The big jump in hourly pay in November isn’t inflationary. Working families’ real earnings are no higher than they were before the pandemic.
The Federal Reserve is poised to punish workers even as paychecks have been shrinking
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What if we cut the defense budget to give Americans inflation relief?
Media Prescribe More ‘Pain’ for Workers as Inflation’s Only Cure
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell is profit’s prophet and the corporate media are his cultish devotees, joining hands to sacrifice working people. In this cult, profit is sacrosanct.
Media Prescribe More ‘Pain’ for Workers as Inflation’s Only Cure
Stephen Kinnock confirms the Scab Labour Party supports the army being brought in to break strikes.
Labour MP Stephen Kinnock confirms that the Scab Labour Party supports the army being brought in to break strikes.
4 miles down the road from the constituency Stephen Kinnock represents is Tonypandy.
The army was used there to break a strike once, too.
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More Biden Oil And Gas Restrictions Are On The Horizon
Despite pleading with oil and gas companies to boost their output in recent months, to tackle global shortages and rising prices, President Biden is once again hitting the industry hard by proposing a greater emissions reduction in operations. And he’s not the only one, as the U.K. and EU look to reduce gas flaring and venting practices to curb their methane emissions in line with climate pledges.
More Biden Oil And Gas Restrictions Are On The Horizon
Ukraine’s Appetite for Weapons Is Straining Western Stockpiles
“I think everyone now is sufficiently worried,” a NATO official said.
Ukraine’s Appetite for Weapons Is Straining Western Stockpiles (Archived)
Waiting on someone to run out, first. Doubt that it will be Russia.
Taco Bell, Subway and More Major Chains Facing Lettuce Shortage
Taco Bell, Subway and More Major Chains Facing Lettuce Shortage
The lettuce shortages include both romaine and iceberg lettuce as prices have skyrocketed nearly 400% since 2019. The average price for a box of iceberg lettuce in October was $67, up significantly from the $14 it cost just a few years ago, per Restaurant Business Online.
Are Biden & Putin ACTUALLY Talking???
Nov 9, 2022 – It’s been firmly established in the American media and by countless blue checks on Twitter that negotiation of ANY KIND with Putin’s Russia is unacceptable, appeasement and a betrayal of the Ukrainian people. Just ask the House progressives who were widely excoriated for penning a mildly-worded letter to the White House advocating diplomacy with Russia. Except now it turns out, according to a Wall Street Journal article, that White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan is, in fact, engaging in diplomacy with his Russian counterparts.
Jimmy and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss whether it’s a good idea for competing nuclear powers to discuss ways to avoid World War III.
Are Biden & Putin ACTUALLY Talking???
A Bottomless Pinocchio for Biden — and other recent gaffes
President Biden is a self-described “gaffe machine.” That’s no excuse, of course, for a president making false or misleading statements. Readers have asked for fact checks of a variety of recent Biden statements, but none of them seemed big enough for a stand-alone fact check. So here’s a roundup of some of the president’s recent errors of fact, made as he has barnstormed the country boosting Democrats and raising contributions in advance of the midterm elections. We generally do not award Pinocchios for roundups like this — but for reasons that will become clear, we need to make an exception for the first one.
A Bottomless Pinocchio for Biden — and other recent gaffes (archived)
Ask Prof Wolff: Fed Reserve Blames Inflation on Workers
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