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‘I’m, Like, This Close to Snapping’

June 11, 2022 close, This, like, “I'm, Snapping’0 comment

Four years and four months ago, a high-school student delivered a speech at a rally outside the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Three days earlier, a gunman had killed 17 of X González’s classmates and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland with an AR-15-style rifle. “We are going to be the last mass shooting,” González told the assembled crowd and cable-news cameras. It wasn’t, of course. In 2018 alone, there were 336 mass shootings in America, according to the Gun Violence Archive; since then, there…

An impending long recess will force a lot of action in Congress this week

April 4, 2022 Congress, Force, action, This, Week, long, recess, impending0 comment

Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on <a href=”https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/federal-drive-with-tom-temin/id1270799277?mt=2″>Apple Podcasts</a> or <a href=”https://www.podcastone.com/federal-drive-with-tom-temin?pid=1753589″>PodcastOne</a>. From a supreme court confirmation vote to Russian misbehavior, the House and Senate have a lot to do in the coming week. And there’s considerable time pressure to get it done. The <a href=”https://federalnewsnetwork.com/category/temin/tom-temin-federal-drive/”>Federal Drive with Tom Temin</a> got the outlook from Bloomberg Government deputy news director, Loren Duggan. Interview transcript: <blockquote>Tom Temin: Loren, let’s start with,well, let’s start with a schedule that’s kind of forcing the hand of Congress…

Amy’s Kitchen betrays its supposed progressive values, this week in the war on workers

March 19, 2022 Amy's, Kitchen, workers, This, Week, Progressive, values, Supposed, betrays0 comment

Calls for a boycott of Amy’s Kitchen vegetarian products spread this week. Workers at the company have said they face long hours and unsafe working conditions, and they’re working with the Teamsters to file a workplace safety complaint with Cal/OSHA. The Teamsters are also challenging Amy’s B Corp certification, noting that B Corps’ alleged values include that “business ought to be conducted as if people and place mattered.” YouTube Video ● <a href=”https://www.vice.com/en/article/88gb5p/amazon-warehouse-workers-stage-coordinated-strikes-demanding-dollar3-raises”>Workers at three Amazon warehouses staged walkouts</a>, demanding a $ 3 an hour raise, Lauren Kaori Gurley reports. ●  <div…

Wokeism Ended His Father’s Teaching Career. Now, This Teacher Has a Warning for Other Educators.

December 27, 2021 career, Wokeism, Educators., This, teacher, teaching, Warning, Fathers, ended0 comment

It was 9 o’clock on a Wednesday night. Albert Paulsson, who teaches high school civics in New Jersey, had finished another long day in class. He sounded tired when he answered my call. “Is this still a good time to talk?” I asked. Paulsson assured me it was. He wanted to share some concerns over what he sees happening in public education–concerns about students being fed one-sided, woke perspectives and narrow definitions of words such as “equity” and “diversity.” But most of all, Paulsson, 49, wanted to tell me about…

How Do Democrats Recover From This?

December 22, 2021 from, This, Recover, Democrats0 comment

Every Democratic activist, strategist, and lawmaker in America has spent at least a brief moment this fall staring at the ceiling in desperation, probably thinking to him- or herself: Something’s gotta give. Democrats were already facing an inconvenient truth going into next year’s elections: The incumbent president’s party usually gets smoked in the midterms. But they keep getting more bad news. The first test of their post-Trump coalition, in Virginia and New Jersey last month, was a major disappointment for the party. Joe Biden has become a deeply unpopular president.…

How This Pilot Fights United Airlines’ Vaccine Mandate

December 21, 2021 fights, This, United, airlines, mandate, Pilot, Vaccine0 comment

As private businesses mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for their employees under pressure from the Biden administration, employees are banding together to make their displeasure known. In the airline industry, United Airlines pilot Sherry Walker and her group, Airline Employees 4 Health Freedom, are pushing back against what they view as an overreach by the industry to control their health and violate their religious freedom. “I cannot wake up some day in 10 years and my kid turns to me and says, ‘Mom, you had a chance to fix this and you…