Aidinthel

No it isn't. The Democrats haven't had their convention yet.

What the fuck? Why would you do that!?

If politicians want people to have more children, maybe they could do something to make having kids less ruinously-expensive.

There is no red line. Netanyahu could literally kill and eat a Palestinian baby on live TV and nothing would change.

The worst thing about the campus protests is that there are no universities left in Gaza.

Note the framing: it's the PROTESTS that are creating the rifts, not the support for genocide. Everything would be fine if the plebians sat down and shut up.

For their sake, I hope they've read one of those posts of advice for this situation or otherwise have a good plan. Their life getting fucked seems the more likely outcome, though.

Okay that's something. I'd like more, obviously, but it's nice to hear.

That's great. Are they actually going to do anything about it?

This is an important part of it. The other part is the fact that success in politics is very hard without money, and most rich people aren't progressives.

Actually, it is. The owner decided to match the wage increase to dodge the controversy, though it seems the question of whether the law actually covers Panera will need to be settled in court for a definitive answer.

https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/operations/hype-aside-panera-exempt-californias-wage-bill

Actually the battle lines have hardly moved at all since Ukraine withdrew from Avdiivka.

https://phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/can-either-side-actually-advance