Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market. This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.

This is hugely important! The new CEO of Starbucks is intentionally missing the point about workers' rights and worker dignity, and it's up to all of us to help workers make the point for him.

To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.

👏👏👏 "In a country and state with so many resources, we should not let our neighbors go hungry, live outside, or suffer without health care. To make sure everyone in our community has what they need, legislators need to look at additional sources of revenue, like raising taxes on the wealthy." #WaLeg

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Anyone with eyes and half an ounce of common sense knew this was coming, and that it is entirely the point. It's still disgusting.

As always, when Republicans know they can't win they don't moderate their positions, they cheat. Tell your friends in Pierce County, don't trust shady mailers from Jesse Young's friends, instead use trusted sources like the Progressive Voters Guide: progressivevotersguide.com/washington/c...

Popok: The blue states and cities effectively brought the cases. The red states are suffering, and their AGs are sitting on the sidelines. There’s no red state that brought a case. Think about that: not one red state attorney general brought a case to help prevent starvation and suffering. None.

Jeffries: "Understand, until Donald Trump tells them what to do, Republicans in the House and Senate are going to be unwilling to find a bipartisan path forward because this version of the Republican Party, they don't work for the American people. They work for Donald Trump."

The Trump regime is an utter failure so it’s working on its backup plan: pull us into a completely unnecessary war with Venezuela in order to distract from their domestic destruction, feed their anti-immigrant propaganda, and enact emergency powers to hold onto power forever. Authoritarianism 101.

They don't HAVE to do any of this. They want to. Probably more than they want to give tax cuts to billionaires, honestly. Because they're better than working people and they want us to know that. The best case endgame for these people is feudalism where most of us are serfs.

Well, she's lying. Dumb, obvious lies and really bad taste are the signature abilities of the members of this administration.

Absolutely read this thread. Derek is both marvelous on menswear (I have followed him since the Twitter days) and weaves (har) it into unionism and a rebuttal of the administration's bigoted crap that diversity is bad. Spoiler alert: our members are not harmed by non-white people having good jobs.

It is extremely important to remember that the Trump administration is wildly unpopular on all of its signature issues, which makes it fundamentally weak and means that we can, in fact, defeat this fascist agenda. Not that anyone thought institutionalized evil was a position of strength, but still.

Rep. Scott is right: 900,000 people in our state losing SNAP benefits is definitely an emergency. Image with alt text:

This looks like a concentration camp.

This problem is widespread throughout the state, and it is both dire for families and absolutely disgusting that the administration both seeks to balance tax cuts for the rich on the backs of LITERAL CHILDREN.

We are so pleased to have the opportunity to support this work!

Great list!

One of the reasons to participate in community support during the SNAP funding freeze and the shutdown - keep these jobs looking like the evil jobs they are.

The Trump admin and their allies are trying to turn workers against each other as they gut our health care and essential services. Workers are not pawns in their political games. Fund the government. Fix the health care crisis. Put working people first. act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...

Hey U.S. military members: "I was only following orders" didn't work at Nuremberg.

We absolutely agree that protest is crucial, both to defend our rights and to highlight that the administration is not as powerful as Trump would like to pretend it is. The more we stand up, the stronger our rights and the more courage we impart to others to stand up.

Friends, when's the last time a president was nearly 25 points underwater in the first year of their term?

If you're a Washington voter who doesn't get the Progressive Voter's Guide ... change that. It's excellent, particularly when there are candidates that look like a tossup based on their values.

Too many people view reading as “something you do” rather than “a skill that can be developed.” If you want to get better at kicking a football, you have to kick a lot of footballs. If you want to get better at reading, you have to read a lot of books. Also, it’s fun to be good at things!

Firing CDC workers then scrambling to reinstate them while still firing others is creating chaos in workers’ lives and putting communities across the country in danger. Fund the government. Fix the health care crisis. Put working people first.

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“Earlier this year, USPS announced a policy update stating that it does not guarantee that mail will be postmarked on the day it’s received, potentially invalidating ballots that are mailed on election day, November 4, but postmarked later.” #waelex

Good. They should face consequences for their behavior. Part of why we're in the situation we're in is that powerful people are rarely ever actually held to account for things less powerful people are held to account for constantly.

One of the takeaways people should have from the debacle that is this administration is that unions fight for their members. And more people can be in a union than generally think they can.

If they were serious about “fixing health care,” they would be doing everything they could to extend the Affordable Care Act’s tax credits so working families don’t have to pay more than DOUBLE for their health insurance premiums.

Our money is our power.

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Lots of great questions at the Public Education Alliance Town Hall in Michigan. Great discussion on how vouchers are used to defund schools and divide communities, getting parents more involved locally, teacher burnout & ultimately how to get students what they deserve—safe and welcoming schools.

i do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

Worth remembering and doing. We have the advantage of being able to record and share these images and videos broadly, and to call them what they are.

Educator wages lag for sure, but caring economy jobs are always rife with disrespectful jobs. We've got to make the jobs better and pay teachers what they're worth. Our future depends on teachers - why wouldn't you want the best teachers we can find?

In Seattle, WA, despite federal funding cuts, faculty librarians are determined to keep students building solutions to disinformation through their “Co-Designing for Trust” project: www.aft.org/ae/fall2025/... #PublicSchoolProud @aftwa.bsky.social

Imagine capitulating to a president that is so underwater that he doesn't even have 50% approval with white people as a white supremacist

Gosh, I thought "cancel culture" was bad and freedom of speech was king.

now is the time for every media personality to stand up and speak out, because what this shows is that nothing will save you they’re coming for all of you, unless you’re a true believer your days are numbered and your bosses are eager to comply do something you can be proud of on your way out

in light of the kimmel news, just a reminder that a few days ago a prominent fox news host literally called for killing homeless people. right afterward, someone shot up a couple homeless encampments. that fox news host still has his job.

We stand in solidarity with our Latine siblings this month, and every month.

We should always strive to call things what they are. Calling things what they are is the first step to being able to address them. Calling things what they are not but sound better is the first step to normalizing the very abnormal.

Not lost on me that ranting about Soros funding media is not just a classic anti-Jewish conspiracy, it’s also the same tactic that Orban used.

Genuinely cannot wait to read this.

ICE has fatally shot an Illinois resident close to a school. Schools must be safe zones; ICE should not be creating this fear for our kids and families and communities- I join the IFT in calling for a full accounting

Hey @msnbc.com , seriously how is saying “Hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which lead to hateful actions” a firing offense? That’s literally a basic truth about human behavior. What’s next, getting fired for stating gravity exists? I watch your network, I expect an answer.

A shocking twist absolutely no one could have seen coming. This economy doesn't work for most Americans, and the ones it does work for are the ones who don't need it.