There are a few restaurants I have been to in the US that actually pay living wages and say tipping is optional. When the service is really good and you insist you want to tip they are generally over the moon.
We can make it easy for grandpa by passing digital tax EU wide!
Kidding aside I think that would be great if it could pass
And pressure individuals like ICC judges by blocking them from US payment networks
And in the US (I refuse to call it America) helmet laws tend to be selectively enforced against minorities
And the Republican Party is obviously a lost cause when they held that CPAC conference in Budapest of all places
Schumer’s seat is only up in 2028 but if enough of his allies - preferably in safe seats - get primaried in 26 and the new progressives hold them in the general election (and hopefully win some back from GOP) I expect he will be forced out of leadership for the next Congress
It has to have enough shift to progressives or else he will take credit and stay on. He will also be ousted if Democrats lose again but in that scenario MAGA will continue unchecked for 2 more years at least
Maybe that’s why he’s also struggling to get his message heard
Maybe the broligarchy currently in charge will finally disabuse people of the notion of white male superiority. Maybe…
Trump didn't even get a majority of the popular vote - you might be thinking of the electoral college, which skewed the result by overweighting sparsely populated deep red states
https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/2024presgeresults.pdf
The problem is the electoral system. In a system that allows for voting for smaller parties without wasting your vote, the US would probably have 4-5 parties at least. Red state moderates would not be lumped together with progressives, and main street Republicans with the evangelical wing with MAGA
And apparently the “new” Model Y is even worse than the old one. That’s their bread and butter.
https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-reviews/tesla/model-y-suv/
In 57 of 100 of the largest cities in America, the gross salary needed to comfortably (using 30% of salary) afford a studio apartment is higher than the national median wage.
And in many cities the gap to the local median wage is huge too. $140k to afford a studio in NYC!
We are more distractible when reading on digitsl devices though. Perhaps with the exception of dedicated ebook readers.
In addition to fhat I wonder if eInk and actual paper are more conducive to prolonged reading as well, less eye strain