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You are here: Home / Economics / C.R.E.A.M. / Late Night Open Thread: The Way We Live Now

Late Night Open Thread: The Way We Live Now

by Anne Laurie|  January 8, 20201:41 am| 24 Comments

This post is in: C.R.E.A.M., Open Threads, Show Us on the Doll Where the Invisible Hand Touched You, Trumpery

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Unreal. Friend of mine from high school just received nearly $1,000 as a part of a settlement because Donald Trump’s businesses stole tips from service workers. pic.twitter.com/pQKRhb31Uo

— Zach Wahls (@ZachWahls) January 5, 2020

And don’t let anyone ever tell you that wage theft isn’t a real problem. It’s a huge issue and it affects millions of people.

— Zach Wahls (@ZachWahls) January 5, 2020

Unclear but hopefully

— Zach Wahls (@ZachWahls) January 5, 2020

It posted in my account! Now we see if it actually clears the fed! ??

— Andrew Redlawsk (@AndrewRedlawsk) January 6, 2020

"How is it possible that you’re getting payouts from the president for stealing tips?

In 2011, @AndrewRedlawsk worked as a caterer for the Trump Soho, when the Trump Organization was pocketing a service fee that was disguised as a worker's gratuity. https://t.co/MFiArfJWpI

— Michelle Legro (@michellelegro) January 7, 2020

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  1. 1.

    West of the Rockies

    January 8, 2020 at 2:00 am

    The Trump clan: greedy, dishonest money piglets all.

  2. 2.

    RaflW

    January 8, 2020 at 2:03 am

    Such scumbags.

    Was this lawsuit under way when he was campaigning? I realize that even the stories of him stiffing plumbers and carpenters didn’t make a dent, but jezus the Trumps are just ruthlessly crooked.

  3. 3.

    Omnes Omnibus

    January 8, 2020 at 2:03 am

    @West of the Rockies: I’ll just let you know that our porcine readers are really pissed right now.

  4. 4.

    montanareddog

    January 8, 2020 at 2:05 am

    If this story gets any traction in the MSM, cue the flying monkeys: counter top inspections of the principals in the lawsuit, slurs about moochers abusing tort law, and all the other RWNJ playbook.

    And another day goes by with absolutely no evidence that the Trump is anything other than a complete scumbag. Not a single redeeming act.

  5. 5.

    David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch

    January 8, 2020 at 2:10 am

    but her emails.

    imagine the feeding frenzy if Obama or Clinton had stole a nickel from some working class white.

    Yet Dump stole millions and corporate media yawned.

  6. 6.

    Omnes Omnibus

    January 8, 2020 at 2:13 am

    @montanareddog: And another day goes by with absolutely no evidence that the Trump is anything other than a complete scumbag. Not a single redeeming act.

    I wanted to be contrary and point out some little thing, but, nope, I got nothing.  He is really that bad.

  7. 7.

    David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch

    January 8, 2020 at 2:21 am

    NBC had this story on how Dump was sued for stiffing illegal polish laborers, who were being paid minimum wage. (imagine living on minimum wage in NYC)

    But a look into the history of the Trump Tower, the crown jewel of the real-estate mogul’s empire, reveals the beginnings of the 68-story building were, in fact, rooted in the back-breaking labor of 150-odd Polish immigrants — most working illegally, some without full pay.

    They interviewed one of the immigrants who had become a citizen and he confirmed the story but said he was still going to vote for Dump.

    he fucked these guys over, but they still wanted to vote for him because he promised them the elixir of white supremacy.

  8. 8.

    NotMax

    January 8, 2020 at 2:25 am

    @David Merry Christmas Koch

    And it’s not 68 stories, either.

  9. 9.

    BR

    January 8, 2020 at 2:40 am

    Was watching a Warren event on YouTube and the algorithm recommended this obscure academic lecture from June 2007 on “The Coming Collapse of the Middle Class”:

    youtube.com/watch?v=akVL7QY0S8A

    Right before the recession started later that year…

  10. 10.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 8, 2020 at 3:35 am

    Such a pile of shit crime family in so many ways.  Thanks purity assholes.

  11. 11.

    Amir Khalid

    January 8, 2020 at 3:59 am

    My YouTube recs have been full of the lamentations of Everton fans, whose lost an FA Cup* match 1-0 on Sunday to Liverpool. The Merseyside derby loss was by itself not so bad, but what really stings is that Liverpool were resting most of their usual lineup; Everton’s Premier League squad, by definition the club’s very best team, lost to a Liverpool side consisting mostly of teenagers from its academy. (Think of an NFL side losing to a high school team. Yes, that bad.) Lots of “We’ve been beat by a bunch of fooking kids. The team are shit, fooking shit. They don’t fooking deserve to wear the shirt. [Everton manager Carlo] Ancelotti should sell the fooking lot of them.” It was sweet.

    *England’s Football Association Cup is the oldest knockout (i.e. playoff) tournament in the world.

  12. 12.

    Keith P

    January 8, 2020 at 4:04 am

    Don’t blame me. I voted for Popeil.

  13. 13.

    Amir Khalid

    January 8, 2020 at 4:04 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Given how they normally operate, it would have been surprising if the Trump Org weren’t doing this.

  14. 14.

    Baud

    January 8, 2020 at 4:04 am

    Tweet via Reddit sums it up pretty well.

    i.redd.it/qk7rb7g8ig941.png

  15. 15.

    Patricia Kayden

    January 8, 2020 at 4:18 am

    This is literally the best and most important time to have the big, ugly arguments. Silence isn’t going to stop a missile, but it will help start a war. t.co/166pYb0xWc— David W. Brown (@dwbwriter) January 8, 2020

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    hells littlest angel

    January 8, 2020 at 4:39 am

    A stolen tip here, and a stolen tip there — next thing you know you’re talking about real money.

     

    Talking about real money, as in pretending you’re a billionaire.

  17. 17.

    Amir Khalid

    January 8, 2020 at 4:52 am

    @hells littlest angel:

    Without Fred Trump’s money, the Trumps would be a bunch of mere petty crooks.

  18. 18.

    Baud

    January 8, 2020 at 4:55 am

    @Amir Khalid:

    Holly Gennero McClane: After all this, you’re just a common thief.

    Hans Gruber: I am an exceptional thief, Mrs.McClane!

  19. 19.

    Patricia Kayden

    January 8, 2020 at 4:55 am

    Isn’t it ironic?

    Ollie North, who secretly sold missiles to the Iranian regime in the 1980s, is on Fox right now offering advice to the president on how to respond to tonight’s missile attacks on US bases by the same regime.— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) January 8, 2020

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    JPL

    January 8, 2020 at 4:58 am

    Because of the possibility of war with Iran, it won’t be a blip on the news.   Sure would be nice if this was the theme of the Bloomberg’s ad during the Super Bowl.   Talking about someone shittin in a gold toilet.

  21. 21.

    JPL

    January 8, 2020 at 4:59 am

    @Baud: Yup.

  22. 22.

    David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch

    January 8, 2020 at 5:07 am

    @Patricia Kayden: Iran probably copied the missile guidance system North sold them, updated it, and used it last night on the Americans.

  23. 23.

    Anya

    January 8, 2020 at 7:36 am

    I wish the asshole billionaires were buying Facebook ads daily highlighting all of the fraud cases that Trump has settled just since he became president. Just keep posting these.

  24. 24.

    Kattails

    January 8, 2020 at 8:46 am

    I waitressed on and off for years–working evenings let me paint during the day.  I liked helping people, and liked the fact that you are moving as opposed to sitting, but you work your ass off.  Stealing tips is just beyond slimy.  Nice photo showing the arrogant up-tilt of their collective heads.

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