Eliminating the sub-minimum wage would be far more beneficial for service workers.
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That was pretty quickā¦
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Yeah, thatā¦ and raising the minimum wage overall!
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Well at least he got to be Ranking Member of the Oversight Committee before he died. They can put it on his gravestone, I guess. Heās been replaced in the interim by Stephen Lynch. When Lynch was in the Massachusetts state House of Representatives, he introduced legislation to amend Massachusettsās hate crimes law to allow the gay panic defense, so Iām sure super glad heās in there. (/s for that last bit after the comma)
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Goddam Democratic leadership are willing to cede the entire Progressive wing of the party to oblivion rather than actually oppose the fucking fascists. I think Iām gonna be sick.
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According to Kylie Cheung at Jezebel, the problem with Nancy Mace is that she must be mentally ill to do what sheās doingā¦?
Sheās just an attention seeking asshole grifting her way to fame on the MAGA train. Nothing more, nothing less.
Now, if she was assaulted and had these images shared online, revenge porn fashion, then, letās hope the accused men are successfully taken to court. However, she does not seem to be doing that. She is literally grandstanding in congress over it, and using it to shield herselfā¦
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Doctors and providers who administer medical treatments for gender dysphoria to patients younger than 18, including hormones and puberty blockers, would be subject to Class 3 felony charges punishable by up to 10 years in prison if the legislation is enacted.
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God, I despise that woman.
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In many states, tipped workers can legally be paid sub-minimum wage on the grounds that they can theoretically make up the difference through tips. It doesnāt take very much imagination to consider all the reasons why this is really terrible.
How about increasing wages and standards so that workers donāt need to rely on tips, and so that we can do away with the tipping culture here that nobody likes anyway.
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Republican moves to expel Rep. LaMonica McIver from Congress
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/21/lamonica-mciver-expel-congress-nancy-mace
Nancy Mace.
Assholes, all the way down.
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Not sure if the Senate will stop this disaster or not, but I guess thatās our only hope at this point. They had to make it substantially worse to get the far fascists on board, but here we goā¦
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Meanwhile, Mace is fucking grifting on sexual assault. God, these people are the scum of the earth.
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But Stateās Rights! Oh, yeah, that only applies to rightwing bullshit, doesnāt it.
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I think the thing that irritated me the most when this happened is just how much the argument from the Dems came across like āheās served his time he deserves this for his long careerā as if it was an ice cream reward at the end of a run.
Iād say that the fact that his last year of service is now a dark punchline is sadder.
Reeks of management by attrition.
Thatās bad enough in a regular job but in this particular job people hold literal elections to stave this off and these folks are still like this?
The more conservative wing of the party could have washed itās hands of AOC this way too. Like, oh how sad he had to withdraw to battle cancer. I guarantee if they put enough pressure on him he would have done the right thing.
Then itās like the GOP with MAGA: āWe wish we didnāt end up leaving this radical in this positionā¦ oh well.ā
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Especially now.
Itās not like he wouldnāt have continued to have health insurance if he left. And two full government pensions. And a high net worth.
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