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The Trump admin is not enforcing labor laws as strongly as they should be. Workplace health and safety penalties are down 45%, while Wage and Hour Division penalties are down 94%.
President Trump is putting workers’ health, safety and wages at risk. https://bit.ly/490IB2U
President Trump is putting workers’ health, safety and wages at risk. https://bit.ly/490IB2U
Worker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration - Good Jobs First
Worker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration - Good Jobs First
goodjobsfirst.org
December 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The Trump admin is not enforcing labor laws as strongly as they should be. Workplace health and safety penalties are down 45%, while Wage and Hour Division penalties are down 94%.
President Trump is putting workers’ health, safety and wages at risk. https://bit.ly/490IB2U
President Trump is putting workers’ health, safety and wages at risk. https://bit.ly/490IB2U
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FOUR new deaths in ICE detention. That puts the total this year at 30 people dead; the highest in ICE's history and worse than even during the COVID years.
It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.
It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.
In the 90 minutes since I posted this, I've gotten two more death notifications.
ICE has a responsibility to take care of these people, something they are clearly disregarding. This is beyond horrifying. We must ensure dignity and humanity for detained people in this country.
ICE has a responsibility to take care of these people, something they are clearly disregarding. This is beyond horrifying. We must ensure dignity and humanity for detained people in this country.
Within 15 minutes today, I got two back-to-back notifications of deaths at ICE facilities.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
December 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
FOUR new deaths in ICE detention. That puts the total this year at 30 people dead; the highest in ICE's history and worse than even during the COVID years.
It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.
It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.
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Anyone notice that Speaker Johnson subtly dismissed Congress today so that they won't be in session on Friday?
Hmmm, anything big set to happen on Friday that might upset people?
Hmmm, anything big set to happen on Friday that might upset people?
December 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Anyone notice that Speaker Johnson subtly dismissed Congress today so that they won't be in session on Friday?
Hmmm, anything big set to happen on Friday that might upset people?
Hmmm, anything big set to happen on Friday that might upset people?
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Trump used a prime-time address—normally reserved for national emergencies—for lies, grievance, and division. No empathy. No plan. Just 18 minutes of noise. If only I could get that time back.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Trump’s Address Was Exactly What You Expected—and Worse
A rally speech masquerading as leadership
open.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Trump used a prime-time address—normally reserved for national emergencies—for lies, grievance, and division. No empathy. No plan. Just 18 minutes of noise. If only I could get that time back.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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The cost of Trump's White House ballroom may now reach $400 million.
Why have so many corporations lined up to donate to the ballroom project?
Because in Trump's White House, everything is for sale — even the building itself. Watch. https://youtu.be/Nbf6BJzpk1E?si=g1QPGh8Vasu_WWpZ
Why have so many corporations lined up to donate to the ballroom project?
Because in Trump's White House, everything is for sale — even the building itself. Watch. https://youtu.be/Nbf6BJzpk1E?si=g1QPGh8Vasu_WWpZ
Trump’s Ballroom Corruption Exposed
Robert Reich
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The cost of Trump's White House ballroom may now reach $400 million.
Why have so many corporations lined up to donate to the ballroom project?
Because in Trump's White House, everything is for sale — even the building itself. Watch. https://youtu.be/Nbf6BJzpk1E?si=g1QPGh8Vasu_WWpZ
Why have so many corporations lined up to donate to the ballroom project?
Because in Trump's White House, everything is for sale — even the building itself. Watch. https://youtu.be/Nbf6BJzpk1E?si=g1QPGh8Vasu_WWpZ
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Over 20 million Americans are about to see their health insurance rates skyrocket.
Instead of addressing that, the House GOP is going home for the holidays.
Just so happens they won't be in town to answer tough questions about the Epstein files, either.
Instead of addressing that, the House GOP is going home for the holidays.
Just so happens they won't be in town to answer tough questions about the Epstein files, either.
House Republicans call early Christmas break before Epstein files release
Under a recently signed federal law, the Justice Department had a Friday deadline to release materials concerning Epstei
www.newsweek.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Over 20 million Americans are about to see their health insurance rates skyrocket.
Instead of addressing that, the House GOP is going home for the holidays.
Just so happens they won't be in town to answer tough questions about the Epstein files, either.
Instead of addressing that, the House GOP is going home for the holidays.
Just so happens they won't be in town to answer tough questions about the Epstein files, either.
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Elon Musk’s net worth has now surpassed $600 billion, just weeks after Tesla approved his 10-year, $1 trillion pay package.
That could amount to $100 billion per year — more than 1.4 million elementary school teachers’ paychecks combined.
Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
That could amount to $100 billion per year — more than 1.4 million elementary school teachers’ paychecks combined.
Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
December 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Elon Musk’s net worth has now surpassed $600 billion, just weeks after Tesla approved his 10-year, $1 trillion pay package.
That could amount to $100 billion per year — more than 1.4 million elementary school teachers’ paychecks combined.
Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
That could amount to $100 billion per year — more than 1.4 million elementary school teachers’ paychecks combined.
Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
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Human rights advocates and healthcare workers are still calling for the release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital, who has been detained under harsh conditions by Israel for nearly a year.
October 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Human rights advocates and healthcare workers are still calling for the release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital, who has been detained under harsh conditions by Israel for nearly a year.
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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Bulgaria is backing an EU plan to end Russian gas exports to the bloc by late-2027, the country's top energy official has said.
The move will effectively cut off pipeline supplies from Moscow to Hungary and Slovakia.
The move will effectively cut off pipeline supplies from Moscow to Hungary and Slovakia.
Bulgaria to end Russian gas flows to Hungary and Slovakia in 2027
The southeastern European country is home to the last entry point for Russian pipeline flows into the EU, which is currently in talks over a bill to end gas imports.
www.politico.eu
September 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Bulgaria is backing an EU plan to end Russian gas exports to the bloc by late-2027, the country's top energy official has said.
The move will effectively cut off pipeline supplies from Moscow to Hungary and Slovakia.
The move will effectively cut off pipeline supplies from Moscow to Hungary and Slovakia.
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I want you to read one of my 2022 investigations again + understand that the response you’re seeing from your children’s school boards-the harassment + firing of teachers, administrators & staff-is tied to a network of folks who have been in this game for years: www.propublica.org/article/geor...
White Parents Rallied to Chase a Black Educator Out of Town. Then, They Followed Her to the Next One.
Cecelia Lewis was asked to apply for a Georgia school district’s first-ever administrator job devoted to diversity, equity and inclusion. A group of parents — coached by local and national anti-CRT gr...
www.propublica.org
September 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I want you to read one of my 2022 investigations again + understand that the response you’re seeing from your children’s school boards-the harassment + firing of teachers, administrators & staff-is tied to a network of folks who have been in this game for years: www.propublica.org/article/geor...
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Read the Dekleptocracy substack: "When a phantom foundation with no address, no registration and a founder who might not exist, wires $100 million to the president's crypto company, America has a problem"
dekleptocracy.substack.com/p/trumps-she...
dekleptocracy.substack.com/p/trumps-she...
Trump's Shell Game Threatens American Security
We're pushing to make anti-corruption a top priority on the political agenda to fight authoritarianism, strengthen the rule of law and protect democracy.
dekleptocracy.substack.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Read the Dekleptocracy substack: "When a phantom foundation with no address, no registration and a founder who might not exist, wires $100 million to the president's crypto company, America has a problem"
dekleptocracy.substack.com/p/trumps-she...
dekleptocracy.substack.com/p/trumps-she...
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Very thoughtful piece from @jilldlawrence.bsky.social: "Trump voters and people who didn’t bother to vote need to learn for real that elections have consequences. The question is what price the rest of us are willing to pay to make that lesson stick."
From my latest, on elections having consequences: "The new 2025 law is unpopular—even more so than the 2010 ACA, or Obamacare, when it was first passed. But do those 15 million people realize they could lose coverage? And should Democrats try to help them?" jilllawrence.substack.com/p/trump-is-d...
Trump is destroying America. Are his voters starting to realize that?
Democrats are on the right track by picking a shutdown fight over cruel Republican health care choices.
jilllawrence.substack.com
September 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Very thoughtful piece from @jilldlawrence.bsky.social: "Trump voters and people who didn’t bother to vote need to learn for real that elections have consequences. The question is what price the rest of us are willing to pay to make that lesson stick."
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Israeli forces have killed at least 25 members of the same family in Gaza City’s Sabra neighbourhood, with up to 50 Palestinians feared trapped under rubble, as attacks ramp up across the besieged enclave aje.io/6wi1cm
Israeli attack kills at least 25 from the same family in Gaza City homes
Palestinian family members at the scene say they fear as many as 50 people are trapped under the rubble.
aje.io
September 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Israeli forces have killed at least 25 members of the same family in Gaza City’s Sabra neighbourhood, with up to 50 Palestinians feared trapped under rubble, as attacks ramp up across the besieged enclave aje.io/6wi1cm
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The silencing of Jimmy Kimmel isn't just about Trump's fragile ego.
It's also about the corporations who see the erosion of our rights as a simple cost of doing business.
Let's discuss Trump's war on free speech on today's Klatch.
https://youtu.be/MWJnsLYnaYA
It's also about the corporations who see the erosion of our rights as a simple cost of doing business.
Let's discuss Trump's war on free speech on today's Klatch.
https://youtu.be/MWJnsLYnaYA
Is Comedy Illegal? | The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
September 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The silencing of Jimmy Kimmel isn't just about Trump's fragile ego.
It's also about the corporations who see the erosion of our rights as a simple cost of doing business.
Let's discuss Trump's war on free speech on today's Klatch.
https://youtu.be/MWJnsLYnaYA
It's also about the corporations who see the erosion of our rights as a simple cost of doing business.
Let's discuss Trump's war on free speech on today's Klatch.
https://youtu.be/MWJnsLYnaYA
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Remember 24 hours? What a joke. Trump can’t end the war because he’s unwilling to put pressure on Putin, a murderous tyrant and war criminal who helped him get elected in 2016 and whom he treated as a statesman and BFF.
President Trump is signaling that he would step back for now from efforts to reach a Ukraine peace deal.
“I’m not happy about anything about that war. Nothing. Not happy at all,” Trump told reporters Friday.
“I’m not happy about anything about that war. Nothing. Not happy at all,” Trump told reporters Friday.
Frustrated, Trump signals pause in his Ukraine peace effort
The president, who had said a deal to end the war could be reached soon, expressed frustration over lack of progress and signaled he would pause his efforts.
wapo.st
August 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Remember 24 hours? What a joke. Trump can’t end the war because he’s unwilling to put pressure on Putin, a murderous tyrant and war criminal who helped him get elected in 2016 and whom he treated as a statesman and BFF.
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At least 15 Palestinians, including four children, have starved to death in a single day, according to health officials, bringing the total number of deaths from malnutrition to 101 since Israel’s war on Gaza began aje.io/f3vtid
Gaza posts 15 new deaths from hunger, bringing starvation toll to 101
Latest malnutrition-related deaths include a six-week-old baby, as dozens more killed in Israeli strikes across enclave.
aje.io
July 23, 2025 at 2:13 AM
At least 15 Palestinians, including four children, have starved to death in a single day, according to health officials, bringing the total number of deaths from malnutrition to 101 since Israel’s war on Gaza began aje.io/f3vtid
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Mexico asks US to repatriate 14 nationals held in 'Alligator Alcatraz' reut.rs/4o1Npf1
Mexico asks US to repatriate 14 nationals held in 'Alligator Alcatraz'
Mexico is seeking the repatriation of 14 nationals being held at the United States' detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz", President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Tuesday.
reut.rs
July 23, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Mexico asks US to repatriate 14 nationals held in 'Alligator Alcatraz' reut.rs/4o1Npf1
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The EU’s top diplomat says ‘all options remain on the table if Israel doesn’t deliver’ on its Gaza pledges.
EU warns Israel as Trump’s envoy heads to Europe for Gaza truce talks
The EU’s top diplomat says ‘all options remain on the table if Israel doesn’t deliver’ on its Gaza pledges.
bit.ly
July 23, 2025 at 5:00 AM
The EU’s top diplomat says ‘all options remain on the table if Israel doesn’t deliver’ on its Gaza pledges.
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Men, women and children seen running in all directions away from Israeli soldiers attacking the desperate aid seekers.
Starving Palestinians pepper-sprayed at GHF aid site in Gaza, video shows
Men, women and children seen running in all directions away from Israeli soldiers attacking the desperate aid seekers.
bit.ly
July 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Men, women and children seen running in all directions away from Israeli soldiers attacking the desperate aid seekers.
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If the Senate confirms the wildly unqualified Emil Bove, it will be responsible for the even Trumpier and more lawless Supreme Court for which the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is potentially but a Bovean stepping stone. He is an antijudge extraordinaire
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/o...
Opinion | Revenge, Thy Name Is Emil Bove
www.nytimes.com
July 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
If the Senate confirms the wildly unqualified Emil Bove, it will be responsible for the even Trumpier and more lawless Supreme Court for which the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is potentially but a Bovean stepping stone. He is an antijudge extraordinaire
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/o...