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Andrew Elrod
@andrewelrod.bsky.social
historian of wage and price controls in the US of A
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From the beginning, the danger hasn't been Trump. He is constitutionally lazy, ignorant, unambitious and just generally not good at things. The danger is from people supposedly in opposition doing fuck all to stop the rest of his coterie, categorically more evil, ambitious and skilled than him.

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can someone help me interpret the status of this federal rule change. if i'm reading it right it was expected to be finalized in september, 2023. but was it? www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eA...

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This Day in Labor History: November 27, 1937. The International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) debuted its play “Pins and Needles,” which would become the longest running musical of the 1930s. Let's talk about this key moment in American working class popular culture!

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Dolly Parton at 77 performing in a cheerleader outfit for the Dallas Cowboys halftime show is a meaningful reflection of the culture these days.

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If workers don’t organize more employers in more regions, the cost of the newly bargained contracts could put union plants at a disadvantage. “Strong contracts alone, without organizing, will just shrink the union,” our @aaronsojourner.org tells Inside Climate News.

UAW Settles With Big 3 U.S. Automakers, Hoping to Organize EV Battery Plants - Inside Climate News
UAW Settles With Big 3 U.S. Automakers, Hoping to Organize EV Battery Plants - Inside Climate News

The shift to electric vehicles is looking better today for U.S. auto workers than it did before a strike against the three major Detroit automakers, thanks to agreements that expand the reach of the U...

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How many words does it take for David Remnick to throw up his hands?

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There is an extensive literature on the transformation of the western US states by WWII. What are some of the best books about the West during the Depression?

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The number of people actively tweeting has dropped by more than 30 percent, according to previously unreported data obtained by The Washington Post. wapo.st/3SjwvuO

A quote by Dan Pfeiffer, the White House communications director under President Barack Obama, reads, “Even if your goal was to change the ideological conversation, you’re less effective because there are fewer people on the platform.”
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At this rate, what, fifteen thousand dead in Gaza by Thanksgiving?

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Andrew Elrod
@andrewelrod.bsky.social
historian of wage and price controls in the US of A
221 followers58 following49 posts