Non-Compete Non-Compensate Agreements
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Sam talks with David Dayen about the FTC’s recent ruling on “non-compete” agreements and how those agreements became weaponized to suppress wages.
The Lake Effect 0
At the Arizona Republic, Laurie Roberts notes that Kari Lake personifies the Republican credo that, if one standard is good, two must be better.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Echoes”* 0
Writing at the Las Vegas Sun, Charles Parrish tells of hearing an echo.
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*Mark Twain.
Fair and Balanced? 0
At the Portland Press-Herald, Victoria Hugo-Nidal suggests that the press coverage of the student demonstrations at U. S. colleges may be slightly–er–skewed. Here’s a bit of her article:
It’s difficult to imagine getting away with doing this for any other group. Can you imagine if I pointed to Rep. Michael Lemelin – you know, the guy who said that the Lewiston mass shooting was God’s punishment on Maine for enacting “immoral laws” – and said he represented the beliefs of every single Republican in the state of Maine? I’d get torn apart. Nobody would let me get away with that.
The article is worth the two or three minutes you’ll need to read it.
Foxy Shady, the Hunt for Hunter Dept. 0
(Warning: Short promo at the end.)
Numbers Gamers 0
Kyle Mantyla runs the Establishmentarians’ numbers and finds that they just don’t add up.
The Voter Fraud Fraudster 0
Warning: Short promo at the end.
Fly the Fiendly Skies . . . 0
. . . where movies come to life.
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
Kaitlin Collins calls out J. D. Vance’s hypocrisy.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
At the Kansas City Star, Dion Lefler recounts some Facebook Frolics with Meta’s AI chatbot.
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy comments at the Youtube page:
Mangy Fetlocks never ceases to be amazed at the depths to which Republican politicians will go to curry favor with a twice-impeached, pussy- grabbing multiply-indicted failed ex-president. For a party ostensibly waving the flag of “real men”, “honor”, “independence” and “patriotism”, they seem to display NONE of those traits.
Courting Disaster 0
Writing at the Charlotte Observer, law professor Gene Nichol is less than sanguine about the actions of our current Supreme Supremacist Court.
Gutting Out the Vote 0
Thom talks with David Pepper about a new tactic in Republican efforts to gut out the vote.
