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Exploitative bosses have long weaponized immigration laws to scare their workers into silence, but @[email protected] writes that might be changing with a new DHS process aimed at preventing some of these situations.
https://prospect.org/labor/2023-01-31-dhs-undocumented-workers-employer-abuse/
New Process Gives Undocumented Workers Legal Status to Report Employer Abuse

Should scofflaw employers be allowed to weaponize immigration enforcement? The Department of Homeland Security says no.

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Leaks suggest that the Fed is planning on doubling down on increasing interest rates. @[email protected] argues the Fed should be cutting rates, not increasing them. https://prospect.org/economy/2023-01-31-economy-inflation-federal-reserve/
The Economy Is Doing Great

Will the Fed please stop trying to crush it?

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RT @[email protected]

Home decarbonization hopes are high for heat pumps, now benefiting from federal incentives. But regulatory obstacles, confusing rebate programs, and a lack of installers stand in the way. One state that has figured this out? Maine. Joan Fitzgerald reports:
https://prospect.org/environment/2023-01-31-what-could-chill-heat-pumps/

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What Could Chill Heat Pumps

The obstacles to installing a transformative technology

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There is no reason to trust a longtime corporate stooge to serve as President Biden’s chief of staff. @[email protected] 🧵

https://prospect.org/power/2023-01-27-myth-of-jeffrey-zients/

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The Myth of Jeffrey Zients

There is no reason to trust a longtime corporate stooge to serve as President Biden’s chief of staff.

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From our Feb 2023 issue: heat pumps are one effective way of reducing our reliance on fossil fuels —so why is their adoption going so slowly?

From @[email protected]: https://prospect.org/environment/2023-01-31-what-could-chill-heat-pumps/

What Could Chill Heat Pumps

The obstacles to installing a transformative technology

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Governor Kathy Hochul is looking to double funding for street-level policing units in New York. These controversial units are similar to the police unit responsible for killing Tyre Nichols in Memphis.

@[email protected] of @[email protected] reports:

https://prospect.org/justice/2023-01-31-policing-tyre-nichols-hochul-new-york/

ā€˜Hot Spot’ Cops Killed Tyre Nichols in Memphis. Hochul Wants More in New York.

The controversial units have been responsible for high-profile killings and civil rights abuses in cities nationwide. Gov. Hochul doubled their state grant funding in New York—and wants to double it again.

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Governor Kathy Hochul is looking to double the number of street-level policing units in New York. These controversial units are similar to the police unit responsible for killing Tyre Nichols in Memphis last week.

@[email protected] of @[email protected] reports:

https://prospect.org/justice/2023-01-31-policing-tyre-nichols-hochul-new-york/

ā€˜Hot Spot’ Cops Killed Tyre Nichols in Memphis. Hochul Wants More in New York.

The controversial units have been responsible for high-profile killings and civil rights abuses in cities nationwide. Gov. Hochul doubled their state grant funding in New York—and wants to double it again.

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Our friends at @[email protected] report that Gov. Hochul has doubled funding for special "hot spot" police teams in New York & wants to double it again. This is the same type of special street cop team that killed Tyre Nichols.
https://prospect.org/justice/2023-01-31-policing-tyre-nichols-hochul-new-york/

šŸ¦šŸ”—: https://twitter.com/ddayen/status/1620429424259891202

ā€˜Hot Spot’ Cops Killed Tyre Nichols in Memphis. Hochul Wants More in New York.

The controversial units have been responsible for high-profile killings and civil rights abuses in cities nationwide. Gov. Hochul doubled their state grant funding in New York—and wants to double it again.

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Secret presidential documents aren’t the real focus of this scandal. Overclassification is.
@[email protected] reports:
https://prospect.org/politics/2023-01-30-president-classified-document-scandal/
Presidential Document Scandals Should Take Down America’s Secrecy Industry

We classify way too many documents. Unfortunately, that will probably not be the takeaway from recent events.

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Reanimating the Taxman

The impossible task ahead for the newly flush Internal Revenue Service

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