Political hacks in New York City are in the middle of a debate on whether to keep a decades-old tax incentive program in place that critics say unfairly benefits big real estate developers and leaves average New Yorkers out in the cold. Opponents have blamed the 51-year-old tax incentive, called 421a, for contributing to the...
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THE BOTTOM LINE: DAIRY QUEEN FINDS NEW WAYS TO MAKE AMERICANS FATTER, DUMBER, AND SICKER.
The U.S. public is becoming fat, dumb, and blind, which is good for business! Companies can stuff more processed food into mouths and then, when these people come down with a chronic illness, a drug company will have a medication for that… and then another medication to offset the side-effects of the first drug. Dairy...
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AMERICAN MEDIA: HOW LOW CAN YOU GO? WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY PSAKI JOINS THE PRESSTITUTE CLUB
Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary who was part of President Joe Biden’s Obama 2.0 staff, is in talks with MSNBC to host a show for its streaming service, which is the latest example of the incestuous relationship between the government and the media. Axios was the first to report on the discussions and pointed out that it...
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“DUMBPHONES” SEEN AS A SMART OPTION FOR SIMPLICITY
Dumbphones have seen a noticeable uptick in usage over the last few years, the BBC has reported. It represents a front-running example of what the Trends Journal noted as a more widespread predicted Top Trend of 2022, “LOW TECH SIMPLICITY” (30 Nov 2021). According to a survey by software company SEMrush, Google searches for them...
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UNIONIZATION ON-TREND KEEPS GROWING: TEACHERS IN SACRAMENTO STRIKE
About 4,000 teachers and supporting staff are on strike in Sacramento over their salaries and staffing issues in the district—joining the trend across the country of educators considering their work conditions after returning from COVID-19 lockdowns. The Sacramento Bee reported that the salary for teachers in the city ranged from $48,000 to $102,000. But workers in...
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UNIONIZATION TREND, ON-TREND: STARBUCKS WORKERS VOTED TO UNIONIZE.
Workers at a Starbucks location in Seattle—the city where the coffee chain is headquartered—voted unanimously last Tuesday to unionize and became the sixth company-owned store out of about 9,000 in the U.S. to vote for the representation. As we have long noted, the unionization effort started in Buffalo and has been embraced by employees at...
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‘HERD’ MEDIA FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGES PART OF HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP STORY
Claiming it was a hoax and never existed, The New York Times reported last week that it was able to finally authenticate emails from Hunter Biden found on a laptop just before the 2020 election, but was snuffed out by Big Tech and mainstream media companies. The Times which supported Joe Biden during the 2020 Presidential Reality...
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TOP TREND 2022-UNIONIZATION: LACK OF COMPETITION CUTS WORKERS’ LEVERAGE
The labor market is tight as a drum, with workers walking away from one job and right into another that pays better, the story goes. The reality is not so simple, says a new report from the U.S. Treasury department. Too often, employers face little competition for workers, allowing companies to dictate pay rates and...
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TOP TREND 2022: 3 MORE STARBUCKS LOCATIONS IN BUFFALO VOTE TO UNIONIZE
The National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday announced that three additional Starbucks locations in Buffalo, N.Y., voted to unionize—following stores at two other locations in the city. (See “STARBUCKS UNIONIZATION: 2022 TOP TREND ON THE RISE.”) Reggie Borges, a spokesman for the coffee chain, said in a statement that the store will “respect the process...
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UNIONIZATION ON-TREND KEEPS GROWING: MINNEAPOLIS TEACHERS ON-STRIKE
Unionization was one of our Top Trends for 2022, and as we have been reporting each week, across the work spectrum, it’s “on-trend.” Teachers from Minneapolis Public Schools and other workers in the system announced last Tuesday that they will strike over wages and working conditions. The Wall Street Journal reported that one of the demands is...