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  • OREGON URGENTLY SHUTS DOWN SMALL FARMS EN MASSE “To Protect The People"

    03/28/2024 11:38:37 AM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 54 replies
    Yanasa ^ | 19/3/24
    1,932,140 views Mar 19, 2024 As A Man Thinketh PODCAST - Making Sense of Agriculture and Society 0:08 Oregon enforces laws to shut down small farms in the name of water conservation, affecting many farmers. 4:26 Legal battle in Oregon impacting small farmers and agricultural practices. 8:50 Oregon implements restrictive water regulations impacting small farms, potentially labeling them as confined animal feeding operations. 12:51 Government crackdown on small farms in Oregon impacting market gardeners and farmers. 16:51 Government regulations impacting small farms and animal farmers despite sustainable practices.
  • Center for Economic Justice and Action at UCSC leading University system participation in “End Hunger and Build Healthy Communities” challenge

    03/01/2024 3:50:02 PM PST · by artichokegrower · 29 replies
    KION ^ | February 29, 2024 | By Victor Guzman
    A nationwide call to end hunger and reduce diet-related diseases has been answered by more than 100 entities, including the University of California system which will be led by staff at the Center for Economic Justice and Action at UC-Santa Cruz. The recently announced program from the White House has received 141 commitments. The University of California would pave the way for advancing "current and new efforts" to help students with essential needs.
  • Judge in Trump civil fraud case denies request to delay $355 million penalty

    02/22/2024 1:56:32 PM PST · by Bobbyvotes · 57 replies
    foxnews ^ | February 22, 2024 | Bradford Betz
    A New York judge presiding over former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud case has denied his legal team’s request to avoid paying a $355 million penalty in the case. Trump lawyers had asked Judge Arthur Engoron to delay enforcement of the payment by 30 days to allow time for an "orderly post-judgement process." James said Monday she was prepared to seize former President Donald Trump's assets if he is unable to pay the massive judgment handed down in his civil fraud case. Trump's promised appeal is likely to halt collection of his penalty while the process plays out.
  • California Senator Pushing Bill Requiring Annual Gun Registration And Tax

    02/15/2024 7:13:01 PM PST · by Conservativetpa · 20 replies
    Tampa Free Press ^ | 02/15/2024 | Brian Burns
    The California legislature proposed a bill requiring gun owners to pay an annual tax and register each gun they own. The bill, SB 1160, was introduced by Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – Burbank) and would require the Department of Justice to register all firearms in the state annually.
  • Southern Poverty Law Center Spokesman Signed Letter Blaming Israel For Hamas Terrorism

    11/05/2023 10:40:48 PM PST · by Eleutheria5 · 43 replies
    Washington Free Beacon ^ | 4/11/23 | Alan Goodman
    A spokesman for the Southern Poverty Law Center signed a statement denouncing Israel as an "apartheid state" and "ethno-nationalist project," and blaming the Jewish state for provoking Hamas’s terrorist attacks that killed 1,400 Israelis. Michael Edison Hayden, a senior investigative reporter and spokesperson for the SPLC, and Hannah Gais, a senior researcher and journalist for the SPLC, both signed on to the open letter, which was published by a group called Writers Against the War on Gaza last Thursday. "Establishment media outlets continue to describe Hamas’s attack on Israel as ‘unprovoked,’" said the statement. "Writers Against the War on Gaza...
  • Obama warns about dangers of market-based systems: 'Compatible with slavery'

    11/04/2023 9:19:35 PM PDT · by Rusty0604 · 155 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | 11/04/2023 | Jenny Goldsberry
    But just because an economic system generated wealth and innovation doesn’t mean it guarantees a good society," Obama said. "Because from the outset, market-based systems have been compatible with slavery, caste systems, colonialization, war, exploration, corruption, fraud, autocracy, the poisoning of our natural environment." As Obama listed, the audience applauded. The former president went on to credit Democratic governments for "moderating capitalism's excesses" with a "social safety net." According to him, it will take "young leaders to help us think and act anew" about "creating an economic system that supports and sustains our democratic values."
  • Joe Biden Talks About "Transforming Our Economy" As Americans Earn Less And Pay More For Goods

    11/01/2023 5:24:12 PM PDT · by conservative98 · 12 replies
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  • Eric Adams supports controversial bill which decides whether black New Yorkers deserve reparations for slavery

    10/07/2023 3:54:54 PM PDT · by knighthawk · 52 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | October 7 2023 | FIONA CONNOR
    The office for New York City Mayor Eric Adams says it supports the 'spirit' of a legislation that could trigger black New Yorkers to be paid reparations for slavery. Sideya Sherman, commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Equity, said the controversial bill should be tweaked to avoid overlapping with two comparable state bills. The bill, which was created by Councilwoman Farah Louis to launch a task force to study the effects of racial discrimination on the city could potentially lead to payments being issued, The Post reports.
  • Chicago's mayor Brandon Johnson wants to push 'mansion tax' on homes that sell for more than $1 million - and members of his team want to tax households earning $100,000 or more in report named 'First We Get the Money'

    09/12/2023 3:55:25 PM PDT · by Libloather · 53 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 9/12/23 | Joe Hutchison
    Chicago's mayor Brandon Johnson is pushing a 'mansion tax' on sales of homes of more than $1 million, as his administration continues to push higher tax on households earning over $100,000. The newly elected mayor, who took over from his disastrous predecessor Lori Lightfoot in May of this year, wants to push a hike in taxes in order to fight homelessness in the city. Allies of Mayor Johnson, 47, have also announced plans to push a $12-billion plan for the city titled 'First We Get the Money'. The plan, seemingly named after a quote from the 1983 film Scarface, aims...
  • Governor bans carrying guns in Albuquerque after 11-year-old killed

    09/08/2023 5:56:19 PM PDT · by shadowlands1960 · 93 replies
    Santa Fe New Mexican ^ | September 8th, 2023 | Nicholas Gilmore
    Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday announced a new public health order that, she said, will ban people from carrying firearms, either open or concealed, in Albuquerque and throughout Bernalillo County for the next 30 days, regardless of whether they have a permit. Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, issued an executive order Thursday evening declaring gun violence a public health emergency. During a news conference Friday, she said she expects legal challenges to the public health order and expressed uncertainty about whether the order would prevail in court. The order states "no person, other than a law enforcement officer or licensed...
  • Biden’s DHS awards millions to LGBT, minority groups for ‘targeted violence and terrorism prevention’

    09/08/2023 5:34:04 PM PDT · by lowbridge · 19 replies
    theblaze.com ^ | September 8, 2023 | CANDACE HATHAWAY
    The Biden administration’s Department of Homeland Security announced on Wednesday that $20 million would be awarded to a number of organizations, including minority and LGBT groups, for “targeted violence and terrorism prevention.” The grants, awarded in the name of “equity,” will be provided to 34 organizations through the Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention Grant Program for Fiscal Year 2023 and administered by the DHS Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. In a Wednesday press release, the DHS said the funding aimed to help local communities “develop and strengthen their capabilities in combatting targeted violence...
  • California Bills Would Remove Visitation Rights for Parents who Don’t ‘Affirm’ Child’s Gender Identity

    09/06/2023 10:47:23 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 18 replies
    American Greatness ^ | September 6, 2023 | By Eric Lendrum
    Democrats in the state of California continue to double down on their support for transgenderism, and have now introduced legislation that would forbid parents from even seeing their child if they do not support the child’s “gender identity.” As reported by the Washington Free Beacon, Democrats in the state legislature have introduced two new bills, both of which would change California family law by making “gender affirmation” a part of children’s health, safety, and welfare. The first bill would grant judges the authority to take away custody from parents who do not “affirm” their child’s gender identity, while the second...
  • Canadian court upholds Jordan Peterson forced to undergo 'social media training' over controversial posts

    08/29/2023 11:18:34 AM PDT · by EBH · 35 replies
    Fox News ^ | 8/24/23
    Peterson has generated controversy in recent years with several posts calling out transgender ideology, politicians, and other topics. Last year, the psychologist was suspended from Twitter, now X, for rebuking transgender actor Elliot Page. Peterson posted, "Remember when pride was a sin? And Ellen Page just had her breasts removed by a criminal physician." Peterson was let back onto the platform following Elon Musk’s takeover of the social media company. That same year, Peterson also trashed Sports Illustrated for featuring a plus-sized model on its May cover, posting, "Sorry. Not beautiful. And no amount of authoritarian tolerance is going to...
  • Kotek appoints labor, civil rights attorney to Oregon Supreme Court (She has NO judicial experience!)

    08/17/2023 8:54:39 AM PDT · by aimhigh · 16 replies
    Bend Bulletin ^ | 08/16/2023 | CONRAD WILSON
    Gov. Tina Kotek appointed Oregon labor and civil rights attorney Aruna Masih as a justice to the state’s Supreme Court. “As a practicing attorney, Aruna will bring direct and recent experience working for people — an invaluable perspective that will strengthen the current Oregon Supreme Court,” Gov. Tina Kotek said. . . She does not have judicial experience, but told OPB during an interview she doesn’t believe that will be an issue as she joins the state’s high court.
  • A rallying cry for national rent control

    08/09/2023 6:27:43 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 51 replies
    The Hill ^ | 08/09/2023 | TRAM HOANG
    The Biden administration unveiled new protections for renters last month, including efforts to address incorrect tenant screening reports and offer better advance notice of evictions — important first steps to tackling our country’s housing crisis. The White House now has a significant opportunity to build on this announcement and bring relief to millions of households across the country with a new national rent control policy. Following a wave of historic tenant organizing, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) — which oversees government-sponsored enterprises that provide home loans and mortgages to landlords — is exploring ways to enact and enforce tenant...
  • California school board once in Newsom's crosshairs now sued by parents, teachers union challenging CRT ban

    08/06/2023 9:16:18 PM PDT · by artichokegrower · 6 replies
    FOX MEWS ^ | August 3, 2023 | Taylor Penley
    The Temecula Valley (California) School District's board is facing legal challenges over a ban on critical race theory instruction after its then-new conservative majority voted 3-2 to end the allegedly divisive curriculum in its schools last December. "The vague Resolution hinders Temecula educators’ ability to teach State-mandated content standards, prepare for the coming academic year, and support rather than stifle student inquiry. In turn, Temecula students are deprived of the opportunity to engage in factual investigation, freely discuss ideas, and develop critical thinking and reasoning skills," the lawsuit reads. "While harming all schoolchildren, the Resolution in particular injures children of...
  • How to be a leader for climate justice

    07/24/2023 8:06:10 AM PDT · by LucienCA13 · 18 replies
    Climate justice is taking center stage — geopolitically, socially and morally. In a contagiously courageous conversation, Member of Parliament in the UK David Lammy and Tennessee state representative Justin J. Pearson discuss how brave leadership can shepherd global movements and uplift historically marginalized communities in the face of humanity's greatest challenge: climate change. "We must have outrage, but we must have optimism as well," says Lammy.
  • Would an occasional blackout help solve climate change?

    07/21/2023 5:03:02 PM PDT · by dynachrome · 106 replies
    LA Times ^ | 7-20-23 | SAMMY ROTH
    What’s more important: Keeping the lights on 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, or solving the climate crisis? That is in many ways a terrible qBut absent major breakthroughs in carbon-capture technology, we’ll eventually need to shutter most if not all of those gas plants to avoid disastrous temperature jumps. Scientists say we need to cut carbon pollution nearly in half by 2030. Could we get started ditching gas sooner — and save some money — by accepting a few more blackouts for the next few years? It’s a heretical question in power-grid circles. When I posed it...
  • STARBUCKS ILLEGALLY CLOSED UNIONIZED ITHACA STORE, JUDGE RULES (huh?)

    07/08/2023 6:31:18 PM PDT · by DeathBeforeDishonor1 · 52 replies
    Tag 24 ^ | 7/7/23 | Kaitlyn Kennedy
    Ithaca, New York - Starbucks broke US law when it closed a unionized store in Ithaca, a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) judge ruled on Thursday. Administrative law judge Arthur Amchan ruled that Starbucks closed its College Avenue café, located near the Cornell University campus, "in large part to discourage unionization efforts in Ithaca and elsewhere." The coffee chain announced it was shutting down the College Avenue store just two months after all three of its locations in Ithaca voted to unionize. This year, the company said it would close the other two stores as well. Amchan called for Starbucks...
  • Newsom proposes constitutional amendment to restrict gun rights

    06/08/2023 6:46:47 AM PDT · by PROCON · 81 replies
    foxnews.com ^ | June 8, 2023 | Chris Pandolfo
    California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to change the Constitution to curb gun rights.Fed up with inaction on gun control, Newsom unveiled a proposed 28th Amendment to the Constitution on Thursday that would implement "common sense" gun safety measures he claims have widespread bipartisan support..The Democratic governor's proposed 28th Amendment would not abolish the Second Amendment, which establishes a right to bear firearms for personal self-defense. However, it would raise the federal minimum age to purchase a firearm from 18 to 21; mandate universal background checks to purchase firearms; institute a waiting period for all gun purchases; and ban "assault...