One of the Most Influential Unions in Texas Just Came Out Against a Rising Democratic Contender
Mother Jones illustration; Lizzie Pannill Fletcher for Congress Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. With support from progressive groups like EMILY’s List, Houston attorney Lizzie Pannill Fletcher has proven herself a top Democratic contender to flip Texas Republican John Culberson’s congressional seat this fall. But on Thursday, Fletcher faced stiff criticism…
Say Goodbye To Your Tips
Pat Vasquez-Cunningham/Albuquerque Journal/ZUMAPRESS Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A few years ago, the Obama administration issued a rule saying that if a restaurant owner collected tips and put them in a pool, all the money had to go back to the wait staff. This rule is currently being litigated on…
Behold the Conservative Anti-Anti-Chief-Wahoo Argument
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I’m endlessly amazed at the stuff conservatives decide to kvetch about. Today at National Review, Philip DeVoe is unhappy that the Cleveland Indians have decided to get rid of their mascot, Chief Wahoo. Just to remind you, this is Chief Wahoo: The chief has been…
The Great Infrastructure Scam of 2018
Here’s some infrastructure work near my house. There’s a lot of it going on right now! You may be wondering how we manage to fund this, so here’s how we did it. First, the state of California raised its gas tax by 12 cents per gallon to raise $34 billion for new construction projects. Second,…
Judge Strikes Down Felon Disenfranchisement System in Florida
People stand in line to vote in the presidential election in 2012 in Miami. Lynne Sladky/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A federal judge in Florida has struck down Florida’s system for determining which ex-felons have the right to vote, handing an unexpected victory to advocates of broader voting rights.…
While You Are Tweeting About the Nunes Memo, Russia Is Plotting Its Midterms Attack
Alexei Druzhinin/Planet Pix/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It is working—the Trump-GOP campaign to distract attention from the Russia scandal. And this is placing the nation—literally and seriously—at risk. For the past week or so, the big kerfuffle dominating the news related to Russia has been over the memo—a classified memorandum…