Jordan Barab

Clocking in for The Final Shift: The Weekly Toll - Confined Space On average, almost 100 workers are killed every week in the U.S. due to traumatic work injuries. Here are how a few died last week.

How workers died last week: Coal mine death, electrocutions, CO2 fire suppression system discharge, steamroller, trench collapse, vehicular collisions, shootings, fall, equipment malfunction.

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50 Years Ago Today: The Scotia Mine Disaster - Confined Space Today is the 50th anniversary of the Scotia mine disaster that killed 23 miners and 3 mine inspectors.

50 Years Ago Today: At 11:45 a.m., March 9, 1976, an explosion caused by coal dust & methane blasted through Scotia Coal Company No. 1 mine in Kentucky, killing 15 miners. 2 days later 11 rescue workers, including 3 fed mine inspectors, were killed in a 2nd explosion

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"Jews don't belong in American society."

Imagine a sitting member of Congress tweeting that. You can't. Thankfully, it'd never happen. And *if* it did, it'd be the end of their career and the biggest story in America.

But Ogles can say this about Muslims without any censure.

50 Years Ago Today: The Scotia Mine Disaster - Confined Space Today is the 50th anniversary of the Scotia mine disaster that killed 23 miners and 3 mine inspectors.

50 Years Ago Today: At 11:45 a.m., March 9, 1976, an explosion caused by coal dust & methane blasted through Scotia Coal Company No. 1 mine in Kentucky, killing 15 miners. 2 days later 11 rescue workers, including 3 fed mine inspectors, were killed in a 2nd explosion

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At this rate it looks like Trump won't get elected to another term.

Just realized that Pete Hegseth has the same hairstyle as Robert McNamara. Look how that turned out.

Nature Report, Killed by Trump, Is Released Independently

Trump canceled a major scientific report on the health of the natural world. The scientists are finishing it anyway. Yay scientists! www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/c...

Just realized that Pete Hegseth has the same hairstyle as Robert McNamara. Look how that turned out.

Clock? You still use a clock? Hint: cell phone alarms update automatically.

I hope the Supreme Court doesn't declare dummymanders unconstitutional.

Long-delayed Jan. 6 plaque honoring police installed in Capitol at 4 a.m. The memorial honoring officers who defended the Capitol was required by law to be installed by March 2023.

Is it just me, or does Mike Johnson seem a bit embarrassed about honoring law enforcement officers who defended the Capitol --and the lives of his fellow representatives -- on Jan 6?

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U.S. was only country in a worldwide survey to say most fellow citizens are bad people A new Pew survey shows that other countries’ citizens tend to look more favorably on their neighbors.

I blame Newt Gingrich and Donald Trump.

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Tylenol use down among pregnant women.

"There are people who listen to our leaders" about health matters.

Our "leaders" have failed.

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The grift is a feature of this administration, not a bug.

Kamala Harris: "I predicted a lot about what's happening right now. I'm not here to say 'I told you so,' but we did see it coming."

Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and we’re doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs

We can throw another $500,000,000,000 at the Pentagon this year and spend $1,000,000,000/day on a wholly useless war, but we can't afford to hire doctors and nurses to take care of our veterans? The United States is such an irresponsible, messed up country right now.

They're going to write books about all the big brain moves of this gang of imbeciles and among them will be "Spending a year trying to kill renewable energy and then launching a war that sends oil prices soaring"

Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say “Send me” wherever we have a chance to make an impact.

How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.

Mass firings leave national security ranks thinned as war raises threats The U.S. military operation in Iran is testing a depleted Justice Department and FBI. Firings of experienced agents and prosecutors have diminished expertise to counter threats.

Who could have predicted this could happen?

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THE TARIFFS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE ECONOMY IMPROVES!

Well that was a short golden age.

Live Updates: U.S. Employers Cut Jobs in Sign of a Shakier Economy

Tight spot for Trump. Looks like there's only one thing he can do: fire the BLS director again.

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Noem moves to 'Shield of the Americas' role after DHS. share.google/Lfdpyl78eLyu...

Braun signs bill eliminating child labor tracking in Indiana Opponents say eliminating the database reduces guardrails for child labor exploitation.

Maybe—just spitballing here—sticking your head in the sand isn’t the best way to fight #childlabor.
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Trump calls on Kurds to aid U.S. effort in Iran, offers support In calls to Kurdish minority leaders in Iran and neighboring Iraq, President Donald Trump offered U.S. support to insurgent efforts against Tehran.

You don't have to be an international relations expert to know that Iraq and Turkey aren't going to be excited about empowering the Kurds.

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Workplace Amputations Are on the Rise - Public Health Watch Over a decade, an average of seven U.S. workers a day suffered workplace accidents that caused or led to amputations. Those numbers are expected to go up with reduced federal oversight under the Trump...

The danger of this Administration turning its back on workers and trying to strip protections for workers in the most dangerous jobs. publichealthwatch.org/2026/03/04/w...