Kurt Forness

Better than drinking alone.

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Bill Burr: “How big does your yacht have to be? I have no problem with people having zillions of dollars, but pay the workers, give them benefits. Most people don’t have ridiculous demands. It’s like I would like to have a family, be able to clothe, shelter, and feed them and not have to worry every month that I’m gonna be homeless. The more of a reptile you are, the more ruthless you are, it’s respected in business. They hide behind well that’s how business is done. No, it isn’t. That’s how you’re doing business”

[NoelCaslerComedy @caslernoel]

This statement from Jack Smith should replace the Pledge of Allegiance in red state schools:

"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 presidential election, President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"

[David Dayen @ddayen]

More at the link.
https://t.co/dIQ4hTh6qF

[LiUNA Midwest Region @LIUNAmidwest]

When we say solidarity is a verb
This is what we mean
When we say we are a family
This is what we mean.
When you are LIUNA
We have your back
Always
#Solidarity #LIUNA #FeelThePower #Immigration @LIUNA

[NYTPitchbot @DougJBalloon]

Whether it’s Hillary Clinton sharing risotto recipes on a private server or Donald Trump spending 24 hours a day with a mentally unstable aide who has no security clearance, both candidates presented grave national security risks.

[Kurt Forness @kurtforness]

@whatdoesntkillu @fordnation "Still unsure why they're meeting US labour unions?!"
LIUNA is "The Laborers' INTERNATIONAL Union of NORTH AMERICA" "International" meaning more than just one country, "North America" including Canada.
I can't help you with any other "questions"

[Kurt Forness @kurtforness]

Doesn't seem very Christian.

[Samantha Power @SamanthaJPower]

Starting in early 2025, Elon Musk and the Trump administration began terminating USAID's programs and firing its staff — with Musk himself boasting about "feeding it into the woodchipper." One year ago today, USAID was officially dissolved, its remaining programs haphazardly folded into the State Department. Amid all the lies and misinformation that have followed, some facts about what has actually been lost:

• USAID saved more than 3 million lives a year at a cost of less than $10/month per American. That is what was destroyed. On purpose.
• According to Boston University's Global Impact Counter — which tracked deaths attributable to the cuts until it stopped operations in February 2026 — an estimated 781,000 people died preventable deaths in the first year, including 518,000 children.
• Global child mortality (the number of children who die before their fifth birthday) rose in 2025 for the first time in 35+ years — by 200,000 additional deaths.
• USAID's 50-country disease surveillance network — the system that cut outbreak response times from 2 weeks to 48 hours — is gone. We are now watching an unprecedented Ebola outbreak unfold in real time — with the highest first-month caseload and death rate in modern history.
• Programs reaching 93 million women and children were cut 92%. TB programs cut 56%. Water and sanitation cut 86%. Over 2,000 health facilities permanently closed.
• 25 million fewer people received humanitarian assistance in 2025. The overall humanitarian budget was slashed 74% — from $14.1 billion to $3.7 billion.
• 363 million people face acute hunger in 2026. The famine early-warning system that would have seen it coming went dark for five months.
• $1.7 billion in democracy and governance funding (election monitoring, anti-corruption work, support for independent media and civil society) was terminated.
• 360+ independent media outlets lost funding. Hundreds of legal clinics closed.
• Far from saving money, the Trump administration itself has already said the dismantlement will cost taxpayers at least $19.2 billion in cancellation fees, severance, and penalties. That's more than half of USAID's annual budget — spent on destruction and closeout, not support for vulnerable people.
• American farmers, universities, and businesses are among the casualties too. USAID partnered with more than 3,500 U.S. companies and maintained 17 university-based research labs. Its work with U.S.-based contractors and the private sector generated hundreds of thousands of American jobs and multiplied the return on every dollar spent. Those markets and partnerships are gone.

[LIUNA @LIUNA]

Today we honor Dolores Huerta and the movement she helped build, proving what’s possible when workers organize and stand TOGETHER. That POWER didn’t stop then and it’s not stopping now. #OrganizeOrDie #DeloresHuerta #LaborHistory #SiSePuede #Solidarity

[n x d @nxd1979]

no millennial trope has broken more brains than "you don't owe anybody anything". an ignoble, selfish narcissism dressed up in therapy-speak about boundaries and self-care in order to give yourself a pass from treating other people with a basic level of care and respect

[Kurt Forness @kurtforness]

#FeelThePower

[David A Frye @davidafrye]

Post:
One year ago we posted our first #GetOutOfTheDamnTruck video. Since then leaders and members across the Region have been getting out of the truck, meeting members where they are, and strengthening #LIUNA
Great work! Let’s keep it going!
#FeelThePower

[Victoria Mancinelli @vcmancinelli]

This bridge was built by LiUNA members, highly skilled union labourers who have spent generations building the backbone of North America’s economy on both sides of the border.

It was not built to advantage one country over another. It was built to protect jobs, secure supply chains, and keep trade moving between two economies that are already deeply intertwined. American workers benefit. Canadian workers benefit. Communities on both sides benefit.

Canada assumed the upfront cost of building this bridge because we understood its strategic importance to North American trade, manufacturing, and economic security. That investment supports U.S. businesses, U.S. workers, and U.S. consumers every single day through reduced congestion and more reliable access to markets.

Cross-border infrastructure is not exploitation. It is a shared investment that reduces congestion, strengthens industrial competitiveness, and improves reliability for businesses that depend on the Great Lakes trade corridor.

LiUNA members know this because we build it. We build the bridges, ports, roads, energy systems, and trade routes that make North American prosperity possible. Undermining that cooperation undermines workers first.

This bridge stands on both sides, just like the men and women who built it, and just like the economic return it delivers. That’s not taking advantage. That’s how allies build strength, security, and shared prosperity.

Inflammatory rhetoric may score cheap political points, but it does not build infrastructure, protect jobs, or strengthen our shared economic future.

Thanks for your attention to facts that actually matter.

[Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳 @chefjoseandres]

Many parts of Jamaica, the destruction is so big that what families need is meals already cook! Why? Because they are tired, without clean water, in not very healthy sanitary conditions. That’s why we Send cook food! In few weeks we will start with the dry goods! And small cookstoves so families can feed themselves but we are not there yet! @WCKitchen #ChefsForJamaica

[LIUNA @LIUNA]

#LIUNA members are already putting in the hours on the #GatewayTunnel. Don't let politics stop paychecks and progress. #LIUNABuilds

[@GPBrentBooker @GPBrentBooker]

Back in DC and the CHAOS is real. In the last 24 hours: the Hudson River Tunnel project is in jeopardy and $8B yanked from projects in 16 states where half our members live. Add a shutdown on top, and that’s a LOCKOUT. Our members only get paid when they show up to build. Congress and the White House need to do their job so we can do ours! #WatchNow

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

They want to decide what books you can read, what history your children can learn, what medicines you’re allowed to take, what surgeries you can have, what gender you’re permitted to be, what sports you can play, which bathroom you can use, who you can love, and who you can marry. They want to own your library, your classroom, your hospital room, your bedroom—and now your television. They want to own the page, the pill, the joke, the chant, the kiss, the very pronoun in your mouth. And then, with breathtaking cynicism, they’ll look straight at you and say it’s the Democrats who are coming for your freedom. Small government? My fucking ass. This isn’t small government. This is government in your bloodstream, in your dictionary, in your bed, and now in your goddamn remote control.
https://t.co/IDFPUuNMc5

[Governor JB Pritzker @GovPritzker]

The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.

This is not a joke. This is not normal.

Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.

[LIUNA! New England Region @LIUNANewEngland]

Thank you @Rep_Magaziner for fighting for @LIUNA members who were building #RevolutionWind and for all Rhode Islanders who would have benefited from this project.

[David A Frye @davidafrye]

The #bigbeautifullbill isn't so great for working people.

[Randy Harris @rlharri]

Opportunity Day on the Bahia Pipeline! Come join us to for a better life for you and your family! LIUNA is here to help you get what you deserve #workersrights #laborersrising

[Kurt Forness @kurtforness]

#FeelThePower brother Luke breakin it down

[LiUNA Midwest Region @LIUNAmidwest]

End of Day 2 at #BahiaPipeline in #Bryan #StillHere standing for ALL workers. #LIUNA #FeelThePower #PipeLineWorkers deserve decent pay, a sate work environment and #Benefits https://t.co/7QZk3wsTdC