California’s minimum wage to skyrocket more than $10 above nationwide pay as Newsom praises hike

 NY Post

"Governor Gavin Newsom announced Friday that California’s statewide minimum wage will increase to $17.40 per hour beginning January 1, 2027.

"The rate is higher than any current statewide minimum wage in the nation and nearly two-and-a-half times the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.

"The increase is already automatic under California law, which adjusts the minimum wage annually to keep pace with inflation.

"Newsom, who is expected to run for president in 2028, contrasted himself against President Trump in announcing the increase.

“'For years, Donald Trump and Republicans have blocked efforts to raise the federal minimum wage while handing tax breaks to billionaires and big corporations,” the governor said in a statement.

“'California has chosen a different path — one that rewards work, grows the economy, and puts working families first. We believe if you work hard, you deserve a decent paycheck. They think $7.25 an hour is enough. We don’t.”

"Many California healthcare workers already saw another scheduled increase on July 1, pushing minimum wages to between $19.28 and $25 an hour depending on the type of facility.

"Newsom has had a history of trying to push wages up. He and fellow state Democrats helped push for a $20 per hour minimum wage for fast food workers, which reportedly has devastated some companies." . . . More...

Bill Maher Makes His Audience Gasp Simply by Reading the DSA Platform Out Loud

  RedState  

"I think they want to seize the means of production," he quipped. "Now maybe you missed that in school, or missed school altogether, but that's communism. That's communism, which we tried, and it doesn't work."

"Some prominent figures on the left have been slowly realizing for a while now that the Democratic Party they once knew has gone completely off the deep end. Add Bill Maher to the list.

"Maher has commented in the past about how the left pilloried him from here to hell and back for the crime of breaking bread with President Trump. How they've refused to engage him in meaningful conversation. It was just weeks ago that he called out the Democratic Party for being taken over by communists. 

"Not merely playing footsy with them. Letting them infiltrate the opposition party.

"On a recent episode of his show, the longtime liberal host decided to prove the point by simply reading the Democratic Socialists of America’s (DSA) platform and some choice quotes from its rising stars and allies out loud.

"Line after line, the language tracked uncomfortably close to classic communist rhetoric about seizing private property and the means of production. It's material we've pointed out on these very pages time and again. But material that Maher is finally coming around to recognize on his own.

"'Donald Trump has told one trillion lies, but when he says the Democratic Socialists of America are actually communist, that's not one of them. And it's not hard to prove it, just by quoting the DSA and their candidates," he forewarned. "It gives me no pleasure to have to do this."

"'Not a week goes by where I don't read about some newly chosen, exciting new face in the Democratic Party. And then when that face opens its mouth, the Communist Manifesto or some other crazy s*** comes out," he continued. "Again, let's just read the quotes." . . .

. . . "I'm not voting for anyone who thinks the wrong side won the Cold War, or cheers for the Intifada like it's the World Cup. It's so ironic, from the people who obsess about colonization. You know what's being colonized now?" he asked. "The Democratic Party." . . .  More...