Mike Elk (Mike Elk on Bluesky - Moving There)
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Yinzer labor reporter @PaydayReport often in 🇧🇷 . Emmy Nominee. Alum: @Guardian. @UEunion fam. Autistic⚾️ Jew. Falo Português [email protected]
Pittsburgh & Rio de Janeiro
Joined July 2009
At the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the majority of newsroom workers chose to cross the picket line. The strike's ending raises fundamental questions about how the Pittsburgh NewsGuild rebuilds trust and regains majority status at Pittsburgh's top newspaper. https://t.co/KtXfBnf8sj
paydayreport.com
The strike's ending raises fundamental questions about how the Pittsburgh NewsGuild rebuilds trust and regains majority status at Pittsburgh's marquee newspaper.
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Nine crew members from India and Sri Lanka who sailed aboard the container shipped that crashed into Francis Scott Key Bridge in March 2024 are *still* in Baltimore — and they aren’t allowed to leave “They’re struggling emotionally” https://t.co/Nawj1fx7df
thebanner.com
The NTSB will discuss probable cause of the Key Bridge collapse during a meeting Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Meanwhile, nine crew members of the Dali ship that struck the bridge are stuck in Baltim...
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The Jeffrey Esptein scandal the main stream press is ignoring; he was a major player in American foreign policy with deep ties to Israel and other satrapies:
thenation.com
Mainstream media is ignoring the fact that the late sex trafficker was a power broker who shaped global policy.
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Van Hollen really good on Palestine - went over to West Bank & called it ethnic cleansing
National progressive groups are privately circulating talking points on why they think Sen. Chris Van Hollen should be the next Senate Minority Leader, I’m told. (No Senate Dem has called for Schumer to step down from leadership, though several liberal groups & House Dems have.)
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Genuinely think that a Senate Minority Leader Van Hollen could essentially ensure Dems romp in 2026 and 2028. There may be nothing more important than making this happen.
National progressive groups are privately circulating talking points on why they think Sen. Chris Van Hollen should be the next Senate Minority Leader, I’m told. (No Senate Dem has called for Schumer to step down from leadership, though several liberal groups & House Dems have.)
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We have an all SNAP day today: stories about the food assistance program, how it was damaged in the shutdown, and where it goes from here. Here's the lineup at https://t.co/h6T9faoO1V:
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NEW: Zohran Mamdani met with Brad Lander in mid-October and told him two things: He would likely not be first deputy mayor, but Mamdani would be very supportive if Lander followed through on a run against Rep Dan Goldman. That and much more w/@boreskes
https://t.co/aGDHTgNTll
nytimes.com
Mr. Lander, the New York City comptroller, campaigned with Mr. Mamdani and once hoped to join him in City Hall. Now he is eyeing a congressional seat.
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Jesus Christ, national media really knows nothing about NYC politics. Mamdani and Schlossberg could not be more different.
fastcompany.com
John F. Kennedy's 32-year-old grandson, Jack Schlossberg, is stepping into the spotlight with a congressional bid, part of a new wave of young progressive politicians.
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Trump Administration attacking Black veterans who fought & died in Europe
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Officials in the Netherlands are demanding answers from a U.S. commission after panels honoring Black vets at a World War II cemetery were taken down.
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Officials in the Netherlands are demanding answers from a U.S. commission after panels honoring Black vets at a World War II cemetery were taken down
ms.now
Officials in the Netherlands are demanding answers from a U.S. commission after panels honoring Black vets at a World War II cemetery were taken down.
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Breaking News: Katie Wilson, a socialist newcomer, will be Seattle’s next mayor after the incumbent, Bruce Harrell, conceded.
nytimes.com
Ms. Wilson, a self-described socialist, joined the race after Mayor Bruce Harrell opposed taxing high-income residents to finance construction of new housing.
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@TradeUnionJake @TradeUnionJake like many union busters hell claim he was involved in a union (UE he claims). My family were UE organizers in the 40s and 50s and guys like @TradeUnionJake who isn’t a trade union guy at all, snitched on them to HUAC being reds. Plz avoid him - he’s bad news!
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@TradeUnionJake claims he’s for union democracy & then works with (checks notes) union busters at Manhattan Insitute. I asked him to present a situation where his work with union busters helped union democracy movements….. crickets. He’s an opportunist who like attn of thugs
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Very interesting House primary in Nebraska, in a seat won by Biden and Harris where the incumbent Republican is stepping down. The "progressive" candidate comes from a legacy establishment family. The "outsider" candidate is seeking moderate PAC money. https://t.co/c5wmZRSSPL
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Few people disguisting me more than @TradeUnionJake He works with unionbusters at the Manhattan Insitute to paint the left as “Hamas”. He claims union democracy but this is called Jake lets to get published by big names not that he cares about union democracy
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Rep. Ritchie Torres is getting another primary challenger in Dalourny Nemorin, a Legal Aid attorney and DSA organizer who is being propelled by Zohran Mamdani's victory
cityandstateny.com
Dalourny Nemorin says that Rep. Ritchie Torres is focused more on his donors than serving his constituents
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The D.N.C. Ordered Workers Back to the Office. Its Union Isn’t Pleased.
nytimes.com
Thumbs-down emojis flowed onscreen as Washington-area employees learned they would have to show up five days a week. Their union called the move “callous.”
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A ProPublica analysis revealed a stark pattern across the Deep South, where about 200 majority-Black public school districts educate 1.3 million students. Alongside those districts are private academies filled almost entirely with white students. https://t.co/yLIuIen0Gd
propublica.org
A new ProPublica analysis shows a stark pattern across states in the Deep South: Alongside majority-Black public school districts, a separate web of private academies are filled almost entirely with...
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