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Dems have no chance of winning the Georgia governorship election if the primary numbers are anything to go by.
 
Adisa said:
Don't the players have a union, something like fifpro, who can take this to the courts?
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I imagine this will be treated as an employer rights issue in the courts and that probably means the bosses win.

I think I've been spamming this article, but it applies here too:
Outside the usual protections (against race and gender discrimination, for example), employees can be fired for good reasons, bad reasons, or no reason at all. They can be fired for donating a kidney to their boss(fired by the same boss, that is), refusing to have their person and effects searched, calling the boss a “cheapskate” in a personal letter, and more. They have few rights on the job—certainly none of the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Amendment liberties that constitute the bare minimum of a free society; thus, no free speech or assembly, no due process, no right to a fair hearing before a panel of their peers
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http://crookedtimber.org/2012/07/01/let-it-bleed-libertarianism-and-the-workplace/

The key difference from the cases listed in that article is that the players aren't nobodies, but then again, they don't really have backing from the crowds. Just see how effectively Kapernick has been frozen out (and how that links up with the 3rd section in that article).
 
Adisa said:
Dems have no chance of winning the Georgia governorship election if the primary numbers are anything to go by.
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How so? GA Dems had far more enthusiasm for the primary vote than the Repubs and the Republican primary result showed some conflict inside their camp.

Although I don’t like it, Abrams did co-op religion in her campaign which will only assist her in gaining undecided votes in the fall. She does have substantial challenges in gaining undecideds due to race and sexual orientation, though.

Having lived in GA for years in both Atlanta and the coast, I was exposed to the opposites of the state’s electorate. I am not certain she can win, but she does tick off a lot of boxes that a Democrat needs to be able to win the governorship in that state, especially in swaying those voters who reside outside of the state’s blue regions.
 
Fergies Gum said:
Should have been forced out after the Dems got hammered in the mid terms.
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And it just goes to show that the power structure of the Dem party is still strongly in the establishment camp. Progressives would need to elect a hell of a lot of Reps this November to change that.
 
Looks like Claire McCaskill is going down....possibly taking along the Dems chances for the Senate.

 
Mueller needs to have a look at this:
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berbatrick said:
Supreme Court Upholds Workplace Arbitration Contracts Barring Class Actions
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The Supreme Court issued a monumental decision on Monday, ruling that employers can require their workers to sign arbitration agreements giving up their right to sue in court as a group. The decision in Epic Systems v. Lewis will make it harder for workers to band together as victims of wage theft and discrimination, and its effects will be felt in the workplace for years to come.

But for a few thousand current and former Chipotle workers, its effects may be felt immediately. Their case is a perfect example of how the Supreme Court’s ruling will benefit powerful companies at the expense of their employees, many of them working for low wages in industries like fast food.

Roughly 10,000 people who have worked for the burrito chain joined a 2014 lawsuit alleging the company systemically forced them to work “off the clock.” They claim that Chipotle gives its restaurants so little payroll that managers require employees to clock out and continue working or perform work before they clock in. They’re suing to recoup the money they claim Chipotle owes them for the uncompensated work.

But Chipotle has been arguing that 2,814 workers in that group do not have a valid claim because they signed class- and collective-action waivers when they accepted their jobs. Late last year, the company provided the court with a 62-page list of workers in the lawsuit who had supposedly signed away their rights and asked the judge to exclude them from the proceedings.
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https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entr...-chipotle-workers_us_5b0844aae4b0568a880b3e26
 
Pexbo said:
Aside from being creepy, you reckon there’s something dodgy going on there? He’s claimed it was about ice cream.
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No, I Just thought it was very funny. If there was something going on I don't think he'd be broadcasting it with cryptic tweets.
 
Democrats for years have seen the conservative Koch brothers as political enemies. Former Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid even called them "un-American."

But Wednesday, Senate Democrats teamed up with Republicans to pass major veterans health care legislation championed by the Kochs.

The Koch-funded Concerned Veterans for America celebrated a big victory with the passage of the VA MISSION Act, a sweeping bill that overhauls how the Department of Veterans Affairs gives patients access to private-sector doctors.

It's a big win for the once-obscure advocacy group backed by conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch. The group helped write the bill, which sailed through the Senate by a 92-5 vote after also passing the House overwhelmingly. It got broad support from politicians and veterans groups across the political spectrum, and President Donald Trump is expected to sign the bill into law soon.
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http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/pol...il&utm_term=0_9f6bc43dfe-8e4f703f14-211382745

 
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