We sued the Trump administration today over a new Department of Labor rule aimed at draining union resources away from organizing and representing workers, a violation of federal law.
We’ll see the administration in court. https://t.co/HWJyAqZvns
If we can afford trillionaires, we can absolutely afford for everyone to earn a living wage. The very concept of a trillionaire when the bottom half can't afford rent is batshit crazy.
Normally I'd think it's dumb to blame a guy who's only been PM for a year for the housing price and debt crisis, but in the case of Mark Carney, he was directly involved in what I consider the underlying causes during his time as the Governor of the Bank of Canada.
BOOMER UNCLE: “You kids switch jobs too much.”
ME: “I stayed loyal for 4 years. Got 3% raises every year.”
BOOMER UNCLE: “See? Hard work pays off.”
ME: “Inflation was 8%. I took a pay cut every single year.”
BOOMER UNCLE: “That’s just how it works.”
ME: “I switched jobs. Got a 34% raise in one move.”
BOOMER UNCLE: “Nobody has work ethic anymore.”
ME: “I didn’t leave for less work. I left for equal pay.”
BOOMER UNCLE: “Companies can’t afford to keep raising salaries.”
ME: “The CEO got a $11 million bonus that same year.”
Loyalty is a value.
But it was never meant to be a financial strategy.
Companies stopped being loyal to workers decades ago.
Nobody told the workers to stop expecting it in return.
Dauch Corp spent $1.4B on a 2026 merger with Dowlais. After 2008 pay was cut from $29 to $14.50, top pay is still just $22. The CEO was paid $111M over the last 10 years. The $16M in aggregate wages costs UAW is demanding represents just 7% of their free cash flow. Don't let these companies ever tell you they can't afford living wages.
Donald Trump's grandfather, Friedrich Trump, was banished from Germany in 1905 because he emigrated to the United States in 1885 without completing his mandatory military service and without notifying the authorities of his departure.
The Trumps ALWAYS dodge military service.
A jury found Donald Trump liable for sexual abuse.
A federal appeals court upheld it.
A second jury hit him with another $83.3 million for defamation.
A second appeals court upheld that too.
Total: roughly $88.3 million in judgments tied to E. Jean Carroll's allegations.
Yet millions still insist there's "no evidence."
The evidence was presented in court.
A jury heard it.
Trump lost.
Twice.
And he keeps losing on appeal.
That's not a rumor.
That's the legal record.
"Labor’s share of economic output just hit an all-time low, while the profit share hit a near record. It helps explain why consumers feel so glum."
Mind you, this isn't from a socialist paper, this is from the WALL STREET JOURNAL.
Translation: Wages as a percentage of GDP are the lowest they've ever been while shareholders are making more money than ever. This is the obvious and intentional conclusion of trickle down economics. It's only going to get worse until we change who benefits. When workers earn more, they spend more, the entire economy does better.