Silent Sunday Nov 03

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Silent Sunday Nov 03

Trump Media outsourced jobs to Mexico as Trump pushed ‘America First’ – Raw Story

Former President Donald Trump’s social media company outsourced jobs to workers in Mexico even as Trump publicly railed against outsourcing on the campaign trail and threatened heavy tariffs on companies that send jobs south of the border.

The firm’s use of workers in Mexico was confirmed by a spokesperson for Trump Media, which operates the Truth Social platform. The workers were hired through another entity to code and perform other technical duties, according to a person with knowledge of Trump Media. The reliance on foreign labor was met with outrage among the company’s own staff, who accused its leadership of betraying their “America First” ideals, the person said.

Source: Trump Media outsourced jobs to Mexico as Trump pushed ‘America First’ – Raw Story

Thousands join Women’s March on Washington as US debates rights of women during presidential campaign – ABC News

Thousands of people have joined the Women’s March in Washington DC as a feminist show of strength and to drive support towards the person vying to be the first woman elected president of the United States.

In their chants and on their signs, those in the crowd on Saturday, local time, found some creative ways to make their feelings known.

It came amid national debates about legal access to abortion and a woman’s right to make choices about her own body ahead of the US presidential campaign.

With the vote just days away, those on the street had several very clear and very clever messages for Republican nominee Donald Trump, including:

“We need a leader not a creepy tweeter.”

“Uncle Sam stay outta my clam.”

“Roe, Roe, Roe your vote.”

“No sex with men until Roe comes back.”

“Grab him by the ballot.”

“Sometimes you gotta flush twice.”

The march was not a campaign event, but the Women’s March organisers billed the event as a “powerful reminder to those in power that we are watching and demanding accountability – and that this November, women will win the White House”.

The event featured speeches from prominent activists emphasising a future free from domination and violence and who rallied the crowd before taking the streets.

The march moved from Freedom Plaza, past the Washington Memorial and up to the White House.

The crowd was overwhelmingly in favor of Democratic candidate Kamala Harris. 

Women have been a key voting bloc for Ms Harris, who has been hoping to not just inspire Democrats to get out and vote, but to convince Republicans to switch sides.

She was recently endorsed by high-profile Republican Liz Cheney.

Women marching on Washington became a regular occurrence after Trump’s victory in 2016, and on Saturday the crowd chanted: “We won’t go back.”

Source: Thousands join Women’s March on Washington as US debates rights of women during presidential campaign – ABC News

Thousands of women rally nationwide for abortion rights and feminist causes | US elections 2024 | The Guardian

People hold green and white banner that says We Won't Go Back.Thousands of women rallied Saturday in the nation’s capital and elsewhere in support of abortion rights and other feminist causes ahead of Tuesday’s election.

Demonstrators carried posters and signs through city streets, chanting slogans such as: “We won’t go back!” Some men joined with them. Speakers urged people to vote in the election – not only for president but also on down-ballot issues such as abortion-rights amendments that are going before voters in various states.

The Women’s March to the White House on 2 November 2024 in Washington DC. Photograph: Jemal Countess/Getty Images Women’s March
A woman wearing a Handmaid’s Tale costume in Washington DC. Photograph: Amid Farahi/AFP/Getty Images

At the Women’s March in Washington, feminist activist Fanny Gomez-Lugo read off a list of states with abortion ballot measures before leading the crowd in a chant of: “Abortion is freedom!”

In Kansas City, Missouri, rally organizers urged people to sign up to knock on doors in a get-out-the-vote push for an abortion-rights measure.

People with signs
The women’s march rally in Washington DC. Photograph: José Luis Magaña/AP
People with signs
Demonstrators in Dallas, Texas. Photograph: Aric Becker/AFP/Getty Images

Abortion rights has passed inflation as the top issue in the presidential election for women under age 30 since Kamala Harris replaced Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee against Donald Trump, according to a survey of female voters by KFF.

Ballot initiatives have surged in response to the 2022 US supreme court ruling that ended the nationwide right to abortion and shifted the issue to states.

Woman with pink hat
Mimi Balsamo of Quincy, Massachusetts, in Boston. Photograph: Michael Dwyer/AP
Women with signs
Marji Roy of Ashford, Connecticut, in Boston. Photograph: Michael Dwyer/AP

Nine states will consider constitutional amendments that would enshrine abortion rights: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada and South Dakota. Most would guarantee a right to abortion until fetal viability and allow it later if necessary for the health of the pregnant person.

A proposed amendment in New York doesn’t specifically mention abortion but would prohibit discrimination based on “pregnancy outcomes” and “reproductive healthcare and autonomy”.

Some of Saturday’s rally participants also advocated for LGBTQ+ rights, higher wages, paid sick leave and greater efforts against gun violence.

Source: Thousands of women rally nationwide for abortion rights and feminist causes | US elections 2024 | The Guardian