“Child Labor Is on the Rise” – The New Yorker “State legislatures across the country are making it easier to hire minors in low-paid and dangerous jobs. This surge is being propelled by an unhappy confluence of employers desperate to fill jobs, including dangerous jobs, at the lowest possible cost; a vast wave of “unaccompanied …
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“Tuberville Draws Fire For Holding Hundreds Of Military Promotions ‘Hostage’ Over Abortion” – HuffPo “Tuberville has for months refused to support about 200 promotions for military officers over a Pentagon policy that provides travel reimbursements and leave for service members to seek abortions out-of-state, which was updated after the Supreme Court voted to overturn the landmark Roe …
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“The Supreme Court just gutted the Clean Water Act” – Washington Post “Under the court’s new view, pollution requires a permit only if it is discharged into waters that are “relatively permanent, standing or continuously flowing bodies of water… like ‘streams … oceans, rivers, and lakes.’ It could lead to the removal of millions of …
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“Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton faces impeachment” – Texas Tribune “Paxton, the state’s top lawyer and one of its most powerful and controversial Republicans, has faced criminal investigations, legal battles and accusations of wrongdoing for years. But after he requested $3.3 million in taxpayer funds to end a lawsuit by former staffers who accused him of …
“Jill Stein spoiled the 2016 election for Hillary Clinton” “Jill Stein’s voters in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin helped Donald Trump win the White House. Trump’s margin of victory over Hillary Clinton in the three “Blue Wall” states — Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan — was less than the total number of votes received by Green Party …
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“DeSantis Opponents Arrested in Florida Protesting Abortion Ban” – Newsweek Learn to recognize how fascists silence their critics. Click on the infographic for details on the different approaches. Strongmen intimidate, bully, and kill critics “Around the world, strongmen have been attacking the concept of freedom of the press, as well as members of the press …
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What does the MAGA created debt crisis mean for you? “Your 401(K) is now a 201(K).” – MSN Many of the same Republicans who took the economy hostage in 2011 crashing the stock market and retirement savings, are at it again. In 2011 it was the Tea Party Republicans. Now it is the MAGA Republicans …
“DeSantis Allows Anti-“Woke” Giveaway To Big Wall Street Donors” – The Lever “As private equity donated to groups supporting Ron DeSantis, he oversaw a billion-dollar transfer of state employees’ retirement dollars into underperforming firms. … the most imminent threat to Florida public employees’ retirement dollars appears to be the massive state pension investments that have …
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