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Emmy-nominated labor reporter @PaydayReport often in πŸ‡§πŸ‡·. Alum: @Guardian! Yinzer @UEunion fam. Autistic⚾️ Jew. Falo PortuguΓͺs e Pittsburghese. Melk@PaydayReport.com

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β€œTrump Uses Pittsburgh Pirates’ Paul Skenes Meme to Promote Bombing Iran & β€œAmerican Dominance” Cy Young winning Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes is being used to promote bombing Iran

Trump administration released a video entitled "American Dominance" of legendary baseball players hitting home runs followed by shots of Iran being bombed.

Trump is using a meme started by Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes to help promote the war!

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07.03.2026 09:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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In a historic WBC game for Team Brasil, Lucas Ramirez (Manny’s son) hits a lead off home run off of Logan Webb to get Brasil on the board.

Im in a Japanese-Brazilian baseball in SΓ£o Paulo where folks are going nuts.

Historic moment for baseball

07.03.2026 01:48 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Support this project!!

Between this murder and that of indigenous folks trying to save the trees I began began taking seriously a term i learned in 2018 "industrial psychopath" that would change the way I interpreted current events and have me recognizing the seeds of fascism in the US by 2020

06.03.2026 23:58 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Big thanks to a reader who donated $40

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Help Fund Documentary about Assassination of My College Classmate, Marielle Franco Marielle Franco and I studied sociology together at PUC-Rio in the middle of the 2000s, and I’ve tracked the story closely while most North American media outlets ignored it.

Im working in a documentary about the assasination of my college classmate Marielle Franco, who was a socialist Rio city councilwoman.

Americans need to hear this inspiring story of how Brazilians fought back & put the bad guys in jail.

paydayreport.com/help-fund-do...

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Help Fund Documentary about Assassination of My College Classmate, Marielle Franco Marielle Franco and I studied sociology together at PUC-Rio in the middle of the 2000s, and I’ve tracked the story closely while most North American media outlets ignored it.

Big thanks to a reader from Rio who donated $10.

With small donations from Rio & Baltimore, we will fund this documentary about the assasination of my college classmate

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06.03.2026 23:25 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Help Fund Documentary about Assassination of My College Classmate, Marielle Franco Marielle Franco and I studied sociology together at PUC-Rio in the middle of the 2000s, and I’ve tracked the story closely while most North American media outlets ignored it.

Americans need to pay attention to how Brasil is sending the bad guys to jail and do this.

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06.03.2026 23:19 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Help Fund Documentary about Assassination of My College Classmate, Marielle Franco Marielle Franco and I studied sociology together at PUC-Rio in the middle of the 2000s, and I’ve tracked the story closely while most North American media outlets ignored it.

Big thanks to a reader from Baltimore who donated $25

This is how we tell stories that the US media ignored

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06.03.2026 23:19 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Help Fund Documentary about Assassination of My College Classmate, Marielle Franco Marielle Franco and I studied sociology together at PUC-Rio in the middle of the 2000s, and I’ve tracked the story closely while most North American media outlets ignored it.

I’ve been working on a documentary about the assassination of a college classmate in Rio & need your help to do it!

06.03.2026 23:16 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Send a Labor Reporter to Latin America to Cover Unions Fighting Trump With unions in Latin America fighting back against the US attack on Venezuela, it's crucial that we amplify the voices of trade unionists there, but these stories of rank-and-file workers aren’t reach...

Im in Brasil covering a lot of exciting stories for the next two weeks & need your help to keep reporting.

Donate a few bucks if you can to help us keep going

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06.03.2026 23:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Braddock denies permit for protest in front of Fetterman’s house (located on a main commercial drag)

06.03.2026 20:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Donate to For the love of Pittonkatonk, organized by Pete Spynda Pittonkatonk is a free, community-world music festival rooted in joy, justice, sustaina… Pete Spynda needs your support for For the love of Pittonkatonk

If these warm, spring-like days have you thinking about Pittonkatonk -- they're in need of donations!

One of the philanthropies dropped its support for 2026 -- so the organizers are trying to bridge a $15,000 funding gap.

06.03.2026 19:34 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We prosecuted the Nazis for doing this during World War Two

06.03.2026 12:53 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A Democratic state attorney general with guts would try to prosecute Kristi Noem

05.03.2026 20:34 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The Massachusetts Department of Correction has been fighting me for months, trying to withhold data about its collaboration with ICE.

Yesterday, I won that fight, and obtained records showing that the state has transferred more than 2,000 people into ICE custody since 2009.

A quick thread:

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Kristi Noem being fired shows that Trump is trying yo cater to public opinion to avoid a mid-term election disaster.

Ofc, the replacement is awful, but it shows that our feet in the streets has an impact on public opinion, which matters.

05.03.2026 19:11 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Going out to celebrate the good news that Kristi Noem is fired by adopting a dog….

05.03.2026 19:07 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Kristi Noem fired - direct action gets the goods!

05.03.2026 18:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Direct actions gets the good - Kristi Noem edition!

05.03.2026 18:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Long Goodbye: A California Couple Self-Deports to Mexico (Gift Article) Enrique Castillejos and his wife, Maria Elena Hernandez, raised a family in California. But they were undocumented immigrants, and after President Trump’s crackdown began, they decided to return to Me...

Beautiful story I’ve been meaning to share. Orlando MayorquΓ­n closely follows one California family’s decision to self-deport. It shows what can happen when you stay with a story until you know it inside and out β€” and can capture the full weight of it. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

05.03.2026 17:55 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If u go newsletter route and need advice on setting up logistics on ghost etc, happy to help - bring fan of your work!

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Sounds like Farah Pahlavi just rebuked her own son. #Iran

05.03.2026 00:32 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 6

US Navy saying they don’t have the capabilities to escort tankers

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Corporate Media Buries Story of US and Israel Killing 168 in Girls School Attack No front-page stories in NYT, WSJ, WaPo. No mention on NBC and CBS Sunday Shows. No stand alone segments on Evening News shows. A death count on par with the OKC bombing is relegated to the back page.

β€œNo front-page stories in NYT, WSJ, WaPo. No mention on NBC and CBS Sunday Shows. No stand alone segments on Evening News shows. A death count on par with the OKC bombing is relegated to the back page.” www.columnblog.com/p/corporate-...

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I snuck into the Oval Office when President Lula visited Biden!

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Foreign nationals fleeing Iran through neighboring Armenia shared their memories of the first moments of the US-Israeli strikes as they queued at the border.

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So they've got three cops removing this guy, but Sheehy rushes over to join in so everyone can see what a tough guy he is.

What a poser.

05.03.2026 03:11 πŸ‘ 85 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3

islmaphobic mocking from Fetterman

05.03.2026 03:11 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We've*

*Not me, other less important people, which is why I left to play baseball instead.

04.03.2026 18:24 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Paul Skenes Boosts Militarism as US Bombs Iran The NL Cy Young winner has increasingly made militaristic statements as the US bombs Iran.

NL Cy Young winner Paul Skenes is increasingly make militaristic statements as the US bombs Iran.

​"We're America, we've got to assert our dominance over everybody else", said Skenes.

paydayreport.com/paul-skenes-...

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