Organizing Director @seiu668. A terror since the public school era
Harrisburg, PA
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legitimately stunned that CNN didn’t cut Cornel West’s mic. Maybe someone in the control room was just as enraptured as I am
Anderson Cooper 360°
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weird way to say a majority of Americans do not want this
Almost half of Americans want anti-Israel protests banned from college campuses: poll trib.al/uZv9PyF
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they should probably find a better pitch heading into an election year than “we can’t do popular things because of process but we’ll always do unpopular things despite process”
BREAKING:
🇺🇸🇮🇱 Biden signs executive order, bypassing Congress, to immediately send extra ammunition to Israel
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a member was accused of playing video games on his work computer and I got him cleared by proving conclusively that the employer-provided graphics card couldn’t handle the resource-hungry game his supervisor claimed to have seen
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Bernie Sanders got four Pinocchios for saying the average donation to his campaign was $10 when it was actually $10.25 or whatever but Trump moving to cut Medicare is somehow not evidence of his desire to cut Medicare
Biden said Trump wants to cut Medicare. Mostly False.
When he was president, Trump released annual budgets that proposed cutting Medicare but he has repeatedly pledged throughout the 2024 presidential campaign that he will not cut the program. politifact.com/factchecks/20…
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I lost my best friend today.
Dexter hadn’t been feeling well recently; what I thought might be a stomach bug turned out to be an inoperable tumor and the start of organ failure. We made the humane decision and said goodbye about an hour ago.
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this may be the first time in my adult life the Democratic Party has addressed a critical issue head-on instead of just hoping it goes away somehow, and I’ve got to say: it gives me hope
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probably not smart to exert a chilling effect on protected union activity and put it all in writing
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🙋🏻♂️ union chief negotiator here. This is absolutely wrong. Medicare for all would free up bargaining power for wages and the common good, and it would protect union members against a bad employer pulling healthcare during a strike. Medicare for all is a gift to the labor movement.
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A 13-year-old who was burned with caustic chemicals while working for Packers Sanitation Services in Nebraska told investigators the accident occurred during a shift that lasted from 11 p.m. to 5 or 7 a.m., a direct violation of multiple federal laws. nyti.ms/40iDdCn
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another way to frame this is “Minnesota program to reduce child hunger succeeding beyond expectations”
Minnesota program to provide free school meals for all kids is costing the state more than expected startribune.com/minnesota-pr…
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having a girlfriend rules because you can count on there being four half-full cans of grapefruit seltzer somewhere in the house at all times
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I’d try energizing my base instead of chasing people who will always hate me no matter what I do, but I’m just a humble union organizing director in the most important swing state
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not a Christie fan, but this move is extremely powerful
That time Chris Christie attended the NCAA Tournament and poured a small bag of M&Ms into a bigger bag....so he could have more M&Ms
Community note
He’s pouring the M&Ms into the box that the bag came from. “You get the box, you open the box, there’s a bag inside the box,” Mr. Christie explained. “Why they do it that way I have no idea, but you open up the bag, you pour the bag into the box so it’s easier to hold.”
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when voters hold to core beliefs, it’s purity politics that loses elections, but when politicians hold to unpopular beliefs and lose elections, it’s the stupid voters’ fault for not being pragmatic
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my friend once introduced me to her new boyfriend as a guitarist since he “also plays guitar.” I asked what that meant for him and he studied at the Peabody Conservatory. I let him know, with the straightest face I could muster, that I play Neil Young songs in my living room
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elected Democrats reading this analysis
“Analysis, published on Wednesday, shows that centre-left parties promising, for example, to be tough on immigration or public spending are unlikely to attract potential voters on the right, and risk alienating existing progressive supporters.”
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been there
my friend once introduced me to her new boyfriend as a guitarist since he “also plays guitar.” I asked what that meant for him and he studied at the Peabody Conservatory. I let him know, with the straightest face I could muster, that I play Neil Young songs in my living room
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tale as old as time. This actually is how Fetterman’s story ends
NEW: John Fetterman breaks with the left — fiercely supporting Israel and endorsing talks for tougher immigration laws.
“I’m not a progressive,” Fetterman tells @NBCNews, brushing back critics.
He’s hitting Dems for a double standard on Santos/Menendez.
nbcnews.com/politics/congres…
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it’s way past time to move beyond the Clintons
NEW: Tentative schedule for DNC speakers, per two sources to me @Yamiche:
President Biden- Monday
Hillary Clinton - Monday
Former President Obama - Tuesday
Former President Bill Clinton - Wednesday
(Obvs Kamala Harris Thursday and Walz Wednesday as per custom)
nbcnews.com/politics/2024-el…
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internet brain poisoning is real. its #1 symptom is talking like this and the cure is going outside
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she didn’t forget or freeze up: every single person who uses “wokeness” pejoratively knows *exactly* what it means, which is why they also know they can never say it on camera
LOL: Briahna Joy Gray BREAKS the brain of Rising guest Bethany Mandel by asking her to define "wokeness"
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like, you’re describing voting. That’s what voting should do, but you’re including Republicans after they were rejected
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not even close. He watched a game review on his break (which is fine) but he was accused of installing unauthorized third-party software on a government computer (which he 100% didn’t do and, as I showed, couldn’t have done). Zero abuse of time or state property
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I love when bosses do this. They think it means “you don’t need a union” when everyone knows it means “we definitely need a union since you’ve been holding out on us”
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a better way to frame this is “Unions Work”
🚆Striking employees already earn far more than the average Briton telegraph.co.uk/business/202…
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as a union rep, I can say with authority that the only real workers are coal miners, lamplighters, and chimney sweeps who spontaneously break into coordinated song
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I have never been so ready for anything in my life
Are you ready for #FatBearWeek? Next week, @KatmaiNPS holds its annual competition so you can judge which chubby cubby takes this year's title. Pic of last year's winner: 435 Holly #Alaska
ALT A large brown bear walks across a sandy riverbank next to pieces of driftwood.
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my parents’ neighbor is a holocaust survivor who worked as a clockmakers’ apprentice. He’s a million years old and his house is filled with bizarre and wonderful pieces like this
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once in my adult life I’d love to see Democrats pitch an argument to anyone except 70-year-old suburbanites who watch fifteen hours of MSNBC a day
Nancy Pelosi: Protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza "is Mr. Putin's message... Make no mistake, this is directly connected to what he would like to see...
"I think some of these protesters are spontaneous and organic and sincere. Some I think are connected to Russia."
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the point of defining it this way is counting every petty-bourg suburban fascist who skipped the business major and just inherited a car dealership as working class while excluding nurses, teachers, or recently graduated baristas who desperately need a union
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R.I.P. Dexter Wayne Hussein Strobl (2007? - 2023). I love you, buddy, and I always will. We’ll play again someday.
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god, we need a labor party
We're tracking reactions from members of Congress to @amazonlabor's historic union victory.
So far, only 18/221 House Democrats and 7/50 Senate Democrats have congratulated Amazon workers for forming the first U.S. union.
0 Republicans have weighed in. perfectunion.us/tracker-what…
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workers unionize, not companies
Labor unions can be necessary to protect workers under bad employers, but there are also legitimate reasons companies would not choose to unionize. It's purely self-interest for Democrats to find every possible way to extend unions, sometimes against the interests of employees.
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really makes you wonder what exactly management does
If we strike, don’t fret! You’ll still have something to read. Here’s a sneak peek at the cover of our Strike Issue—written, edited, fact-checked, designed, and produced by @newyorkerunion members. “In Solidarity”: art by @BormesGenevieve; animation by @neetadotworks.
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I bargain union contracts professionally, and my members are sick of burning valuable bargaining power that would otherwise go to wages, PTO, and retirement to tread water on healthcare
MEDICARE FOR ALL is a political disaster and economically completely unworkable. Warren will re-elect Trump with this proposal. The UNIONS are not going to give up their superb private health care coverage. Need health care reform. This isn’t it.
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in my lifetime, Reagan survived an assassination attempt to govern with severe dementia, then his VP’s oafish son stole an election and lied us into war. In between, a “liberal” president managed labor’s decline but is mostly remembered for various sexual assaults.
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this guy is the asshole, x10000, and I hope to be a fly on the wall when he tries this horse shit with a real pilot
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It still doesn’t quite feel real. If I could’ve made a deal with the universe when I adopted him in my first semester of grad school that we’d get fifteen good years together, I would have taken it in a heartbeat. Fast-forward fifteen years and I’m absolutely gutted.
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Yes! Overwhelmingly yes! Of fucking course it is!
Republicans in North Dakota have killed a bill to provide free school lunch to kids in low-income families.
“I can understand kids going hungry, but is that really the problem of the school district? Is that the problem of the state of North Dakota?" said Sen. Mike Wobbema.
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I say this all the time! When a boss trots out “we’re a family,” they’re really saying “I am the parent and you are the child. You receive an allowance for fulfilling your natural role: obeying me.” Workers deserve so much better
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There are a million more stories to tell about our friendship over the years, too many to type. I don’t know what else to say except “I miss you already, Dexter. Thank you for always taking care of me, and I hope you knew that I was deeply honored to be your person.”
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really wish he’d take this election as seriously as I have to
President Biden doesn't believe his bad poll numbers — and neither do many of his closest advisers. axios.com/2024/05/14/biden-p…
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raw, unmediated look into tech guys’ desires (slavery)
My mind was blown when I heard this earlier today..
"Imagine we discovered a new continent with 100 BILLION people on it, and they're all willing to work for free!
That's what's about to happen with #AI, so you'd better factor that into your plans."
@natfriedman #Abundance360
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ok, I try to avoid “conspiracy theories” on line, but someone behind the @JortsTheCat account has opposable thumbs, and I’ll spend the rest of my life finding out who it is
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He was the smartest dog I’ll ever encounter, sensitive beyond belief and a better conversationalist than most people. I used to joke that he could read but wouldn’t ever betray that secret. More, though, he loved everyone and everyone loved him.
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very cool how the Harm Principle, supposedly foundational for libertarians, goes out the window the second it prevents one of these babies from doing whatever they want at all times
We’re being denied nuts on this flight because we have a passenger onboard with a nut allergy. Also, we’re asked not to consume any nuts we may have brought on board and not to force anyone else to consume nuts, even if we believe they’re capable of digesting them safely.
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I see the police just fine
White supremacists are now marching in Charleston, West Virginia. With no police in sight. nitter.app/ClownWorld_/status/178…
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watching the Fyre Fest documentary, and I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this is how literally all of our economy works
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He grew up around parties, herding guests around our shotgun apartment. He adored kids and dropped instantly into nanny mode. He was a fixture at the neighborhood coffee shop, demanding treats from staff and affection from customers. I’ve never met a happier, more social dog.
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it’s not that Howard Schultz is *anti-union* - just that he’s fine with his company punishing workers for unionizing
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really disappointing when something you once liked panders to the fringe, huh
As an alumnus, I’m dismayed by Harvard’s pandering to the fringe and its willingness to tolerate the pervasive antisemitism. This is a moral and institutional failure.
ALT The Hill Article: “Harvard reaches deal to end pro-Palestinian encampment”
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Walz is right and the Democratic Party should learn two lessons:
1. you’re strongest when you have actual values, lead with them, and improve people’s lives
2. stop saying “we need a strong Republican Party” and hammer home what bizarre little freaks Republican candidates are
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz: “I’m surrounded by states who are spending their time figuring out how to ban Charlotte's Web in their schools while we're banishing hunger from ours with free breakfast and lunch."
Proud to represent a state that passed universal school meals! Time to pass my bill to do the same at the federal level.
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