California’s “Progressive” War on Workers Goes National

Thomas Knapp: On October 13, the US Department of Labor published a “draft rule” which, if adopted, will escalate California’s disastrous war on workers and the “gig economy” to the national level. Like California’s Assembly Bill 5, the Department of Labor’s rule would force companies who use services offered by “independent contractors” (think Uber, Lyft, Instacart, et … Continue reading California’s “Progressive” War on Workers Goes National → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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Biden’s (Mild) Marijuana “October Surprise”: Good Start. More, Please.

Thomas Knapp: After decades as one of America’s most vicious and uncompromising drug warriors — and three years of promising to become less vicious and more compromising — US president Joe Biden finally took action. On October 6, he announced pardons for thousands of Americans convicted in federal court of “simple marijuana possession,” urged governors to do … Continue reading Biden’s (Mild) Marijuana “October Surprise”: Good Start. More, Please. → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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Bombing The Crimean Bridge And Threatening Belarus Were Strategic Miscalculations

Voice of East: Bombing The Crimean Bridge And Threatening Belarus Were Strategic Miscalculations By Andrew Korybko In hindsight, those two supplementary steps in support of their plans to invade Novorossiya – the Crimean Bridge terrorist attack aimed at crippling Russia’s military logistics and threatening... Read More › - Voice of East
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The Crimean Bridge Terrorist Attack Could Be A Game-Changer In The Ukrainian Conflict

Voice of East: The Crimean Bridge Terrorist Attack Could Be A Game-Changer In The Ukrainian Conflict By Andrew Korybko Seeing as how it’s almost certain that the US at the very least had advance knowledge of this terrorist attack, not to mention possibly played... Read More › - Voice of East
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The Herschel Walker Life Hack for Would-Be Politicians

Thomas Knapp: In every election cycle, one or more candidates for public office end up getting publicly dragged through the mud over alleged past non-political actions. Sometimes the allegations are true. Sometimes they aren’t. When they are true, they’re sometimes really terrible — and, given the candidate’s policy positions, indicative of hypocrisy — and sometimes blown out … Continue reading The Herschel Walker Life Hack for Would-Be Politicians → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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The Left Needs to Leave Trump Behind on Trade

Thomas Knapp: “GOP Needs to Leave Trump Behind on Trade” proclaimed the Wall Street Journal opinion page on October 3.   The Cato Institute’s Jeb Hensarling offered “a refresher course on the dangers of protectionism” to Republicans who have yet to reckon with the economic losses stemming from Trump’s full-throated embrace of tariffs — or to reconcile their … Continue reading The Left Needs to Leave Trump Behind on Trade → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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Note to SCOTUS: Section 230 is an Acknowledgement of Reality, Not a “Liability Shield”

Thomas Knapp: The US Supreme Court has agreed, in its coming session, to hear an appeal in the case of Gonzalez v. Google. The case deals with one aspect of “the 26 words that created the Internet” — Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. As is usually the case when Section 230 comes up, the pundit-media industrial … Continue reading Note to SCOTUS: Section 230 is an Acknowledgement of Reality, Not a “Liability Shield” → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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China is Not Capitalist and it is Not Yet Communist

Kim Petersen: There are many western commentators who, apparently in profound dismay that a country which holds up the banner of socialism could be so economically successful, tiresomely deny that China practises socialism and insist that it is instead capitalist. Author Jeff Brown wrote that China is “history’s most successful socialist and communist country.” This conflation of […] The post China is Not Capitalist and it is Not Yet Communist first appeared on Dissident Voice. - Kim Petersen
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Putin’s Revolutionary Manifesto Focuses On The Struggle For Democracy Against The Deep State

Voice of East: Putin’s Revolutionary Manifesto Focuses On The Struggle For Democracy Against The Deep State By Andrew Korybko The New Cold War is all about autocracy versus democracy like the US claims, but true to fashion, the leader of the Golden Billion lies... Read More › - Voice of East
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Presidents Should Avoid Disaster Areas

Thomas Knapp: As surely as day follows night, a presidential visit follows any major disaster in the United States, so it’s no surprise that US president Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden plan, as reported at Politico, to personally “survey storm damage” from Hurricanes Fiona and Ian, and “meet with officials,”  in Puerto Rico and Florida. … Continue reading Presidents Should Avoid Disaster Areas → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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