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Joe Biden speaks out against violence

“I want to be very clear about all of this: Rioting is not protesting. Looting is not protesting. Setting fires is not protesting. None of this is protesting. It’s lawlessness, plain and simple. And those who do it should be prosecuted,” Biden said. “Violence will not bring change, it will only bring destruction. It’s wrong

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August 31, 2020
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Happy Labor Day! But not for everybody

By Denise Candea, Charlotte County Dems writer Many American employees have nothing to celebrate this Labor Day.  They are the hourly, low-wage workers that makeup almost 50% of the American workforce. While the unemployment rate had been low at 3.5%, there was a caveat:  63% of all new pre-pandemic jobs were low-wage, low-hour jobs; with

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August 31, 2020