Today marks 16 years since the federal minimum wage was last raised.
Guess how much the wage would be today if it kept up with worker productivity over the years?
How are we supposed to tell the difference?
Call your Senator and Reps. — Demand hearings (sanctioned or unsanctioned) on ICE.
☎️ Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
@housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov
I use SCOTUSblog a lot but, oh well, guess that era is over. It’s fine. I also used Twitter a lot before the fascists took over.
Times change. The way I look at it, every time the white-wing takes over a new media space, it just makes what I do more rare and thus more valuable.
They all will surely appreciate due process being upheld for them when they’re all taken into custody for their actions while in power.
Historical photo showing British soldiers interrupted during drag show rehearsals by a German raid, manning a BL 6-inch Mk VIO naval gun at Shornemead Fort, England in 1940, source: Snopes
And the library’s Drag Queen Story Hour was never the same, but neither were the protesting Nazis.
Remember Middle Earth was saved by the discovery of Isildur’s correspondence in the unprocessed archival collection MS1973 in the White City and then Middle Earth was preserved by bravery of the smallest among them. Imagine Frodo not having to wait 17 years because Denathor II fired the archivist.
If there even are midterms
Although Trump banned the AP and Reuters from the press pool in the Oval Office today, they allowed in Russia-state media outlet TASS, until reporters called it out. Thoroughly disgraceful!
"I wish the American people understood that we are Americans, too"
"Glow-faced trust-fund babies fritter their unearned cash on crystals, alternative remedies and “non-western” medicines, scorning the medical system that has made them among the healthiest people in the history of the world."
Gov. Mills: I’ll comply with the state and federal laws
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
As the old saying goes: nice work if you can get it. Shorter version: smash and grab.
Essential reporting here by Pro Publica
berto.fyi/DOGEbrawl
U.S. District Judge John Bates:“we’re not an agency where we don’t want to be an agency, but we are an agency this one instance where we want to be.”
84% HUD staff cuts will cause irreversible harm to towns still recovering & trying to rebuild from recent disasters. Trump is giving tax breaks to his rich friends over ensuring HUD can deliver resources to you.
Hear 👏🏾 Me 👏🏾 Clearly 👏🏾
He doesn't care about you!
Belong. Love hearing Michael, Mike and Bill all in that vocal wail.
What's happening with the Covid nasal vaccine programs?
And why are they in jeopardy?
erictopol.substack.com/p/a-covid-na...
Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"
I was just outside the Treasury Department where Elon Musk has launched a full scale authoritarian takeover. My message to Musk is simple: get your hands off our money and get the hell out.
