Jordan Barab
@jbarab.bsky.social
Workplace safety & health, & labor. OSHA Deputy Assistant Secretary 2009-17. Ran AFSCME's health & safety program 1982-98. Also House Ed & Labor Ctte & Chemical Safety Board
Read my workplace health & safety blog: Confined Space http://jordanbarab.com
Read my workplace health & safety blog: Confined Space http://jordanbarab.com
NY nurses are braving sub-freezing cold to protect their safety & the safety of their patients while hospital execs rake in millions. Thank God for labor unions whose members can stand up for their working conditions as Trump tries to defund the workplace police. jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...
NY Nurses Strike for Safety - Confined Space
New York nurses are on strike for safer working conditions for both nurses and patients. The strike has now lasted 4 weeks.
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February 5, 2026 at 9:51 PM
NY nurses are braving sub-freezing cold to protect their safety & the safety of their patients while hospital execs rake in millions. Thank God for labor unions whose members can stand up for their working conditions as Trump tries to defund the workplace police. jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...
“It’s not about Columbus ‘discovering America.’ It’s about the Italian immigrants who came here and looked to Columbus as a hero.
Sounds good. Next step, a statue of Ilhan Omar because it's about Somali immigrants who came here and look to Omar as a hero.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Sounds good. Next step, a statue of Ilhan Omar because it's about Somali immigrants who came here and look to Omar as a hero.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
February 5, 2026 at 6:40 PM
“It’s not about Columbus ‘discovering America.’ It’s about the Italian immigrants who came here and looked to Columbus as a hero.
Sounds good. Next step, a statue of Ilhan Omar because it's about Somali immigrants who came here and look to Omar as a hero.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Sounds good. Next step, a statue of Ilhan Omar because it's about Somali immigrants who came here and look to Omar as a hero.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump: "This space will serve our Country well for, hopefully, Centuries into the future!"
Americans: "Demolition will begin January 21, 2029."
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Americans: "Demolition will begin January 21, 2029."
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Trump digs in on ballroom size, saying height will match that of White House
Review panels and a federal judge have asked if the project can be made smaller. Historic preservationists say the planned 90,000-square-foot addition will overshadow the mansion.
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February 5, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Trump: "This space will serve our Country well for, hopefully, Centuries into the future!"
Americans: "Demolition will begin January 21, 2029."
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Americans: "Demolition will begin January 21, 2029."
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Have I mentioned recently that Donald Trump is a mass murderer?
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Global aid cuts could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030, study projects
The Lancet study examines how the dismantling of international aid by the U.S. and other countries could undo decades of health gains.
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February 5, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Have I mentioned recently that Donald Trump is a mass murderer?
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Yeah well there's also no documented evidence of widespread corruption in the 2020 Presidential election, yet here we are....
Finally got around to a bit of research I'd been meaning to explore, and: There is no documented instance of an ICE officer being identified and assaulted while off duty because he wasn't masked. www.pbump.net/o/ices-excus...
ICE’s excuse for wearing masks has never actually manifested
There have been incidents of harassment and threats. But there are no apparent incidents in which identified ICE officers have been assaulted off-duty.
www.pbump.net
February 5, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Yeah well there's also no documented evidence of widespread corruption in the 2020 Presidential election, yet here we are....
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MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
January 30, 2026 at 2:43 AM
MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
Hegseth to Scouts: You must completely change your core values every time there's a new administration.
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Pentagon warns Scouts to make ‘core value reforms’ or lose military support
The relationship dates back decades, but Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has criticized the organization for allowing girls to join and changing its name from Boy Scouts.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Hegseth to Scouts: You must completely change your core values every time there's a new administration.
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How Workers died last week: Snowplowing, falls, machinery, gas exposure, utility poll collapse, scaffolding, electrocution, stabbing, firefighting, vehicle incidents and shootings: The Weekly Toll
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Weekly Toll - Confined Space
On average, over 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work. Here are how a few died last week.
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February 4, 2026 at 12:31 AM
How Workers died last week: Snowplowing, falls, machinery, gas exposure, utility poll collapse, scaffolding, electrocution, stabbing, firefighting, vehicle incidents and shootings: The Weekly Toll
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Those government employees who haven't resigned or who Trump hasn't fired are having a collective nervous breakdown.
Sounds like a job for OSHA, if OSHA covered workplace stress and nervous breakdowns.
Sounds like a job for OSHA, if OSHA covered workplace stress and nervous breakdowns.
Did a Trump DOJ lawyer finally tell the truth? www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...
‘This Job Sucks!’ Trump DOJ Lawyer Melts Down in Court — Reportedly Begs Minneapolis Judge to Throw Her in Jail Just So She Can Get Some Sleep
A Justice Department lawyer seemed fed up with her line of work when she had meltdown during a court hearing about ICE's conduct.
www.mediaite.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Those government employees who haven't resigned or who Trump hasn't fired are having a collective nervous breakdown.
Sounds like a job for OSHA, if OSHA covered workplace stress and nervous breakdowns.
Sounds like a job for OSHA, if OSHA covered workplace stress and nervous breakdowns.
How Workers died last week: Snowplowing, falls, machinery, gas exposure, utility poll collapse, scaffolding, electrocution, stabbing, firefighting, vehicle incidents and shootings: The Weekly Toll
jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...
jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...
Weekly Toll - Confined Space
On average, over 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work. Here are how a few died last week.
jordanbarab.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:31 AM
How Workers died last week: Snowplowing, falls, machinery, gas exposure, utility poll collapse, scaffolding, electrocution, stabbing, firefighting, vehicle incidents and shootings: The Weekly Toll
jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...
jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...
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Next up after "renovation" of the Trump-Kennedy Center: Renovation of the Trump-Lincoln Memorial.
Here's a model for the new statue. Everyone thinks it's much better.
"Sir," they say, with tears in their eyes, "You have amazing artistic vision.'
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Here's a model for the new statue. Everyone thinks it's much better.
"Sir," they say, with tears in their eyes, "You have amazing artistic vision.'
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
February 3, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Next up after "renovation" of the Trump-Kennedy Center: Renovation of the Trump-Lincoln Memorial.
Here's a model for the new statue. Everyone thinks it's much better.
"Sir," they say, with tears in their eyes, "You have amazing artistic vision.'
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Here's a model for the new statue. Everyone thinks it's much better.
"Sir," they say, with tears in their eyes, "You have amazing artistic vision.'
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Next up after "renovation" of the Trump-Kennedy Center: Renovation of the Trump-Lincoln Memorial.
Here's a model for the new statue. Everyone thinks it's much better.
"Sir," they say, with tears in their eyes, "You have amazing artistic vision.'
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Here's a model for the new statue. Everyone thinks it's much better.
"Sir," they say, with tears in their eyes, "You have amazing artistic vision.'
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
February 3, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Next up after "renovation" of the Trump-Kennedy Center: Renovation of the Trump-Lincoln Memorial.
Here's a model for the new statue. Everyone thinks it's much better.
"Sir," they say, with tears in their eyes, "You have amazing artistic vision.'
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Here's a model for the new statue. Everyone thinks it's much better.
"Sir," they say, with tears in their eyes, "You have amazing artistic vision.'
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
It's pronounced "jeering"
Kayleigh, with a "j," not a "ch."
And yelling at the screen isn't quite the same as "interplaying with the film."
www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/fox...
Kayleigh, with a "j," not a "ch."
And yelling at the screen isn't quite the same as "interplaying with the film."
www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/fox...
February 3, 2026 at 3:54 AM
It's pronounced "jeering"
Kayleigh, with a "j," not a "ch."
And yelling at the screen isn't quite the same as "interplaying with the film."
www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/fox...
Kayleigh, with a "j," not a "ch."
And yelling at the screen isn't quite the same as "interplaying with the film."
www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/fox...
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"Wonderful things can happen when you plant the seeds of distrust in a garden of assholes."
-- Elmore Leonard, Glitz
-- Elmore Leonard, Glitz
😂😂 Lindsey melting down. Blames Mike Johnson for a UNANIMOUS House vote to strip out the provision allowing Lindsey to sue the taxpayers because DOJ got his phone records and vows revenge.
February 2, 2026 at 11:13 PM
"Wonderful things can happen when you plant the seeds of distrust in a garden of assholes."
-- Elmore Leonard, Glitz
-- Elmore Leonard, Glitz
Fine Print: "But do NOT, under any circumstances, turn them on."
February 2, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Fine Print: "But do NOT, under any circumstances, turn them on."
"Wonderful things can happen when you plant the seeds of distrust in a garden of assholes."
-- Elmore Leonard, Glitz
-- Elmore Leonard, Glitz
😂😂 Lindsey melting down. Blames Mike Johnson for a UNANIMOUS House vote to strip out the provision allowing Lindsey to sue the taxpayers because DOJ got his phone records and vows revenge.
February 2, 2026 at 11:13 PM
"Wonderful things can happen when you plant the seeds of distrust in a garden of assholes."
-- Elmore Leonard, Glitz
-- Elmore Leonard, Glitz
Yeah, great. But pretty sure he will change his mind next time Dems are in charge. On the other hand, if he nationalizes elections, Dems may never be in charge again.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
Trump, in an Escalation, Calls for Republicans to ‘Nationalize’ Elections
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Yeah, great. But pretty sure he will change his mind next time Dems are in charge. On the other hand, if he nationalizes elections, Dems may never be in charge again.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
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"We had to destroy the Kennedy Center in order to save it"
Trump: "I have determined that the fastest way to bring The Trump Kennedy Center to the highest level of Success, Beauty, and Grandeur, is to cease Entertainment Operations for an approximately two year period of time, with a scheduled Grand Reopening that will rival and surpass anything."
February 2, 2026 at 12:31 AM
"We had to destroy the Kennedy Center in order to save it"
Washington Post: Beware, there are potential Mamdanis EVERYWHERE!
Washington Post: Snow shows hazards of electing socialist Mamdani type in DC.
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February 1, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Washington Post: Beware, there are potential Mamdanis EVERYWHERE!
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Trump's "deport everyone" policy means that a convicted child murderer could be deported to Mexico where he could be set free.
That's the problem with the regime that operates on ideology rather than thoughtful logic and reason.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
That's the problem with the regime that operates on ideology rather than thoughtful logic and reason.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | Why a Minnesota child’s family doesn’t want ICE to deport her murderer
Demands that state and local authorities turn over “the worst of the worst” could set a killer free, a family worries.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Trump's "deport everyone" policy means that a convicted child murderer could be deported to Mexico where he could be set free.
That's the problem with the regime that operates on ideology rather than thoughtful logic and reason.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
That's the problem with the regime that operates on ideology rather than thoughtful logic and reason.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Stunning upset in Texas: Machinist union leader and Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins special election to represent a solidly red Texas Senate district that President Donald Trump carried by 17 points in 2024.
Special elections don’t necessarily tell us what will happen in the midterms, it’s true. But COME ON, guys, WOOOOOO! All the money in the world (and they have it, and use it) can’t protect them. www.texastribune.org/2026/01/30/t...
Democrat wins special election for red Texas Senate seat
With ballots tallied from all but a handful of voting centers, Rehmet had 57% of the vote, besting the 43% for his GOP opponent, Leigh Wambsganss, who had a massive spending advantage.
www.texastribune.org
February 1, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Stunning upset in Texas: Machinist union leader and Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins special election to represent a solidly red Texas Senate district that President Donald Trump carried by 17 points in 2024.
Stunning upset in Texas: Machinist union leader and Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins special election to represent a solidly red Texas Senate district that President Donald Trump carried by 17 points in 2024.
Special elections don’t necessarily tell us what will happen in the midterms, it’s true. But COME ON, guys, WOOOOOO! All the money in the world (and they have it, and use it) can’t protect them. www.texastribune.org/2026/01/30/t...
Democrat wins special election for red Texas Senate seat
With ballots tallied from all but a handful of voting centers, Rehmet had 57% of the vote, besting the 43% for his GOP opponent, Leigh Wambsganss, who had a massive spending advantage.
www.texastribune.org
February 1, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Stunning upset in Texas: Machinist union leader and Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins special election to represent a solidly red Texas Senate district that President Donald Trump carried by 17 points in 2024.
Trump's "deport everyone" policy means that a convicted child murderer could be deported to Mexico where he could be set free.
That's the problem with the regime that operates on ideology rather than thoughtful logic and reason.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
That's the problem with the regime that operates on ideology rather than thoughtful logic and reason.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | Why a Minnesota child’s family doesn’t want ICE to deport her murderer
Demands that state and local authorities turn over “the worst of the worst” could set a killer free, a family worries.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Trump's "deport everyone" policy means that a convicted child murderer could be deported to Mexico where he could be set free.
That's the problem with the regime that operates on ideology rather than thoughtful logic and reason.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
That's the problem with the regime that operates on ideology rather than thoughtful logic and reason.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Washington Post: Snow shows hazards of electing socialist Mamdani type in DC.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
January 31, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Washington Post: Snow shows hazards of electing socialist Mamdani type in DC.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Workplace Injuries and Illnesses decline in last Biden year in the private sector, but go up in public sector jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...
Reported Workplace Injuries and Illnesses decline in Last Biden Year - Confined Space
The number and rate of workplace injuries and illnesses in 2024 reached the lowest number since 2003 according to a report issued last week the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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January 27, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Workplace Injuries and Illnesses decline in last Biden year in the private sector, but go up in public sector jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...