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My take on the Jan 23 action in Minneapolis is that I don’t really care whether it’s a “true” general strike (we could argue about that all day).
What DOES matter is that it’s a bold and necessary escalation, and local labor leaders are publicly encouraging workers to join in anti-ICE resistance
What DOES matter is that it’s a bold and necessary escalation, and local labor leaders are publicly encouraging workers to join in anti-ICE resistance
January 21, 2026 at 11:51 PM
My take on the Jan 23 action in Minneapolis is that I don’t really care whether it’s a “true” general strike (we could argue about that all day).
What DOES matter is that it’s a bold and necessary escalation, and local labor leaders are publicly encouraging workers to join in anti-ICE resistance
What DOES matter is that it’s a bold and necessary escalation, and local labor leaders are publicly encouraging workers to join in anti-ICE resistance
Together. We win.
it is -10 here today. I was supposed to go do a volunteer shift standing outside loading groceries into people’s cars to deliver to families stuck at home. just got a call not to come in because they have too many volunteers already. if you were wondering if the cold would stop us.
January 19, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Together. We win.
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How Workers Died Last Week: Three dead from electrocutions, 5 workers crushed under vehicles, construction, confined space, welding explosion, falls, machete attack, shootings and vehicle incidents: The Weekly Toll jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job - Confined Space
On average, over 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work. Here are how a few died last week.
jordanbarab.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:40 PM
How Workers Died Last Week: Three dead from electrocutions, 5 workers crushed under vehicles, construction, confined space, welding explosion, falls, machete attack, shootings and vehicle incidents: The Weekly Toll jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...
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January 6, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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“Rose believes that mainstream reporters should take an expansive view of what constitutes journalism—and be generous in sharing safety information and building relationships with other people documenting action in the streets.”
New York media outlets are being proactive about defending their rights as they anticipate the deployment of federal law enforcement. Read @joelsimonsays.bsky.social www.cjr.org/analysis/new...
The battle for press freedom in the streets.
New York media outlets are being proactive about defending their rights as they anticipate the deployment of federal law enforcement.
www.cjr.org
January 5, 2026 at 8:29 PM
“Rose believes that mainstream reporters should take an expansive view of what constitutes journalism—and be generous in sharing safety information and building relationships with other people documenting action in the streets.”
In addition to arguably being the best labor reporter in the state, Amie serves up perspective in her feed. Good follow if you’re into labor issues or Iowa or just curious about your world.
On this day in 1920, around 3,000 people suspected of being communists/anarchists were arrested without due process and tortured in what became known as the Palmer raids.
Seems familiar.
Seems familiar.
January 2, 2026 at 8:15 PM
In addition to arguably being the best labor reporter in the state, Amie serves up perspective in her feed. Good follow if you’re into labor issues or Iowa or just curious about your world.
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Public librarians deserve higher pay. I love public libraries.
January 2, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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Sigh ….
What’s top of mind for Americans as the new year begins? Here’s what they want the President and Congress to focus on:
January 1, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Sigh ….
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reminder that as activity picks up in places like Twin Cities, Louisiana, Alabama etc, my @propublica.org colleagues & I are still investigating immigration enforcement
I'm particularly interested in use-of-force & am still tracking the detention of citizens
Reach out ⬇️ if you have info to share
I'm particularly interested in use-of-force & am still tracking the detention of citizens
Reach out ⬇️ if you have info to share
December 5, 2025 at 11:52 AM
reminder that as activity picks up in places like Twin Cities, Louisiana, Alabama etc, my @propublica.org colleagues & I are still investigating immigration enforcement
I'm particularly interested in use-of-force & am still tracking the detention of citizens
Reach out ⬇️ if you have info to share
I'm particularly interested in use-of-force & am still tracking the detention of citizens
Reach out ⬇️ if you have info to share
In Iowa? In Des Moines?
Show up. Walk with unions.
www.laborers177.com/events/view/79 Event Details | Laborers' Local 177 | LiUNA!
Show up. Walk with unions.
www.laborers177.com/events/view/79 Event Details | Laborers' Local 177 | LiUNA!
Event Details | Laborers' Local 177 | LiUNA!
Find details on Laborers' Local 177 events.
www.laborers177.com
August 31, 2025 at 5:47 PM
In Iowa? In Des Moines?
Show up. Walk with unions.
www.laborers177.com/events/view/79 Event Details | Laborers' Local 177 | LiUNA!
Show up. Walk with unions.
www.laborers177.com/events/view/79 Event Details | Laborers' Local 177 | LiUNA!
Let’s friggin go.
And here’s a nice pre-elex write up from @laurarbelin.bsky.social
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/08/24/i...
And here’s a nice pre-elex write up from @laurarbelin.bsky.social
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/08/24/i...
August 27, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Let’s friggin go.
And here’s a nice pre-elex write up from @laurarbelin.bsky.social
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/08/24/i...
And here’s a nice pre-elex write up from @laurarbelin.bsky.social
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/08/24/i...
Let’s goooo
BREAKING: Workers at Yosemite and Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks just won their union elections.
They are the first national parks to unionize in several years.
They are the first national parks to unionize in several years.
August 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Let’s goooo
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BREAKING: Workers at Yosemite and Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks just won their union elections.
They are the first national parks to unionize in several years.
They are the first national parks to unionize in several years.
August 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
BREAKING: Workers at Yosemite and Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks just won their union elections.
They are the first national parks to unionize in several years.
They are the first national parks to unionize in several years.
“They can’t be bought, so they are bloodied”
The press freedom crisis in America isn't only billionaires bowing down at big outlets like CBS, the Post. In L.A., elsewhere, indie journalists at protests are getting beat up or arrested by cops, a chilling sign of an authoritarian U.S. police state
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/los-...
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/los-...
In L.A., police nightsticks are clubbing press freedom to death | Will Bunch
On Friday, LAPD cops allegedly battered and detained journalists at a protest — the ugliest of the many threats to U.S. press freedom.
www.inquirer.com
August 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
“They can’t be bought, so they are bloodied”
Actively targeting press is the mark of a weak and cowardly military.
Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital aje.io/onll19
Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza
Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.
aje.io
August 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Actively targeting press is the mark of a weak and cowardly military.
Keep calling
Chuck’s mailbox full. But we can still jam the lines at our senator’s local offices. #iowa
Cedar Rapids: (319) 363-6832
Council Bluffs: (712) 322-7103
Davenport: (563) 322-4331
Des Moines: (515) 288-1145
Sioux City: (712) 233-1860
Waterloo: (319) 232-6657
Cedar Rapids: (319) 363-6832
Council Bluffs: (712) 322-7103
Davenport: (563) 322-4331
Des Moines: (515) 288-1145
Sioux City: (712) 233-1860
Waterloo: (319) 232-6657
June 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Keep calling
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1/ There’s a lot of focus today on Nike’s warning that the company expects to take a $1 billion tariff hit, but I want to highlight the people — besides U.S. consumers — who could bear the brunt of Trump’s policy.
Thread 🧵
Thread 🧵
June 28, 2025 at 12:12 AM
1/ There’s a lot of focus today on Nike’s warning that the company expects to take a $1 billion tariff hit, but I want to highlight the people — besides U.S. consumers — who could bear the brunt of Trump’s policy.
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Anyone who has ever worked July - September construction in the Midwest knows this is a crappy rat management thing to do
The business arguments against an #OSHA heat standard are old, tired, nonsensical and will kill workers.
newrepublic.com/article/1968... via @newrepublic.com and @timothynoah.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1968... via @newrepublic.com and @timothynoah.bsky.social
Trump’s Going to Weaken Outdoor Workers’ Heat Protections
This is where climate denial meets indifference to worker safety.
newrepublic.com
June 17, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Anyone who has ever worked July - September construction in the Midwest knows this is a crappy rat management thing to do
Iowa showed up
June 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Iowa showed up
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Whoa!! Thank you!!
This is the best piece that will ever be written about our show! Thanks @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social! defector.com/there-will-n...
There Will Never Be Another 'WTF With Marc Maron' | Defector
I heard Marc Maron announce he was ending his podcast the way that I imagine he’d’ve wanted me to—while walking through my neighborhood in Los Angeles, through wired headphones, just a little too hopp...
defector.com
June 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Whoa!! Thank you!!
Common sense gun laws work.
June 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Common sense gun laws work.
A big shout out to some of the hardest working people in health care.
June 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
A big shout out to some of the hardest working people in health care.
It is the most ridiculous thing, but somehow makes perfect sense.
June 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
It is the most ridiculous thing, but somehow makes perfect sense.
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It is difficult to overstate how much I loathe such selfish dumbasses:
June 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It is difficult to overstate how much I loathe such selfish dumbasses: