Notices by RealJournalism (realjournalism@mastodon.social)

Russian attacks on #Ukraine in October killed nearly 200, injured over 900 civilians https://kyivindependent.com/russian-attacks-on-ukraine-in-october-killed-nearly-200-injured-over-900-civilians/ #Russia

Jake Tapper Bursts Out Laughing At JD Vance As He Tries To Explain Why Trump’s Allies Are Now Speaking Out Against Him https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/NmWK7c5pDzawtbjejHXRVdRPCjlhk9FW

It turns out that #Trump paid off RFK's law firm at least $100,000 in return for him dropping out and endorsing Orange Man. https://youtu.be/eNNxCQB3Uio

Following passage of a $20 minimum wage in #California, the number of fast food workers in the four county region the Pasadena Star-News covers has reached a record high of over 360,000 workers. It turns out that when workers are well-paid, they have disposable income and are willing to spend it. #Bidenomics works. #FightFor15 https://www.pasadenastarnews.com/2024/08/30/southern-californias-fast-food-jobs-at-record-high-for-3rd-straight-month/

A new report from the Boston Fed found that consumers are tapping their credit cards and taking out loans to manage inflation, which should more properly be called price gouging. That's the whole point. Jack up prices, then drive people into the debt trap when they see no other way out to make ends meet. https://www.paymentsdive.com/news/consumers-credit-cards-loans-to-manage-inflation-federal-reserve-report/725246/

Trump's only other policy to address housing is to lower interest rates. The problem is that he does not have the power to fire the Fed chair, which he found out the hard way. So that is just another of his empty promises.

Renewables generated over 40% of the world's electricity in 2023. That pace is continuing. #ClimateChange https://www.ecowatch.com/renewables-global-electricity-generation-2023.html

It helps that dictators and terrorists everywhere love Donald. He was endorsed by Putin, Kim Jong-Un, and Hezbollah during his first run. https://newrepublic.com/article/185164/kamala-harris-tim-walz-secret-weapon-republicans

#Russia deployed two priests to try and pray away the horrific fire in #Proletarsk. It didn't work. Another fuel tank exploded. More Russian stuff blowing up. #Ukraine https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/8/21/2264790/-Russian-stuff-blowing-up-Ukraine-s-offensive-in-Kursk-continues?pm_campaign=trending&pm_source=sidebar&pm_medium=web

In #Durham, the Plum Southern Kitchen & Bar says they are closed for summer vacation. It turns out that the employees quit en masse after the owner used a racial slur. #HateSpeech #FAFO #NorthCarolina https://indyweek.com/news/employees-at-upscale-durham-restaurant-quit-en-masse-after-the-owner-used-a-racial-slur/

Dozens of schools in #Georga were planning to offer African-American Studies advanced placement courses that they were hoping would boost Afro-Americans' ACT scores. Then, the State Superintendent of Public Schools yanked the rug out from under the pilot project in a move that left even Governor Brian Kemp perplexed. Elections matter. https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/georgia-governor-questions-state-school-chiefs-thinking-after-ap-african-american-studies

In #Idaho, an initiative petition would turn state primaries into a top four primary, with the top four, regardless of party preference, going on to face each other in November. Republicans are freaking out and filing lawsuits to stop it. https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/idaho-ag-labrador-sues-block-idahoans-open-primaries-initiative

Kamala #Harris had her first rally as the Presidential candidate in #Wisconsin. She will continue the theme of hope and change that Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and Joe Biden campaigned on. And she will not make the same mistake as Hillary Clinton and ignore Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania until it is too late. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/7/23/2257449/-An-Absolutely-Brilliant-Piece-of-Political-Rhetoric?pm_campaign=trending&pm_source=sidebar&pm_medium=web

The #Georgia State Election Board recently held an illegal meeting, with no quorum present, and the two Democrats on the board unable to be there, trying to sneak in rules changes that will benefit Donald #Trump in November. https://capitol-beat.org/2024/07/lawsuit-charges-state-election-board-with-meeting-illegally/

Back before she bent the knee to Donald Trump and groveled at his feet, Nikki Haley said that the first party to ditch its 80 year old leader would be the one to win. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/7/22/2257048/-With-GOP-now-stuck-with-old-man-Trump-let-s-hope-this-prediction-by-Nikki-Haley-comes-true?pm_campaign=trending&pm_source=sidebar&pm_medium=web

Kamala #Harris and her entire family have dedicated themselves to social justice causes since the 1960's. Her parents are both professors, and some of their former students are coming out of the woodworks to support the next President of the United States. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/7/22/2256855/-Kamala-s-parents?pm_campaign=trending&pm_source=sidebar&pm_medium=web

Kamala #Harris has raised $27.5 million, mostly in small donor donations, in the first five hours since Joe #Biden stepped down. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/7/21/2256517/-Let-s-flood-donations-to-Harris?pm_campaign=trending&pm_source=sidebar&pm_medium=web

Trench collapses have killed over 250 workers in the last decade. Nearly all of them were preventable. We need every workplace that wants it to have a union. We need a stronger OSHA, with the authority to enforce regulations, issue more fines, and jail CEO's that don't pay. https://www.apr.org/2024-07-21/trench-collapses-have-killed-hundreds-of-workers-in-the-u-s-over-the-last-decade

I have a hard time believing this. If 66% of voters had wanted Joe #Biden to drop out, he would have been voted out during the primaries. Or at least been given a strong primary challenge. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/7/21/2256228/-Do-you-buy-this-66-anti-Biden-poll?pm_campaign=trending&pm_source=sidebar&pm_medium=web

People are starting to say what I've been saying all along. The "concern" about Joe #Biden is coming from the millionaires and billionaires, not the 99%. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/7/19/2255934/-It-Was-Never-About-the-Debate?pm_campaign=trending&pm_source=sidebar&pm_medium=web