Strong collective bargaining laws help states narrow public-sector pay gaps + improve conditions for workers + the public they serve.
VA lawmakers have a chance to enact meaningful collective bargaining legislation now. Doing so requires rejecting the amendments put forward by Gov. Spanberger.
I'm feeling Yes by 4-5%
Doesn't look like Yes will win by as much as Spanberger did, but it doesn't look like No has the numbers to win. Good thing for Yes is that equaling a win by 15 is hardly necessary to win.
The unreliable anecdotes are sounding noticeably improved throughout the day so far in Virginia for our election
I wrote this skeet as a hypothetical and then 24 hours later 🫠
This is both
(1) some of the most important SCOTUS reporting ever, and
(2) far too generous to the Republican justices in framing of many pieces and omissions of Trump-era developments
John Roberts is and always has been Sam Alito with better PR
he has declared himself and his fellow republican justices the unelected rulers of America and they have wielded their power in favor of making Donald Trump of all people untouchable
the court as it exists today must be broken
Oh. Does alternate history count as fanfic? I feel like it does.
i think folks might be unfamiliar with "the pharisees", so let's make it clear: he's saying the jews run the press, and that they are conspiring to undermine the military. it's not just antisemitism, it's indistinguishable from nazism.
Yeah that's Kiwi's normal posting tbh
A few things are nicer and more peaceful here compared to what was once something we all experienced
No amount of cringe will be worse than the psychic damage of Gavin Newsom on a daily basis
just let Tom Steyer be Governor of California. I know what he is. At least he isn't as bad as the other options on various things.
And he's funny.
Telegraph story today entitled “Solar power threatens to overwhelm electricity grid”
“We need to generate more cheap electricity”
“No, not like that”
We’re likely to get some serious renewables abundance this summer, but there’s no pleasing some people…
Two predators are leaving Congress. Excellent. Time for the rest of them to go.
not only is this exciting — the lt. governor’s office should, uh, contact me — but it is a not so subtle way to claim some of virginia’s most potent historical symbols — its universities and the affiliated figures, like madison and jefferson and george mason — for the libs
Also I expect at least a few of those accounts are Dems sneaking in to demoralize him / skew the media coverage
Just being honest with that guess here. The anti-Trump usernames there surely are not actual supporters. It's nice to see maybe some backlash but... I don't have high hopes for the cult.
Genocide, child sexual abuse, virulent xenophobia and racism, war without end, this all was fine to some of these people: A picture is what they find *morally* beyond the pale. A picture is what it took to tell them that this man is quite unlike a guy who preached goodwill and peace towards all.
I just don't see a widespread backlash against AOC happening. We can all like or dislike it as much as we want, "snake emoji" was a MUCH bigger chunk of the electorate than a few cranks mad at AOC, yeah. There were things Warren did that caused distrust. This is center lane manipulation imo
To the doomers who keep saying Trump will rig the 2026 and 2028 elections: Do not concede in advance
Wow. I already thought he was pretty bad, even as a person, but this is just disgusting. He needs to leave office.
John American for President 2028
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eu4 mod where you play as one of hundred of 'countries' in New Jersey, Philadelphia County, and New York City. I'm fascinated.
If I were asking for a trillion dollars for a bunch of nothing, I think most people would call me a scammer.
This is fucking terrible and we need to do everything we can to stop this shit. We're going to need MORE taxes to rebuild what Trump has destroyed
The animation is simply beautiful at this point. I watched Season 1 of Clone Wars... wow have we come a long way in nearly twenty years. I would gladly be watching this in theaters.
Maul - Shadow Lord is fantastic
I'm someone who was there at the midnight releases of the Harry Potter books and movies.
Watching this show puts money in the pockets of J.K. Rowling. And if you do that, you're helping fund a deadly worldwide campaign of hate against trans people.
Consult your conscience.
For years I've been looking for the right guest to do a pod on this. The car-sales model that is dictated by law in the US -- you must go to a dealership & suffer for hours in order to buy one -- is one of the most nakedly anti-social special interest giveaways in history. Needs to be killed dead.
Yep! Basically these scores can't be equated to grade level; non-native English speakers were included in the sample; and the original source has retracted the claim.
FEMA Official Says He Teleported to Waffle House. Experts Are Dubious. Gregg Phillips, who is in charge of responding to fires and floods, says the hand of God suddenly and mysteriously moved him to a 24-hour breakfast spot in Rome, Ga.
Folks, I give you the New York Times