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ret5hd

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2. There are powers under Taft-Hartley Act...BUT...
Wed Oct 2, 2024, 12:13 PM
Oct 2

as i. posted last night, i believe the effects of/response to the ILA strike is going to have a much larger effect on the election than last nights debate.

I believe this is the ace-in-the-pocket that trump has alluded to for some time. I think this is why vance was so emphatic about “bringing the jobs back”. As the effects of the strike develop (we ain’t felt anything at all yet) i expect a real drumbeat to start.

ILA president Harold Daggett is a maga trumper, and isn’t going to settle for anything till after the election…i’d bet $10 on that easy, and i really don’t have $10 to lose.

on edit: i think Biden has to tread VERY carefully here, and i don’t know what advice i could possibly give. He can potentially intervene and “save Xmas”, but face cries of hypocrisy. He can MAYBE find a way of essentially embarrassing the ILA/ports back to the table. He can do nothing and face cries of destroying the economy.

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