... Now with the stroke of a pen, the @USDOL has decided that one way to overcome this crisis is to suspend fairness rules on these projects. This is a further expression of the racism evidenced by the Trump Administration...
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Today, I learned that the Department of Labor is suspending its affirmative action guidelines. For decades we have fought to ensure that minority and women owned businesses were given the opportunity to work on federal, state, and local projects...
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...On the day the Senate passed the largest economic stimulus package in American history, the Administration has decided now is the time to cut out women and minority owned businesses. https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/National-Interest-Exemption-Memo-Coronavirus-Relief-Efforts.pdf …
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@MSNBC tonight with@JoyAnnReid at 8 PM to discuss this and the President's statements regarding a potential quarantine.Show this thread
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The Shock Doctrine of disaster capitalism at work. Naomi Klein fully explains it in her book of the same name. She recently released an excellent video on what the rich and powerful will be doing during the pandemic, and what we need to do in response.https://www.democracynow.org/2020/3/19/naomi_klein_coronavirus_capitalism …
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It's late stage capitalism: Too heavy economy Nationalism Populism Colonial nostalgia A pyramid on its apex, upside down, and Covid-19 is the strong wind that will topple it.
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Trump administration will destroy civil rights in this country before it’s over.
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That's the plan.
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The letter states the
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What is the reasoning given behind this?
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