North Carolina Farm Stole H-2A Visa Workers’ Passports: Lawsuit - The American Prospect A new class action lawsuit against Jackson Farming Company of Autryville highlights how agricultural employers abuse immigrant workers. New GOP policies aim to make that more common.

An agribusiness in North Carolina confiscated immigrant workers’ passports and visa documents with the explicit goal of trapping them in their jobs, according to a class action lawsuit filed Friday. @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social reports.
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Southern Poverty Law Center indicted on charges that it fraudulently paid informants in extremist groups The head of the civil rights organization said the group was "outraged by the false allegations" leveled against it.

Purely political.

House Democrats launch Patel probe, demand he submit to alcohol abuse screening If the beleaguered FBI director was hoping the allegations about his alleged drinking problem would be a one-day story, he has reason to be disappointed.

Rep. Jamie Raskin is demanding that Kash Patel submit to an alcohol abuse screening:

"For the sake of our own security, we need to know, for example, 'how many drinks containing alcohol do you have on a typical day when you are drinking'?"

Mayor Mamdani and a group of children hold hands while running through red tape in a hallway.

For too long, bureaucracy kept 7 child care centers across our city empty — spaces that should have been alive with laughter instead collected dust.

We've run through that red tape. This fall, all 7 will open their doors, bringing an additional 240 free 3-K seats & real relief to working families.

Get Kash Patel Out of the FBI—NOW! YouTube video by The Bulwark

Kash is a lush.

Ube do be do.

BREAKING🚨 Trump just yanked $11 million from Miami Catholic Charities, threatening to shut down a shelter that’s cared for migrant kids since the days of Castro.
The administration has abruptly canceled the money that keeps the Children’s Village open for unaccompanied migrant kids.😠

Dozens arrested as protesters demand Schumer and Gillibrand block sale of bombs to Israel Dozens of protesters were arrested at a demonstration urging Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen.

Schumer must go.

Quite the naturalist.

Vance Says the Pope Should Be More Careful When Talking About Theology

JD scolds Pope Leo

Latest resignations bring fresh ignominy to one of the worst Congresses ever Eric Swalwell’s and Tony Gonzales’ departures are emblematic of a larger truth: This Congress really is dreadful.

Eric Swalwell’s and Tony Gonzales’ resignations are emblematic of a larger truth: This Congress really is dreadful.

Put it this way: When the number of resignations far exceeds the number of major bills passed, that’s ... not great.
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Flour comes from a plant, sugar comes from a plant, and chocolate comes from a plant.

So, basically a chocolate chip cookie is a salad.

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We just won our trial against Live Nation and Ticketmaster.
 
A jury ruled in our favor and is holding the companies responsible for their illegal monopoly that cost consumers millions of dollars.
 
This is a landmark victory to protect New Yorkers from harmful monopolies.

Senior NHS officials warned staff over criticising rollout of Palantir platform Ethical objections and uneven adoption have made the tech group’s contract a divisive issue within English health service

Criticize Palantir, lose your job.

What a bag of bullshit!

Love it!

Welcome, my friend, to the show that never ends.

I wrote and posted this to Instagram a couple of days ago and it became my most-read poem ever. I’m honored I get to feel big feelings alongside you all. I’m posting it here too and want to use this space more consistently. Hello friends ❤️

Can't say that I blame him. Could he at least try an exorcism though?

Progess!