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Juan has spent 10 years harvesting sweet potato in CA. While the machine picks up most of the vegetables he often has to get on his knees and dig out the sweet potatoes the machine left behind. He does this up to 10 hours a day 5 days a week. #WeFeedYou
Erminio is laboring harvesting strawberries in Santa Maria CA. "This is very hard work. I have to walk fast bent over all day long. I need to harvest as fast as I can because I get paid for the amount of boxes I harvest." #WeFeedYou
The apple harvest in upstate New York is drawing to a close. Over the last 6 to 8 weeks, workers climbed up and down ladders to pick hundreds of apples a day. The apples get sent to nearby packing houses to be sorted, processed and sent to grocery stores. #WeFeedYou

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Special Coverage: Auto Workers vs. the Big 3

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The Federalism that Mark Meadows Wants the 11th Circuit to Reverse - emptywheel

In refusing to remove Mark Meadows' prosecution from Georgia state courts, Judge Steve Jones ruled that most of the things of which Meadows is accused had no valid federal purpose.

emptywheel
He’s right, you know. https://bit.ly/4582Acs
Dem Rep. Masterfully Debunks Trump's Bizarre New 'Free Speech' Defense

Facts are stubborn things, Donnie.

Second Nexus
Unionize all the maids!
Unionize all the textile bleaching operators!

Yes @emptywheel. Thank you. Now let’s ask why& what the consequences are of the media & expert analysts on cable TV constantly whitewashing Trump’s targeting of Black voters.Below are my tweets from the KKK Act suit the NAACP LDF filed right after the election. It was there in plain sight.
https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/07/20/trumps-attack-on-black-votes-was-there-the-whole-time-we-just-didnt-call-it-a-crime/

https://twitter.com/sifill_/status/1341420795520831488?s=46&t=zr8OwjRATtdNOqo_RsX0eQ

Trump's Attack on Black Votes Was There the Whole Time, We Just Didn't Call It a Crime - emptywheel

Trump deployed threats of violence to make it harder to count the votes of Black and Latino voters but no one treated it as a crime.

emptywheel
Unionize all the ticket takers!