You’re carefully taught It’s a common enough appeal. Common sense. So why is common sense so uncommon? Invoking common sense is often intended to quash inquiry, not stimulate it. Common sense. Game over. Earth is flat. It’s common sense. You have to produce an ID to get on an airplane. You should have to present one to vote. Remember when it was common, if not common sense, under Jim Crow to ask Black people to guess the number of jelly beans in a jar or recite the Preamble to the Constitution before they could vote? It’s always something (Bolts Magazine): In late May, the GOP-controlled New Hampshire legislature adopted a bill that would require people to present their birth certificate, passport, or naturalization papers proving their U.S. citizenship in order to register to vote, with no exceptions. That would be a major departure from longstanding New Hampshire law that allows people to sign sworn affidavits as a substitute if they don’t have proof of citizenship when they register to vote. It’s already a crime to register if you are ineligible. It’s already a crime to vote if you are ineligible.
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A UN investigation has revealed brutal acts by the Israeli military targeting men, women, and children, with victims' families forced to witness.
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"The pace and pathway for an amicable resolution of Kanaky-New Caledonia’s decolonisation challenges cannot, and must not continue to be dictated in Paris."
REQUIRED OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
AND HEALTH CHECKLIST
1. Are batteries in the flashlights up to date and working properly?
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2. Are flashlights easily accessible at all times?
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3. Are all flashlights really heavy?
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4. Has someone at the worksite been assigned the incredibly important job of holding the flashlight straight even though the flashlights are really heavy?
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He wants juries to stop finding defendants not guilty and to prevent judges from applying laws "differently" when they involve issues like climate change and anti-racism
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The leaflets give voters the false impression that she has been endorsed by the Reform UK leader
Fossil-fueled Democrats want to use unverifiable “certified gas” schemes to undermine one of Biden’s most important climate moves.
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As far as I understand it, community initiatives exist because enough people say they’re interested and start working towards the initiative’s goals.
So I thought I would try starting an initiative to solve a problem I see pop up fairly regularly:
Rep. Ro Khanna unveils his plan with Bernie Sanders to wipe out more than $200 billion in medical debt.
AFTER a listening campaign involving almost 800 voices across the Coffs Harbour, Bellingen, Nambucca, Macleay and Port Macquarie regions, Voices4Cowper is inviting people interested in running as an Independent in the next Federal election to submit an expression of interest through its website. Voices4Cowper formed in 2019 and supported the 2022 Federal Election campaign of...
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Today (June 13, 2024), the Australian Bureau of Statistics released the latest – Labour Force, Australia – for May 2024, which provides some increased clarity given the last few months have generated data that has been mixed in signal. The data for May 2024 shows employment continuing to increase, unemployment falling, and the participation rate…
We write in sadness and despair at your government’s failure to condemn openly and persistently the Israeli government’s determination to ethnically cleanse Palestine and to cause brutality, famine, death and destruction to a whole people and their country. From: Australian Academics To: The Hon Anthony Albanese MP Prime Minister, Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600 June Continue reading »
One of the great complaints of bosses and corporations is that they can’t fire people whenever they want to. Employee protections were one of the great victories of the 20th century and the union movement, though far more in Europe than in America, except in the Federal civil services.
But bosses do have a point: being able to get rid of employees without fuss isn’t unreasonable: they’re hired to do a job, and if you don’t like how they’re doing it, firing them makes sense.
At first glance the problem is that often such power is abused, in too many ways to recount.
But the real problem is that without a job, people suffer: they have less, they may wind up homeless, in the US they’re essentially cut off from medical care and so on.
The Target novelisations of Doctor Who Season 1 adventures The Church on Ruby Road, Space Babies, 73 Yards, and Rogue arrive in August.
The Supremes Have It, Why Not Trump? If you wonder why Alito and Thomas are basically telling the whole country “I do what I want” and daring anyone to try and do anything about it, here’s why: Sen. Lindsey Graham, the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee, plans to block an effort by Senate Democrats to unanimously pass a Supreme Court ethics bill Wednesday on the Senate floor. “I will object,” Graham, R-S.C., told NBC News. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., who chairs the Judiciary Committee, said earlier Tuesday that he would make a unanimous consent request to pass Supreme Court ethics legislation that the panel advanced last July. Graham’s objection means the bill won’t be able to move forward, because any senator can block a request. It isn’t clear whether the measure will come up for a vote under the normal process, but Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said he’s considering it. Even before Graham made his comments, Democrats doubted the legislation would advance.