Kevin S

@kevinzig.bsky.social

This is my profile, there are many others, but this one is mine. … You want more? I like Robits & MST3k. I mostly lurk, and comment on other people’s posts. Believe in the lesser evil principle in voting & we’re stuck w 2 party politics.

DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.

DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.

In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam

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Fear-mongering culture war bullshit doesn't keep a roof over your head, food on the table or, pay your medical bills. It just keeps you distracted while the politicians rape and pillage our country and traumatize its citizens.

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Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not.

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MS NOW reports that their White House reproter was denied access to the White House this morning despite a court order demanding she have access

We need every single vote we can get. This close to the election, disinformation kills. Please provide source when posting. Facts matter. Thanks.

NEW: Debt collection. Credit reporting. Payday loans. Consumer complaints to a federal database used to help reveal issues and bring accountability. Then the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stopped publishing the narratives.

The Federal Agency That’s Supposed to Protect Consumers Just Made Another Business-Friendly Move

Debt collection. Credit reporting. Payday loans. Consumer complaints to a federal database used to help reveal issues and bring accountability. Then the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stopped pu...

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Republicans may be breaking with Trump for now to get votes but they will be right back to supporting him if they win. They could have stood up for their constituents long before now. Vote them out.

"The FBI in 2025 under President Trump shut down an inquiry into allegations that a political adviser to Senator Susan Collins had participated in a scheme to funnel illegal campaign contributions from a defense contractor seeking lucrative federal contracts"

F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins (Gift Article)

The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.

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Does Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon know the difference between federal election monitors and observers? As head of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, which oversees the federal elections monitoring program, she definitely should. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Is DOJ laying the groundwork to expand the powers of its 1,000 election monitors?

Assistant AG Dhillon claimed she plans to deploy federal “observers” across the country — an authority she does not have.

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