Michael Sainato
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I spoke with auto workers in Ohio and Michigan about offshoring, how US trade policy has driven it, and efforts to win over voters in communities devastated by NAFTA
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‘Where are the jobs?’: as US autoworkers face offshoring, Democrats vie to win votes
Workers who voted for Trump and Republicans in recent elections are now being hit with offshoring and the impacts of tariffs – but can Democrats sway them?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/01/us-midwest-autoworkers-offshore-democrats
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"The medical costs alone add up to $24,000. If you add travel, pelvic floor physical therapy, water aerobics for low-impact movement and specialist care costs, she estimated that her pain has cost almost $40,000 to date."
www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
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‘They’ll pay anything to feel better’: the expensive problem of pelvic pain
Patients with vulvovaginal pain spend thousands as delayed diagnosis and insurance gaps inflate costs
https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2026/jun/12/pelvic-pain-costly-expense
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Elon Musk, the world's first trillionaire, is also a white supremacist. When Trump first took office, Musk did a Nazi salute and people had the nerve to defend and excuse this, but it all aligns with Musk's beliefs he constantly touts on X
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He's built his wealth off government subsidies and never fulfilled his side of these deals
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
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New York State Built Elon Musk a $1 Billion Factory. ‘It Was a Bad Deal.’
New Tesla facility in Buffalo was supposed to house a huge solar-panel operation, but the project hasn’t turned out as planned.
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/elon-musk-tesla-buffalo-new-york-solar-plant-1b634b9e?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqeoW8YOY4HArX_eCC79GatJEfmIaX8CtqrTOMKtJr95fP5otNmWYpzZONdhUbg%3D&gaa_ts=69d2e8b3&gaa_sig=tcdhCiiJCqcCOxAM2u7OjwB-ZvP8w6KG9LxEwjk5tOt-1GP3d7rUYic6kO4w3mNjultKQJ6r8S6jEWhS3_CvtA%3D%3D
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23 attorneys general demand a reversal to SNAP cuts, the largest in the program's history under the Trump admin, as Trump agricultural secretary Brooke Rollins continues spouting lies about the program
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https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/letters/letter-to-senate-leadership-on-snap-benefits-letters-2026.pdf
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He fired over 30 workers after a union drive at a Buffalo, NY Tesla plant went public
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Tesla fires more than 30 workers after union drive announcement
Workers at the Gigafactory 2 in Buffalo, New York, allege employees were fired in response to a union organizing drive
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/feb/17/tesla-fires-workers-union-buffalo
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He's fired women for trying to take maternity leave
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Former Tesla workers claim they were fired for using maternity and sick leave
Current and former workers also claim point-system attendance policy penalizes employees for use of paid time off
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jul/09/tesla-workers-terminated-claim-maternity-sick-leave
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Elon Musk is also a union buster He fired workers at Tesla to halt a union drive at his California plant
www.jalopnik.com/tesla-ordere...
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Court Orders Tesla To Re-Hire Pro-Union Employee Fired In 2017 - Jalopnik
Tesla has been ordered to rehire Richard Ortiz, a previously fired pro-union employee, after a federal appeals court ruled that Tesla and its CEO, Elon Musk, broke the law in firing him, Wards Auto re...
https://www.jalopnik.com/tesla-ordered-to-hire-back-pro-union-employee-ortiz-1850312651/
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In one case of firing a pro-union worker, the worker and his supervisor both said Tesla changed his performance review to fire him
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Tesla workers speak out: 'Anything pro-union is shut down really fast'
Elon Musk has said he is ‘neutral’ about a union but former employees blame their firing on their efforts to organize while current workers say a ‘culture of fear’ persists
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/sep/10/tesla-workers-union-elon-musk
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Not even close, but his predictions and claims still make headlines
abcnews.com/Technology/s...
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Wants to Send Humans to Mars by 2025, Years Ahead of NASA
He already has a plan to launch an unmanned spacecraft to Mars in 2018.
https://abcnews.com/Technology/spacex-ceo-elon-musk-send-humans-mars-2025/story?id=39554210
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Musk was boosted by free PR. In 2014, Barbara Walters claimed “Elon. Musk has a plan to save the world,” before outlining inventions he wanted to create, like traveling tubes from the Jetsons. “For ordinary mortals that would be impossible, but not for Elon Musk."
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Video Tesla CEO Elon Musk's Plan to Save the World
Part 7: Barbara Walters named the entrepreneur and billionaire one of the most fascinating people of 2014.
https://abcnews.com/video/27599238/
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Musk gave $1 million to an X user whose account pushed conspiracy theories such as claiming a “jew weather machine” is being used to target red states
www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...
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Winner Of Elon Musk's $1 Million Award Under Fire For Racist, Anti-Immigrant Posts
The billionaire's platform offered the massive prize money to an account littered with controversial posts.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-musk-x-awards-million-prize-user-racist-anti-immigration-posts_n_69836c47e4b053ac3e168c0c?origin=home-latest-news-unit
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Elon Musk won't admit to being a white supremacist, but sounds and acts exactly like one
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Elon Musk repeatedly has great replacement theory meltdowns
www.columnblog.com/p/the-adl-ig...
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The ADL Ignores Yet Another Elon Musk ‘Great Replacement’ Meltdown
Why does the alleged civil rights group continue to give a free pass to America’s most prominent antisemite?
https://www.columnblog.com/p/the-adl-ignores-yet-another-elon
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Here is Elon being overtly antisemitic
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In 2024, Musk admitted to using a burner account to impersonate his own son and was accused of running his own mother's account earlier this year
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Sure, Elon Musk Did Roleplay As His Toddler Son on a Secret Burner Account, But He Probably Isn't Pretending to Be His Mom
A now-deleted post made by Maye Musk fueled theories that Elon Musk was secretly sock puppetting the X account of his mother.
https://futurism.com/future-society/elon-musk-roleplay-son-mom
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Elon Musk, the world's first trillionaire, is also a white supremacist. When Trump first took office, Musk did a Nazi salute and people had the nerve to defend and excuse this, but it all aligns with Musk's beliefs he constantly touts on X
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23 attorneys general demand a reversal to SNAP cuts, the largest in the program's history under the Trump admin, as Trump agricultural secretary Brooke Rollins continues spouting lies about the program
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https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/letters/letter-to-senate-leadership-on-snap-benefits-letters-2026.pdf
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Janeese4DC
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We are not going to get ICE off our streets or protect Home Rule by fearing this President. Threatening DC because you do not like how our residents vote is an attack on democracy itself. The people of DC elect the Mayor of DC. And they want someone who will stand up to Donald Trump.
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Trump lied his ass off on the campaign trail “Under my administration, we will be slashing energy and electricity prices by half within 12 months, at a maximum 18 months”
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Oversight Dems
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is now involved. The White House is fully involved. Todd Banche moved Ghislaine to protect Trump. This is the biggest cover-up in American history.
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Rex Huppke
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Dude always looks and sounds like he just got back from doing a keynote at the Insecure Douchebags of America convention.
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Brent Toderian
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It’s like watching ridiculously bad sketch improv, except your life is going to be quantifiably worse because of it.
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Rollins also lied last year that SNAP couldn't be funded during the shutdown, Two federal judges had to order the agency to do so
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Andrew Lawrence
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i dont think the us government should be legitimizing and promoting racist pogroms in foreign countries
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Bailey McCann
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People were burned out of their homes with children inside. City busses were set on fire. This is what the face of DHS is supporting?
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Kelsey Atherton
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hey
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: why did you vote to confirm this guy
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Jordan Barab
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OSHA Penalty Increases are tied to inflation. But the White House has canceled the 2026 increases.
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White House Cancels 2026 OSHA Penalty Increases - Confined Space
The Trump administration has refused to implement legally mandated OSHA penalty increases.
https://jordanbarab.com/confinedspace/2026/06/10/white-house-cancels-2026-osha-penalty-increases/
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Michael E. Mann
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Was Secretary Wright under oath? Because he's lying. Here's the state of the underlying scientific understanding via
@aaas.org
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www.sciline.org/climate/clim...
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Ben Ryan hasn't had a byline in a publication in six months, he seemingly gave up trying to be a journalist to just be a creep and harass people
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Last year they were reportedly ineligible, now it's fraud. Rollins recycles and adds new spin in her ongoing lies about SNAP
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Andrew Gregory
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US measles cases pass 2,000 this year as outbreak nears worst in decades
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US measles cases pass 2,000 this year as outbreak nears worst in decades
Outbreak driven by falling vaccination and misinformation as federal public health cuts hamper state response
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/10/measles-us-spike?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Rollins also lied last year that SNAP couldn't be funded during the shutdown, Two federal judges had to order the agency to do so
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Meanwhile food banks are struggling to keep up with the soaring demand
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Food bank struggles to meet rising demand amid low inventory - AOL
The Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana is offering summer feeding programs to help provide meals and groceries to children and families in need, despite rising food costs and lower donations.
https://www.aol.com/news/food-bank-struggles-meet-rising-235107420.html
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Last year they were reportedly ineligible, now it's fraud. Rollins recycles and adds new spin in her ongoing lies about SNAP
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Big week for Elon Musk, instigating a racist anti-immigrant pogrom on Tuesday, set to become a trillionaire with the backing of all the biggest banks on Friday.
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Inflation is up to 4.2%, the highest since April 2023
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US inflation jumped to 4.2% in May, the third consecutive increase since start of Iran war
Before the conflict began, inflation was at 2.4%, but the closure of the strait of Hormuz has affected energy prices
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jun/10/inflation-report-rate
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The average hour of work buys 0.7% less now than a year ago for U.S. employees, 0.8% less for frontline workers.
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House defies Johnson and passes Democratic-led labor bill
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/u...
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House Passes Union Contract Bill, Bucking Republican Leaders
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/us/politics/house-passes-union-contract-bill-bucking-republican-leaders.html
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California Fast Food Workers Union
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"Our boss ignored our lunch breaks, didn't respect our paid sick time, paid us late, and underpaid us by paying us less than the minimum wage and failing to pay us overtime. But the hardest part was the lack of respect." - Striking Yum Yum Donuts worker
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California Fast Food Workers Union
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BREAKING: Yum Yum Donuts workers have walked off the job ON STRIKE after suffering years of wage theft and are owed over over $160,000 in wages and penalties. The company isn't even paying the $20 fast food minimum wage; we didn't know the laws till we talked to our union. 🧵
#UnionsForAll
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Power At Work
8 days ago
Labor news is moving fast ⚡ Join us for the Power Half Hour on June 9 | Noon ET/9 AM PT.
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It is insane Mehmet Oz and RFK Jr. are in any positions of power
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CVS agrees to pay $36.5 million for fraudulently billing Medicaid for insulin. Since its a bipartisan effort and has to do with a corporation, you won't hear anything about it from Mehmet Oz, who has spent his career defrauding the public with grifts and pseudoscience
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Absolute nonsense. They have no explanation or evidence for these claims, they're just too cowardly to contradict Trump
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This claim is false
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because of woke you cant even denigrate an entire nationality wholesale anymore without being called a racist
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This claim is false
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Oz is a quack
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kerry ✨
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Ms Rachel went to Delaney Hall
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