Lauren Jacobs
@laurenrants.bsky.social
Cities, labor, racial justice & the corporate agenda vs all of us. (views are my own not those of my employer or any other organization)
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Mom-and-pop businesses in MN are showing more backbone against tyranny than all of the Big Tech oligarchs combined 💪 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
‘Enough Is Enough’: Hundreds of Minnesota Businesses Take Stand Against ICE
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Mom-and-pop businesses in MN are showing more backbone against tyranny than all of the Big Tech oligarchs combined 💪 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
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My take on the Jan 23 action in Minneapolis is that I don’t really care whether it’s a “true” general strike (we could argue about that all day).
What DOES matter is that it’s a bold and necessary escalation, and local labor leaders are publicly encouraging workers to join in anti-ICE resistance
What DOES matter is that it’s a bold and necessary escalation, and local labor leaders are publicly encouraging workers to join in anti-ICE resistance
January 21, 2026 at 11:51 PM
My take on the Jan 23 action in Minneapolis is that I don’t really care whether it’s a “true” general strike (we could argue about that all day).
What DOES matter is that it’s a bold and necessary escalation, and local labor leaders are publicly encouraging workers to join in anti-ICE resistance
What DOES matter is that it’s a bold and necessary escalation, and local labor leaders are publicly encouraging workers to join in anti-ICE resistance
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New research from @ilsr.bsky.social uncovers billions of $$$ that Amazon is capturing in govt contracts all across the country. Next month, experts and organizers will unpack what this means and how we fight back: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@athenaforall.bsky.social @laurenrants.bsky.social
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Break Up with Amazon: A Citizen’s Guide to Ending Amazon’s Government Contracts. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the ...
A recent investigation by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance has uncovered that Amazon is capturing billions of dollars in government purchasing in cities, counties, and school districts across the...
us02web.zoom.us
December 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
New research from @ilsr.bsky.social uncovers billions of $$$ that Amazon is capturing in govt contracts all across the country. Next month, experts and organizers will unpack what this means and how we fight back: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@athenaforall.bsky.social @laurenrants.bsky.social
@athenaforall.bsky.social @laurenrants.bsky.social
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Forty years ago, 90% of media outlets were spread across 50 companies.
Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.
This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.
This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
December 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Forty years ago, 90% of media outlets were spread across 50 companies.
Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.
This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.
This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
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Tucson residents fought back against Amazon’s secretive plans to build a data center in the desert — and won.
But now, in a blatant attempt to override the City Council and the will of the people, Amazon and the project’s developer is pushing ahead anyway.
But now, in a blatant attempt to override the City Council and the will of the people, Amazon and the project’s developer is pushing ahead anyway.
December 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Tucson residents fought back against Amazon’s secretive plans to build a data center in the desert — and won.
But now, in a blatant attempt to override the City Council and the will of the people, Amazon and the project’s developer is pushing ahead anyway.
But now, in a blatant attempt to override the City Council and the will of the people, Amazon and the project’s developer is pushing ahead anyway.
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When we build deep, genuine connections with voters at their doors, we can build the power we need to truly transform our communities and the systems that are holding us down. Help us keep deep canvassing to take down TABOR by heading to https://bit.ly/UNEdonate and donating TODAY. #ColoradoGivesDay
November 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
When we build deep, genuine connections with voters at their doors, we can build the power we need to truly transform our communities and the systems that are holding us down. Help us keep deep canvassing to take down TABOR by heading to https://bit.ly/UNEdonate and donating TODAY. #ColoradoGivesDay
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Crassly dipping my toe onto this platform with self-promotion: My book, Chains of Command: The Rise and Cruel Reign of the Franchise Economy now has a beautiful cover, and a release date: April 20th. So you'll have something to enjoy with your 4/20 Taco Bell order! bookshop.org/p/books/chai...
September 11, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Crassly dipping my toe onto this platform with self-promotion: My book, Chains of Command: The Rise and Cruel Reign of the Franchise Economy now has a beautiful cover, and a release date: April 20th. So you'll have something to enjoy with your 4/20 Taco Bell order! bookshop.org/p/books/chai...
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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US border patrol is asking companies to submit plans to turn standard 4x4 trucks into AI-powered watchtowers—combining radar, cameras, and autonomous tracking to extend surveillance on demand.
DHS Wants a Fleet of AI-Powered Surveillance Trucks
US border patrol is asking companies to submit plans to turn standard 4x4 trucks into AI-powered watchtowers—combining radar, cameras, and autonomous tracking to extend surveillance on demand.
wrd.cm
October 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
US border patrol is asking companies to submit plans to turn standard 4x4 trucks into AI-powered watchtowers—combining radar, cameras, and autonomous tracking to extend surveillance on demand.
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I used to focus on left versus right. Now I’m much more worried about the money at the top. But while it might seem strange to say it, I think this is a hopeful way of looking at the world that opens the door to coalitions that seemed impossible before. My first for the @newrepublic.com:
October 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I used to focus on left versus right. Now I’m much more worried about the money at the top. But while it might seem strange to say it, I think this is a hopeful way of looking at the world that opens the door to coalitions that seemed impossible before. My first for the @newrepublic.com:
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It is not “big tent” to bring in one group of people by kicking out another group of people.
September 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
It is not “big tent” to bring in one group of people by kicking out another group of people.
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Straight up nazi sh*t
August 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Straight up nazi sh*t
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"When we sign up to be organizers or campaigners or strategists, we sign up to say, "I'm going to take responsibility, I'm going to be a protagonist for changing the balance of power."
Listen to our ED @laurenrants.bsky.social on the Craft of Campaigns podcast 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/4LM1...
Listen to our ED @laurenrants.bsky.social on the Craft of Campaigns podcast 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/4LM1...
Craft of Campaigns
Podcast · Training for Change · The Craft of Campaigns podcast highlights stories and lessons from issue-based action campaigns, beyond one-off mobilizations and single election cycles. Campaigns chan...
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July 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"When we sign up to be organizers or campaigners or strategists, we sign up to say, "I'm going to take responsibility, I'm going to be a protagonist for changing the balance of power."
Listen to our ED @laurenrants.bsky.social on the Craft of Campaigns podcast 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/4LM1...
Listen to our ED @laurenrants.bsky.social on the Craft of Campaigns podcast 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/4LM1...
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I want to be clear: this is what American prisons are like.
I spent years posting about the humanitarian crisis in U.S. prisons. The criminal legal system consigns Americans who are incarcerated to live like this FOR YEARS. DECADES.
I spent years posting about the humanitarian crisis in U.S. prisons. The criminal legal system consigns Americans who are incarcerated to live like this FOR YEARS. DECADES.
July 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I want to be clear: this is what American prisons are like.
I spent years posting about the humanitarian crisis in U.S. prisons. The criminal legal system consigns Americans who are incarcerated to live like this FOR YEARS. DECADES.
I spent years posting about the humanitarian crisis in U.S. prisons. The criminal legal system consigns Americans who are incarcerated to live like this FOR YEARS. DECADES.
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"Democrats are freaked out because their nominee for mayor in New York City wants to run a pilot program with five municipal-owned grocery stores. Meanwhile, last week the U.S. government became the largest shareholder in the mining company MP Materials."
LOL Nothing Matters 🫠
Inflation is back. The government is nationalizing one private company and blackmailing another. But no one cares because . . .
www.thebulwark.com
July 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Democrats are freaked out because their nominee for mayor in New York City wants to run a pilot program with five municipal-owned grocery stores. Meanwhile, last week the U.S. government became the largest shareholder in the mining company MP Materials."
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If you think a group of workere should strike (or not strike) it’s very simple.
1. Get a job doing that work
2. Organize your workplace
3. Convince your coworkers to do that thing
4. Do it your self (together)
Until you do all that, don’t tell other workers they should strike
1. Get a job doing that work
2. Organize your workplace
3. Convince your coworkers to do that thing
4. Do it your self (together)
Until you do all that, don’t tell other workers they should strike
July 8, 2025 at 5:33 AM
If you think a group of workere should strike (or not strike) it’s very simple.
1. Get a job doing that work
2. Organize your workplace
3. Convince your coworkers to do that thing
4. Do it your self (together)
Until you do all that, don’t tell other workers they should strike
1. Get a job doing that work
2. Organize your workplace
3. Convince your coworkers to do that thing
4. Do it your self (together)
Until you do all that, don’t tell other workers they should strike
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Oh, but she was talking LOUD racist shit the other day.
Gillibrand says “I’m not doing any interviews right now.”
June 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Oh, but she was talking LOUD racist shit the other day.
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Since May:
Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time.
Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time.
A judiciary at war with itself.
Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time.
Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time.
A judiciary at war with itself.
June 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Since May:
Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time.
Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time.
A judiciary at war with itself.
Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time.
Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time.
A judiciary at war with itself.
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We really hope she'll use this chance to call for Amazon to cut its contracts with ICE and the Israeli military. www.essence.com/entertainmen...
Erykah Badu To Headline Amazon Music’s Juneteenth Livestream, “Badu Presents: Echos 19” | Essence
The Dallas native will perform live from The Bomb Factory as part of the “Forever In Rotation” Black Music Month celebration.
www.essence.com
June 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
We really hope she'll use this chance to call for Amazon to cut its contracts with ICE and the Israeli military. www.essence.com/entertainmen...
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It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence.
They are in charge.
They are in charge.
June 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence.
They are in charge.
They are in charge.
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June 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Tariffs & ICE raids are connected insofar as they are attempts to blame economic & social conditions entirely on the actions of foreigners while attempting to paint domestic enemies as a traitorous fifth column working with the foreigners to undermine the country
June 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Tariffs & ICE raids are connected insofar as they are attempts to blame economic & social conditions entirely on the actions of foreigners while attempting to paint domestic enemies as a traitorous fifth column working with the foreigners to undermine the country