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Workers' rights attorney. Former DOL Solicitor's Office. Washingtonian at heart, living in Southern California.
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Reminder that a member of Congress once flew to a Latin American country to check on a constituent whose family said they were being held captive. He was murdered on the runway. Kudos to Chris Van Hollen for his courage. And his tactic seems to be working.

Yesterday vs. today 🤔

Big turnout for other "empty chair" town hall, this time for the two AWOL Ohio senators in Columbus www.facebook.com/christinapao...

Early AI replacing jobs

The folks who routinely file in the Amarillo division of the Northern District of Texas are accusing others of judge-shopping for filing suit against the federal government in ... the District of Columbia.

Nobu facing $200K payout to workers. Finally, something at Nobu that feels appropriately priced. www.westsidecurrent.com/news/final-2...

Great framing. I hope this takes off.

Spotify removes Andrew Tate 'pimping hoes' class after employees complain. 🔗 www.404media.co/pretty-vile-...

Good on @keating.house.gov for invoking McCarthy hearings. The phrase “Have you no decency?” is a paraphrase of the famous rebuke “Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?” delivered by Joseph N. Welch during the Army-McCarthy hearings on June 9, 1954.

if my mama named me Keith Self I would simply shut the fuck up before people started calling me like Elf on the Self or Representative Self Own or something

Gwynne Wilcox, a member of the National Labor Relations Board, arrived at headquarters on Monday to a crowd of supporters after being reinstated by a federal judge.

Nevada could be the next state to require overtime pay for farm workers thisisreno.com/2025/03/neva...

“Sometimes promises of help which sound too good to be true can be.” - Stephanie Richard, SJI Director The @laist.com published this great piece on our joint press conference about the increased risks of trafficking after a natural disaster like the LA Fires laist.com/news/politic...

The US Attorney in Washington DC is investigating Georgetown Law School, demanding that "if DEI is found in your courses or teaching in anyway [sic]," the law school should "move swiftly to remove it" Federal prosecutors don’t control the classroom. This is a dark abdication of the First Amendment.

too much darkness today please enjoy 54 seconds of my horse son enjoying one of his favorite hobbies, Zipper

This is going to wake up a whole lot of people

Bravo @liamjdillon.com and a few other @latimes.com reporters for putting a Bluesky button on your bylines. First I have seen in the wild.

Someone should write a hard data piece on the results of Elon's implementation of the DOGE HR strategies at Twitter/X. Profits, employee engagement, product delivery etc. I thought this Atlantic article was going to be it, but it isn't. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Republicans are gutting our healthcare. Pass it on.

Just got this from my purple district Republican rep. They are SHOOK.

Surprising victory for PT community college faculty in Long Beach. When I taught there 6 years ago, I was paid $3,100 per 16 week course with no health benefits and minimal job security, and one of my faculty colleagues was living out of his car. @wearecta.bsky.social edsource.org/updates/l-a-...