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Jobe

@jobe00.bsky.social

Gen-X (1974) white cishet male American mutt. Atheist. Progressive. Vaccinated. BLM. Free Palestine. Fuckabuncha Nazis. Mediocre white man with the appropriate level of confidence. Lifelong Arkansan. Blue Dot/Red State. https://linktr.ee/Jobe00

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Shooti@bambooshooti.bsky.social · 2d ago

#ResistanceRoots Today in history, 1945: A strike by some 10,500 craft workers in the Conference of Studio Unions turns bloody when strikers battle police, studio guards and replacement workers. The conflict directly contributed to the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act and the Hollywood Blacklist. /1

Warner Bros. Studio firefighters turn high-pressure hoses on picketers on Hollywood Bloody Friday (also called “Black Friday”), Oct. 5, 1945. Studio police on studio rooftops also dropped tear gas canisters on the striking workers. Bloody Friday didn’t just crush the Conference of Studio Unions. It demonstrated that the fear of communism could be used to silence dissent and neutralize organized labor. By framing a dispute over wages and working conditions as a “Soviet plot,” studio executives wrote the playbook used by the House Un-American Activities Committee and paved the way for the Hollywood Blacklist. It helped corporate lobbying groups convince Congress that unions had grown too powerful, violent and radical. This accelerated the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947, which permanently weakened the legal power of organized labor. Ultimately, a two-hour violent confrontation created the blueprint for corporate dominance that still influences American labor today.
Dave Levitan@davelevitan.bsky.social · 3d ago

I know this isn’t useful but it’s weird how “the president should be coherent” was a Very Important Thing just a few years ago and then suddenly wasn’t.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d ago

Trump: "I take an aspirin a day. I don't know if it works but psychologically I need it. It thins the hell out of your blood I guess ... They want me to go down to the 80. I take the 386. I don't know what the hell it is. It's a monster. They said, 'Sir, you don't need that!'"

Zeteo@zeteo.com · 2w ago

Susan Collins refuses to answer to new ProPublica reporting of a pay-to-play scheme between her and a defense contractor. Collins’s campaign manager responds to Zeteo’s reporting on her husband working for the lobbyist running her super PAC, admitting they still work together.

Micah@rincewind.run · 3w ago

the reason my likely presidential candidate tier list has two people at the top - Ossoff and AOC - is that they are by far the most effective messengers of I Am Fucking Furious And There Must Be Consequences, which is the most deeply held conviction of the Dem base

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

Ossoff: "We are witnessing people drunk with power who are utterly reckless, utterly corrupt, and obviously believe that they live with impunity. They believe they're untouchable. They believe they're invincible. Let's prove them wrong."

Matthew Lebo@matthewlebo.bsky.social · 4w ago

Donald Trump also began telling the completely untrue story that he saw hundreds of Muslim Americans in New Jersey celebrating as the towers fell. He told that story so many times and it was such an obvious sign that he's not just a racist and a liar but a hate-monger. The media failed there too.

shauna@goldengateblond.bsky.social · 4w ago

receipts for anyone who’s never heard this clip before (the reporters giving him a tongue bath and so much unearned respect is how we got here, but i digress)

Maureen Johnson@maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 4w ago

Donal Trump is in his office across town when he makes this call, which is long after both towers were down. Mostly he talks about how he is sad about the stock market shutting for the day and his buildings. He was nowhere near. Nowhere. I was fucking closer than he was.

shauna@goldengateblond.bsky.social · 4w ago

receipts for anyone who’s never heard this clip before (the reporters giving him a tongue bath and so much unearned respect is how we got here, but i digress)

@ghoshworld@ghoshworld.bsky.social · last mo.

Hmmm… turns out Dolly was actually considered for the collaboration. Did I always know that, or simply intuit it? www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhhg...

How the KLF came to record with Tammy Wynette

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@ghoshworld@ghoshworld.bsky.social · last mo.

In my memory, this was one of Dolly Parton’s stranger collaborations. But having tracked it down, I realize it was Tammy Wynette — which somehow makes it even stranger. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP5o...

Democracy Docket@democracydocket.com · last mo.

Key moments so far from a hearing on Trump's mail-voting EO: 🔺 Judge Talwani has repeatedly pushed back on the DOJ's arguments. 🔺 Only one state has told the administration it can comply with the rule in time for the midterms. 🔺 Talwani says she will try to issue a ruling by the end of the day.

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Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · last mo.

Whoa! Pentagon officials are warning of Navy payroll shortfalls after funds meant for service member pay were raided to help cover war costs. 📌 An official says they had to use “imaginative” workarounds to avoid the shortfall.

Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition)@shaneburley.bsky.social · last mo.

This reinstatement happened for one reason: a union contract. She was brought back against managements wishes because she won the highest level of the grievance procedure, arbitration. This is how you can take the power back from people like Jeff Bezos: form a union.

Karen Attiah@karenattiah.bsky.social · last mo.

BREAKING: After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back. And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post. They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...