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The car-sharing service had faced criticism for trying to work with the new administration. Travis Kalanick is leaving President Donald Trump’s advisory council, according to a memo he sent to employees today. The Uber CEO had faced criticism for his agreement to work closely with the Trump administration, as well as the company’s response to…
Nearly 100 companies, mostly based in the Bay Area, filed a legal brief challenging President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban on Sunday, arguing that it hurts business and violates the Constitution. “The tremendous impact of immigrants on America — and on American business — is not happenstance,” the companies wrote in the brief, filed in the U.S….
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (Image: AP) Today, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a lawsuit accusing Charter’s subsidiary, Spectrum, of lying to customers about the internet speeds it advertised and the reliability of its network. Charter’s subsidiary, Spectrum, was previously known as Time Warner Cable until last year, when the name changed…
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has voiced out his thoughts about President Donald Trump’s immigration ban in an email to his employees. More U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration ban is affecting Uber drivers, so co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick is reaching out to those affected and is promising them with financial support trough pro bono compensation….
While I think this new situation might be a weak case to object to Uber on, I would still argue that they broke a union-run work stoppage in order to perform the work of that union. This would be enough to consider them scabs. Now, we can debate if it was a strike or not…
The presidency of Donald J. Trump has been noteworthy for its speed. In his first week in office, as the president’s aides won’t tire of reminding us, Mr. Trump has already put in motion plans to do much of what he promised to do while campaigning. But it’s not just the politician who is moving…
Peter Thiel Is a Fucking Fool Peter Thiel, back in October, asked if he supported Trump’s proposal to build a wall on the U.S./Mexican border and ban Muslims from immigrating to the U.S.: I don’t support a religious test. I certainly don’t support the specific language Trump has used in every instance. But I think one…
Constantly looking for people to punish doesn’t square with a commitment to liberty. Everything went to hell over the weekend for the immigrants and refugees who had been legally approved to live and travel in the United States but were then caught up in President Donald Trump’s terrible executive order banning them from returning back…
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Protestors rally during at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Stephanie Keith / Getty Images ID: 10418555 Hundreds of people tweeted they are deleting their Uber accounts Saturday amid accusations the company took part in taxi cab strike-breaking in New York during a protests against President Trump’s refugee ban. Cabbies affiliated with the New York Taxi…