A new wrongful death lawsuit alleges that Character AI and Google are liable for the death by suicide of a 13-year-old girl in Colorado, Juliana Peralta

This is the third wrongful death claim against a popular AI app for a teen's death by suicide this year www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

“The Trump administration has ordered the removal of signs and exhibits related to slavery at multiple national parks, according to four people familiar with the matter, including a historic photograph of a formerly enslaved man showing scars on his back.”

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Statement from @postguild.bsky.social on the firing of Karen Attiah:

Finding a job is becoming exceedingly bleak: more than 1 in 4 workers without jobs have been unemployed for at least half a year, according to new data

Since 1950, this has only happened a few times and always after a recession

EJ Antoni, Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, shared a Darwinism-inspired theory about inherent differences between men and women's IQs during a talk to Heritage Foundation interns last year.

from @jacobbogage.bsky.social

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Breaking news: President Donald Trump will nominate E.J. Antoni to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a staunch critic of the agency and the top economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation.

Trump is nominating the top economist at the Heritage Foundation and a Project 2025 contributor to lead the BLS.

EJ Antoni, a staunch critic of the agency, emerged in recent days as a favorite candidate among influential Trump advisers, including Bannon

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News: The Labor Dept announced an "aggressive" deregulatory agenda today to cut 63 regulations

On cutting board:
-union protections for migrant farmworkers on H2a visas
-minimum wage/overtime for home health workers
- affirmative action requirements for apprenticeships

Big news: The NYC Central Labor Council - AFL-CIO just announced that it is endorsing Zohran

NEW: The Trump admin has vowed to hold companies accountable for employing undocumented workers

But ICE has overwhelmingly focused on arresting workers rather than punishing employers

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Powerful NYC unions, including SEIU's 32BJ, are switching their endorsements from Cuomo to Mamdani

(32BJ's endorsement helped propel Eric Adams to victory in 2021)

Baltimore! Really, really exciting event happening at @redemmas.org this Saturday—all labor folks should join us! @jazbrisack.bsky.social, one of the original worker-organizers from Buffalo at the first Starbucks to unionize in 2021, will be in convo w/ the great @laurenkaorigurley.bsky.social ❤️✊🏽

On Saturday, I'll be talking to legend @jazbrisack.bsky.social
about their new book on organizing the first unionized Starbucks in the US, at Red Emma's in Baltimore at 7pm. See u there!

Jaz is co-founder of @sbworkersunited.org , which has unionized 600+ Sbux stores since late 2021.

This Saturday, don't miss @jazbrisack.bsky.social, barista salt and co-founder of @sbworkersunited.org, in conversation with @laurenkaorigurley.bsky.social! withfriends.co/event/234725...

SCOOP from last night: ICE reversed its guidance from last week that exempted farm, hotels, restaurants from immigration raids. DHS told agents to continue those raids.

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DAVID IS RELEASED and with his family! He still faces an unjust felony charge.

While we’re relieved that David is out after three nights in detention, we demand the Trump regime drop the unjust charge against him & end the raids! seiu.co/endraids #FreeDavidEndRaids

"The job market is lukewarm... It won't take a lot of further weakening for that to take a turn for the worse."

Thanks to @laurenkaorigurley.bsky.social for chatting with me about tte jobs report!

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BREAKING: A judge just blocked Trump admin from eliminating Jobs Corps, a job training program for low-income young people started during LBJ's War on Poverty

- 99 job training centers that serve 25k were set to close
- admin cited "financial challenges" & "serious incidents" as reason for closure

NEWS: A federal judge just blocked Trump admin from invaliding union rights for 50,000 TSA officers.

DHS Sec. Kristi Noem revoked their union rights in March saying “Eliminating collective bargaining removes bureaucratic hurdles that will strengthen workforce agility enhance productivity."

The Dept of Labor is suspending its job training program for low-income youths that began during LBJ's War on Poverty, mirroring Trump's budget cut proposal.

- Admin cites "serious incidents" and "significant financial challenges"

- 99 job training centers to close

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SCOOP: The Trump regime’s continued attacks on the Mine Safety and Health Administration have put coal miners at risk of deadly disease. Today, 32 district/field offices in 20 states that had been marked for closure received notice that those orders had been *cancelled*

This is very good news!!

NEW REPORT from Rutgers: As of May 2025, the total number of federal wage theft investigators -- 611 -- has reached its lowest level since 1973.

The authors estimate that minimum wage workers lose more each year from wage theft than all Americans lose from property theft.

The US Administration has ended legal deportation protections for 350,000 Venezuelans. Just getting started.

What will be the economic effects on Americans?

I spoke about the research on this, with @laurenkaorigurley.bsky.social of the @washingtonpost.com —> www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

I look at close to 100 stories a week and even more outside of work. I’ve done this ten years.

This is among the most horrific things I’ve ever read — testimony from dying children whose access to medicine has been cut off by the Trump administration.

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