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☆ Opinion | J.D. Vance’s Strange Turn to 1876
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Jamelle Bouie | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This, in fact, was the argument made by Senator J.D. You would’ve actually tried to go to the states that had problems; you would try to marshal alternative slates of electors, like they did in the election of 1876. And then you have to actually prosecute that case; you have to make an argument to the American people.”Let’s look at what happened in 1876. Samuel Tilden of New York, won a majority of the national popular vote but fell one vote short of a majority in the Electoral College. In the three Southern states, where the elections were marred by fraud, violence and anti-Black intimidation, officials from both parties certified rival slates of electors.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, J.D, Vance of, Ross Douthat, Vance, ” Vance, analogized, “, would’ve, Samuel Tilden, Rutherford Hayes Organizations: Democrat, Gov, Electoral College, The Republican Locations: Vance of Ohio, New York, Florida , Louisiana , Oregon, South Carolina

☆ A juggernaut of the stock market's growth has hit a wall — buy these stocks instead
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

How much do we pay for an enterprise software business that may have hit the wall, suddenly slowing down to sales growth in the high single digits from growth in the double digits? But Salesforce is the most glaring of the enterprise software behemoths, which include ServiceNow , Adobe , Workday , SAP , Intuit , and fallen star MongoDB . Or to put it another way, Salesforce needs its clients to hire more people to increase sales growth. SaaS is another form of enterprise software, is another form of applications software, is another form of kryptonite. Of course, there will be enterprise software companies that defy the slowdown.

Persons: Marc Benioff, Dow Jones, Salesforce, Ullal, Jensen Huang, that's, Thoma, —, Elon Musk's, Wells, It's, Charlie Scharf, Goldman Sachs, Dan Schulman, Bill Ready, Stanley Black, Decker, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Marlena Sloss Organizations: Oracle, Dow, Adobe, SAP, Intuit, Mad, Arista Networks, Microsoft, Nvidia, Arm Holdings, Thoma Bravo, Taiwan Semiconductor, Indy, Federal, Paypal, Fed, Jim Cramer's Charitable, CNBC, Bloomberg, Getty Locations: Norfolk Southern, Wells Fargo, Wells, Dover, Informatica

☆ Opinion | Dobbs Overturned Much More Than Roe v. Wade
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( Jamelle Bouie | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Most of my writing this week was on the recent elections in Iowa and New Hampshire, but most of my reading was focused elsewhere. In particular, I want to highlight this report from Jessica Valenti, published in her excellent newsletter, on proposed travel bans for abortion care in Tennessee and Oklahoma. The Tennessee ban, proposed by State Representative Jason Zachary, would make it a felony to take a minor out of state to obtain an abortion. I have written about how abortion bans implicate a broad set of rights tied to our personal and bodily autonomy, including the right to travel between states. The federal government, by contrast, was a limited government of enumerated powers — a government that could take only such action as allowed by the Constitution.

Persons: Jessica Valenti, Jason Zachary, Valenti, ”, —, Kate Masur, Be, “ Organizations: State, Constitution Locations: Iowa, New Hampshire, Tennessee, Oklahoma, The Tennessee, ” The Oklahoma, “

☆ Opinion | Flamin’ Hot Propaganda
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Adrian J. Rivera | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

“Flamin’ Hot” says “no,” that only through the gospel of ganas may we enter the kingdom of heaven. But, oh, how “Flamin’ Hot” tries. “Flamin’ Hot” isn’t even effective propaganda. There can be a successful Latino, the movie says, but only one; the people who serve him must also be Latino. A movie can depart from the strict truth and capture a broader, deeper truth, so I hoped “Flamin’ Hot” would surprise me.

Persons: hasn’t, Montañez, ”, “ Locations: America

☆ Investing in Space: Launch jitters
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Michael Sheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

CNBC's Investing in Space newsletter offers a view into the business of space exploration and privatization, delivered straight to your inbox. Even today's private U.S. launch leaders, SpaceX and Rocket Lab , had their share of failures when first gunning for orbit. "In a launch vehicle, you have lots of different complex systems … and traditionally, we've been talking about expendable launch vehicles. "We're finally transitioning to a reusable launch vehicle mentality, and I think you're going to see more and more of that kind of testing," Nield said. But even with one-off rockets, Nield remains "very bullish" on the launch market.

☆ Can your boss fire you for refusing to turn your webcam on? If you live in the US, probably.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( Britney Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A US company was ordered to pay $73,000 to a Dutch remote worker fired after not turning on his webcam. It's a meaningful difference amid recent headlines about a successful lawsuit in the Netherlands that saw a Dutch remote worker awarded $73,000 after he was fired after refusing to turn on his webcam during a virtual training program. A remote worker attends a virtual meeting on their laptop. On the federal level, the laws around employee privacy are "kind of outdated" and issues coming up now with remote work are not really covered, she said. As the workforce turns more to work from home and remote work, Boerner said it's possible that more states will follow New York's example with its new employee-monitoring law that went into effect in May.

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