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Bernie Sanders says that ‘it's time’ for a four-day workweek in the US — with no loss of pay. Here's why it's not such a crazy idea for companies to try
When it comes to supporting America’s working families, you’d be hard pressed to find a more vocal advocate than U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders. Sanders’ most recent point of concern, is the standard 40-hour five-day work week. The Vermont Independent has declared “it’s time to move toward a four-day work week.”
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Justice Department Launches Marijuana Pardon Certificate Application
The Department of Justice on Friday launched an application form that people who were covered under President Joe Biden’s mass marijuana pardon can fill out to demonstrate that they were granted clemency. In October, Biden issued a proclamation granting a pardon to people who have committed cannabis possession offenses under federal law and in Washington, D.C. The relief was automatic, but advocates have pushed officials to provide an application that people can use to obtain certificates showing they are covered.
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Bad maps could cheat internet-starved Americans out of $43B
Major US carriers are exaggerating the availability of fixed wireless services and leaving under-served communities at risk of missing out on billions in federal funding that would pay for improved services. The findings, detailed in a Bloomberg report this week, found that T-Mobile and Verizon routinely claimed to offer fixed wireless services where no such service was actually available. The incentive to do so is obvious from a competitive standpoint: marketing is marketing after all.
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Trump makes shocking comments about trusting Putin over US ‘intelligence lowlifes’
Trump famously took Putin’s word on 2016 election interference during joint presser with Russian leader
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Washington D.C.'s free bus bill becomes law as zero-fare transit systems take off
D.C. is the largest U.S. city to codify a fare-free public transit system into law.
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DirecTV Drops Newsmax As Conservative Lawmakers’ Protest
The pay TV provider had been at odds with the news outlet over carriage terms.
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Last Boeing 747 rolls off line after half a century of production
After more than half a century of production, the last Boeing 747 has rolled out of a US factory in Washington state. Qantas’ last remaining 747 Jumbo Jet prior to its departure out of Sydney for the final time. The Qantas 747 fleet are finishing up after almost 50 years of service. Sydney airport, NSW, Australia. The final customer was the cargo carrier Atlas Air, which ordered four 747-8 freighters early this year. The final plane was rolled out of Boeing’s massive factory in Everett, Washington, on Tuesday night.
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Oath Keepers Threatened a ‘Bloody Civil War’ Over Biden’s Win in 2020
The Oath Keepers threatened a “bloody civil war” against a “puppet regime” if Joe Biden took the White House from Donald Trump, according to chat messages shown to jurors in the first Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy trial.
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FCC threatens to block calls from carriers for letting robocalls run rampant
It’s the most significant action to address robocalls.
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PnB Rock’s Suspected Killers Charged With Murder
A 17-year-old boy and his 40-year-old father are also facing robbery charges in connection with the killing of the rapper and singer
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Lady Gaga Dognapper Sentenced to Four Years In Surprise Plea: 'I Did Almost Die,' Victim Says
Lady Gaga’s former dog walker faced one of his assailants in a Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday and described his near-death attack as the defendant, Jaylin White, accepted a surprise plea deal and was sentenced to four years in state prison.
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Jackson sworn in, becomes 1st Black woman on Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in to the Supreme Court on Thursday, shattering a glass ceiling as the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court.
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Cable companies to offer effectively free internet to low-income homes
The Biden administration said it secured commitments from 20 internet service providers to either reduce prices or increase speeds to serve low-income households, according to a White House press release published Monday.
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John Oliver Blackmails Congress With Their Own Digital Data
John Oliver began his show by discussing the vile Russian propaganda the country’s state-run television networks have been spewing since the invasion of Ukraine, then transitioned to a totally different topic: vile American propaganda. Specifically, the ooze aired on One America News Network, or OAN, which famously became Donald Trump’s favorite source of policy guidance once Fox News got too liberal for him.
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Verizon Sends in Union Busters Against Washington Workers
Verizon retail workers in the Pacific Northwest say the company is pulling out all the stops to crush their efforts to form a union. In interviews, they said the company has been flying in executives and consultants as part of an intimidation campaign.
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Girl, 13, Arrested. Now Police Say Another Girl, 12, Framed Her
A 13-year-old girl was arrested in November for allegedly threatening classmates and staff members at her Pembroke Pines, Florida, school via Instagram. She spent 14 days in juvenile detention, Local 10 reports. Now, charges have been dropped against that girl—and another girl, 12, has been arrested and charged with framing the first girl, NBC News reports.
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Colleges and universities across the US are moving to ban caste discrimination
A tweak to California State University's anti-discrimination policy that quietly went into effect on January 1 acknowledges caste discrimination. Now that the largest university system in the country's most populous state has committed to caste protections, many hope the movement for caste equity will continue to grow.
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California's next attempt at universal basic income could be on college campuses
Some of California’s low-income college students could receive $500 a month in the Legislature’s latest approach to a guaranteed basic income plan.
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DirecTV Dumps OAN, Leaving It With No Major TV Distributor
Former president Donald Trump, known for his gluttonous diet of TV news, is going to have trouble finding one of his favorite far-right channels, One America News Network, in a few months. Satellite TV provider DirecTV, OAN’s largest distributor, said it was dumping the news network on Friday, Bloomberg reported. DirecTV’s decision is a huge blow to OAN, which is not available on any other major U.S. TV provider, but it’s not exactly a shock. OAN basically sued its way onto DirecTV in 2017 and has come under increased scrutiny since then for spewing lies, promoting conspiracy theories, and fomenting violence.
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LAPD fired two officers who ignored robbers to play 'Pokémon Go'
The early Pokémon Go frenzy apparently led to poor choices from two police officers. As Axios' Stephen Totilo and BBC News report, the LAPD is now known to have fired officers Louis Lozano and Eric Mitchell for ignoring a robbery on April 15th, 2017 to play Niantic's augmented reality blockbuster. Rather than respond to a radio call demanding backup for a theft at Macy's in the Crenshaw Mall, the policemen reportedly spent the next 20 minutes driving around to catch a Snorlax (an uncommon find in the game) and a Togetic.
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