“This is just the first round of a battle that’s going to divide this state. We’re going to have a civil war,” Hoffa said on CNN’s “Newsroom.” [CNN] WHAT HAPPENED in Michigan didn’t arise out of nowhere. It developed with the help of Democratic Party laziness and lack of leadership, when the party of unions [...]
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Michigan ‘Right to Work’ Measure Passes, Thousand Protest *VIDEO UPDATE*
As expected, the so-called “right to work” measure was approved by legislators, with Republican Gov. Rick Snyder earlier saying he would sign it. As reported at DemocracyNow: Pushed through before Democrats gain five House seats in the new legislature next month, opponents call the effort an organized attack against labor that will suppress wages and [...]
Top Story: Obama in Michigan, Battleground in “Right to Work” [Full Remarks and Video]
MICHIGAN IS about to become the latest state where right to work for less replaces a living wage. Nothing compares to having right to work here in the heart of where the most important American union, the UAW, began. You might think I’m sentimental, with all of this twaddle about union “romance” and the blood [...]
‘Fiscal Cliff’ Drama: Mitch McConnell Filibusters Himself, Unions Launch Ads Opposing ‘Entitlement’ Cuts
The DC designed, media promoted “fiscal cliff” drama continues. No doubt the drama will intensify as the clock ticks down. Two recent “cliff” moments, one on the Senate floor, and one on the airwaves. From HuffPo: (emphasis added) Debt Ceiling Bluff Called By Harry Reid, Leaving Mitch McConnell To Filibuster Himself A move to embarrass [...]
News Desk: Fast-food Workers Walk in Biggest Effort to Unionize Ever Launched
“Hey, hey, what do you say? We demand fair pay.” PEOPLE CAN’T live a quality life on what fast-food companies pay their workers. Their bosses are making millions and the disparity has finally reached the tipping point. Fast-food workers at several restaurants in New York walked off the job on Thursday, firing the first salvo [...]
Gov. Chris Christie Hits 72% Approval, Rewarded for Leading After Sandy, Education Deal
THIS IS the template for what it takes for voters to cross party lines to applaud a politician for doing his job. Gov. Christie showed leadership in the aftermath of nor’easter Sandy, as well as the ability to put doing his job for the people before party loyalty, for which he’s now being rewarded. New [...]
AFSCME, the National Education Association, and SEIU Target Democrats in “Jobs Not Cuts” Ads
THERE’S A campaign not so quietly growing in volume, with Bill O’Reilly and Rush Limbaugh the loudest, that has Republicans having a hissy fit over Obama’s proposed tax increases for the wealthiest. Rush is using the Santa Claus line, a take off on O’Reilly’s people want stuff belch, but both are focused on making people [...]
Spearmint Rhino Dancers Fight Back and Win $13 Million Settlement
AS ONE of the few feminists who have had any interaction with women in the stripping world, having once interviewed some of the biggest names in the industry back in the ’90s, to hear that exotic dancers at the Spearmint Rhino stood up for themselves and won a big class action settlement in Federal court [...]
Top Story — Black Friday: ‘Buy Nothing’ or ‘Tis the Season to Get Trampled’? [VIDEO]
This year, Black Friday – or I guess it would be more accurate to call it Black Friday Eve – begins on Thanksgiving evening, 8:00 PM at Walmart (and Sears, 9:00 PM at Target). Prepare, cook, eat and clean-up quickly, Walmart, Sears, Target and other retails employees. The focus below is on Walmart simply because [...]
Obama to Progressives: “Campaign Isn’t Over”
Obama “wasn’t talking about what was on or off the table” and didn’t discuss specifics in terms of Social Security, one participant said. [The Hill] THE REPORTS out of the meeting with progressive leaders and unions revealed a couple of things. President Obama told the group at the White House that he won’t budge on [...]
Top Story: Obama’s Winnings and the Unreasonable Liberal
“If you want to pull the party, the major party that is closest to the way you’re thinking to what you’re thinking, you must, you must show them that you’re capable of not voting for them. If you don’t show them you’re capable of not voting for them they don’t have to listen to you, [...]
Sean Hannity Hacktacular: Played 2011 ‘Scabs!’ and ‘Scumbags!’ Audio, Called it Post-Sandy Outrage
THE DISGRACE of Sean Hannity, where he inevitably illustrates his spectacular hacktackery yet again, is something I never get tired of reporting. Unfortunately for Tucker Carlson, he let his partisan blinders get caught up in Hannity’s wide web of deceit. UPDATE: The Daily Caller has learned that the audio Sean Hannity played during his Friday, [...]
News Desk: Romney on Romney
MITT ROMNEY makes his case in a CNN op-ed, as did President Obama as well. Romney manages to hit Obama on a mythical “war on coal,” while getting a dig in against unions, too, trumpeting “free trade” like all national candidates do. Together with Paul Ryan, I’ve put forward an economic recovery plan consisting of [...]
Top Story — Move to Stop Obama’s Bad Lame Duck Entitlement Deal has Already Begun
But President Obama has consistently refused to rise to the defense of social security. In fact, in the first debate, he explicitly took the issue off the table, telling the American people that there is not much difference between his position on social security and Romney’s. – Why even President Obama won’t champion social security, [...]
News Desk: U.S. Falls to 22nd in Global Gender Gap Report, Lowest Since 2009
Last year, the United States ranked 17th, just behind the United Kingdom and just ahead of Canada, with a score of .7412. This year, amid a whole lot of talk about women’s rights and gender equality, the U.S. is ranked 22nd with a score of .7373 (its lowest since 2009). [Huffington Post] ICELAND, FINLAND, Norway, [...]
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