California Is Dependent on Prison Labor for Fighting Fires. This Must End.
After many delays by the City of Susanville in California, a Lassen County judge ruled for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to close one of Susanville’s two prisons. The court case and public debate surrounding the prison closing have almost all been based on the loss of 1,000 prison jobs. However, this closure marks a major […]
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Zero Republicans Vote for Bill That Would Expose Billionaire Dark Money Donors
Thursday’s Senate vote against a bill to expose dark-money political donors with deep pockets and increase campaign transparency resulted in a 0 Republican vote. This allowed billionaires and special interest groups to continue exercising huge influence over elections and little accountability. The DISCLOSE ActSen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D – Rhode Island), introduced the legislation. failed49 votes […]
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GOP Senator Plans to Force Vote to End COVID National Emergency Declaration
Senator Roger Marshall (R. Kansas) said he intends to force a vote to repeal the national emergency declaration regarding COVID-19. This is despite the fact that hundreds of Americans are dying from the virus every day. Marshall explained that his planned congressional resolution to end the declaration is in response to President Joe Biden’s comment […]
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Two Powerful Unions Have Come Together to Fight the Right’s Attack on Higher Ed
According to “America’s Censored Classrooms,” a report released in August by the nonprofit human rights group PEN America, 39 percent of the 137 educational gag orders introduced in state legislatures so far this year have targeted colleges and universities. Most of them focus on race and LGBTQIA+ issues and seek to suppress discussion of topics […]
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When California Elects an Unconstitutional, Right-Wing Newsom Wannabe
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is on a rampage, despite not facing any real opposition to reelection in November. The most recent unconstitutional legislation he signed includes an anti-First Amendment law requiring social media platforms “to publicly post their policies regarding hate speech, disinformation, harassment and extremism on their platforms,” according to The Hill. Newsom issued […]
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Parliamentary Clip – MPs respond to Kwarteng’s Mini Budget
$bp(“Brid_63930445”, {“id”:”25314″,”width”:”16″,”height”:”9″,”video”:”1103906″}); Kwasi Kwarteng, the Chancellor, has announced the largest tax cut package in 50 years. He said that this would be a “new era” for the UK economy. Income tax and stamp duty on home purchase will be cut, and plans to raise business taxes have been abandoned. Kwarteng scrapped Boris Johnson’s previous plans […]
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Kwarteng unveils biggest tax cuts in 50 years
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has unveiled the biggest package of tax cuts in 50 years, as he hailed a “new era” for the UK economy. Income tax and stamp duty on home purchase will be cut, and plans to raise business taxes have been scrapped. Kwarteng scrapped previous plans to increase taxes in order to pay […]
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Kwarteng dramatically cuts tax, and rolls the dice on growth
Kwarsi Kwarteng, Chancellor of the Exchequer for less than two weeks, has today unveiled the largest tax-cutting measures in Britain since 1972’s Barber budget. In what represents a significant change in both policy and political approach by the new Truss government, Kwarteng told the Commons, “For too long in this country we have indulged in […]
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Congressional Staffers Are Holding Their First-Ever Union Vote
The Congressional Workers Union celebrated as House staffers began to vote on whether or not to form the First-ever Union within Congress. This was a right that was granted to congressional employees. This year, earlierHouse lawmakers Staffers in Rep. Andy Levin’s (D-Michigan) office will be voting electronically on whether or not to unionize on Thursday […]
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House Passes Bill to Correct Flaws in Certification of Presidential Elections
With support from a few Republicans, Wednesday’s House vote approved legislation to stop future attempts to overturn the presidential election. The Presidential Election Reform Act, introduced by Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-California) and Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) — two prominent members of the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol building […]
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