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CDC finally relented on seniors over the age of 65 and people with high risk/compromised immune systems should be getting them every 6 months, but yeah just yearly for now. I have seen a few people who I would say are more out on the fringes pushing for multiple per year, but not voices I totally trust

 

As a matter of practicality, I don’t think the redbaiting stuff is actually that meaningful. The political figure I’ve most seen called a socialist/communist in my life is Obama, who served two full terms having won both elections kinda comfortably and left with a high approval rating despite being constantly called a socialist for like 9 straight years. Probably the only point Mayo Pete has ever made i really cared about is that if Joe Manchin were the only Dem left, they’d call him a socialist.

Moreover, a workers party should talk about their agenda and political project in terms of class antagonism for sure, but it doesnt need to say “hey we’re socialists here.” As I’ve said in here before, i have members who I’d bet my paycheck voted for Trump but that I’ve also heard describe their view of themselves and their working lives in pretty clear Marxist terms. I’m a Marxist and those principles guide a lot of the labor organizing work, but i don’t say “we’re doing communism here.” I don’t think that’s necessary, and I think Americans are conditioned to run from that terminology.

I guess what I’m saying is, all American mainstream political options - Republican, Democrat, Harris, Trump, FOX News, CNN, MSNBC, Tech, Finance etc. - are largely unpopular. If I’m building a new party meant to appeal to working people, I’m saying be in a Party diametrically opposed to all of those things. Define ourselves in part by defining what we are not.

 

I'm trying to remember this now....wasn't there like something where Biden got them to agree to go back to work/not strike for a very small concession (something like they all got one extra sick day or something lame like that), but then the contract talks that commenced after that ended up leading to a big win for them? So much shit has happened between then and now hah

 

I feel like that sounds correct, I just remember listening to something about the post election and it was brought up that President and the Kamala campaign never went back and highlighted the win for the union it was. I think this because in like one of the focus groups or someone they interviewed on why they voted for Trump that person brought it up on how they did not treat the railworkers correctly.

 

I personally know nurses who were going to work at nursing homes for weeks (possibly months) without getting paid at all

 

Interesting what I learned from this was the "Elon Musk is jumping in to save Infowars!" Stuff is overblown. They only intervened regarding the sale of the Inforwars Twitter account rights.

 

lol her WNBA team disowned her

 

poppers, meth, ket

 

So I guess around here that cold that is going around is either a bad cold or is/ends up as walking pneumonia. Guess our local hospital has been flooded with cases of it according to our local subreddit.

My fiancé still does not have her voice fully back after like a week, feel like I live with a different person lol. She sounded like Minnie Mouse for a few days.

 

Why does that make me think of Futurama where the President's heads are encased in glass

 

things you'd find at a Charli XCX concert

 

A majority of democrats were more enthusiastic about Kamala Harris after the Liz Cheney endorsement.

what a cursed party.

 

Lmfao

 

And probably more importantly, it doesn’t seem like it moved the needle at all with Republicans, which was also apparently the plan.

47% and 43% of Republicans said the Cheney endorsement made them less enthusiastic about Harris! And similar numbers said it made no difference.

Fucking predictable ass own goal.

 

I used to feel guilty when I did it. But a lot of coworkers and teacher friends have been telling me “you have the days, so use them”.
The only thing that sucks is when there are no subs (since no one wants to anymore) and other teachers miss their breaks cause the gym, art, or music teachers have to do it.

 

I'm the same way but no one remembers if you never take time off and all that happens is you kill yourself, meanwhile also no one cares if you take a day off

 

where is Frued ...