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  • Note that it’s not a one time increase to that, it’s an increase each year until it reaches $30/hr by 2028

    Under the proposal, the minimum wage for hotel and airport workers would go up in increments of $2.50 per year, starting at $22.50 in July and moving to $25 in July 2026, $27.50 in July 2027 and $30 in July 2028.

    Yes, people organized around the olympics as a reason to push for the higher minimum wage. That’s not something hidden that’s something in the article

    The campaign for the so-called Olympic wage had been spearheaded by Unite Here Local 11, which represents hotel and restaurant workers, and United Service Workers West, a local of the Service Employees International Union whose members work at Los Angeles International Airport. Both organizations staged rallies, led marches and, this week, organized a three-day fast by tourism workers stationed outside City Hall.

    Also note that this is a city council decision in LA, not from the Governor Newsom







  • The article was using beef and lamb as an example. It holds across much more than those

    Plant-based protein sources – tofu, beans, peas and nuts – have the lowest carbon footprint. This is certainly true when you compare average emissions. But it’s still true when you compare the extremes: there’s not much overlap in emissions between the worst producers of plant proteins, and the best producers of meat and dairy.

    If you want a lower-carbon diet, eating less meat is nearly always better than eating the most sustainable meat.










  • It’s not voted on directly, you are going to want to talk to your state’s party chair to try to convince them vote on the type of chair like you would a congress person on a vote for something. In the body of the post, you can find how to find your state’s party chair

    Here’s the table copied over:

    State Chair | State Chair
    Alabama Randy Kelley | Montana Robyn Driscoll
    Alaska Mike Wenstrup | Nebraska Jane Kleeb
    American Samoa Patrick Ti’a Reid[15] | Nevada Daniele Monroe-Moreno
    Arizona Yolanda Bejarano | New Hampshire Raymond Buckley
    Arkansas Grant Tennille | New Jersey LeRoy J. Jones, Jr.
    California Rusty Hicks | New Mexico Jessica Velasquez
    Colorado Shad Murib | New York Jay Jacobs
    Connecticut Nancy DiNardo | North Carolina Anderson Clayton
    Delaware Elizabeth D. Maron | North Dakota Adam Goldwyn
    District of Columbia Charles Wilson | Ohio Liz Walters
    Florida Nikki Fried | Oklahoma Alicia Andrews
    Georgia Nikema Williams | Oregon Rosa Colquitt
    Guam Anthony Babauta[16] | Pennsylvania Sharif Street
    Hawaii Derek Turbin | Puerto Rico Charles Rodriguez
    Idaho Lauren Necochea[17] | Rhode Island Liz Beretta-Perik
    Illinois Elizabeth Hernandez | South Carolina Christale Spain
    Indiana Mike Schmuhl | South Dakota Shane Merrill
    Iowa Rita Hart | Tennessee Hendrell Remus
    Kansas Jeanna Repass | Texas Gilberto Hinojosa
    Kentucky Colmon Elridge | U.S. Virgin Islands Carol M. Burke[18]
    Louisiana Randal Gaines | Utah Diane Lewis
    Maine Bev Uhlenhake | Vermont David Glidden
    Maryland Ken Ulman | Virginia Susan Swecker
    Massachusetts Steve Kerrigan | Washington Shasti Conrad
    Michigan Lavora Barnes | West Virginia Mike Pushkin
    Minnesota Ken Martin | Wisconsin Ben Wikler
    Mississippi Cheikh Taylor | Wyoming Joe Barbuto
    Missouri Russ Carnahan | Democrats Abroad Martha McDevitt-Pugh



  • That’s assuming that all Trump supporters vote down ballot. I’ve been reading that a non-negligable percentage of Trump voters just voted for president and left down ballot races blank. Considering Trump only won the swing states by tiny percentages, a small percentage of Trump voters leaving blank the rest is easily enough to sway it

    For instance, if we look at Wisconsin senate, we see that Tammy Baldwin has almost exactly the same number of votes as Harris (only a couple hundred more), but Eric Hovde shows less substantially votes than Trump got

    Results with ~99% reported:

    Donald Trump: 1,697,769

    Kamala Harris: 1,668,082

    (And about 40k for third party)

    Vs senate

    Tammy Baldwin: 1,668,545 [+436 from Harris]

    Eric Hovde: 1,641,181 [-56,615 from Trump]



  • We have avoided some of the worst case this election. Down ballot dems have done a lot better than for president and that’s going to matter to keep them from being able to do anything without infighting fears. We could’ve been looking at a 57-43 senate should the swing states not have largely split their votes between senate and president. Instead we’re likely looking at a 53-47 or 52-48 senate.* The house could’ve also been worse too.

    In state legislatures, dems did fairly well all things considered. State legislatures are the place that resistance to Trump is most likely to really be effective. We’ve managed to keep a lot of state legislature seats and even flip some in other areas. For instance, we broke up North Carolina’s republican super majority for instance which means the Democratic governor-elect can have effective vetos. We kept the 1 seat majority in the PA state house in a funny way of having two seats flipped in opposite directions and canceling each other out


    *The Associated Press has called PA for McCormick, but Decision Desk actually thinks that Casey has a ~66% chance of winning still and neither campaign has conceded. McCormick is saying he thinks the call was incorrect and thinks things will could actually flip with the last 100,000 or so votes left to count and or may go to recount

    EDIT: and to add on for further context, Decision Desk is usually some of the first to call any race - to the point where some people say their calls are premature. The AP usually calls races after Decision Desk. The AP usually is much more slow on their calls which is why this situation is so strange where the AP has called it but Decision Desk hasn’t and thinks it actually has 2/3 odds of going the opposite way that the AP called it



  • At the federal level, drag out everything and block everything you can. Their margins in the house, should it be called in their favor, will be extremely narrow. Let them in fight and flame against each other. Use every procedural rule to slow stuff down. Filibuster everything. Even if a specific issue is a losing fight, make them have to fight it so they cannot move on to something else. Republicans have used these tricks to block progress for a long time, time to flip it back on them

    At the state level, we can much have more room to push back. A lot of what they are likely to pull is pushing things back into the states. Codify everything at state levels. Ensrhine our rights into state constitutions. A lot of federal operations rely on state government cooperating behind the scenes. Without it, a lot more can be slowed way down or made much more difficult

    Outside the government, we still have power as individuals. Organize unions, protests, etc