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Echoing a young Brett Kavanaugh, Trump workplace regulators say jobs in entertainment, sports, and other fields are too dangerous to be covered by safety protections.
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OSHA Wants Spectacle To Trump Safety Protections
Echoing a young Brett Kavanaugh, Trump workplace regulators say jobs in entertainment, sports, and other fields are too dangerous to be covered by safety protections.
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December 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Corporate power has made winter sports like skiing and snowboarding the activities of the rich and famous.
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Who Stole The Slopes?
Corporate power has made winter sports like skiing and snowboarding the activities of the rich and famous.
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December 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This country was founded on the idea of being rooted to where you live — but the corporate state has flipped the script.
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The Housing Crisis Is A Democracy Crisis
This country was founded on the idea of being rooted to where you live — but the corporate state has flipped the script.
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December 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Border Czar’s Former Clients Cash in on Trump’s Immigration Crackdown www.pogo.org/investigates...
Border Czar’s Former Clients Cash in on Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
“So we’ve been trying to get access to Tom Homan…”
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December 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Disclosure documents show Google treated state legislators to a perk-filled Chicago junket this fall; now those officials are considering legislation that could impact Google’s bottom line.

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Google Bankrolled Secret Summit For Key State Lawmakers
Disclosure documents show the tech giant treated state legislators to a perk-filled Chicago junket this fall; now those officials are considering legislation that could impact Google’s bottom line.
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December 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
After pressure from consumer advocates, the Trump administration is reconsidering a Biden-era rule banning hard-to-cancel subscription practices.
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Click To Cancel, Uncanceled?
After pressure from consumer advocates, the Trump administration is reconsidering a Biden-era rule banning hard-to-cancel subscription practices.
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December 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
RFK Jr. was never fit to be Department of Health and Human Services secretary—and his failed leadership since his confirmation has put lives in danger. Sign the petition! sign.moveon.org/petitions/fi...
Fire RFK Jr. NOW!
RFK Jr. was never fit to be Department of Health and Human Services secretary—and his failed leadership since his confirmation has put lives in danger. Sign the petition!
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December 11, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Attorney General Pam Bondi has directed the FBI to compile a watchlist based on the expanded NSPM-7 indicators of domestic terrorism.
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The FBI’s New Naughty List
Attorney General Pam Bondi has directed the bureau to compile a watchlist based on its expanded definitions of domestic terrorism.
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December 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Under former airline lobbyist Sean Duffy, the Transportation Department is rolling back consumer protections for travelers.
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Trump Waives Southwest Airlines Fine For Holiday Meltdown
Under former airline lobbyist Sean Duffy, the Transportation Department is rolling back consumer protections for travelers.
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December 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Internal documents suggest Trump aims to undercut a key program for unaccompanied children and potentially outsource those legal services to a for-profit ICE contractor and Angelina Jolie’s NGO.

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Trump Is Poised To Privatize Legal Aid For Migrant Children
Internal documents suggest Trump aims to undercut a key program for unaccompanied children and potentially outsource those legal services to a for-profit ICE contractor and Angelina Jolie’s NGO.
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December 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Read Freely Alabama and the EveryLibrary Institute presented a $42,230 check to the Friends of the Fairhope Public Library after the Alabama Public Library Service denied its funding.

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We're Writing Checks and Keeping Libraries Open!
Read Freely Alabama and the EveryLibrary Institute presented a $42,230 check to the Friends of the Fairhope Public Library after the Alabama Public Library Service confirmed the library would lose at ...
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December 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Reposted by JaneWester
Students know: ICE doesn't belong in our schools or our community.
Over 30,000 Charlotte students absent from school in protest of ICE operation, reports say
Over 30,000 Charlotte students were absent on Monday, according to school officials.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Power brokers like Larry Summers and Dick Cheney operate without accountability — when they’re exiled, it’s just a matter of time before they come crawling back.
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Why Elites Like Larry Summers And Dick Cheney Never Really Die
Power brokers like Larry Summers and Dick Cheney operate without accountability — when they’re exiled, it’s just a matter of time before they come crawling back.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Despite record revenue, Nvidia is cash poor and chip rich.
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Nvidia’s Math Problem
Despite record revenue, the Big Tech juggernaut is cash poor and chip rich.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A new policy by Anthem will punish hospitals that use doctors outside of its network — triggering chaos and cutting patients’ access to care.
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Anthem Health Insurance Is Launching A Doctor Blacklist
A new policy by Anthem will punish hospitals that use doctors outside of its network — triggering chaos and cutting patients’ access to care.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
As Congress defied the president and voted to release the Epstein files, Trump welcomed the Saudi crown prince and top business allies for a ritzy White House dinner.
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Crime, Then Dine
As Congress defied the president and voted to release the Epstein files, Trump welcomed the Saudi crown prince and top business allies for a ritzy White House dinner.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Private equity-owned Black Bear Sports Group is buying up youth hockey — and icing out parents who want to record their kids’ games.
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Wall Street Is Paywalling Your Kids’ Sports
Private equity-owned Black Bear Sports Group is buying up youth hockey — and icing out parents who want to record their kids’ games.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Across the country, public libraries are running “food for fines” campaigns for Thanksgiving and the Holidays.

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When Libraries Do More Than Congress: Food-for-Fines in American Libraries
While Congress debates cutting SNAP benefits, local librarians are stocking food pantries, organizing donation drives, and ensuring that struggling families don’t walk away empty-handed.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
James Talarico aims to fuse faith and progressive values in his campaign for U.S. Senate — but will the Democrat’s gambling ties cast him out of the temple?
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The Bible-Thumper And The Billionaire
James Talarico aims to fuse faith and progressive values in his campaign for U.S. Senate — but will the Democrat’s gambling ties cast him out of the temple?
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November 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
After lobbyists spent big on the Trump administration and Democratic defectors, the government funding bill cut food-contamination rules and limited ultraprocessed-food research.
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Shutdown Deal Kills Food Safety Rules
After lobbyists spent big on the Trump administration and Democratic defectors, the government funding bill cut food-contamination rules and limited ultraprocessed-food research.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
It's time for Schumer to step down from his post as minority leader and allow for new leadership to emerge—someone who is willing to consistently fight for the American people. sign.moveon.org/petitions/sc...
Schumer: Step Down as Minority Leader!
It's time for Schumer to step down from his post as minority leader and allow for new leadership to emerge—someone who is willing to consistently fight for the American people.
sign.moveon.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Reposted by JaneWester
The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM