Dem plan is the opposite of privatization. ; it’s nationalization

Socialism with American Characteristics

Lobbyists challenge IRS plans to create tax-filing system The Biden administration’s $80bn overhaul of the IRS is being challenged by lobbyists representing tax preparation services including H&R Block and TurboTax maker Intuit, who say the agency's growing power will damage their businesses and infringe upon taxpayer privacy.

Charles Brown: IRS could get access to all the "private information by auditing

They are against a potential plan for the IRS to create its own tax-filing system, allowing taxpayers to submit their returns directly to the federal government at no cost. Lobbyists for the tax preparation industry and the companies argue that creating a free, federal tax-filing system is redundant and would give the agency too much power over the filing process.

Charles Brown : IRS already has dominant power over the filing process . If the IRS does your tax service for you, you are guaranteed that your filing is valid



“This is not the first project for the IRS to do,” Stephen Ryan, the general counsel for the Free File Alliance, a group of tax software companies that works with the IRS to help taxpayers file their returns, said. “They don’t have the authority to become a tax software company.” Intuit, meanwhile, said that Americans already had options to file their taxes for free and that an IRS system would be a waste of money. The IRS is expected to share the results of its exploratory plans this year. “It’s important that Americans have choices that work best for them when preparing their taxes, whether it’s by using a tax professional, tax software or free options,” said spokesperson Jodie Reynolds. New York Times

DEMOCRATIC White House touts moves to put more EVs on the road

DEMOCRATIC White House touts moves to put more EVs on the road The White House on Thursday highlighted new U.S. company moves to support electric vehicles (EVs), as final rules on tax credits aimed at boosting the industry are expected this week. Amazon is rolling out the first 3,000 delivery vehicles it has acquired as part of a commitment to bring 100,000 vehicles to the road by 2030, the White House said, and First Student, a major supplier of school bus services, is pledging to replace 30,000 fossil fuel-powered school buses with electric buses by 2035. Additionally, the federal government will buy 13,000 light- and medium-duty zero emission vehicles this fiscal year, about four times more than last fiscal year. Later today, the administration is expected to release final rules on eligibility for $7,500 EV tax credits, including how much of the car's battery must come from U.S.-sourced parts. US News and World Report

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Addressing Bomb Threats at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Skip to main content U.S. flag An official website of the United States government Here’s how you know Here’s how you know U.S. Department of Homeland Security logo MENU Breadcrumb Home News Blog Addressing Bomb Threats at Historically Black Colleges and Universities Addressing Bomb Threats at Historically Black Colleges and Universities Release Date: August 30, 2022 In just the first few months of 2022, and throughout the course of the year, there has been a troubling uptick in bomb threats across the country, 49 of which targeted Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and 19 against Predominately Black Institutions (PBIs). These threats – which can traumatize campuses and communities – triggered evacuations and a broad law enforcement response. Our top priority is keeping all communities safe and the Department of Homeland Security is fundamentally a department of partnerships. In response to the threats against HBCUs and PBIs, DHS immediately met with leaders from affected communities to learn how we can best support them and followed up with information on the resources we can provide to help them stay safe. To address these threats, Secretary Mayorkas and the Department have expanded the accessibility of DHS’s broad spectrum of services, resources, and expertise to support HBCUs across the country. In January 2022, Secretary Mayorkas promised to “…deepen our partnerships with HBCUs to protect students and faculty from an evolving range of threats.” In August, DHS announced that we would provide $250 million through the Nonprofit Security Grant Program to support target hardening and other physical security enhancements for nonprofit organizations that are at high risk of a terrorist attack. This year, $125 million is provided to nonprofits in Urban Area Security Initiative-designated areas, and $125 million is provided to nonprofits outside those designated urban areas located in any state or territory. DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Office of Bombing Prevention developed a suite of resources to assist universities in responding to bomb threats, including Critical Resources for Handling Bomb Threats, which provides an overview of available resources, a bomb threat response plan template, bomb threat awareness job aid, as well as a Tabletop Exercise Package. In the coming months, CISA will host seven additional training events scheduled at five HBCU locations to provide additional information on these resources. CISA also conducted 20 trainings on preparing for and responding to bomb threats, reaching more than 1,170 HBCU staff and security personnel. Further, CISA worked with the Atlanta University Center Consortium (AUCC), the world’s oldest and largest consortium of HBCUs, to develop and deliver a nationwide Bomb Threat Management training that addressed the recent wave of bomb threats targeting HBCUs and available federal resources. Representatives from 36 HBCUs across 16 states participated in person, and the event was livestreamed to allow other stakeholders to observe and participate in the discussions. Throughout June and July, the DHS Office for State and Local Law Enforcement (OSLLE), in collaboration with its federal partners, held five regional trainings for HBCUs in Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Virginia, reaching participants from more than 60 different HBCUs. These trainings were open to campus law enforcement and related public safety officials involved in preventing, protecting against, responding to, and recovering from threats at their campuses. In February, DHS hosted an HBCU symposium, “The Path Forward: Campus Safety and Resilience,” to share information on available resources and products on topics such as active shooter preparedness and school safety. In April, CISA also conducted an Active Shooter Preparedness webinar for HBCUs. Supported by CISA’s Protective Security Advisor Program, this webinar enhanced awareness of and preparedness for an active shooter event to more than 200 participants across 16 states. Attendees included HBCU safety and security directors, administrators, emergency responders, healthcare providers, and other critical support areas. DHS, through OSLLE and TSA, and in coordination with the Department of Justice, established the HBCU K9 Bomb Detection Adoption Program. Three HBCUs have received bomb detection K9s to support campus law enforcement response efforts during an active bomb threat incident to date. DHS Center for Prevention Programs & Partnerships (CP3) Regional Prevention Coordinators’ outreach efforts totaled 110 engagements that included organized meetings, provision of resources, and technical assistance to HBCU leaders, staff, security and law enforcement partners at the state and federal levels. There is much more to be done. DHS remains committed to using all its resources, in coordination with other federal partners, to ensure HBCUs and PBIs have the capabilities and tools they need to prevent, protect against, and respond to threats made against their institutions. DHS’s response has been a result of a concerted effort across its agencies and offices. The Department has also partnered with the Department of Education’s White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence and Economic Opportunity through HBCUs; the Department of Justice; and others to make a range of services and resources available to HBCUs. For additional resources on campus safety, read the DHS Summary of Resources for State, Local, Tribal, Territorial, and Campus Law Enforcement Partners. Keywords CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AGENCY (CISA) SECRETARY ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS Last Updated: 08/30/2022 Was this page helpful? Yes No Return to top Topics News In Focus How Do I? Get Involved About DHS U.S. Department of Homeland Security Seal Facebook Twitter YouTube Flickr Instagram LinkedIn Email U.S. Department of Homeland Security Seal DHS.gov An official website of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security About DHS Accessibility Budget and Performance DHS Components FOIA Requests No FEAR Act Data Privacy Policy Site Links Office of Inspector General The White House USA.gov

Idaho to become first state to restrict interstate travel for abortion

Idaho to become first state to restrict interstate travel for abortion Dartagnan, author by Dartagnan Community Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 10:27:24a EDT 333 Comments 333 NEW Recommend Story 334 A reproductive rights activist, gagged by a scarf in the colors of the US flag, marches during a protest against a recent Supreme Court ruling on abortion rights, in New York, July 4, 2022. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP) (Photo by ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images) When the conservative majority on the Supreme Court yanked away the constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy, effectively washing their hands of the issue and allowing individual states to do their worst, they were well aware of what they were setting into motion. In addition to the 13 states that had already adopted “trigger laws” automatically outlawing abortion the moment Roe v. Wade was overruled, there were innumerable pieces of crafty legislation waiting in the wings, all geared to further advance a forced-birth agenda and imposing it on those states that continued to allow women and others who became pregnant the freedom to make their own reproductive decisions. Republicans by their nature have always preferred to prey on the most defenseless and vulnerable in order to impose their forced-birth ideology, so pregnant minors present an irresistibly attractive target. Not only are such minors socially “undesirable” citizens in their eyes, unlikely to generate much sympathy from others, but—probably most importantly—they are also precluded from fighting back with their votes. In other words, they’re a population tailor-made for Republican efforts at controlling and punishing behavior they and their theocratic patrons deem “sinful.” Once laws prohibiting minors from obtaining an abortion are safely in place, Republicans—with the aid of a complicit Supreme Court—can turn their focus toward their more obstinate and politically powerful enemies, now that their ultimate goal of outlawing all abortions, everywhere, is well within their sights. Top Stories Rupert Murdoch called Trump's Big Lie activity 'pretty much a crime' in email, court docs revealThe same Russian agents who worked with Paul Manafort and Rudy Giuliani helped Russia invade UkraineMouse makes DeSantis screamUkraine Update: Preparations for the Ukrainian counteroffensive are looking very seriousFollowing 2022 midterm victories, New Mexico Democrats pass state Voting Rights Act into lawBiden pushes McCarthy to fulfill what he previously called 'our very first responsibility' CLICK TO READ Biden pushes McCarthy tofulfill what he previously called 'our very first responsibility' One of the thornier challenges facing the fanatics who promote and write these laws is the problem of interstate travel. How can a state effectively prevent its residents from simply crossing the border to a “safe” haven to obtain the procedure? To solve this vexing issue that threatens to undercut their efforts to control and punish, the forced-birth lobby believes that if it can criminalize any efforts to even begin the process of traveling while the pregnant person is still trapped, trying desperately to escape her home state, it can effectively thwart such efforts, even while paying lip service to other states’ so-called “rights.” And who should be the first, “test” victims in this scheme? As the Republican-controlled state of Idaho is about to show us, it’s pregnant minors, of course. Abortion is already completely banned in Idaho except in the case of “medical emergencies,” with laws on the books criminalizing doctors who perform the procedure. But the Idaho legislature noticed that in response, people of whom they disapprove continue to travel out-of-state to neighboring Washington, Oregon, or Montana, to terminate their unwanted pregnancies. To correct this intolerable affront to their dream of controlling their own state’s residents, Idaho Republicans have now passed the first of what promise to be many bills created to stop such “abortion refugees” from traveling interstate. As reported by Alanna Vagianos, writing for HuffPost: House Bill 242, which passed through the state House and is likely to move quickly through the Senate, seeks to limit minors’ ability to travel for abortion care without parental consent. The legislation would create a whole new crime — dubbed “abortion trafficking” — which is defined in the bill as an “adult who, with the intent to conceal an abortion from the parents or guardian of a pregnant, unemancipated minor, either procures an abortion … or obtains an abortion-inducing drug” for the minor. “Recruiting, harboring, or transporting the pregnant minor within this state commits the crime of abortion trafficking,” the legislation adds. In other words, this bill forces young women and others who may become pregnant to obtain parental consent, making any person who assists them an “abortion trafficker” subject to up to five years’ imprisonment. As Vagianos reports: Since the bill would criminalize anyone transporting a pregnant minor within the state to get an abortion or to obtain medication abortion, it could apply to an aunt who drives a pregnant minor to the post office to pick up a package that includes abortion pills. Or it could target an older sibling who drives a pregnant minor to a friend’s house to self-manage an abortion at home. Either violation would carry a minimum sentence of two years in prison. As Vagianos observes, the law intentionally (to avoid legal challenges) doesn’t say anything about interstate travel. But since all abortions, practically speaking, are already illegal in Idaho, the people actually targeted by this law are any adults who drive the minor across the border. “Technically, they’re not criminalizing people driving in Washington state with a minor. The crime is the time that someone is driving the minor in Idaho,” said David Cohen, a law professor at Philadelphia’s Drexel University whose work focuses on constitutional law and abortion policy. “They’re going to say what they’re doing is just criminalizing actions that take place completely within Idaho, but in practice what they’re criminalizing is the person helping the minor,” Cohen, who also litigates abortion-related cases with the Women’s Law Project nonprofit, told HuffPost. The requirement of “parental consent” is the excuse typically trotted out by Republican forced-birthers who try to champion their “family values” and “parental rights” in inflicting such restrictions on pregnant minors. But the reality for many minors, as noted by the state director for Idaho’s Planned Parenthood chapter, is that such consent is not a feasible option. As reported by Steve Kirch for Boise’s CBS affiliate KMTV: Mistie DelliCarpini-Tolman, the Idaho State Director for Planned Parenthood Alliance Adv, said the legislation violates the rights of minors, and there might be situations where a minor will seek help from an older sibling or trusted adult. “The majority of young people facing an unexpected pregnancy do involve their parents in their decision-making. But for young children living in abusive households, disclosing sexual activity or pregnancy can trigger physical or emotional abuse, including direct physical or sexual violence, or being thrown out of the home,” she said. As Kirch reports, the legislation also contains a “civil penalty” provision under which “a family member of the pregnant minor, the father of the preborn child, or the father’s family, can sue a medical professional who helped facilitate the abortion for at least $20,000.” Faced with such a daunting array of legal and criminal obstacles, a pregnant minor is essentially forced to travel out of state by herself to terminate a pregnancy, assuming she has the wherewithal, capability or resources to do so. As Vagianos observes, 36 states currently require minors to obtain parental consent for terminating a pregnancy, and although most of those states permit the minor to obtain permission from the court to do so, such provisions are usually too cumbersome and onerous for most minors to realistically comply with. This is why, as Vagianos notes, “Several national health groups agree that a minor should not be required to involve their parents in decisions to obtain an abortion, including the American Medical Association, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the American Academy of Pediatrics.” It is also why Republicans in state legislatures such as Idaho’s specifically target minors with such laws. Because, as Vagianos writes, they know that pregnant minors have no way of fighting back: “They have fewer rights than adults in some situations, allowing lawmakers to litigate away critical health care for adolescents.” Anyone who expected the forced-birth lobby to be satisfied simply by the Supreme Court’s overruling Roe v. Wade doesn’t understand the fanaticism guiding this movement. They are not going to stop assaulting reproductive rights until anyone—in any state—faced with an unwanted pregnancy is forced to give birth, against their will. 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Johns Hopkins Psychiatrist: Transgender is ‘Mental Disorder;' Sex Change ‘Biologically Impossible’

Skip to main content CNSNews Logo Johns Hopkins Psychiatrist: Transgender is ‘Mental Disorder;' Sex Change ‘Biologically Impossible’ MICHAEL W. CHAPMAN | NOVEMBER 26, 2020 | 9:34AM EST Text Audio 00:00 00:00 Font Size Dr. Paul R. McHugh. (Photo: Johns Hopkins Medicine) This article was first published on June 21, 2015. (CNSNews.com) -- Dr. Paul R. McHugh, the former psychiatrist-in-chief for Johns Hopkins Hospital and its current Distinguished Service Professor of Psychiatry, said that transgenderism is a “mental disorder” that merits treatment, that sex change is “biologically impossible,” and that people who promote sexual reassignment surgery are collaborating with and promoting a mental disorder. Dr. McHugh, the author of six books and at least 125 peer-reviewed medical articles, made his remarks in a recent commentary in the Wall Street Journal, where he explained that transgender surgery is not the solution for people who suffer a “disorder of ‘assumption’” – the notion that their maleness or femaleness is different than what nature assigned to them biologically. Time magazine, June 9, 2014, cover story, The Transgender Tipping Point: America's Next Civil Rights Frontier. (Photo: AP) He also reported on a new study showing that the suicide rate among transgendered people who had reassignment surgery is 20 times higher than the suicide rate among non-transgender people. Dr. McHugh further noted studies from Vanderbilt University and London’s Portman Clinic of children who had expressed transgender feelings but for whom, over time, 70%-80% “spontaneously lost those feelings.” While the Obama administration, Hollywood, and major media such as Time magazine promote transgenderism as normal, said Dr. McHugh, these “policy makers and the media are doing no favors either to the public or the transgendered by treating their confusions as a right in need of defending rather than as a mental disorder that deserves understanding, treatment and prevention.” “This intensely felt sense of being transgendered constitutes a mental disorder in two respects. The first is that the idea of sex misalignment is simply mistaken – it does not correspond with physical reality. The second is that it can lead to grim psychological outcomes.” The transgendered person’s disorder, said Dr. McHugh, is in the person’s “assumption” that they are different than the physical reality of their body, their maleness or femaleness, as assigned by nature. It is a disorder similar to a “dangerously thin” person suffering anorexia who looks in the mirror and thinks they are “overweight,” said McHugh. (Getty Images) This assumption, that one’s gender is only in the mind regardless of anatomical reality, has led some transgendered people to push for social acceptance and affirmation of their own subjective “personal truth,” said Dr. McHugh. As a result, some states – California, New Jersey, and Massachusetts – have passed laws barring psychiatrists, “even with parental permission, from striving to restore natural gender feelings to a transgender minor,” he said. The pro-transgender advocates do not want to know, said McHugh, that studies show between 70% and 80% of children who express transgender feelings “spontaneously lose those feelings” over time. Also, for those who had sexual reassignment surgery, most said they were “satisfied” with the operation “but their subsequent psycho-social adjustments were no better than those who didn’t have the surgery.” “And so at Hopkins we stopped doing sex-reassignment surgery, since producing a ‘satisfied’ but still troubled patient seemed an inadequate reason for surgically amputating normal organs,” said Dr. McHugh. Spanish model Lucia Heredia, 24, poses in Ceuta on July 16, 2020. - After winning Miss Ceuta beauty-pageant, Lucia will be the second transgender woman to run for the Miss World Crown, to take place in Oropesa del Mar, Spain, on July 26, 2020. (Photo by JORGE GUERRERO/AFP via Getty Images) The former Johns Hopkins chief of psychiatry also warned against enabling or encouraging certain subgroups of the transgendered, such as young people “susceptible to suggestion from ‘everything is normal’ sex education,” and the schools’ “diversity counselors” who, like “cult leaders,” may “encourage these young people to distance themselves from their families and offer advice on rebutting arguments against having transgender surgery.” Dr. McHugh also reported that there are “misguided doctors” who, working with very young children who seem to imitate the opposite sex, will administer “puberty-delaying hormones to render later sex-change surgeries less onerous – even though the drugs stunt the children’s growth and risk causing sterility.” Such action comes “close to child abuse,” said Dr. McHugh, given that close to 80% of those kids will “abandon their confusion and grow naturally into adult life if untreated ….” “’Sex change’ is biologically impossible,” said McHugh. “People who undergo sex-reassignment surgery do not change from men to women or vice versa. 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— In the federal budget standoff, the majority of U.S. adults are asking lawmakers to pull off the impossible: Cut the overall size of government, but also devote more money to the most popular and expensive programs.

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the federal budget standoff, the majority of U.S. adults are asking lawmakers to pull off the impossible: Cut the overall size of government, but also devote more money to the most popular and expensive programs. Six in 10 U.S. adults say the government spends too much money. But majorities also favor more funding for infrastructure, health care and Social Security — the kind of commitments that would make efforts to shrink the government unworkable and politically risky ahead of the 2024 elections. These findings from a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research show just how messy the financial tug-of-war between President Joe Biden and House Republicans could be. At stake is the full faith and credit of the federal government, which could default on its obligations unless there is a deal this summer to raise or suspend the limit on the government's borrowing authority. Biden this month proposed a budget that would trim deficits by nearly $3 trillion over 10 years, but his plan contains a mix of tax increases on the wealthy and new spending that led GOP lawmakers to declare it dead on arrival. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is insisting on budget talks with the White House but has not produced a plan of his own to cut deficits, which Biden has said is a prerequisite for negotiations. The new poll finds U.S. adults are closely divided over whether they want to see a bigger government offering more services or a smaller government offering fewer services. But a clear majority — 60% — say they think government is spending too much altogether. Just 16% say the government is spending too little, while 22% say spending levels are about right. President Biden speaks about his administration's plans to protect Social Security and Medicare and lower healthcare costs, Feb. 9, 2023, at the University of Tampa in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) President Biden speaks about his administration's plans to protect Social Security and Medicare and lower healthcare costs, Feb. 9, 2023, at the University of Tampa in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) More U.S. adults were previously less supportive of spending cuts, a possible sign of how the pandemic and a historic burst of aid to address it have reshaped politics. Compared with 60% now, 37% called for spending cuts in February 2020, as COVID-19 was beginning to spread throughout the U.S. By May, even fewer, 25%, wanted less spending, after the virus had forced major disruptions to public life, the economy and the health care system. Retiree Peter Daniluk acknowledged the tensions over the federal budget by saying the government might be “a little too” large, but “you’ve got to spend money in order to make things better.” The 78-year-old from Dryden, New York, voted for Biden and believes there should be more funding for the environment and military, while also preserving Social Security and Medicare. "The rich don’t pay enough of the taxes — that’s the problem," he said. “They know how to get out of paying their proper share.” Inflation jumped as the U.S. economy recovered from the pandemic. GOP lawmakers have blamed Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package for rising prices as they’ve pushed for spending cuts, while the president says inflation reflects global factors involving supply chains and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Federal expenditures are expected to be equal in size to roughly 24% of all U.S. economic activity for the next several years, a figure that will likely grow as an aging population leads to more spending on Social Security and Medicare. Government spending accounted for just 20.5% of U.S. gross domestic product a decade ago, according to the White House Office of Management and Budget. GOP lawmakers struggling to agree spending cuts Even if a majority of adults desire a tightened budget, the challenge for lawmakers trying to hash out an agreement is that the public also wants higher spending on a wide range of programs. While Biden rolled out a budget that would trim deficits largely through tax increases on the wealthy, GOP lawmakers have struggled so far to gel around a set of spending cuts — and even if they did, the White House is betting that their plan would upset voters. Roughly 6 in 10 adults say the government is spending too little on education, health care, infrastructure and Social Security, as well as assistance to the poor and Medicare. About half say government is spending too little on border security, child care assistance, drug rehabilitation, the environment and law enforcement. By comparison, a wide majority — 69% — say the U.S. is spending too much on assistance to other countries. But slashing foreign aid would have almost no impact on the overall size of the government, as it accounts for less than 1% of all federal spending, and major programs such as Social Security and Medicare are causing the government to grow in size over the next decade. Glenn Cookinham, 43, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, said inflation and health care expenses are major problems confronting the U.S. as a country right now. A Republican who views Biden as “OK,” Cookinham feels as though the U.S. could pull back on military funding to focus on its own internal challenges. “I don’t think we should be the police for the rest of the world, really," he said. 3-way split on spending on military About a third of U.S. adults say spending on the military is too little and nearly as many say it’s too much; an additional third say it’s about right. Bipartisan majorities back more spending on infrastructure and Social Security. But wide differences across party lines on other priorities could be a sticking point in budget talks. Most Republicans say too much is spent on assistance to big cities (65% vs. just 19% of Democrats), and about half say too much is spent on the environment (51% vs. just 6% of Democrats). Republicans are more likely than Democrats to indicate that the military, law enforcement and border security are underfunded. By comparison, far more Democrats say too little is spent on aid for the poor (80% vs. 38% of Republicans), the environment (73% vs. 21% of Republicans), child care assistance (71% vs. 34% of Republicans), drug rehabilitation (67% vs. 36% of Republicans), and scientific research (54% vs. 24% of Republicans). There is also a generational breakdown in terms of priorities. Young adults are more likely than older adults to say too little is spent on the environment and assistance to big cities, while more older adults say too little is spent on infrastructure, the military, law enforcement and border security. Young adults are especially likely to think too much is spent in those areas. For those between the ages of 30-44, who are especially likely to have school-age children, there is a desire for the government to spend more on education. ___ The poll of 1,081 adults was conducted Mar. 16-20 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 4.0 percentage points.

Wolves in sheep's clothing : oppressors lying that they are oppressed .

View this email in your browser Welcome to your weekly recap of City Council news. I’m your host Malachi Barrett. Wow, Tuesday’s formal session was a real one. We spent around six hours hearing about the District Detroit project before a monumental vote to approve tax breaks. It was a good chance to meet folks who have been keeping up on the newsletter, but I also think my brain started to leak out of my head at one point. I wrote a pretty long story about what happened, so check it out for the full details. There won’t be a newsletter from me next week. I’m taking a short break to visit an old friend in a strange land. Sorry folks! Are you surprised City Council approved District Detroit tax breaks? In this week's newsletter Council seeks move involvement with land bank State money fuels industrial demolition projects Ban on cash-only establishments moves ahead Award-winning restaurant expands with city land deal What page are we on? Check out the full agenda here. Read Detroit Documenter notes for a recap of the finer details, or watch a recording of the meeting online. All council members were present Tuesday. Minutes from last week’s formal session weren’t posted at the time of writing. Stay on top of upcoming public meetings by checking a handy calendar compiled by Soap Box Detroit. If you like what you see, tell your friends to sign up for free. State money will pay for blight removal Detroit is getting $25 million to eliminate blight at five sites across the city: Junction McGraw, old Kettering High School, Eastern Market, Project Orb: American Axle and Manufacturing, and the Packard Plant. The grant money comes from the State Land Bank Authority, which is separate from the local organization. It pays for demolition, abatement of hazardous materials, disposal of debris and other activities. Blight cleanup is expected to create 2,376 jobs. Just under half of the funds ($12.3 million) will go toward the Packard Plant. A second phase of demolition on the city’s largest remaining abandoned auto factory started earlier this year. Another $1.6 million will rebuild public streets surrounding Eastern Market. Council wants answers from Detroit Land Bank City Council members want more involvement in the affairs of the Detroit Land Bank Authority. Council Member Mary Waters introduced a memo calling for a review of all bulk land sales over the past five years. She’s also drafting a resolution asking the Office of the Inspector General to conduct an audit of a program that allows people living in land bank homes to buy them at a major discount after completing homeowner education courses. Waters worries eligible Detroiters are being denied participation in the program. Council President Mary Sheffield introduced another resolution asking the land bank to restore the council’s ability to endorse neighborhood lot sales. This would allow the council to vouch for residents who are trying to buy lots that aren’t adjacent to their property. The council used to perform this role until 2021, when “the City Council and the DLBA came to an impasse,” according to the resolution. Apparently the impasse has passed, and Sheffield wants council to endorse lot sales again. Council Member Gabriela Santiago-Romero is asking more questions about the timeline of a $2 million blight survey the council approved funding for earlier this year. What’s next? Sheffield’s resolution was referred to the planning and economic development committee for review. The same goes for Waters’ memo. Ban on cash-only business coming soon? A proposed ordinance banning retail and food service businesses in the city from only allowing electronic transactions will soon come for a vote. Council Member Angela Whitfield-Calloway introduced the ordinance, arguing that cash-free businesses deny equal access to Detroiters. She cited a 2020 report by the University of Michigan that found one in four Detroit residents are unbanked; meaning they don’t own a checking or savings account. The report found 89% of unbanked Detroiters are Black, while just 4% of unbanked Detroiters are white. The ordinance would make it a misdemeanor to refuse to accept cash as a form of payment. Violating the ordinance could result in a $500 fine or 90 days in jail. The ordinance also prevents businesses from charging a higher price for cash transactions or posting signs saying cash is not accepted. It doesn’t apply to parking lots or garages, wholesale clubs, retailers who sell goods through a membership, transactions for retained goods or company stores that are exclusive to employees. What’s next? It’s not clear when the ordinance will be voted on. It needs support from two-thirds of the council to take immediate effect. The ordinance takes effect a month after the vote if it passes by a simple majority. Baobob Fare plans second location Council unanimously approved a land sale with Baobab Fare so the popular East African restaurant can open a second location on Detroit’s east side. Baobab Fare will pay $145,000 for a building at 16900 E. Warren in the East English Village neighborhood. City documents show Hamissi Mamba and his wife Nadia Nijimbere plan to use the site for a new restaurant without drive-through or drive-up services. The building was picked up by the city for $30,000 in 2010. My take: If you haven’t been to Baobab Fare’s original location in New Center, you’re missing out. I visited for the first time after my BridgeDetroit colleague Jena Brooker broke the news that Mamba won Food Network’s Chopped competition. I had the Kumuhana with African Tea and felt myself ascend into a new dimension of flavor. No cars, yes pets A $2.9 million contract for new city vehicles failed by a 7-2 vote as Council Member Scott Benson said the deal isn’t moving Detroit closer toward its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Benson said future contracts need to consider electric vehicles or hybrids, as he doesn't want to continue buying into “dying technology.” City records show Feldman Ford, LLC, was up for the contract, but no details were shared about how many cars were up for sale or what departments they would be used for. Council Members Fred Durhal and Waters voted in favor of the contract. However, the council did approve $500,000 in funding for a new dog park at Palmer Park. The contract was awarded to Detroit-based Michigan Recreational Construction, a frequent partner with the city on parks projects. Detroit honors transgender rights activist Transgender rights activist Racquelle Trammell was given a Spirit of Detroit Award by Council Member Santiago-Romero. Trammell is a local entrepreneur and the host of the Miss Mouth Podcast, which highlights the experiences of trans and non-binary people of color. Trammell thanked the council for recognizing her humanity and shared a message for Black girls in Detroit: “Don’t give up hope. Remember to see purpose in every opportunity. Find your worth whenever you look in the mirror and stay true to who you are.” Support our nonprofit newsroom We report on stories that matter to our neighborhoods—stories you can’t get anywhere else. Donations of any amount make a huge difference to our nonprofit newsroom. Support us today! Donate $5 Too many BridgeDetroit emails? Update your preferences Never want another BridgeDetroit email? Unsubscribe here This email was sent to: Cb31450@gmail.com Copyright © 2023 BridgeDetroit | 3434 Chene, PO Box 7046, Detroit MI 48207

Here's what's in today’s newsletter: Just how big of a deal is so-called 'greed-flation'? Plus, takeaways from yesterday's Senate hearing on banking turmoil.

CNN BUSINESS - BEFORE THE BELL By Nicole Goodkind • Wednesday, March 29 Listen to the Before The Bell newsletter instead Good morning. Here's what's in today’s newsletter: Just how big of a deal is so-called 'greed-flation'? Plus, takeaways from yesterday's Senate hearing on banking turmoil. US stock futures were higher ahead of the a second day of banking hearings. European markets rose. Asian indexes closed sharply higher, led by Alibaba's surge. ▸ Forwarded this newsletter? Want global markets news and analysis from CNN Business reporters every morning? You can sign up here. What's happening now in markets: ▲ Dow Futures 32,831.00 (+0.75%) ▲ S&P 500 Futures 4,037.00 (+0.87%) ▲ NASDAQ Futures 12,840.00 (+0.84%) ▼ 10 Year Treasury 3.545% ▼ Gold $1,969.20 (-0.22%) ▲ WTI Crude Oil $74.06 (+1.17%) ▲ Bitcoin $28,374.00 (+3.96%) Fear & Greed Index Fear is driving the US market MARKET DATA AS OF 6:44 AM ET Market Flash MARKET WATCH How big of a problem is greedflation? chart Inflation is ravaging shoppers' wallets and the Federal Reserve has responded by instituting a regimen of painful interest rate hikes that could land the economy in a recession. But corporate profits are surging. US profit margins have reached record levels not seen since the immediate aftermath of World War II. How did that happen? Some economists are pointing to "greedflation," the idea that companies are using high inflation rates as an excuse to price-gouge their customers while they bring in record profit margins. Société Générale's global strategy economist, Albert Edwards, wrote in a note last week that "the primary driver" of high inflation is companies taking advantage of customers by charging more to make an extra profit. Customers expect price rises because they read about inflation in the press, wrote Edwards, but companies have "clearly taken advantage of rising inflation expectations" and have increased their prices even as their costs have remained the same, adding to their bottom line. Edwards says that instead of "calling this out as the primary cause of high inflation, central banks have instead chosen to focus on rising nominal wages as threatening to embed higher inflation -- the so-called 'wage/price spiral'," referring to the central bank's theory that wage growth has to slow down for prices to ease. Between the end of 2020 and the third quarter of 2022, employee pay rose by 14%, but corporate profits grew by a whopping 28%. Isabella Weber, an economist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst outlined in a recent academic study what she calls a "price-price spiral," where companies hike prices beyond an increase in their costs. Companies have recently "pushed margins higher. And, most surprisingly, they still continue to do so even as their raw material costs fall away," wrote Edwards. In a January speech, Lael Brainard, former Fed vice chair and current director of the National Economic Council of the United States, expressed worry that a price-price spiral could ultimately tank the economy by turning consumers off from spending. "The compression of these markups as supply constraints ease, inventories rise and demand cools could contribute to disinflationary pressures," she said. Other analysts, including UBS Wealth Management's chief economist Paul Donovan, have also taken issue with the current strategy. "Powell's failure to explain the philosophy behind their policy—how will rate hikes curb profit margin expansion?—adds uncertainty," he said in a recent episode of his podcast. What's next: The first quarter of 2023 officially comes to an end this week and corporations will soon begin to report on their earnings. Those reports will provide key insights into the reliance of consumer spending, supply chain inefficiencies, inventory levels and perhaps more importantly: Profit margins. But price-price spirals can't last forever, said Annabel Rudebeck, head of non-US Credit at Western Asset. A recession will chip away at companies' abilities to charge more. "There will be a point where the ability to push price over volume becomes more challenging," she said. "Presumably that would happen if we do see a big correction among higher-earning people." Voices VOICES China gave huge loans to some countries. Now it’s spending billions to bail them out “We see historical parallels to the era when the US started its rise as a global financial power, especially in the 1930s and after World War II.” RECENT STUDY ON CHINESE POWER Read more from CNN. Earnings Monitor NEWS FLASH Takeaways from Tuesday's Senate hearing on bank failures Silicon Valley Bank's downfall sent waves of panic through the financial system earlier this month, setting off a chain reaction of chaos with which regional banks are still grappling. Now, lawmakers are in the midst of an investigation into what led to the second-largest and third-largest bank collapses in US history — and how to prevent something similar from happening again. On Tuesday, members of the Senate Banking Committee probed federal regulators: Martin Gruenberg, chairman of the board of directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Nellie Liang, under secretary for domestic finance at the US Treasury; and Michael Barr, vice chair for supervision at the Federal Reserve, about the tumultuous events that sent financial systems into a frenzy. Here are some of the key issues that arose from the hearing. ▸ New details that emerged underscored the enormity of the bank run at SVB as it became the second-largest bank failure in American history. Panicked customers attempted to withdraw a staggering $100 billion from Silicon Valley Bank on the day the tech lender was shut down by regulators, Barr revealed on Tuesday. Officials have previously detailed that customers successfully pulled $42 billion from Silicon Valley Bank on March 9, the day before it was shut. ▸ In his testimony, Barr also detailed how SVB leadership failed to effectively manage interest rates and the risk of running out of cash. SVB's failure is a "textbook case of mismanagement," Barr said. The Fed official pointed out that SVB's belated effort to fix its balance sheet only made matters worse. "The bank waited too long to address its problems and, ironically, the overdue actions it finally took to strengthen its balance sheet sparked the uninsured depositor run that led to the bank's failure," said Barr, adding that there was "inadequate" risk management and internal controls. "Social media saw a surge in talk about a run, and uninsured depositors acted quickly to flee," he said. ▸ Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts grilled federal regulators on their commitment to tightening banking rules. "Executives at SVB and Signature [Bank] took wild risks and must be held accountable for exploding their banks," Warren said. "But let's be clear, these collapses also represent a massive failure in supervision over our nation's banks." All three federal regulators called to testify agreed with Warren that the government needs to strengthen the rules for banks to help prevent future bank collapses. "I anticipate the need to strengthen capital and liquidity standards for firms over $100 billion," said Barr. Up Next UP NEXT US pending home sales for February are due at 10 a.m. ET. Plus: The US House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services will begin its hearing on recent bank failures and the Federal regulatory response at 10 a.m. ET. Like our newsletter? Tell your friends to sign up here. WHAT WE'RE READING AND WATCHING ▸ Why Corporate America has grown silent on gun violence (CNN Business) ▸ Russia's economy is starting to come undone (WSJ) ▸ Bankman-Fried allegedly tried to to bribe Chinese officials (CNN Business) ▸ Alibaba’s $32 billion day signals breakups for China tech (Bloomberg) ▸ UBS brings back Sergio Ermotti as CEO (CNN Business) ▸ JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon to be deposed in Epstein lawsuits (FT) Final Word FINAL WORD GOP says Fed focus on climate change led to banking chaos Republican Senators repeatedly insinuated on Tuesday that the recent US banking turmoil came as a result of the Federal Reserve's focus on climate change. The Federal Reserve announced in September that the six largest banks in the United States would participate in a voluntary pilot program to test what effects disastrous climate change scenarios could have on their bottom lines. During Tuesday's hearing, some Republican lawmakers appeared to blame the Fed's focus on that program and on addressing climate change in general for a lack of regulatory banking oversight. In his opening statement, Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, the ranking member of the banking committee, called the Fed's focus on climate change a waste of time. "The Fed should focus on its mission and not the climate arena. This is a waste of time, attention and manpower," he said. "All things that could have gone into bank supervision." Republican Sen. Steve Daines of Montana said President Joe Biden's stimulus plan contributed to the downfall of Silicon Valley Bank by failing "to prioritize clear and present risks of the inflationary environment, rising interest rates and what they would do to bond values," and "instead opting to focus on climate change." Daines also accused the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco of prioritizing climate change over the risks presented by higher interest rates. "Senator, I've been focused on risk throughout the system, both short-term and long-term risks," replied Michael Barr, the Fed's vice chair for supervision. "Interest rate risk is a bread and butter issue in banking. It's what our supervisors do all the time." In an interview with Montana Public Radio in 2014, Daines said that "the jury's still out" on whether climate change is real. His campaigns have received more than $600,000 in donations from the oil and gas industry. Fed Chair Jerome Powell has said repeatedly that the central bank would not become a "climate policymaker." "Today, some analysts ask whether incorporating into bank supervision the perceived risks associated with climate change is appropriate, wise, and consistent with our existing mandates," Powell said in January. "In my view, the Fed does have narrow, but important, responsibilities regarding climate-related financial risks. These responsibilities are tightly linked to our responsibilities for bank supervision," he said. "The public reasonably expects supervisors to require that banks understand, and appropriately manage, their material risks, including the financial risks of climate change." Nicole Goodkind, Senior Markets Reporter, CNN Business CNN BEFORE THE BELL You are receiving this email because you've signed up to receive Before the Bell. No longer want to receive these updates? Unsubscribe. Interested in more? See all of our newsletters. Create CNN Account | Listen to CNN Audio | Download the CNN App ® © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc. A Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All Rights Reserved. One CNN Center Atlanta, GA 30303 Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube

Democrat FDR arrived at an All American Socialism or Socialism with American Characteristics with His Bill of Economic Rights ; he was heavily influenced by the Communist Party USA ,led by Earl Browder , 3rd International trained .

Democrat FDR arrived at an All American Socialism or Socialism with American Characteristics with His Bill of Economic Rights ; he was heavily influenced by the Communist Party USA ,led by Earl Browder , 3rd International trained .

Democrat FDR Bill includes an anti-Monopoly plank .


The Economic Bill of Rights January 11, 1944 Often referred to as the "Second Bill of Rights" Excerpted from Franklin Delano Roosevelt's message to Congress on the State of the Union. This was proposed not to amend the Constitution, but rather as a political challenge, encouraging Congress to draft legislation to achieve these aspirations. It is sometimes referred to as the "Second Bill of Rights." It is our duty now to begin to lay the plans and determine the strategy for the winning of a lasting peace and the establishment of an American standard of living higher than ever before known. We cannot be content, no matter how high that general standard of living may be, if some fraction of our people — whether it be one-third or one-fifth or one-tenth — is ill-fed, ill-clothed, ill-housed, and insecure. This Republic had its beginning, and grew to its present strength, under the protection of certain inalienable political rights — among them the right of free speech, free press, free worship, trial by jury, freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures. They were our rights to life and liberty. As our nation has grown in size and stature, however — as our industrial economy expanded — these political rights proved inadequate to assure us equality in the pursuit of happiness. We have come to a clear realization of the fact that true individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. "Necessitous men are not free men." People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made. In our day these economic truths have become accepted as self-evident. We have accepted, so to speak, a second Bill of Rights under which a new basis of security and prosperity can be established for all — regardless of station, race, or creed. Among these are: The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the nation;

The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation; The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living;

The right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad;

The right of every family to a decent home; The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health;

The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment; The right to a good education. All of these rights spell security. And after this war is won we must be prepared to move forward, in the implementation of these rights, to new goals of human happiness and well-being.

America's own rightful place in the world depends in large part upon how fully these and similar rights have been carried into practice for our citizens.

https://www.ushistory.org/documents/economic_bill_of_rights.htm

More GOP division , split internally

Top Republicans balk at Trump highlighting Jan. 6 rioters, calling it politically unwise, Sahil Kapur and Scott Wong, NBC News Some Republican senators said they don’t understand why Trump keeps relitigating the Capitol attack and those who were prosecuted for breaking the law. Top Senate Republicans broke with former President Donald Trump on Monday over his decision to feature video of Jan. 6 rioters at his weekend rally in Texas. Some disagreed with his judgment in playing a video that exalts those who took part in the attack on the Capitol and were arrested, rejecting the narrative in pro-Trump circles that the rioters were “peaceful” protesters. Other Republicans said it is an unwise political strategy for Trump to focus on the attempted insurrection as he seeks a comeback bid in 2024. “People who violated the law should be prosecuted. And they have been,” Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, who previously held the No. 2 spot in Senate Republican leadership, told NBC News.

Six in 10 Americans don't want Trump to be president again: 2024 poll Six in 10 Americans don't want Trump to be president again: 2024 poll, Aubrie Spady, Fox News The poll found 39% of Americans have a favorable opinion of Trump The majority of Americans do not want former President Donald Trump to be elected in 2024, while voters remain split on whether he participated in any illegal activity regarding his hush money scandal. A new NPR/Marist poll found that only 38% of national adults want Trump to be president again, while the majority of 61% do not want the Republican to serve another term in office. According to the survey, 76% of Republicans, 34% of independents and 11% of Democrats want Trump to serve another four years in the White House. How big is Trump’s true-believer base? How big is Trump’s true-believer base?, Aaron Blake, The Washington Post As he seeks to mobilize his supporters against a potential indictment, his truly committed base isn’t a majority of the GOP anymore One of the best ways to look at the question is to focus on how many Republicans view Trump not just favorably but “very” or “strongly” favorably. And by this measure, Trump’s support has declined significantly since his 2020 defeat. While Fox News polling in October 2020 showed that 7 in 10 Republicans had a “strongly” favorable opinion of him, by December 2022, that 69 percent had dropped to 43 percent.

U.S. senators grilled bank regulators Tuesday over their “extraordinary” decision to cover uninsured deposits held by customers of collapsed Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank (SB), with one calling the controversial move a bailout. During a hearing, members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs probed representatives from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Undersecretary for Domestic Finance, on concerns that the use of a legal exception to repay those banks' customers beyond the FDIC’s $250,000 limit may have introduced new risks to the financial system. “Whether you guys meant to or not, I think the implication of what happened with SVB is that there are a lot of people who expect that their uninsured deposits are effectively insured at an unlimited level,” Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) said. “Or if you’re a banker…that if you’re systemically important enough, that your uninsured depositors are going to get bailed out.” WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 28: Ranking member Sen. Tim Scott (C) (R-SC) asks questions during a hearing of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee March 28, 2023 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony on the topic of Ranking member Sen. Tim Scott (C) (R-SC) asks questions during a hearing of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee March 28, 2023 in Washington, DC. Also pictured are committee chairman Sen. Sherrod Brown (L) (D-OH) and Sen. Mike Crapo (R) (R-ID). (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) More Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle pointed to worries that repayment of uninsured deposits would incentivize banks to take increased risks with customer deposits, knowing that the special exception could prop up banks when their business plans go south, and that costs to replenish the FDIC’s funds would ultimately fall on American taxpayers. In response to the banking failures, the U.S. Treasury Secretary invoked the Systematic Risk Exemption (SRE), a single exception to banking law that otherwise caps protection for cash and cash equivalent deposits at $250,000. The rule is a carve out to the 1991 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act (FDICIA) that requires the FDIC to impose the “least cost” on taxpayers when it reaches into the coffers of its Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) in winding down failed banks. Michael Gruenberg, chair of the FDIC’s Board of Directors, testified during the hearing that any loss to the FDIC’s DIF would be repaid through special assessments on banks. President Joe Biden delivered the same message when announcing the decision in the wake of SVB’s implosion. “The problem is…that position just doesn’t square with reality,” Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) told Gruenberg, accusing regulators of “leaning” on the narrow legal exception. The DIF, he said, will be replenished by a special assessment on banks across the nation that had nothing to do with SVB. “And as we all know, these banks will have to pass these costs along," Hagerty said. "Last I checked, those costs get passed along to the consumer. Those consumers are American taxpayers.” The DIF — the fund that pays out depositor losses — is primarily funded through quarterly assessments on insured banks and, to a lesser extent, through interest earned on investments and assets recovered through liquidations. WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 28: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee March 28, 2023 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony on the topic of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee March 28, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) More Asked if banks with no involvement in the bank collapses could be exempt from a legal requirement to fund the DIF, Gruenberg said the FDIC is authorized to consider and have some discretion over the types of entities that must contribute. Hon. Michael Barr, vice chairman for supervision for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, who also testified during the hearing, described the uninsured reimbursement decision as a judgment call that focused on risks to the broader financial system, rather than on the two banks’ particular depositors. “It’s a difficult judgment, but one that at the end of the day a unanimous FDIC board, and a unanimous Federal Reserve Board, and the Treasury Secretary agreed that the risk to the system was one that was not worth taking,” Barr said. Sen. Bob Menedez (D-NJ) questioned whether the SRE needs to further define “systemic risk,” noting that SVB was exempt from the Treasury's Financial Stability Oversight Council list of “systemically important” institutions, while at the same time regulators characterized its failure as a systematic risk in order to refund uninsured deposits. “You all need to have an obligation to be clear with us, and with the American people, when you took extraordinary steps to insure uninsured depositors that could very well lead to increased fees charged to banks, and ultimately, to consumers,” Menedez said. The senator said the regulators “rightfully” invoked the SRE and raised the possibility of increasing DIF funds. In addition to defending the use of the SRE, Barr repeatedly deflected blame from regulators, saying SVB’s collapse falls on the shoulders of its executives who failed to properly manage liquidity and interest rate risks. "Executives at SVB and SB took wild risks and must be held accountable," Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said. "But let's be clear: These collapses also represent a massive lack of supervision of our nation's banks." “I think it’s important that we use the term bailout,” Vance said. “There were a lot of people, a lot of firms at SVB that had deposits of well over $1 million, well over $5 million. And what we did in practice…was bail them out.” Alexis Keenan is a legal reporter for Yahoo Finance. Follow Alexis on Twitter @alexiskweed. Follow Yahoo Finance on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Flipboard, LinkedIn, and YouTube Find live stock market quotes and the latest business and finance news

Poll looking good for 2024

Six in 10 Americans don't want Trump to be president again: 2024 poll The poll found 39% of Americans have a favorable opinion of Trump Aubrie Spady By Aubrie Spady | Fox News Facebook Kellyanne Conway: We are seeing a competition for the Republican nomination in 2024 Video Kellyanne Conway: We are seeing a competition for the Republican nomination in 2024 Former Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway joins 'Jesse Watters Primetime' to discuss former President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., exchanging jabs with one another. The majority of Americans do not want former President Donald Trump to be elected in 2024, while voters remain split on whether he participated in any illegal activity regarding his hush money scandal. A new NPR/Marist poll found that only 38% of national adults want Trump to be president again, while the majority of 61% do not want the Republican to serve another term in office. According to the survey, 76% of Republicans, 34% of independents and 11% of Democrats want Trump to serve another four years in the White House. On the flip side, 89% of Democrats, a whopping 64% of independents, and 21% of Republicans do not want Trump to return to the White House next cycle. 2024 WATCH: THE WEEK THAT RON DESANTIS STARTED PUNCHING BACK AT DONALD TRUMP Former President Donald Trump announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election in November. Former President Donald Trump announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election in November. (Brandon Bell) About 39% of Americans have a favorable opinion of Trump, down 3 percentage points from a November poll that found his favorable opinion at 42%, but up from 38% in the summer. KARL ROVE PREDICTS THE IMPACT A TRUMP INDICTMENT WOULD HAVE ON 2024 RACE As Trump makes another bid for the White House, 81% of Republicans and 37% of independents have a favorable opinion of the former president. President Donald Trump is under investigation for hush money payments to Stormy Daniels. President Donald Trump is under investigation for hush money payments to Stormy Daniels. (Evan Vucci) Trump is currently under investigation by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for reportedly reimbursing his then-attorney for hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels. After a years-long investigation, Trump claimed on March 18 that he would be arrested within days When asked about the criminal probe, 46% said they think Trump has done something illegal. About 29% of Americans believe it was unethical, but not illegal, while 23% don't think he did anything wrong. placeholder Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is leading the investigation into former President Donald Trump. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is leading the investigation into former President Donald Trump. (David Dee Delgado) About 56% of Americans say the investigation is fair, while 41% consider it a "witch hunt" as he makes another run for office. "Amid multiple allegations of wrongdoing against former President Trump, what's striking is that, although Republicans still largely back him, White evangelical Christians are not as strongly behind him," Lee M. Miringoff, director of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, said alongside the poll results. "There is a consensus among Republicans that, although everything may not have been above board, Trump has done nothing illegal." CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP placeholder The survey was conducted from March 20 to 23 with a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points. Aubrie Spady is a Freelance Production Assistant for Fox News Digital. Read More Sponsored Stories Recommended byWhat is Outbrain Why People are So Passionate about Ka'Chava Why People are So Passionate about Ka'Chava Ka'Chava Cardiologist: Too Much Belly Fat? 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John Fetterman has missed an alarmingly high percentage of roll-call votes due to illness Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman has missed an alarmingly high percentage of roll-call votes due to illness Keanu Reeves says his last moment of bliss was in bed with girlfriend in rare comment Keanu Reeves says his last moment of bliss was in bed with girlfriend in rare comment FLASHBACK: Army Rangers engage in 300-round shootout with Crips gang on US soil FLASHBACK: Army Rangers engage in 300-round shootout with Crips gang on US soil Georgia judge orders Fulton County DA to respond to Trump’s motion seeking to quash grand jury report Georgia judge orders Fulton County DA to respond to Trump’s motion seeking to quash grand jury report Top Stories 01:12 GOP states side with parents inlawsuit against school that ‘shut parents out’ of kids’ gender transition Conversation(1.6K) 59 Sort by Best W wy66 2d ago I can buy that poll, but that includes Republicans who would prefer another candidate. They would still vote for him in a heartbeat if he were the nominee, as well as many independents. Reply 66 6 Share M manifoldwitnesscowboyup 2d ago I voted for President Trump 3 times and I will again. Thank you. Reply 44 5 Share 6 replies N notofthisworld486 2d ago The Republican party NEEDS to win the 2024 election if we are to save this country from being completely transformed to a society that can never be reversed to freedom ever again. The big question.... can Donald Trump win? Like others, i... See more Reply 9 2 Share 5 replies Show 18 more replies D dachshundsrule330 2d ago Polls! I am sick of hearing about polls. If they had any validity, Hillary would have been President and the Republicans would have had a red wave in the midterms. Polls are done to "sway" people, not to report what they are thinking. Reply 98 6 Share pumpintrump 2d ago Fox is lying again.. .Go read the poll... "76% of Republicans want Trump to be president" Cut and past from the poll Data. Not sure why Fox left that part out. Reply 33 4 Share 6 replies M maddog2020rh 2d ago I did my own "poll" with about 25-30 Republicans that I know regarding who they want to run for president. All I can tell you is that no Republicans that I know want Trump to run because they feel it's a losing proposition. Reply 17 15 Share 5 replies Show 9 more replies LHS72 2d ago The real question is would they rather have 4 more years of Brandon instead??? I will vote for any republican, even if Trump is the candidate. Reply 33 2 Share 3 replies T tommyd513 2d ago Trump still draws them in by the thousands wherever he appears and they still try and make us believe he has lost his edge. Video proves lies my friends and there is video. Now, he needs to knock it off sarcastically criticizing other GOP ... See more Reply 37 6 Share S seanbauman 2d ago Roughly 3/4 of Republicans can produce large crowds, but that doesn't mean he has a realistic chance at reelection. He needs Independents and I don't think he has much of a chance winning their votes. Since he's not an unknown, just about ... See more Reply 6 11 Share 2 replies Show 4 more replies Disrupter 2d ago I can go to Harlem and get the same results on a Trump poll. Why don’t you ask real people who care about the demise of our country. Not those who live off of it. Reply 64 2 Share P PoisonIvy983 2d ago You don't think an NPR/Marist poll represents the majority of Americans? Lol (sarc) Reply 19 1 Share 2 replies Show 5 more replies sage155 2d ago If you judge Trump strictly by his accomplishments, he did a good job. If you judge him by how the media portrayed him and the constant hit job they did to him (still doing it) he doesn't sound so good. Funny thing is, when he was a celebr... See more Reply 26 4 Share M mb985 2d ago The only reason he won at all was because he was a "reality" tv star. Which was a scripted fantasy his fans took for real life. And as a media celebrity, no one really gave a rat's behind what he did. Everything good or bad was just publi... See more Reply 1 Share 1 reply J Jack_from_Reagan_GOP 2d ago To you Trump folks: Do you believe in the poll that says Trump is ahead in the GOP primaries AND the one here that says Trump will never win the general election? I believe in both but the first poll will change when DeSantis announces his ... See more Reply 1 1 Share 2 replies Show 3 more replies O ohshucks 2d ago I don’t pay any attention to any of these nonsense polls. Trump is certainly not a perfect person but who is? Trump can make things happen quickly to turn this mess we are In around faster than anyone else. Why because he is the only one ...See more Reply 26 3 Share D deshawn_johnson 2d ago The problem is our government is so slow. Trump had the best ideas for our Infrastructure but never got it thru due to Dem Obstruction. Trump also had the best and most beautiful healthcare plan, and this was also delayed by the dems. I... See more Reply 9 2 Share 2 replies Show 3 more replies M miggy@42 2d ago Trump supporters need to understand that getting him elected in 2024 will be difficult. While I like Trump and his policies, he brings too much drama. We can't afford another 4 more years of Joe Biden. Reply 49 23 Share S shockwatch 2d ago Trump doesn't bring the drama, he only stands up to it. Big difference. Reply 32 10 Share 5 replies jlewton1fan 2d ago So you think Romney or McCain acted the way you want? DeSantis was created by Trump would you rather the teacher or the student? I'll take the teacher ever day of the week. Reply 11 5 Share 2 replies Show 7 more replies M mulvavulva 2d ago I and many who voted for him in the past will only vote for him again if he’s the candidate. Otherwise it’s time for someone new. Reply 20 3 Share 1 reply E edithmyarse 2d ago Riiiiight, okay, whatever you say. Just like the poll the other day that said Biden's approval rating was the lowest ever at 38%. It was about a year ago y'all said it was only 32%(much lower than 38%), and I HIGHLY doubt it's gone up.🤣 I do... See more Reply 4 Share 2 replies Show More Comments TermsPrivacyFeedback

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MIDWESTERN MARX 3/26/2023 It’s a New Day in the United Auto Workers By: Luis Feliz Leon, Jane Slaughter 0 COMMENTS Picture Workers walked out of the Flint Assembly Plant in the 2019 General Motors strike. In a runoff election, UAW members have elected a full slate of reformers to lead the union into this year's Big 3 auto bargaining and beyond. Photo: Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP. The machine will churn no more. Nearly 80 years of top-down one-party rule in the United Auto Workers are coming to an end. Reformer Shawn Fain is set to be the winner in the runoff for the UAW presidency. As of Thursday night, Fain had a 505-vote edge, 69,386 to 68,881, over incumbent Ray Curry of the Administration Caucus. Curry was appointed by the union’s executive board in 2021. There are around 600 unresolved challenged ballots. (This story will be updated with the final vote tally when we have it.) “By now, the writing is on the wall: change is coming to the UAW,” said Fain. “You, the members, have already made history in this election, and we’re just getting started. It’s a new day in the UAW.” It’s a stunning upset in one of the nation’s most storied unions. Once Fain’s victory is conclusive—after remaining challenged ballots are counted—he will join Secretary-Treasurer Margaret Mock, who ran on the Members United slate and won outright in the first round, and a majority of the International Executive Board, giving reformers control of the direction of the union. The UAW Members United slate won every race it challenged—a clear rebuke to the old guard. “Thousands of UAW members put countless hours into this historic campaign to take back our union,” said Fain. “I thank those members—no matter who they voted for—for taking an active role in our union. “But thousands of members have lost faith, after years of corruption at the top and concessions at the bottom,” he continued. “Our job now is to put the members back in the driver’s seat, regain the trust of the rank and file, and put the companies on notice. We are ending give-back unionism and company control in the UAW.” ​PHOTO FINISH Fain is an electrician from Kokomo, Indiana, and on the staff of the international union. “Shawn Fain ran a campaign on the promise of true reform in the UAW,” said Justin Mayhugh, a General Motors worker at the Fairfax Assembly plant in Kansas City and a member of Unite All Workers for Democracy, the caucus formed in 2019 to fight for members’ right to vote on top officers. UAWD backed Fain’s UAW Members United slate. “That message has resonated with the members of our union who are ready for change,” Mayhugh said. “He ran a campaign based on the needs of the rank and file, and because of that, he was able to overcome the many entrenched advantages Curry enjoyed during this election process. It’s a truly historic moment for our union.” And not a moment too soon. The Big 3 auto contracts with Ford, GM, and Stellantis (formerly Chrysler) expire in six months, and the industry is undergoing major changes with the rise of electric vehicles. The Big 3 now have less than half of the domestic auto market and more than half of all U.S. auto workers are non-union. Agreements with the Canadian union Unifor covering some 20,000 auto workers at the Big 3 also expire in September. ​ “We are putting the Big 3 on notice: they should get ready to negotiate with a UAW where the membership is back in charge of this union,” Fain told Labor Notes in December after the first round of the election, where reformers won five seats outright. ​LONG TIME COMING The last time a reformer had won a seat on the UAW board was in 1986, when Jerry Tucker of the New Directions Movement became a regional director. New Directions coalesced a group of reformers into a rank-and-file resistance movement in the 1980s and early 1990s. And going back even further, the last contested election for the presidency, except for Tucker’s run for president in 1991 and other symbolic runs, was in 1946 between RJ Thomas and Walter Reuther, heading opposing caucuses. Reuther won and purged the Communists from the UAW staff and defeated or co-opted other opponents. He consolidated his power in a 1947 sweep that accomplished what historian Nelson Lichtenstein describes as “nothing less than the elimination of his rivals from all posts in the UAW hierarchy.” ​ “The UAW in the ’40s was known for this intense internal democracy,” said Lichtenstein, author of Walter Reuther: The Most Dangerous Man in Detroit. “And hopefully, with the victory of Shawn Fain, he’s not going to create a new machine. There are going to be contested elections from now on, and that’s a good, healthy thing. It brings in the rank and file and energizes people.” ​BUMPS AHEAD The UAW has 400,000 members and a strike fund of a billion dollars. The new leaders campaigned on a militant approach to organizing, internal democracy, and solidarity against tiers, similar to the leadership shakeup in the Teamsters in 2021. The Members United slogan was “No Corruption, No Concessions, No Tiers.” ​ They face steep challenges. The union has seen a membership decline in its core manufacturing sector. The GM division, for example, is today about 11 percent of its 450,000-member heyday in the 1970s. Attempts to organize auto factories in the South have failed, including at a Nissan plant in Mississippi in 2017 and a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee in 2019. Other organizing opportunities are on the horizon. Ford will build four new factories to produce electric vehicle batteries and electric F-Series pickup trucks in Kentucky and Tennessee by 2025, employing 11,000 workers. To shore up numbers, the union has brought in university workers in recent years, now accounting for 20 percent of members. University of California graduate employees, coming off a recent strike, went overwhelmingly for Fain, defying local leaders who supported Curry. Graduate worker turnout was very low, however, and they were a modest part of Fain’s vote total, 2.5 percent. ​GOOD CONTRACTS ORGANIZE The new leaders will need to fight for stronger contracts at existing shops while launching new organizing campaigns. Scott Houldieson, an electrician at Ford’s Chicago Assembly Plant and a founding member of UAWD, says these goals are mutually dependent. “When you’re negotiating concessionary contracts, it doesn’t help your organizing strategy at all,” said Houldieson. “In fact, it gives talking points to the anti-union forces. “And while we have to do both at the same time—bargain strong contracts and do new organizing—we will do better at organizing the unorganized if we can first organize to fight back,” he continued. “The rank and file is fed up with our union officers taking the company line, each and every time we have an issue, whether it be contract negotiations or grievance settlements.” ​ The Big 3 are hauling in record profits, but they continue to lose market share to non-union automakers. Electric vehicle battery plants and federal investments that are part of a green industrial policy provide an opportunity to organize workers in new manufacturing jobs. ​CONCESSIONS KEY BEEF UAWD’s campaign for one-member-one-vote was seen as a long shot when it began in 2019. Even the union’s Internal Review Board once described the union as functioning like a “one-party state.” But then an investigation by the Justice Department laid bare longstanding corruption in the union, including embezzlement, kickbacks, and collusion with employers. Thirteen union officials went to jail, including two former presidents. The consent decree that resulted from the corruption scandals made it possible for members to decide whether they wanted to directly elect their officers, as opposed to a convention delegate system. In December 2021, UAW members voted 63.6 percent in support of electing top officers through one-member-one-vote. But the financial chicanery at the top was not enough to galvanize the rank and file, says retired Local 1700 President Bill Parker. “Corruption was a minor issue,” said Parker. “The real problem was that the union no longer fought the company, going back to the early ’80s when it began granting concessions, and then it all went downhill from there.” The union began giving away concessions at Chrysler beginning in 1979. Ford and GM followed suit with demands for ever-deeper givebacks. ​ “People want the union to challenge management,” said Parker, “not lay down in front of them. So they want the collective power of the union, not just to reform the union, but to aggressively change the union into a fighting institution." ​RETIREES VOTE FOR CHANGE But the discontent has had a slow build-up. Take retirees from locals whose factories closed. Parker says they felt abandoned by the union and were favorable to reformers in both rounds of the election. (We can’t tell how most retirees voted because their votes are mixed with those of active members. But we can see how retirees from closed locals voted.) “Forty or 50 years ago, when I started out, retirees were solidly in the camp of the Administration Caucus,” he said, “because at the time, the Administration was doing things like negotiating improvements in the pension and bonuses. “Then in 2007, during contract negotiations, the union agreed to two tiers.” Now “the majority of Chrysler workers are second-tier employees with no pension, no retiree health care, and they’re treated poorly in the plant.” At Chrysler Local 1268, where the company has indefinitely “idled” the Belvidere Assembly Plant where 1,350 UAW members work, workers voted over 70 percent for Fain. ​ “The sad reality of this is, over the last year and a half, since President Curry’s been in power… the company has awarded more than three different products, and Belvidere could have had every one of those,” Fain said on a Facebook livestream last December. “They’ve had ample opportunity to take on the company and to get product there, and prevent thousands of layoffs.” ​BUILDING HOPE Anger has propelled rank and filers into leadership. But the flip side of anger is lack of hope. “The new administration is going to have to start giving the members some confidence,” said Houldieson. “Right now, they lack confidence, and for good reason—they’ve been beaten down by corporate unionism for decades now. So we’re going to have to work on building a contract campaign that gives the membership more confidence than they’ve had in a long time.” This attitude of resignation partly explains the low turnout in the election (14 percent of the 400,000 active members and 600,000 retirees) and the slim margin of victory. In addition, reformers said that members struggled to get information about the candidates in order to make an informed decision. At first, the AC had relied on the sleepy internal life of the union to protect it from the insurgents and tried to pretend the election wasn’t happening, giving it little publicity. “The Administration Caucus didn’t campaign much in the first round because they thought they had it in the bag,” said Houldieson. “They are used to just having their way.” But they hadn’t faced a one-member-one-vote election before. After the reformers’ victories in December, the AC roused from its lethargy and Curry pulled out all the stops. His strategy was to get Administration Caucus loyalists—appointed and elected officials—to campaign in Ford locals, the home base of his running mate Chuck Browning, who has been the UAW vice president in charge of Ford. Their message was that Fain, from Stellantis, would somehow discriminate against Ford workers. Curry, who was an assembler at Freightliner Trucks in North Carolina before he became a union official, won in Region 1A to the west of Detroit and also won in large Ford plants in Region 8 in the South, where turnout increased by 41 percent in the runoff. Fain took a majority in the union’s other seven regions. ​REBELLION FROM BELOW Plucked from the shop floor, UAW Members United challenger Daniel Vicente won the runoff vote for director of Region 9, which covers western and central New York, New Jersey, and most of Pennsylvania. What motivated him to seek union office? Vicente, a machine operator and a convention delegate representing Local 644 in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, credited a hazardous incident at his current job at Dometic, which makes steering control cables for boats, and the short shrift a local union official paid him once he brought the incident to his attention. His nerve was steeled at the July UAW convention in Detroit when he saw delegates, in the convention’s closing hours, reverse their previous vote to boost strike pay—at the AC’s request. In a heartfelt Facebook post on March 3, Vicente wrote about growing up in a blue-collar family and the bonds of solidarity he has forged with fellow workers on the shop floor, writing about a co-worker, Mohamed Aitqol: “You and I have pulled 12 hours shifts together, we sweated it out in the summers and froze half to death in the winters on these machines.” He promised to carry with him that spirit of solidarity as he travels Region 9 to meet with local members and leaders to together transform the union. ​ “The race is done, so now the hard part begins,” he said. ​Read an interview with Daniel Vicente here. Author ​Luis Feliz Leon is a staff writer and organizer with Labor Notes.luis@labornotes.org This article was republished from Labor Notes. 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