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600 SUVs ‘Disarmed’ in One Night

Damien Gayle The Guardian
Tyre Extinguishers say ‘climate disaster’ vehicles targeted in nine countries including the UK, France and Canada .

Friday Nite Videos | September 9, 2022

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Women Are So Fired Up To Vote, I’ve Never Seen Anything Like It

Tom Bonier The New York Times
Women are registering to vote in numbers I never witnessed before. The gender gap has skyrocketed. Every poll we consume over the closing weeks of this election will rely on a likely voter model for which we have no benchmark.

Trump Went Judge Shopping and It Paid Off in Mar-a-Lago Case

Jose Pagliery Daily Beast
In her decision Monday, Cannon managed to cite the lone independent “statement” in a recent Supreme Court opinion from Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who wrote that a former president like Trump does retain some executive privilege.

How Zoomers Organized the First Chipotle Union

Jonah Furman Labor Notes
Of all the employers that have seen union drives over the past year, Chipotle—with 100,000 employees across 3,000 stores, and long-term plans to double its footprint in North America—is the most similar to Starbucks.
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