Lies, Damn Lies, and Democratic Operatives
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If Unions Are So Popular, How Come No One Wants to Be in One?
According to the survey, about 71 percent of Americans expressed a favorable opinion of unions, up from 64 percent pre-pandemic and a low of 48 percent in 2009.
Even more revealing, they say, are figures from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) showing the overall number of wage and salary workers belonging to unions increased by 273,000 — 1.9 percent — to 14.3 million during 2022 over the previous year.
If true, it would be the best showing for unions since the 1960s.
Both notions are undercut, however, by other statistics from DOL revealing that union membership as a percentage of the country’s total workforce has actually never been less encouraging.
The agency reports:
Can both trends be true? And more importantly, which is more noteworthy?
Florida Democrat Backs Off Plan To Ban Dogs From Sticking Their Heads Out Of Car Windows After Backlash
Democratic state senator Lauren Book proposed the bill last week. It would outlaw drivers in the state from letting their dogs stick their heads out of the window of their vehicles, among other positions, while driving. But after backlash from the public, Book said that she would scrap the provision from her bill.
The bill states that a person may not “[a]llow a dog to extend its head or any other body part outside a motor vehicle window while the person is operating the motor vehicle on a public roadway.”
The provision was written in the name of safety, but dogs actually enjoy sticking their heads out of the window. According to the website barkavenuedaycamp.com, dogs do it because the wind carries a vast array of smells into their nose all at once. On top of that, dogs have a wider scope of vision than humans; even though they are more near-sighted, they are better at seeing moving objects, and can more clearly see the objects and the landscape as they pass by. Together, the sights, smells, and sounds create a sensory overload that is enjoyable to them.
The House Democrats would like everyone to forget the time that Rep. Chu posed with a Chinese spy who allegedly helped her with fundraising and organized a town hall meeting for her.
And that’s just the tip of the ‘Chuberg’ as Discover the Networks reveals in our profile of Chu.
But don’t you dare question her patriotism or that of Rep. Ilhan Omar or that of Alger Hiss.
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And that’s just the tip of the ‘Chuberg’ as Discover the Networks reveals in our profile of Chu.
But don’t you dare question her patriotism or that of Rep. Ilhan Omar or that of Alger Hiss.
Rep. Chu, Who Posed w/Chinese Spy, Outraged Over Questioning Her Loyalty | Frontpage Mag
Chu issued a statement Thursday calling the remarks “racist”
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Sanders supporters took over the Nevada Democratic Party. It’s not going well.
When Bernie Sanders’ supporters took over the Nevada Democratic Party two years ago, progressives across the country were thrilled.
Socialists had managed to bring down one of the most powerful establishment forces in the nation, the famed Democratic machine built by former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. They saw it as a blueprint for the progressive transformation of state parties.
Two years after the experiment began, there are regrets.
Judith Whitmer, the insurgent party chair who wrested control of the party from mainstream Democrats, is facing a challenge in her reelection campaign next month amid doubts from her own former supporters and accusations that she abandoned her progressive principles. And even key figures in Bernie world — including Sanders himself — say they are unhappy and embittered by what’s transpired.
“The senator is pretty disappointed in Judith’s chairmanship, specifically around her failure to build a strong grassroots movement in the state,” said a person familiar with Sanders’ thinking. “A lot of us feel sad about what could have been. It was a big opportunity for Bernie-aligned folks in the state to prove some of the folks in the establishment wrong. And that hasn’t happened.”
The situation has left the Sanders coalition in Nevada fragmented right at the onset of the critical 2024 election. And it has set off larger debates about what, exactly, the progressive movement should be doing during the twilight of the senator’s career. There is even talk that it might simply be a waste of time for the progressives to win control of a state party’s machinery.
'I felt safer in downtown Saigon during Vietnam': Moment squatters terrorizing Portland family almost set their home on fire as city battles to deal with 6,600 homeless people across 700 encampments
- Jacob Adams' property was set on fire by squatters next door twice in one day
- Squatters in the vacant home have also stole from the Adams family
- Adams has caught his unwanted neighbors overdosing and taking drugs
“Musk (@elonmusk) started Tesla with a huge U.S. government welfare grant,” Nader tweeted. “He has taken taxpayers to the cleaners for his factories and for Starlink. He is a gigantic corporate welfare king masquerading as a capitalist businessman. -R”
Musk fired back, “Ralph Nader, you are lying – shame on you! I personally provided almost all Tesla funding, based on my proceeds from PayPal, from Series A in 2004 until Series C in 2007.”
“In late 2008, I gave Tesla the last money I had. It was that or the company would have died,” Musk continued. “We closed that funding round at 6pm on Christmas Eve. If we had not closed that round, Tesla would have gone bankrupt 2 days after Christmas.”
“I gave my last money thinking Tesla would probably still die, not thinking that it would be lucrative,” he added. “The first meaningful government funding Tesla received was in Q2 2010 from a loan under the vehicle efficiency lending program. Tesla paid back that loan early with interest. Taxpayers actually made a profit.”
Musk fired back, “Ralph Nader, you are lying – shame on you! I personally provided almost all Tesla funding, based on my proceeds from PayPal, from Series A in 2004 until Series C in 2007.”
“In late 2008, I gave Tesla the last money I had. It was that or the company would have died,” Musk continued. “We closed that funding round at 6pm on Christmas Eve. If we had not closed that round, Tesla would have gone bankrupt 2 days after Christmas.”
“I gave my last money thinking Tesla would probably still die, not thinking that it would be lucrative,” he added. “The first meaningful government funding Tesla received was in Q2 2010 from a loan under the vehicle efficiency lending program. Tesla paid back that loan early with interest. Taxpayers actually made a profit.”
Do not see much of any Blue in that county map.
Virginia Dems claim that teaching about evils of communism will offend Asian Americans. How offensive
The bill, HB1816, requires Virginia’s governor to recognize Nov. 7 as Victims of Communism Day, all public elementary and secondary schools in the commonwealth to honor victims of Communism on this day, and teach a curriculum about the evils of communism.
A bill like this is long overdue because communism is responsible for the deaths of 100 million people in the 20th century. These victims had names, faces, unfulfilled hopes and dreams. They were husbands, wives, daughters, sons, uncles, aunties, grandparents or grandchildren.
In Communist China alone, an estimated 30 million people were starved to death during the Great Chinese Famine (1958-1962). The victims included my baby uncle, who was born in 1959 and died in my grandmother’s arms. Additionally, I lost two granduncles, a grand-auntie and her family of five, and my maternal great-grandmother.
I don't believe that there are many (if any) Asian Americans that are down with Communism and will be offended.
Dozens of DEMOCRATS side with Republicans to pass measure that would force Biden administration to audit executive orders to prevent more inflation and 'wasteful spending'
- Four rightwing Republicans - Reps. Bob Good, Va., Andy Biggs, Ariz., Matt Rosendale, Mont., and Chip Roy, Texas voted against the bill
- Fifty-nine Democrats voted for the measure
- Requires White House to prepare a report for any order with an estimated impact of at least $1 billion
Dominion sues Fox News for $1.6B for reporting voting machine allegations, gives HBO a pass
While Dominion Voting Systems is suing Fox News for $1.6 billion for defamation for reporting on allegations its voting machines were hacked and flipped election results in the 2020 presidential election, the company hasn't taken legal action against HBO for a 2020 documentary detailing the alleged vulnerabilities of its machines.
HBO's "Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Elections" includes interviews with politicians, cybersecurity experts and hackers discussing issues with voting machines. Released in March 2020, the documentary is still available to watch on HBO Max.
One of the hackers interviewed, Harri Hursti, successfully hacked a Diebold Election Systems voting machine in a 2005 test and changed the votes in one step without a trace, according to an April 2020 Forbes article about "Kill Chain."
While Dominion Voting Systems is suing Fox News for $1.6 billion for defamation for reporting on allegations its voting machines were hacked and flipped election results in the 2020 presidential election, the company hasn't taken legal action against HBO for a 2020 documentary detailing the alleged vulnerabilities of its machines.
HBO's "Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Elections" includes interviews with politicians, cybersecurity experts and hackers discussing issues with voting machines. Released in March 2020, the documentary is still available to watch on HBO Max.
One of the hackers interviewed, Harri Hursti, successfully hacked a Diebold Election Systems voting machine in a 2005 test and changed the votes in one step without a trace, according to an April 2020 Forbes article about "Kill Chain."