Wednesday, June 26, 2013
The Immoral Minority: "Who cares?" Pelosi response to Michele Bachmann's...
The Immoral Minority: "Who cares?" Pelosi response to Michele Bachmann's...: Courtesy of Mediaite : “No man, not even a Supreme Court, can undo what a holy God has instituted,” Ms. Bachmann said in a statement....
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Texas Lawmaker Attempts To Block Stringent Abortion Restrictions With 13-Hour Filibuster
Texas Lawmaker Attempts To Block Stringent Abortion Restrictions With 13-Hour Filibuster: pTexas’ special session ends at midnight on Tuesday. And if state Sen. Wendy Davis (D) can continue speaking until that point about the dangerous effects of SB 5, an omnibus abortion bill that Texas Republicans are currently attempting to push through the extra lawmaking session, she’ll effectively block it from being able to pass. Since [...]/p
Exploded Indiana Grain Plant Has Never Been Inspected By OSHA
Exploded Indiana Grain Plant Has Never Been Inspected By OSHA: pOne person is dead after a grain bin at the Union Mills Co-op in northwestern Indiana exploded on Monday, the Associated Press reports. The victim was an employee believed to be working in the silo at the time of the blast. No other injuries were reported. The Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has [...]/p
U.S. Launches Investigation Into Price Rigging In Oil Markets
U.S. Launches Investigation Into Price Rigging In Oil Markets: pA month after European Union officials raided three fossil fuel companies as part of an investigation into price rigging in oil markets, American authorities have opened their own parallel effort. Bloomberg reports the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) investigation is likely to merge with European efforts in the future. The investigations center traders manipulating oil markets, [...]/p
College Graduates Take Jobs They Don’t Want Every 5 Minutes
College Graduates Take Jobs They Don’t Want Every 5 Minutes: pMore than 120,000 college graduates who obtained a bachelor’s degree took jobs in fields other than those that they most preferred last year, which works out to an unwanted job taken every five minutes. The numbers come from a recent report from McKinsey On Society, an online publishing forum for the consulting firm’s research on [...]/p
75 Years Later, Home Care Workers Are Waiting To Get Minimum Wage And Overtime Protection
75 Years Later, Home Care Workers Are Waiting To Get Minimum Wage And Overtime Protection: pJune 25th marks 75 years since the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) was signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as part of the New Deal. The law guaranteed workers a minimum wage and overtime pay. Yet a group of workers who embody a growing industry are still excluded from those protections: home care [...]/p
Monday, June 24, 2013
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Labor Group: Walmart Fired Five Workers For Participating In Strikes
Labor Group: Walmart Fired Five Workers For Participating In Strikes: pWalmart has fired five workers who participated in strikes and demonstrations against the company’s labor practices, the labor organization aiding Walmart workers said Friday. The Nation’s Josh Eidelson reported Saturday that the workers were among the 100 who left work and went to Walmart’s Arkansas headquarters earlier this month. Other workers who participated were suspended [...]/p
Under GOP Plan, States Would Be Free To Take Money Away From Poorest Schools
Under GOP Plan, States Would Be Free To Take Money Away From Poorest Schools: pRepublicans are reintroducing a bill to allow states to redistribute federal education dollars currently targeted at the country’s poorest school districts. The A-PLUS Act, originally crafted by the arch-conservative Heritage Foundation, was first introduced in 2007, and Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT) have revived it for 2013. The measure represents the [...]/p
GOP Governor Slams His Party For Failing To Expand Medicaid: ‘Take A Vote, Not A Vacation’
GOP Governor Slams His Party For Failing To Expand Medicaid: ‘Take A Vote, Not A Vacation’: pThe Michigan state Senate has adjourned until August without taking a vote on the “Healthy Michigan” bill, which would expand the state’s Medicaid program under Obamacare. Gov. Rick Snyder (R), who supports the expansion, expressed his displeasure with that outcome during a press conference on Thursday evening. “I contacted the Senate Majority Leader and asked [...]/p
Friday, June 21, 2013
Millionaire Campaign Donor Could Singlehandedly Kill North Carolina’s Public Financing for Judicial Races
Millionaire Campaign Donor Could Singlehandedly Kill North Carolina’s Public Financing for Judicial Races: pFor nearly ten years, North Carolina’s judicial elections have been spared the multi-million-dollar slugfests that have swamped other states. Rather than relying on wealthy campaign contributors, appellate court candidates had access to public financing for their campaigns. A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling made the program’s “matching” funds unconstitutional, and the 2012 N.C. high court [...]/p
In Major Blow To Consumers, Supreme Court Protects Mega-Corporations From Liability
In Major Blow To Consumers, Supreme Court Protects Mega-Corporations From Liability: pIn case it wasn’t clear already, the U.S. Supreme Court hammered home Thursday morning that it will protect the rights of corporations to force arbitration over the individuals’ access to the court system at any expense. In a 5-3 ruling with Justice Sonia Sotomayor recused, Justice Antonin Scalia eviscerated almost any opportunity small merchants have [...]/p
You Can’t Change The Economy Without Fixing America’s Politics
You Can’t Change The Economy Without Fixing America’s Politics: pEd. note: This is the second post in a TP Ideas symposium on Gar Alperovitz’s What Then Must We Do: Straight Talk About the Next American Revolution. You can read the first installment here; the third is forthcoming. You can read our previous book symposia here. In the first part of our symposium, John Halpin [...]/p
GOP’s Food Stamp Amendment Sinks Farm Bill
GOP’s Food Stamp Amendment Sinks Farm Bill: pThe House killed a five-year farm bill on Thursday afternoon after Republicans passed an amendment that would have replicated the failures of Clinton-era welfare reform in the food stamps program. The bill was already facing steep odds after the White House issued a veto threat and conservative groups like Americans for Prosperity began whipping GOP [...]/p
In All But Six States, You Can Be Fired For Being A Victim Of Domestic Violence
In All But Six States, You Can Be Fired For Being A Victim Of Domestic Violence: pLast week, Carie Charlesworth, a teacher in California and a victim of domestic violence, was fired from her job because her abusive husband invaded the school parking lot and put the school on lockdown. While her abuser was sent to prison, she was also punished for his crime by losing her employment. The school’s action [...]/p
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
The Immoral Minority: Top Democrat pisses off Darrell Issa by releasing ...
The Immoral Minority: Top Democrat pisses off Darrell Issa by releasing ...: "What somebody told the truth? Why would anybody tell the truth?" Courtesy of Business Insider : Rep. Elijah Cummings, the...
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
The Immoral Minority: If you thought Palin's appearance on Fox and Frien...
The Immoral Minority: If you thought Palin's appearance on Fox and Frien...: I swear Palin looks like she would be any place else in the world rather than sitting on that couch with these people. "Jesus how m...
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