One of the biggest labor battles in the US is happening right now in Los Angeles, at USC, where our faculty-union campaign with majority support is being met by nasty, corporate-grade administrative resistance, and national press won't cover it.

This thread contains premium articles about the Trump regime's misadventures in the Middle East from publications I subscribe to. The articles are free for you to read. Articles will be added daily. »J. D. Vance says this Middle East entanglement can’t be dumb—because Trump is smart.«

It is the anniversary of the My Lai massacre today. I'd say that even more than most years, it's important to remember what happened. And the role Hugh Thompson, an active serviceman, played in both stopping and publicising it. Despite enormous military, political and public pressure to stay quiet.

If you have the means, please donate to the Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate and they are overwhelmed with requests. Colorado borders Kansas, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out. tcpipeline.org

i shouldn’t give this piece any more attention than it has already garnered but i feel like it is worth pointing out some flaws in the argument/unquestioned assumptions thread 1/

Some of us independent journalists and newsletter writers were talking about the devastating Post layoffs and were thinking-- would folks find it useful at all if we held a little information session on the ins and outs of going indy, starting + running a newsletter or website, etc?

The Reframe is so great, so consistently. Don’t miss @juliusgoat.bsky.social on the latest document drop

Literally everyone who even vaguely knew what a tariff was said this when they were introduced! You don’t need a team of economists to analyze the situation — no one who lives in reality was confused by this!

Posting this to X, Threads, and Bluesky as an experiment

A decade ago, when Trump one the first time, I and other Black writers tried to make us see that racism — both explicit and deeply seeded — was at the root of Trump’s rise. We were dismissed even as late as last year as people attributed economic anxieties to Trump’s wins. DO YOU BELIEVE US NOW?

This is a thread of major media outlets falsely anthropomorphising the "Grok" chatbot program and in doing so, actively and directly removing responsibility and accountability from individual people working at X who created a child pornography generator (Elon Musk, Nikita Bier etc) #1: Reuters

It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.

It turns out the “culture war” was the point all along, just like Black people said it was.

i hope this is how you find out about dick cheney

The city was abuzz with measured enthusiasm! 🇨🇦

I suspect the MAGA government decided to launch all these Bluesky accounts tonight to try to bait people in advance of No Kings. These people have incurable 4chan brain and this is how they operate. Block them. Do not engage. Do not give them what they want.

Pay people you like on the internet folks, it’s going to be rough out there

Want a fast and easy way to make your Indigenous Peoples Day impactful for years to come? I made this list of 100+ Indigenous Voices who post daily about our lives, our truths, and our fight. Easily auto-follow all 🪶 Come honor these beautiful Native voices!

They're talking about killing leftist activists. They're talking about murdering people organizing in defense of immigrant communities, doing mutual aid work, and protesting their violence. They are talking about murdering people like me and my friends. We must do more than acknowledge it's fascism.

Unions Improve Social Well-Being Even For Non-Members #cdnpoli www.readthemaple.com/unions-impro...

This was a word AND he cussed 😂

this is an OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT petition. We're lucky to have these, here. Canadians: please sign this, because it never just stops at whatever some random corporation arbitrarily decides they don't want to support, when none of us have a choice whether to use it or not

reposted this today because the inverse is also true: if you abandon trans people right now, you are abandoning civil rights period. if you can't stand up for trans people when it matters, no one should, or will, ever trust you when the bullseye moves to the next target.

Like watching someone dunk Prometheus's flame in a lake.

Bye forever, WeTransfer.

The thing about "winning the middle" in order to make a big tent is that it fails, not only in practical reality, but as a metaphor. Think of a big round carnival tent, like in Bugs Bunny cartoons. Picture it from the top. Big circle. Got it? www.the-reframe.com/winning-the-...

If you are arrested during a protest or action against ICE or CPD in Chicago, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at [email protected]. (This is an offer for criminal defense; I unfortunately don't do immigration law.)

I know everyone has moved on from the Abrego Garcia case but it's still important, and Trump has now accidentally opened up major new lines of inquiry by admitting that he could bring him back whenever he wants. Establishing who is advising Trump to defy SCOTUS is critical:

This should be a huge story

A new study models the impact of the implosion of U.S.-funded disease treatment and prevention in the developing world — and suggests that Elon Musk and Marco Rubio will go down as among history’s greatest monsters if funding and effective administration are not restored.

The Trump admin has just detained Mohsen Mahdawi, who: –has green card –was Columbia Buddhist club president –saw his best friend shot & killed by Israeli soldier –said "we are against antisemitism because antisemitism is a form of injustice, and injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"

Your regular reminder that almost everything Trump is getting away with is not because of presidential strength, but because of congressional weakness and judicial deference. The constitutional tools are already there to fix this, but those who can fix it are refusing to do so.

Wishing all my #ADHD peeps smooth password resets and sorting through the important mail pile during annual tax prep day. Months of dread have prepped you to meet this moment, it’s your time to shine!

Without saying your age, who was your first animated crush?

Hey, go do this, please. I have health insurance through the ACA, and if this rule went into effect, it would mean that while I'd still be paying a ridiculous amount in premiums, the plans I'd be able to get wouldn't actually cover my health needs.

Fragile white men afraid of women ,DEI, trans people, education, and vaccines have wiped people's futures and safety net out. And all the folks who want this whiteness who voted for Trump helped them.

Important to say upfront

If the courts lose jurisdiction because the government puts the prisoner in a black hole then there is no law.

People who are looking for a way to fight Trump, I have it for you in one name: Kilmar Abrego-Garcia. He's the poor guy who got pulled off the street, declared a gang member for no reason, then sent off to that hell-hole in El Salvador. Fight for him because this case will unravel everything. 🧵

"I want to live somewhere my own government doesn’t want me dead."

NEW: Friends of Neri Alvarado, rotting in a Salvadoran prison on Trump's orders, made a video highlighting his volunteer work helping neurodiverse children learn to swim. Neri was sent there after someone at ICE thought his autism awareness tattoo was a gang tattoo. Vid posted by Noah Lanard on X.

If you're in Illinois and: - Palestinian, or protesting the genocide in Occupied Palestine; or - trans, or protesting for trans rights; and you are arrested or discriminated against, I can represent you pro bono. Please email me at [email protected]. I will take as many cases as I can.

The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought: - 1.65 million deaths from AIDS - 500,000 from lack of vaccines - 550,000 from lack of food aid - 290,000 from malaria - 310,000 from TB

Some of his readers have asked Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social why his technology news site, Tech Dirt, has been covering politics so intensely lately. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w... I cannot recommend Mike's reply enough. It's exactly what readers need to hear, what journalists need to do.

Reagan adulation for anyone < 50 🚩🚩🚩