The Trump administration will roll out 60 rule changes after Labor Day, which will be devastating for millions of American workers.
Trump will end overtime and minimum wage protections for 3.7 million home healthcare workers. The Obama administration closed a loophole in the Fair Labor Standards Act that had denied home healthcare workers the minimum wage and overtime protections. Trump will be reversing that rule, with the deadline for public comment at the Department of Labor being September 2. (Politico)
The Biden administration submitted a draft rule to the Department of Labor that would have nationally ended the ability of corporations to seek a waiver to pay disabled workers less than minimum wage. Trump is reversing that rule, and the result will be that some workers with disabilities may earn as little as $4/hour.
The Trump administration also plans to weaken mine safety standards and construction workplace safety standards. Trump also intends to weaken workplace safety inspections and penalties for violations. (Politico)
Climate crisis
“The Transportation Department on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the latest attack by the Trump administration on the reeling U.S. offshore wind industry…Trump has vowed to restore U.S. “energy dominance” in the global market and has pushed to increase U.S. reliance on fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas that emit planet-warming greenhouse gases.
Trump’s Energy Department said Friday it is withdrawing a $716 million loan guarantee approved by the Biden administration to upgrade and expand transmission infrastructure to accommodate a now-threatened offshore wind project in New Jersey.
The moves come as the administration abruptly halted construction last week of a nearly complete wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island and Connecticut.”
Energy prices have spiked to double that of inflation while Trump falsely blames renewable energy sources. “Energy analysts say renewable sources have little to do with recent price hikes, which are based on increased demand from artificial intelligence and energy-hungry data centers, along with aging infrastructure and increasingly extreme weather events such as wildfires that are exacerbated by climate change.” (AP News) Read more at Letters of an American from an Heather Cox Richardson.
Good News!
From: Jess Craven - Chop Wood Carry Water
On Friday, a district judge ruled that the Trump administration cannot withhold funds to so called sanctuary cities. These cities limit their local law enforcement from aiding the Department of Homeland Security. They argue immigration enforcement is a federal issue, and the state cannot be compelled to do the federal government's work. (NPR)
Democrats flipped an Iowa state senate seat, breaking the GOP supermajority in a Trump +11 district and swinging the seat by 21 points!
In DC, dozens of labor unions led a march with thousands of people to protest Trump. There were loud chants of “Free DC,” and “It’s time for Trump to go.”
Thousands also joined Rev. Al Sharpton and Zohran Mamdani for a “March On Wall Street” in New York City.
A Democratic candidate got the most votes in Georgia’s Senate District 21 election and has taken the lead over six Republicans! It now moves to a run-off.
Illinois became the first state to launch a legal advice line for LGBTQ+ residents, providing free and confidential legal advice on discrimination, harassment, safety, and more.
The state of Florida is ordering cities to remove rainbow-painted crosswalks and street art, but cities are fighting back. The city of St. Petersburg asked the state for an exemption, citing proof they’ve actually made the intersections safer and communities stronger, and Delray Beach’s city commission voted to keep theirs intact, too.
The U.S. Mint’s new quarter honoring Stacey Park Milbern, co-founder of the disability justice movement, is the first to depict a woman using a wheelchair on American currency.
A flotilla of ships departed from Barcelona to the Gaza Strip today with humanitarian aid and activists on board in the largest attempt yet to break the long Israeli blockade of the Palestinian territory by sea.
League of Women Voters reversed their position and are now neutral on Prop 50! (Issue of gerrymandering in CA).
Who Did That? YOU DID!
From Indivisible Indiana, September 3, 2025