Reviews minimum wage history, the research supporting it, the opposition, their fallacious arguments, the its supporters, all in the context of the most recent opposition by senator Munchin. #in-what-universe-is-a-15-wage-too-high-joe-manchins
A 49 minute interview with Sen. Mitt Romney. He discuss his and Sen. Tom Cotton’s plan to raise the minimum wage, a proposal that also mandates that businesses use E-verify to prevent the hiring of undocumented workers. #mitt-romney-has-a-plan
Walmart, McDonald’s, and other name-brand corporations are trying to block their shareholders from voting to make worker protections permanent. #big-companies-ask-regulators-to-help-quash-paid-sick-leave-initiatives
Provides the facts and links to original sources about the Texas deregulation promises, and reality. #texas-power-grid-deregulation-cost-texans-28-billion-over-two-decades
An excellent review of the current Covid relief bill. What it covers, where is the pork, why Trump is not signing, how that affects the Biden Administration, and the mechanics of a Pocket Veto. #december-26-2020
A very nice analysis of why Trump just signed the Covid relief bill, and a plausible reason for why he did not sign the National Defense Authorization Bill. By @HC_Richardson #december-27-2020
Trump just gave Democrats one last chance to both hammer McConnell and do the right thing for millions of Americans. Will they seize the opportunity or blow it? #force-the-vote-on-direct-aid
The former Harvard President and Treasury Secretary offers important thoughts on the negative consequences of aid to the less fortunate #neoliberal-champion-larry-summers-opens-mouth-inserts-both-feet
House Republicans and Senate Leader Mitch McConnell represent voters who are disproportionately struggling — and yet they may block $2,000 survival checks. #republicans-threaten-to-deny-2000-checks-to-their-own-constituents
The Democratic leader spent New Year’s morning pretending he and his party are fighting Republicans for $2,000 checks — right before he went to the Senate floor to surrender on live television. #schumer-begins-2021-promising-to-fight-then-immediately-surrenders
In a shrewd play for $2,000 survival checks, Bernie Sanders is pulling a McConnell on Mitch McConnell, leveraging a Pentagon bill to try to secure aid for millions of Americans struggling to survive. #the-hardball-tactics-weve-been-waiting-for
@AOC, member of the house Financial Services committee, does a great job interviewing an industry watchdog, Reddit Co-Founder, and the Stock guy about GameStop #gamestop
President Joe Biden is expected to push to raise taxes in the near future, primarily for corporations and for those earning higher incomes, in order to fund future high-spending priorities for the U.S. #biden-to-push-for-higher-taxes-on-wealthy-most-ambitious-plan-since-early-1990s
They can walk away form 30 permits now, and the rest in six months. No one goes to jail. #a-bankruptcy-judge-lets-blackjewel-shed-coal-mine-responsibilities-in-a-case-with-national-implications
Amazon accidentally created the best opportunity for organized labor to increase union membership in decades, experts and organizers say. #how-the-amazon-union-drive-in-alabama-is-changing-workers-rights-forever
The efforts of the politicians and teachers unions across the West Coast to return students and staff to schools under deadly conditions must be resisted in order to save lives. #la-and-oakland-teachers-vote-no-on-the-deadly-deals-to-reopen-schools
By some estimates, the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans manage to avoid paying about a quarter-trillion dollars of owed taxes every single year. #the-government-just-admitted-it-doesnt-really-try-to-collect-rich-peoples-taxes
it is really quite depressing to read about all of the things Amazon is doing to maintain its current business practices. But the world needs to know. #amazon-tries-to-block-vote-on-worker-safety-initiative
As a candidate for Congress, I saw firsthand the damage Louis DeJoy is capable of causing. But there are no guarantees we will be able to stop him again. #i-helped-stop-dejoys-usps-meddling-under-trump-now-its-happening-again
Here are all the details. Not very exciting reading, but you can did deeper if you are interested in this very important analysis. #55-us-corporate-giants-paid-0-in-federal-taxes-in-2020-thanks-to-gaping-loopholes
Clearly the well being of a nation is not just the quality of its roads and bridges. The health and education of the populace also matter. #beyond-bridges-and-roads-bowman-makes-case-for-care-infrastructure