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Paul Pelosi made $38 million in stock trades leading up to Trump’s inauguration, including investing in a small AI firm whose shares rose nearly 50% last week.

This has again raised the issue of Congressional stock trading, especially as federal involvement in AI increases.

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With Biden’s grant of clemency, Leonard Peltier’s racist political imprisonment has ended It is with the greatest euphoria, the greatest elation, call it what you will, that I pen this article celebrating the issuing of clemency to long suffering, unjustly incarcerated Indigenous fighter a...

With Biden's grant of clemency, Leonard Peltier's racist political imprisonment has ended. Just minutes before his term ended, Biden did what was so long hoped for, that which the Indigenous movement had so long fought for.
#news #law
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22.01.2025 18:31 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Democratic lawmakers in California, Colorado, New Jersey, New York and Virginia have all introduced bills to ban corporate landlords from using pricing software that enables collusion and leads to increased rents.

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Labor militancy erupts in New York in runup to the holidays QUEENS, New York—In the run-up to the holiday season, the diverse, working-class New York City borough of Queens seemed to suddenly erupt with labor militancy.

Labor militancy erupts in New York in runup to the holidays
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Okay but how did John Williams sneak in

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6500+ hours and the top 2 doofuses probably have 6000 of them.

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Illinois unions discover Marriott imported non-union contractors from around the country BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL, Ill.—Laborers Local 362 (LiUNA) began picketing the Uptown Marriott Hotel here on Nov. 13 as a force of non-union renovation contractors started their work day. The Laborers were t...

Continuing labor coverage in Bloomington, #LiUNA 362 has been picketing out of town, non union, laborers being exploited by the contractor working 7 days a week, generally illegal in IL, and without OT or per diem.

#unionstrong

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03.12.2024 18:44 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

An infographic about US abolitionist John Brown, who was executed on this day in 1859.

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Facing austerity drive, Illinois State University tenure track faculty fight for contract NORMAL, Ill.—United Faculty at Illinois State University, a chapter of University Professionals of Illinois (IFT/AFT-AAUP), continues to battle with university administration for a fair contract.

First People's World in a while is out. Tenure track faculty have been fighting for a contract against an ornery university for nearly 10 months now.

#unionstrong

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