#LGBTQ Dems gear up for rematches after narrow 2022 losses

#LGBTQ Dems gear up for rematches after narrow 2022 losses

From Oregon to California to New York, LGBTQ Democrats who almost won their congressional elections last year are teeing up rematches with the Republicans who beat them. Jamie McLeod-Skinner, a former engineer and local politician from Oregon, announced in July that she was running for Congress again, setting up a likely rematch with Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer…

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#Teamsters ratify new UPS contract, avoid massive strike

#Teamsters ratify new UPS contract, avoid massive strike

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters announced Tuesday that workers voted overwhelmingly to ratify a “historic collective bargaining agreement” with UPS. The powerful labor union and the major shipping company were locked in tense negotations throughout the summer, with more than 300,000 Teamsters ready to strike without a new deal. UPS and the Teamsters announced a tenative deal…

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#Musk plans to strip headlines from news articles on X

#Musk plans to strip headlines from news articles on X

Billionaire Elon Musk, the owner of X, a social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has shared plans to strip headlines and other text from posts that display a news article’s lead image. The change, first reported Monday by Fortune, would mean that users — from individuals to publishers — would have to manually add…

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