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The Tenant Uprising Is Here, and It’s Fierce

Mon, 10 Aug 2020 17:02:11 +0000

In recent days, tenant activists have stormed courthouses in Kansas City and New Orleans. They’ve crowded, chanting, into real estate law firms in New York City. They’ve protested outside a mayor’s home in Los Angeles and marched with signs through another mayor’s neighborhood in Milwaukee.

Their message to landlords and government leaders: Don’t allow evictions to occur during a global pandemic. Tenant activists are worried about the millions of unemployed Americans who now stand on the edge of an unprecedented housing crisis that could leave as many as 40 million people facing eviction by the end of the year.

On the day rent’s due, protesters deliver eviction notice to Mayor Garcetti at the Getty House:

”You are hereby notified that you will be evicted from your mansion if you do not cancel rent within 3 days of receipt of this notice.” pic.twitter.com/Mo5TNaAqzr
— Josie Huang (@josie_huang) August 1, 2020

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Trump Wants to Give Unemployed People $400 a Week — With One Huge Catch

Mon, 10 Aug 2020 16:18:13 +0000

On Saturday, President Donald Trump attempted to circumvent a stalled Congress by signing a series of executive orders to try and kickstart the failing economy, including providing a $400 unemployment benefit to tens of millions of out-of-work Americans.

The orders “will take care of pretty much this entire situation, as we know it,” Trump said.

But what he didn’t say is that the money will be diverted from much-needed disaster relief funds and state coffers, which are already threadbare due to the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus. There are also likely to be legal challenges to Trump’s actions, and even if the executive orders are enacted, economists say the money will run out in a matter of weeks.

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Kanye Has a Senior GOP Strategist Helping Him Get on the Ballot in Colorado

Mon, 10 Aug 2020 03:29:58 +0000

A top Colorado GOP strategist is helping Kanye West to get on the ballot in her state, the latest in a series of Republicans who have stepped up to help the hip-hop star in his odd presidential bid.

Rachel George, a longtime Republican operative in Colorado, sent an email to at least one other local GOP strategist on Tuesday asking them to sign West’s Presidential Electors’ Acceptance of Nomination form so he can appear on the 2020 ballot in Colorado.

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