Employers Want to Trap You in Dead-End Jobs. Will Trump’s FTC Help Them?

Should your employer be allowed to ban you from taking another job? Most Americans would say that’s ridiculous — but it’s more common than you think.

When I was head of the policy office at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), I read thousands of public comments about how employers used “noncompete clauses” to trap workers into jobs. Many people shared deeply personal stories of being stuck in abusive workplaces, enduring punishing commutes, or working for years and years without a raise.

Noncompete clauses force workers to agree not to take a job with a competitor after they leave their position. They’re often framed as tools to prevent senior executives from taking trade secrets with them. But the evidence tells a different story.

Black Hearted Kristi Noem

Burning the flag of Israel is now illegal but not the U.S. flag

Burning the flag of Israel is now illegal, but not the U.S. flag. That is insane! On one hand, it is legal in the U.S. due to its protection under the 1st. Amendment to burn the Old Glory but a new law makes it illegal to boycott Israel and/or burning the flag of Israel. 
 
Believe it or not, last October, a Howard, California man, Christopher Husary, 36, was sentenced to 364 days in jail & 2 yrs. of probation 4 burning the flag of Israel.
According to Jewish Telegraph, AIPAC has recently rushed an anti-BDS law in US Congress. To entice US lawmakers, AIPAC has sent over 50 Congressional Reps and top political operatives on an all-expense paid trip to Israel. AIPAC, which is a bunch of unregistered foreign agents, won't release the list of names.
 
If you've been online recently and read Global Disconnect by Leslie's Substack, you might have come across viral posts warning of a new legislation, the so-called “IGO Anti-Boycott Act,” H.R.

Flag Desecration

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Dr. Bob Fitrakis and Dan-o Dougan talk about the importance of unions and spin union movement tunes from a serious Solidarity Forever by Leonard Cohen to Salt of the Earth with the Rolling Stones. Hear an unexpected version of The Internationale, Union Maid, King Harvest and more!

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The Price of Genocide: How US Funding Sustains an Unraveling Israeli Economy

In an important step toward the economic isolation of Israel due to its genocide in Gaza, Norway's Government Pension Fund Global has decided to divest from yet more Israeli companies. 

From Guernica to Gaza

Killing from the sky has long offered the sort of detachment that warfare on the ground can’t match. Far from its victims, air power remains the height of modernity. And yet, as the monk Thomas Merton concluded in a poem, using the voice of a Nazi commandant, “Do not think yourself better because you burn up friends and enemies with long-range missiles without ever seeing what you have done.”

Assault Sandwich Ban

Statewide conference on policing

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Friday, August 29-Saturday, August 30, 10am-4pm

Virtual Statewide Conference on Policing, Criminal Legal System, and Immigration. We have some amazing speakers who will touch on topics ranging from immigration, wrongful conviction, to policy, etc. Guest speaker: Eric King

If you have not already, you can register with the link below.

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