From JacobinOn Tuesday, California voters passed Proposition 22, a ballot measure backed by app-based “gig” companies that exempts them from classifying their estimated three hundred thousand workers as employees. Included in Proposition 22’s fine print is a requirement … [Read more...] about With Prop 22’s Passage in California, Tech Companies Are Just Writing Their Own Laws Now
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Robert Fisk Was a Reporter Who Brought the Wars Home and Shaped the Thinking of a Generation
From JacobinWhen word got out last weekend that the veteran British journalist Robert Fisk had died in a Dublin … [Read more...] about Robert Fisk Was a Reporter Who Brought the Wars Home and Shaped the Thinking of a Generation
Listening To Trump Leaves Me Speechless
From CommonDreams"Well, thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much. Please sit. Thank you. This is without question the latest news conference I've ever had. Thank you. I appreciate it very much. And I want to thank the American people for their tremendous support, millions and millions of people voted for us tonight. And a very sad group of people is … [Read more...] about Listening To Trump Leaves Me Speechless
Arizona Officials Vow to 'Continue Our Job' Counting Votes as Trump Backers—Some Armed With AR-15s—Gather at Local Election Building
From CommonDreamsPublished on Thursday, November 05, 2020byCommon DreamsArizona Officials Vow to 'Continue Our Job' Counting Votes as Trump Backers—Some Armed With AR-15s—Gather at Local Election Building "All of us are committed to a fair and efficient count of all votes," Maricopa County officials said.byJake Johnson, staff writer 0 CommentsTrump … [Read more...] about Arizona Officials Vow to 'Continue Our Job' Counting Votes as Trump Backers—Some Armed With AR-15s—Gather at Local Election Building
'This Is Disturbing': Trump DOJ Claims Armed Feds Are Allowed to Inspect State Vote-Counting Locations
From CommonDreamsPublished on Thursday, November 05, 2020byCommon Dreams'This Is Disturbing': Trump DOJ Claims Armed Feds Are Allowed to Inspect State Vote-Counting Locations Vowing not to be intimidated by the possibility of armed federal agents showing up at ballot-counting sites, Pennsylvania's attorney general said: "Nothing is going to stop … [Read more...] about 'This Is Disturbing': Trump DOJ Claims Armed Feds Are Allowed to Inspect State Vote-Counting Locations