James48
James48's JournalDoes anyone else notice
That the Senate is still in recess, awaiting call if the chair;
And the extension that passed the House is NOT yet passed in the Senate.
And that with Feinstein gone, we now have 49 votes, not 50. Which means the Senate might have trouble passing it.
Now what?
Four more hours till midnight. And no Senate vote yet.
UAW Update
Just watched UAW President Shawn Fein address live on facebook.
As of noon today, another 7,000 auto workers will hit the picket lines. Fein called for strikes to begin at noon today at the FORD ASSEMBLY PLANT IN CHICAGO, and the GM Assembly Plant in Lansing, Michigan.
This brings to 25,000 the total number of UAW workers on the picket lines.
Fein asked for ALL workers to come join the picket lines to demonstrate against corporate greed- said all UAW supporters are welcome to come walk a picket line, just like Joe Biden did. He said Stellantis gave a new offer just moments before the press conference today, and that's why he was late to the facebook briefing. The Stellantis offer is being studied- and includes movement on several of the UAW's proposals- but they still are not at a point to settle.
more: https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/strikes-could-idle-more-detroit-three-auto-plants-friday-2023-09-29/
'Nothing good about it': DOD official says shutdown 'horrible' for US, good for Russia and China
‘Nothing good about it’: DOD official says shutdown ‘horrible’ for US, good for Russia and China
By DOUG G. WARE
Stars and Stripes-
WASHINGTON — A government shutdown would harm U.S. defenses, hurt troops and be welcomed by Russia and China, a top Pentagon official said Tuesday.
“It’s just horrible. There’s really nothing good you can say about it,” said William LaPlante, the Pentagon’s undersecretary of defense for acquisitions and sustainment.
LaPlante, who is a leader in matters such as military contracts, materiel readiness, the acquisition workforce and the defense industrial base, made his remarks during a discussion with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank that focuses on national security.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-09-26/shutdown-pentagon-troops-defense-ukraine-china-11501692.html
Here's where abortions have increased so far in 2023.
BY: ELISHA BROWN - SEPTEMBER 11, 2023 10:43 AM
Seventeen states now ban most abortions, including Georgia and South Carolina, which have laws on the books against terminating pregnancies after six weeks. Despite hurdles, some patients are still able to get care elsewhere.
Abortions increased during the first half of 2023 in states bordering restrictive states and in those with protective laws, according to recent data released last week by the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive health research organization.
Hours after the right-wing U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and ended the country’s nearly 50-year-old constitutional right to abortion on June 24, 2022, a heavy-hearted state Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D-Royal Oak) was talking to a group of organizers. “Even though we knew it was coming, it was just devastating,”
..In Michigan, where voters in 2022 made abortion a constitutional right, there were 2,560 more abortions in the first half of this year.
More:
https://michiganadvance.com/2023/09/11/heres-where-abortions-have-increased-so-far-in-2023/
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