Five corporations control 90% of the US media market. Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere. It means more power for them and less freedom for you.

Reminder that the Virginia Gov. and general assembly have unfinished business to depoliticize higher education governance

Worth a read for understanding the dynamics of Virginia Gov. Spanberger vs workers/unions and the challenges ahead for organizing for a better future for workers

"This led to a typical Virginia situation where the scattered unions made private deals with Spanberger as best they could, if they could. The state AFL-CIO played its usual slumbering and near-invisible role."

Mamdani: "Solidarity with a government that is committing genocide is a very different thing than a question of solidarity with people of a specific faith. I'm proud to be a mayor of the city with the largest Jewish population in this country."

It’s time for Virginia to stop being the “wild west” for the data center industry and implement some common sense protections - @freedacathcart.bsky.social bluevirginia.us/2026/06/its-...

“The Virginia Way” is to agitate about fears that worker strikes are to be feared, or could hurt the state while preemptively kneeling before Capital’s threats to strike. That’s what the Data Center Tax break is.

D-Von Dudley Warns Fans Not to Accept WWE’s Version of Talent Disputes www.ringsidenews.com/d-von-dudley...

Today is the 10 year anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting and at his second Orlando show tonight, Noah wore a shirt commemorating it 🥺❤️🌈

So the same Virginia House Democrats that pushed higher education workers out of the collective bargaining bill, cutting its applicability by half, and are obstructing fairly taxing data centers are ALSO interested in having an unexamined relationship to donors. Cool cool.

"A nine-word sentence – “That § 24.2-948.5 of the Code of Virginia is repealed” – would strip the Virginia Department of Elections of its authority to audit campaign finance reports."

No.

Reason #1,000,000,000,000 why we should tax the rich.

The Bedford community and all those affected by the terrible tragedy at EastLake Community Church are in my thoughts. As we receive more details, I thank our first responders and everyone who provided care and support for those injured and their families.

EXCLUSIVE A lot of attention was (rightly) paid to the role Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson played in inciting the #Belfast riots. But few noticed the critical role play by a small Ulster youth club linked to the fast-growing US white supremacist Active Club network www.wired.com/story/a-whit...

In my new video, I share a recap of the @aflcio.org convention, including passing an @aft.org resolution supporting our Target boycott. I also touch on big topics of the week like inflation and AI, and reaffirm our commitment to keeping ICE out of schools. And Go Knicks! bsky.app/profile/aft....

The Virginia Democratic elected officials who oppose legalization of collective bargaining rights for state workers and that refuse to end tax breaks for data centers are one and the same. They create austerity to benefit donors then point to austerity to justify refusing advances for constituents.

It's Friday evening, and VA Senate Finance/Appropriations Chair Louise Lucas is most definitely not letting up on Gov. Abigail Spanberger... bluevirginia.us/2026/06/va-h...

It’s worth noting that Spanberger justifies keeping the data center tax break by an appeal to “keeping one’s word,” but has no problem breaking her commitment to support the expansion collective bargaining

The World Bank says the Iran war is the worst hit to the global economy since COVID. He didn't just sabotage the US economy, this president is destroying every bit of geopolitical goodwill we had. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

The Virginia Democratic elected officials who oppose legalization of collective bargaining rights for state workers and that refuse to end tax breaks for data centers are one and the same. They create austerity to benefit donors then point to austerity to justify refusing advances for constituents.

Clean VA: "House Budget Proposal Doubles Down on Data Center Tax Breaks, Despite Broad Public Opposition; Virginia Falls Behind Other States Willing to Take Decisive Action" bluevirginia.us/2026/06/va-h...

My gay agenda is to get cis het men to stop caring about how they (or others) label their sexual desires or attractions or just general turn ons. This is where my emotional sadism comes out. I wanna lovingly drag you into acceptance that being in a gray space is beautiful, actually. 😇 Happy Pride!

🌈June is Pride Month!🌈 And it’s a literal hate crime if you don’t book me and my hot friends together! I’ll be home in Richmond all month to enjoy the beginning of the Summer with you! 💌 datemikaela.com to book! #oursky #Bondassage #Elysium #datesouth #dateslc #daterichmond

On rejecting the school voucher scam, @tinakotek.bsky.social said, "I simply cannot trust that any education policy coming from Trump’s White House is in the best interest of Oregon’s kids and our public education system.” More governors should listen and do the same. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

And she rallied with workers for it and campaigned on it!!

@briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social please ask @abigailspanberger.com why she veto’d collective bargaining rights for public sector workers in VA! Her administration came in the last minute and proposed eliminating binding arbitration - a staple of labor union rights.

@briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social please ask @abigailspanberger.com why she veto’d collective bargaining rights for public sector workers in VA! Her administration came in the last minute and proposed eliminating binding arbitration - a staple of labor union rights.

Ya think?

Hi Democrats 👋

HELU's Vice Chair Jenna Chernega is, "excited to see working people join together on May Day to build power and solidarity. This is how we overcome the authoritarianism in our government and also create a new and better world for tomorrow." 👀 Watch this space for May Day resources, coming soon!

At our colleges and universities, faculty & staff working conditions are students’ learning conditions. They deserve a seat at the table - and the way we achieve that is through collective bargaining. cvillerightnow.com/news/208802-...

Institutional autonomy and academic freedom can be shored up by Collective Bargaining. Give faculty and graduate students a chance to fight for our institutions! @abigailspanberger.com @aaup.org @afthighered.bsky.social @aaupmason.bsky.social @ucwva.bsky.social

Ok. We faculty and grads lost the @vademocrats.bsky.social vote on Collective Bargaining, but their error (paid for by Univ Presidents) can be remedied by Gov. @abigailspanberger.com. Time to make more phone calls! @aaup.org @aaupmason.bsky.social @ucwva.bsky.social www.wvtf.org/news/2026-03...

“The VA General Assembly voted to give over half a million public sector workers collective bargaining rights. But not me. I'm an adjunct faculty member who was just left behind to endure the exploitation of higher education.” @abigailspanberger.com, please correct course & add us back in.

Shameful and short sighted.

VA Dems, ceding to univ administrators, pass CB w/carve out: 9. Employees of a public institution of higher education except for service employees… Faculty/grad workers @aaup.org @aft.org @ucwva.bsky.social left behind while facing unprecedented attacks on higher ed. Beyond gutted. No words…

And knowing the racist past of denying collective bargaining as a white supremacist move… You know we in the south. Just don’t tell me you are FOR justice and equity then deny people their labor rights. Can’t have it both ways. And using cost as your excuse?! We all know there’s money.

Early in adulthood, I was struck by a Dem Party leadership’s unwillingness to fight for Black peoples’ right to vote in FL or OH, even at the expense of the presidency. Virginia Dems debating whether to expand labor union power while Trump races to institutionalize authoritarian power seems similar.

Stand with the VSU Fired Six!!!

Don't kick us out of Collective Bargaining! @abigailspanberger.com @donscott757.bsky.social Give higher ed workers a chance to build a better higher ed system for our students, our workers, and all of VA! @aaup.org @aft.org @aaupmason.bsky.social @ucwva.bsky.social @unitehere.org @seiu.org

Nation's largest nurses union repeats calls for ICE abolition, pledges to do "everything in our power to vote out any elected official who supports funding for this all-out assault on the health, safety, and civil rights of our people."

“I think the faculty senate has made clear that anybody who’s appointed before Spanberger takes office is not going to get a warm welcome,” said Dr. Heinecke, of UVA AAUP, who noted that searches to replace university presidents normally take a year or more. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...

Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.

Ideology without politics is intellectual masturbation. Politics without ideology makes you accept material concessions that undermine your power to get more. Ideology becomes reactionary at the point in which it denies scientific evaluation, or suppresses the impetus for it.

"In New York City, Zohran Mamdani’s inspiring victory and massive turnout underscored that standing up for tenants, workers, and the quality of life isn’t just good policy—it’s good politics" - @rweingarten.bsky.social

The last month of the anti-Mamdani campaign was an absolutely shameful undertaking, an attempt to rip the city and Democratic coalition apart and I'm very happy to see it failed.

AOC: "This is about, do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And they assignment is to come together across difference no matter what."

Forcing me to pay union dues is my kink. Make me chip in my fair share Mami.