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$200 donation from a reader from DC. Big thanks for all the birthday wishes paydayreport.com/its-my-39th-...

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Its my 39th birthday and all I want is to keep my labor publication alive paydayreport.com/its-my-39th-...

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Big thanks to a reader from Hagerstown who donated $100 paydayreport.com/its-my-39th-...

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Pittsburgh is such a small town that a local judge sent me a happy birthday note

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For my 39th birthday, in lieu of gifts, donate to keep my labor reporting alive! paydayreport.com/its-my-39th-...

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🚨 ICE is doubling its budget for confidential informants, I have learned. This is the first increase to its informant budget in over a decade. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/homeland-s...

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Climate change refugees in Alaska

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What a yarn by @Mikeelk.bsky.social about the mostly forgotten but incredible 1945 GI World Series at Nuremberg Stadium in Berlin, won by an integrated military team of American heroes, paving the way for Jackie Robinson and other Black post-war baseball heroes. paydayreport.com/the-1945-gi-...

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ICE raids Poconos pizza shop. "It's really hard to fathom that the guy making my pizza for 25 years is a gangster and a terrorist, and the person who shows up in an unmarked car wearing a mask and body armor comes to take him away is somehow the good guy." www.wnep.com/article/news...

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Hahahahahaha www.semafor.com/article/06/0...

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Saw the Third Man on the big screen at The Harris Theater for first time in 10 years & oh wow. The lighting, slanted angles, and music induce a surrealism into this gritty tale told amidst the ruins of post-war Vienna.

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When what you’re doing is definitely legal, justified, and on the up and up….

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not very happy with my alma mater today...

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Federal officers entered Rep. Jerry Nadler’s office in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday and handcuffed and briefly detained one of his aides. The confrontation happened shortly after the aide observed federal agents detaining migrants in a public hallway outside an immigration courtroom.

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Josh Harrison was one of my favorites. One of my first ESPN pieces was about his incredible pickle skills. The videos are all gone 😪 but I see a lot of themes here that I've continued to go back to in the many years since: www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

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.@maxwelltani scoop: CA State Senators @SenJoshBecker & @SenatorUmberg are opening an inquiry into Paramount's talks with Trump, and inviting Bill Owens and Wendy McMahon to testify www.semafor.com/article/05/3...

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It's official: Despite broad bipartisan support for Job Corps, the centers operated by contractors (about 80%) are being shuttered by June 30. That leaves 24 centers that are part of the Civilian Conservation Corps and operated by @altusfs.altgov.info.

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And Gov Polis just vetoed the algorithmic price fixing ban too, on the grounds that landlord have to be able to collude or there might not be enough housing: coloradosun.com/2025/05/29/j...

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Digging Cooperstown

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Fascists

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"The only thing more stunning than the size of the Trump corruption scandal is the relative silence this has generated. ... Trump’s corruption is so extensive, so out in the open, and yet so tied in many cases to complex financial instruments that the average voter doesn’t understand..." #Cryptogate

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Trump is selling the White House at a rate of roughly $1 billion a month (!) - the biggest scandal in US history, 10X worse than Watergate This needs a name: Cryptogate This needs a complete guide, which I've written This needs us to demand action My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

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Trump pardons Operating Engineers union president who received over 300,000 in illegal gifts apnews.com/article/jame...

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Dozens of BPS valedictorians celebrated for academic achievement at annual luncheon | Click on the image to read the full story

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My “motel” in Cooperstown (only a $100 per night). Im speaking at the Baseball Hall of Fame today

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1,000 UPMC Magee nurses are unionizing in Pittsburgh!

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SCOOP: Less than 3 weeks before Trump pardoned Paul Walczak, his mother, Elizabeth Fago, attended a $1M/head fundraiser with Trump at Mar-a-Lago for MAGA Inc. Walczak's pardon application emphasized Fago's financial support for Trump, & her connection to a plot to publicize Ashley Biden's diary.

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ICYMI: Trump touts ‘no tax on overtime.’ But he just made it harder for millions to earn overtime. via @capitalandmain.bsky.social capitalandmain.com/trump-touts-...

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At the end of World War Two, a mixed race team featuring two Negro Leaguers, later elected to the Hall of Fame defeated a team of white MLB All Stars at Nuremberg Stadium. This is their story & the story of the Double V campaign paydayreport.com/the-1945-gi-...

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“Busting up the safeguards against rapaciousness and greed means that the bad money will drive out the good.” @ddayen.bsky.social argues the second Trump administration will usher in a new age of scams. prospect.org/power/2025-0...

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At the end of World War Two, a mixed race team featuring two Negro Leaguers, later elected to the Hall of Fame defeated a team of white MLB All Stars at Nuremberg Stadium. This is their story & the story of the Double V campaign paydayreport.com/the-1945-gi-...

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"The Double V campaign was ... a threat of direct action and work stoppages. After the threat of marches organized by Black union leader A. Phillip Randolph, [FDR] responded by establishing the Fair Employment Practices Committee to end discrimination in the defense industries."

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Great piece on how Ukrainian unions continue to resist anti-union laws that have been passed as part of martial law crackdown on the left truthout.org/articles/3-y...

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Terrific story. The recovery of history continues.

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One of my favorites so surreal

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As Trump erases Jackie Robinson webpage from the Dept of Defense website, its important that we remember the role that baseball played in pushing for integration. The mixed race series of major leaguers at Nuremberg in 1945 was an emblem of the Double V campaign paydayreport.com/the-1945-gi-...

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Fantastic read…

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The Double V campaign in WW2 called for a victory over fascism abroad & racism at home. It invovled wildcat strikes & even baseball. Victory of a black-Jewish team against a white team of All Stars is a symbol of Double V paydayreport.com/the-1945-gi-...

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Both the Communist Party & the military played a role in integrating baseball in the 1940s. On Memorial Day, lets reflect on the Double V campaign and how sacrifice inspired many to fight for equality paydayreport.com/the-1945-gi-...

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Read about 1945 GI World Series which featured a Jewish communist mixed race team featuring two black players elected to the Hall of Fame. They defeated a team of All Stars lead by a Cardinals All-Star who would lead efforts to keep Jackie Robinson out paydayreport.com/the-1945-gi-...

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"She was also Gaza’s youngest influencer, offering practical survival tips for daily life under bombardment, such as advice on how to cook with improvised methods when there was no gas. 'I try to bring a bit of joy to the other children so that they can forget the war. '”

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In 1945, GI World Series was played in Hitler’s Nuremberg Stadium. A team lead by two Black combat veterans, later elected to Hall of Fame & a communist Dodgers pitcher beat a team stacked by All-Star racist good old boys A deep look at Double V campaign. paydayreport.com/the-1945-gi-...

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What a great Memorial Day read: the Army preceded MLB as an integrated GI team beat an All-Star team in Nuremberg Stadium in 1945! Pouring one out for Leon Day. Phillies mentioned!

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Im flying up to the Baseball Hall of Fame now to present this research at their annual conference. This is a deep look at how black & white solidarity during World War Two changed the country. It’s long but includes 28 photos. Plz shared and read paydayreport.com/the-1945-gi-...

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