supernova.place
  • Communities
  • Create Post
  • Create Community
  • heart
    Support Lemmy
  • search
    Search
  • Login
  • Sign Up
return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 10 months ago

Kamala Harris' brother-in-law emerges as key campaign adviser

www.axios.com

external-link
message-square
19
link
fedilink
67
external-link

Kamala Harris' brother-in-law emerges as key campaign adviser

www.axios.com

return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 10 months ago
message-square
19
link
fedilink
Just a moment...
www.axios.com
external-link
alert-triangle
You must log in or register to comment.
  • return2ozma@lemmy.worldOP
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    34
    arrow-down
    8
    ·
    edit-2
    10 months ago

    Her brother-in-law Tony West is an anti-labor/union busting top lawyer (Chief Legal Officer) at Uber. He’s a piece of shit.

    Kamala Harris’ brother-in-law is the public face of Uber’s fight with labor. It’s awkward.

    https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-09-12/kamala-harris-uber-family-campaign-drivers-labor

    Paywall removed: https://archive.is/W6RHR

    Another article…

    Uber Says New California Employment Law Doesn’t Matter Because Rides Aren’t Its Core Business

    Chief legal officer Tony West told reporters that the new law doesn’t matter at all to Uber–because providing rides is not its primary business. If that statement makes you feel like you just stepped through the looking glass, you’re not alone.

    https://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/uber-california-ab5-tony-west-employees-independent-contractors-lawsuits.html

  • Buffalox@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    34
    arrow-down
    8
    ·
    edit-2
    10 months ago

    Goddam nepotism and he’s an asshole working for Uber!
    That’s a very bad choice IMO, even if he is good at it, it doesn’t look good.

    • Coelacanth@feddit.nu
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      20
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      10 months ago

      Not just nepotism, but also possibly inciting family drama along with it (at least that’s what happened last time, in 2020). Plus all the shit with union busting and Uber.

      I hate everything about this tbh.

    • return2ozma@lemmy.worldOP
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      16
      arrow-down
      5
      ·
      10 months ago

      And there it is… He’s taking a leave

      Uber Legal Chief Tony West to Take Leave for Harris Campaign

      https://finance.yahoo.com/news/uber-legal-chief-tony-west-212629649.html

      • Boozilla@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        7
        ·
        edit-2
        10 months ago

        Not good. How many jokes / stories featuring a brother-in-law end well.

      • Buffalox@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        10
        arrow-down
        5
        ·
        10 months ago

        Oh boy, how can Harris not see this is bad?

        • sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          10 months ago

          Maybe saw it but pressured to use him? a brother in law would know too much about her personal life if you know what I mean

    • Rolder@reddthat.com
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      10 months ago

      Is he even getting paid? Don’t see it in the article

      • Buffalox@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        10 months ago

        No he is not, he is volunteering. But it’s still problematic to put him in such a high position.

  • Rapidcreek@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    24
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    10 months ago

    IDK about brother-in-law, but she now has most of the Obama campaign folks working for her. They’ve been known to win some elections

  • Infynis@midwest.social
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    15
    ·
    10 months ago

    Trump would make him Transportation Secretary

    • Zaktor@sopuli.xyz
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      10 months ago

      For close relations like that? Special presidential advisor. Transportation Secretary is for secondary nepotism.

      • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldBanned from community
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        10 months ago

        Or as compensation for dropping out of the primary at the right time.

  • HoustonHenry@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    11
    ·
    10 months ago

    Distance yourself, you know the GOP will drag him through the mud

  • meco03211@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    12
    arrow-down
    9
    ·
    10 months ago

    Wonder how soon the weirdos will shamelessly cry nepotism at this.

    • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      29
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      10 months ago

      It is nepotism and we should give her shit for it.

      Don’t endanger the fucking election to toss a bone at your family.

      • APassenger@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        10 months ago

        Maybe he’ll be the new FTC person. The current one is too effective.

    • Zaktor@sopuli.xyz
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      9
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      10 months ago

      As the other posted commented. This is actually just textbook nepotism. It’s like if she accepted a couple gold bars from Egypt and you said “I wonder how soon the GOP will shamelessly cry corruption at this”.

  • Media Bias Fact Checker@lemmy.worldB
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    5
    arrow-down
    8
    ·
    10 months ago
    Axios Media Bias Fact Check Credibility: [High] (Click to view Full Report)

    Name: Axios Bias: Left-Center
    Factual Reporting: High
    Country: United States of America
    Full Report: https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/axios/

    Check the bias and credibility of this article on Ground.News


    Thanks to Media Bias Fact Check for their access to the API.
    Please consider supporting them by donating.

    Footer

    Beep boop. This action was performed automatically. If you dont like me then please block me.💔
    If you have any questions or comments about me, you can make a post to LW Support lemmy community.

politics @lemmy.world

politics@lemmy.world

Subscribe from Remote Instance

Create a post
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !politics@lemmy.world

Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!

Rules:

  1. Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.

Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.

Example:

  1. Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
  2. Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
  3. No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to “Mom! He’s bugging me!” and “I’m not touching you!” Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
  4. Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
  5. No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.

That’s all the rules!

Civic Links

• Register To Vote

• Citizenship Resource Center

• Congressional Awards Program

• Federal Government Agencies

• Library of Congress Legislative Resources

• The White House

• U.S. House of Representatives

• U.S. Senate

Partnered Communities:

• News

• World News

• Business News

• Political Discussion

• Ask Politics

• Military News

• Global Politics

• Moderate Politics

• Progressive Politics

• UK Politics

• Canadian Politics

• Australian Politics

• New Zealand Politics

Visibility: Public
globe

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

  • 3.19K users / day
  • 7.21K users / week
  • 12.4K users / month
  • 28.5K users / 6 months
  • 1 local subscriber
  • 23.9K subscribers
  • 16K Posts
  • 298K Comments
  • Modlog
  • mods:
  • outrageousmatter@lemmy.world
  • aidan@lemmy.world
  • jordanlund@lemmy.world
  • 🌱 🐄🌱 @lemmy.world
  • Theonetheycall1845@lemmy.world
  • JuBe@lemmy.world
  • Lasherz@lemmy.world
  • BE: 0.19.11
  • Modlog
  • Instances
  • Docs
  • Code
  • join-lemmy.org