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   keithzg (keithzg@slop.social)'s status on Thursday, 08-Aug-2024 03:10:20 JST keithzg

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   • inquiline

   @inquiline@union.place Notably,he also vetoed pay raises for rideshare drivers while supporting efforts to keep Lyft and Uber in the state.Which puts him in the same anti-worker, pro-gig-work alignment as Harris (whose brother in law is Uber's Chief Legal Officer). So that's an area that will have to see MAJOR grassroots pressure to have any hope of getting even non-terrible policy out of a Harris administration.
   
   (I've been paying attention to Harris's career for a while now since she's been on my Californian ballots for years, and I'm pretty pessimistic about this. I certainly expect Lina Khan to be replaced. But that's where my approach to applying pressure starts here: with direly low expectations which I will absolutely not shut up about unless Harris wins and subsequently proves me wrong.)

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     inquiline (inquiline@union.place)'s status on Thursday, 08-Aug-2024 03:10:21 JST inquiline

     As a former Minnesotan who doesn't pay very close attention to the state's politics (but much more than a state to which I have no ties), it's my understanding that everything good Walz did, it's because voters and organizers pushed good bills into the legislature for him to sign. He also did bad things.

     The lesson: push him and Harris, and no need for hero worship.

     (Tho I too am happy it's not Shapiro)

     #uspol

     carl marks repeated this.