NEW in Bolts: Florida’s supreme court blessed the state's 2022 GOP gerrymander, weakening a key provision of the voter-approved Fair Districts Amendments. Governor DeSantis wants to take advantage. boltsmag.org/florida...

All right, to hell with it. One like, one enraging, amusing, or obscure labor history nugget.

New bad thing just dropped: Tech bros buying/donating surveillance gear to police departments, skipping public, elected official input and scrutiny on how it will be used. techcrunch.com/2024/11/08/b...

Matt Gaetz, once under DOJ investigation for sex trafficking, is now Trump’s pick for Attorney General. The Florida congressman’s nomination raises questions about loyalty, qualifications, and a DOJ in transition. jaxtrib.org/2024/11/14/m...

Can you resign from a term that hasn’t even started yet? According to Speaker Johnson, Gaetz resigned so DeSantis could schedule a special election by January. Florida’s canvassing commission hasn’t even certified the official results yet, but they’re going to already set a special election?

“He is uniquely qualified," a DOJ official told NBC News. "How many other prospective attorneys general had previous experience as the subject of a criminal investigation?" www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Column | Marco Rubio's thirst for American military interventions might offend gullible podcasters who thought a vote for Trump was a vote to dismantle the nation's military industrial complex. But don't worry: Rubio is a notorious shapeshifter. www.jacksonville.com/story/news/c...

Look, I’m the first to say that it’s hard for fact-checking to defeat vibes, esp when it comes to crime. But also? We need to keep beating the drum, over and over, that we are looking at STAGGERING DECLINES IN HOMICIDE this year. Back to pre-pandemic levels, perhaps the biggest drop in US HISTORY.

This is the biggest decision yet by the Biden NLRB. The board chair's term expires next month, and whether the Senate confirms McFerran's nomination or not could determine how quickly Trump gets a majority on the board.

National Labor Relations Board ruled today that captive audience meetings by employers to deter workers from unionizing are unlawful www.nlrb.gov/news-outreac...

What the US press can expect: • DOJ leak investigations + pressure on reporters to disclose sources • use of FCC licensing + antitrust laws to threaten media outlets • denial of access to WH + public records • restrictions on covering mass protests + law enforcement www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

This is such a wildly selfish pov and an awful thing to say about your union siblings in public during their contract struggle. The Tech Guild needs our support and when they win, all union members—including the NYT Guild—will benefit. That’s how this works. Too bad this guy doesn’t understand that

Elon Musk’s plan to cut $2 trillion a year would mean a 33% cut to every program in the budget including Medicare and Social Security. If you protect Medicare, Social Security, and veterans from the cut, it becomes a 62% cut to every other program in the budget.

Florida Court of Appeals: Sure, the governor admitted this redistrict map is unconstitutional, but there's no reason to continue state legal protections of a district ordered by the state Supreme Court, which found the lack of the district to be unconstitutional. via @apantazi.bsky.social

incredible flex from Greg Grandin here, predicting virtually beat for beat how the Kissinger obits would read. (Grandin on the left, NYT on the right) www.thenation.com/article/worl...

"Kissinger’s existentialism laid the foundation for how he would defend his later policies—policies that brought death, destruction, and misery to millions of people. If history is already tragedy, … then absolution comes with a world-weary shrug." www.thenation.com/article/worl...

So am I understanding correctly that Jacobin & Verso Books edited, published, & actually printed an entire book dedicated to Henry Kissinger's war crimes, waiting for this day to release and publicize the book with copies ready to go? jacobin.com/store/produc...

“We obviously didn’t think it would last as long as it has started to last, but we were ready, ” Brewer said. “We like to work. We like to provide for our family. But we were ready to do what we had to do for each other.” outliermedia.org/what-its-lik...

I know things get wonky with small numbers, but 22 murders is a local homicide rate of 55 per 100,000. In just an hour or so. That’s higher than the highest ANNUAL rate anywhere in the world (Jamaica at 52 in 2021).