DARLINNIXXI

@Swain_Nixxi
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RN, liberal, dog lover, blue dot in red state
@rbreich But how would small business function without slave labor?!?
It’s been 13 years since we raised the federal minimum wage to $7.25 an hour. That’s the longest period without a raise in the history of the minimum wage. That is egregious.

Can anyone recommend a mastodon #instance that's especially friendly to the #maker #circuit #CircuitBending #hardwarehacking #progressive #music #generativevideo community? #twittermigration

Asking for a group of friends who are active in maker spaces.

Congress didn’t include the expanded Child Tax Credit in its spending bill.

It would have covered 19 million children.

You know what they did include?

A Medicaid eligibility check.

As many as 15 million people risk losing coverage.

Our priorities could not be more twisted.

The grand jury materials into Clark and Eastman et al released last week give a hint at HOW HARD it will be to get to the most damning evidence given that most suspected co-conspirators are lawyers.

https://www.emptywheel.net/2022/12/20/the-fourth-account-the-grand-jury-investigation-into-jeffrey-clark-and-others/

The Fourth Account: The Grand Jury Investigation into Jeffrey Clark and Others - emptywheel

Two recently unsealed grand jury opinions provide a glimpse into how the government is managing the tricky privilege problems created when most suspected co-conspirators in a plot are lawyers.

emptywheel
Suspending university education for women in Afghanistan condemned by the US and UK.
The big news is not that a committee of Congress has made a criminal referral urging that the DOJ prosecute a former president. The big news is that the committee has compiled overwhelming evidence that the former president has committed serious crimes. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-real-news-about-the-january-6?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=365422&post_id=91755428&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email
The real news about the January 6 committee's criminal referral of Trump

They have an overwhelming case

Robert Reich

RT @[email protected]

IT'S URGENT for @[email protected] to get the Senate to increase the NLRB's budget before the GOP takes control of the House. The NLRB budget has been frozen since 2014. It has cut its field staff 37% since 2014. The result—it's slow in probing all the complaints against Sbucks & Amazon

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/greenhousenyt/status/1603813378459418646

Steven Greenhouse on Twitter

“IT'S URGENT for @SenSchumer to get the Senate to increase the NLRB's budget before the GOP takes control of the House. The NLRB budget has been frozen since 2014. It has cut its field staff 37% since 2014. The result—it's slow in probing all the complaints against Sbucks & Amazon”

Twitter
I Speak Fluent ‘New Social Media CEO Who’s In Over Their Head’; Let Me Translate The Last Few Days Of Twitter Policy

The last few days on Twitter have been, well, chaotic, I guess? Beyond the blocking of the ElonJet account, followed by the blocking of the @JoinMastodon account, then the blocking of journalists a…

Techdirt

RT @[email protected]

BREAKING: All retail workers at the Macy’s store in Union Square will strike on Dec. 23 and Dec. 24 this holiday season, a union representative said. @[email protected]

https://sfstandard.com/business/sf-macys-staff-will-strike-on-these-crucial-holiday-shopping-days/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/KevinNguyen_89/status/1603098680932077568

Staff at Flagship SF Store Will Strike on These Crucial Holiday Shopping Days

All retail workers will strike at the flagship SF store on Dec. 23 and 24 after three years of negotiations came to a stall.

The San Francisco Standard