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'Weird Alex' Pareene
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The AP (Alex Pareene) Newsletter Contributing editor, The New Republic
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If the governor is so concerned about a lack of revenue for NJ transit & the lack of a proper environmental review for congestion pricing, why is he spending $4.7 billion to widen an 8-mile stretch of highway, instead of investing in transit that would help the environment?
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Today’s decision by @USDOT to allow New York’s congestion pricing plan to move forward is unfair and ill-advised. I support congestion pricing conceptually, but it must be fair to all sides. Placing an unjustified financial burden on hardworking New Jersey commuters is wrong.
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In 2019, L.A. police helicopters flew over Black residents twice as many hours as white residents, data provided to showed They also flew at lower altitudes over Black census tracts, often under the FAA's 1,000-foot threshold
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love to live in a society where there are "consequences" (abandonment and murder) for "behavior" by people at the bottom and not even the possibility of shame let alone accountability, ever, for the behavior of the people at the top
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Utterly speechless at Hochul's statement. ny1.com/nyc/all-boroug
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we really have to stop taking these "labor shortage" arguments at face value. The number of unemployed persons per job opening in Iowa is unchanged since prior to covid. These laws are designed to 1) combat increase union activity 2) make legal child labor they're ALREADY doing
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At 4am, Republicans in the Iowa Senate passed a bill allowing 14-year-olds to work nightshifts, 15-year-olds to work assembly lines, and 16-year-olds to serve alcohol. They’re trying to use child labor to fix their labor shortage.
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Fact #11: The site will include 4 small buildings to simulate real-world training for @atlanta_police and @atlfirerescue personnel. The buildings will include a simulated nightclub, house, gas station & motel/apartment building. ATLTrainingCenter.com
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New Mexico police officers shot an armed homeowner this month at what turned out to be the wrong address. Before they shot and killed they even questioned if they might be at the wrong house. Still shot. And killed.
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NEW: Meet the unlicensed/uninsured drivers who use fraudulent temporary license plates to mask their identity on the road. They find the tags in a thriving black market operating in plain sight online. The 3rd/final story in our series on temp tag fraud.
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Spent my whole fucking life voting defensively, having to choke down some lame suit-and-tie asshole in the general to avoid a worse asshole. Absolutely thrilled to have voted for Brandon Johnson. He wants all the things I want and he's going to be the fucking mayor.
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