So Trump says he has nothing to do with the Heritage Project2025 manifesto of terrible stuff. Let's remember what happened last time. This is the MAGA agenda. https://www.heritage.org/impact/trump-administration-embraces-heritage-foundation-policy-recommendations
Whatever the outcome in Nov, we are already a failing society since this guy has captured such a large part of the country into his toxic world for so long. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/donald-trump-is-running-a-disinformation-campaign/
He's not just lying. He's creating an alternative reality.
A paper out of New York University on social media finds "0.1% of users shared 80% of fake news," and "74% of all online conflicts are started in just 1% of communities" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
![Online discussions are dominated by a surprisingly small, extremely vocal, and non-representative minority. Research on social media has found that, while only 3 % of active accounts are toxic, they produce 33 % of all content [4]. Furthermore, 74 % of all online conflicts are started in just 1 % of communities [5], and 0.1 % of users shared 80 % of fake news [6,7]. Not only does this extreme minority stir discontent, spread misinformation, and spark outrage online, they also bias the meta-perceptions of most users who passively “lurk” online. This can lead to false polarization and pluralistic ignorance, which are linked to a number of problems including drug and alcohol use [8], intergroup hostility [9,10], and support for authoritarian regimes [11]. Furthermore, exposure to extreme content can normalize unhealthy and dangerous behavior. For example, teens exposed to extreme content related to alcohol consumption thought dangerous alcohol consumption was normative [12].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:jmte4w4x7ukciit6lci6ziau/bafkreiddm2btaao7h3fzhkrjkn3iel7ppeihtycfzca7wbqj7l2v3pcuda@jpeg)
Trump did nothing to help any workers on any strike while he was in office. "Let’s just imagine how Donald Trump might have handled this." https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2024-10-04-bidens-amazing-win-settling-dock-strike/
Today on TAP: The terms are a total victory for dockworkers and for smooth supply chain operation, as the White House faced down exorbitant shipper profits. What would Trump have done?
In case you're feeling down about rural America, I am currently at a drag show in an old barn that has raised just a what-the-actual-fuck amount of money for their local queer org.
"Buried deep within the infamous Project 2025, on page 600, are some startling recommendations regarding the future of the Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS)." laborlab.us/project-2025...
Buried deep within the infamous Project 2025, on page 600, are some startling recommendations regarding the future of the Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS). OLMS, which operates under the U....
The New Deal Works Progress Administration, which directly hired and paid employees, increased support for the enacting Democratic Party. The Public Works Administration, which subsidized private sector employment & was thus hidden, did not. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
it's so funny to me when JD Vance tries to paint Harris as having some kind of sad sack life when she literally has the job he's going for
I haven't yet, when I do my annual summary, I was planning on wrestling with it then.
My review of the film "Union" about organizing the Amazon facility in Staten Island. "Union presents the grind and glory of organizing...taking the time to show us the tough and painstaking process of building solidarity." https://jacobin.com/2024/03/amazon-labor-union-documentary-christian-smalls/
In 2022, Amazon workers at the JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island became the first in the US to win a union election. The new documentary Union gives a compelling glimpse behind the scenes of the victory...