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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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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 28/09/2026
By 2032, America will be faced with a choice: Do we want to be a country where a man can become a trillionaire, or do we want to be a country that keeps its promise to seniors? Vote for candidates you trust with your earned Social Security benefits!
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 27/09/2026
Republican politicians voted to cut more than $1 trillion from healthcare programs, including Medicaid, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act in order to offset their tax cuts for the ultra-rich. Now, the rich are getting richer and the rest of us are getting left behind.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I wrote about who is actually making America “poorer and dirtier.” It’s not immigrants. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Who is responsible for this terrible state of affairs? The opposition party and immigrants, apparently. Vance went on to say, “The Democrat legacy of the last few years was that they bankrupted our country and left us poor. They left our country weaker. They left our border wide open and our communities less safe.”

But this account represents a preposterous inversion. Almost every problem Vance lists, the Trump administration has made worse.

The administration’s environmental policies have made American water and air dirtier. Its health-care, tariff, and tax policies have worsened inflation and increased the financial burden on most American households, even as incomes have grown. And its public-health policies have led to outbreaks of contagious disease.
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Economic Policy Institute @epi.org · 10/09/2026
Affordability: it's the outcome of a race between income and prices. @hshierholz.bsky.social and @joshbivens-econ.bsky.social latest in @aft.org's American Educator covers the breadth of options to resolve the affordability crisis when we address the policy choices that got us here.
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Wages, Inequality, and the Roots of America’s Affordability Crisis
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
In NYC, Mayor Mamdani has launched the Office of Worker Power, designed to connect workers who want to unionize with education and resources. Former US Labor Sec Julie Su is overseeing the effort & the executive director comes from the UAW. "When workers can organize, everything changes," said Su.
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Mamdani Opens Office of Worker Power - The American Prospect
The new city agency intends to connect workers who want to unionize with resources and organizing contacts, and use worker stories of exploitation to inform policy.
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Wage growth continues to slow, down to 3.1% year-over-year, well below inflation.
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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This reinstatement happened for one reason: a union contract. She was brought back against managements wishes because she won the highest level of the grievance procedure, arbitration. This is how you can take the power back from people like Jeff Bezos: form a union.
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WORKER19 @blogwood.com · 24/06/2026
Solidarity Strikes and Taft-Hartley’s Long Shadow
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Solidarity Strikes and Taft-Hartley’s Long Shadow
On the anniversary of the Taft-Hartley Act, we examine how its ban on solidarity strikes weakened US unions and still shapes labor law today.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Apple has closed down the first of its US stores to unionize. Over half of the 70 unionized workers at the Towson, MD store are losing their jobs. The union says Apple is retaliating after it only offered transfers to workers at the two nonunion stores it also closed.
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 11/06/2026
Immigrants are a critical part of the U.S. workforce and play a key role in strengthening Social Security’s finances. We can afford to deliver earned Social Security benefits through the rest of the century if billionaires pay their fair share! @pkrugman.bsky.social
A graphic with a photo of Paul Krugman. The text says, "Don't believe Republicans' gaslighting that it will be necessary to cut Social Security benefits. All that is necessary to preserve Social Security is political will to raise taxes on the wealthy and a sensible immigration policy. – Paul Krugman"
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 02/06/2026
The only comfort we can draw from Trump’s assault on the National Labor Relations Board is the possibility that it’ll make working-class voters more aware that he is not their champion, and never was. We’ll all pay a heavy price for that misapprehension. trib.al/7lfTcoa
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Liz Shuler @lizshuler.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
A new @epi.org report found that US companies are spending more than $1.5 billion a year on union-busting consultants and lawyers. They’ll spend unlimited money crushing workers’ voices and then claim there’s no money for better conditions.
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US employers spend more than $1.5bn a year to fight labor unions, report finds
Critics say employers spend money hiring union-avoidance consultants and lawyers while not investing in workers
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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Don't shop at REI during this year's annual sale and help @reiunion.bsky.social send a message to management: union busting is disgusting. Learn more about how you can support workers at ourrei.com
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maryimchugh.bsky.social @maryimchugh.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Inter-league play blows enormous chunks. The one division/year thing was bearable if still not interesting, but the play the whole other league thing is stupid. Skews standings. Impossible make-up games. Regular season baseball shouldn’t be a bunch of fucking exhibition crap.
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Martin O'Malley @martinomalley.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
There is no cap on taxable income when it comes to the Medicare tax. So why should we have one for Social Security that allows billionaires to avoid paying their fair share?
A graphic with a photo of Martin O'Malley. The text says, "There is no cap on taxable income when it comes to the Medicare tax. So why should we have one for Social Security that allows billionaires to avoid paying their fair share?"
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
A new report from the University of California shows that the state's decision to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20/hr didn’t hurt jobs, or raise prices much. Data from over 2,000 restaurants shows that the $20/hr minimum wage didn’t reduce employment. /1
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Despite Apocalyptic Warnings, California Fast Food Wage Hike Didn’t Kill Jobs
UC Berkeley study finds employment held steady — and only pennies were added to menu prices.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
My latest. "The only place I know how to begin is here: We are at war, and I want it to stop."
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The Zombie Dressed Up as an Ordinary Tuesday
“The forced choreography of everyday life continues, even as the stage is dismantled beneath our feet.”
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
The AI bubble is a big deal, and its crash will sink the economy, and it's not complicated despite what some folks try to tell you deanbaker22.substack.com/p/the-ai-bub...
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The AI Bubble, Like the Housing Bubble, Is a Big Problem and It’s not Complicated
Let's not make simple things complicated
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Solidarity with the overwhelmingly immigrant workers at JBS in Greeley—around 80% are migrants, mostly from Haiti and Somalia—striking for wages that keep pace with inflation.
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3,800 workers strike at one of the largest meatpacking plants in the US
About 3,800 workers for the world’s largest meatpacking company began striking Monday. If they don’t get a new contract soon, already costly beef could become even more expensive for U.S. consumers.
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maryimchugh.bsky.social @maryimchugh.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Happy Caturday. Meet Frankie.
A young black and white tuxedo cat sitting on a stool in a kitchen.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
www.everythingishorrible.net/p/platner-vs...
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Platner vs. Stratton
Do we want progressive policy or anti-establishment branding?
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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
This Day in Labor History: March 4, 1933. The newly inaugurated president Franklin Delano Roosevelt nominated Frances Perkins as Secretary of Labor. This first female cabinet member in American history was an amazing fighter for the working class and let's talk about her!!!!!
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Whirlpool is enacting another round of layoffs at an Iowa plant, while moving work to Mexico, all while continuing to praise Trump's tariffs that cost the company $300 million last year www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Workers decry Whirlpool’s job cuts amid offshoring, praise of Trump’s tariffs
The US has lost factory jobs amid promises of a tariff-led renaissance
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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 24/02/2026
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 25/02/2026
DONALD TRUMP IS SABOTAGING SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE, AND MEDICAID. NOT PROTECTING THEM.
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Dave Kamper @dskamper.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Huge win for workers! Every blue state should enact a similar ban immediately.
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Fight @ifight4them.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
From today's SWU communique "NLRB administrative judges found that Starbucks committed more than 400 labor law violations." Delete that Starbucks app and keep it off your phone. It's bloatware anyhow.
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Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) @organizeworkers.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
If your employer works with ICE or is unprepared for an ICE raid, join this one-hour training. We'll cover talking to your co-workers, political speech at work, and identifying strategic targets for union and nonunion workers. Thursday, Feb. 19 at 8 p.m. ET. RSVP link below 👇
How to Fight ICE Collaboration at Work

Learn how to end ICE contracts and press your boss to develop an on-site plan against ICE visits. Union and nonunion workers welcome to attend.

February 19, 8 p.m. ET
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Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
The weaponization of mass detention is the point. With Prof. Linus Chan on the vaporization of due process and @andreapitzer.bsky.social on mass detention and warehousing Amazon-style. shows.acast.com/amicus-with-...
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The Concentration Camp Next Door | Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts
The Trump administration has weaponized immigration detention against America
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MdDoogie3 @mddoogie3.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it. I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.” 1/
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
SB6045, a bill to allow farm worker collective bargaining in WA state, will soon be voted on in WAs Senate. This bill is critical for WA farm workers like those at Windmill mushroom who have been fighting to get a contract since 2022. Take action today: act.seiu.org/a/waorganizi...
A brick red background with the following words and a ufw eagle on the bottom.  Tell your Washington legislator to vote

"Yes" on SB 6045

"If Washington state farm workers were to win organizing rights we would be able to organize and be protected from unfair firings. We can organize and have seniority protections. A labor law in Washington would help farm workers like me who have worked in the fields for over 40 years to feed people around this country have a dignified retirement."

"Carlos", Windmill mushroom worker fired after asking for a sick day.
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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Vital read from @jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social in @nytimes.com The closure of USAID & disregard for the human toll was the 1st step in a dark shift in US aspirations toward naked power and extractive self-interest. It's leaving the US friendless, isolated, and weaker. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
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Opinion | The Aftermath of Feeding America’s Credibility Into the Woodchipper
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Dave Kamper @dskamper.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
DID YOU KNOW? If you have Delta Sky Miles, you can donate them to help a kidnapped-and-released person fly home! They are set free on the streets of El Paso or another Texas town with no phone, no money, nothing at all. Your miles can get them back to their loved ones!
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Donate Your Miles — Stand With Minnesota
Donate your Delta Skymiles to get people home from Texas
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/02/2026
"For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career...cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism." (gift link)
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Opinion | This Is Just Who Trump Is
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Excellent Tim Miller. A reshuffle of the faces in charge, and one guy leaving isn't even the beginning of being enough. We need ICE and CPB out of Minnesota. And we need fundamental changes in the behavior of ICE everywhere. youtu.be/2bhSngpnSxQ?...
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Tim Miller: You Don’t Get a Mulligan for Murder
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now): -If you work for ICE. -If you vote for money for ICE. You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
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Sahan Journal @sahanjournal.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Alberto Castaneda Mondragon, who is in ICE custody while hospitalized at Hennepin County Medical Center, alleges in a lawsuit that federal agents are interfering in his medical care and that he was solely detained because of his appearance. By Katrina Pross
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Minn. man hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after ICE arrest
Alberto Castaneda Mondragon, who is in ICE custody while hospitalized at Hennepin County Medical Center, alleges in a lawsuit that federal agents are interfering in his medical care and that he was so...
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 20/01/2026
Today in the US is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, commemorating the legendary civil right activist and socialist who was murdered supporting a strike of sanitation workers. While lauded today, when alive he was demonised by politicians and media stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1333...
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UAW @uaw.org · 07/01/2026
"With a new Republican majority installed by President Donald Trump, the U.S. agency that enforces federal labor law is set to implement an agenda that will likely be much less favorable to unions, after nearly a year of being effectively paralyzed." ow.ly/aAmz50XSvoZ
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NLRB poised for major policy shifts in 2026 with new Trump-appointed majority
With a new Republican majority installed by President Donald Trump, the U.S. agency that enforces federal labor law is set to implement an agenda that will likely be much less favorable to unions, aft...
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 19/12/2025
Don't buy Starbucks gift cards this holiday season!
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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 19/12/2025
Nearly 25 million Americans will start paying 93 percent more for their health insurance in less than two weeks. Republicans’ plan to fix health care is a return to unaffordable junk insurance. From @ddayen.bsky.social: trib.al/QRNBWfW
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Republicans Can’t Escape Their Self-Created Health Care Problem - The American Prospect
Another series of failures ensures that a debate they can’t win will extend into the election year of 2026.
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 17/12/2025
Every year the retirement age is raised is a 7% benefit cut. Cutting our earned benefits should NEVER be on the table.
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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
This Day in Labor History: December 16, 1977. Eight women bank workers at Citizens National Bank in Willmar, Minnesota went on strike, charging sex discrimination they faced on the job. Let's talk about these brave women and their fight for justice!
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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
There's a couple reasons so many IWW songs are set to the tunes of hymns and one is that the Salvation Army Band would show up and try to stop workers organizing by playing hymns to drown out speeches, so the Wobblies came up with words so they could sing along. SA has been trash all along.
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Greedbane @greedbane.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Median platform-gig pay: $5.12/hour. Meanwhile, tech platforms boast record profits and promise “flexibility.” This isn’t flexibility—it’s exploitation disguised as innovation. www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
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The Platform Economy Runs on Inequality – and Sidesteps Labor Rights
By classifying workers as contractors, platform companies avoid paying core employment obligations while retaining tight control over how the work is done.
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 22/11/2025
Let’s be clear: Every year the retirement age is raised is a 7% benefit cut. Instead of cutting our benefits, we can afford to INCREASE Social Security if millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share!
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Daisy Pitkin @daisy-pitkin.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
TUNE IN NOW!
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 19/11/2025
Elections & policy matter to the balance of power in labor-management bargaining.
t those who consider such violations are now under very different direction than when Joe Biden’s labor-friendly NLRB general counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, was in charge. Donald Trump appointed William B. Cowen as the board’s general counsel, who has urged his subordinates to reopen every Starbucks case, reconsidering judgements that had been made in workers’ favor. Overnight, the millions in economic leverage disappeared, as did the company’s fear that violating labor law might cost them.
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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
I would like for national political reporters to place a moratorium on “But what will voters in the rest of America think about New York City’s socialist mayor?” We don’t care! Red states are notably full of psycho politicians yet rarely do you see pundits asking Brooklyn people about them.
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