Hey, it's Alex, and right now Starbucks workers are facing an uphill battle. After years of stonewalling by the company, baristas are taking action. They're going on strike to demand real negotiations and respect on the job. But while they're standing up for fair treatment, their bills, rent, and everyday needs haven't stopped. That's why we need your support. These workers are fighting for the things that matter most,

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and the right to organize without retaliation.

They're risking so much to make sure

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegeseth has had a brutal last few weeks. He reportedly ordered

the military to kill survivors of a boat strike in the Caribbean, which is a potential war crime.

He risked the safety of American troops, according to his own department's inspector general.

At least that was the conclusion of a report on Signalgate, the scandal Hegeseth himself

created when he shared classified details about military strikes in Yemen over an insecure private app.

And Hegeseth torched the First Amendment last month when he dictated new press rules at the Pentagon,

ones that led to the majority of the actual press corps being forced out of the building and being replaced with right-wing stenographers

posing as journalists. Man, time flies when you are completely unqualified to leave the

government's largest employer, doesn't it? Anyone could be forgiven for laughing at Pete

Heggsett's clownishness, but the reality here is pretty chilling.

The Trump administration's total disregard for the Constitution, as well as its brazen lawlessness in general, is extreme enough that some members of a co-equal branch of government, the legislative branch, have begun reminding people serving in national security and defense

that they can refuse illegal orders.

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