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Politics/Government / Re: Polls Show Mike Johnson’s Betrayals Have Fueled Historic Approval Plummeting Among Republicans,
« Last post by Fishrrman on Today at 12:30:52 am »Makes you wonder if "they've got sumthin'" on this guy...
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Elections 2024 / Trump Vows to End Biden’s ‘Insane Electric Vehicle Mandate’: Would ‘Kill Michigan’s Economy’
« Last post by mystery-ak on Today at 12:25:00 am »Trump Vows to End Biden’s ‘Insane Electric Vehicle Mandate’: Would ‘Kill Michigan’s Economy’
Nick Gilbertson 1 May 2024
Former President Donald Trump vowed to end President Joe Biden’s electric vehicle (EV) rule, which he says would “kill” Michigan’s economy and benefit China, if elected while speaking in Freeland, MI, on Wednesday night.
Trump said he would “terminate Joe Biden’s radical plan to kill Michigan’s economy by repealing his insane electric vehicle mandate.”
https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1785793682647498906
more
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/05/01/trump-vows-to-end-bidens-insane-electric-vehicle-mandate-would-kill-michigans-economy/
Nick Gilbertson 1 May 2024
Former President Donald Trump vowed to end President Joe Biden’s electric vehicle (EV) rule, which he says would “kill” Michigan’s economy and benefit China, if elected while speaking in Freeland, MI, on Wednesday night.
Trump said he would “terminate Joe Biden’s radical plan to kill Michigan’s economy by repealing his insane electric vehicle mandate.”
https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1785793682647498906
more
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/05/01/trump-vows-to-end-bidens-insane-electric-vehicle-mandate-would-kill-michigans-economy/
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Elections 2024 / Kamala Harris Proclaims ‘God Bless the USA’ While Promoting Abortion in Florida
« Last post by mystery-ak on Today at 12:22:00 am »Kamala Harris Proclaims ‘God Bless the USA’ While Promoting Abortion in Florida
Katherine Hamilton 1 May 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris continued her 2024 abortion tour in Jacksonville, Florida, to rail against the state’s six-week abortion restriction that went into effect Wednesday and to cast blame on former President Donald Trump.
Harris spoke for about 15 minutes at the Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center in Downtown Jacksonville, where she not only slammed the state’s heartbeat bill, but also decried abortion restrictions in other states that have been passed or gone into effect since the Supreme Court issued its Dobbs decision in June of 2022. The Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade — which had for 50 years guaranteed an invented constitutional right to abortion — and ultimately returned the issue of abortion to individual states.
“Across our nation, we witness a full-on assault, state-by-state, on reproductive freedom. And understand who is to blame: former president Donald Trump did this,” Harris said. “Donald Trump handpicked three members of the United States Supreme Court because he intended for them to overturn Roe. And as he intended — they did.”
Watch video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqDah9RLo10&t=1s&ab_channel=FirstCoastNews
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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/05/01/kamala-harris-proclaims-god-bless-the-usa-while-promoting-abortion-in-florida/
Katherine Hamilton 1 May 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris continued her 2024 abortion tour in Jacksonville, Florida, to rail against the state’s six-week abortion restriction that went into effect Wednesday and to cast blame on former President Donald Trump.
Harris spoke for about 15 minutes at the Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center in Downtown Jacksonville, where she not only slammed the state’s heartbeat bill, but also decried abortion restrictions in other states that have been passed or gone into effect since the Supreme Court issued its Dobbs decision in June of 2022. The Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade — which had for 50 years guaranteed an invented constitutional right to abortion — and ultimately returned the issue of abortion to individual states.
“Across our nation, we witness a full-on assault, state-by-state, on reproductive freedom. And understand who is to blame: former president Donald Trump did this,” Harris said. “Donald Trump handpicked three members of the United States Supreme Court because he intended for them to overturn Roe. And as he intended — they did.”
Watch video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqDah9RLo10&t=1s&ab_channel=FirstCoastNews
more
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/05/01/kamala-harris-proclaims-god-bless-the-usa-while-promoting-abortion-in-florida/
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Immigration/Border / Hundreds of Migrants Swarm Seattle Park, Erect Tent Encampment, Issue List of Demands
« Last post by mystery-ak on Today at 12:19:50 am »Hundreds of Migrants Swarm Seattle Park, Erect Tent Encampment, Issue List of Demands
Warner Todd Huston 1 May 2024
Hundreds of migrants, most from Africa and Venezuela, swarmed into Powell Barnett Park in Seattle on Monday and hastily erected a tent encampment before issuing a list of demands including free housing, food, and other needs.
The park, situated in Seattle’s Central District neighborhood, was invaded in a planned takeover by more than 200 migrants who brought in wood pallets and erected tents on top of them.
One of the migrants, Republic of Congo Central African native Don Tstay, told the media they plan to stay until their demands are met.
“So far they haven’t kicked us out, and we plan to stay until we get housing,” Tstay said according to KOMO-TV.” He added that “the government” needs to give them housing, work permits, and other freebies.
Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Jonathan Choe noted that it seems the entire incident was choreographed because a group of “far-left activists” were already on hand to begin helping the migrants fulfill their demands.
https://twitter.com/choeshow/status/1785197411041976735
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https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/05/01/hundreds-migrants-swarm-seattle-park-erect-tent-encampment-issue-list-demands/
Warner Todd Huston 1 May 2024
Hundreds of migrants, most from Africa and Venezuela, swarmed into Powell Barnett Park in Seattle on Monday and hastily erected a tent encampment before issuing a list of demands including free housing, food, and other needs.
The park, situated in Seattle’s Central District neighborhood, was invaded in a planned takeover by more than 200 migrants who brought in wood pallets and erected tents on top of them.
One of the migrants, Republic of Congo Central African native Don Tstay, told the media they plan to stay until their demands are met.
“So far they haven’t kicked us out, and we plan to stay until we get housing,” Tstay said according to KOMO-TV.” He added that “the government” needs to give them housing, work permits, and other freebies.
Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Jonathan Choe noted that it seems the entire incident was choreographed because a group of “far-left activists” were already on hand to begin helping the migrants fulfill their demands.
https://twitter.com/choeshow/status/1785197411041976735
more
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/05/01/hundreds-migrants-swarm-seattle-park-erect-tent-encampment-issue-list-demands/
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SCOTUS News / Re: Will the Supreme Court Kill the National Labor Relations Board?
« Last post by Wingnut on Today at 12:11:20 am »Will the Supreme Court Kill the National Labor Relations Board?
I hope so.
Just another worthless government commission.
I hope so.
Just another worthless government commission.
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Illinois / Tiffany Henyard Gets More FBI Subpoenas As Lawyers Quit ~ Video
« Last post by corbe on Today at 12:10:30 am »Tiffany Henyard Gets More FBI Subpoenas As Lawyers Quit ~ Soldiers Of Finance
8,084 views May 1, 2024 #soldiersoffinance
Tiffany Henyard and Dolton have been dropped by their lawyers at the worst time. The Del Galdo law group has had enough. Meanwhile the FBI investigation into Mayor Tiffany Henyard and Dolton has been expanded to Thornton Township. It's all falling apart for the not so super mayor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rjitQfQsUg
8,084 views May 1, 2024 #soldiersoffinance
Tiffany Henyard and Dolton have been dropped by their lawyers at the worst time. The Del Galdo law group has had enough. Meanwhile the FBI investigation into Mayor Tiffany Henyard and Dolton has been expanded to Thornton Township. It's all falling apart for the not so super mayor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rjitQfQsUg
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Illinois / Re: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Blames ‘Right-Wing Extremists’ for City’s Problems
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General Discussion / Re: Thought For The Day by John Jaeger, MBA
« Last post by ChemEngrMBA on May 01, 2024, 11:49:54 pm »"It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor." --George Washington
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SCOTUS News / Re: Will the Supreme Court Kill the National Labor Relations Board?
« Last post by Elderberry on May 01, 2024, 11:49:11 pm »Amazon, SpaceX and other companies are arguing the government agency that has protected labor rights since 1935 is actually unconstitutional
ACS by Kate Andrias
Amazon, SpaceX, Starbucks and Trader Joe’s have all responded to allegations that they have violated labor laws with the same bold argument. The National Labor Relations Board, they assert in several ongoing legal proceedings, is unconstitutional.
SpaceX, for example, says that the NLRB is engaging in “an unlawful attempt … to subject Space X to an administrative proceeding whose structure violates Article II, the Fifth Amendment, and the Seventh Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.”
If these companies prevail, the entire process for holding union elections and for prosecuting employers who break labor laws – in place since the days of the New Deal – could collapse. That would leave U.S. workers more vulnerable to exploitation.
The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the board nearly a century ago, soon after President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the law that created the NLRB and made clear that workers have the right to organize and bargain collectively. Justices have also rejected similar arguments in cases involving other agencies.
As a law professor who researches labor law and constitutional law and a former labor organizer, I am deeply concerned, but not surprised, by these attacks on the federal agency that has protected U.S. workers’ right to organize unions and bargain collectively with their employers since the 1930s.
These corporations seem to believe they will find a sympathetic audience before the conservative justices that occupy six of the Supreme Court’s nine seats. In a series of prior cases, the conservative justices have already weakened administrative agencies and cut back on workers’ rights.
Growing support for unions
The corporate attack on the NLRB also seems to be a response to growing support for unions among Americans.
Workers at the companies that are challenging the NLRB’s constitutionality have all begun to organize unions in recent years, with numerous, high-profile, union-organizing wins. Workers across numerous sectors, including auto, education, health care and Hollywood, have recently held successful strikes.
What’s more, the NLRB has been more assertive in prosecuting employers for violating workers’ rights, and it has been revising rules in ways that make it easier for workers to organize.
More: https://www.acslaw.org/expertforum/amazon-spacex-and-other-companies-are-arguing-the-government-agency-that-has-protected-labor-rights-since-1935-is-actually-unconstitutional/
ACS by Kate Andrias
Amazon, SpaceX, Starbucks and Trader Joe’s have all responded to allegations that they have violated labor laws with the same bold argument. The National Labor Relations Board, they assert in several ongoing legal proceedings, is unconstitutional.
SpaceX, for example, says that the NLRB is engaging in “an unlawful attempt … to subject Space X to an administrative proceeding whose structure violates Article II, the Fifth Amendment, and the Seventh Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.”
If these companies prevail, the entire process for holding union elections and for prosecuting employers who break labor laws – in place since the days of the New Deal – could collapse. That would leave U.S. workers more vulnerable to exploitation.
The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the board nearly a century ago, soon after President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the law that created the NLRB and made clear that workers have the right to organize and bargain collectively. Justices have also rejected similar arguments in cases involving other agencies.
As a law professor who researches labor law and constitutional law and a former labor organizer, I am deeply concerned, but not surprised, by these attacks on the federal agency that has protected U.S. workers’ right to organize unions and bargain collectively with their employers since the 1930s.
These corporations seem to believe they will find a sympathetic audience before the conservative justices that occupy six of the Supreme Court’s nine seats. In a series of prior cases, the conservative justices have already weakened administrative agencies and cut back on workers’ rights.
Growing support for unions
The corporate attack on the NLRB also seems to be a response to growing support for unions among Americans.
Workers at the companies that are challenging the NLRB’s constitutionality have all begun to organize unions in recent years, with numerous, high-profile, union-organizing wins. Workers across numerous sectors, including auto, education, health care and Hollywood, have recently held successful strikes.
What’s more, the NLRB has been more assertive in prosecuting employers for violating workers’ rights, and it has been revising rules in ways that make it easier for workers to organize.
More: https://www.acslaw.org/expertforum/amazon-spacex-and-other-companies-are-arguing-the-government-agency-that-has-protected-labor-rights-since-1935-is-actually-unconstitutional/
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SCOTUS News / Will the Supreme Court Kill the National Labor Relations Board?
« Last post by Elderberry on May 01, 2024, 11:44:23 pm »Washington Monthly by Ruben J. Garcia April 29, 2024
As Starbucks—and Elon Musk’s SpaceX—take aim at the New Deal-era body, the Roberts Court could severely curtail the right of workers to organize. Here’s how.
he recent lawsuit brought by Elon Musk’s SpaceX challenging the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) might seem to have little to do with Starbucks. The Seattle-based coffee giant has publicly distanced itself from SpaceX’s frontal assault on the nearly 90-year-old labor law regulator. (See Elon Musk’s War on the New Deal—and Democracy by Caroline Fredrickson, the Georgetown Law Center professor, in the Washington Monthly.)
However, when Starbucks argued before the Supreme Court last week, the two companies seemed to be aiming at a common adversary. The SpaceX case uses constitutional theories of due process and the appointment of members of the NLRB to try to avoid legal repercussions for its attempt to stymie unionization.
Last week, by contrast, Starbucks was before the Roberts Court challenging the NLRB’s use of its statutory authority to remedy what the panel deems to be ongoing unfair labor practices at the 53-year-old beverage giant. The federal agency fulfills this function by using a typical tool in a lawyer’s toolbox—the status quo (or preliminary) injunction. Under Section 10(j) of the 1935 National Labor Relations Act, the NLRB can ask a federal court to temporarily block employers from engaging in unfair and illegal labor practices (such as firing workers organizing unions) until the dispute can be settled. The arguments in Starbucks Corp. v. McKinney, the company’s challenge to an injunction reinstating the self-named “Memphis 7,” while an NLRB administrative judge decides whether it violated federal labor law by retaliating against the employees for their union organizing drive. Over the past four years, Starbucks, with a market capitalization hovering around $100 billion, has swatted back various attempts to bargain with its some 381,000 employees, although a framework to start bargaining may be in the works in exchange for settling pending unfair labor practices such as this one.
Meanwhile, the SpaceX suit has been trying to find a home in the friendly confines of the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, arguably the most conservative circuit in the country, instead of in California, home of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Much to SpaceX and Musk’s probable chagrin, it looks like the case may land in the Ninth Circuit, believed by many conservatives as the equivalent of a workers’ paradise, where the NLRB would surely win, at least until the U.S. Supreme Court gets involved.
More: https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/04/29/will-the-supreme-court-kill-the-national-labor-relations-board/
As Starbucks—and Elon Musk’s SpaceX—take aim at the New Deal-era body, the Roberts Court could severely curtail the right of workers to organize. Here’s how.
he recent lawsuit brought by Elon Musk’s SpaceX challenging the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) might seem to have little to do with Starbucks. The Seattle-based coffee giant has publicly distanced itself from SpaceX’s frontal assault on the nearly 90-year-old labor law regulator. (See Elon Musk’s War on the New Deal—and Democracy by Caroline Fredrickson, the Georgetown Law Center professor, in the Washington Monthly.)
However, when Starbucks argued before the Supreme Court last week, the two companies seemed to be aiming at a common adversary. The SpaceX case uses constitutional theories of due process and the appointment of members of the NLRB to try to avoid legal repercussions for its attempt to stymie unionization.
Last week, by contrast, Starbucks was before the Roberts Court challenging the NLRB’s use of its statutory authority to remedy what the panel deems to be ongoing unfair labor practices at the 53-year-old beverage giant. The federal agency fulfills this function by using a typical tool in a lawyer’s toolbox—the status quo (or preliminary) injunction. Under Section 10(j) of the 1935 National Labor Relations Act, the NLRB can ask a federal court to temporarily block employers from engaging in unfair and illegal labor practices (such as firing workers organizing unions) until the dispute can be settled. The arguments in Starbucks Corp. v. McKinney, the company’s challenge to an injunction reinstating the self-named “Memphis 7,” while an NLRB administrative judge decides whether it violated federal labor law by retaliating against the employees for their union organizing drive. Over the past four years, Starbucks, with a market capitalization hovering around $100 billion, has swatted back various attempts to bargain with its some 381,000 employees, although a framework to start bargaining may be in the works in exchange for settling pending unfair labor practices such as this one.
Meanwhile, the SpaceX suit has been trying to find a home in the friendly confines of the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, arguably the most conservative circuit in the country, instead of in California, home of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Much to SpaceX and Musk’s probable chagrin, it looks like the case may land in the Ninth Circuit, believed by many conservatives as the equivalent of a workers’ paradise, where the NLRB would surely win, at least until the U.S. Supreme Court gets involved.
More: https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/04/29/will-the-supreme-court-kill-the-national-labor-relations-board/
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