politicians doing scummy economic stuff in international relations
I have v much enjoyed reading @katz.theracket.news‘ gangsters of capitalism while on sabbatical; it’s helped contextualize how Trump’s graft is simply the distilled endpoint of an inglorious historical legacy of economic ratfucking
140 injured. 8 dead. That number will climb.
All so that Tr*mp can protect pdf files, the war machine can rake in billions of our tax $$, and GOPs in Congress can try to rig the midterms.
Estimated cost of Trump's war: $1 billion PER DAY.
That's enough to pay for
- Medicaid for all 16 million people losing it because of Republican budget cuts
- AND daily food stamps for all 41 million people who rely on them
Imagine if we had a government put people over profit.
Now feels like a good time to remember that Big Oil is the reason why we're still hooked on dirty, dangerous fossil fuels.
The industry's lies have essentially stolen a generation’s worth of time that we could have used to transition to cleaner, safer energy sources.
It’s time for accountability.
💥BREAKING💥
Nearly 100 Kansas Citians are packing our Food Service Workers’ Town Hall right now!
We can afford to house people.
We can afford to feed people.
We can afford to give people healthcare.
The money is there. We just need to put people in office who will do it.
NEW: Judges livid over Trump administration defiance are increasingly taking pains to say they still trust and respect rank and file lawyers who appear in their court rooms.
It's the DOJ and ICE leaders who they say are driving the rupture. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
"Did US media fail in Gaza?"
Watch MS Now anchor Ayman Mohyeldin's response to
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social on Western media coverage of Gaza in the latest episode of 'We’re Not Kidding'
zeteo.com/p/ayman-mohy...
A man sits behind a desk while two men and one woman stands to his right and two men stand to his right. Headline placed at bottom of image reads “The World Cup is Still Happening This Summer, But It May Not Look As Planned”
There’s a lot of confusion about what has and hasn’t happened with the World Cup in the past month. L.A. Taco separates the fact from fiction.
The full story: lataco.com/world-cup-st...
By @afroxander.bsky.social
Iranian National Dies in Mississippi - 17th ICE Related Death Since December 31 By Izzy Ramirez
Fifty-nine-year-old Pejman Karshenas Najafabadi is currently the 11th person to have died while in ICE custody this year that we know of, and the 17th ICE-related death since the killing of Keith Porter on December 31, 2025.
Story lataco.com/iranian-ice-...
i spent an inordinate amount of time dissecting why the media is obsessed with union voters and Trump, and why they keep getting it absolutely wrong when it comes to labor thehousered.substack.com/p/the-medias...
This is just astonishingly great reporting.
All of the crises the White House has claimed over the last 14 months were planned in advance. All of them.
And however much contempt you have for media outlets who reverently relayed Trump's claim to have no relation to Project 2025, it isn't enough.
🐔 @SenatorHagerty also silent on ICE grabbing Nashville Noticias reporter Estefany Rodriguez 🤔
When our military is fighting a war Americans don't want, secret police are kidnapping and killing our neighbors, and the regime is working overtime to suppress the vote in the midterm elections, silence isn't an option. No Kings Day on March 28 has to be big, loud, and inescapable.
Please join us.
Chris Murphy: "I Just came from a two hour, closed door classified briefing on the war. It just confirmed to me it's totally incoherent. We are not gonna be able to achieve any of our stated objectives ... this is a disaster of epic proportions, a 10 day debacle"
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics. It’s the root of all evil in Washington.
We are the home of the civil rights movement, and you want me to believe that we can only be defined by the loud minority of racist people? Georgia has led movements. Our state led our nation time after time. Let’s continue honoring that legacy and building the Georgia we deserve.
Our tax dollars paid to blow up an elementary school in Iran, and Trump lied about it.
These are the real costs of war. The American people don't want another endless war and they don't want our military killing children.
www.cnn.com/2026/03/06/m...
Y’all.
These people need to be tried for their crimes. There’s no moving on from the death and destruction they’ve unleashed and will keep unleashing.
My latest for @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social explains how labor’s approach to 1st contracts is contributing to labor’s terminal decline & asks: how can unions structure 1st contracts to expand the power needed to win more over time? Are shorter 1st CBAs sometimes better? jacobin.com/2026/03/chip...
Our leaders should demonstrate their "seriousness" by building schools and hospitals here, not by blowing up schools and hospitals halfway around the world.
Trump and his national security team have learned nothing from our prior mistakes in the Middle East. Bombing a school (a incompetent mistake) and a desalinization plant (probably not a mistake) is just going to empower Iran's hardline leadership and dangerous terrorist groups.
“All of the same arguments, the same talking points, the same propaganda to justify the same mass casualty war.”
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social warns that the “Gaza playbook” is now being repeated in Iran
zeteo.com/p/will-the-u...
Our videojournalist Jon Farina reported ON-THE-GROUND as 2 homemade bombs failed to detonate near NYC Mayor Mamdani's mansion—as right-wing bigot Jake Lang held an anti-Muslim hate rally. We're grateful Farina & 100+ protesters were unharmed. Our report: www.statuscoupsubstack.com/p/fck-you-na...
Want this feeling in the United States? Join your friendly local labor union. Get in contact with an organizer -- ahem -- and they'll walk you through the steps on getting a union in your workplace.
