Reposted by Heidi SchweingruberRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026DoorDash 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.theintercept.comDoorDash 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 6584021111827
Reposted by Heidi Schweingruberderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It's great to see tailoring accommodate such extreme movement today. This level of tailoring was a bit more common in the past, as you can see in old films featuring Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly, but many modern suits will lift off the wearer's neck even when they're just walking. 328165112143
Reposted by Heidi SchweingruberSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 23/09/2026So Trump has decided he can label everything he wants as a national security necessity: his ballroom, his arch, his banning of journalists and a free press. Don't doubt that he will try to undermine or even stop midterm voting as a national security risk. Note: It's all a lie. 22441231267
Reposted by Heidi SchweingruberRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026With 45 days until the midterms, I urge you all to: 1) Help get out the vote. 2) Protect our electoral machinery from interference. 3) Not succumb to complacency, defeatism, or cynicism. We are the only ones who can end this nightmare. We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for. 20576472916
Reposted by Heidi SchweingruberDavid Zinn @davidzinn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The emergence of Erskine, who prefers to do his calisthenics in close proximity to the sun. 725249
Reposted by Heidi SchweingruberThe Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Our health care system in America is disgusting. A clear indication that our government doesn't give a fuck if we live or die. 681208726137
Reposted by Heidi Schweingrubertunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · 07/09/2026"people are anthropomorphizing LLMs because they are so astonishingly good at processing human thought and language" people will anthropomorphize a chair if you put the stitches in the right place. 425174213861
Reposted by Heidi SchweingruberCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026(NBC News) — It is now the least rewarding time to be a worker in the U.S. economy since the government started keeping track. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/business/eco... 384129925475
Reposted by Heidi SchweingruberShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Happy Rice Truck Day to all who observe 13139961090
Reposted by Heidi SchweingruberSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I keep reading legacy media reports about the daily actions of Trump, as if he were a normal president, as if he wasn’t intent on democracy’s destruction & ignoring the rule of law. This crook has gotten away with crimes all his life because he was not judged clearly as a criminal flouting the law. 942177601
Reposted by Heidi SchweingruberAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/09/2026how i be getting around in my car now that Apple Maps and Google Maps are dead to me 2070280333777
Reposted by Heidi SchweingruberRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead. 23378992762
Reposted by Heidi SchweingruberDr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Thank you to the USPS whistleblower. May your courage be contagious. 231224904923
Reposted by Heidi SchweingruberD. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 01/09/2026📌UNDERSTAND: The resignation of the Secretary of the Army in the middle of a war points to extreme dysfunction atop the ranks that could have catastrophic effects for the troops and the citizens of the United States of America. THIS IS NOT NORMAL. 44848336
Reposted by Heidi SchweingruberGalen Stone @galenstone.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Oligarchs need to be taxed back to humility.commondreams.orgDestruction of East India Company Gives US Lawmakers a Blueprint for Confronting Big Tech: Historian | Common DreamsHistorian warns of unchecked power in Big Tech firms, drawing parallels to British East India Company. US lawmakers urged to rein in tech giants. 4685542542
Reposted by Heidi Schweingruberderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I appreciate that Dolly Parton refused to participate in "dress respectability" and, by her own account, modeled her aesthetic after a town "tramp," who she thought was beautiful. She separated aesthetics from character and understood "classiness" to be about how you treat people, not how you dress. 194354215284
Reposted by Heidi Schweingruberkate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 25/08/2026RIP TO ONE OF THE GREATEST TO EVER DO IT 88204186214
Reposted by Heidi SchweingruberThomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I started my PhD program with an eight week old at home, sole income being my doctoral stipend, in a history program, in Knoxville, TN. And every month we got a new book to read to my son, free, mailed to us, so my kid, my kids, grew up in rooms full of books even when I had no money. That's Dolly. 73183112649
Reposted by Heidi SchweingruberAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS. 566280958612
Reposted by Heidi SchweingruberRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Just 10 billionaires have already poured nearly $670 MILLION into this year's midterms. In the entire 2008 presidential cycle, the last election before Citizens United, total billionaire spending was $16 million. If you're wondering what the real threat to "election integrity" is, it's Big Money. 18144141859
Reposted by Heidi SchweingruberSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026When America is gone, remember NYT headlines like this and never again ask what role corporate media played in normalizing the most dangerous man on Earth 48494322980
Reposted by Heidi SchweingruberRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Your regular reminder that if not for the Trump and Bush tax cuts, federal revenues would keep pace with federal spending indefinitely. Instead, these tax cuts have added at least $10 trillion to the debt. The so called "party of fiscal responsibility" is full of it. 12353161990
Heidi Schweingruber @hschweingruber.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Beautiful. But it is Rose of Sharon, not hibiscus. 030
Reposted by Heidi SchweingruberAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/08/2026Ossoff on why he invoked Natalie Harp during his speech: "We're in wartime. The commander in chief has mired us in this geopolitical disaster. People have lost their lives ... and he retreats into this bubble of West Wing aides who are his security blanket to make him feel good about himself" 410159553941
Reposted by Heidi SchweingruberMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Siding with the enemy over one of our longtime allies. AGAIN. He is unquestionably an existential threat to our Democracy. #Impeach-Convict-REMOVE 1429247786487
Reposted by Heidi SchweingruberAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/08/2026Ossoff: "I have zero interest in running for president in 2028, and frankly zero interest in the 2028 fantasy football right now ... these midterms are the whole ballgame ... I don't know that we have a free and fair election in 2028 unless we restore checks and balances in these 2026 midterms." 518242076097
Reposted by Heidi SchweingruberHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Vote like your life depends on it, or the life of a friend, relative, or neighbor. Because it does. We’re the decoys now. 339164295445
Reposted by Heidi SchweingruberDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 16/08/2026“I don’t believe in climate change.” Dude, this is physics, not Santa Claus. 193102172090
Reposted by Heidi SchweingruberBunny Bunny training arc @fitterflittermouse.bsky.social · 16/08/2026High speed rail between multiple major cities? No can do. But here’s another data center. 794062874
Reposted by Heidi SchweingruberRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Dozens of gas-burning power plants are being built across the country, solely to power data centers. These plants could emit as much planet-warming pollution as half of all passenger vehicles in the entire country in a single YEAR. We need a data center moratorium — now. 482151015538
Reposted by Heidi Schweingruber🇨🇦 NanaGale @nanagale.bsky.social · 15/08/2026It’s illegal to as a Attorney General he is not supposed to engage in political activity. It’s a violation of the Hatch Act. 1669139115029
Reposted by Heidi SchweingruberRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Zohran Mamdani is backing a bill to hold Amazon accountable for exploiting delivery drivers. Now Amazon is launching a $5M lobbying blitz — led by Chuck Schumer's daughter — to crush it. Instead of spending millions on lobbying, Amazon should pay and treat its drivers fairly. 36486352816
Reposted by Heidi SchweingruberHillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 11/08/2026When it comes to your children’s health, listen to doctors. Not a president who once told Americans to inject bleach. The American Academy of Pediatrics’ immunization recommendations have not changed. 564228457776
Reposted by Heidi SchweingruberRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/08/2026America has experienced oligarchy thrice in its brief history. The first was under the slaveholding founders The second, the robber barons, a century later. A third American oligarchy emerged around 1980 — and has only gotten more powerful.robertreich.substack.comThe Enshittification of Everything (Part 2)And how to disempower the oligarchy 332118664478
Reposted by Heidi SchweingruberMichael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Facts suck, if you're delusional and in a cult. 443189306469
Reposted by Heidi SchweingruberWeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 03/08/2026Puppy Court is now in session! 19363961117
Reposted by Heidi SchweingruberRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/08/2026The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it. 670252228959
Reposted by Heidi SchweingruberRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/08/2026"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936 292115723700
Reposted by Heidi SchweingruberGroovyShelly @groovyshelly.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Epstein files aren't worth seeing or discussing, but Fauci's personal diary...? THERE's our new distraction. I'd listen to this remarkable woman. 725300088499
Reposted by Heidi SchweingruberJohn Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Do not adjust your screens: Daily Telegraph, purveyor of hard-core #climate denial, has temporarily noticed reality. Don’t panic: normal service on behalf of its energy industry sponsors will be resumed shortly. 22746431322
Reposted by Heidi SchweingruberBrett Meiselas @bmeiselas.bsky.social · 24/07/2026lots of reporters suddenly worried about slipping into communism but strangely f*cking quiet about slipping into fascism 676235285735