Starbucks Threatens to End Trans-Inclusive Health Benefits If Stores Unionize
Starbucks management has reportedly Employees were threatened with losing their trans-inclusive health insurance benefits if the vote was for unionization. Workers filed a formal complaint as the union celebrated 150 electoral victories across the United States. Just last month, Starbucks — which has offered trans-inclusive benefits since 2012 — announced it would cover travel expenses […]
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GOP Candidate Who Pushed Conspiracy Theories Cries Fraud After Losing in Nevada
The Nevada Republican Party refuted Tuesday’s baseless allegations of voter corruption by Joey Gilbert, the Republican primary candidate for Republican governor. Joe Lombardo, a former Clark County sheriff, rebranded in primary as a hardline right-wingerThe projection of, is made by the Associated PressGilbert, a COVID Truther and voter fraud conspiracy Theorist, was defeated marched on […]
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A Bigotry-Laced 2024 GOP Primary Is Already Breathing Down Our Necks
With the unexpected lull in the January 6 hearings, I find myself mulling over the state of electoral play here in the good ol’ U.S.A., where everything always makes sense because there’s an algorithm or a conspiracy theory to light the way. Let me see if this is what I am capable of doing. The […]
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Haigh compares Shapps’ actions to P&O Ferries
During a heated debate on the upcoming rail strikes, shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh accused the secretary of state Grant Shapps of “acting directly from P&O’s playbook” in trying to replace striking rail staff with agency staff. Shapps criticised Labour and its leader Keir Starmer on the lack of clarity of their position on the […]
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Patel remains ‘committed’ to the Rwanda policy
In a press release to the Home of Commons, residence secretary Priti Patel instructed MPs that she stays “dedicated” to the coverage to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda after they illegally enter the UK regardless of the European Courtroom of Human Rights halting the flight. Labour’s Yvette Cooper accused the house secretary of realizing “she […]
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PMQs: Starmer accuses Johnson of ‘feeding off division’ as rail strikes loom
During prime ministers questions, PM Boris Johnson faced an onslaught of criticism from a Labour leader Keir Starmer that did most of the talking, as he told Johnson “the force just isn’t with him anymore”. Starmer told MPs that he doesn’t want the strikes to happen but the PM does, accusing Boris Johnson of “feeding […]
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EU take legal action over UK’s Northern Ireland plans
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MPs say rising deficits spell trouble for universities while Blair backs expansion
Higher education providers are under severe financial pressures. Their financial viability and sustainability is at stake. In fact, the percentage of providers with in-year deficits has increased from 5% in 2015/16, to 32% in 2019/20. Against this backdrop of deteriorating financial health across an increasing number of providers, in a report today PAC says the […]
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Ex Conservative leader blasts ECHR ‘farce’ as Rwanda flight grounded
Former Conservative party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith, has blasted the “legal farce” of the ECHR following an eleventh hour intervention by human rights judges to ground the UK government’s initial deportation flight to Rwanda. Referring to the situation as “ridiculous”, the former work and pensions secretary told LBC Radio: “This has turned into a […]
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Covert US Operations in Africa Are Sowing the Seeds of Future Crises
This March Malian forces attacked Moura, a small, sunbaked village in the middle of the country. The operation began on a local market day, when people arrived with their livestock. Residents recall hearing helicopters cut the air and soldiers disembark in grim resolve. Malian forces Russian-speaking combatantsMultiple days of siegement were carried out on the […]
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