The $100 million warchest belongs to the Biden/Harris campaign, not the Democratic Party. They are separate organizations, and Biden/Harris only answers to Biden and Harris.
The DNC has its own funds of course, but nowhere near as much. And DNC funds are supposed to be shared with multiple Democrats, not just the one running for president.
Nothing prevents them from saying that they aren’t going to prosecute it as a hate crime
The thing that prevents them from saying that they aren’t going to prosecute it is that they are still considering prosecuting it.
Deciding on a charging strategy takes a lot more thought than posting a hot take.
EDIT: And let’s not forget that she is most definitely being charged with attempted murder, so no matter what the DA decides she’s gonna have a bad time.
The previous DA was also a Republican, so it’s clear that Republicans are capable of prosecuting hate crimes.
And I’d be willing to bet that Tarrant County charged as many hate crimes in 2023 as in previous years.
Can’t imagine what sort of exculpatory evidence there could be
Not being able to imagine something doesn’t mean it can’t exist.
the simplest explanation is that it’s a smaller suburb of Dallas-Ft Worth
Suburbs don’t prosecute, the county DA does. This county voted for Biden in 2020, and it prosecuted 42 hate crimes in 2022.
If the DA hasn’t added that already based on even this limited public information
The DA also has access to non-public information, including potential exculpatory evidence.
She was charged with attempted capital murder and injury to a child. … The Euless Police Department has recommended that the incident be considered a hate crime and the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office is currently investigating it
“Alleged” is what the DA has charged.
“Possible” is what the DA might add to the charges.
The opinions of the reporter, who is not a lawyer much less a prosecutor, are not helpful.
A 6th day at 40% pay? Yeah, that’s a big “no.”
It’s 40% extra pay, like overtime in the US.
Yes, but government can restrict the “time, place, and manner”.
Two hunters are walking through the woods. One hunter falls down, hits his head on a rock and gets knocked out.
The other hunter freaks and gets out his cell phone and calls 911. When the operator picks up, the hunter says “Help! My buddy fell down and hit his head on a rock. He’s not moving! I think he’s dead!”
The operator says, “You think he’s dead? He could still be alive! You need to make sure.”
The hunter says okay and puts down the phone. The operator hears a gun shot. The hunter picks up the phone and says, “Okay, I made sure he’s dead, now what?”
Abortion and voting rights, like immigration reform, are not eligible for reconciliation and would have been filibustered even when Democrats controlled Congress.
And Biden gets credit for delivering the things he promised because he knew they were doable with 50 Senators. I don’t blame him for not doing the impossible. It would be like blaming him for not curing cancer.
American rescue plan, infrastructure, etc.
Those only passed because Democrats controlled the Congress and they were eligible for reconciliation, ie filibuster-proof.
Immigration reform isn’t eligible for reconciliation, and anyway Democrats don’t control the House now. That’s why it hasn’t passed.
If you want ground-level impressions, you might find this blog pretty interesting.
The following are a series of social media interactions with an American serving in a volunteer, unpaid capacity on the front line in Ukraine.
Q. Who are the other team members? A. The team consists of five individuals: Chris (American, team leader) UV (American) Carlos (Colombian) Ian (British) Antin (Ukrainian)
There’s been 3-4 other team members that have come and gone, and at times a drone operator has been temporarily attached.
Q. How does the team operate? A. The team typically receives a mission order and then goes into 1-2 days of planning. The mission can last up to two weeks, but is typically just over a week in length. The team has been pulled out early at least once when Russian forces boxed them in and left them with no room to maneuver.
Usually UV will return from a mission, rest and eat, and then start recording his thoughts in a long DM. He and I talk about it, and then he will usually talk to several other people as a means of unwinding. All of this interaction goes into the blog.
Here’s the political calculus for Democrats:
This appears to be a very unusual election. Normally Democrats lead with young voters, and Republicans lead with older voters. But this year, Biden has gained ground with older voters even while losing ground with young voters.
So the first thing to consider is that Biden is trying harder to appeal to older voters than usual for Democrats, and older voters are more likely to support Israel.
Furthermore, older voters are much more likely to vote, which is good news for Biden. This also means that Biden has less reason to maximize turnout than previous Democrats.
The obvious question is why doesn’t Biden try to win over young and older voters? I’m sure he would like to, but supporting Palestine isn’t the way to do it. Surprisingly, young voters actually don’t care that much about Gaza. Furthermore, according to that article “young voters who wanted Biden to pressure Israel to stop attacking Gaza would vote for him at about the same rate as those who didn’t.” So supporting Palestine might just be downside risk with older voters.
Putting all this together, and the political calculus favors appealing to older voters on Israel, and trying to find some other issue to win back young voters.
You said Israelis.
What other religion would these supposed Israeli assassins be?
That’s out of date.
Median fast food wage in US is now $14/hr. A Big Mac in Denmark is now 49 krone, which is $7.10
Of course, it’s still true that unions provide better pay and benefits to employees. But the price of a Big Mac is roughly a third of the hourly wage in both the US and Denmark.
unrealistic to expect businesses to give up a small portion of their infinite growth targets
Almost no restaurants, including fast food restaurants, have infinite growth targets. A lot of them are struggling to survive.
From a business perspective, most fast food franchises are mom-and-pop locations. They are not owned by a giant corporation. The giant corporation simply sells them ingredients and sets their menu.
That’s true. But restaurant owners aren’t paying millions to anyone.
And hiking prices to pay fast food employees more isn’t unsustainable. It just means customers won’t eat fast food as often as they used to.
The wages of fast food workers have been increasing over the past decade. Ten years ago, their median wage was $8.69/hr. Today, it’s over $14/hr. In California, the minimum is now $20/hr.
Increased wages for low income workers are good, since they have outpaced inflation. But they will inevitably result in increased prices. It’s unrealistic to expect the employer to absorb all of the increased costs.
And fast food employers often couldn’t absorb the wage increases even if they wanted to. Remember, a McDonald’s employee isn’t paid by McDonald’s HQ, they are paid by the person who runs the individual location, who is also paying McDonald’s HQ for ingredients. Some of the franchise owners are doing well, some of them aren’t, but all of them are going to raise prices.
In other words, if you don’t want to pay more for fast food, then you don’t actually want to see fast food workers earn a better wage.
Maybe, but then the swing state could end up with a GOP governor. That’s one reason why VPs are often from safe seats, eg Harris, Pence, Biden, Palin, Quayle…