He’s already gotten endorsements from some of the most influential progressives. Fuck the centrists. NY wants change that benefits the working class.

https://www.zohranfornyc.com/endorsements

I know it’s not the intended use, but can you sit comfortably and relax in a sex swing? I like the idea of a tree swing with neck and leg support. I’d take naps out there.

The overtime and tips are capped at $25k, which is nothing to either group. The people who rely most heavily on overtime pay are contractors and tradespeople who get overtime after 8 hours in a day. The federal tipped worker minimum wage is $2.13/hr. In many states, they’d still be below the poverty line at $25k.

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After the midterms, of course.

Grandma is not the problem. It’s the ~800 billionaires in the US controlling sizable portions of single-family residences through private equity, artificially controlling market prices for maximum profit per sale. Blackstone alone owns 300,000 residences.

Fun Fact: There are 16 million vacant homes nationwide. That’s 28 vacant homes for every unhoused person.

https://ips-dc.org/report-billionaire-blowback-on-housing/

Gotta make you understand

It’s state capitalism or crony capitalism. The state controls far more of the wealth, growth, and private sector than in capitalism. They do that with under the guise of public welfare. Look at how well it’s going.

So no, it’s not socialist, but it’s not really capitalist either.

Clearly the thread was lost on you. You contested the commenter’s point about not trusting anybody by saying not to trust capitalists. I was contesting your comments by pointing out that Russian socialism is no better. I’m sorry if that was confusing for you.

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Putin’s really looking out for the collective good of Russian society by throwing all of their able-bodied men at Ukraine though.🙄

One-sided criticism is unfortunately popular on Lemmy.

That’s false. Judge Merchan elected to commute Trump’s sentence. They previously determined that the SCOTUS ruling for presidential immunity did not apply to the criminal business fraud case. His actions were not determined to be “official acts of the office of the president.”

True. It’s long overdue regardless. We are still using the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA). Obama pushed for immigration reform, but all Congress was able to pass with a weak majority was DACA in 2012.

Republicans want a broken system so they have a scapegoat for elections.

Absolutely. The solution is comprehensive immigration reform. Until Congress passes it, we will continue to deport people due to our overcomplicated and flawed system.

It’s also important to note that more immigrants cross the border under Democratic presidents, and most deportations under those presidents are people caught at the border, versus the rounding up and deporting of working, tax-paying immigrants who have been here for years.

Same here. Interestingly enough, it’s actually somewhat common.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09593535221074806

I wasn’t speaking competitively, but as a point of awareness. I fall under both anyway. Sorry if my reply came off as standoffish. Trans people are more aware of their persecution, so I think it’s also important to remind people with ASD that they’re a target for RFK.

That transgender people will be the next target over autistic people. I think it depends on how much support Trump gives RFK for his mission.

I’m not so sure. Don’t forget RFK appointed David Geier to “cure US the autism epidemic.”

David worked with his father, a doctor, on a supposed ‘cure’ for autism. They experimented on neighborhood autistic kids in their basement. Their hypothesis is that since autism has links to gender dysphoria, that hormones must be at fault. They began giving the children injections of Lupron, a hormone suppressant that can cause chemical castration over time.

They were both charged with endangering minors, David was charged with practicing medicine without a license, and his father’s medical license was revoked.

Fun fact: Autism Spectrum Disorder was rebranded from Asperger’s when the DSM-5 was updated in 2013. They decided to finally drop the name of Dr. Hans Asperger, the German scientist who experimented on ‘autistic psychopaths’ under Nazi guidance.

The right finally gets a Jill Stein. Good luck with that.

That’s still completely true. Not only that, Congress and SCOTUS can nullify any executive order.