Phoenix Arizona Republic: Politics
Tue, 05/01/2018 - 1:44pm
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Flanked by dozens of union members, a group of Colorado Democrats unveiled legislation Tuesday to remove a unique barrier to union organizing in the state. The proposal, which will not be introduced until the legislative session starts in early January, would repeal an 81-year-old requirement that unions in Colorado pass a second election to require dues from all workers they represent.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareRep. Nancy Mace (R-S. C.) has proven time and time again that she will do nearly anything to make headlines. But on Monday, she reached a new low, introducing a resolution seeking to bar transgender members and employees in the House of Representatives from using the bathrooms that correspond to their gender identity in the Capitol building.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareThis story was originally published on Judd Legum’s Substack, Popular Information, to which you can subscribe here. President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Elon Musk and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to head the Department of Government Efficiency. Despite the name, it is not a government department. In fact, it is not part of the government at all.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareDonald Trump is often described as unprecedented, but in winning a non-consecutive second term—thus occupying two numerical slots in the presidential order—he has a significant antecedent: Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th president. For more than a century, Cleveland, the first Democrat to occupy the White House during the postbellum period, enjoyed the distinction of being America’s only president to serve non-consecutive terms.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareThe leftist press is having a hard time keeping up with Trump’s rapid-fire Cabinet and staff nominations.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareStill reeling from President Trump’s great win, media economists argue that it wasn’t “fair” to hold inflation woes against the Biden-Harris regime.
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