@progressivestates
This account will keep track of progressive legislation and movements on the local, state and federal level, occasional commentary as well. "Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration" - Abraham Lincoln
For the first time in my entire lifetime, Democrats' corporate wing is losing its power to win primaries, control the party & crush its voters' will - which is why all of those corporate/billionaire front groups are now freaking out and trying to call the manager.
Today's abysmal jobs report is a reminder that tax cuts for corporations and the rich don’t create jobs or grow the economy.
What's required is investment in working people — and better wages.
When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs.
Remember this.
www.levernews.com/alexandria-o...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s FDR Moment
By invoking Franklin D. Roosevelt’s warning about economic hardship and fascism, AOC is arguing that working-class populism isn’t just good policy — it’s democracy’s last line of defense.
#AOC #FDR #Fascism #Authoritarianism
Some Californians will now have to pay for first responder emergency services that have historically been free.
Starting this year, people in San Jose will have to pay $427 to the fire department for providing paramedic services.
"Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country, and you see it happening already."
-Donald Trump, 4/2/25
BREAKING: The U.S. economy lost 92,000 jobs in February, according to the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
nytimes: why more couples are choosing to live with roommates
They might not really have a choice.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has told a judge that it is not able to comply with his order to begin refunding tariffs.
DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin is one of the most active stock-traders in the Senate — and violated the STOCK Act against insider trading as recently as last August.
He currently holds stock in L3Harris, which has millions in contracts with ICE and FEMA.
The grift continues.
Remember when Trump announced tariffs right when Nintendo was announcing the Switch 2, and the delayed preorders were one of the first big tangible consumer-facing effects of letting a known dipshit make up random rules about international trade? Well, if you fuck around with Nintendo...
Youtube leftist pundits are pretty much all grifters who produce slop for uneducated audiences. They love the Trump administration as it makes them loads of money.
www.thefp.com/p/meet-the-i... If you want to read more on this clown
I see a lot of YouTube leftists and leftists on other social media citing a "Professor Jiang" who claims the US will lose the war in Iran and it will lead to the collapse of the US. The reality is the "professor" is a high school teacher in China who has a history of promoting conspiracy theories.
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The fuck kind of answer is this
Today in Budapest, Hungarian authorities took seven Ukrainian citizens hostage. The reasons are still unknown, as well as their current well-being, or the possibility of contacting them. These seven Ukrainians are employees of state-owned Oschadbank, who were operating two bank cars transiting between Austria and Ukraine and carrying cash as part of regular services between state banks. In fact, we are talking about Hungary taking hostages and stealing money. If this is the “force” announced earlier today by Mr Orban, then this is a force of a criminal gang. This is state terrorism and racketeering. We have already sent an official note demanding an immediate release of our citizens. We will also address the European Union with the request to provide a clear qualification of Hungary’s unlawful actions, hostage-taking, and robbery. Statement by Oschadbank:
Orbán is kidnapping Ukrainian bank employees to manufacture a conflict and save his electoral campaign. 7 Ukrainians were grabbed in Budapest, Hungary, while transiting cash between Austria & Ukraine; condition & whereabouts unknown. Kyiv demands immediate release.
www.oschadbank.ua/news/osadban...
coloradosun.com/2025/11/04/p...
Colorado voters approve tax increase on high earners to fund school meals, food stamps
Proposition MM’s passage means Colorado will fully fund free breakfast and lunch for all public school students
Burger King is launching an AI chatbot that will assess workers' "friendliness" and will be trained to recognize certain words and phrases like “welcome to Burger King,” “please,” and “thank you.”
The AI will be programmed into workers' headsets, according to @theverge.com.
Atlanta has the worst eviction rates in the country.
The metro area is less than a third the size of the NYC metro area, but Atlanta still has more evictions.
Atlanta also has the highest rate of mega-investor owned housing in the country.
A two-child household must earn $400,000 a year for childcare to be affordable, according to a new study.
The Ohio EPA released a draft for a new permit that would allow data centers to release untreated wastewater directly into rivers and streams.
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BREAKING: Today Bernie Sanders is proposing new legislation to raise $4.4 trillion in taxes from America’s billionaires — a move that would virtually cut their massive fortunes in half.
A chunk of the money raised would go toward sending a $3K stimulus check to every person earning under $150K.
Throwback to the co-founder of Palantir saying this is all about making money in June 2025:
" I'm really excited to invest in Iran if we can get this country to be some sort of republic and not run by crazy people, and that's a lot easier than doing that in Afghanistan..."
On CNBC Steve Eisman says investors should ignore the U.S.-Iran war, because in the long-term this attack "is very, very positive."
The top 1% in America now hoard $55.8 trillion — more than the G.D.P. of the United States and China combined.
For the first time ever, workers at a Home Depot company have unionized.
Drivers who deliver building materials for Home Depot’s Temco subsidiary have voted to join the Teamsters.
They did so despite a vicious anti-union campaign from Home Depot and Temco.
atlantaciviccircle.org/2026/02/25/t...
A consortium led by BlackRock and a Swedish private-equity firm is buying US power company AES for $33.4 billion.
AES is one of the world's biggest utility companies, generating electricity in 15 countries.
In the US alone the company has over 1 million customers.
AI-created art isn't eligible for copyright protection, after the Supreme Court chose not to review a lower court ruling.
In 2022 the Copyright Office said images without “human authorship,” don't qualify for copyright protection — this was affirmed in 2023 by a district court.
Sad this needs to to even be a bill
