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Politics : A Real American President: Donald Trump -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: golfer72 who wrote (264574)	2/17/2021 7:57:40 PM
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His only choices were to get and follow the instructions of the President, or to wait until the disputed states or all the states follow state law in each state and reconfirm their fake "certification(s)". Either way he would have rejected the initial certifications which were not valid, and order the valid votes counted.

To: golfer72 who wrote (264574)	2/17/2021 8:00:27 PM
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GROCERY STORE EMPLOYEES WERE MAKING $20 AN HOUR IN SEATTLE, BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL SHUT THEM DOWN... Kroger to Close Two More Stores After Seattle City Council Mandates “Hazard Pay” for Grocery Workers By Cristina Laila Published February 17, 2021 at 5:34pm Supermarket retailer Kroger announced it will close two of its QFC grocery stores in Seattle because of the City Council’s new “Hazard Pay” law requiring an extra $4 per hour for workers. The mandate, dubbed “Hazard Pay,” was designed to compensate grocery store workers for working in “dangerous” conditions due to the Covid pandemic – but it backfired. QFC said its Seattle employees already make an average of $20 per hour – not including healthcare and retirement benefits. The two grocery stores located on 15th Avenue and 35th Avenue in the Wedgewood neighborhood will close in 60 days. “When you factor in the increased costs of operating during COVID-19, coupled with consistent financial losses at these two locations, and this new extra pay mandate, it becomes impossible to operate a financially sustainable business,” QFC said in a statement. Earlier this month Kroger was forced to close two of its stores in Long Beach, California after the city council passed a mandate requiring companies with more than 300 employees to pay workers an extra $4 per hour. Ralphs and Food 4 Less, owned by the parent company Kroger will be closing on April 17 due to the oppressive ordinance. “As a result of the City of Long Beach’s decision to pass an ordinance mandating Extra Pay for grocery workers, we have made the difficult decision to permanently close long-struggling store locations in Long Beach,” said a company spokesperson. “This misguided action by the Long Beach City Council oversteps the traditional bargaining process and applies to some, but not all, grocery workers in the city.” Kroger said it invested more than $1.3 billion since March to implement Covid safety measures and compensate employees. This is just a taste of what’s to come with Joe Biden’s federal minimum wage increase to $15 per hour.

To: golfer72 who wrote (264574)	2/17/2021 8:02:46 PM
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NY Democrat assemblyman alleges Cuomo threatened to 'destroy' him over nursing home deaths scandal The Post Millennial thepostmillennial.com New York State Assemblyman Ron Kim (D-NY40) reported that he had been on the receiving end of threats issued from Governor Andrew Cuomo. "Gov. Cuomo called me directly on Thursday to threaten my career if I did not cover up for Melissa [DeRosa] and what she said," Kim said, according to The New York Times. "He tried to pressure me to issue a statement, and it was a very traumatizing experience." He said that Cuomo told him that "we're in this business together and we don't cross certain lines and he said I hadn't seen his wrath and that he can destroy me." Melissa DeRosa is a top Cuomo aide who reported that the cover-up of the number of nursing home deaths in the state was intentional, in order for the Cuomo administration to avoid political fallout. Cuomo has blamed everyone he could for the nursing home deaths and the ensuing cover-up. Cuomo blamed, primarily, the "void," saying that the "void begets disinformation," and that disinformation results in pain of individuals. The beleaguered governor has been doing what he can to face down the nursing home debacle in his state. After Attorney General Letitia James released the findings of an investigation conducted by her office which showed that the state underreported deaths in nursing homes by as much as 50 percent, Cuomo has been fending off attacks from left, right, and everything in between. ????? I have said from the beginning: This is more than a nursing home scandal, this is a criminal corruption coverup scandal at the highest levels of New York State Government. ????? t.co — Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) February 17, 2021 Kim, who represents the Flushing neighborhood in the borough of Queens, New York City, has been outspoken about the nursing home failures in the state. He believes additionally that his uncle died from COVID in a nursing home unnecessarily. Kim said that "No man has ever spoken to me like that in my entire life... At some point he tried to humiliate me, asking: 'Are you a lawyer? I didn't think so. You're not a lawyer.' It almost felt like in retrospect he was trying to bait me and anger me and say something inappropriate. I'm glad I didn't." Kim said that Cuomo continued to try to reach him through the weekend. Cuomo senior adviser Rich Azzopardi issued a statement on Wednesday that read: "Kim's assertion that the governor said he would 'destroy him' is false... The Governor has three witnesses to the conversation. The operable words were to the effect of, 'I am from Queens, too, and people still expect honor and integrity in politics.'" Kim stands by his assertion that he was threatened by the governor.