Time to refuel on Wally's and Obed & Isaac's, Springfield here I come to advocate for the WISER Act this session! Our workforce is the backbone of our economy, but we need better data on how companies are investing in their people. This first-in-the-nation bill brings better disclosure to the table.
Parts of the American economy can sound like a shell game these days. Cass does a great job naming this problem and proposing some steps to address it.
An absolutely harrowing segment documenting some of the most evil things this country has ever done. Words cannot express how shameful it is to deny any kind of due process and condemn random men to this hellhole based on their nationality and maybe some tattoos
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We have lost freedoms this year. And we will continue to lose more unless we step up our efforts to resist tyranny. @adamserwer.bsky.social does a great job laying out the stakes of what we have already lost and what may be to come www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
“Management primacy” where corporates consolidate power at the expense of shareholders, stakeholders & long-term value creation is on the rise. This shift threatens system guardrails incl. shareholder rights to the detriment of the long-term market stability, transparency & accountability.
Murder is bad. We should not commit war crimes.
Heinous and indefensible. Our government is making decisions to explicitly benefit white supremacists and Nazis. If this doesn't convince people morally corrupt this Administration is, nothing will.
It may have been a great game but it can't unseat 2016 Game 7 as the best ever
The reporting coming out of Chicago has been so awful. The National Guard is not needed, and ICE is not welcome, in our amazing city.
Section 1. Restriction on Entry. (a) Pursuant to sections 212(f) and 215(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1182(f) and 1185(a), the entry into the United States of aliens as nonimmigrants to perform services in a specialty occupation under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b), is restricted, except for those aliens whose petitions are accompanied or supplemented by a payment of $100,000 — subject to the exceptions set forth in subsection (c) of this section. This restriction shall expire, absent extension, 12 months after the effective date of this proclamation, which shall be 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on September 21, 2025. (b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall restrict decisions on petitions not accompanied by a $100,000 payment for H-1B specialty occupation workers under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the INA, who are currently outside the United States, for 12 months following the effective date of this proclamation as set forth in subsection (a) of this section. The Secretary of State shall also issue guidance, as necessary and to the extent permitted by law, to prevent misuse of B visas by alien beneficiaries of approved H-1B petitions that have an employment start date beginning prior to October 1, 2026. (c) The restriction imposed pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall not apply to any individual alien, all aliens working for a company, or all aliens working in an industry, if the Secretary of Homeland Security determines, in the Secretary’s discretion, that the hiring of such aliens to be employed as H-1B specialty occupation workers is in the national interest and does not pose a threat to the security or welfare of the United States.
The new $100k/year H1B fee is pure economic self-harm—workers making **5 times the median US income**, who contribute massively to the US, would still basically be unable to afford this fee
Oh, but never fear, the White House reserves the right to dish out exemptions as favors!
New, from me:
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
But her emails
Remarkable story in Mother Jones.. no wait. The Daily Beast. No, sorry. Slate? The New Republic? Let me just take a big sip from my brandy snifter and look at the URL…
www.wsj.com/economy/the-...
State Innovation Exchange (SiX) has been doing this for progressives too, although not to the same scale unfortunately (disclaimer: I have no relation to ALEC the organization)
Protecting the #FreedomToInvest means protecting investors' right to consider all material financial risks - including climate. Former Rep. Carlos Curbelo’s latest in the Miami Herald explains why restricting responsible practices hurts both returns and taxpayers. www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-e...
#COYS
Among many other problematic tax policy decisions in the House GOP reconciliation proposal, apparently we don't have enough podcasters and should make their equipment deductible expenses now
The Trump regime wants to shred the Constitution
This is not how any government official should be communicating, this is full-on political screed.
These kind of attacks, paired with the attempt to revoke Harvard's c3 status, is so immensely dangerous to civil society.
My grandparents are incredibly talented artists, and got to learn a cool new medium for my grandfather's 89th birthday! Happy birthday Papa!
Republicans are once again seeking to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy by taxing university endowments. I supported research back in 2017 on why this is a bad idea that would only harm students, and it continues to be a bad idea today www.cbpp.org/blog/taxing-... @centeronbudget.bsky.social
Pritzker invokes his own Jewish background in responding to Trump:
"Stop tearing down the Constitution in the name of my ancestors. Do not claim that your authoritarian power grabs are about anti-semitism. When you destroy social justice, you are disparaging the very foundation of Judaism."
Join us in this effort to protect our freedom to express ourselves, to give, and to invest in our communities. cof.org/page/public-...
Kumar Abrego Garcia deserves due process and Gorka is trying to intimidate us all from exercising our First Amendment rights
Beyond unfair to taxpayers who have a filing obligation and are just trying to do the right thing. This will erode trust and reduce revenues
CDFIs fuel small businesses, homeownership & local economies. A recent Executive Order threatens the Treasury’s CDFI Fund, putting these investments at risk. We urge policymakers to protect this vital agency. Read our statement below. #econdev #CDFI @usimpinvalliance.bsky.social
The ABA supports the rule of law. Read full message: www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
Absolutely the first thought I had too
