Monthly Archives: September 2020

Uber-Postmates Lawsuit Targeting New California Labor Law Decried as 'Greedy Scheme' Against Workers

Pro-labor state lawmakers in California derided the Silicon Valley companies Uber and Postmates as “greedy” on Tuesday after the corporations filed a federal lawsuit to block the state’s new law protecting freelancers from taking effect. Assembly Bill 5 is set to enter into force on Wednesday, but the two companies are seeking an injunction and asking […]

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Three matches confirmed for WWE Raw

WWE has revealed three of the matches that are taking place on tonight’s Labor Day edition of Raw. – Keith Lee and Randy Orton will face off in a rematch from Payback. Lee defeated Orton in their match at Payback. On Raw last week, Orton won a triple threat number one contender’s match and will […]

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Survey Shows Richest 1% Not Necessarily Happier, But All That Money Has Convinced Them the 'American Dream' Is Real

A new survey sheds fresh light on the wide gulf in how the richest and low-income families in the U.S. view their own life experiences and satisfaction with a full 97% of the wealthy saying the so-called “American Dream” is working for them. Standard polling typically does not gather much data on the views of […]

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New Poll Shows Bernie Sanders With More Than Double the Support of Joe Biden in New Hampshire

A new poll out of the key early voting state of New Hampshire on Tuesday showed that Sen. Bernie Sanders now has double the support of his next closest rival, former vice president Joe Biden, less than two week’s before the first-in-the-nation primary on February 11. According to the American Research Group survey, conducted between […]

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'Act as if You Loved Your Children Above All Else': Greta Thunberg Demands Davos Elite Immediately Halt All Fossil Fuel Investments

Climate activist Greta Thunberg addressed the world’s elite face-to-face at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday where she called on leaders to end their abhorrent and irrefutable failures on the climate emergency and demanded participants “from all the companies, banks, institutions, and governments” in attendance to immediately halt all investments in fossil fuel […]

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Bernie Sanders calls on Congress to investigate after Mueller report release

Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Milley apologizes for church photo-op Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness MORE (I-Vt.) called on Thursday for Congress to continue an investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 presidential election and whether President TrumpDonald […]

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Cory Booker releases 10 years of tax returns

Sen. Cory BookerCory Anthony BookerRand Paul introduces bill to end no-knock warrants Black lawmakers unveil bill to remove Confederate statues from Capitol Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk MORE (D-N.J.) on Wednesday became the latest Democratic presidential candidate to release his tax returns, a move that comes amid growing scrutiny over President TrumpDonald […]

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Jill Biden: Joe will need to be a 'better judge' when it comes to comforting people

Jill Biden, the wife of 2020 White House hopeful Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: […]

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Kamala Harris hits Trump on 'foul language,' failure to call out 'domestic terrorism'

Sen. Kamala HarrisKamala Devi HarrisRand Paul introduces bill to end no-knock warrants The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook McEnany says Juneteenth is a very ‘meaningful’ day to Trump MORE (D-Calif.), a 2020 presidential hopeful, criticized President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back […]

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Biden: Dem field will be 'winnowed out pretty quickly' in early 2020

Former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against […]

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