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weinberg @weinberg.social · 13h

this made my night
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Jack Russell puppies attacking the cat

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 5h

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for jailing Chicago's mayor and the governor of Illinois, both Democrats, as his administration prepared to deploy military troops to the streets of the third-largest U.S. city. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 5h

So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 5h

I mean read this, the Trump administration in an official document is saying that Americans won't ever pick crops and America won't have enough food to eat because of ICE raids!
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As a result, employers are facing significant economic harms, the filing claims. And incredibly, given the administration’s unceasing rhetoric to the contrary, the Labor Department definitively rejects the idea of Americans replacing the missing workers. “The Department does not believe American workers currently unemployed or marginally employed will make themselves readily available in sufficient numbers to replace large numbers of aliens,” the filing states, adding that agricultural work involves “a distinct set of skills and is among the most physically demanding and hazardous occupations in the U.S. labor market.” (For what it’s worth, nearly half of all agricultural workers are native-born, and significantly more than half are U.S. citizens, according to Department of Agriculture data.)

The Labor Department even claims that broadly advertising agricultural jobs, which is required under the H2-A rules, has not led to a boost in applications from U.S. workers. This is a bit of a fiction; workers who apply often do not receive jobs, and nobody is really checking to see if applications are coming in. “The system isn’t set up to prove that there’s a labor shortage of U.S. workers,” said Costa, of EPI.

In the end, the Labor Department concludes, the only way to protect agricultural employers from disaster and consumers from rising prices and food shortages is to slash wages in the H-2A program to make it more viable to bring in workers. This is an odd response to a workforce crisis, since cutting wages across the sector will likely drive existing workers to look elsewhere for jobs. In fact, farm employers in Florida fear that H-2A foreign workers won’t apply for these jobs anymore because the wages are so low. (There were 384,900 H-2A applications last year.)

But the filing states, “Without swift action, agricultural employers will be unable to maintain operations, and the nation's food supply will be at risk.”

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 5h

This is all bullshit, by the way. There is no imminent risk of rotting crops, according to experts and farmworker unions. It's a ploy to cut wages (even below state minimum wages) for foreign workers, which will eventually hit U.S. workers too.
So much for America First!

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5h

Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area ICE facility and began to pray.

The masked ICE agents on the roof responded by firing pepper balls, with one striking him in the head

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 5h

Journalist @radleybalko.bsky.social examines how Trump’s war on immigrants merges and expands the lethal policies of the wars on drugs and terror.

Trump’s War on Drugs

Journalist Radley Balko examines how Trump’s war on immigrants merges and expands the lethal policies of the wars on drugs and terror.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5h

i think it is cool that a government run by fanatical bigots is on track to plunge the economy into a mountain and cause a food crisis

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 5h

So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

prospect.org

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 5h

Nick Clegg argues lack of fairness because it’s impossible for him to win the game if he has to follow the rules.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Grave Boneyard @dconrad.bsky.social · 5h

They couldn't chase down a guy running in handcuffs?

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🎃 Chris Lay's rotting corpse 💀 @chrislay.bsky.social · 5d

A good thing that Governor Pritzker could do here that would clarify the situation to a lot of people is to explain that he doesn't control the Illinois State Police and no-one really does, and that no police force in this country is actually subordinate to civilian authority.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 8d

If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.

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Stonekettle @stonekettle.bsky.social · 21h

If Chicago wanted to make those Texas soldiers feel at home, they'd wait for a blizzard, then turn off all the power and go to Cancun for the weekend.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 5h

Donald Trump is calling for the jailing of his political opponents in Chicago. His DOJ lackeys have already indicted a NJ Congresswoman for conducting ICE facility oversight and James Comey. John Bolton's house was raided.

We must treat these latest threats seriously and all stand up against them.

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Grave Boneyard @dconrad.bsky.social · 5h

Cool cat

Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 5h

Grave Boneyard @dconrad.bsky.social · 5h

I'm delighted to hear Dolly Parton is okay but now I'm reimagining this classic post only about Dolly Parton

Please stop praying for my grandpa u are making him too strong. He broke out of the hospital & cops say their tasers don't work on him :(

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Grave Boneyard @dconrad.bsky.social · 5h

Transform the planet into Venus?

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 6h

Bookshop has free shipping now! So imma recommend some books for you!

A thread. 1/x 🧵

First of all, this came out yesterday literally by the wonderful @kaitlincurtice.bsky.social

Everything Is a Story: Reclaiming the Power of Stories to Heal and Shape Our Lives

Reclaiming the Power of Stories to Heal and Shape Our Lives

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Deb @debramayberry.bsky.social · 6h

Looking tough while getting a snack in the rain. #sqrlpix

Gray squirrel is dangling a peanut out of the side of her mouth. Rain or shine, The Arlington Peanut Table is always open to punk-rock squirrels and birds.

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 6h

More propaganda with painfully normal people zip-tied at the side of the road please, this will for sure convince the American people that you're the good guys

Homeland Security @DHSgov

We're having an All Night Revival

Still frame from a video: Painfully normal people zip tied on the side of the road, sitting on a guardrail in a row

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Grave Boneyard @dconrad.bsky.social · 6h

Correx: "Over the past week, ICE and Border Patrol agents have assaulted Chicago residents."

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 7h

“Clashed with”

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 7h

Over the past week, ICE and border patrol agents have clashed with Chicago residents, and federal guard troops arriving in the city might inflame tensions further. Our reporters describe the situation on the ground.

Listen to "The Daily."

Trump Claims ‘Rebellion’ in American Cities

President Trump said he would consider using the Insurrection Act to deploy the National Guard in Chicago and other places.

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Grave Boneyard @dconrad.bsky.social · 6h

ok that's just crazy talk 😁😂

Grave Boneyard @dconrad.bsky.social · 6h

an entire peck of pickled peckers