 mail-in ballots into a parking lot garbage bin. USPS’s current defense? “Laziness.”deseret.comUtah postal worker accused of throwing away 300 mail-in ballots in church parking lotOver 95% of Utah voters rely on mail-in ballots, making destroyed ballots critical loss. 70177963960
Reposted by Celeste DChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026BREAKING: Intervenors in Missouri maps case go to SCOTUS seeking emergency relief following the Eighth Circuit's Monday order. Justice Kavanaugh — nearly immediately — called for a response by 2p ET Wednesday. www.lawdork.com/p/eighth-cir... 825890
Reposted by Celeste DKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Rumors about “rigged elections" are now a fixture of U.S. elections, leading to diminished trust in election results & democracy (broadly). These rumors can sometimes be hard to debunk, esp. in their early stages. Our UW team has identified the 6 common ways that election integrity rumors mislead: 15503223
Reposted by Celeste DIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 20/09/2026Amtrak didn’t tell us about this exposure, so heads up: if you took an Amtrak train last week through Chicago or anywhere on the Southwest Chief, Coast Starlight, or California Zephyr routes like we did, you may have been exposed to measles! Please let the train people in your life know about this 3813331153
Reposted by Celeste Dpatrick mcneil (he/him) @patrickryne.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I'm not a lawyer. But why is Justin Smith (Trump's former attorney) ruling in this case when the Club for Growth is involved? Smith was previously the treasurer for the Missouri chapter of Club for Growth Action and has other dark money ties to the group. nominationnotes.substack.com/p/8th-circui... 033
Reposted by Celeste DRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Five corporations control 90% of the US media. Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere. 720160466064