Rep. Pramila Jayapal celebrates massive minimum-wage hike in Seattle and gets nailed with seething backlash:
Businesses are already shutting down over the new law.
Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington state celebrated the passage of a massive minimum-wage hike in the city of Seattle, but many on social media responded with ridicule and mockery.
The far-left government in Seattle jacked up the minimum wage on all businesses beginning the first of January. Some businesses are already shutting down after calculating that the law would force them into insolvency.
"Yesterday, Seattle’s minimum wage officially rose to $20.76 per hour — one of the highest minimum wages in the country!" she wrote. "I’m so proud to represent a city that puts workers first, and I’ll keep fighting to ensure we finally pass a minimum wage increase nationwide."
Critics excoriated Jayapal and warned about the unintended consequences of such far-left policies.
"Congrats, Pramila. You’ve just guaranteed that small businesses in Seattle will be forced to close, jobs will be lost, and prices will skyrocket. Raising wages without understanding the economy isn’t helping workers, it’s hurting them," read onepopular response.
California passed a similar minimum-wage law meant to increase wages for fast-food workers, but some businesses have responded by firing employees and others have shut down completely.
Congress Convenes in Snowstorm to Certify Donald Trump’s Historic Election:
Congress assembled Monday with snow and security personnel swirling around the Capitol to officially certify President-elect Donald Trump’s historic political comeback.
The counting of votes certified by each of the 50 states in December will make Trump’s 312 electoralvote rompofficial only two weeks before Inauguration Day.
The Capitol complex, almost empty due to a rare heavy snowstorm in Washington, is blocked off by barriers in a security perimeter extending for blocks. No crowds will assemble to cheer, and no protesters or even tourists will be allowed anywhere near the Capitol.
Harris’s ceremonial role in rubber stamping Trump’s victory, cementing her own loss, may be her lasting political legacy in a decades-long political career.
Harris’s ceremonial role in rubber stamping Trump’s victory, cementing her own loss, may be her lasting political legacy in a decades-long political career.
CNN Data Analyst Shows How Little Voters Cared About January 6th as a Political Issue (VIDEO):
CNN’s data analyst Harry Enten recently looked at how much voters cared about January 6th as a political issue and the numbers were stunningly small.
Democrats and the media, including a lot of people at CNN, thought this was their ace in the hole in November but they chose poorly because voters did not care. People were much more concerned about the border, inflation, and other serious issues.
The only tragedy is the people who have been withering in jail over this for years now.
“People, simply put, didn’t care as much about the attack on the Capitol,” Enten continued. “Look at this, ‘January 6th is your biggest memory of Trump’s first term.’ By the time of 2024, look at this. It was just 5%, just 5% of Americans, and among Republicans it was just 2%.
Biden releases bin Laden bodyguards, other alleged terrorists at Guantanamo Bay to Oman:
Administration wants to close Gitmo prison permanently.
As his days in office draw to a close, President Joe Biden has released nearly a dozen Yemenis from the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba as part of a larger goal of closing the facility permanently.
On Monday, the Department of Defenseannouncedthat 11 prisoners would be transferred to Oman....
Both al-Alwi and al Sharabi worked as bodyguards for the late Osama bin Laden, former leader of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda and organizer of the 9/11 attacks.
Al-Alwi, who was also allegedly a member of Al-Qaeda, served on bin Laden's security detail in Afghanistan. A 2016 intelligence file noted that he had been "pardoned" for a number of infractions at Gitmo since his capture and suggested that he may still have an "extremist mindset" based on some of his statements while in prison, theNew York Postreported.
With the 11 detainees gone, Gitmo now has just 15 remaining prisoners, a tiny fraction of the number of prisoners held there at the peak of the War on Terror. In 2003, the facility housed 680 prisoners.
