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Shout it from the rooftops: ICE is targeting working people, not criminals.
🚨ICE agents are racially profiling and arresting Hispanic drivers in the DC area today, targeting work vehicles like trucks and vans. A friend who was targeted sent me video today. Here’s a picture that shows one of two agents before he pulled on his mask. Unmarked black Ford truck, plate: NTV9211.
August 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Shout it from the rooftops: ICE is targeting working people, not criminals.
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We don’t need to accept this life for our kids. It’s our choice to subject children to this horror.
Talking with @chrislhayes on @MSNBC and then with @andersoncooper on @CNN later on the path forward.
Talking with @chrislhayes on @MSNBC and then with @andersoncooper on @CNN later on the path forward.
August 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
We don’t need to accept this life for our kids. It’s our choice to subject children to this horror.
Talking with @chrislhayes on @MSNBC and then with @andersoncooper on @CNN later on the path forward.
Talking with @chrislhayes on @MSNBC and then with @andersoncooper on @CNN later on the path forward.
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Here's what the third day of elementary school looked like in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC.
August 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Here's what the third day of elementary school looked like in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC.
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Last night DC neighbors showed up at a police checkpoint at 14th & V ST. NW with handwritten signs warning drivers to avoid the block.
After realizing that the community was successfully diverting all traffic, agents packed up the checkpoint and left. #WeKeepUsSafe
After realizing that the community was successfully diverting all traffic, agents packed up the checkpoint and left. #WeKeepUsSafe
People cheer as some federal agents get in their cars and leave.
NY plates on their cars.
NY plates on their cars.
August 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Last night DC neighbors showed up at a police checkpoint at 14th & V ST. NW with handwritten signs warning drivers to avoid the block.
After realizing that the community was successfully diverting all traffic, agents packed up the checkpoint and left. #WeKeepUsSafe
After realizing that the community was successfully diverting all traffic, agents packed up the checkpoint and left. #WeKeepUsSafe
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The Administration’s actions are unprecedented, unnecessary, and unlawful.
There is no crime emergency in DC. Violent crime reached historic 30-year lows in 2024, and is down 26% so far in 2025.
We are considering all options and will do what's necessary to protect DC residents' rights and safety.
There is no crime emergency in DC. Violent crime reached historic 30-year lows in 2024, and is down 26% so far in 2025.
We are considering all options and will do what's necessary to protect DC residents' rights and safety.
August 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The Administration’s actions are unprecedented, unnecessary, and unlawful.
There is no crime emergency in DC. Violent crime reached historic 30-year lows in 2024, and is down 26% so far in 2025.
We are considering all options and will do what's necessary to protect DC residents' rights and safety.
There is no crime emergency in DC. Violent crime reached historic 30-year lows in 2024, and is down 26% so far in 2025.
We are considering all options and will do what's necessary to protect DC residents' rights and safety.
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The District of Columbia is under attack today — not from violent gangs or thieves, but by the President of the United States.
The President's weaponization of the Home Rule Act is a direct attack on the 700,000 residents of DC and we will not stand for it.
The President's weaponization of the Home Rule Act is a direct attack on the 700,000 residents of DC and we will not stand for it.
August 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The District of Columbia is under attack today — not from violent gangs or thieves, but by the President of the United States.
The President's weaponization of the Home Rule Act is a direct attack on the 700,000 residents of DC and we will not stand for it.
The President's weaponization of the Home Rule Act is a direct attack on the 700,000 residents of DC and we will not stand for it.
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I think it's time to be skeptical of any jobs numbers going forward...
August 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I think it's time to be skeptical of any jobs numbers going forward...
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Y’all, this picture was taken in 1938.
In 1938 the CEO to worker pay ratio was about 20:1.
Today, it’s estimated to be 344:1.
In 1938 the CEO to worker pay ratio was about 20:1.
Today, it’s estimated to be 344:1.
July 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Y’all, this picture was taken in 1938.
In 1938 the CEO to worker pay ratio was about 20:1.
Today, it’s estimated to be 344:1.
In 1938 the CEO to worker pay ratio was about 20:1.
Today, it’s estimated to be 344:1.
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Aid organizations report that thousands of children in Gaza are at risk of starvation while trucks full of food sit waiting across the border.
The full flow of humanitarian assistance must be restored immediately. news.un.org/en/story/202...
The full flow of humanitarian assistance must be restored immediately. news.un.org/en/story/202...
People dying from lack of aid every day in Gaza: WFP official
The hunger crisis in Gaza has reached new and astonishing levels of desperation, with a third of the population not eating for multiple days in a row, a senior official with the UN World Food Programm...
news.un.org
July 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Aid organizations report that thousands of children in Gaza are at risk of starvation while trucks full of food sit waiting across the border.
The full flow of humanitarian assistance must be restored immediately. news.un.org/en/story/202...
The full flow of humanitarian assistance must be restored immediately. news.un.org/en/story/202...
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Gutting government services kills people www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
July 12, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Gutting government services kills people www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
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🚨 Announcement from the Stop DOL Cuts coalition 🚨
We have already lost 20% of our staff. If RIFs are announced, we will not be able to fulfill our mission - and we are prepared to let the American people know.
We have already lost 20% of our staff. If RIFs are announced, we will not be able to fulfill our mission - and we are prepared to let the American people know.
July 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
🚨 Announcement from the Stop DOL Cuts coalition 🚨
We have already lost 20% of our staff. If RIFs are announced, we will not be able to fulfill our mission - and we are prepared to let the American people know.
We have already lost 20% of our staff. If RIFs are announced, we will not be able to fulfill our mission - and we are prepared to let the American people know.
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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DC has roughly the same population as Alaska, but no one is looking out for our interests as this budget gets negotiated. That's wrong — and we all lose out.
July 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
DC has roughly the same population as Alaska, but no one is looking out for our interests as this budget gets negotiated. That's wrong — and we all lose out.
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So important. This is America.
Freedom, equality, democracy, human rights are not and never have been dictated by polling approval.
Freedom, equality, democracy, human rights are not and never have been dictated by polling approval.
I just like to post these data from time to time to puncture the mythological aura of mid 20th c protests. They were less popular than pretty much any 21st c mass action & people criticizing them used the same lines. Protest is about people coming together, shaping narratives, & building power.
June 14, 2025 at 9:03 PM
So important. This is America.
Freedom, equality, democracy, human rights are not and never have been dictated by polling approval.
Freedom, equality, democracy, human rights are not and never have been dictated by polling approval.
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Sen. Padilla: “If this is how this administration responds to a senator with a question…I can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California and throughout the country.”
June 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Sen. Padilla: “If this is how this administration responds to a senator with a question…I can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California and throughout the country.”
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This is insane. I’m trying to think what the reaction would have been if Mayorkas, DHS Secretary under Biden, had got his security folks to manhandle and shove Tom Cotton or Ted Cruz in this way.
Sen. Alex Padilla was just removed from Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles (video: Bill Melugin/Fox News)
June 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This is insane. I’m trying to think what the reaction would have been if Mayorkas, DHS Secretary under Biden, had got his security folks to manhandle and shove Tom Cotton or Ted Cruz in this way.
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Happy birthday to the Women's Bureau!
Addressing barriers to women's labor force participation is key to growing the economy and filling in-demand jobs. The bureau has been at the forefront since 1920, pushing for workplace policies in the U.S. that help ALL women thrive.
Addressing barriers to women's labor force participation is key to growing the economy and filling in-demand jobs. The bureau has been at the forefront since 1920, pushing for workplace policies in the U.S. that help ALL women thrive.
June 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Happy birthday to the Women's Bureau!
Addressing barriers to women's labor force participation is key to growing the economy and filling in-demand jobs. The bureau has been at the forefront since 1920, pushing for workplace policies in the U.S. that help ALL women thrive.
Addressing barriers to women's labor force participation is key to growing the economy and filling in-demand jobs. The bureau has been at the forefront since 1920, pushing for workplace policies in the U.S. that help ALL women thrive.
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105 years ago today, the Women's Bureau—a DOL office dedicated to promoting American women in the workforce—was born.
Today, Trump is calling for its elimination for the first time ever. Spoke to 9 current & former staffers about its work for @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Today, Trump is calling for its elimination for the first time ever. Spoke to 9 current & former staffers about its work for @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump wants to eliminate a 105-year-old office that supports women
Staffers see the proposal as part of an effort to fundamentally reshape America's workforce.
www.motherjones.com
June 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
105 years ago today, the Women's Bureau—a DOL office dedicated to promoting American women in the workforce—was born.
Today, Trump is calling for its elimination for the first time ever. Spoke to 9 current & former staffers about its work for @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Today, Trump is calling for its elimination for the first time ever. Spoke to 9 current & former staffers about its work for @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Our legal system is meant to provide due process for all, but immigrant families are being torn apart without ever getting their day in court. #DisappearedInAmerica tells their stories: disappearedinamerica.com
Disappeared In America
A mother and her three children were seized by ICE in a pre-dawn raid near Trump’s border czar Tom Homan’s home, despite deep roots in their community. After ten days in a Texas detention center and a...
disappearedinamerica.com
June 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Our legal system is meant to provide due process for all, but immigrant families are being torn apart without ever getting their day in court. #DisappearedInAmerica tells their stories: disappearedinamerica.com
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Venture capital firms are now reaching out to scientists who have faced funding cuts due to Trump/Musk/Doge and offering them funding.
A very shrewd move on their part but of course this means their discoveries from this funding will be owned privately instead of by the American people.
A very shrewd move on their part but of course this means their discoveries from this funding will be owned privately instead of by the American people.
May 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Venture capital firms are now reaching out to scientists who have faced funding cuts due to Trump/Musk/Doge and offering them funding.
A very shrewd move on their part but of course this means their discoveries from this funding will be owned privately instead of by the American people.
A very shrewd move on their part but of course this means their discoveries from this funding will be owned privately instead of by the American people.
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The Suspension Clause:
1) Doesn't allow the President to unilaterally suspend habeas, especially when Congress is in session;
2) Applies only to cases of invasion or rebellion (this is quite clearly neither); and
3) *Even then,* applies only "when the public safety may require it." (It doesn't.)
1) Doesn't allow the President to unilaterally suspend habeas, especially when Congress is in session;
2) Applies only to cases of invasion or rebellion (this is quite clearly neither); and
3) *Even then,* applies only "when the public safety may require it." (It doesn't.)
Stephen Miller says they are “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus, which is only allowed when the US has been invaded or during an insurrection, which would not allow people to challenge their incarceration in court if they are arrested and detained.
May 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The Suspension Clause:
1) Doesn't allow the President to unilaterally suspend habeas, especially when Congress is in session;
2) Applies only to cases of invasion or rebellion (this is quite clearly neither); and
3) *Even then,* applies only "when the public safety may require it." (It doesn't.)
1) Doesn't allow the President to unilaterally suspend habeas, especially when Congress is in session;
2) Applies only to cases of invasion or rebellion (this is quite clearly neither); and
3) *Even then,* applies only "when the public safety may require it." (It doesn't.)
Amateur hour at the FBI.
The disrespect for Congress and the law is glaring - and for our nation a threat to our public safety.
May 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Amateur hour at the FBI.
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🚨 We want to get this flyer out to DOL employees who have been RIFed but many of them are on administrative leave instead of in the building. If you know any feds who need this info, please share it with them!
Important info on what to do after receiving a RIF notice (alt text included) ⬇️⬇️
Important info on what to do after receiving a RIF notice (alt text included) ⬇️⬇️
![YOU HAVE RIGHTS!
What Federal Employees Should Know about Reductions in Force (RIFs)
Your Rights
Generally speaking, for non-SES, executive-branch employees, your agency must:
● Provide 60 day’ advance notice of a RIF (though that can be reduced to 30 days based
on “not reasonably foreseeable circumstances.”) 5 C.F.R. § 351.801.
● For any bargaining-unit employees, provide the union with at least 60 days’ notice of any
RIFs, and more if a collective-bargaining agreement requires it
● Set a “competitive area” defining the organizational unit being cut and a “competitive
level” defining the types of jobs being cut; RIFs must target positions, not people.
● Make a “retention list” that ranks workers based on their tenure, veterans preference,
length of service, performance, and other criteria to decide who is terminated.
● Provide these rights to probationary employees as well as non-probationary employees.
● Provide severance pay: 1 week of pay for years of civilian service, 2 weeks for years >
10, plus an increase if you’re over 40
● Allow employees whose functions are transferred to a different competitive area to
transfer to those jobs
What To Do
● Before RIF Notice: Organize your coworkers, discuss strategies with them, keep your
union informed, download your eOPF folder, and consider what allies you can gather to
fight on your and your coworkers’ behalf.
● When you get a RIF Notice:
○ Ask the person who sent you the RIF notice and your HR representative in
writing for the retention register and check it thoroughly. Here is sample language
that you can use:
■ “Hi, my name is [NAME]. I just received a Reduction in Force notice,
dated [DATE]. Please send me the retention register that the Department
of Labor has compiled that applies to my competitive area and
competitive level immediately, along with any other information to which I
am entitled under 5 C.F.R. Section 351.505.
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![date of [DATE YOU RECEIVED RIF NOTICE] and an effective date of[DATE NOTICE SAYS RIF IS EFFECTIVE]. In particular, I would like to
receive any retention registers compiled for the Reduction in Force for which I received the attached notice. Please provide this information as soon as possible. For bargaining unit employees, file grievances over any failure to inform the union, lack of notice, placing employees on administrative leave without cause, or mistakes in the retention register.
● After RIF Notice: Challenge errors before the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB)
or via union grievance. Continue to come to work if they have RIF’d you unlawfully.
Stay in touch with your colleagues.
Additional Resources
● Reductions in Force (RIFs): An Overview (QR code below)
● Rise Up: Federal Workers Legal Defense Network (QR code below)
● How to Seek Compensation for Mental Health Conditions caused or aggravated by a
Federal Employer - CFPB Union (QR code below)
YOU ALSO HAVE THE RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH!
As long as you speak in your personal capacity about a matter of public concern and your
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May 7, 2025 at 2:19 AM
🚨 We want to get this flyer out to DOL employees who have been RIFed but many of them are on administrative leave instead of in the building. If you know any feds who need this info, please share it with them!
Important info on what to do after receiving a RIF notice (alt text included) ⬇️⬇️
Important info on what to do after receiving a RIF notice (alt text included) ⬇️⬇️
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The Trump administration is carrying out a large-scale operation across the DC area targeting *restaurants,* clearly trying to round up people for working under the table without papers.
Not gang members. Not felons. Not criminals. Dishwashers. Busboys. Cooks. Waiters.
Not gang members. Not felons. Not criminals. Dishwashers. Busboys. Cooks. Waiters.
Breaking: ICE agents are targeting DC restaurants in what is shaping up to be one of the city’s most high-profile examples yet of President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Millie's and Pupatella were among the restaurants to get a visit on Tuesday.
Millie's and Pupatella were among the restaurants to get a visit on Tuesday.
ICE Agents Are Targeting DC Restaurants
Millie's and Pupatella were among the restaurants to get a visit today.
www.washingtonian.com
May 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The Trump administration is carrying out a large-scale operation across the DC area targeting *restaurants,* clearly trying to round up people for working under the table without papers.
Not gang members. Not felons. Not criminals. Dishwashers. Busboys. Cooks. Waiters.
Not gang members. Not felons. Not criminals. Dishwashers. Busboys. Cooks. Waiters.
Targeting SCHOOLS. With children in the building? Horrific.
NEWS: ICE will also target Mundo Verde Public Charter School this week in Washington, D.C. Mundo Verde is the the first bilingual public school so many of the students have immigrant parents.
🚨🚨🚨SUBWAY RESTAURANTS, DOOR DASHERS, AND OTHER EATERIES WILL BE TARGETED BY ICE ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. migrantinsider.com/p/ice-raids-...
May 6, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Targeting SCHOOLS. With children in the building? Horrific.