Federal minimum wage in: 2009: $7.25 2010: $7.25 2011: $7.25 2012: $7.25 2013: $7.25 2014: $7.25 2015: $7.25 2016: $7.25 2017: $7.25 2018: $7.25 2019: $7.25 2020: $7.25 2021: $7.25 2022: $7.25 2023: $7.25 2024: $7.25 2025: $7.25 2026: $7.25 Folks, it's time to raise the damn wage already.
Hasan Piker isn't part of the Abdul El-Sayed campaign. Lorenzo Sewell is a member of the Mike Rogers campaign. And he's a proper extremist and bigot who the media isn't covering. I brought receipts in the Guardian today: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Calvin and Hobbes really called it, didn’t they?
The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the seventh richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
Assessing the absence of civility in political rhetoric in America, the Economist finds it isn't a "both sides" sort of thing. Uncivil language, as well as calls for acts of physical violence against other Americans, is very much the province of MAGA, and much of it traces straight to Donald J Trump
Quantifying anger in American politics
The country is awash in indignation
economist.com
NO media 1000s are marching in DC to defend voting rights; 90 orgs signed on, Reuters sent photographers, but local media Bernie Sanders, AOC and Martin Luther King III attended Wa Post buried it A Black-led march is visible in DC only after somebody else reports it Repost the march they buried
71 years ago today, Emmett Till was lynched in the Jim Crow South. Mamie Till-Mobley chose to have the world see the violence inflicted to her son, serving as a catalyst to the civil rights movement. Here in Illinois, we will never hide from or forget our painful history.
10 years ago today, former NFL QB Colin Kaepernick refused to stand for the national anthem, explaining that he was protesting against police violence in America. #UrbanViewMornings
And now Tim Curry?!? May he rest in peace because he has not been well. STILL THE WRONG 80 YEAR OLD!!!
COMMENTARY: A whole lot of celebrities are loved. Dolly Parton loved you back.
RIP TO ONE OF THE GREATEST TO EVER DO IT
kate bush’s husband@airbagged.bsky.social · 2w agoNOT DOLLY PARTON
Whatever you call it, you just made all the goods we buy that come across our border more expensive. Michigan, he’s asking us to pay for his vanity trade war with our money.
Oh, honey . . . You didn’t show up to that game to support women. You showed up to opportunistically use women to rudely score some desperately needed attention. And harassing women is *not* supporting them. Let THAT sink in.
Hanging? We need to call this what it is: LYNCHING. Ten Black Americans in less than two years. Every one of these deaths deserves answers, transparency, and scrutiny. No one should look at these images and expect Black Americans to shrug this off, especially in light of our history.
"Almost Two Dozen Young People..." DL Hughley Sounds the Alarm Something is seriously wrong. DL Hughley asks the question nobody wants to answer.
Demetrius Fleming www.wral.com/news/local/r...
Roanoke Rapids police: Man found dead in apparent hanging; investigation remains open
Roanoke Rapids police are investigating the death of 38-year-old Demetrius Fleming, who was found dead in an apparent hanging Friday, as authorities say the case remains open and equivocal.
wral.com
“Please do not be cynical. I hate cynicism — it's my least favorite quality, and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen.” - Conan O’Brien in 2010
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 2w agoThe powerful forces trying to dominate our country want us to fall into cynicism. That way, they win everything — and they'll be able to take it all without the rest of us putting up a fight. If you are worried about the future, you are not alone. I am too. But please do not fall into cynicism.
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
One Ossoff joke produced more coordinated deployment than most NATO exercises.
Introduce yourself as what almost killed you: Hello! I am the car driven by an absentminded driver swerving around a bus with its red lights flashing.
Erin Biba@erinbiba.bsky.social · 3w agoIntroduce yourself as what almost killed you. Hi, I’m extremely severe dehydration from getting sick after drinking water that had been sitting in a plastic bottle for a couple hours in a hot car.
