It's always a good time to share this.

I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again, we won’t be able to address mass deportation without addressing policing.

Will Bunch@willbunch.bsky.social · 2d ago

How is ICE making record arrests? I found the answer in Pa. coal country, where cops lured by a promise of federal $$$ have embraced ICE's 287(g) and are throwing up checkpoints, raiding job sites, arresting 100s, and terrorizing their communities My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/penn...

#rva thought summer was over but we're only on our second summer. We still have third summer and false autumn to go!

in a country where billionaires are spending billions to influence elections and corruption is legalized, The New York Times continues its attempt to scandalize the fact that young people like Mamdani Something they even admit isn't that scandalous after 20 paragraphs

Justin Hendrix@justinhendrix.bsky.social · last wk.

"Mr. Mamdani is a master of new media... But as mayor, he has also been able to use taxpayer funds to create a sprawling network of hundreds of friendly influencers to boost his priorities, provide positive depictions of his administration and enhance his popularity."

WTF has happened to the New York Times? This article is absolute trash. Despite the misleading set up, it admits the influencers aren't paid and the "tax payers money" is just... *running a public relations office*. They also used AI to analyse social media posts lol www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/n...

Inside Mamdani’s Private Army of Public Influencers

Zohran Mamdani is seen as a social media wizard. Some of his popularity stems from an influencer operation run by the mayor’s office.

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I freely admit this. Freely and often.

ashley fairbanks@ziibiing.com · 3d ago

i feel like we just need to admit to a lot of young people that our systems completely failed them. we let digital tools in the classroom and social media algorithms use them like lab rats and now half of them cannot have a basic, polite human interaction.

It is an honor to earn the endorsement of the @cbcpac.bsky.social, whose members have led the fight to protect voting rights and expand economic opportunity.

Both parties are fighting for Black voters in Detroit. El-Sayed just got backup.

The Congressional Black Caucus PAC’s endorsement lands the same week Mike Rogers courts the Democrats who broke against El-Sayed in the primary.

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Apparently one of the “Jewish Democrats” interviewed for this piece is actually a registered Republican who has donated over $4,000 to Marco Rubio in just the last few years.

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 5d ago

Useful article in that it clarifies that some people, albeit not all, are actually less concerned with combatting antisemitism and more concerned with protecting the status quo of unlimited bombs to an apartheid state that has committed genocide.

Good evening #RVA, the School Board is meeting again this evening. This month's Student Representative is Gabrielle Francisco, a senior from Thomas Jefferson HS. Watch Live - www.youtube.com/live/u13irSD...

RPS School Board Meeting - September 9, 2026

YouTube video by Richmond Public Schools

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"71% of Americans approve of labor unions, tying recent high" news.gallup.com/poll/713936/...

Record-High 47% Want Unions to Have More Influence

Support for labor unions is at its modern-day peak in the U.S., both in approval and in Americans' desire for unions to gain influence.

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12 On Your Side@12onyourside.com · 5d ago

Lewis Ginter workers spend Labor Day on picket line as new talks emerge #12OnYourSide

“So I say Free Palestine, I say Free Lebanon, I say Free Cuba, I say Free Congo, Free Sudan, I say Free all people in America living in fear of this terrorist organization, ICE. None of us will be free until we are all free."

Walkable communities are back on the menu!

Erin 🌱@wearegonnafindout.bsky.social · 4d ago

Incredible www.businessinsider.com/gas-prices-l...

just put up a video on this youtu.be/COUIZyAZtkA

The media double-standard that lets the GOP get away with taking millions from a white supremacist

YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie

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Max Kennerly@maxkennerly.bsky.social · 4d ago

If only the media had as much interest in the world's richest person, the primary funder of the Republican Party, who spoke at Trump's Inauguration and gave a Sieg Heil, once again declaring his belief "white solidarity is the only way to survive" as they do some Twitch streamer.

Good evening #RVA, your School Board is meeting this evening and hearing an update on the retention of our talented staff! go.boarddocs.com/vsba/richmon...

This is basically a push poll and Zohran still beat it.

Kim Masters@kimmasters.bsky.social · 4d ago

Expected by whom, @nytimes.com?

It always seems like it can't be true, but it is: American businesses often pay more to try to defeat a union drive or contract negotiation that they would if they recognized the union and agreed to better pay and benefits prospect.org/2026/09/08/u...

How Much Do Union-Busting Campaigns Cost? - The American Prospect

Is your boss making you sit through anti-union propaganda meetings? It turns out those are pricey.

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They published this the same day they published the news that Mamdani's office is releasing to the public thousands of documents showing Giuliani's office knew how toxic the air was around Ground Zero and lied about it, leading to more deaths than on 9/11.

Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social · 6d ago

In a story that's built on questions of Giuliiani's credibility vs. Mamdani's, the New York Times should have pointed out that Giuliani has been disbarred in both Washington, DC, and New York.

“But rather than attacking the D.S.A. as the enemy, Democrats should ask themselves why so many voters are siding with insurgents. When you have lost all national power to a right-wing populist movement, it is obtuse to slam the door on your own populist insurgents.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...

Opinion | The Democratic Party Is Afraid of Its Own Voters

Less than two years after a catastrophic election, the Democratic brand remains unpopular, and the party is still in the grip of a divisive identity crisis.

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worth tying this into the political economy of the slave south as well. from roughly the 1820s onwards, slavery became enormously lucrative in ways that had never been seen before. slave traders became millionaires. large planters had tremendous purchasing power. just huge amounts of wealth.

Better Things Are Possible@internethippo.bsky.social · 5d ago

Antebellum politics is fascinating, the South kept getting policy concessions and whipped themselves up into a paranoid rage anyway, essentially because they couldn't stand being culturally judged for having slaves

I’m proud to stand with Virginia’s workers and unions, and I’ll keep fighting for policies that give working people a fair shot, from collective bargaining and paid family and medical leave to higher wages and stronger workplace protections. Happy Labor Day.

This Labor Day, I’m thinking about the workers and organizers who have fought for dignity, fair wages, safe workplaces, and a voice on the job. I’ve had the privilege of standing alongside workers and union members across Virginia—from domestic workers and service workers

#rva “I'm a little biased, but it is my favorite book of the year. Part of that is because the kids get so into it,” Adams said. “I love seeing them beg for another chapter. Even though it's a lot of reading, they take on the task very well.” richmond.com/news/local/e...

Richmond Public Schools outperform state in teaching reading to English learners

Richmond Public Schools scored above the statewide average in reading for multilingual learners, and also outperformed the surrounding counties.

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After ProPublica contacted Dr. Joseph Mercola for an article on babies dying after parents turned down vitamin K shots, he publicly reversed his long-held stance that the shots weren't needed. “The data is clear: vitamin K saves lives,” he wrote. (Published June)

A Popular Doctor Had Long Warned That Vitamin K Shots Are Risky for Newborns. Now He’s Changed His Tune.

After ProPublica contacted Dr. Joseph Mercola for an article on babies dying after parents turned down vitamin K shots, he publicly reversed his long-held stance that the shots weren't needed. “The da...

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#rva is this Weds! www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...

Virginia Lt. Gov. Hashmi to host Richmond energy costs listening tour: 'It's my top-line concern'

The tour is centered around transparency, bringing together delegates and energy experts to give residents a voice on how rising energy bills are impacting them.

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"Why should my tax dollars go to giving houses to people who can't afford them?" Why should MY tax dollars should go to satisfying your desire to see desperate people living desperate lives? I'd rather save money and solve the problem, rather than spend money to exacerbate it.

If you object to public-funded housing of homeless people, in the end the objection cannot be the cost, because we pay a premium to be cruel to homeless people. At the bottom of the objection will always sit dehumanizing cruelty and a desire for eradication.

Once you notice this, it's the most obvious double standard in the political press. Democrats have to answer for the smallest voice even if it has no actual tie to them, but Republicans never have to answer for the insanely racist billionaire donor driving their entire party.

Schooley@schooley.bsky.social · 7d ago

Democrats who have had absolutely nothing to do with Hasan Piker will be hounded about him, while Republicans who are directly benefitting from Musk funding will be asked about him in the most generic "money in politics" way, if at all.

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Michael Warburton@michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 7d ago

LEONARD NIMOY and his son Adam on the set of ‘Star Trek’ in 1965. “The make-up folks put ears on my son Adam to surprise me. A precious moment while shooting the original series.”

Our society's unfathomable cruelty to homeless people is not just morally unjustifiable, but more expensive than housing people would be. Cruelty against the homeless is an unaffordable luxury. Abandoning homeless people to avoid offending the Protestant work ethic is an unaffordable luxury.

ProPublica@propublica.org · last wk.

ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote: