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#TrickleUp #ArizonaAudit #MAGA #StopTheSteal

Ken Bennett was once referred to as the "director" of audit of votes in Maricopa County by Republicans

He’s now reportedly disallowed from entering the building where the recount is happening.

Bennett served as Arizona's Secretary of State and president of the state Senate

He was the only person associated with the recount with experience in elections

#TrickleUp #Strike #FritoLay #Protest #Boycott

A 20 day strike by 600 Frito-Lay workers in Topeka, Kansas has come to an end after workers negotiated a wage increase, a day off every week, and the end of what workers called "suicide shifts," where employees get only an eight hour break between shifts.

The New York Times first reported on Saturday that workers and the company had reached an agreement and ratified a contract.

Republicans and Right Leaning Media Change of Tune with Covid and Vaccines

Mitch Mcconnell

"If there is anybody out there willing to listen: Get vaccinated,"

"These shots need to get in everybody's arms as rapidly as possible or we're going to be back in a situation in the fall that we don't yearn for - that we went through last year,"

"it never occurred to me" that after the COVID-19 vaccines that were quickly developed for use in the U.S., "we'd have difficulty getting Americans to get the shot."

Early Push Back on Planned October 15 Strike

Arbitrary Date

Deadline Too Soon

Not Traditionally Organized

Not Enough People Involved

Advocating for Workers Striking Advocates for People Losing Their Livelihood

Who is Behind It

Alternative

Patron Strike

Take the Pressure off of those traditionally employed and boycott all corporations on that day

Holiday Strike

Support only small business (Halloween and Christmas)

Refuse to partake in traditions that excuse historical atrocities (Thanksgiving)

Jeff Bezos Potentially Increased His Net Worth by $1.4 Million While Going into Space

Jeff Bezos’ Net Worth $202.7 billion

went to space after the successful launch of the Blue Origin rocket’s first passenger flight.

whole trip took just 10 minutes and 10 seconds

net worth – thought to have gone up by $75bn in 2020 according to Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index

This works out as $6.25bn per month, $1.44bn per week, $205m per day, $8.56m per hour, and $142,667 per minute, $2,377.78 per second.

#MindfulSkeptics #Gaming #Teaching #GamerParents #GamerKids #HomeSchooling #TrickleUp

We explore how to use gaming as a tool for educating your kids while home schooling.

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#TrickleUp #GeneralStrike #MuteTheMedia

Last month we discussed the planned general strike for July 1st and a couple weeks ago we discussed why we thought it didn’t have the impact to make the national news. Recently emerged in the conversation of general strikes is the October 15th planned General Strike. As detailed by the website OctoberStrike.com people are intending another possible strike.

#MindfulSkeptics #Esports #NCAA #HighSchool #VarsitySports #Gaming #Gamers #OnlineGaming #BoyceLittlefield

Varsity sports are now including Esports and colleges are giving scholarships for Esports leagues.

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China said it will take “necessary measures” to respond to the U.S. blacklisting of Chinese companies over their alleged role in abuses of Uyghur people and other Muslim ethnic minorities

The Commerce Ministry said the U.S. move constituted an “unreasonable suppression of Chinese enterprises and a serious breach of international economic and trade rules.”

China will “take necessary measures to firmly safeguard Chinese companies’ legitimate rights and interests,” the ministry’s statemen

Biden Fires Trump-Appointed Head of Social Security Administration, Who Refuses to Leave

President Biden fired Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul, who had been appointed by form

Saul insists he will still sign in to work on Monday morning remotely from his New York home.

Biden had asked on Friday morning for the resignation of both Saul and David Black, the deputy commissioner.

Black resigned, but Saul refused.