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Category: Labor & Economy

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Petition for change at REI

As a long-time REI member, I’m deeply concerned about the direction the company is taking under its current leadership. Recent endorsements and decisions threaten our cherished natural spaces and wildlife, prioritizing fossil fuel development over conservation. With a board filled with corporate interests, there’s a crucial opportunity to advocate for
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Russell Vought – Maybe the most dangerous person in the Trump Administration

Russell Vought's rise within the Trump Administration marks a pivotal moment in American politics, where a stringent Christian nationalist ideology seeks to reshape governance at the expense of marginalized communities. From his early days at Wheaton College to his role in Project 2025, Vought's agenda threatens to dismantle civil rights
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The vast majority of politicians “honoring” Martin Luther King, Jr. today would call him a radical leftist if he were still alive.

The vast majority of politicians "honoring" Martin Luther King, Jr. today would likely label him a radical leftist. King's vision extended beyond sanitized narratives, offering a critique of capitalism, militarism, and systemic inequality. He identified as a democratic socialist, advocating for economic reforms and a redistribution of power. His words
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Project 2025 – They aim to dismantle America as we know it.

Project 2025 represents a radical vision for reshaping America, targeting free expression, healthcare, civil rights, and the very structure of government. With proposals to redefine obscenity laws, dismantle reproductive rights, and eliminate federal oversight of education, this initiative threatens to alter the fabric of American society. Imagine a world where
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Project 2025: Shaping Trump’s Second Term

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares for his return to the White House, a significant shift is underway with the appointment of key figures linked to Project 2025, a comprehensive conservative governance blueprint. Despite previously distancing himself from this initiative, Trump's selections signal a potential embrace of radical policy proposals that
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Shoplift? Go to Jail. Violate Child Labor Laws? Maybe a fine.

A recent investigation into child labor violations at Iowa's largest pork processing plant has unveiled a shocking reality in America's food industry. JBS USA employed minors as young as 13 in hazardous conditions, violating federal labor laws. This alarming case, resulting in a $1.5 million penalty, underscores a broader crisis

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Ronald Reagan: “We should beware of the demagogues who are ready

Ronald Reagan: “We should beware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends—weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.”
“I voted for trump because he’s good for the economy” – Maga Mor

“I voted for trump because he’s good for the economy” – Maga Morons
Priorities: It’s very telling that after the largest market dro

Priorities: It’s very telling that after the largest market drop in years, Trump isn’t worried about your 401k shrinking, but is very concerned about his billionaire puppet master having less billions. And calling a boycott illegal?
Closing the department of education is likely illegal, and morall

Closing the department of education is likely illegal, and morally reprehensible. They aren’t just returning power, it’s just stealing the money. Cut taxes for very wealthy people, most of whom use private schools. Public schools parents taxes go up, AND our schools will lose funding.

Trump is attacking EVs: -Froze funding for EV charging infrastructure -Aims to end $7,500 EV tax credit -Shutting down 8,000+ federal EV charging ports -Selling off 25,000 government EVs Meanwhile we subsidize fossil fuels hundreds of billions a year. More here: https://leftofmiddle.com/slg9
24 hr summary: Grandma gets kicked out of the nursing home. Russi

24 hr summary: Grandma gets kicked out of the nursing home. Russian oligarchs can buy citizenship and pay lower taxes on the logging $ they make from destroying our national forests. He’s taking your guns and your taxes are going up. Also trans belly dancers and gold statues of Trump in Gaza.
Next time someone tells you they vote Republican because they are

Next time someone tells you they vote Republican because they are “fiscal conservatives”, just laugh and pity them, because they are fools. $19 trillion deficit $19,000,000,000,000 And if they say their taxes are going down, laugh again.