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Madsalm

@mslam.bsky.social
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Union researcher, nature lover, avid reader, jazz fan.

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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 2h
Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Trump Officials Ramp Up Investigations Into Voter Registration Groups - this is a blatant attack on civil society using the word and work of known election deniers. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/u...
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Trump Officials Ramp Up Investigations Into Voter Registration Groups
The Trump administration is investigating nonprofits that it says may be recruiting noncitizens for voter registration, documents show, even though noncitizen voting in the United States is rare.
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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This money is absolutely meaningless to Elon Musk, but it has the potential to completely rewrite your future. He's spent over $36 million in about 4 weeks, and he's adding millions a day. All to corrupt our government to push his agenda. Let your friends know what's up.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Julie A. Su @juliesulabor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
One of my favorite things about being NYC’s Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice is hearing what New Yorkers want from their government and what it feels like when they feel truly seen. I had fun sitting down with @jackcocchiarella.bsky.social to talk about this and much more.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A 24 year old farm worker was killed by heat in Mississippi. No worker should be killed on the job, but we still have no enforceable federal heat protection rules. 1/
A screenshot of the Mississippi today headline: Farm worker, 24, dies of heat exposure in North Mississippi

Obed Azahel Hernandez Perez from Mexico died while harvesting sweet potatoes, according to the Chickasaw County coroner
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Cornell Sun is filling the void left by the Cornell administration’s “response” to the sexual assault complaint & Jane Doe’s lawsuit. Students are right to be outraged by the admin's inability to keep students safe - a baseline precondition for learning. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
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Student Assembly to Host Public Hearing on Sexual Violence Amid Chi Phi Lawsuit, Expresses ‘Outrage’ at Cornell
The Student Assembly released a statement condemning the University’s response to the alleged 2024 Chi Phi gang rape in a Tuesday Instagram post.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Earthjustice @earthjustice.org · 30/09/2026
The Trump admin is dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), even though its research could help keep grocery prices down.​ NCAR's advanced modeling is creating a system to help farmers save water and energy while yielding successful harvests.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Bob Kuttner sketches out a proposal for universal Medicare: "Employers would be required either to provide good health insurance or pay for Medicare for their employees...Candidates who like the Medicare for All label can embrace it. So can candidates who want universal coverage."
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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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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/09/2026
ICE just spent $16.7 million on electric shock gloves that human rights organizations like Amnesty International warn “could be readily misused for torture.” When parents in Omaha, Nebraska, learned that school resource officers had these same devices, they decided to fight back. WATCH:
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 27/09/2026
Fossil-fueled climate destruction threatens human life, health, the economy, and vital ecosystems on which all depend. That reality should incentivize insurers to break free from fossil fuels faster and protect the public from climate peril, write NIkki Reisch and Charles Slidders of @ciel.org.
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The Insurance Industry Is on the Wrong Side of the Legal Battle Against Fossil Fuels
​In recent years, insurers have pointed to growing climate risk as the reason for raising rates and dropping coverage. Now, they’re supporting the very industry driving that risk rather than the communities facing it. Why?
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Very exciting package today — just got The Price of Democracy from the brilliant @vanessawilliamson.bsky.social Can not wait to read this!! Get it here: www.basicbooks.com/titles/vanes...
Hand holding the hardcover book The Price of Democracy: the revolutionary power of taxation on American history by Vanessa S Williamson
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If you’re struggling with medical or student loan debt, we have suggestions about things you can do right now to take action and restore peace of mind. www.aft.org/ae/fall2026/...
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The AFT's Fight for Affordability: Resources to Reduce Your Debt
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Spending on data centers and other AI hardware now exceeds housing investment in the United States. According to the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis, private housing investment was $748 billion in the second quarter, while spending onAI equipment and data centers rose to $752 billion.
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U.S. economy hits pivotal milestone: Spending on data centers and other information-processing hardware now exceeds housing investment | Fortune
"We’re seeing a pivotal shift in the US economy: investment is shifting away from residential investment and towards computers."
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Exactly how it should work, Oregon strengthened its ban on the corporate practice of medicine, its representatives in Congress noticed this laboratory of democracy, and are now elevating the idea to the federal level.
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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“The problem with sports gambling is not that it gives antisocial losers an excuse to harass athletes, but that it constantly creates new antisocial losers. The population of American sports bettors is… a self-replenishing orchard of bad apples.”
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There's Always More Angry Problem Gamblers Where Those Came From | Defector
This week, five sports leagues (MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, and MLS) and their associated players’ unions sent letters to gambling regulators in 35 states requesting that something be done to curtail the incr...
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Private Equity Stakeholder Project @pestakeholder.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
😷 In the U.S., air pollution from PE-backed extraction, coal plants, and LNG infrastructure is linked to an estimated 584,000 instances of asthma symptoms and at least 1,000 premature deaths each year. Learn more: peclimaterisks.org/2026-scorecard
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David A. Graham @dgraham.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
If anyone should know what happens when companies are left to do the right thing on their own, it's Rick Scott, whose healthcare company paid nearly $2 billion in lawsuits related to fraud that occurred while he was CEO
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Pitchfork Economics @pitchforkeconomics.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A lot of what gets called “market forces” is really just policy, power, and choices with the fingerprints wiped off. @mazzucatom.bsky.social makes the case for treating the economy as something we can shape and for testing how we could design it differently. 🎧 ➡️ bit.ly/4xvrUqu
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
My high school calculus teacher came to our event🥹 Thank you Mrs. McDonald!
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Who could have guessed? The biggest super-emitter of #methane in the US, Energy Transfer, is run by major donor to Trump, who has gutted regulation @uclalawemmett.bsky.social Story by @olliemilman.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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US ‘super-emitters’ of planet heating methane identified by satellite analysis
Energy Transfer, whose CEO is a major Trump donor, named as biggest single methane producer in new rankings
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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
What's actually "radical" here? The richest 0.1% hold as much wealth as the bottom 90% of families combined. Billionaires sitting on $7.6 TRILLION while working people can't afford rent, groceries, or healthcare. A wealth tax? That's not radical. That's just fair.
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 14/09/2026
Just in time for #climateweeknyc!
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Canary Media Inc. @canarymedia.com · 12/09/2026
In this Virginia school district, students are heading back to solar-powered schools — and batteries are on their way.
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A Virginia school district pioneers solar and battery microgrids
Roanoke City Public Schools is building the state’s first solar-plus-storage systems to keep emergency shelters going during extreme weather and cut down…
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Spectrum News NY1 @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The last speaker at the 9/11 remembrance ceremony lost his father to the attacks.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is a powerful piece. It is not just about 9/11.
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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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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Mayor Mamdani Launches First-in-the-Nation Office of Worker Power to Support Labor Organizing
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
www.cnn.com/2026/09/08/u...
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NYC Mayor Mamdani releases 9/11 records showing officials misled New Yorkers about air quality around Ground Zero | CNN
New York City has released more than 170,000 pages of previously undisclosed records about air quality following the September 11, 2001, attacks, showing city officials at the time knew conditions aro...
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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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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 08/09/2026
Health care companies are using debt to trap nurses on the job. Many caregivers are paying a high price for fleeing jobs they thought were unsafe or intolerable.
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Health care companies are using debt to trap nurses on the job
Many caregivers are paying a high price for fleeing jobs they thought were unsafe or intolerable.
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 07/09/2026
Possibly the most American news of all time
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Prison inmates donate more than $4,000 to pay children's school lunch debt
Residents at the prison contributed $3,810 of their own money, while Kansas Department of Corrections employees added another $457.
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Madsalm @mslam.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
“To tame corporate greed and deliver affordability, lawmakers and regulators should adopt the three-legged stool of public regulation, public investment, and raising labor income.”
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 04/09/2026
Ironically, this is how most Americans think a woman would act as president.
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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
he got him. he finally fucking got him
real-life coyote and roadrunner encounter captured in southern california
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Kevin M. King @kevinmking.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Seattle Public School teachers might go on strike tomorrow. Negotiations going into the night. And the most up to date coverage? From the Garfield High School newspaper. Pretty awesome work by these teens. www.garfieldmessenger.org/11712/articl...
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Strike Live Coverage: Deal Not Yet Reached as School Starts Tomorrow
Students might want to hold off on getting ready to come back to school. The Seattle Education Association (SEA) – the 6,000 member union that represents the district’s teachers, paraprofessionals, an...
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Starbucks is discontinuing a blending powder containing a form of silica that was used for a number of drinks after baristas reported coughing and falling ill, and @sbworkersunited.org organized a campaign around the issue.
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Our Seattle mayor Katie Wilson just eliminated all the apartment rental junk fees. Like Zohran Mamdani, or Democratic Socialists actually deliver results that positively affect your budget.
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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Holy …. www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/1-4...
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1 in 4 infected UK healthcare workers developed long COVID, report shows
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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It's being treated as a policy victory that we have less of the world's smart young people coming to learn from us, participate in our society and economy. This is just so depressing to me, it feels like a complete victory for know-nothing ignorant bigotry over enlightened sensibilities.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
We are a broken nation. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians were living and working legally, paying taxes, and contributing. Haiti remains wholly unsafe. But Trump hates Haitians, and the White House wanted videos of Black people in chains, so they stripped them of status and turned on the cameras.
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Haiti TPS has been TERMINATED.
Those with terminated TPS are in our nation Illegally. They have two options: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY or be DEPORTED.
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Underneath is a screenshot of a video showing two Haitian men in chains being led to the aircraft. I didn’t post the video, but it’s vile.
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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
On same album Dolly Parton released "9 to 5" she also covered Woody Guthrie's "Deportee." It's about the US government deporting 28 Mexicans on a charter plane that crashed and killed all aboard. The US buried them anonymously in a mass grave. The song speaks symbolic names to offer them dignity.
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Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)
YouTube video by Dolly Parton - Topic
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Getting my job back at the Washington Post would not have been possible if it wasn’t for me belonging to a union. @postguild.bsky.social and @wbng.org are the unions I belong to. I was able to challenge my wrongful termination because of the collective bargaining agreement / union contract!
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 26/08/2026
Donald Trump held millions in oil and gas company stocks at the end of 2025. Today, those stocks are worth as much as $15.5 million more. What happened? He started a war with Iran this year — and sent oil and gas stocks soaring.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Meta is in the midst of a trial for addicting children to its websites. It could cost them $200 billion (or even $1.4 *trillion* by some accounts). It could be the end of social media as we know it, and @ryanlcooper.com feels fine: "Social media... is a gravely toxic institution."
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Is This Social Media’s Big Tobacco Moment? - The American Prospect
Meta is being sued for up to $200 billion over allegedly harming children. That would be a good start.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Wall Street has been demanding lower capital requirements since the moment it broke the economy in the financial crisis. Now the banks are going to get them, just as financial risk is swelling. Not good! Eleanor Davis-Diver has the story. prospect.org/2026/08/24/w...
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The Best Protection Against Financial Crises Is Being Destroyed - The American Prospect
When Wall Street blew up the economy, they were forced to cut back on risky borrowing. Now those restraints are being ripped away.
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