Roughly 20,000 of Minnesota’s home care workers will see their biggest pay raise in history over the next two years, under a contract reached between the administration of Gov. Tim Walz and SEIU Healthcare Minnesota, the union representing the workers. The home care workers help elderly and disabled people with daily tasks such as bathing […]
Gaetz is dancing on McCarthy's grave and there's still a pulse.
NEW: Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has sent a letter to the Architect of the Capitol asking why Kevin McCarthy has been allowed to occupy the Speaker’s office.
“What is the basis… to allow someone who has placed second in three successive speaker elections to occupy [the office]?” https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1610466432248061953
“NEW: Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has sent a letter to the Architect of the Capitol asking why Kevin McCarthy has been allowed to occupy the Speaker’s office. “What is the basis… to allow someone who has placed second in three successive speaker elections to occupy [the office]?””
May there be more compassionate and kind people defining our public life and body politic in 2023.
https://america.substack.com/p/kindness-is-a-show-of-strength-redux
It’s the flip side of cruelty and hate, an act or way of being that can exude confidence and illuminate optimism. Showing kindness offers a bracing contrast to those who are always hitting back or punching down, grimly convinced that to do otherwise is an expression of weakness.