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WORKER19@blogwood· Jun 4

WaPo's sports coverage seems completely unaffected by Bezos' fuckery

WaPo skeet about the NBA playoffs with a link to a NWSL story.

WORKER19@blogwood· May 17

I met Steve Earle in Tampa at some point long ago. I was volunteering for Community Radio WMNF. His guitar was broken. I shuttled it to the shop and back. He was grateful. I got him and all his touring mates to sign the Adbusters Cororate American Flag.

WORKER19@blogwood· May 8

The de-linking of productivity and wages put the vibe in the vibecession... www.epi.org/productivity...

Chart showing the growing gap between productivity and wages

WORKER19@blogwood· Apr 26

So, I'm honestly confused about this... bsky.app/profile/nyti...

Post from @nytimes.com: "Our reporter Shawn McCreesh was at the White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday when a gunman breached security. He described the frantic scenes that unfolded. Follow live updates. https://trib.al/z3fTf3j"

WORKER19@blogwood· Mar 28

Tampa No Kings (people lining both sides of the street and waving signs at passing cars is a favorite protest tactic around here)

WORKER19@blogwood· Mar 22

WORKER19@blogwood· Jan 13

The state with the worst UI system in the country wants to make getting benefits even harder: www.orlandoweekly.com/news/legisla...

HB 191/SB 216: Make it harder to get unemployment benefits

This legislation would add additional eligibility requirements (or hurdles) in order to get and keep unemployment assistance from the state, also known as reemployment assistance. The proposal, for instance, would disqualify recipients if they don’t contact at least five employers per week for a job and would mandate biweekly eligibility checks, adding to the workload of staff within the Department of Commerce, which oversees the program.

WORKER19@blogwood· Jan 13

Florida Republicans want to give a fetus more rights than the vessel: www.orlandoweekly.com/news/legisla...

HB 289/SB 164: Give fetuses some of the same legal rights as children

This legislation would give fetuses and embryos some of the same legal rights as human children by allowing parents to sue for damages over the wrongful death of an “unborn child.” The term “unborn child,” under the proposal, is defined as “a member of the species Homo sapiens, at any stage of development, who is carried in the womb.”

WORKER19@blogwood· Jan 12

Florida's minimum wage is under attack: a bill to allow workers to "voluntarily" opt out is in the works www.orlandoweekly.com/news/legisla...

HB 221/SB 1412: Create a loophole allowing employers to pay some workers less than minimum wage

This legislation would allow employers to pay certain entry-level workers, including interns, apprentices, pre-apprentices and work-study program participants less than the state minimum wage for up to nine months. That’s if the worker voluntarily “opts out” of being paid at least the state minimum wage

WORKER19@blogwood· Nov 27

Still from the 1997 film Nowhere. Mel’s brother is telling her to felch him.

WORKER19@blogwood· Nov 27

WORKER19@blogwood· Nov 21

Apple Music ftw

Apple Music playing "Build for Us" with lyrics on the sidebar

WORKER19@blogwood· Sep 18

hmmm... maybe try Walgreens?

Screenshot from Walgreens vax scheduler with the COVID option greyed out and unavailable

WORKER19@blogwood· Jul 17

The Florida Highway Patrol openly admitted to a lawyer that they racial profiled her client. www.tampabay.com/news/florida...?

She said her client was originally held at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection building in Dania Beach for about a week after he was stopped at a truck weigh station by Florida Highway Patrol officers on June 25. He has a valid driver’s license, Cuprys said. She still doesn’t know why he was detained that day. The Honduran man called her when he was stopped and a Florida Highway Patrol officer took the phone and told her that anyone who “appears Hispanic” needs to be sent to Customs and Border Protection to have their license verified, she said. Cuprys didn’t name her client publicly, but the Times/Herald was able to independently confirm he is a detainee at the facility.

WORKER19@blogwood· Jul 17

So a scared child lies about his age and the racially profiling cops send him to a concentration camp with the adults. Then the party that fights tooth and nail against any form of official ID for immigrants blames their 100% unintentional snafu on the child's lack of papers.

WORKER19@blogwood· Jul 11

buff.ly/lzlsBjI

Old Florida postcard depicting a Black man trying to flee from a pack of gators. One gator is biting the man's ass.

WORKER19@blogwood· Jul 11

“Have you met the Florida Gator? He is the champion negro hater Although he finds many things to eat His favorite morsel is Negro meat.”

Old Florida postcard with an image of an alligator with a Black person in its jaws

WORKER19@blogwood· Jul 10

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WORKER19@blogwood· Jul 4

Democratic messaging now competing against the massive propaganda machine of the entire US Government. Most folks simply won't believe official messages like this are full of lies.

Social Security Applauds Passage of Legislation Providing Historic Tax Relief for Seniors

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is celebrating the passage of the One Big, Beautiful Bill, a landmark piece of legislation that delivers long-awaited tax relief to millions of older Americans.

The bill ensures that nearly 90% of Social Security beneficiaries will no longer pay federal income taxes on their benefits, providing meaningful and immediate relief to seniors who have spent a lifetime contributing to our nation's economy.

“This is a historic step forward for America’s seniors,” said Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano. “For nearly 90 years, Social Security has been a cornerstone of economic security for older Americans. By significantly reducing the tax burden on benefits, this legislation reaffirms President Trump’s promise to protect Social Security and helps ensure that seniors can better enjoy the retirement they’ve earned."

The new law includes a provision that eliminates federal income taxes on Social Security benefits for most beneficiaries, providing relief to individuals and couples. Additionally, it provides an enhanced deduction for taxpayers aged 65 and older, ensuring that retirees can keep more of what they have earned.

Social Security remains committed to providing timely, accurate information to the public and will continue working closely with federal partners to ensure beneficiaries understand how this legislation may affect them.

WORKER19@blogwood· Jul 2

IN YOUR FACE TEXAS: Thanks to the sick leadership of our Governor, Florida is leading the nation in performative cruelty. But will this be enough for Lickspittle Ron to worm his way into the Royal Court at Mar-a-Lago?

Tampa Bay Times screenshot with a picture of a really happy DeSantis.
Headline: With Alligator Alcatraz, Florida cements top spot in federal deportation mission.

WORKER19@blogwood· Jun 24

More: DeSantis is just barging in and seizing county land. The State's offering a fraction of the appraised value. ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigrant detention center could hurt Everglades, Miami-Dade mayor says buff.ly/gETnUXp

WORKER19@blogwood· Jun 22

oops - reposting w alt text

2 Buttons Meme:
Button 1: Progressive candidate fighting for traditional Democratic Party values
Button 2: Ex-Republican military veteran fighting to privatize public parking
Text describing the sweaty decider: Democratic Party Leadership

WORKER19@blogwood· Jun 21

Nazi's conclusion: The constitution is unconstitutional.

But the question of how officials should respond to Mr. Damsky — who, in an interview, said that referring to him as a Nazi “would not be manifestly wrong” — is not merely academic.

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A tall, gray concrete building with rectangular windows and brick panels is visible behind two tree trunks in the foreground, with grass in front.

After Mr. Damsky posted on X that Jews must be “abolished by any means necessary,” the university suspended him, barred him from campus and stepped up police patrols around the law school.Credit...Jacob Langston for The New York Times

Mr. Damsky’s paper includes arguments similar to those recently adopted by the Trump administration, including a call to “reconsider” birthright citizenship, and an assertion that “aliens remain second-class persons under the Constitution.”

It also argues that courts should challenge the constitutionality of the 14th Amendment, which ensures birthright citizenship, due process and equal protection under the law, and the 15th Amendment, which protects the right to vote for nonwhite citizens.

WORKER19@blogwood· Jun 19

Like so many of my bosses, this boss is not just an asshole - He's a stupid fucking asshole. My union, full of know nothing MAGA telephone men, negotiated a new paid holiday for us and now we get to choose to take Juneteenth or Veteran's Day. I have not heard any complaints from the rank and file.

WORKER19@blogwood· Jun 14

Spotted at The Hub, Tampa

Protest sign reading “We drink meat because fuck ice”

WORKER19@blogwood· Jun 8

It's funny because it's delusional. But they picked LA to single it out. Make an example, Divide and conquer. Make people fear speaking out. But this whole over-reaction is based on A FEW HUNDRED FOLKS who hit the streets to tell them to fuck off. That's what they fear. Keep them scared.

WORKER19@blogwood· Jun 8

This is not what the actual Presidential Memorandum says. Trump claims that the guard will be used to assist ICE. Not to quell protests.

The White House Memo that does not invoke the insurrection act and also does not say that the national guard is called out to quell protests

WORKER19@blogwood· Jun 8

The Act as it exists today creates three distinct situations in which the President is authorized to “call out” regular federal armed forces on U.S. soil for law enforcement purposes:

most problematically, to put down “any insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy, if it—

(1) so hinders the execution of the laws of that State, and of the United States within the State, that any part or class of its people is deprived of a right, privilege, immunity, or protection named in the Constitution and secured by law, and the constituted authorities of that State are unable, fail, or refuse to protect that right, privilege, or immunity, or to give that protection; or

(2) opposes or obstructs the execution of the laws of the United States or impedes the course of justice under those laws.”

WORKER19@blogwood· Jun 8

I FOUND THE KID

WORKER19@blogwood· Jun 8