Sick coal miners deep in Trump country fight back, saying they are being suffocated by government policies aimed at helping industry while stripping away worker health and safety regulations written in blood over decades.

Imagine just not showing up to work but expecting to get paid and keep the job.

The Gilded Age collapsed under its own corruption. A backlash is building, but ending this administration is not enough. We need a vision for the future, not a return to some imagined past, but a future that builds prosperity, safety, and hope for all of us, not just the people in the ballroom.

Publix: Where Shopping Is a Danger Publix now allows open carry in all Florida stores—even as it bans guns at its own headquarters and was just ordered to pay $2.5 million to a customer shot on its property. Guns and groceries don’t mix. 📞 HQ: (863) 688-1188 📞 Customer Service: 1-800-242-1227

Chicagoans are rightly furious about what ICE is doing here as it tries to sow chaos in this otherwise peaceful city. Now we also have a flurry of unwarranted tear gassing incidents across the city that sure look like a violation of a federal court order. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...

The people yearn for (democratic) socialism (this one will make you cry)

Years ago, I sat down to dinner with people I barely knew, and before the main course began, I was planning my escape. 1nadinesmith.substack.com/p/politics-a...

NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES DAY 28 OCTOBER 2025 THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES 🚨 7 DAYS AWAY 🚨 🚨CALIFORNIA VOTE YES ON #PROP50 🚨 A Special Shout Out & Thank You to @votevets.org Take a moment to listen to these 2 great Veterans as they KNOW .. IMPORTANCE OFPROP 50 A grateful nation thanks you!

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

Trump is once again using the White House as a personal piggy bank. trib.al/dmMVJFY A Florida-based drone manufacturer, which Don Trump Jr. joined as an adviser in November 2024 (around when his father was elected president), just received its largest-ever contract to supply parts to the Pentagon.

Defending public education is about defending democracy. Classrooms are where our kids learn critical thinking and collaboration—essential tools to being engaged citizens. My full conversation about "Why Fascists Fear Teachers" with @nadinesmith.bsky.social below. www.wmnf.org/wide-awake-a...

A man who worships himself will eventually demand a temple. When democracy grows weak, a vain man will always try to crown himself. The next President should pledge to dismantle this monument to vanity and turn the White House into what it ought to be, a home for a servant of the people.

They said Red America would stay silent. Then it roared. Millions rose in peaceful rebellion from small towns and city streets to defend democracy and reclaim their power. Read the story of a nation awake and unafraid. #NoKings 👉 open.substack.com/pub/demcastu...

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Publix now allows the open carry of guns in all FL stores. Is that armed man on your aisle the next mass shooter or someone just stocking up for the cookout? How dangerous is this? Publix bans open carry at its own headquarters, where the executives who made this decision go to work.

Trump is bailing out Argentina with $40 billion while leaving American farmers twisting in the wind. At this point, it’s obvious he doesn’t want them to succeed. I’m calling it now: this is going to turn into a land grab for pennies on the dollar.

Be part of this, show up for #NoKings on Saturday — and join up with an organization afterwards — do what you can, it matters.

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

I’m worried about y’all. I’m worried about the way this constant drumbeat of hatred is tampering with your brain. substack.com/@1nadinesmit...

Any clue what creature attacked this security camera on the side of the house at 2am?

Walking away with $20 billion of US taxpayer money so Scott Bessent’s Wall Street cronies don’t lose their investments in Argentina.

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I booked a photo session tonight bc I have very few pictures of my family together, but while I’m smiling & holding my children, I know I will hear this mother’s screams. I don’t want my tax dollars supporting ICE agents dragging parents away from car line. And most moms in the US agree with me.

IMPEACHMENT TIME!! Enough of his fuckery. Motion to vacate!! There's 217.5 members that will be on board. Clearly he is not serving the public, only krasnov. Crazy hill to die on. But he has the ethics and morals of an alleycat. And the smugness to go with!

This is wrong. They need to use irresistible Krispy Kremes if they hope to get a bite at all. #MockeryNotObedience

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“You’re not making art, you’re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else’s throat hoping they’ll give you a little thumbs up and like it. Gross.”

Veterans, Who Saw One of Their Own Arrested by ICE and Charged, Say Feds Are Undermining Democracy A 70-year-old Air Force veteran was charged while protesting outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility for handing his cellphone to a friend. Trump Has Gone Too Far www.military.com/daily-news/2...

💔 Over 1.3 million Americans have been shot since Sandy Hook! We invite families & survivors impacted by all forms of gun violence from every state to register to attend the 13th Annual National Vigil for All Victims of Gun Violence in Washington, D.C. bit.ly/13thNationalVigil #EndGunViolence

Harmeet Dhillon (DOJ) publicly targeted this judge on Twitter a couple weeks ago.

When they say: “I can’t say anything anymore,” what they mean is, “I can’t say it without consequence.” It's not a loss of free speech. They are describing a loss of supremacy. And because most of these imagined humiliations never happened, the outrage lives on because the incident never did.

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

Our hearts are broken for the LDS community. Because of potential gun violence, we are now afraid to go to church, send our kids to school, and just live our lives. This is not freedom. How has gun violence made you less free? https://action.momsrising.org/survey/gvp_story_collection/ #MomSky

Remember your oath. Your duty is to the U.S. Constitution, not to a man. That duty will be tested. And when it is, you must decide: Are you a servicemember who stands with honor, integrity, and country or an amoral mercenary, carrying out the whims of a tyrant? #NoKings

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A mother cries for her 19yo son, abducted off the streets of the town they call home. “All I want is to know if he is alive.” Carmo was taken by ICE on his way to work. His car was later found with one of the windows shattered. Shattered like his mom’s heart. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/28/m...

Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."

NEW: Rachel Maddow drops unseen bodycam footage of feds coordinating the arrest of Newark Mayor Baraka. I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws. Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it? If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say? Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

A man who worked for a prominent German far-right lawmaker in the European Parliament was convicted of spying for China for more than four years, according to German news agency dpa.

John Oliver dismantles Trump's DOJ case against James Comey. The DOJ had "twice looked into Comey's alleged leaks during Trump's first term and declined to prosecute." A more recent "monthslong investigation earlier this year also reportedly failed to establish probable cause."

Come on @nbcnews.com. Add a ‘without evidence’ to this post.

As we urge the press to cover what is happening, we need to protect the press when they do their job. Release @peoplesfabric.com immediately. #MOMSky

A pattern is developing where everyone who fights back against a Trump attack inevitably wins with their reputation much better than before, and everyone who caves to him looks like shit and has Trump coming back for more a month later.

Here's more context on the firearms charge from 2020, related to having a loaded hunting rifle in a vehicle. (Roberts paid a $100 fine for that) 4/ apnews.com/article/iowa...