I wanted to write about immigration yesterday, after news broke that Donald Trump had fired Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, but I just didn’t think that I could do the subject justice, given the sheer magnitude of everything that’s been happening. But, with that said, I’ve decided to give it another shot right now. […]
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Lacking any other ideas, Trump and doubles down on border cruelty, firing everyone who stands in Stephen Miller’s way
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged anti-immigrant, asylum, blue tape, Calexico, Claire Grady, cruelty, Customs and Border Patrol, deterrent, El Paso, EPA, executive orders, family separation, FEMA, Flores v. Reno, gangs, Homeland Security, ICE, immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, immigration law, international trade. Mexico, Jeff Sessions, Jenny Lisette Flores, Kirstjen Nielsen, Mick Mulvaney, Mike Pompeo, ports of entry, racism, Randolph "Tex" Alles, Secretary of Defense, southern border, Stephen Miller, United Nations, White House Chief of Staff, xenophobia, zero tolerance 28 Comments
Zingerman’s founder Paul Saginaw on his time with Obama, the importance of raising the minimum wage, and why business owners should invest in their employees instead of their lobbyists
Early last winter, when the National Restaurant Association issued a formal statement about how raising the minimum wage would kill their industry, Paul Saginaw, one of the co-founders of Ann Arbor’s iconic Zingerman’s Deli, felt compelled to respond, and argue in favor of raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25. “We would be irresponsible employers […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, Food, Michigan, Politics, Sustainability, Uncategorized Also tagged abortion, affordable housing, Ben's Chili Bowl, Busboys and Poets, Business for a Fair Minimum Wage, campaign spending, Cheetos, civil unrest, communities of hate, community chest, compassion, Costco, Crain’s Detroit Business, Debbie Dingell, debt, Democratic Steering Committee, Detroit News, dishwashing, emergency relief, Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013, food service, Gary Peters, hairy underbellies, health insurance, hugs, hypocrisy, Joseph Stiglitz, lobbyists, Lori Saginaw, Lynn Yates, Mark Schauer, Matt Greff, medical debt, minimum wage, Mitch Albom, money as free speech, National Restaurant Association, non-tip restaurants, Obama, Obamacare, open book finance, Paul Saginaw, Planned Parenthood, profit sharing, Raise Michigan, Rene Greff, reuben, Rick Strutz, ROC, Secretary of Labor, student debt, Supreme Court, Thomas Perez, thrivable wage, tipping, Tom Harkin, Zingerman's 49 Comments
Somewhere, tonight, right wing tough guy, Ted Nugent, shits his pants in fear of the Secret Service
While I’m busy working on something else, I thought that you might want to check out this footage of Michigan’s hardest rocking serial pedophile, the gleefully masochistic, draft dodging, Ted Nugent, getting himself into a shit-load of trouble with the Secret Service… Apparently, you see, they don’t like it so much when you suggest in […]
Posted in Media, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged gun violence, National Rifle Association, NRA, Obama, Ted Nugent, threat of assassination, threats of violence, violence on the extreme right 40 Comments