Trump’s Push for More Deportations Could Boost Demand for Foreign Farmworkers With ‘Guest Worker’ Visas
More slave labor was always the goal.
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Adams Asks Feds to Probe Conditions at Designed-to-Evade Supervision ICE Lockup in Manhattan
ICE lawbreaking continues yet pressure on NYC Mayor Adams so far has elicited only a wet noodle lashing.
Read more...Good Riddance: CalPERS’ Atrocious General Counsel Matt Jacobs to Retire
A partial catalogue of the horrowshow of Matt Jacob’s tenure as CalPERS general counsel.
Read more...Stop Israel’s Dystopian “New Improved” Concentration Camp Plan—Before It’s Too Late
Israel keeping finding new lows in depraved behavior. Now we have Israel trying to brand a concentration camp as a “humanitarian city”.
Read more...Del Monte Foods Goes Into Bankruptcy: A Trump Tariff Casualty
Struggling Del Monte Foods keeled over due to its exposure to steel and aluminum cost increases from ‘Trump’s tariffs.
Read more...“The Pandora’s Box Has Been Opened”: Von der Leyen Faces Impeachment Risk
EU Commission head Ursula von der Leyen is (finally) in some trouble. How much of a sweat does she need to break to survive?
Read more...The Rule of Law Is Key to Capitalism − Eroding It Is Bad News for American Business
It is a sad sign of the extent of libertarian propaganda that an apple-pie-and-motherhood issue like the rule of law needs defending.
Read more...Can Unions Really ‘Lead the Resistance to Authoritarianism?’
Probably not in their current form, but there’s a counterintuitive argument that we should be cheering for the Supreme Court to dismantle the National Labor Relations Board in order to revitalize labor.
Read more...Why the US and the WTO Should Part Ways
In another sign the old international order is breaking as the US flails about, a serious call for the US to leave the WTO.
Read more...ICE’s Rap Sheet Grows With Continuing Defiance of Congressional Oversight at Facilities, Attempt to Write Its Own Rules
ICE is becoming even more high-handed in its defiance of legally mandated Congressional oversight rights.
Read more...Via the False Claims Act, NIH Creates Another Weapon for Ideological Enforcement at Universities
Universities are loath to take NIH funding due to “evil” grant terms that make ideological non-compliance subject to False Claims Act damages
Read more...Plans for More Intense Censorship if US Joins Israel Attack on Iran?
A Twitter post gives a credible forecast of the intensification of censorship that is in store if the US directly attacks Iran.
Read more...Forcible Removal of US Sen. Alex Padilla Signals a Dangerous Shift in American Democracy
Trump’s war against the Constitution, Congressional oversight powers, and legislation escalates with the man-handling of Senator Padilla
Read more...Those Who Would Be King
Trump’s June 14 spectacle is an exploitation of the military for personal and political gain. Will No King protests make a dent?
Read more...How the ICE Raids and Crackdowns on Anti-Genocide Speech Are A Threat to All American Workers
The precarity of the undocumented worker is the future of US labor relations.
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