California judge granted a preliminary injunction Monday requiring Uber/Lyft to stop classifying drivers as independent contractors. Serious implications for Uber/Lyft, both are not yet profitable, are now required to pay for costly benefits that come with a full-time staff.

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https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/10/judge-grants-preliminary-injunction-requiring-uber-and-lyft-to-stop-classifying-drivers-as-contractors.html A California judge granted a preliminary injunction Monday requiring Uber and Lyft to stop classifying their drivers as independent contractors pending further action by the court. The order will take effect after 10 days, as the companies requested a brief stay during the appeals process. If upheld, the ruling could have serious implications for … Read more

Robinhood to stop sharing app’s popular stocks

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Robinhood Markets Inc. will no longer provide data that shows which stocks are popular among its users. The decision comes as the Menlo Park, Calif.-based trading app developer wants to shed the perception that its service is mostly used by day traders. “At Robinhood we’re committed to enabling people to participate in the markets through responsible investing,” a … Read more

Chinese Navy Gets 16,000 Candidates For New Pilots

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Sources say about 16,000 people signed up in the annual pilot recruitment drive, and among those who have passed the tests to become pilot cadets, nearly half will be trained to fly aircraft in the coming years. “In the past, most Navy Aviation Force pilot cadets were trained to fly ground-based fighter jets and bombers,” … Read more

Major 2020 Warning Issued About Big Tech Ahead Election

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2_4Q1Wo9cA Marty Walsh from Trending Politics reports, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy sounded the alarm on Sunday about how tech giants like Google are trying to restrict conservative speech by manipulating its search results. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://trendingpolitics.com/mccarthy-issues-major-warning-about-how-big-tech-could-be-tilting-the-election/

THERE GOES OUR FOOD! – Derecho just wrecked our entire corn crop for 2020 in one day!

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The entire mideast corn crop was blown down by the Derecho: Thinking about those in the farming community tonight. This is just a sampling of many cornfields across Iowa after the derecho moved through today. Absolutely devastating. #IAwx pic.twitter.com/PDwhNJUD7L — Tyler Roney (@TylerJRoney) August 11, 2020 WOW! Iowa corn crop is toast. Woah! This is … Read more

Poll reveals half of Democrats don’t think Joe Biden would serve all four years if elected president

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A new Rasmussen Reports poll shows that more than half of the voters surveyed, and nearly half of Democrats, don’t believe Joe Biden will complete all four years 59 percent believe it ‘likely’ that Biden’s running mate would become president  The survey suggests younger voters in particular are convinced that Biden would not finish his … Read more

Wow. Xfinity Comcast has BANNED Republican front-runner Laura Loomer from sending texts & emails to voters. This is next-level censorship.

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OUTRAGEOUS! Xfinity-Comcast Bans GOP Candidate Laura Loomer from Sending Texts and Emails https://twitter.com/PeteHegseth/status/1292969186323562498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1292969186323562498%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegatewaypundit.com%2F2020%2F08%2Foutrageous-xfinity-comcast-bans-gop-candidate-laura-loomer-sending-texts-emails%2F  

With Sen. Grassley in the news today, now’s a great time to post his best mic-drop moment. WAIT FOR IT. Get to the end, you will LOL

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https://youtu.be/EU7BXbOpVy4 This, IMO, is the most perfect thing I know it. The look at the end, it’s the epitome of a mic-drop, absolutely priceless—even the security guard, it’s all somehow just the most perfect thing… it came out a year ago but I have it bookmarked for when I need a laugh.   h/t catsfive

Hong Kong protesters push stock of arrested media tycoon by 1,100%

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via Bloomberg: They’ve occupied Hong Kong’s central business district, marched by the hundreds of thousands through the city’s streets and endured tear gas and pepper spray in pitched battles with riot police. Now Hong Kong’s pro-democracy supporters are wielding a new protest weapon: their stock-market trading accounts. To show support for Jimmy Lai, the publisher … Read more

Seattle: Too Woke For A Black Female Police Chief.

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Seattle’s First Black Female Police Chief Resigns After Council Caves to BLM; Reporters Note Irony. Thanks to the Seattle City Council’s Monday vote to cut her salary and gut the police department, Police Chief Carmen Best is resigning, effective September 2nd. In the resignation letter she emailed her colleagues on the force, Best told her fellow officers … Read more