1/3 of U.S. workers now have access to paid leave—the highest share ever.
@chabeli.bsky.social reports that with no federal guarantee, millions are still left out.
14 state laws now cover an estimated 46 million people, & the fight to expand paid leave is far from over.
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The sports gambling industry is pouring more than a million dollars into local Illinois races in a gambit to evade regulations and higher taxes.
Read @matthewccook5.bsky.social's reporting here:
inthesetimes.com/article/illi...
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The sports gambling industry is spending millions to influence elections and avoid higher taxes.
We followed the money. Help us keep exposing the corporate interests undermining democracy:
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In our latest, Mariame Kaba @prisonculture.bsky.social & Andrea Ritchie @dreanyc123.bsky.social on how to understand the spectacular violence of Trump’s ICE surges as an extension of the violence of everyday policing, and why to abolish ICE we must abolish the police
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"Where Trump and his administration appear afflicted by a kind of imperial attention deficit disorder, Israel has laid its objectives bare."
@alfatau.bsky.social reports on Iran and the increasing nihilism in U.S. policy.
"American Future has spent over $220K, backing entrenched Dem machine incumbent against a DSA challenger, Miguel Alvelo-Rivera, who pledged to 'fight to tax wealthy corporations and individuals, and make sure they know our legislature isn’t for sale.'"
inthesetimes.com/article/illi...
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"Central to Trump's approach has been relating to overseas state violence not as a potential PR disaster for the public, but as a PR opportunity for his base—a celebration of weapons and the iron fist of the U.S. military."
Iran is the latest target.
inthesetimes.com/article/trum...
Trump, who ditched the 2015 nuclear deal during his first White House term, repeatedly made clear in his remarks that he does not intend the new assault on Iran to be limited in scope like his bombings of Iranian nuclear sites last year.
"We know that Israel has broken the so-called ceasefire agreement in Gaza hundreds of times with no consequence from the United States. Is this a partnership we want to take into yet another endless and destabilizing war?"
@emanabdelhadi.bsky.social reports on what we know.
Trump has made the U.S. war machine impossible to ignore. As the bombing of Iran escalates, more people are rejecting endless war and militarized violence.
Khury Petersen-Smith and Azadeh Shahshahani argue we should channel public anger into organizing to dismantle militarism for good.
Thanks to @inthesetimes.com for running the piece @toddntucker.com and I wrote for @rooseveltinstitute.org
on why progressives must prioritize Court reform!
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The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is not “stability.” It’s a recipe for state collapse, regional conflagration, and unending violence.
@alfatau.bsky.social reports on the chaos this war is unleashing.
"For all their homilies about nation-building, US neocons who advocated for regime change wars in Afghanistan, Iraq & Libya did not shy away from nation-breaking. Similarly, it’s evident Israel's goal is less regime change than state collapse." New from @alfatau.bsky.social at @inthesetimes.com.
Wide-angle view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., framed by two large television lights in the foreground against a blue sky.
Trump’s attacks on the Supreme Court may be personal, but its broader role still demands scrutiny.
Shahrzad Shams and Todd N. Tucker report that, as the Court has repeatedly blocked progressive policies, reform should be a progressive priority.
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A useful moniker has emerged to describe the global network of elites whose power and privilege continue to protect them from accountability: the Epstein Class.
Trump has turned the U.S. war machine into a made-for-TV spectacle—and it’s spectacularly unpopular. For @inthesetimes.com, Azadeh Shahshahani and Khury Petersen-Smith argue we should channel public anger into organizing to dismantle militarism for good.
inthesetimes.com/article/trum...
There is something evil about a company that makes an addictive vice and accumulates millions when most families cannot afford their monthly necessities (food, rent, healthcare, childcare, transportation).
The legalized-betting industry: Oligarchy with the stubborn stain of its recent mafioso past, all tied up in a big bow of Citizens United corruption.
#ILPolitics scoop -- DraftKings is now the largest outsider spender in state races.
The sportsbook's new SuperPAC is spending big on candidates like Rep. Jaime Andrade in Illinois' 40th district.
@votejandrade.bsky.social is being challenged by community organizer @miguelfor40.bsky.social.
"The industry is particularly incensed about the way Illinois has chosen to structure its tax on sports betting. Instead of taxing winnings as in most other states, it collects taxes on a per-bet basis, which in turn has led to the decrease in betting. "
Ruh-roh
Thank you to @inthesetimes.com for co-publishing. inthesetimes.com/article/youn...
"Alex lost his life that day because we are not okay. We are living in a pivotal moment that compels us to act and take back this country from authoritarians.” ICYMI, our story on the first ever young workers march that took place last month in D.C. ⤵️ workdaymagazine.org/inside-the-f...
DraftKings wants your legislature.
@matthewccook5.bsky.social reports a DraftKings-backed super PAC is pouring $1.2M into Illinois Democratic primaries, backing candidates who’ll block tighter rules and higher taxes after the state’s per-bet tax cut into profits.
PUYO, ECUADOR — Rosa Elvira Chuji Gualingai, 50, came to the city to pressure the government. Watching the traffic outside her office window, she says, “I can’t get used to this lifestyle.” The indigenous activist, leader of the Shiwiar community of Kurintsa, was raised deep in the Amazon rainforest, surrounded by towering ceibo and palm trees. With no roads, the only way to travel is up to six days by boat or to charter a plane. With little electricity and no plumbing, the Shiwiar bathe in the nearby rivers and live mainly by hunting and fishing. But this way of life is under threat, as the Ecuadorian government sells rainforest land to oil companies.
Why is Trump attacking Ecuador?
Same reason he’s in Iran + Venezuela: oil “secured” by force, sold as fighting a “dictatorship” and/or “drugs.”
Ecuador’s Indigenous organizers forced a pullback in drilling in 2019. Now they face the US military.
inthesetimes.com/article/indi...
"[T]he U.S. news media largely complied with not asking too many questions as the government abducted people ... and tortured them in Guantánamo Bay, bombed countries in the Global South, and terrorized communities here — all in the name of 'fighting terrorism' and stopping 'criminal activity.'"
"When U.S. planes bombed Iran last summer, Trump inaccurately declared that the U.S. had “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear program. This is because the story Trump is telling is far more important to him than actual facts."
Trump has turned the U.S. war machine into a made-for-TV spectacle—and it’s spectacularly unpopular. As the bombing of Iran escalates, Khury Petersen-Smith and Azadeh Shahshahani argue we should channel public anger into organizing to dismantle militarism for good.
Crowd of protesters in a city street holding anti-war signs, including a large cardboard sign reading “NO WAR” and another reading “U.S. Out of Iraq & Syria! Hands off IRAN!” with tall buildings and bright billboards blurred in the background.
As the U.S. bombs Iran, we can’t let Trump drag us into another forever war.
@neginowl.bsky.social writes, "we cannot afford to slip into despair. We must push back against militarism everywhere, at every turn."
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