josephinelee

josephinelee, 14 days ago to random

At Meyerland M.S. where 400 parents have shown up to protest F. Mike Miles’ mass firings of Houston ISD teachers and principals across the district, incl. the 2023 principal of the year from this school.

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josephinelee, 15 days ago to random

Right wing groups around the country are judge shopping in the Northern District of Texas to get a favorable ruling challenging Biden administration policies. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/shopping-for-the-judge-you-want-honed-to-perfection-in-texas

josephinelee, 15 days ago to random

Ten Ways Billionaires Avoid Taxes on an Epic Scale: https://www.propublica.org/article/billionaires-tax-avoidance-techniques-irs-files

josephinelee, 15 days ago to random

“Cy-Fair ISD board votes to remove chapters teaching vaccines and cultural diversity from textbooks.” So… they want children to grow up and be completely clueless about how to address the problems they’ll inherit. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/cyfair-textbooks-climate-change-vaccines-19445145.php

josephinelee, 15 days ago to random

First the Katy ISD board goes after transgender students and now immigrant students? They should not have this power over children’s futures. “These Katy ISD board member calls for legislative action to allow tracking immigration status of students.”https://www.houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood/katy/article/katy-isd-trustee-calls-tracking-student-19444072.php

josephinelee, 18 days ago to random

Modern moonshiners want to decriminalize making booze at home. But they are caught between the interests of the federal government, spirits industry bigwigs, and even the Federalist Society. https://www.texasobserver.org/distillers-decriminalize-home-booze/

josephinelee, 26 days ago to random

This May Day, workers are renewing calls for control of their time. But in the country that spawned the mvmt for the 8-hr workday, how is it that workers can be asked to work 24 hrs/ day? https://prospect.org/labor/2024-05-01-end-to-endless-workweek/

josephinelee, 28 days ago to random

You can hear protestors shout, “These are children,” as Texas DPS troopers drag, tackle, and tie the hands of University of Texas students protesting for a cease fire in Gaza. https://x.com/sergiomarbel/status/1785024185187619297?s=46&t=D9oB1vGmE8uNFOak2EbQrg

josephinelee, 1 month ago to random

Not really surprising… “Private equity-owned businesses accounted for a high number of bankruptcies in the health-care sector last year, and another wave of distress looms” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-17/pe-owned-health-care-saw-surge-in-2023-bankruptcies-report-says

josephinelee, 1 month ago to random

“Texans have two more weeks to tell the state how they want it to spend the $1 billion water infrastructure fund approved by voters in November.” https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2024/04/16/texas-water-fund-spending-budget

josephinelee, 1 month ago to random

“The Supreme Court Case Designed To Legalize Bribery- Snyder v. United States could make it legal for public officials to accept rewards for their corrupt actions.” https://www.levernews.com/the-supreme-court-case-designed-to-legalize-bribery/

josephinelee, 1 month ago to random

“The Supreme Court May Give Us Another 2008 Financial Crisis”: A new case could exempt national banks from state regulations: https://www.levernews.com/the-supreme-court-may-give-us-another-2008-financial-crisis/

josephinelee, 1 month ago to random

Man changes name to Literally Anybody Else and announces US presidential run:
https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/25/texas-name-change-election-candidate

josephinelee, 1 month ago to random

Workers who have been putting money towards their pensions for a lifetime are suing employers who are offloading these plans to riskier annuity contracts from 3rd-party insurers. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/employee-benefits/at-t-lockheed-suits-mark-first-real-test-for-pension-transfers

josephinelee, 1 month ago to random

“Tesla, Ford, Netflix and T-Mobile are among scores of profitable U.S. firms that pay their top executives more than they pay in federal taxes. It’s a system that rewards the super rich and punishes the rest of us.” https://inthesetimes.com/article/taxes-biden-2024-tesla-elon-musk

josephinelee, 1 month ago to random

Last Nov, I reported how a foreign private equity co. took $674M in taxpayer-funded loans, private bonds to take over SH 288 toll, profited from exorbitant tolls, self-dealing construction contracts. https://www.texasobserver.org/txdot-construction-toll-workers-deaths/. Now they stand to gain $1.7B from TxDOT’s buyback. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/transportation/article/txdot-288-toll-lanes-blueridge-commuters-19372016.php#

josephinelee, 1 month ago to random

👀👀👀 Now Israelis are protesting for a cease-fire. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/31/world/middleeast/netanyahu-protest-tel-aviv.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

josephinelee, 2 months ago to random

Charters schools “want all the benefits of being a public school, they want all the money, without the accountability or transparency the taxpayers and parents deserve.” https://houstonlanding.org/many-houston-charter-schools-are-violating-state-transparency-laws-heres-why-its-an-issue/

josephinelee, 2 months ago to random

“If the Fifth Circuit’s ruling (on abortion pill mifepristone case) stands, it really gives advocates the green light to file litigation second-guessing any of the FDA’s expertise in approving drugs.”https://www.statnews.com/2024/03/25/supreme-court-mifepristone-abortion-pill-oral-arguments/

josephinelee, 2 months ago to random

Manufactured crises are distracting from the real crises Americans are facing: “Patients hate American health care. But presidential candidates aren't talking about it.” https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/03/17/health-care-not-on-trump-biden-agenda-2024/72551420007/

josephinelee, 2 months ago to random

The CDC instructed hospitals to forego N95 masks at the onset of the pandemic. Healthcare workers fear the agency is repeating the same mistake as the CDC revisits guidelines on airborne transmission. https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/health-workers-cdc-guidance-infection-control-airborne-transmission/

josephinelee, 2 months ago to random

Frightening SCOTUS may upend longstanding Chevron doctrine where courts defer to the expertise and statutes of regulatory agencies, such as the EPA or SEC, further allowing a judge’s ideology to determine the outcome of cases. https://youtu.be/tg1xHgNj33o?si=pLS3Fe6zNDCCGrV1

josephinelee, 2 months ago to random

It’s shameful that we still have a 24 hour workday in this country. Homecare workers are three days in on a hunger strike to end this and they need support.
https://x.com/aiwcampaign/status/1769849191038124491?s=46&t=D9oB1vGmE8uNFOak2EbQrg

josephinelee, 2 months ago to random

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY. Good to remember there are actually governments around the world who don’t treat women as mere vessels for procreation.