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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Couple things.
RE: Turkish sanctions lifted - I wouldn't be surprised if that (along with the withdrawal from Syria) is tied to the Khashoggi mishandling, as a means to placate the Turkish government.
And in other Hypocrite news, the NY Daily News published an article about the New Jersey AG's office
filing charges against Trump's New Jersey golf club, as they'd conducted interviews with illegal immigrants employed there who were (allegedly) given falsified green cards and social security numbers by the club itself.
Anibal Romero, a Newark attorney who represents several undocumented immigrants who used to work at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, said Friday he recently met with investigators from the state attorney general’s office and handed over fraudulent green cards and Social Security numbers that management at the club allegedly procured and gave his clients, Victorina Morales and Sandra Diaz.
Before he met with the state prosecutors, Romero said he reached out to Mueller’s office because, while he wanted to contact federal authorities, he was concerned about looping in the Justice Department, which was headed by Jeff Sessions at the time.
“I wasn’t sure, one, if they’d take me seriously and, two, if this could backfire on my clients,” Romero told The News, referencing the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration agenda.
Mueller’s office, which is separately investigating Trump’s campaign for possible collusion with Russians during the 2016 election, made contact and informed Romero the matter was not within their jurisdiction.
A few weeks later, an FBI agent in New Jersey called Romero.
“He said to me that he had received a referral from Robert Mueller’s office and that he already knew the specifics and that he wanted to meet with me in person,” Romero said.
Romero then met with two agents at a federal office in Branchburg, N.J., and outlined the same evidence he had already given the AG prosecutors. The agents said they would “coordinate” with the AG’s office, according to Romero.
Romero said he’s stayed in touch with the FBI and the attorney general’s office but declined to confirm whether either of the agencies have formally opened investigations.
“I’m confident that federal and state authorities will conduct a complete and thorough investigation,” Romero said.
An FBI spokesman declined to comment and so did Mueller’s office.
There's more on the article's page.
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"Indivisible is an American grass-roots protest movement representing the progressive/liberal end of the political spectrum that arose in response to Donald Trump's election, and models itself as "the Tea Party of the Left." It's quite widespread.
I'm done trying to sound smart. "Clear" is the new smart.Shutting down Washington DC through protests basically
Something like that is the ideal goal of any major protest at the capital,and you do get protests at the capital,you just need the right about of people and organisation so people turn up and it doesn't turn violent
Edited by Ultimatum on Dec 30th 2018 at 1:36:24 PM
have a listen and have a link to my discord serverThe labor movement in the US really needs to gets its shit together and protest hard against this latest move from Trump.
Not only did he screw essential public workers during the holiday season, but the justification for the gutting of the pay rise is that the government can't afford it. After a millions dollar tax cut for the one percent. My country would be in flames.
Life is unfair...
I'm not sure on the latter, but with the former, it was due to Reagan that the Air Traffic Controller's Union strike in 1981 failed
, as he fired every striking worker by citing a little-used law about prohibiting Federal employees from doing so.
That basically fired the starting gun for private companies that feared public backlash for trying the same thing, as the President had just done it - and got re-elected 3 years later.
As for the long-term impact...
Perhaps the most important, and then highly controversial, domestic initiative was the firing of the air traffic controllers in August 1981. The President invoked the law that striking government employees forfeit their jobs, an action that unsettled those who cynically believed no President would ever uphold that law. President Reagan prevailed, as you know, but far more importantly his action gave weight to the legal right of private employers, previously not fully exercised, to use their own discretion to both hire and discharge workers.
Reagan's director of the United States Office of Personnel Management at the time, Donald J. Devine, argued: "When the president said no, American business leaders were given a lesson in managerial leadership that they could not and did not ignore. Many private sector executives have told me that they were able to cut the fat from their organizations and adopt more competitive work practices because of what the government did in those days. I would not be surprised if these unseen effects of this private sector shakeout under the inspiration of the president were as profound in influencing the recovery that occurred as the formal economic and fiscal programs."
In a review of Joseph Mc Cartin's 2011 book, Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, The Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike that Changed America in Review 31, Richard Sharpe stated that Reagan was "laying down a marker" for his presidency: "The strikers were often working-class men and women who had achieved suburban middle class lives as air traffic controllers without having gone to college. Many were veterans of the US armed forces where they had learned their skills; their union had backed Reagan in his election campaign. Nevertheless, Reagan refused to back down. Several strikers were jailed; the union was fined and eventually made bankrupt. Only about 800 got their jobs back when Clinton lifted the ban on rehiring those who had striked. Many of the strikers were forced into poverty as a result of being blacklisted for [U.S. government] employment."
Edited by ironballs16 on Dec 30th 2018 at 11:00:41 AM
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"If you want a concrete example of things they do. They helped organize Adopt a District
, where Democrats from neighboring congressional districts hosted townhalls in districts represented by Republicans who were refusing to host their own in the wake of their attempt to take away people's healthcare.
Incidentally, the "adopted" NY and AZ districts the story covered both flipped to the Democrats this election.
To be fair, I had absolutely no idea about the existence of the "pussy hat" thing and I've never heard any criticism of it. Which isn't to say it's transwomen fault, just that cis people like myself aren't going to easily spot relatively subtle forms of transphobia if we don't hear about any loud enough criticisms.
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangI can't help but things like that sort of fall under "women's issues" that doesn't necessarily (or can't even) apply to all women, but still sort of serves to highlight a point that needs to be highlighted. Wouldn't necessarily hint to transphobia on its own.
But I'm saying that in the position of an outsider with admittedly very little experience.
Edited by LSBK on Dec 30th 2018 at 12:46:48 PM
Were the "pussy" hats the ones that made everyone there look like Louise Belcher?
i'm tired, my friendThis seems a good summary on the hat itself. (Detroit Free Press)
Edited by 3of4 on Dec 30th 2018 at 8:31:49 PM
"You can reply to this Message!"Well, that's the first I've seen of people assuming they were pink because of anatomy and not because Pink Means Feminine. Strange, to say the least.

OK,assume I didn't click your link
Who are Indivisible?
have a listen and have a link to my discord server