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House paid sick leave covers only 20% of workers, it’s a scam.

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Even in a pandemic, the long arm of big corporate interests drives legislation. Turns out the much heralded paid sick leave provision in the house bill doesn’t cover large companies with over 500 employees. That’s more than half the workforce. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday night celebrated the coronavirus legislation that passed early Saturday as providing paid sick leave to American workers affected by the pandemic. She neglected to mention the fine print. In fact, the bill guarantees sick leave only to about 20 percent of workers. Big employers like McDonald’s and Amazon are not required to provide any … Continue reading →

Lefties: Don’t ever be gaslit by toxic centrists and Biden bullies on “civility”

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“Toxic”, “Sanders cult”, “get fucked”. Wait it gets better. Who is this guy? Some rando on Twitter? No, he’s Neera Tanden’s pal:

He isn’t the only such pal, CAP’s leader Neera Tanden has in her orbit:

Halper’s whole thread is worth bookmarking whenever someone says anything about “Bernie Bros”

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The markets and Coronavirus continue to make the case for Medicare For All

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On Monday, US stock futures were limit down. Oil dropped over 30%, before recovering, to -25%. That’s largely on the Saudis slashing prices to move product, but also pointing to something bigger afoot in the Kingdom, since the crown prince (and Jared Kushner’s pal) arrested several high-ranking cousins this week. But perhaps the biggest news in the markets remains this: The 10 Yr US Treasury hit a 0.50% yield The 30 Yr US Treasury hit a 1.00% yield That means the US government can borrow for 10 years at 0.50% and for 30 years at 1.00%. Neither rate has ever been seen before. During … Continue reading →

Bernie will address supporters live at 1PM EST + Evening Open Thread

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He is expected to announce that he is staying in the race. I’ll be delivering a campaign update live from Burlington at 1 p.m. ET. Tune in at https://t.co/vreIiWfeoS. — Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) March 11, 2020 Short address, it can be found here: Follow along in comments… Subir I took the liberty to make this also an open thread. I hope you are not offended…..humphrey

Hold your head high; stick your chest out. Keep Hope Alive.

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When I’m feeling down about politics. There are a few speeches I will watch, to motivate myself. Today, I re-watched Jesse Jackson’s convention floor speech from 1988. It’s long and broken up in segments, but you can watch them starting here, then here, here, here, here and then, grab some tissues and watch the end here. When I look out at this convention, I see the face of America: red, yellow, brown, black and white. We are all precious in God’s sight – the real rainbow coalition.c […] My mother, a working woman. So many of the days she went … Continue reading →