Lambchop by Nancy OhanianI don't think the theme of Suzanne Gamboa's report for NBC News yesterday-- 'White supremacy' was behind child separations-- and Trump officials went along-- would surprise many people.
Crucial Senate primaries today in West Virginia and Indiana-- states that Trump won by big margins in 2016 (68.5% to 26.4% in West Virginia and 56.8% to 37.9% in Indiana)-- are a mess for the Republicans.
Last week Noah introduced DWT readers to union activist Joe Hill for a quote he's most famous for, made just before he was executed by a firing squad, "Don't waste any time mourning. Organize!"Hill was a Swedish immigrant who, age 23, came to the U.S. in 1902. He was a day laborer and rose in the ranks of the IWW (Industrial Workers of the World, AKA- the Wobblies).
-by Dorothy ReikI was on a tear on Labor Day-- no mention of workers or unions anywhere, except of course in the Labor Day Sale ads-- not in the NYTimes or the LATimes! Not on TV! And then I was told that today is about "workers not unions"! That is the problem I think! I was a union member once-- UTLA-- and I am proud to say my very first venture into "klng making" there resulted in Wayne Johnson's presidency.
A couple of weeks ago the Charleston Daily Mail speculated that if West Virginia Secretary of State Natalie Tennant enters the race for the open Senate seat, the Democrats will have a chance to hold onto it. Citing a telephone survey, they said Republican Shelley Moore Capito got the thumbs up from 45% of the voters and Tennant from 40% (which is within the margin of error), with 15% unsure.
