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Jan142025 by adminNo Comments
Bannon calls Musk ‘wicked’ and ‘racist’ as MAGA civil war boils over

Bannon calls Musk ‘wicked’ and ‘racist’ as MAGA civil war boils over

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There's a war underway in MAGA world, in between 2 of President-elect Donald Trump's a lot of power-hungry advocates.Trump's absence of meaningful policy objectives beyond decreasing taxes for the abundant has actually developed a power vacuum in the conservative motion, with influencers like Trump benefactor Elon Musk and long time Trump consultant Steve Bannon fighting to identify the Republican Party's policy concerns.The fight boiled over in December, when Musk unnerved Bannon and numerous in the MAGA motion with his assistance for H-1B visas, which he recommended are needed for companies to work with qualified, knowledgeable employees from abroad.There were no "heros" in this battle. Naturally, some of the arguments by H-1B critics were racist, and Musk-- who appeared reluctant to gra...
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Apr132024 by adminNo Comments
Can the UAW Finally Organize the South?

Can the UAW Finally Organize the South?

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Postwar failure to arrange the South established bigotry and business greed. Now there's an opportunity to course-correct. Hyundai employees on an assembly line at a plent in Montgomery, Alabama. (Robert Sullivan/ Getty) It was the week before school began, and my mom and I had actually pulled into the parking area at Korvette's-- a discount rate outlet store in Northeast Philadelphia-- prepared to pack up on pencils, pens, structure note pads, and other materials, when she stopped dead and stated we were going in other places. Observing my confusion, she stated just, "We do not cross picket lines." Therefore started my political education. Several years later on, at Country associate editor Andrew Kopkind's kitchen area table in Vermont (where much of my greater political research stu...
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