Hollywood Casting Couch Is Targeted in California Harassment Law

(Bloomberg) – California lawmakers are taking aim at the casting couch.

After a year of horror stories from women about alleged abuses at the hands of powerful men such as producer Harvey Weinstein and talk-show host Charlie Rose, California lawmakers are poised to revise a 1994 sexual harassment law to make clear it applies to producers and directors. The amendment would add regulatory oversight for the first time and make it easier for victims to file a complaint.

https://www.bloombergquint.com/onweb/2018/07/31/hollywood-casting-couch-is-targeted-in-california-harassment-law.amp?

>>2383417

No, but I'll take anything.

>>2383463

and you know this how?

Republican Pete Flores to face Democrat Pete Gallego in runoff election for Texas Senate

Republican Pete Flores finished first in an eight-way special election for the Texas Senate — an unexpectedly strong showing that propelled him into a runoff against Democrat Pete Gallego because no single candidate emerged with more than half the votes.

https://www.statesman.com/news/republican-pete-flores-face-democrat-pete-gallego-runoff-election-for-texas-senate/gh1Mq1PKaAY1kMSlqFA4RI/amp.html?

Think about it, this has been planned for years. They had to have put people in place, including journalists.

Kabuki

Eric Trump, Jim Acosta engage in Twitter spat over 'CNN sucks' chant

President Trump’s son Eric Trump and CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta engaged in a Twitter spat Tuesday night following the campaign rally in Florida.

During the rally, where Trump was campaigning for gubernatorial candidate Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., the crowd began changing, “CNN Sucks,” while Acosta was filming live.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/eric-trump-jim-acosta-engage-in-twitter-spat-over-cnn-sucks-chant?

Paul Manafort Fraud Case Is Laid Out Before Jurors

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Paul Manafort’s lawyer told jurors that the former Trump campaign chairman was innocent of tax and bank-fraud charges but had made the mistake of trusting his business associate, bookkeeper and accountants, as the closely watched criminal trial got under way Tuesday.

“This case is about taxes and trust…and Mr. Manafort placing his trust in the wrong person—Rick Gates,” Mr. Manafort’s lawyer Thomas Zehnle told the jury in his opening statement. Mr. Manafort was charged last year by special counsel Robert Mueller,…

https://www.wsj.com/articles/jury-picked-for-trial-of-ex-trump-campaign-chairman-manafort-1533064117?

Big Labor Gives Back Thousands In Forced Fees To Avoid Court Battle

One of the largest public-sector unions in the U.S. is paying back nearly $3,000 in forced union fees to an Oregon public employee, the first such case after the Supreme Court ruled forced fees unconstitutional.

The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) settled with Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife employee Deborah Nearman after she sued the union in April for requiring dues as a condition of employment by the state. Nearman charged that the mandatory dues violated her first amendment rights by compelling her to support speech she did not agree with, according to the National Right to Work Foundation.

A Supreme Court ruling in AFSCME v. Janus, issued two months after Nearman’s suit, found that such “agency fees” payed by workers to unions to stay employed were unconstitutional. (RELATED: The Supreme Court Just Handed Down Its Big Decision On Mandatory Union Dues)

https://dailycaller.com/2018/07/31/seiu-repays-agency-fees/?