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Do Not Obey In Advance DO use Alt Text! I don't do 'courtesy follow-back'. Video-only is click-bait. I am ABSOLUTELY antifa. Crypto, 'influencers', sales, accounts w/stock pics of middle-aged dudes but 0 posts = block.

500,000 everyday people wrote comments on the OMB Rule on political review of grants. Many also wrote to their representatives. Result: If the current spending bill passes, Congress, led by Patty Murray (D, WA) will block the rule at least through December 11th. Collins (R, concerned) helped.

Senate appropriators reach funding deal to avoid shutdown

Senators on the Appropriations Committee on Sunday agreed to a funding bill that would prevent a government shutdown at the end of September and fund the government through part of December. An ini…

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Many of you recall that in 2020 I helped lead an effort to defeat Donald Trump more than 60 times after the election. In 2026, DOJ is 0-19 in cases to obtain state voter files and Elias Law Group is helping lead the way. We are not done fighting and we are not done winning.

Make no mistake: This will force older people to retire, because business owners won't hire them. This is legal age discrimination. This is problematic for many reasons, not the least of which is this: our Capitalist Hellscape timeline won't let many retire. Ever. www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

Working past 65 in Alberta? Your health benefits could soon cost your employer more | CBC News

Starting this fall, Alberta employers will have to cover the cost of health insurance for employees over the age of 65.

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@mayor.nyc.gov started cracking down on delivery apps’ shady tipping practices in January. That policy has now delivered about $104 MILLION in additional tips to deliveristas. These workers have been fighting Big Tech’s greed for years. Kudos to them and Mayor Mamdani for putting workers first.

Six congressmen bought between $83,000 to $245,000 in SpaceX stock just before its IPO: -Jared Moskowitz -Gil Cisneros -Dan Meuser -John McGuire -William Timmons -John James Five serve on committees whose work impacts SpaceX's business. We must ban members of Congress from trading stock.

"A concentration camp, in its most basic definition, is a place where a targeted civilian population, not necessarily accused of a crime, is detained and at least some of their basic rights are suspended," writes @jwashing.bsky.social. "That’s precisely what’s happening in the United States today."

Don’t call them ICE detention centers. Call them camps | John Washington

I’ve spent a decade reporting on immigration enforcement. The word ‘camp’ best captures the political function of these facilities

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