Mark David Johansen
@dem0n1.bsky.social
Roots for the underdog, watches Underdog. Wants a ring filled with an Underdog Super-Energy Pill (or several). Sleeps till noon, yet manages to score all picnic the baskets in the park.
And Giuliani, who we now know lied about the poisonous environmental danger from 9/11—adding to the death count—should be banned from attending the 9/11 memorial.
Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social · 2d agoIn 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.
Scores among US 15-year-olds dropped 14 points from 2022, as the Trump administration pushes for 'school choice' https://aje.news/0g1yss
JD Vance’s comments on Watergate are part of a growing trend of right-wingers who believe that Nixon is “a lodestar for 21st-century Right-wing counterculture.” From the recent archives:
Vance and Rufo Want You to Know That Nixon Is Back, Baby, and He’s Better Than Ever
The disgraced former president is undergoing a revival among the aggro New Right types, who admire his worst features.
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An immeasurable amount of harassment stemmed from this horrible website, including the assault of a professor at Arizona State University. Good fucking riddance.
NBC4 Washington@nbcwashington.com · 23h agoCharlie Kirk’s nonprofit Turning Point USA’s Professor Watchlist, which claims it uncovers the most radical left wing professors from universities that are known to suppress the conservative voices and advance the progressive agenda," has been taken down.
The chant you're hearing is "FIRST! DO NO HARM!" Huge high five to everyone who came out to the protest at Mount Sinai over the hospital's deal with Trump to end gender-affirming care for trans youth. 🧵 of photos to follow!
Rise and Resist@riseandresist.bsky.social · 5d agoMt Sinai has violated the Hippocratic Oath and sacrificed the health of Trans and Gender Nonconforming youth by capitulating to the Trump admin. A coalition of TGNCNB and LGBTQIA+ activists, and allies will stand up for our youth against @mountsinainyc.bsky.social . JOIN US!
New Gallup polling finds that 71% of Americans approve of labor unions and 56 million Americans would join a union tomrorow if they could. We are witnessing a historic rebirth of worker power. If you want a better life for you and your children, join or support a union.
Unions are extremely popular: 56 million workers would join a union if they could
New Gallup polling finds that 71% of people in the U.S. approve of unions, continuing the highest period of favorability in over 60 years. This coincides with the greatest number of workers represente...
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One of the MAHA leaders that AOC met with is Zen Honeycutt. Here are Zen's demands for winning MAHA votes. 1 and 2 should be considered non -starters for any Democrat.
Excellent, disturbing reporting from Sarah Kliff. Seems like, among other horrifying things, this lawsuit abuser left a placenta in a woman and then charged her twice to remove it.
Eric Umansky@ericumansky.bsky.social · yesterdayAn OB-GYN sued (often low-income, uninsured) patients for owing as little as $114. He charged them 18% interest. And oh, he had many of them *arrested* if they didn't follow through. That OB-GYN? Republican Senator Roger Marshall www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u... Insane story by Sarah Kliff
LIVE: The Supreme Court could throw mail voting into chaos just weeks before the midterms, leaving millions of ballots in limbo. Join me tonight at 6:15 ET for a live breakdown of the latest with Q&A. www.youtube.com/live/y3K9ZOa...
Trump's Election Rigging Scheme is Back at the Supreme Court
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Unionbusting consultants make a LOT of money undermining labor rights and companies would really save themselves significant $$ and nuisance by simply recognizing unions and bargaining in good faith.
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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During UAW's stand-up strike, autoworkers talked about their severe and debilitating pain from repetitive motion on assembly lines. They shared stories of back pain, surgeries, permanent disability. Such a reality shaped their economic arguments in their contract fight.
"How Minnesota Unions and Community Groups Stood Up to an ICE Occupation" - by Greg Nammacher, president of SEIU Local 26. Really glad to see @labornotes.bsky.social reprint this excerpt from This Is How We Win.
How Minnesota Unions and Community Groups Stood Up to an ICE Occupation
In this excerpt from the new book This Is How We Win: A Guide to Building Working-Class Uprisings, SEIU Local 26 President Greg Nammacher describes how his union, its members battered and exhausted fr...
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Largest form of theft in the USA: Wage theft. $50 BILLION illegally withheld from workers every YEAR. Exceeds the cost of all robberies, burglaries, car thefts. It’s effectively legal. Roughly 3% recovered. Whatcha gonna do? Fight their herd of corporate lawyers with your non-paycheck?
18% interest. 700 lawsuits. 81 arrests. Medical bills should not ruin lives. We must do better than this.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · yesterdayRoger Marshall, a senator from Kansas who is seeking re-election this fall, filed lawsuits against more than 700 patients with outstanding bills during his decades-long career as an obstetrician-gynecologist, according to a New York Times analysis of Kansas court records. nyti.ms/3UARpcd
Will Hope Florida make a difference? Maybe we’ll find out in November.bMaybe a couple of long-shot Democrats will break through. What is certain is that the Hope Florida “philosophy” is as dead as a door nail. floridaphoenix.com/2026/09/08/h...
Hit dogs holler over Hope Florida disclosure • Florida Phoenix
Just when you thought state politics could not possibly get sleazier, Hope Florida comes roaring back from the dead, putrid yet powerful, casting a light on the breathtaking arrogance and corruption o...
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“In order to make up this revenue, local governments are likely to charge their residents fees to raise the revenue necessary to fund parks and public spaces as well as storm hardening preparation,” the group says. floridaphoenix.com/2026/09/08/s...
Sierra Club Florida calls on voters to oppose Amendment 3 • Florida Phoenix
The Sierra Club has become the latest organization to announce opposition to Amendment 3 on the November ballot, saying that if passed it “will effectively gut the buckets of local governments in Flor...
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This is legally ludicrous and morally wrong. The Preamble to the Constitution anticipates this sort of public trust and welfare issue. The judges also insist: “there was no constitutional right to “truthful information from officials during a public health crisis.” The judges are wrong. #RFA
No constitutional right to clean water, federal court finds
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit from Mississippi residents related to lead-contaminated water.
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george w bush and rudy giuliani got more people killed on 9/11 than 9 year old zohran mamdani (zero) ever could.
TBF, today's Republican Party thinks corruption, fraud, lying, cheating, bribery, and abuse are "normal." After all they elected a convicted felon, fraudster, adjudicated sexual abuser, who was under indictment for serious crimes against the US and tried to overthrow an election he lost. GOP normal.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayRNC Chair Joe Gruters on why he thinks Ken Paxton will win: "People want normal"
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Here is Trump's blueprint to rig the 2026 midterms
We are less than two months until Election Day for the most important midterms of our lifetime.
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"Pinpoint a social ill, monetize it for your personal gain, then spread the problem to increase your market share. Before the pitchforks come out, set up a fake charity that claims to solve the problem you just exacerbated."
How to Hustle Like a Tech Founder
“You can’t hustle alone. Move to a city where founders thrive and get to work. Head to Miami if you want to scam people with crypto, or San Francisco if you ...
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This story is incredible. Haaretz is reporting not only that UAE President warned Netanyahu a week and a half before Oct 7 that a major Hamas attack was coming, but that he did so at the instance of SINWAR. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Netanyahu got an explicit warning before Oct. 7. He didn't brief security chiefs
In September '23, UAE President bin Zayed called Netanyahu to deliver a harsh warning. Netanyahu did nothing. An extensive investigation, conducted for a new book, reveals the PM's failures surroundin...
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US says ‘redirected’ 94 vessels in Strait of Hormuz - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-says-redirected-94-vessels-strait-hormuz
US says ‘redirected’ 94 vessels in Strait of Hormuz
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The number of people still seemingly unaware that Substack has a Nazi problem means it’s apparently worth mentioning yet again that Substack has a fucking Nazi problem.
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
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(NBC News) — It is now the least rewarding time to be a worker in the U.S. economy since the government started keeping track. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
Don't get too excited about Hunter Biden's new social media persona. Looks like another nepo baby crypto grift is afoot...
For decades, reporters have treated hours-long voting lines as a “normal” feature of Election Day instead of investigating why some Americans consistently face greater barriers to the ballot… hartmannreport.com/p/has-the-me...
Has the Media Normalized the GOP’s Voter Suppression Right Before Our Very Eyes?
For decades, reporters have treated hours-long voting lines as a “normal” feature of Election Day instead of investigating why some Americans consistently face greater barriers to the ballot…
hartmannreport.com
Donald Trump’s son-in-law used his position to hop in bed with autocrats—and sell out America.
How Jared Kushner used his position to hop in bed with autocrats
And sell out America.
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