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The Labor Department on Thursday expanded eligibility for unemployment benefits to those who refused to return to work or declined a job offer because the worksite was not following coronavirus safety protocols. Under the new guidance, jobless individuals can receive Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) if they turn down an offer from a business “not in compliance with local, state, or national health and safety standards directly related to COVID-19.” Those protocols include wearing face masks, maintaining social distance and providing personal protective equipment. PUA was created by the CARES Act in March to expand jobless aid to gig workers, contractors and others who do not qualify for traditional unemployment insurance. ADVERTISEMENT The persistence of the pandemic has forced many Americans to make tough choices about whether to return to work and risk contracting COVID-19 or take the financial hit to protect their health. The Labor Department’s expansion of … [Read more...] about Labor expands jobless aid for workers who reject employers skirting COVID-19 rules

Sen. Ted Cruz Rafael (Ted) Edward Cruz John Boehner tells Cruz to 'go f--- yourself' in unscripted audiobook asides: report Huawei backs supply chain security standards in wake of SolarWinds breach The Memo: Biden faces first major setback as Tanden teeters MORE (R-Texas) has hired Trump campaign press aide Erin Perrine Erin Perrine Cruz hires Trump campaign press aide as communications director Fox anchor presses Trump aide on indoor rally: 'This goes against the president's own administration guidelines' MORE as his new communications director. Perrine most recently was director of press communications for former President Trump Donald Trump Donald Trump Jr. calls Bruce Springsteen's dropped charges 'liberal privilege' Schiff sees challenges for intel committee, community in Trump's shadow McConnell says he'd back Trump as 2024 GOP nominee MORE ’s 2020 reelection campaign. Before that, she had stints with the … [Read more...] about Cruz hires Trump campaign press aide as communications director

Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy Pelosi Minimum wage setback revives progressive calls to nix Senate filibuster House Democrats to keep minimum wage hike in COVID-19 relief bill for Friday vote Schiff sees challenges for intel committee, community in Trump's shadow MORE (D-Calif.) referred to Sen. Ron Johnson Ronald (Ron) Harold Johnson Cruz hires Trump campaign press aide as communications director Pelosi: Dems want commission focused on Capitol mob attack Pelosi jokes about Sen. 'Don' Johnson MORE (R-Wis.) as “ Don Johnson ” in a press briefing Thursday, seemingly jabbing at the Wisconsin senator while saying he appeared to be “taking the lead” on the GOP response to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. “Don Johnson— was his first name Don?” Pelosi said to reporters Thursday. After being corrected, Pelosi jokingly responded “Let me call him ‘senator,' not ‘Miami Vice’ or anything like that.” House Speaker Pelosi accidentally calls … [Read more...] about Pelosi jokes about Sen. ‘Don’ Johnson

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden Ronald (Ron) Lee Wyden Biden nominee previews post-Trump trade agenda Labor expands jobless aid for workers who reject employers skirting COVID-19 rules Democrats hesitant to raise taxes amid pandemic MORE (D-Ore.) on Friday announced Democrats’ “Plan B” to raise the minimum wage after the Senate parliamentarian ruled that an earlier proposal from House Democrats to raise the federal minimum wage $15 an hour did not meet special budgetary rules. Wyden is proposing a workaround solution that would impose a 5 percent tax penalty on large corporations if any of their workers earn less than a certain amount, with the penalty increasing over time. The language would ensure that large companies would have a significant financial incentive to raise wages, even if they are not mandated by law to pay employees more than the current federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. ADVERTISEMENT “As chair of the Finance … [Read more...] about ‘Plan B’ for $15 minimum wage unveiled

Those who made Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo an exemplar of pandemic leadership are abandoning his side as news of his alleged cover up of the amount of nursing home deaths in New York continues to unravel. Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was commended by corporate media, heralded by Hollywood, and defended by powerful Democrats for his COVID-19 response. Cuomo issued a March 25, 2020 order that required nursing homes to accept recovering COVID-19 patients from the hospital. In May, Cuomo rescinded the order. Cuomo’s government omitted individuals who lived in nursing homes or long-term care facilities from their data on nursing home deaths because, according to a May Daily Caller News Foundation report, while the individual may have contracted the disease in the nursing home, they died in the hospital. Over the course of the nearly two month period when Cuomo’s directive was active, more than 9,000 COVID-19 positive patients were forced back into nursing … [Read more...] about The Walls Are Closing In On Andrew Cuomo