jayfab
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 19, 2019 1:38:34 GMT
Say what? When was Sen John McCain rude to others? When did he made blatant racist comments.... Quite the contrary when on the campaign trail he defended Pres Obama! Lindsey Graham you have totally lost it! Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) defended President Trump on Thursday, one day after one of Trump's rallies broke out into a chant of "send her back" regarding a Democratic congresswoman the president attacked. “I don’t remember anybody treating ... John McCain the way they’re treating Donald Trump,” Graham told reporters. “I don’t remember John McCain having to go through this crap every day, all of the time.” Graham’s comments were in response to a question regarding how the GOP has changed since 2008 when then-presidential candidate McCain famously pushed back on a woman at a rally who said she couldn't trust Barack Obama because “he’s an Arab.” McCain responded that he disagreed with the then-Illinois senator on fundamental issues, but that Obama is a family man and citizen. During a Wednesday night Trump rally in North Carolina, the crowd broke out into chants of “send her back,” following Trump’s attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.).** thehill.com/homenews/senate/453712-graham-i-dont-remember-anyone-treating-john-mccain-the-way-theyre-treating
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2019 1:46:15 GMT
The Washington Post...
“Labor fight roils Bernie Sanders campaign, as workers demand the $15 hourly pay the candidate has proposed for employees nationwide”
“Unionized campaign organizers working for Sen. Bernie Sanders’s presidential effort are battling with its management, arguing that the compensation and treatment they are receiving does not meet the standards Sanders espouses in his rhetoric, according to internal communications.
Campaign field hires have demanded an annual salary they say would be equivalent to a $15-an-hour wage, which Sanders for years has said should be the federal minimum. The organizers and other employees supporting them have invoked the senator’s words and principles in making their case to campaign manager Faiz Shakir, the documents reviewed by The Washington Post show.
Sanders has made standing up for workers a central theme of his presidential campaigns — this year marching with McDonald’s employees seeking higher wages, pressing Walmart shareholders to pay workers more and showing solidarity with university personnel on strike. The independent from Vermont has proudly touted his campaign as the first presidential effort to unionize its employees, and his defense of the working class has been a signature element of his brand of democratic socialism and a rallying cry for the populist movement he claims to lead.
Details about the negotiations between Shakir and the union representing Sanders’s campaign workers have not been publicly reported until now. A review of emails, instant messages and other documents obtained by The Post show that the conflict dates back to at least May and remains unresolved. The documents were provided to The Post on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the private talks.
The Sanders campaign late Thursday issued a statement lauding its union contract. “We know our campaign offers wages and benefits competitive with other campaigns, as is shown by the latest fundraising reports,” Shakir said. “Every member of the campaign, from the candidate on down, joined this movement in order to defeat Donald Trump and transform America. Bernie Sanders is the most pro-worker and pro-labor candidate running for president. We have tremendous staff who are working hard. Bernie and I both strongly believe in the sanctity of the collective bargaining process and we will not deviate from our commitment to it.”
It was unclear when or whether Sanders had been made aware of the situation.
In a statement issued earlier Thursday night, the union representing the campaign workers, United Food & Commercial Workers Local 400, said it could not comment “on specific, ongoing internal processes between our members and their employer.”
“As union members, the Bernie 2020 campaign staff have access to myriad protections and benefits secured by their one-of-a-kind union contract, including many internal avenues to democratically address any number of ongoing workplace issues, including changes to pay, benefits, and other working conditions,” the statement said.
“We look forward to continuing to work closely with our members and the management of the Bernie 2020 campaign to ensure all workers have dignity and respect in the workplace.”
In a draft letter the union earlier had prepared to send Shakir as soon as this week, the union said that the field organizers “cannot be expected to build the largest grassroots organizing program in American history while making poverty wages. Given our campaign’s commitment to fighting for a living wage of at least $15.00 an hour, we believe it is only fair that the campaign would carry through this commitment to its own field team.”
The draft letter estimated that field organizers were working 60 hours per week at minimum, dropping their average hourly pay to less than $13. It said that “many field staffers are barely managing to survive financially, which is severely impacting our team’s productivity and morale. Some field organizers have already left the campaign as a result.”
Field organizers are the lowest caste in politics apart from unpaid volunteers — often people in their 20s who uproot themselves and move to far-flung parts of the country to work long hours and gain campaign experience in high-stress environments.
By encouraging these workers to unionize, Sanders and his campaign opened a path to negotiate for more than the low wages that typically have prevailed in past campaigns. They are seizing the opportunity.
The Sanders campaign made history in March when it announced that all employees below the rank of deputy director would be represented by a union.
“We’re honored that his campaign will be the first to have a unionized workforce,” Shakir said in a statement at the time. Other campaigns have followed suit, with workers unionizing in at least two other active campaigns: those of Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and former housing secretary Julián Castro.
The union and the Sanders campaign reached a collective bargaining agreement that went into effect on May 2 and expires on March 31, 2021. The agreement established wage classifications for national and state staff, ranging from $15 an hour for interns and canvassers to $100,000 annual salaries for bargaining unit deputies.
Field organizers, who are on the front lines of the campaign’s crucial voter contact efforts, were to be paid not by hours worked but via an annual salary set at $36,000. Regional field directors were to be paid $48,000 annually, and statewide department directors were allocated $90,000 per year.
It was not completely clear why the wage dispute began so swiftly after the campaign and the union reached the initial agreement, though at that point the campaign had yet to assemble its sprawling roster of field organizers. But on May 17, Shakir convened an all-staff meeting, during which he recommended raising the pay for field organizers to $42,000 and changing the workweek specifications, according to an email he later wrote to staff. The union draft indicated he was seeking to extend the workweek to six days.
Shakir pressed for a swift vote so he could make budget decisions and decide how many field organizers to hire, according to his email.
The union rejected his offer, because the raise would have elevated field staff to a pay level responsible for paying more of their own health-care costs, according to the draft proposal the union was preparing this week.
The campaign workers decided to press harder. On July 11, dozens logged into Slack, the popular instant-messaging service used by the campaign’s employees, and began bombarding Shakir with appeals to raise pay for field organizers.
“Hi @faiz,” the messages began. They poured in from across the country.
“I am struggling financially to do my job, and in my state, we’ve already had 4 people quit in the past 4 weeks because of financial struggles,” wrote one field organizer. Another employee said his co-workers “shouldn’t have to get payday loans to sustain themselves.”
A third said he supported the demands for higher wages “because I need to be able to feed myself.” A fourth quoted a line Sanders often uses in speeches, writing, “As you know, real change never takes place from the top on down, it always takes place from the bottom on up.”
The messages caught Shakir’s attention, and later that day he sent an email to the staff thanking them for their comments. “I do believe you are owed an explanation for the situation we find ourselves in,” he wrote in an email obtained by The Post.
In his email, Shakir recapped his thinking from May 17 and expressed regret with the outcome.
“I have no idea what debates and conversations were had, but candidly, it was a disappointing vote from my perspective,” he wrote of the union’s decision to reject his proposal. “But the campaign leadership respected the union process and the will of the membership.”
Shakir said that it would be damaging to the campaign’s budget to implement a pay hike after expanding field staff based on previously planned salary figures. In conclusion, he said, he would negotiate the matter only through the channels established by the union arrangement.
This week, the union, in conjunction with the Sanders campaign staffers it represents, has been preparing to send Shakir a new proposal. According to a draft of the proposal obtained by The Post, they are asking for $46,800 for field organizers and $62,400 for regional field directors.
The draft also asked the campaign to cover 100 percent of the health-care costs for employees making $60,000 per year or less. Under the current agreement, the campaign pays all premiums for salaried employees making $36,000 or less per year. Those making more are covered at a rate of 85 percent.
It also requested that the campaign reimburse field staff for automobile transportation at $0.58 per mile.
“We expect negotiations and concessions to be given to this committee by July 31st at the latest, given the urgent nature of raising pay for Field staff and the unsustainability of the current situation,” the draft said.
Sanders, meanwhile, has continued his push for a $15-an-hour wage across the country, hailing the bill recently passed by the House to set that as the federal minimum. In an online video, his campaign featured an Iowa woman who has fought cancer and says she is struggling on $8.25 an hour from her job at McDonald’s.
“Today, we say as loudly and clearly as we can to McDonald’s: Pay your workers a living wage and negotiate with a union!” Sanders says as the video concludes.”
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2019 2:20:31 GMT
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Post by trollie on Jul 19, 2019 2:27:17 GMT
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Post by lucyg on Jul 19, 2019 2:33:12 GMT
Say what? When was Sen John McCain rude to others? When did he made blatant racist comments.... Quite the contrary when on the campaign trail he defended Pres Obama! Lindsey Graham you have totally lost it! Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) defended President Trump on Thursday, one day after one of Trump's rallies broke out into a chant of "send her back" regarding a Democratic congresswoman the president attacked. “I don’t remember anybody treating ... John McCain the way they’re treating Donald Trump,” Graham told reporters. “I don’t remember John McCain having to go through this crap every day, all of the time.” Graham’s comments were in response to a question regarding how the GOP has changed since 2008 when then-presidential candidate McCain famously pushed back on a woman at a rally who said she couldn't trust Barack Obama because “he’s an Arab.” McCain responded that he disagreed with the then-Illinois senator on fundamental issues, but that Obama is a family man and citizen. During a Wednesday night Trump rally in North Carolina, the crowd broke out into chants of “send her back,” following Trump’s attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.).** thehill.com/homenews/senate/453712-graham-i-dont-remember-anyone-treating-john-mccain-the-way-theyre-treatingWTAF? He has lost his damn mind. Comparing John McCain to Donald Trump?
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Post by lucyg on Jul 19, 2019 2:34:07 GMT
And another WTAF? We must be circling the drain, with all these crazies running wild.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2019 2:49:30 GMT
Lucy, from the article. "“I’m gonna kill your ass if you do that bill. I swear,” Varnum’s voicemail began. “I will fucking come down and kill your fucking ass. And you’re a Congressperson, that’s fine. I hope the fucking FBI, CIA and everybody else hears this shit.” “This is the United States of America, bitch. Get the fuck out,” the voicemail continued. “I’ll tell you what I’ll come down to Miami bitch. I’ll fuck you up. Like the Cubans don’t even know.” " www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-contractor-threatened-to-kill-congresswoman-frederica-wilson-over-vaccine-bill
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Post by lucyg on Jul 19, 2019 2:52:43 GMT
Insanity. Half the right in this country have lost their minds.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2019 3:00:17 GMT
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 19, 2019 3:01:20 GMT
And another WTAF? We must be circling the drain, with all these crazies running wild. The stupid is spreading..... or it is contagious... Worst then measles!
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Post by lizacreates on Jul 19, 2019 3:10:39 GMT
Bizarre, isn’t it? A demagogue is usually proud of moments like this. But seriously, I just now read NYT and apparently, some Republicans have voiced their concerns that “Send Her Back” will be the new “Lock Her Up” that will identify their brand. (Of course, they're not concerned that it’s racist, just that it’s not good PR.) No less than Ivanka had a talk with Daddy - bad, daddy, bad, you stop - this morning about it, hence the backpedaling. There was someone discussing this on the radio here earlier this evening. They said the same thing that the rally call for 2020 will be "send her/them back". "Lock her up" worked in 2016 so they're using the same tactics. God they're all sick they really are. Watching that rally in NC was like watching some of the historical films from Nazi Germany. Next thing we'll see is the Heil Trump salute! Someone was selling t shirt at that rally with..... “LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT.” “LET ME HELP YOU PACK!” “BUILD THE WALL DEPORT THEM ALL.” printed on the front of them and the ones that said “FUCK OFF WE’RE FULL,” had the design of the letters contorted into the shape of the United States of America. I really hope the four of them have the best of security around them, I really do. They should ALL be heavily guarded. We don’t have a shortage of unhinged fringe elements who will take matters into their own hands. Just in the recent past, we’ve had a would-be bomber foiled only by his poor bomb-making skills, massacres in synagogues and other houses of worship, the murder of Heather Heyer in Charlottesville, threats of death against the press, and scores of other threats. When a president says the following, it’s like putting a target sign on all Democrats: “A vote for any Democrat in 2020 is a vote for the rise of radical socialism and the destruction of the American dream — frankly, the destruction of our country.” Some violent person may say to himself, “I can’t let these people destroy my country,” and go from there.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Jul 19, 2019 3:30:13 GMT
I really can't fathom how far we as a country are going to be set back by the time he and his Cabinet are through with everything... I got nauseous again earlier when I was listening to Rachel Maddow's A-block... about the systematic dismantling of the Interior Department, lik they've already tried to do with the scientists who work at the USDA. 1) a massive real estate / golf course development was proposed by the owner of the Diamondbacks baseball team in Benson, AZ (a town in the middle of nowhere) that a regional US Fish and Wildlife worker had said could NOT move forward without additional environmental impact studies. 2) The 2nd in command at the Interior Dept (who, coincidentally, is a former oil and mining industry lobbyist) meets secretly with the Diamondbacks owner... 3) DT gets elected 4) the employee gets a phone call from a lawyer saying you have to change your report, or else. So he does. 5) Now, the 2nd in command at the Interior Dept has moved UP to the Cabinet... (because what's-his-name has to step down due to scandals) 6) hundreds of Interior department employees get told with NO NOTICE that they have to decide IMMEDIATELY, basically, whether to move from DC to Colorado or to lose their jobs (like hundreds of USDA scientists already were forced to choose IMMEDIATELY between moving to Missouri or losing their jobs). etc. etc. Thankfully, there's journalists investigating and reporting on these situations, and there are Congressional committees investigating, but honestly... how far are we going to be set back because of all this?? The knowledge that will be lost because these employees are being forced out ON PURPOSE, to get RID of the knowledge and pave the way for whatever they want to do to make more and more money... Can we as a country EVER recover from what DT and his cronies are doing to us? I'm starting to think maybe we can't.
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Post by PLurker on Jul 19, 2019 4:05:21 GMT
Don't like your government? Should you stay or should you go? Seems to depend on, like in real estate, location, location, location. and the color of your skin.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jul 19, 2019 4:20:05 GMT
And another WTAF? We must be circling the drain, with all these crazies running wild. The stupid is spreading..... or it is contagious... Worst then measles! Reminds me a little of The Walking Dead and how the zombie virus spread.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2019 4:48:19 GMT
"He was also asked several times about a secret Facebook group of current and former Border Patrol agents that contained more than 10,000 members and included posts mocking migrants and the deaths of children in custody and suggesting harm to Democratic lawmakers. After the group's existence was revealed by a ProPublica report, McAleenan announced DHS was investigating the "disturbing" and "inexcusable" posts. "Did you see the posts planning physical harm to myself and Congresswoman Escobar?" Ocasio-Cortez asked McAleenan. "Yes," he answered. "And I directed an investigation within reading the article." "Did you see the images of officers circulating photoshop images of my violent rape?" Ocasio-Cortez continued. "Yes I did," McAleenan responded. " www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/07/18/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-homeland-security-kevin-mcaleenan-facebook-group/1769460001/
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2019 4:54:13 GMT
The stupid is spreading..... or it is contagious... Worst then measles! Reminds me a little of The Walking Dead and how the zombie virus spread. I think you've hit on something here. Perhaps all the hundreds of zombie references of the past decade really have to do with the rise of the brain dead w/see among us.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jul 19, 2019 10:44:09 GMT
Reminds me a little of The Walking Dead and how the zombie virus spread. I think you've hit on something here. Perhaps all the hundreds of zombie references of the past decade really have to do with the rise of the brain dead w/see among us. I’d laugh at that except the reality is far too scary. 😳
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2019 13:01:20 GMT
trump...
”It is amazing how the Fake News Media became “crazed” over the chant “send her back” by a packed Arena (a record) crowd in the Great State of North Carolina, but is totally calm & accepting of the most vile and disgusting statements made by the three Radical Left Congresswomen.”
“....Mainstream Media, which has lost all credibility, has either officially or unofficially become a part of the Radical Left Democrat Party. It is a sick partnership, so pathetic to watch! They even covered a tiny staged crowd as they greeted Foul Mouthed Omar in Minnesota, a...”
”State which I will win in #2020 because they can’t stand her and her hatred of our Country, and they appreciate all that I have done for them (opening up mining and MUCH more) which has led to the best employment & economic year in Minnesota’s long and beautiful history!”
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jul 19, 2019 13:13:09 GMT
Trump's nuts and we're doomed.
I'm tired of this circus.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 19, 2019 13:26:35 GMT
”It is amazing how the Fake News Media became “crazed” over the chant “send her back” by a packed Arena (a record) crowd in the Great State of North Carolina, but is totally calm & accepting of the most vile and disgusting statements made by the three Radical Left Congresswomen.” “....Mainstream Media, which has lost all credibility, has either officially or unofficially become a part of the Radical Left Democrat Party. It is a sick partnership, so pathetic to watch! They even covered a tiny staged crowd as they greeted Foul Mouthed Omar in Minnesota, a...” ”State which I will win in #2020 because they can’t stand her and her hatred of our Country, and they appreciate all that I have done for them (opening up mining and MUCH more) which has led to the best employment & economic year in Minnesota’s long and beautiful history!” MORE personal attacks...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2019 15:15:28 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2019 17:04:56 GMT
Lynlam... 7-16-2019”Can we please stop calling these idiotic, privileged, dishonest, whiny-ass children “the squad”? They are weak excuses for women, and I’m ashamed of them all.” You're quoting Lynlam? She came back?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2019 17:10:01 GMT
David Axelrod...
”Here is the question @realdonaldtrump should fear: Can America tolerate another four years of government by Tweets and tantrums; of constant, gleeful, ugly divisiveness for fun and political profit; of nasty and gratuitous fights that stand in the way of progress?”
“The sheer exhaustion that is Life with @realdonaldtrump is his kryptonite.”
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Post by lucyg on Jul 19, 2019 18:19:25 GMT
Lynlam... 7-16-2019”Can we please stop calling these idiotic, privileged, dishonest, whiny-ass children “the squad”? They are weak excuses for women, and I’m ashamed of them all.” You're quoting Lynlam? She came back? I think that’s @lynlam on Twitter. And I guess you came back, too?
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Post by hop2 on Jul 19, 2019 19:26:55 GMT
I passed a local ‘support Trump’ table on the side of the road today when I was working.
I said a little prayer that they don’t suffer heat stroke. Seriously, I felt bad for them. The 2 of them looked to be about as old as the high temp today & I’m not sure that can handle it. It’s not like Trump will care if they pass out from heat stroke.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2019 19:32:36 GMT
#MAGA...
AP...
”A US court has sided with the Trump administration's decision to drop an Obama-era plan that would require mining companies to prove they can take financial responsibility for future pollution cleanups.”
MSNBC...
”The EPA has decided not to ban a pesticide that’s been shown to hurt children's brains, despite calls to do so.”
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Post by casii on Jul 19, 2019 20:00:35 GMT
These people are animals. Always, so expected that they resort to imagining the violent sexual assault of women in the slightest position of power or influence. Inexcusable that this is what the election hath wrought. Praying so hard for 2020 that I'm popping veins.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2019 20:13:20 GMT
Michelle Obama..
”What truly makes our country great is its diversity. I’ve seen that beauty in so many ways over the years. Whether we are born here or seek refuge here, there’s a place for us all. We must remember it’s not my America or your America. It’s our America.”
ETA.. This is what makes America great..
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Post by hop2 on Jul 19, 2019 20:22:38 GMT
These people are animals. Always, so expected that they resort to imagining the violent sexual assault of women in the slightest position of power or influence. Inexcusable that this is what the election hath wrought. Praying so hard for 2020 that I'm popping veins. 2020 is beyond my control, it's out if my hands, I doubt ‘god’ cares. I’ll vote. But I’m not holding out any hope. I’m focusing my energies on keeping me & mine safe. What *I* can do in my immediate life to move towards what I want. I was disappointed ( for pretty much the first time in my life ) in 2016. I’ve voted for people who had lost elections before, but life goes on. I did not wail or cry or anything dramatic but I was disappointed that my fellow citizens had been conned by Don the con. I thought lucyg was being tongue in cheek with the ‘we are doomed’ The reality is, they weren’t conned, they knew who he is/was and don’t care or are just like him. But the downfall of society has far out paced anything I expected in 2016. The huge increase in hate has pretty much over whelmed me. The anti semitism, the overt racism, the cheering & approval of the overt racism. It’s disheartening ( I mean can you get more racist than spewing repeatedly the exact example the EEOC has used for decades? ) I’m guessing this is a real turning point in our country. We survived Harding & Buchanan but historians don’t look kindly on their presidency.
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