JD Vance visited the Lehigh Valley today to tell us the economy is thriving and the affordability crisis is a hoax. Watch this video to hear what voters in PA district 7 had to say #affordabilitycrisis #taxbillionaires

Greg Bovino of the U.S. Border Patrol showed up at the picket line of Teamsters Local 705 in Chicago today. The workers have been on strike against manufacturer Mauser since June. When workers are intimidated by federal agents, it chills worker organizing! inthesetimes.com/article/maus...

The unemployment rate for Black Americans rose to 8.3% in November, the highest level since 2021 and a 2.1 percentage point increase from the start of this year

Seth Watkins' family health insurance premiums are about to go up from around $600 a month to around $2,300 a month, with a $9,200 deductible per person. A lot of Iowa farmers are in a similar situation. Watch the Iowa Farmers Union news conference from today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=y14H...

ICE PEPPER SPRAYED A ONE-YEAR-OLD because her mother was filming them.

There are different things that you need to know if your income level is ~$10K a year, ~$100K a year, ~$1M a year, ~$10M a year, ~$100M a year, and $1B a year. Financial literacy for someone that makes ~$10K a year, is: "How to apply for SNAP," and "What time do the buses stop running?"

The RFK, jr effect.

Headlines from Rural News Clips. Subscribe free! —ICE prison’s 911 calls overwhelm a rural Georgia emergency system —Farmer, organizer Suzan Erem reflects on rural collective action in the Trump age —Judge bars FEMA from axing climate disaster grants

Um, ok... This paper forthcoming at the JOP provides evidence that rent control in Germany actually made tenants MASSIVELY *less* NIMBY. This result was in the opposite direction of the authors' pre-registered expectations. And the effect sizes are, truly, massive.

NEW: The Trump-Vance White House has falsely accused an ally of Pope Leo — Sr. Norma Pimentel — of illegal activity tied to migrant aid, and cut off all federal funding to Catholic Charities in Texas. Church leaders say it’s a targeted, political reprisal against Pope Leo and the Catholic Church.

This is bravery and an indication that the GOP is starting to see the writing on the wall: Trump is not all powerful, won’t be around forever, and they’ve got to plan beyond him.

Pete Ricketts has taken over $70,000 in campaign contributions from Tyson Foods.

I think we know who to thank for the failure of Trump's effort to bully Indiana Republicans into passing a new gerrymander: Aftyn Behn, Eric Gisler, and every Democrat who's run in a special election this year. The GOP saw all these overperformances, and they were right to be scared.

Republicans are scared shitless after the TN-07 special election showed a 13-point shift against them. What would that look like nationwide? Democrats flipping about 600 state legislative seats, winning 6 new state trifectas and breaking a lot of supermajorities heartlandsignal.com/2025/12/10/h...

Last night, 200+ of us stood in the freezing cold in rural Monroe County because affordability is not a hoax, while Rob Bresnahan stood right beside him.

The actual rural Pennsylvanians who live where Trump held his rally have a very different perspective on the local economy since Trump has come into office: www.instagram.com/p/DSD67vKAT4W/

Nearly 200 rural Pennsylvanians gathered tonight to say loud and clear that the affordability crisis is not a hoax — and that Trump’s record is hurting our communities.

200+ Rural Pennsylvanians showed up in 20 degree cold to counter Donald Trump's lies and tell him that Affordability is Not a Hoax. Rural people are paying more for food and healthcare because of Donald Trump. @megankocher1.bsky.social reports from the field! www.tiktok.com/@megankforpa...

Donald Trump is starting his damage control for 2026 tour in the most rural corner of one of the most competitive Congressional Districts in the country, PA-08. Rural people will be there to let him know Affordability is Not a Hoax. ruralorganizing.org/press/panick...

Trump says "affordability" is a hoax and now he's finally emerging from his fantasy palace under-construction in DC to go to a casino in rural Pennsylvania. But rural Pennsylvanians are standing up and telling the truth! Join us! @megankocher1.bsky.social www.tiktok.com/@megankforpa...

So it turns out that, with the TX GOP's new gerrymander, there are no fewer than 18 of what you might call "Aftyn Behn" districts. That is to say, seats between Trump +20 to +25—seats Dems probably won't win, but where they could throw a serious scare into the GOP. Via @donnermaps.bsky.social

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

"At least $5.9 trillion will be inherited by billionaire children over the next 15 years, the bank calculates."

BREAKING: All House Democrats have signed our discharge petition to extend the ACA tax credits. That makes 214. We can protect health care and lower costs — if only 4 Republicans will join us.

TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there. Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.

If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:

republicans who think you have a safe seat: no you don’t

A Democratic win in TN-7 is a long shot, but not impossible. This is a district that was created when they gerrymandered the state to take away the Democratic seat in Nashville, and it was one Trump won by 22 points a year ago. If the GOP squeaks by with say 5-7 points, that's a red alarm.

Exhibit A + Exhibit B

Or here's a crazy thought. Maybe instead of relying on philanthropy we could collect taxes from rich people. www.wsj.com/us-news/mich...

Today, we're raising $2500 to change the path of our country’s future by its 250th b-day, July 4th 2026. We are going to launch a major mobilization next year to make sure our country chooses a path of repair, not continue to descend into white supremacist fascism secure.actblue.com/donate/gf-gi...

It’s not just NYC that loves free buses: two Maryland counties and the city of Baltimore already have them, and offer a great model for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and all lovers of free public transit! truthout.org/articles/fre...

A very desperate Trump is lying about @aftynbehn.bsky.social But @nathanevansfox.bsky.social knows the truth and brings the receipts #TN07 www.instagram.com/reel/DRvagMT...

Today (December 1), Starbucks agreed to pay over $35 million to more than 15,000 NYC employees to settle claims they had been denied stable schedules. Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani and Senator Bernie Sanders joined striking workers outside a store as the settlement was announced. Video below ⬇️

Obviously "mass deportation will lower housing costs" was never a real argument but @mtkonczal.bsky.social crunched the numbers. Get ready to for crimes against humanity to save you a two liter of shasta mikekonczal.substack.com/p/mass-depor...

The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time." Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...

Farmers are heavily reliant on the Affordable Care Act for health insurance, but with tax credits for the ACA set to expire, many will be facing major hikes to their premiums. Many are now weighing difficult decisions, like going uninsured or finding secondary employment.

I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...

As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store. Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.

I talked to Aftyn Behn, who's making a race of a U.S. House seat in and around Nashville that Trump won by 22 points. Her big proposed bill in the state legislature would have ended grocery taxes in Tennessee and paid for it by stopping corporate tax avoidance. Perfect for the political moment.

We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com. We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans. washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

“In some ways, this administration could have come in and done nothing and made progress on inflation,” said Claudia Sahm. “But the policies they’ve chosen have created extra costs for businesses, and businesses tend to pass on costs.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...

The partisan divide has grown, too. The wealthiest 100 tended to give more to Republicans than to Democrats before last year. But giving to the GOP spiked in 2024, with *84%* of donations going to back Republicans or conservative PACs.

NEW: ICE has finally released post-shutdown detention data. The latest data reveals that a full 40%(!) of people arrested in the interior and held in ICE detention have no criminal record; no criminal charges or prior convictions. That is up from just 4% when Trump took office.

NEW: Officials at the Indian Health Service have deemed terms like “immunizations” and “vaccines” risky “buzzwords” that require approval to be used in social media posts, pamphlets and presentations for patients.

Sounds familiar: round people up and plunder their homes, art, and jewelry. Why stop at immigrants? There'd be more of everything if we deported every Dem. And everyone on Medicaid and SNAP. The Republican vision: empty the country out except for a handful of billionaires that take everything.

Trump is planning on signing an EO that threatens any state that tries to regulate AI by cutting off essential funding for rural broadband. It's billionaires v. rural communities, and Trump, as usual, is bleeding out rural communities for the billionaires. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Evil.

Here’s a story for every national news outlet: In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property. “Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.” www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...

For two months, the U.S. government has been racial profiling as masked federal agents hunted for immigrants throughout Chicago. They’ve repeatedly snatched up U.S. citizens while traumatizing communities. “I felt like a piece of trash.” Here is our story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...