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There is a growing safety crisis at @Amazon.
A new report based on internal company documents show the company has effectively covered up a major safety crisis at its warehouses.
The report adds that things have gotten much worse since Amazon brought in robots.
There is a growing safety crisis at @Amazon.
A new report based on internal company documents show the company has effectively covered up a major safety crisis at its warehouses.
The report adds that things have gotten much worse since Amazon brought in robots.
The documents consist of weekly data from 2016 through 2019 from more than one hundred and fifty Amazon warehouses.
They show that the company has profoundly misled lawmakers and the public about its mounting injury crisis.
They show that the company has profoundly misled lawmakers and the public about its mounting injury crisis.
Amazon often points to the tens of millions of dollars it has invested to enhance safety practices.
Yet Amazon’s injury rates have gone up each of the past four years.
Yet Amazon’s injury rates have gone up each of the past four years.
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There is still no justice for Breonna Taylor.
Protests that have been ongoing in Louisville picked up again after yesterday’s announcement that no officers would be charged directly with killing Taylor, despite a preemptive declaration of emergency by the mayor.
There is still no justice for Breonna Taylor.
Protests that have been ongoing in Louisville picked up again after yesterday’s announcement that no officers would be charged directly with killing Taylor, despite a preemptive declaration of emergency by the mayor.
Online video showed white men carrying guns and wearing military-style uniforms patrolling the streets.
The vigilantes moved apparently unimpeded by police.
The vigilantes moved apparently unimpeded by police.
Many businesses and government offices were boarded up and a twenty-five block perimeter of the city was closed to traffic.
Before night fell, police deployed a chemical agent into a crowd of protesters and made several arrests.
The National Guard was also deployed.
Before night fell, police deployed a chemical agent into a crowd of protesters and made several arrests.
The National Guard was also deployed.
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Two former intelligence officials have made some pretty stunning allegations: that Federal agents sent to quell protests in Portland Oregon also engaged in a classified cell phone cloning operation that aimed to lift information off of protesters phones.
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Two former intelligence officials have made some pretty stunning allegations: that Federal agents sent to quell protests in Portland Oregon also engaged in a classified cell phone cloning operation that aimed to lift information off of protesters phones.
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According to @thenation, the DHS has not come clean about this.
Details of the operation are still classified, but @kenklippenstein reports that it included interceptions of protesters phone calls by either the DHS or other federal agencies involved, like the DOJ.
Details of the operation are still classified, but @kenklippenstein reports that it included interceptions of protesters phone calls by either the DHS or other federal agencies involved, like the DOJ.
While this would be a shocking weaponization of unwarranted surveillance against citizens exercising first amendment rights, it’s not exactly hard to believe.
#AMQuickie
Political primary season is over. And there were some stunning results this week in Delaware’s state primary.
A social worker won an upset victory over a forty-year incumbent in the state senate who had not faced a primary challenger since 1986.
#LEFTISBEST
Political primary season is over. And there were some stunning results this week in Delaware’s state primary.
A social worker won an upset victory over a forty-year incumbent in the state senate who had not faced a primary challenger since 1986.
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In the thirteenth district, social worker Marie Pinkney, a political newcomer running on a progressive platform, defeated the powerful and long-serving Senate President Pro Tem David McBride » » 
According to the Associated Press, McBridge joined the Delaware state senate in 1980 and hadn’t faced a primary challenger since 1986.
Pinkney advances to face Republican Alexander Homich in the general election.
Pinkney advances to face Republican Alexander Homich in the general election.
#AMQuickie
On Fox News, Donald Trump makes it clear that he thinks his enemies deserve death at the hands of the state, no due process included.
#LEFTISBEST
On Fox News, Donald Trump makes it clear that he thinks his enemies deserve death at the hands of the state, no due process included.
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Donald Trump added one final escalation to the politically fraught story of Michael Forest Reinoehl, a self-proclaimed anti-fascist who was suspected of the murder of a right-wing protester in Portland on August 29.
Last week, Reinoehl was shot dead by federal agents who arrived ostensibly to arrest him.
Reinoehl had previously admitted to the shooting of Trump supporter and far-right militant Aaron Danielson, claiming that the killing was in self defense
Reinoehl had previously admitted to the shooting of Trump supporter and far-right militant Aaron Danielson, claiming that the killing was in self defense
#AMQuickie
A new survey shows most Americans want to vote by mail this year, but even more aren’t confident that their ballot will be counted.
Meanwhile, Republican lawyers are working overtime to prevent states from mailing out voting packets in a timely fashion.
A new survey shows most Americans want to vote by mail this year, but even more aren’t confident that their ballot will be counted.
Meanwhile, Republican lawyers are working overtime to prevent states from mailing out voting packets in a timely fashion.
A poll commissioned by the Washington Post shows that six in ten registered voters nationwide want to cast their ballots before Election Day.
However, only three in ten say they are very confident that their mail-in ballots will be counted accurately.
However, only three in ten say they are very confident that their mail-in ballots will be counted accurately.
Seven in ten remain very confident in in-person voting. But just under half of those surveyed say they are uncomfortable going to a polling place this fall, and a majority are worried about their family being infected by the coronavirus.
#AMQuickie
The American West burns as scientific experts warn of rising global temperatures.
Meanwhile, at least one Democratic governor has had it with climate change deniers.
#LEFTISBEST
The American West burns as scientific experts warn of rising global temperatures.
Meanwhile, at least one Democratic governor has had it with climate change deniers.
#LEFTISBEST
Nearly one hundred wildfires are burning millions of acres across the American west, destroying towns and prompting mass evacuations. Eerie images showed red and orange skies filled with ash from the San Francisco Bay to the outskirts of Portland and beyond »
In Colorado, the fires still smoldered under a fourteen-inch blanket of snow that fell suddenly in a storm the other night.
#AMQuickie
Yet another massive Trump Truck rally outside of Portland and other right-wing rallies around the state results in violence, as videos show right-wing hate group members chasing down anti-fascist activists with bats and mace while police look on.
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Yet another massive Trump Truck rally outside of Portland and other right-wing rallies around the state results in violence, as videos show right-wing hate group members chasing down anti-fascist activists with bats and mace while police look on.
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Video shot by journalists at the scene showed armed militia members and Trump supporters charging a group of anti-fascist counter-protesters, overhwhelming on with strikes from a bat.
A woman then maced the fallen activist on the ground.
A woman then maced the fallen activist on the ground.
This kind of violence is typical for the running battles between Portland protesters and right-wing militias that have raged this entire summer, but the police response in Salem on Monday evening was particularly telling.
#AMQuickie
Over the weekend, it’s become a lot more clear what Donald Trump thinks his pathway to victory in November in. You probably won’t be surprised to know the answer: it’s white nationalism.
#LEFTISBEST
Over the weekend, it’s become a lot more clear what Donald Trump thinks his pathway to victory in November in. You probably won’t be surprised to know the answer: it’s white nationalism.
#LEFTISBEST
The first new red flag came on Friday, when Trump ordered the federal government to cancel contracts that it had paid out for its branches to undergo racial sensitivity training.
Trump called such programs, which attempt to change systemic racism by generally teaching people how to not be racist in the workplace, were “divisive, anti-american propaganda.” He then followed that quote up with another storm of tweets on the subject, saying the same thing.
#AMQuickie
Donald Trump clarifies that when he told people in North Carolina to vote twice, he meant that they should vote twice.
If he was soliciting voter fraud, that’s actually illegal in and of itself.
#LEFTISBEST
Donald Trump clarifies that when he told people in North Carolina to vote twice, he meant that they should vote twice.
If he was soliciting voter fraud, that’s actually illegal in and of itself.
#LEFTISBEST
As the Washington Post and the New York Times so delicately put it, Trump yesterday sought to clarify remarks he made late the previous day, in which he told supporters in North Carolina to vote twice.
Which is very much against the law.
#AMQuickie
In a shocking and damning move, the United States has imposed sanctions on senior officials of the International Criminal Court at the Hague.
The ICC prosecutes war criminals around the world.
In a shocking and damning move, the United States has imposed sanctions on senior officials of the International Criminal Court at the Hague.
The ICC prosecutes war criminals around the world.
The US sanctions include the ICC’s chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda. Bensouda was once justice minister of her home country, The Gambia.
Her experience in international justice includes advising a United Nations tribunal that prosecuted key figures in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda
Her experience in international justice includes advising a United Nations tribunal that prosecuted key figures in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda
The new sanctions allow the US to block assets of those targeted, as well as bar them from entry to the US.
So why is the US sanctioning The Hague prosecutors now? Well, it’s simple: The ICC has been investigating American war crimes in Afghanistan.
So why is the US sanctioning The Hague prosecutors now? Well, it’s simple: The ICC has been investigating American war crimes in Afghanistan.
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Trump CDC Orders Eviction Moratorium
MEANWHILE, Amazon Doing Evil Again
AND LASTLY; A Kennedy Falls in Massachusetts
» » fans.fm/p/NA1wXzW
Trump CDC Orders Eviction Moratorium
MEANWHILE, Amazon Doing Evil Again
AND LASTLY; A Kennedy Falls in Massachusetts
» » fans.fm/p/NA1wXzW
The looming eviction crisis is so bad that even Donald Trump’s advisors have recognized that if it hits before the election, he’s screwed.
They'll use the CDC to issue a temp eviction moratorium on those making < $99k/year, but it comes with some pretty strict qualifications.
They'll use the CDC to issue a temp eviction moratorium on those making < $99k/year, but it comes with some pretty strict qualifications.
Sure enough, the moratorium only lasts until December 31.
It also requires people to self-identify, basically making an official claim that they can’t pay rent but they’re trying to, and that they meet the required income bracket.
It also requires people to self-identify, basically making an official claim that they can’t pay rent but they’re trying to, and that they meet the required income bracket.
#AMQuickie
Here we go everyone, it’s the RNC.
After last week’s Republican-lite convention put on by Joe Biden and the Democrats, it’s time to watch the full-fascist party put on their show.
#LEFTISBEST
Here we go everyone, it’s the RNC.
After last week’s Republican-lite convention put on by Joe Biden and the Democrats, it’s time to watch the full-fascist party put on their show.
#LEFTISBEST
Meanwhile, in Wisconsin, a new shocking incident of police violence has thrown a small city into turmoil, as massive protests and civil unrest erupted after police in Kenosha shot an unarmed black man seven times in the back.
The victim, Jacob Blake, was shot as he was attempting to get back into his car, which his three children were inside. He’s in stable condition in the hospital, miraculously.
#AMQuckie
The interesting thing about the Republican National Convention this year is that the GOP is just not adopting an official platform in any way, signaling that whatever Trump wants to do is fine with them.
So much for the myth of the reasonable Republican.
#LEFTISBEST
The interesting thing about the Republican National Convention this year is that the GOP is just not adopting an official platform in any way, signaling that whatever Trump wants to do is fine with them.
So much for the myth of the reasonable Republican.
#LEFTISBEST
Meanwhile, for weeks, the Trump administration has been hammering the FDA to get some kind of coronavirus treatment approved, seeking to get the good PR by floating one miracle cure or another right before the election.
Now, it appears they’ve found their in: A treatment, known as convalescent plasmablood, in which blood plasma from recovering patients is used to cure those still suffering from the disease.
#AMQuickie
Many thousands of Californians are fleeing their homes to avoid massive wildfires that are tearing through it and other western states.
Governor Gavin Newsom has declared an emergency and warned that more could face urgent evacuation.
Many thousands of Californians are fleeing their homes to avoid massive wildfires that are tearing through it and other western states.
Governor Gavin Newsom has declared an emergency and warned that more could face urgent evacuation.
A group of fires outside Vacaville, near Sacramento, covers more land area than Washington, DC, and has destroyed more than fifty homes.
Other large groups of wildfires threaten the outskirts of the San Francisco Bay Area and Santa Cruz County, southwest of Silicon Valley.
Other large groups of wildfires threaten the outskirts of the San Francisco Bay Area and Santa Cruz County, southwest of Silicon Valley.
Nearly 11,000 lighting strikes were recorded over the previous three days. Most were not accompanied by rain.
Scientists say increased lightning activity in various places around the world can be attributed to climate change resulting from the burning of fossil fuels by humans.
Scientists say increased lightning activity in various places around the world can be attributed to climate change resulting from the burning of fossil fuels by humans.
Chances are you’ve seen a variant of “The Political Compass” chart like the one below. Although it’s quite popular, this chart has 2 major flaws that play into right-wing misinformation & propaganda. It’s time we stop using these false left/right dichotomies. Here’s why: 1/18
The 1st flaw is that it places Authoritarianism along a Y-axis intersecting a Left/Right X-axis. Authoritarianism is related to decision-making power & stands fundamentally opposed to a core leftist value: that people should have a fair say in the decisions that affect them. 2/18
By placing Authoritarianism as a Y-axis intersecting both “Left” & “Right”, it at best confuses what leftists stand for & at worse perpetuates right-wing lies about the left. But the fact is, if you are authoritarian or elitist, you are NOT left. 3/18
If we dispose of false left/right dichotomies, clear away Orwellian doublespeak and intellectual dishonestly, what remains is a striking picture of the moral, ethical & logical superiority of leftist values.
This image is now my profile header because the moral, ethical & logical superiority of leftist values, along with the clarity & righteous indignation that go along with it are exactly what is so desperately needed.
Let’s move left. #leftisbest
Let’s move left. #leftisbest
This will be a long-running thread on what it means to be a leftist within the context of traditional leftist values & ideals.
