52+ min ago   (792+ words) Real wages paid to workers Downunder – that is, salaries adjusted for inflation – are now rising strongly, after years of going backwards under the previous right wing Coalition Government. The Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed last Thursday that average weekly earnings…...

2+ hour, 1+ min ago   (1698+ words) More renewables, storage, EVs, heat pumps, etc. Fewer thieving data centers, #NoNewNukes. NetZero ASAP, followed by going strongly Carbon Negative enough to start cooling the planet. Getting past Peak Humanity, and the end of poverty and oppression. Free education for…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1067+ words) Daily Kos This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication. Good Morning I will take a spin at occupying this space. A Pagan in Arizona wanted to focus elsewhere. Take a moment and message…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (250+ words) Welcome to Morning Open Thread, with daily posts from a MOTley crew of hosts who choose their own topics from a wide-open range: often music or poetry, sometimes history — anything and everything from Apples to Zoology! We support our community,…...

6+ hour, 8+ min ago   (1600+ words) On February 19, the White House issued an Executive Order, Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Government, which directs the termination of the Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program. PMF Program shutdown activities are underway including cancellation of previously scheduled events and…...

16+ hour, 6+ min ago   (385+ words) A widely covered New York Times op-ed raising alarms about how the White House has hidden critical information about President Donald Trump’s health has received the blackout treatment from Fox News. In a column for the Times published last Thursday,…...

14+ hour, 48+ min ago   (286+ words) Yes, the crypto scammer wing of the Trump family business, World Liberty Financial, now has a federally chartered bank thanks to a morally flexible President Donald Trump appointee, Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould. You know, we knew this was…...

10+ hour, 51+ min ago   (299+ words) If you missed the news last week, the Trump administration has now been proven to having had discussions over whether and how to retaliate against the state of Colorado for multiple means of displeasing der leader Trump especially over convicting…...

8+ hour, 42+ min ago   (1075+ words) Advice columns and advice talk shows have a large influence on our culture and how people view their relationships. Few publications have a larger, more active and noteworthy group of advice columns than Slate.com, particularly How to Do It,…...

12+ hour, 32+ min ago   (505+ words) Out Of My Mind: –tRump still wants to “buy” (or steal) Greenland. Why not instead “Make America A Green-Land Again” with a Green New Deal supporting an economy based on renewable/sustainable energy sources? This would undoubtedly eliminate fossil fuel…...