Panera Bread sent an email to me with the title "Where have you been?" I have been avoiding overpriced restaurant food. I have been sad that they dropped the one menu item I usually order. I have been avoiding patronizing corporations taken over by private equity firms.

Duh.

Question from my students: Is there an official name for the Trump War in Iran yet?

This legislation could provide an easy path to criminalize LGBTQ+. missouriindependent.com/2026/04/22/b...

More about the proposed elimination of the income tax in Missouri. www.stltoday.com/opinion/edit...

Rights are not subject to majority rule or authoritarian rule.

The Missouri GOP has an example of how this will fail right next door. Still, stupid is as stupid does. missouriindependent.com/2026/04/21/p...

Too late.

This distracts from the release of UFO files that distracts from the invasion of Iran that distracts from the bad economy that distracts from the invasion of Venezuela that distracts from the fleecing of the middle class that was to distract from the Epstein files. www.reddit.com/r/StrangeEar...

The real heroes of the Epstein story

If journalists had any integrity and courage, they would boycott the White House Correspondents Dinner. It should be as empty as a TPUSA event.

The workers are the real heroes anyway.

A month after the explosive NYTimes investigation into the César Chávez sexual abuse allegations, immigrant & labor rights orgs are grappling with the aftermath, Michelle Zacarias follows up. Organizers say the path forward is a renewed focus on a movement's collectivism, rather than figureheads.

The workers are the real hero.

Nick here opened the door to prevent Christian Nationalists, AIPAC, and ALEC from writing legislation. missouriindependent.com/briefs/misso...

Native territories should sue for sovereignty.

Dude, @repwesleybellmo.bsky.social

The socio-economic inequality of corporatism. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/b...

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche admited that the DOJ excluded all images showing “death, physical abuse, or injury” from the Epstein files release. DEATH? The truth is probably far worse than anyone can imagine. Blanche needs to be proescuted as well.

The Democratic message should be that the War in Iran is actually a war on the American working class and, particularly, a war on rural folk. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/b...

AKA "Blitzkreig Fuel"

Another lesson on how no GOP member of the Missouri legislature understands economics. missouriindependent.com/2026/04/13/m...

MAGA is simply the loudest part of the problem that is the GOP. missouriindependent.com/2026/04/13/w...

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How much disposable income would you have if you weren’t paying health insurance premiums?

An mRNA treatment for PANCREATIC CANCER was in trials, among many other uses. Choosing to end this research is choosing to sentence millions to an early, painful death

California’s $20 Fast Food Wage Hike Didn’t Kill Jobs, New Study Finds truthout.org/articles/cal...

Trump's Vietnam. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

Not a labor historian, but it seems the premise here is that when labor was aligned with liberal social movements, they were more effective both in achieving union goals and maintaining integrity within. prospect.org/2026/04/01/a...

The Chinese are kicking Trump's ass, and America is worse off because of it.

If you havent seen this, make sure you read.

If it’s not already obvious.

How much would the private interests in the prison industrial complex gain from this legislation? Nick Schroer is hardly anyone to trust with the public interest in this issue. missouriindependent.com/2026/04/08/m...

What are you doing @repwesleybellmo.bsky.social ?

Of all of the reading and research I do regarding race, slavery, and racism, this crystallizes what I've found perfectly.

All of Us Should Be Able To Agree With This…..

I think it's bad for the President to threaten to annihilate an entire culture and i do not think you are being alarmist if you take his threats seriously and literally.

Tesco could pay every worker an extra £10,000 and still make a profit. British Gas could pay every worker an extra £35,000 and still make a profit. Shell could pay every worker an extra £300,000 and still make a profit. It is the billionaires who are ripping you off.

Cartoon by Pablo Stanley, on IG: pablostanley

The 25th amendment exists for a reason. This post is the reason.

Christianity is the biggest, most profitable scam in America.

This is the truest truth of all the truths (and there aren't many).

The best explanation why millions of Americans worship and support a convicted felon and sexual predator...

GOP: Public should be used for private schools. Muslims: Ok, great! GOP: No, not for you. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/u...

Dear Christian, If you’re demanding that the Ten Commandments be put up in public schools, but you’re not holding this president or his administration accountable to a single one of them, please don’t act like you actually take them seriously.