Reposted by Michael Eric RossAFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 09/01/2026Time is running out for the @wnba.com to pay the players what they owe them. Their contract expires TONIGHT. Without the players, there is no WNBA — and fair pay is LONG overdue. America’s unions stand in solidarity with the WNBPA players in this fight ✊ 16645311183
Reposted by Michael Eric RossThe Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 10/01/2026Mark J. Masek, who wrote Hollywood Remains to Be Seen: A Guide to the Movie Stars’ Final Homes, an insightful 2001 book about 14 Los Angeles-area cemeteries and their celebrated residents, has died. He was 68.bit.lyMark J. Masek, Author of the Celebrity Cemetery Guidebook ‘Hollywood Remains to Be Seen,’ Dies at 68Mark J. Masek, who wrote Hollywood Remains to Be Seen: A Guide to the Movie Stars’ Final Homes, an insightful 2001 book about 14 Los Angeles-area cemeteries and their celebrated residents, has died. He was 68. 042
Reposted by Michael Eric RossChad Loder @chadloder.dev · 09/01/2026It should be bigger news that masked agents were filmed hours ago removing potentially inculpatory evidence from the ICE shooter's house, clearly lacking evidence tags or chain of custody stickers. Before we have word on whether he underwent a toxicology screen at the hospital following the killing 525176188345
Reposted by Michael Eric RossMaggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 09/01/2026RFK Jr. has quietly undermined the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which plays a huge role in determining what screenings and other preventive services are available to Americans. From Nina Agrawal, myself and Dani Blum (gift link):nytimes.comKennedy Weakens U.S. Preventive Services Task Force 18211117
Michael Eric Ross @michaelericross.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Got word that “Complications,” my latest series pilot (an urban dramedy on love, loss, family and a past not quite past enough), reached the Quarter-Finalist milestone in the 2026 Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competition. Semi-Finalists will be announced on Jan. 29. All appendages crossed. 140
Reposted by Michael Eric RossThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 15/10/2025As the intensity of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has risen, residents of Chicago are increasingly pushing back. Federal agents repeatedly have been observed releasing smoke bombs, tear gas and pepper balls to disperse residents who gather or capture videos.nyti.msICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back.Residents have begun forming volunteer groups to monitor their neighborhoods for federal immigration agents. Others honk their horns or blow whistles when they see agents nearby. 40351122
Reposted by Michael Eric RossNeil S. Bulk @nsbulk.bsky.social · 15/10/2025When I visited The Kennedy/Marshall Company in 2017 this was the first thing I saw as soon as I stepped off of the elevator. It's the original illustration by Drew Struzan. 2335
Reposted by Michael Eric RossSpandrel @nemestrina.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Kudos to the residents of PDX for understanding the assignment and delivering the goods. Their absurd protests robs the president of any and all of the optics that he craves in these occupations. His masked paramilitary meatheads look ridiculous standing next to a happy dancing inflatable frog. 163
Reposted by Michael Eric RossRhonda Reger @rhondareger.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Thank you. MAGA is flooding the zone with anti-Bunny hate which is anti-Latino hate including change.org petitions. We need to show them and the NFL he has more supporters than haters. Please sign the petition. 053
Michael Eric Ross @michaelericross.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Hey, thanks for flagging this! How you been? 000
Reposted by Michael Eric RossLAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Coral reefs the first environmental system to pass climate "tipping point," report says youtu.be/7AI7geRxfHc?...youtu.beCoral reefs the first environmental system to pass climate "tipping point," report saysYouTube video by CBS News 192
Reposted by Michael Eric RossRami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 15/10/2025Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again. 6170443127
Reposted by Michael Eric RossDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby 11032591405
Reposted by Michael Eric RossAndreas 🇨🇦 Fella 💙 #AbolishICE, #SlavaUkraini @andreasor.bsky.social · 15/10/2025 No f's left to give. Way to go. Respect! 1308
Michael Eric Ross @michaelericross.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Cartier-Bresson's "decisive moment" at work ... 020
Reposted by Michael Eric RossWilliam Cooper, Author @wcooperbooks.bsky.social · 03/06/2025www.wsj.com/business/med...wsj.comWarner Discovery Shareholders Vote Against CEO David Zaslav’s PayA majority of shareholders nixed Zaslav’s $51.9 million compensation package for 2024 in a symbolic “say-on-pay” ballot. 084
Michael Eric Ross @michaelericross.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Best ambassador we could have right now. 000
Reposted by Michael Eric RossLAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Walmart to lay off 1,500 employees after announcing price hikes www.fox32chicago.com/news/walmart...fox32chicago.comWalmart to lay off 1,500 employees after announcing price hikesWalmart is restructuring its operations and cutting about 1,500 jobs as part of its new plan. 2165
Michael Eric Ross @michaelericross.bsky.social · 23/05/2025"Notable." A blue check by another name. 010
Michael Eric Ross @michaelericross.bsky.social · 14/05/2025This. A monstrous crime upon a city, committed by those sworn to protect the public. 000
Reposted by Michael Eric RossMy IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 12/05/2025 11319
Reposted by Michael Eric RossRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 14/05/2025Republicans are saying that these cuts will be reinvested into Medicaid for people who "deserve" it. If that were true, the budget would stay the same. But that's not what's happening. Why? Because down the hall, they are trying to finance tax breaks for billionaires. 26399782156
Reposted by Michael Eric RossRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 14/05/2025It’s 2 am and we’re still marking up massive cuts to Medicaid. While their constituents are asleep, Republicans are trying to take away health care from 13.7 million people to pay for tax cuts for billionaires. They want you to tune out. Don’t ⬇️ x.com/i/broadcasts...x.comHAPPENING NOW: Republicans are putting health care on the chopping block / XHAPPENING NOW: Republicans are putting health care on the chopping block 23090382864
Reposted by Michael Eric RossAdele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 14/05/2025One lesson from this is that it's worth pushing back. 011
Michael Eric Ross @michaelericross.bsky.social · 14/05/2025IMHO, sounds like they’re asking, “What steps would you take to make this happen?” Like what a producer would be tasked with. You’ve already done a lot of the creative work- by writing the script! 010
Reposted by Michael Eric RossAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 14/05/2025BREAKING: Dems have FLIPPED the Omaha mayoral race. John Ewing Jr has beaten the GOP incumbent!! 821370506154
Michael Eric Ross @michaelericross.bsky.social · 14/05/2025This here. This is what it’s going to take. 000
Michael Eric Ross @michaelericross.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Well, when they come, they’ll find out firsthand: Over here ain’t like over there. They’ll ignore that fact at their peril. 110
Reposted by Michael Eric RossBiggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Your School House Rock moment...... 333308685068
Reposted by Michael Eric RossEd Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 11/05/2025We have a long fight ahead to protect the first amendment. Today was an important step. Welcome back, Rümeysa. 231340216
Reposted by Michael Eric RossAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11/05/2025AOC: If anyone is breaking the law in this situation, it’s not members of Congress — it’s DHS. It’s people like Tom Homan and Secretary Kristi Noem. You lay a finger on Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman or any of the Representatives that were there… we’re going to have a problem. 666287127317
Reposted by Michael Eric RossAndreas 🇨🇦 Fella 💙 #AbolishICE, #SlavaUkraini @andreasor.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Is this real? vm.tiktok.com/ZMSJfaV2L/ 4123
Michael Eric Ross @michaelericross.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Strange. Well, I think you get to keep everything by law, so there's that. 020
Michael Eric Ross @michaelericross.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Live long and prosper. Yeah, I know, different galaxy, but still ... All the Best. 👏 010
Reposted by Michael Eric RossBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 11/05/2025Airline chief executives are poised to work with US aviation officials to throttle back more Newark airport flights, a fix that may ease short-term safety concerns but won’t solve long-term problems.bloom.bgCutting Newark Flights Is a Short-Term Fix for Long-Term CrisisAirline chief executives are poised to work with US aviation officials to throttle back more Newark airport flights, a fix that may ease short-term safety concerns but won’t solve long-term challenges. 47529
Reposted by Michael Eric RossBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 11/05/2025The election of Pope Leo XIV is overtaking Peru, a deeply Catholic nation where he spent much of his life as he rose through Church ranks and even took citizenship. bloom.bgDeeply Catholic Nation Rejoices Because ‘The Pope Is Peruvian!’The election of Pope Leo XIV is overtaking Peru, a deeply Catholic nation where he spent much of his life as he rose through Church ranks and even took citizenship. 315420