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Asylum denial

samedi 14 septembre 2019 à 02:00

The US Supreme Court ruled that the bully can deny asylum to everyone from Central America that passes through Mexico.

This policy would be reasonable if Mexico were a safe place.

NHS privatization

samedi 14 septembre 2019 à 02:00

B'liar's partial privatization of the NHS brought about huge debts which are now starving it of funds.

Uber

samedi 14 septembre 2019 à 02:00

California's landmark bill giving gig workers the rights of employees causes problems in a few edge cases. For example, for writers of a weekly column.

Would a weekly columnist really be required to become a "full time" employee? That implicit claim seems fishy: surely this law does not put an end to part-time jobs.

Overall, this bill is a great step forward. It means that Uber will have to mistreat its employees less. But it won't stop mistreating the customer. If you value your freedom and anonymity, please join me in refusing to surrender them to Uber.

Homeless repression

samedi 14 septembre 2019 à 02:00

Now that the bully has cut support for housing and made more people homeless, he proposes to "fix" what he intentionally broke by exacerbating repression against homeless people on the street.

We can take action against homelessness nationwide with laws that make it unprofitable to use real estate as a meaningless asset. The only way to profit from it should be by renting it out — and corporations should be discouraged from being the owners.

Healthcare ads

samedi 14 septembre 2019 à 02:00

Healthcare ad spending exceeds $65 million in 2019 as insurance industry ramps up effort to kill Medicare for All.