President Biden published a statement Monday night calling on Congress to intervene to block a national rail strike and impose a contract which tens of thousands of railroad workers voted down. A few hours later, outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the House of Representatives would take up such a bill this week and send it to the Senate with the “hope that this necessary, strike-averting legislation will earn a strongly bipartisan vote…”
Biden calls on Congress to impose rail contract in a major assault on workers’ democratic rights
Day: November 29, 2022
U.S. Senate passes the Respect for Marriage Act. What is it, and what does it do?
If signed into law by President Biden, the bill would authorize the federal government to bring a civil lawsuit against anyone who violates the statutory rights of gay, lesbian or interracial couples.
U.S. Senate passes the Respect for Marriage Act. What is it, and what does it do?
Western Wonder Weapons Too Fragile for Ukrainian Battlefield
Biden’s ex-disinfo czar registers as foreign agent
The former disinformation czar for President Joe Biden’s administration has apparently landed on her feet after resigning amid controversy earlier this year. She has registered as a foreign agent representing a UK activist group that advocates for censorship of speech it finds objectionable.
Biden’s ex-disinfo czar registers as foreign agent
H/T: Unorthodox Truth
Related:
Intelligence operative confirms British gov’t is targeting The Grayzone
San Francisco Police Want To Use Robots to Kill Criminal Suspects
In a draft addressing the use of military weaponry, The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) has struck out a line stating, “Robots shall not be used as a Use of Force against any person,” according to the independent investigative news outlet Mission Local.
San Francisco Police Want To Use Robots to Kill Criminal Suspects
A Twitter executive got a court injunction to prevent Elon Musk from firing her
Twitter’s global vice president of policy didn’t agree to Elon Musk’s ‘hardcore’ work culture and got fired — but says she didn’t intend to resign.
A Twitter executive got a court injunction to prevent Elon Musk from firing her
H/T: Steve Lehto
Eating bugs should be the new norm, WaPo claims
One of the most prominent US newspapers has again called for Americans to rely on bugs as a major food source, arguing that the shift to edible insects from beef, pork, and chicken will be good for the environment.
Eating bugs should be the new norm, WaPo claims
RT interview about US meddling in China Covid protests
Sheila Bair, Former Chair of the FDIC, Is Now an “Organizer/Director” of a Cayman Islands Crypto Company that Got a U.S. National Bank Charter Last Year
On November 17, Sheila Bair, the former Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) during the financial crisis of 2008, went on CNBC to lament the lack of controls leading to the collapse of the crypto currency exchange, FTX. During the interview, Bair used the phrase “nobody looking behind the curtain.”
Sheila Bair, Former Chair of the FDIC, Is Now an “Organizer/Director” of a Cayman Islands Crypto Company that Got a U.S. National Bank Charter Last Year
Related (why no one was prosecuted for the financial crisis of 2007–2008 + another comment):
Read More »Evidence Grows that Crypto and Federally-Insured Banks Are a Combustible Mixture
The fallout from the collapse of the crypto exchange FTX and its missing billions of dollars of customer funds has, finally, galvanized some members of Congress to push back against the swarms of crypto lobbyists whose activities are clearly impacting the safety and soundness of U.S. banks.
Evidence Grows that Crypto and Federally-Insured Banks Are a Combustible Mixture
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