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DoomsdaysCW

Ummm... #Florida considers easing #ChildLabor laws after pushing out #immigrants

A new law under consideration in the state Legislature would roll back child labor laws to make up for a dwindling labor pool.

By Ja'han Jones, March 27, 2025

Excerpt: "Florida Gov. #RonDeSantis backs the law and has defended the idea of teenagers and college students working these jobs. DeSantis also explicitly linked the effort to the loss of immigrant labor. Speaking about the consequences of state verification laws at an event with border czar #TomHoman, the governor said, 'Yes, we had people that left because of those rules, but you’ve also been able to hire other people. And what’s wrong with expecting our young people to be working part-time now?'

"In recent years, several states — many of them led by #Republican governors — have rolled back child labor laws. This map from the Economic Policy Institute illustrates the spike in states rolling back these laws from 2021 to 2024. Back in 2023, for example, #Arkansas Gov. #SarahHuckabeeSanders signed a bill that made it easier for companies to hire children without getting consent from their parents. One month earlier, The New York Times published a bombshell report about the #exploitation of immigrant children in #factories operated by some of the most well-known companies in the U.S.

"That story should have spurred a nationwide push to strengthen child labor laws. Instead, states like Florida are going in the opposite direction, weakening such laws in part to deal with the fallout from the conservative movement’s demonization of immigrants. They’re essentially using child labor to paper over the gaps left by their draconian immigration policies.

"#Project2025, the far-right playbook for Trump’s second term, specifically calls for rolling back 'hazard' regulations around child labor. The text claims, 'Some young adults show an interest in inherently dangerous jobs' and argues that 'with parental consent and proper training, certain young adults should be allowed to learn and work in more dangerous occupations.'

"Even as child labor laws are being rolled back, the Trump administration is working to gut #SocialServices, including funds that help provide #SchoolLunches to children and programs, like the supplemental nutrition assistance program [#SNAP], that help feed poor families. And if those cuts stay in place, they may leave American families with few alternatives to sending their children to work to keep food on the table."

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msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/f
#SB918 #FloridaPol #USPol #Scrooge #ICERaids #ChildLabor #HungerGames

MSNBC · Florida considers easing child labor laws after pushing out immigrantsBy Ja'han Jones
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N-gated Hacker News

🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice *still* wants to sell — because apparently, removing a core product is the hottest new trend in restructuring! 💼 Meanwhile, Google's response has been a deafening "LOL" as they continue to swim in their money pool like a modern-day . 💰
wired.com/story/the-doj-still-

WIRED · The DOJ Still Wants Google to Sell Off ChromeBy Lauren Goode
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Mervin Keck

Humbug!on the new version of Scrooge that I saw last night which was a musical. and had some kind of female shape shifting ghost and evil fire faeries or something weird. Finally found the classic 1951 Scrooge with Audio Description and will watch that today while melting wax from the Dickens Sampler by MK Body Sweets. I'm partial to ScentOhLicious myself but I'm going for a theme here. Smile! #Scrooge, #waxMelts, #dickens, #Humbug, #Scentohlicious

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Óli Gneisti (English)

Luigi Mangione is a way the ghost of Christmas future. I don't mean that assassinations will become the norm. I mean that a lot of rich people have had a preview of how they are viewed by the public.

Will they be clear-eyed enough to see what the Ebenezer saw? After hearing the way people talked about a then unnamed dead rich guy:

> “Spirit!” said Scrooge, shuddering from head to foot. “I see, I see. The case of this unhappy man might be my own. My life tends that way, now.”

#Scrooge#LuigiMangione
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David Allan

A festive favourite photograph of mine. I took this shot of actor/storyteller Chris Cade, when he was portraying Dickens' eponymous 'Ebenezer Scrooge' at the town's former parish church. The photograph was taken before the performance in a building which had no heating on a freezing cold evening. A mixture of flash and slow-synch help to render the lights on the tree and create some warmth to the lighting.
#sunderland #portaiture #christmas #festive #scrooge #photography

Actor/storeyteller Chris Cade recreating Dickens' eponymous character 'Ebenezer Scrooge' from 'A Christmas Carol'.
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