Trump betrays coal miners

With a current value of $0.001 per ton, it does not look like coal will be making a comeback in the United States. That's the outcome from a recent coal lease bid for *subsidized* coal. They lowered the royalty rate (& cut environmental regulations) to encourage the sale. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 A short 🧵

— Joseph D. Ortiz (@earthsciinfo.bsky.social) 2025-10-12T21:55:00.801Z
https://apnews.com/article/trump-coal-public-lands-sales-3239c138a851b157c340fe3f5d1fc600?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-04-Want+coal%3F

The New York Times doesn’t give prime coverage to No Kings

This is disgraceful – it should be the top story,

Those with sharp eyes might detect a subtle difference in NYT play last month of an event in one city, w 100,000+ attendees, versus play this morning of some 2500+ events w many millions of attendees, in all 50 states.See if you can spot it! /sThen you can find today's story on p A23

— James Fallows (@jfallows.bsky.social) 2025-10-19T14:35:36.531Z
https://bsky.app/profile/sethcotlar.bsky.social/post/3m3kzsf6wrc2f

Nyt publishes two small photos about the protests below the fold, linking to a story on Page 23.

— Bill Grueskin (@bgrueskin.bsky.social) 2025-10-19T12:23:49.826Z

The Drive-By Truckers are reissuing Decoration Day with live recordings

I love this record. See my prior post below:

Decoration Day – Drive-By Truckers

Don’t take Republicans’ word on calling a vote

Republicans won’t keep deals. Remember this? (I didn’t.) Then there are tne rescissions that undo budget deals already made.

In the last government funding deal, Schumer got a handshake promise from Republicans to hold a House vote to undo a block on D.C. spending $1B of its own revenue. Then House Republicans simply never called the vote.Guarantee, schmarantee.

— Greg Greene (he/him/his) (@greene.haus) 2025-10-16T17:14:40.446Z

Trump lied when he said he wouldn’t cut Social Security

This is a bad idea that is unfair to older workers

Trump plan would limit disability benefits for older Americans

🔥After promising NO cuts to Social Security, the Trump Admin. is prepping a proposed rule REDUCING share of APPLICANTS who QUALIFY for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) by up to 20%!It’s the LARGEST cut EVER to SSDI. CRIMES AGAINST PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES! 🤬www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-a…

— Peter Morley ♿️ (@petermorley.bsky.social) 2025-10-16T20:04:27.443Z

Trump and his cult have no respect for the Hatch Act

The Hatch Act keeps the government non-partisan. As a long-time federal employee, we were often reminded about it, especially around election time.

They sent out very biased emails blaming shutdowns on Democrats,

Watch this quick explainer on the Hatch Act and you’ll see just how far the regime has gone—propaganda in airports, partisan emails, and political orders from the top. It’s not “messaging,” it’s a full-blown assault on the law that keeps our government nonpartisan.

— Donna Stern (@dvsmemphis.bsky.social) 2025-10-14T20:14:52.034Z

Last week Noem tried to turn airports into propaganda theaters, w/ security checkpoints playing video blaming Democrats for the govt shutdown. 19 major airports, including JFK, Seattle-Tacoma, Phoenix, Denver, Boston-said no. The Hatch Act (the LAW) prohibits such abuse#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

— TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 (@tommasinaresist.bsky.social) 2025-10-14T20:21:14.487Z

This administration keeps torching the Hatch Act—propaganda videos in airports, partisan emails on federal servers, even mass firings. It’s corruption with a flag pin. See something? Say something. Expose it through the whistleblower tip line.1 202-924-2065

— Abbi Lichtenstein (@abbij1961.bsky.social) 2025-10-14T21:27:38.094Z

NEW: THREAD: Just a small collection of propaganda emails sent by the regime to federal employees who have sent them to me on the condition of anonymity. First, we all saw the HUD banner from Tuesday morning. 1/

— Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) 2025-10-02T01:38:21.671Z

And the Social Security Administration. 7/

— Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) 2025-10-02T01:38:21.677Z

Instead of working on a deal to reopen the government, the Trump administration is focused on hijacking federal agency websites with partisan nonsense—

— Congressman Wesley Bell (@repwesleybellmo.bsky.social) 2025-10-02T20:53:05.351Z

Education Department altered employees' emails to blame shutdown on Democrats, lawsuit says reut.rs/4o4AxEa

— Reuters (@reuters.com) 2025-10-04T00:50:16Z

As if irony isn’t already dead, the Hatch Act violation on the DOJ website, which blames Democrats for the shutdown, appears on the page advising DOJ employees they are subject to the Hatch Act. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-note-abo…

— Joyce White Vance (@joycewhitevance.bsky.social) 2025-10-03T02:00:00.613Z

Public Citizen files Hatch Act complaint against Small Business Administration for 'highly partisan post' on homepage http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru…

— Lauren Ashley Davis (@laurenmeidasa.bsky.social) 2025-10-01T23:42:07.853Z
https://wbaltv.com/article/government-shutdown-hatch-act-violations/69074532

Can we put taxes in escrow?

Trump has made it clear that he will reduce funding for blue states. He is also eliminating programs that were funded.

Can we withhold income taxes and put them in escrow? I don’t think this is legal but it can’t hurt to ask. I don’t see why I should pay for Trump’s behavior.

More posts on job losses by Black women

Trump claimed that immigrants were “taking Black jobs,” but even after he deported 350,000 immigrants this year, 300,000 Black women lost their jobs. Black unemployment, overall, has soared to 7.5% under Trump, while white unemployment has dropped to 3.7%.

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin.bsky.social) 2025-10-12T15:46:40.921Z

Over 300,000 Black women have lost jobs this year In Minneapolis, Sheletta Brundidge is hosting a job fair for Black women, by Black women. This is what community looks like. When doors close, we open new ones. 💙kstp.com/kstp-news/to…

— Rep. Ilhan Omar (@repilhan.bsky.social) 2025-10-15T14:17:19.373Z