RealJournalism

RealJournalism, 3 days ago to random

A #SouthCarolina church has built a statue memorializing Harriett Tubman, who in 1863 led a daring raid to free 700 slaves from plantations there. She is the first ever woman to lead a major military operation for the US. #BlackHistory https://scdailygazette.com/2024/05/13/sc-church-to-unveil-harriet-tubman-sculpture-commemorating-raid-freeing-700-slaves/

RealJournalism, 3 days ago to random

A Trump aide is now under investigation by the Secret Service after he bragged about passing counterfeit money to homeless people so that when they tried to spent it, they got arrested. https://www.rawstory.com/rs-exclusive/trump-mcentee-secret-service/

RealJournalism, 3 days ago to Florida

Failing #Florida governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill removing #ClimateChange from the law. Meanwhile, the state is enduring record heat, with #KeyWest enduring a heat index of 115 degrees. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/16/2240976/-DeSantis-signs-new-bill-removing-climate-change-from-Florida-law-as-State-endures-record-heat?pm_campaign=trending&pm_source=sidebar&pm_medium=web

RealJournalism, 3 days ago to random

Mitt Romney is proving me right when I keep saying he doesn't put his vote where his big mouth is. For all his "concern" about Donald Trump, he doesn't put his money where his mouth is. Now, he is saying Joe Biden should have pardoned Donald Trump. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/15/2240937/-Romney-Biden-should-have-pardoned-Trump?pm_campaign=trending&pm_source=sidebar&pm_medium=web

RealJournalism, 5 days ago to random

The American people have spoken. Voters overwhelmingly support a progressive policy agenda. Winning elections involves getting people out to vote. Not acting like Republicans. https://www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2024/4/29/much-of-congressional-progressive-caucus-agenda-popular-with-swing-state-voters

RealJournalism, 5 days ago to random

If women have a miscarriage, they are under extreme suspicion. Doctors are afraid to treat women having them for fear of legal liability. This puts numerous lives in danger. Once again, forced pregnancy laws put more lives in danger than they save, even if one believes life begins at conception. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/25/abortion-republicans-anti-choice-women-health-risk

RealJournalism, 5 days ago to random

US Senate Republicans have blocked a bill to protect women who travel to other states to have abortions. So much for the GOP merely leaving it up to the states. They are taking away your freedom of movement, which is the precursor to a totalitarian state. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-block-bill-protecting-women-travel-states-abortion-rcna38301

RealJournalism, 5 days ago to random

They said it themselves. Trump surrogate Jason Miller says a Trump administration would allow states to monitor pregnant women. So much for Donald Trump merely leaving abortion up to the states.

RealJournalism, 5 days ago to missouri

Two years ago, forced pregnancy enjoyers assured us they did not want to penalize women who got abortions. But now, the masks are off. #Missouri

RealJournalism, 5 days ago to ethelcain

Failing #Alabama Senator and forced pregnancy enjoyer Katie Britt is now proposing a national pregnancy register that she assures us would not be used to track the movements of pregnant women. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/11/2240194/-GOP-s-Gift-To-Moms-Katie-Britt-Wants-To-Have-A-National-Registry-Of-Pregnant-Women-in-MOMS-Act

RealJournalism, 5 days ago to Wisconsin

Gerrymandering in #Wisconsin has meant that the Joint Finance Committee has held up meaningful legislation since 2010 that they don't like. But now that there is a progressive Supreme Court, their days are numbered. Elections matter. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/13/2240513/-Here-s-a-story-about-Wisconsin-politics-that-will-make-you-say-JFC?pm_campaign=trending&pm_source=sidebar&pm_medium=web

RealJournalism, 5 days ago to random

More Russian stuff blowing up:
--More careless smoking, this time near an ammo dump in Sorokyne, 130 km from the front.
--Russian soldiers are getting so incompetent, they are parking their tanks in the open, where they get blown up.
--A helicopter down near Avdiivka.
--A Russian Su-25 shot down.
--A Russian air defense base was struck in Crimea and the commander killed.
--Russia lost 1,740 soldiers in human wave assaults in one day.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/13/2240482/-Russian-stuff-blowing-up-Ukraine-strikes-another-large-Russian-ammo-dump?pm_campaign=trending&pm_source=sidebar&pm_medium=web

RealJournalism, 9 days ago to Florida

#Florida deputies entered the wrong apartment and killed a 23 year old airman who was exercising his Second Amendment rights. This is what happens when you elect fascist governors like Ron DeSantis. The cruelty is the point. #PoliceBrutality #BlackLivesMatter https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/9/2239749/-Florida-Deputies-Enter-Wrong-Apartment-and-Kill-23yo-Black-US-Airman?pm_campaign=trending&pm_source=sidebar&pm_medium=web

RealJournalism, 9 days ago to Ukraine

Russian air defenses are nonexistent. #Ukraine is sending drones hundreds of miles into Russian territory to blow up oil refineries. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/9/2239774/-Nearly-a-1-000-miles-into-Russia-in-Broad-Day-Light-What-Air-Defense-Doing?pm_campaign=trending&pm_source=sidebar&pm_medium=web

RealJournalism, 11 days ago to Florida

#Florida has just passed a law banning the selling of synthetic meat, oozing "concern" about public safety. Their "concern" is noted. I've tried it, and it tastes different, but I came out in one piece. And so much for the GOP being for limited government and free enterprise. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/7/2239359/-Krugman-s-Blisteringly-Accurate-Description-of-American-Conservatives?pm_campaign=trending&pm_source=sidebar&pm_medium=web

RealJournalism, 11 days ago to Russia

Judge Cannon has now postponed the classified documents trial indefinitely. It is time for Jack Smith to get her removed. She has shown that she cannot act impartially as a judge, but her loyalties are to Donald Trump and to #Russia. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/7/2239486/-Cannon-postpones-classified-docs-Trial-indefinitely?pm_campaign=trending&pm_source=sidebar&pm_medium=web

RealJournalism, 12 days ago to random

PEN America purports to be about supporting intellectual freedom and defending writers around the world. But in practice, they are a unionbusting outfit. They offered voluntary recognition to their union, only to turn around and drag their feet on negotiating and bringing in union avoidance consultants and promoting nonunion employees. And they refuse to pay their employees a living wage. Don't send them money. #1u https://portside.org/2024-05-05/workers-say-pen-america-slow-walking-union-negotiations

RealJournalism, 12 days ago to Georgia

Eight out of the top ten states that had the highest #COVID19 death rates voted for #Trump in 2020. The other two -- #Georgia and #Arizona. The vaccine denial coming out of FOX News and other right-wing media outlets significantly contributed to Donald Trump's defeat. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/6/2239188/-How-The-Right-Wing-Media-Killed-Its-Own-Audience-To-Own-The-Libs?pm_campaign=trending&pm_source=sidebar&pm_medium=web

RealJournalism, 16 days ago to random

The problem in these debates over #Gaza is that the right and too many Israel Right or Wrong supporters conflate criticism of the genocide in Gaza with antisemitism. Meanwhile, the death toll is 34,000 and counting. https://portside.org/2024-05-02/students-right-side-history-distortion-campus-protests-over-gaza

RealJournalism, 16 days ago to random

Dozens of new #Gaza solidarity encampments have sprung recently. These are the biggest student protest movements since the 1960's. FOX News is whipping up hysteria against them, and the police are rioting. And when they dismantle one camp, others spring up in their place. https://portside.org/2024-05-02/will-they-crush-biggest-student-movement-vietnam

RealJournalism, 16 days ago to ethelcain

Up next in UAW union elections is a union vote later this month at a plant near Tuscaloosa in #Alabama. Republican politicians are running scared, working the phones, and calling in favors. #1u https://labornotes.org/2024/04/relay-race-organize-south-volkswagen-workers-pass-baton-mercedes-workers

RealJournalism, 16 days ago to random

The National Association of Letter Carriers has engaged in union/management partnership for far too long, to the point where rank and file members are shut out of contract negotiations and not even allowed to vote. If we are to dig the Postal Service out of its hole, we need a union that will fight for its members, not cozy up to the likes of Trump swamp creature Louis DeJoy. #1u https://labornotes.org/blogs/2024/04/momentum-open-bargaining-grows-letter-carriers

RealJournalism, 16 days ago to random

"Just in Time" delivery systems have been shown to be a colossal failure. Productivity collapsed, especially after the Great Recession. Now, Amazon's dense delivery systems are upending that model, but they are vulnerable to strikes. Which is why the bosses are running scared these days. #1u https://labornotes.org/2024/05/end-lean-production-and-whats-ahead

RealJournalism, 16 days ago to random

A mine manager in #NewYork has pleaded guilty to manslaughter charges and will serve six months in prison and five years probation after he overrode safety features on a damaged crane, causing the death of a worker. If Amazon doesn't start treating its workers like human beings, maybe a little jail time could come in handy for certain bosses. #1u https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/sol/sol20240419

RealJournalism, 16 days ago to random

The Warehouse Worker Protection Act would protect workers from abuses from employers like Amazon, whose abusive quota practices cause a disproportionate amount of injuries, deaths, and worker turnover. Democrats govern. #1u https://www.laborpress.org/legislation-to-protect-worker-safety-at-amazon/