@b-blackburn.bsky.social
Reposted
New bills in Olympia would give Washington farmworkers collective bargaining rights for the first time, putting them on equal footing with nearly every other worker in the state.
State Bills Bring Farmworkers to the Table
Two bills in Olympia could create a collective bargaining structure for the hundreds of thousands of farmworkers in Washington to band together to negotiate for fair wages, workplace protections, and ...
www.thestranger.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:13 PM
New bills in Olympia would give Washington farmworkers collective bargaining rights for the first time, putting them on equal footing with nearly every other worker in the state.
Reposted
The government's recent action that cut Planned Parenthood out of Medicaid reimbursements is a serious attack on reproductive freedom in Idaho. We applaud Planned Parenthood's commitment to providing equal access to health care for all, regardless of income, gender, immigration status, or zip code.
‘We aren’t going anywhere:’ Idaho’s last Planned Parenthood plans to stay open despite federal cuts • Idaho Capital Sun
Despite federal cuts from the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," Idaho's last Planned Parenthood clinic is here to stay, its health workers say.
idahocapitalsun.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The government's recent action that cut Planned Parenthood out of Medicaid reimbursements is a serious attack on reproductive freedom in Idaho. We applaud Planned Parenthood's commitment to providing equal access to health care for all, regardless of income, gender, immigration status, or zip code.
Reposted
We filed this lawsuit two hours after President Trump signed the illegal order, and we will keep fighting to make sure birthright citizenship stays the law of the land.
October 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
We filed this lawsuit two hours after President Trump signed the illegal order, and we will keep fighting to make sure birthright citizenship stays the law of the land.
Reposted
Keeping an aging population of this size in prison is expensive, inhumane, and unsustainable. It does nothing to make our communities safer.
Read more in our new report, Trapped in Time, at aclu.org/trapped-in-time
Read more in our new report, Trapped in Time, at aclu.org/trapped-in-time
September 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Keeping an aging population of this size in prison is expensive, inhumane, and unsustainable. It does nothing to make our communities safer.
Read more in our new report, Trapped in Time, at aclu.org/trapped-in-time
Read more in our new report, Trapped in Time, at aclu.org/trapped-in-time
Reposted
Threats to use surveillance to punish people exercising their First Amendment rights are fundamentally antidemocratic and raise serious constitutional concerns.
We will not let law enforcement intimidate us into silence.
We will not let law enforcement intimidate us into silence.
An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house"
The practice, an expert warns, could lead to "reprisals and retribution by the police for your politics.”
www.motherjones.com
June 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Threats to use surveillance to punish people exercising their First Amendment rights are fundamentally antidemocratic and raise serious constitutional concerns.
We will not let law enforcement intimidate us into silence.
We will not let law enforcement intimidate us into silence.
Reposted
After a moment of silence, Trump started his remarks by saying that America is grieving for the lives lost.
"We are one family today and we are all heartbroken," he said. He then went on to say that diversity initiatives at the FAA compromised the standards for air traffic controllers.
"We are one family today and we are all heartbroken," he said. He then went on to say that diversity initiatives at the FAA compromised the standards for air traffic controllers.
Without evidence, Trump blames FAA diversity initiatives for the crash
www.npr.org
January 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
After a moment of silence, Trump started his remarks by saying that America is grieving for the lives lost.
"We are one family today and we are all heartbroken," he said. He then went on to say that diversity initiatives at the FAA compromised the standards for air traffic controllers.
"We are one family today and we are all heartbroken," he said. He then went on to say that diversity initiatives at the FAA compromised the standards for air traffic controllers.
Reposted
A reminder: the GWBush Admin built a prison at Gitmo not because of its size or facilities, but on the theory that because it was not in the US, US laws would not apply, and because US didn't recognize Cuban sovereignty over it Cuban law didn't either. It's a stateless, lawless zone of impunity.
Trump: Today I'm also signing an executive order to instruct the departments of defense and homeland security to begin preparing the 30,000 person migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay
January 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
A reminder: the GWBush Admin built a prison at Gitmo not because of its size or facilities, but on the theory that because it was not in the US, US laws would not apply, and because US didn't recognize Cuban sovereignty over it Cuban law didn't either. It's a stateless, lawless zone of impunity.
Reposted
President Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment is “the law of the land" but there's still another step -- and a legal fight -- ahead.
Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment is law. What happens next is unclear
To come into effect, the constitutional amendment would need to be formally published or certified by the National Archivist who has declined to do so in the past. What happens now is unclear.
www.npr.org
January 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
President Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment is “the law of the land" but there's still another step -- and a legal fight -- ahead.