@tellit214@toddarcher Because the nflpa made this part of the deal when they signed one of the contracts. I think it was early 2000s when the practices were made shorter and less frequent
@CbuckHerrick@DarrigoMelanie Yeah corrupt officials stealing money from the American people isn't nearly as bad as one drug addict with a bag of coke. #magastoodumb
@USBornNRaised@DarrigoMelanie I'm not saying Cuomo was right to cash in at that time but can you really not understand the difference between putting something out there for people to buy and using your government position to steal money from tax payers?
BREAKING: New polling released this morning just revealed James Talarico is leading both of his potential Republican opponents. There is a real chance Texas turns blue. Let’s go.
@SenateGOP Senate Democrats AND Republicans unanimously passed a bipartisan bill to fund DHS (everything but Trump’s rogue police forces).
The only thing holding it up? House Republicans. Mike Johnson could pass it today.
@MattWalshBlog More likely right wing asshats slowly started radicalizing someone on the left and pushing them towards a goal. Perhaps towards rushing the hotel with a gun. They would know his plan, know he's not trained with weapons. They'd get their ass. attempt and still have control
@SlaterNFL@JV184433 Getting a top receiver that has cleaned up his off field stuff for a 1 just because the cowboys got a good deal on a unknown (off field) a year before would be a dumb move? Ehh that doesn't sound right to me
@jules4u11@Patrickwebb Lol uhh buddy, I'm pretty sure it's not the Democrats panicking. Your supreme dip shit has been panicking ever since the Epstein vote took place, the republicans have been panicking because trump handed the midterms to the Democrats and magas to dumb to know they should panic
@StevieMagz7@mark_slapinski When will gas be under $2.50 and when will the gdp be +5%? Because that shits moving in the wrong direction since trump took office. Oh right maga. Keep believing the bullshit.
The most f*cked up aspect of this is the "DoorDash grandma" t-shirt she's wearing, and the implications of this: I checked and this is a pre-organized PR stunt between DoorDash and the White House (they boast about it on their website: https://t.co/AHDUwKQfgj).
The lady - Sharon Simmons, "a grandmother of ten" who has "completed more than 14,000 deliveries" - isn't even from DC, they brought her over from Arkansas as a prop for this.
Think about just how uniquely rotten things need to be in order for this to happen.
She is literally a grandmother relying on gig work because she can't afford healthcare for her husband's stage-3 cancer. She doesn't even get paid a living wage and needs to rely on tips. And as an "independent contractor," she gets no benefits, no healthcare, no retirement.
Which means she is an almost perfect illustration of the failure of the American social contract on almost every level: healthcare, labor rights, retirement, wages, etc. Any decent human being looking at her story - let alone policymakers - should feel only one thing: shame.
Yet DoorDash and the White House looked at this woman and saw a photo op. They flew her from Arkansas, branded her "DoorDash grandma" and used her as a mascot for a tax tweak - no tax on tips - that wouldn't even begin to cover her husband's chemo sessions.
Watching the actual video of her "delivery" to Trump (https://t.co/xzNDJq71Jx) is almost unreal. Trump opens up by saying, smiling at the camera, "who says it looks staged? It doesn't." They immediately proceed to do a joint press conference to a bunch of journalists who were conveniently standing right there.
None of the questions that follow during the next 15 minutes are related to Simmons' situation who just stands there. Journalists, the President, and cameras all obsessing over culture wars and the actual war in Iran, while the walking embodiment of the country's deepest structural failures - healthcare, labor, retirement - stands silently in a corporate t-shirt, unmentioned and too uncomfortable to confront.