Texas is the national epicenter of Bitcoin mining, writes @candicebernd.bsky.social with the @texasobserver.org. There are an estimated 40 crypto mines in Texas, which together consume enough electricity to power 800,000 homes. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Jamelle Bouie @jamellebouie.net is reading about the Federal Unionists Network, and you should be too. hammerandhope.org/article/trum...

“Mr. Rodríguez, we’re going to miss you,” a girl told the teacher after singing. 
“I’m going to miss you, too,” he said, fighting back tears of his own. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Happy May Day! Here’s some May Day reading for you from the forefront of today’s struggles. my latest in @hammerandhope.bsky.social hammerandhope.org/article/trum...

Federal workers are providing a spark of hope-- Organizing against the Trump-Musk-Vought troika's slash-and-burn attacks & in the process, potentially laying the groundwork for a more potent labor movement in yrs to come. My latest for @hammerandhope.bsky.social hammerandhope.org/article/trum...

"What began in 2022 as an ad hoc group of fewer than two dozen union members has grown into an org of hundreds of active members, a network of 15,000+ workers, and a developing infrastructure to organize and train leaders within every federal union in the country" hammerandhope.org/article/trum...

The sixth issue of Hammer & Hope is now live. It’s morning again in America. Federal agents snatch students off the streets. The White House boasts of banishing hundreds of people to a Salvadoran prison. Head Start and domestic violence shelters await the chopping block. hammerandhope.org

Trump's latest EO to completely bust the federal unions -- ending collective bargaining rights for over a million federal workers -- is an open totalitarian call to dismantle any organization or institution that "fights back" or in any way "obstructs" the administration.

The ADL would back the Klan if the leadership thought it might, even indirectly, help Israel in some way

"A terrified young student, snatched off the street by a masked police force taken thousands of miles across the country without anyone knowing. It is as flatly authoritarian as anything we have ever seen in this country," says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk's detention.

29 hours left $64k short of our overall goal 1 out of breath candidate zohranfornyc.com/donate

Rebuilding a powerful labor movement is THE key to defeating Trumpism & the billionaires Had a great conversation about the stakes & potential of widescale worker-to-worker organizing with @gabrielwinant.bsky.social on the new episode of @thedigradio.bsky.social thedigradio.com/podcast/work...

when satire is more truthful than news

Today in "Up is Down and Down is Up" news... Government advocates for crypto are tearing down every regulatory responsibility that they have in the name of "transparency." The entire purpose of crypto is to operate in the dark, outside of government or democratic oversight.

Here's what's happened, if you're just tuning in: 1. Musk ally Tom Krause told the Treasury career staff to cut off USAID payments 2. The career staffer resisted, saying doing so is illegal 3. The career staffer was ousted by Trump team 4. Krause has now been installed as head of the payments system

EMERGENCY PIECE: Elon Musk Wants to Get Operational Control of the Treasury’s Payment System. This Could Not Possibly Be More Dangerous. Worse, exclusive new information revealed here explicate how Musk’s actions relate to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (Link at the end)

Philly Whole Foods workers made history last Monday: Their win was only the second time US workers have ever beaten Amazon in a union election But it won't be the last 🧵

If you want guidance on how to start a union in your workplace just like the Whole Foods workers did, fill out this form and our organizers will be in touch! workerorganizing.org/support/

I wrote about Trump and crypto's match made in hell. jacobin.com/2025/01/trum...

Ok, finally made the move. Hello Bluesky.