Drivers for ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft will soon have the right to unionize in California as independent contractors, thanks to a bill signed Friday by Governor Gavin Newsom.

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    4 days ago

    All that is true, and yet the establishment Democrats in power are still playing games, refusing to endorse Mamdani, and parading around “abundance liberalism” like it’s not the same old song and dance. Electing another establishment Democrat in 3 years isn’t going to save us.

    Right now, the concern is the midterms which may just still happen. A Democratic majority in both chambers actually will hinder this administration.

    As for the Presidency, we have no idea who will be running. I’m not going to help the establishment build an early consensus for another sub-par candidate.

    As for the threat to jail liberals, that’s a check the administration can’t cash - not at scale. They don’t have the prisons, the guards, the cops, or the balls. So far, it doesn’t even look like they will get Kimmel off the air. Their grand military parade turned into a display of malicious compliance, and their military deployments to US cities have not provided them what they were looking for. Only the ICE brown-shirts have displayed a real willingness to back the administration’s agenda. I’m not saying there is no danger, but it’s not as hopeless as you say.