Heather Hayes
Austin’s Travis County voted to raise minimum wage to $20
TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas – The Travis County Commissioners Court has voted to raise the minimum wage for Travis County employees from $15 an hour to $ 20 an hour. The commissioners also voted for a 5% raise across the board for salaried employees and a 3% bump into employees’ retirement pension. Related: Whataburger thanks employees with $60 million in bonuses. Starting salaries for Travis County correctional officers will be raised by 6.7% to $50,000 and the starting salary for Travis County Sheriff’s Office deputies will be increased to 14.1% toRead More
Russia bans 963+ Americans including Biden, Harris, Zuckerberg and actor Morgan Freeman. But not Trump. Full List of Names:
The Kremlin said it has permanently banned 963 Americans from travelling to Russia in retaliation against U.S. sanctions over its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. It’s a major update to a sanctions list it initially released in March that included President Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other administration officials, though the sanctions themselves are largely symbolic. The list, published by the Russian Foreign Ministry, has been significantly expanded to encompass numerous people not involved with the U.S. government, like actor Morgan Freeman and numerous journalists. “The fact that RussiaRead More
Lady Gaga Announces Chromatica Ball Summer Tour Dates
Lady Gaga might have been snubbed by the Oscars for her non-nominated role in House of Gucci, but her legions of fans will have ample opportunities to show their love this summer: Gaga’s long-postponed Chromatica Ball stadium tour is back on, with more than a dozen dates just announced. Included on the itinerary: Dallas at the Globe Life Field (Aug. 23), Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium (Sept. 10) and, for the New York area, East Rutherford, New Jersey’s Metlife Stadium (Aug. 11). See the complete tour schedule below. The tour had originally been setRead More
John Oliver Takes Deep Dive into Decriminalising Sex Work
British-US comedian and political commentator John Oliver’s latest Last Week Tonight monologue in their piece “John Oliver takes an eye-opening deep dive into decriminalising sex work”. Oliver explains “at every turn we are making life harder both for people who want to remain in the sex trade and for those who want to leave it” is the “disturbing sentiment”. The full discussion examines “many issues faced by sex workers in America” — presumably in North America, Central America and South America. This includes the conflation of human trafficking and sexRead More
How Could Russia and China Attack on America and Taiwan Could Playout
EDITORIAL: How would this Russian and Chinese attack play out if it were to happen? On January 20th, 2025, the day of the presidential inauguration, a nuclear bomb exploded over Miami, killing millions of people and destroying the city. The bomb was delivered by a drone, disguised as a commercial aircraft, that flew from Cuba. The drone was part of a secret plan to invade Florida by a coalition of Russia, China, and Iran, who had hacked into the US water and power systems, and prepared a coordinated cyberattack toRead More