Holy shit it really was just an episode of Undercover Boss the networks didn’t have to pay for
Fun fact. Not only was that McDonald's not open - every customer was staged - but the owner of that place recently whined to the Pennsylvania government about not wanting to pay his employees a living wage. Because of course he did.
If you want to learn about Alaska's measure, you could start with this @alaskabeacon.com piece from my colleague, Yereth Rosen.
Piet Mondrian, Composition in White, Black, and Red, Paris 1936 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134494
‘We’re scared to say what we think some of the real problems are in this country for fear of being called a racist or extremist. [He} says it for us. He’s giving the people a podium they can stand on. We may lose but this is how we feel, and it feels good to have our feelings aired.’" 1/2
"[The candidate is] giving a voice to the silent majority – the white population that works too hard to have time to be politically active." --Vince Thompson, a supporter of GOP Presidential candidate Pat Buchanan in 1996. Quoted in Nicole Hemmer, Partisans, p. 220.
I missed this poll of Washington's ballot measures the other day: —the measure to repeal the new capital gains tax is down 29% to 56% —the measure to repeal environmental regulations to reduce emissions is down 31% to 46% lots of undecided: cascadepbs.org/politics/202...
Moldova, EU membership referendum: 98.8% counted The difference is for 744 votes for In favor Against: 50% In favour: 50% ➤ europeelects.eu/moldova
You can’t vote against him. You can’t be opposed to him. He’ll deport people. Execute people. Use the military against us. These are his words. These are threats and promises. And no one is safe from a dictator’s whims. No one.