The Left always eats its own. Celebrations over the Union darling, Cesar Chavez are being cancelled. Let’s talk about it.
The ladies of the WNBA are getting raises. Let’s see how that works out.
And the SAVE Act is being voted on again. Republicans are saying it is common sense legislation. Democrats say it is “Jim Crow 2.0”. Which is it? Let’s go through the bill.
News
Here is some news:
- Senate Republicans on Tuesday successfully launched their floor takeover to put Senate Democrats on record against Trump-backed voter ID legislation.
- Still, opening up what will be a multi-day marathon debate on the bill wasn’t without its hiccups. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, joined all Senate Democrats to block the legislation. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., who threatened to do everything he could to block the bill, did not vote.
- Celebrations for what would have been civil rights activist Cesar Chavez‘s 99th birthday are being canceled ahead of what’s being described as “deeply troubling allegations” against the historic figure.
- As cancellations grew, the United Farm Workers (UFW), an organization co-founded by Chavez, released a statement on Tuesday confirming allegations were being made, including ones involving abuse of young women or minors. In response, the UFW announced it would no longer take part in any Cesar Chavez Day activities.
- It is unclear at this time what the source of the allegations are and the details surrounding them.
- Chavez has been a longtime-celebrated figure in the Democratic Party as a model for labor rights. However, Chavez has also reportedly spoken out against illegal immigration, calling illegal aliens a threat to union workers.
- The WNBA and its players union reached a deal in principle on a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA), keeping the league on track to tip off on May 8.
- Did you know the season starts on May 8th? I didn’t either. That’s because no one cares.
- The deal is expected to reflect the rapid growth over the last two seasons. The league exploded in popularity with the emergence of Caitlin Clark in 2024, along with some of the other members of her rookie class.
- Players’ salaries are also expected to increase fourfold from last season. The average salary in the WNBA is $102K a year. That will pop the total to $400,000 per year.
- Venezuela defeated the United States at the World Baseball Classic to win their first championship.
- Trump posted on Truth Social: “STATEHOOD, #51, ANYONE?”
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-triggers-marathon-senate-fight-expose-dems-opposition-trump-backed-voter-id-bill
https://www.foxnews.com/media/cesar-chavez-day-canceled-unions-after-troubling-sexual-allegations-against-civil-rights-leader
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/wnba-players-strike-late-night-deal-new-cba
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/what-is-the-average-wnba-playe-HAZXYq1URQKsERll_gy5bg
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/venezuela-shocks-team-usa-win-world-baseball-classic-first-time
The SAVE Act
These two guys are idiots and if they can’t get a birth certificate or passport (which they are lying, they have both) they shouldn’t be in power.
These two can also make it easier to get all three by changing the laws, but they don’t.
Some things about the SAVE Act:
- The SAVE Act is simple. It is only 24 pages long.
- You are required to register to vote with either a federal ID (a REAL ID or passport) or birth certificate.
- It is really easy and cheap to get all three!!
- A REAL ID costs the same as a state ID, about $45.
- A passport card costs about $30.
- A birth certificate costs about $25.
- State IDs can be used if they give the date and location of birth. Most states don’t do this.
- Now, I’ll be a jerk. If one is too stupid to be able to get one of these forms of identification, they are to stupid to be voting.
- The other thing the bill requires is that voter rolls be purged of immigrants (illegal and legal) and dead people.
- In states like California, immigrants (legal or illegal) are “accidently” registered to vote when they get an ID or driver’s license.
- Some states allow immigrants to vote in local or state elections (which we should ban). They automatically get registered in federal elections.
- Dead people end up voting in election fraudulently.
- I think voter rolls should be purged after every presidential election and you should have to register every four years.
Finally, is any of this convenient? Absolutely not. It shouldn’t be. It should take some effort to vote. We should also ban mail in voting, early voting, and voting machines. You should have to wait in line on election day and vote on paper. Like we did before the pandemic.
For 244 years, we have voted in person, on paper, on one day every two years on the first Tuesday of November and always had the results on election night. The more technology we’ve thrown into the process and the more options for convenience we’ve thrown out have made our elections less efficient and less trustworthy. We never had these discussions in any elections outside of the 2000 election.
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.