By Jay Greenberg
Democratic 2020 hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has been mercilessly mocked and accused of hypocrisy after the socialist presidential candidate cut his campaign staffers' hours so he could pay them the $15 minimum wage he's campaigning for.
Last week, it was reported that staff on Bernie's campaign team were putting in 60 hours a week and earning $13 per hour.
Staffers filed an official complaint, with some even fleeing altogether, over the "poverty wages" they were receiving while working for Sanders.
The unionized workers asked campaign manager Faiz Shakir to boost their salaries to meet the level of the pay the senator has advocated for, according to The Washington Post.
Following the reports, Sanders told The Des Moines Register that his campaign is now slashing the number of hours staffers work to 42 or 43 each week in order to make their salaries meet the equivalent of $15 an hour.
The move has been met with widespread ridicule online, however, with columnist Stephen Miller commenting: "For the first time in his life, socialist Bernie Sanders practices economics and buddy the results are hilarious.
"Why won't millionaire Bernie Sanders, who owns 3 homes, instead of cutting hours, pay his staff a living wage? People are starving," he added.
Former Fox News host and Donald Trump Jr.'s girlfriend Kimberley Guilfoyle tweeted: "The rules of economics exist, even within the campaign of a socialist!"
Texas Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw tweeted: "So does this fall under the category of hypocrisy, irony, or poetic justice? All three?
"Can't make this stuff up."
And Ben Shapiro wrote: "In which Bernie Sanders learns about economics."
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The smartphone app FaceApp has recently gone viral across social media as people all over the world use the eerie photo filter, which uses AI to digitally age your face, to share hilarious images of how they will look in the future.
Millions have been taking to social media sharing their sagging simulacrum, including celebrities such as Drake, the Jonas Brothers, and Kevin Hart, who in turn, trigger even more downloads of the app and FaceApp photo shares.
Experts are now warning, however, that the free “old age filter,” created in 2017 by developers at Wireless Lab in St. Petersburg, Russia, is posing major security concerns due to the levels of access the app has to your personal information and identity.
The Russian app is currently one of the most downloaded in the world, with fans on social media using the hashtag #faceappchallenge to share their results.
As people are downloading and using the app, they have been giving FaceApp the power to use their pictures, names, and identities, along with unnerving access to their devices — for any purpose it wishes, for as long as it desires.
FaceApp, which you grant permission to access your photo gallery when you install the app, also includes disturbing clauses buried in their Terms and Conditions.
By Jay Greenberg
An outbreak of the Bubonic Plague is now "imminent" in Los Angeles, according to a warning by Dr. Drew Pinsky.
Dr. Drew warned Friday that the liberal California city faces a deadly outbreak of disease because of the growing homeless population and the failure of state and local authorities to deal with spiraling rodent and sanitation problems.
Pinsky describes the LA streets, which are covered in piles of rat-infested trash and human waste, and a breeding ground for deadly diseases similar to those that killed millions in medieval Europe.
Dr. Drew issued the warning during a Periscope broadcast by Dilbert cartoonist-turned-popular political pundit Scott Adams.
Talking with Dr. Drew about the Los Angeles apocalypse, then on to Trump’s tweet, Iran, and coffee https://t.co/2sx040Ldj6
— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) July 19, 2019
Dr. Drew told Adams that he predicted the recent typhus outbreak in Los Angeles, which was carried by rats, transferred by fleas to pets, and from pets to humans.
Bubonic plague, like typhus, is endemic to the region and can spread from rodents to humans in a similar fashion, Dr. Drew said.
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