Yesterday Jon Stewart spent the day delivering expletive-laden rants against Republicans for blocking the PACT Act. But Republicans say they have good reason to block it until a teensy weensy little change is made. Who's right? Fine. I'll start. What's this bill all about? It creates $280 billion in new funding for veterans who have ...continue reading "Who exactly is sabotaging the PACT Act?"
Five Years Ago This week in 2017, Senator Wyden was seeking answers about how many times Americans have been targeted by one of the least-discussed NSA surveillance programs, while we noted the silence from tech companies as the clock ticked down on Section 702 renewal (while newly released documents showed even more violations by the […]
On Friday, NPR's Marketplace ran this headline: "Eviction filings hit pre-pandemic levels a year after the end of the moratorium." The evidence presented is slim—which is hardly surprising since data on evictions is all but nonexistent in the US. Eviction is a local court action and the county numbers aren't aggregated by any federal agency. ...continue reading "Evictions are returning to near their normal, pre-pandemic levels"
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers said the modified offer from the aerospace giant resulted from a Friday bargaining session that lasted from about 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday.