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tarrog71.bsky.social
I live on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Tsleil-waututh Nations.
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There are a number of reasons why the US has chosen to target South Africa, not least of which is the genocide case presented to the ICJ. Here's a great interview with Norman Finkelstein on this very topic. www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

"Canada lost as a result of the free trade agreements with the U.S. “Our manufacturing sector was obliterated,” said Stuart Trew, a senior @policyalternatives.ca researcher. #canlab www.readthemaple.com/time-to-thin...

New from @ccpa: Public schools offer children from all backgrounds equitable opportunities. They are central to healthy democracies, and that’s a good reason to publicly fund them and ensure they’re accessible to all. By @pattibacchus.bsky.social #cdned www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Thank you, Congresswoman @aoc.bsky.social, for attending the Amazon Teamsters strike at DBK4 in Queens! ✊🏻

the average hourly pay for an Amazon Fresh Delivery Driver is $18 an hour, but sure, send them into an evacuation zone

always proud to belong to the fucking union that works for you

Proud to be AFSCME! @afscme.bsky.social needs to put this in the orientation meetings tbh

THIS is #solidarity.

I watch this at least once a week just to fire me up a bit.

Workers inevitably find this clip on every single campaign I work on and it always leads to a good time in the group chat

this is the greatest video i've ever seen

BREAKING: Los Angeles fast food workers are ON STRIKE. As activists and immigrants across the nation are learning their rights, the fast food industry is lobbying against Know Your Rights Training for 50,000 LA fast food workers.

Rand Paul has introduced a National Right to Work Act. The bill is an attack on organized labor and workers across the country. It would make it harder for workers to unionize, win good contracts, and maintain their unions.

Remember when these guys called themselves the Teamsters because they were all coming together as a team? An incredible local news segment that shows when you just report on labor without the bosses bullshit lies, it makes total sense.🧵

I hate that we didn’t laugh the ridiculous and wrong-headed notion that “government should run like a business” out of existence the moment it popped up.

"one of the officials who was locked out of his work accounts was Acting Chief of Defense Nuclear Safety James Todd, a senior executive official and the top authority for all nuclear-safety matters in the" Department of Energy www.thebulwark.com/p/inside-dog...

So if you criticize Elon Musk, Trump’s DOJ will send you this letter. Members of Congress must have the right to forcefully oppose the Trump Administration. I will not be silenced.

Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia has published a letter sent to him by Trump’s Department of Justice threatening to potentially prosecute him for criticizing Elon Musk.

Trying to give himself some plausible deniability by doing the world’s most flaccid sieg heil

IMO journalists shouldn’t grant people anonymity if the sensitive information they’re providing is “I personally disagree with the fascist coup but won’t do anything about it.”

Cracks in the dam status: growing

“I am a king and my will is law” isn’t a clever distraction from what he’s doing, it’s the central underlying justification for everything he’s doing.

“The bosses have two parties. We need one of our own." ~ Tony Mazzocchi, an American labor leader (1926–2002)

“The Justice Department said it would dismiss the case with prejudice, meaning it could not be brought again.”

“The bosses have two parties. We need one of our own." ~ Tony Mazzocchi, an American labor leader (1926–2002)

The Big Oil company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline launched an outrageous lawsuit against @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social for $300,000,000. This lawsuit is an attack on free speech and our right to protest. Hey Energy Transfer! We stand with Greenpeace. We will not be silenced.

We stand with Greenpeace support the right to protest.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany on Saturday accused Vice President JD Vance of unacceptably interfering in his country’s imminent elections on behalf of a party that has played down the atrocities committed by the Nazis 80 years ago. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/w...

The layoff notice to a CDC employee whose latest performance review was 4.75 out of 5. “Unfortunately, the Agency finds that you are not fit for continued employment because your ability, knowledge and skills do not fit the Agency’s current needs ..." www.ajc.com/news/health-...

Republican state legislators who say they want more accurate voter registration lists voted for a bill that would withdraw Georgia from a voter list accuracy organization. #gapol ajc.com/politics/geo...

Jon Ossoff warns GOP about Medicaid cuts: ‘Voters will be watching’ #gapol ajc.com/politics/pol...

In just one month back in office, President Trump has moved with dizzying speed by firing thousands of federal workers, slashing budgets and pushing a maximalist vision of executive power. And potential 2026 GOP candidates in Georgia are all in. #gapol ajc.com/politics/top...