Scott Littlehale
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California construction labor union research analyst and campaigner since 2003. Research finds that union membership, collective bargaining, and quality jobs are good for people and society, actually.
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Noem has been stoking rumors and misinformation to help justify tearing FEMA down. In short, the Trump administration is using disaster aid as a political weapon. www.cnn.com/2025/10/29/p...
An investigation into FEMA didn’t fit Trump’s narrative. His DHS ordered a new probe that did | CNN Politics
In the final month of the 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump put his critique of FEMA’s response to Hurricane Helene front and center, making false claims that funding was stolen for illegal mig...
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![A multiple line chart of YouGov polling data with the headline: "Views of Donald Trump among U.S. adult citizens, and among white, Black, and Hispanic Americans."
The chart has the sub-headline: "Do you have a favorable or an unfavorable opinion of the following people? [Donald Trump] (% with a very or somewhat favorable opinion minus the % with a very or somewhat unfavorable opinion)."
The chart has the note: "Note: Responses of "don't know" are not shown."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ke6f766al4swdugyvmvyipuo/bafkreigqma7j6x4uqqpurm36v6v32d7spdyjyajgo3xzlqu7ii7nhha6vy@jpeg)
Breaking on MSNBC:
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
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good to hear this NBER paper about the politics of "predistribution" vs. tax-and-transfer redistribution policies get a shout out on Klein's podcast about Dems losing working class voters.
As I said before, I think the authors really are on to something...
www.nber.org/papers/w31794
As I said before, I think the authors really are on to something...
www.nber.org/papers/w31794
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This is a US citizen and father who served in our armed forces.
He was tear-gassed, pepper-sprayed, pinned to the ground, then imprisoned naked for three days with no explanation—during or since.
No crime. No charges. No conviction. No phone calls. No appeal.
He was tear-gassed, pepper-sprayed, pinned to the ground, then imprisoned naked for three days with no explanation—during or since.
No crime. No charges. No conviction. No phone calls. No appeal.
"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."
@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized
@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized
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good to hear this NBER paper about the politics of "predistribution" vs. tax-and-transfer redistribution policies get a shout out on Klein's podcast about Dems losing working class voters.
As I said before, I think the authors really are on to something...
www.nber.org/papers/w31794
As I said before, I think the authors really are on to something...
www.nber.org/papers/w31794
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The @nytimes.com sees its role as establishing the ideological boundaries of the Democratic Party, most notably by drawing the line in the sand on the left that the Democrats must not cross.
fair.org/home/as-mill...
fair.org/home/as-mill...
As Millions March Against Fascism, NYT Warns Against Progressives
Two days after massive pro-democracy marches, the New York Times published a forceful message of its own—not against fascism, but against progressivism.
fair.org