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Inside: Look at all the great stuff we lost because of inflation scare-talk; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/05/wmd…
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Inside: Look at all the great stuff we lost because of inflation scare-talk; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/05/05/wmd…
#Pluralistic
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Tonight (5/5), I'm at @BooksIncStores #MountainView with @mkapor for *Red Team Blues*:
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Sat, I'm in #Berkeley for #BABF2023 at 1530h with @glynnwashington:
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Sun, it's an 11h event with @dellsystem:
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Sat, I'm in #Berkeley for #BABF2023 at 1530h with @glynnwashington:
baybookfest.org/session/cory-d…
Sun, it's an 11h event with @dellsystem:
baybookfest.org/session/chokep…
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Look at all the great stuff we lost because of inflation scare-talk: We swapped pandemic aid, new spending and minimum wage hikes for wage suppression and mass layoffs.
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New #H1BVisaRules make it more expensive and harder to hire workers from India — but they may not hold ground - by @pabsgill
businessinsider.in/careers/news/n…
businessinsider.in/careers/news/n…
What are the new changes to #H1B visa rules?
▶️The new rules significantly raise the existing wage levels of H-1B employees. There are four wage levels, and the minimum amount for each has been bumped up — in certain cases, to more than double than what it used to be.
▶️The new rules significantly raise the existing wage levels of H-1B employees. There are four wage levels, and the minimum amount for each has been bumped up — in certain cases, to more than double than what it used to be.
▶️The definition of ‘speciality occupation’ has also been narrowed down. Only certain types of degrees will now qualify a candidate for a visa.
▶️Select contract workers will also have a shorter time limit on their visas.
▶️Select contract workers will also have a shorter time limit on their visas.
.@kimbleycraig is a person who claims one of her accomplishments as getting a degree from NPS in #HomelandSecurity - but is unwilling or unable to discuss, competently, the issues of Narco Trafficking and Narco Terrorism, in Salinas.
She is unable to name one Narco Trafficker.
She is unable to name one Narco Trafficker.
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Craig runs around #Salinas (she’s a transplant, emphasis on plant, her dad is a rich pebble beach executive) like a bully. She frequently bullied a guy who was later sent to prison for false imprisonment - but while that guy was on the #Salinas city council he was raising
Craig runs around #Salinas (she’s a transplant, emphasis on plant, her dad is a rich pebble beach executive) like a bully. She frequently bullied a guy who was later sent to prison for false imprisonment - but while that guy was on the #Salinas city council he was raising
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alarms about the Future Growth Area expansion plans that will make our already super rich land owners, wealthier. Guys like Dedampierre.
There will be housing and these castle owners are going to make hundreds of millions of dollars.
SUPER rich.
alarms about the Future Growth Area expansion plans that will make our already super rich land owners, wealthier. Guys like Dedampierre.
There will be housing and these castle owners are going to make hundreds of millions of dollars.
SUPER rich.
Thread. Civil war? This is nonsense and not helpful. It assumes we don't have agency. Anyone who goes from Defcon 5 to 1 like this is lacking in analysis. Just lazy. Am I worried? Of course, so plan. Do I think there is a likelihood Trump follows his words? #homelandsecurity 1/
Low likelihood but high consequence event so we shouldn't be shy calling him on it, nor "ratchet it down." The most likely scenario still is a peaceful transition of power to Biden with violence by radicalized Trump supporters who listen to his words. #stochasticterrorism
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But between Trump's words, his campaigns actions and Friedman's civil war, mayors and governors are on notice and they are doing a lot in anticipation of both unlawful vigilantes as well as "color of law" deployment. Trainings and briefings and comms strategies are ongoing. 3/
🔴 Senate #Republicans have KILLED 400 bills passed by the House, most w/ GOP votes. #Dems need to win 4 seats (3 if #Harris is VP). 6 races are tossups: CO-Gardner, GA-Perdue, IA-Ernst, ME-Collins, MT-Daines, NC-Tillis.
thread: Bills Killed by Senate GOP newsweek.com/mitch-mcconnel…
thread: Bills Killed by Senate GOP newsweek.com/mitch-mcconnel…
🔴 BIPARTISAN Bills PASSED by the House but KILLED by Senate #Republicans:
Climate Action Act
Raise Minimum Wage
Violence vs Women Act
Corporate Transparent Act
Enhanced Background Checks
Gold Star Family Relief Act
Save the Internet Act
Equality Act
Climate Action Act
Raise Minimum Wage
Violence vs Women Act
Corporate Transparent Act
Enhanced Background Checks
Gold Star Family Relief Act
Save the Internet Act
Equality Act
🔴 BIPARTISAN Bills PASSED by the House but KILLED by Senate #Republicans #2
Paycheck Fairness Act
Protect Preexisting Conditions Act
Lower Prescription Drugs Act
Ban Offshore Drilling Act
Invest in Maine Street Act
Lower Prescription Drugs Act #2
#STEM education
Paycheck Fairness Act
Protect Preexisting Conditions Act
Lower Prescription Drugs Act
Ban Offshore Drilling Act
Invest in Maine Street Act
Lower Prescription Drugs Act #2
#STEM education
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100+ IMPORTANT articles & videos from a perspective corporate media won’t show you in Thursday’s @ProgNewsDaily. Topics include how the Rs tried to rig the #2020census, Dems allow expanding surveillance powers
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100+ IMPORTANT articles & videos from a perspective corporate media won’t show you in Thursday’s @ProgNewsDaily. Topics include how the Rs tried to rig the #2020census, Dems allow expanding surveillance powers
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the Senate’s vote against cutting military spending by 10%, #FoxNews #SexualHarassment lawsuit, sewage indicating #Yosemite may have infected visitors with #COVID19 & many more! Click to see them all!
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the Senate’s vote against cutting military spending by 10%, #FoxNews #SexualHarassment lawsuit, sewage indicating #Yosemite may have infected visitors with #COVID19 & many more! Click to see them all!
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Thursday’s Top Articles:
* White the vote - @JuddLegum, Popular Information
#2020Census #Census2020 #Census #gerrymandering #redistricting #RepublicansAreTheProblem #citizenship
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Thursday’s Top Articles:
* White the vote - @JuddLegum, Popular Information
#2020Census #Census2020 #Census #gerrymandering #redistricting #RepublicansAreTheProblem #citizenship
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#Defenseproductionact story is one of the most indefensible (and there are many) about WH #coronavirus response. The Act doesn't just alter manufacturing priorities; importantly, it also allows for gov. to pay "market value" for goods already in market to limit price gauging. 1/
It is this second piece that is more significant given the pressing need for goods today. As we have seen, a lot of this stuff is already in the market but it is a sellers market, so private sector is just going to highest bidder (feds or foreign). 2/
Finally, a lot of the media coverage of #DefenseProductionAct calls it a Korean War statute. It is, but it has been revised to include #homelandsecurity efforts since 2001. In other words, US envisioned its use for domestic threats and Trump has used it for border purposes. 3/3
As the ability to contain #coronavirus #COVID2019 becomes unsustainable, the discussion will turn to countermeasures to protect populations and curb the spread of the disease. So, it's time to discuss what we should expect/demand from #homelandsecurity 1/
washingtonpost.com/health/coronav…
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You should be following @RonaldKlain, the "Ebola czar", for concerns related to the failures to designate lead person and the dangerous (lack of) decisionmaking process that is not based on medicine and has Trump publicly criticizing. For example:
washingtonpost.com/health/coronav… 2/
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As I've said before, a functioning WH should be the "brains" of any crisis -- setting priorities based on expert advice, working with international community, steering money, and settling differences amongst agencies. This is role Ron served during Ebola. 3/
Thread on whtat's next, operationally, with #coronavirus now that the @who is reconvening to determine whether it is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Again, its been invoked before. It's both reactionary and precautionary. But things will happen 1/
As an aside, I am not a doctor. Every crisis has brains and muscles; the brains here are the medical professionals who are making assessments that will drive resources (the muscle). That's focus here and I'm comfortable that there are still a lot of unknowns about the virus. 2/
For #homelandsecurity, three different types of obligations will follow from the designation. The first are the obligations of UN member nations when a PHEIC is invoked. Those include: duty to disclose, duty for information sharing, resource allocation, vaccine identification 3/
It's no surprise that one tentacle of @DHSgov had a neo #fascist #bigot rises up in it's ranks.
vice.com/en_us/article/…
vice.com/en_us/article/…
#HomelandSecurity was made to hold and deploy U.S. Federal agencies populated by #WhiteSupremacists
theintercept.com/2019/01/12/bor…
theintercept.com/2019/01/12/bor…
All of that behooves @HomelandDems chair @BennieGThompson, Orange County Reps @RepBarragan and @RepLouCorrea to end funding for this indoctrination program run by La #migre
thenation.com/article/scouts…
#humanrights #EducationAndTraining
thenation.com/article/scouts…
#humanrights #EducationAndTraining
Thread on Risk and Death Calculations (or why I don't worry about selfie stick deaths) : I'm skeptical about McConnell's "front and center" promise but important to note what McConnell is even willing to address is just breadcrumbs, a small piece of what we face. 1/
In security risk planning, we focus on high likelihood/high consequence events because that is the obligation of government. These are the threats that must be minimized before they happen and whose consequences must be limited should the event occur. 2/
Low likelihood/low consequence events are tolerable from societal perspective; we don't have enough bandwidth to treat as a priority. Think selfie stick deaths as people lean over cliffs for Instagram. They are sad, but after putting up a few signs, you can't worry about it. 3/
“Today, we will examine the #TrumpAdmin’s inhumane policy of separating children from their parents at the southern border.”- Chairman @RepCummings
“I use the word inhumane for a reason. Separating children from their mothers and fathers causes lasting damage that may endure for the rest of their lives.”
“The #TrumpAdmin adopted this child separation policy intentionally—purposefully—as a tactic to deter people from coming to the United States and seeking asylum.”
Photos Surface Revealing 2017 'Closed Door' Meeting Between Rep. @Ilhan Omar and Turkish President Erdogan pjmedia.com/homeland-secur… #HomelandSecurity via @pjmedia_com
Omar, a Muslim immigrant from Somalia who won election to the U.S. House of Representatives in November 2018, reportedly led a delegation of Somalis from Minnesota to meet with Erdogan in New York.
Erdogan was in town for the annual UN General Assembly meeting and Omar flew in to meet him at a local hotel in downtown New York City.
She even tweeted about the meeting in Somali:
She even tweeted about the meeting in Somali:
One of the notable results of the November 6 midterm elections was that the U.S. House of Representatives went from two Muslim members -- Indiana’s André Carson and Minnesota’s Keith Ellison, who on the same day was elected his state’s attorney general -- to 3 Muslims.
With few if any exceptions, the mainstream media rooted for these ladies throughout the campaign season and lustily cheered their victories, not because of their skills or experience or political views but because they represented “diversity.”
There will be a lot of commentary about what happened at @SeaTacAirport last night with the stolen Horizon Airplane. Let's start with some good news. After the plane was taken, a lot went right. Scrambling of fighter jets was swift. 1/
The FBI was quick to report what they knew to be true. . . . to calm nerves and communicate. 2/
.@alaskaair (including a post by Horizon Air COO) and @SeaTacAirport also were able to assess what they knew and report frequently. 3/
Reports of Russian hackers reaching into US utilities to assess platforms and security is a story that is very much a part of our overall concerns with the 2018 election. Follow along. 1/ #homelandsecurity
What's common in these situations, and true here, is the extent that the infiltration was done through very trusted vendors (3rd parties). The hack is continuing and @DHSgov has issued alerts. 3/
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1. I've tweeted a lot about this story so here's some more cohesive thoughts. Without emotion (god it's getting harder), and beyond the obvious notion that the government has a duty to have accurate numbers, this new numbers also matters because there will be more hurricanes.
2. In disaster management, there are five stages to a crisis: prevention, protection, response, recovery and resiliency. The "boom" (event) occurs between protection and response. It is why people like me talk in terms of left and right of boom. nytimes.com/2017/06/05/opi…
3. Each of these stages has its own focus, policies, etc. But I want to focus on resiliency, the last. Resiliency is more than a mood; it's actually a series of investments that make a system better than before. Because, there will be more hurricanes (& terror attacks, etc.)
