After missing vote after vote after vote, Senator Kyrsten Sinema finally showed up to work … to deliver one final blow to workers’ rights.¹

Arizona’s Phoenix New Times put it this way: “Sinema delivers a last ‘f**k you’ to Democrats on her way out the door.”²

Sinema voted with every single Republican—and Joe Manchin—to tank President Joe Biden’s nominee for chair of the National Labor Relations Board.³

If Biden’s nominee had been confirmed, Democrats would have controlled the NLRB for years to come, upholding workers’ rights and protecting against Project 2025’s right-wing attacks on unions.⁴

But Sinema killed the opportunity. Now, Donald Trump will have control over the most powerful government body that oversees worker safety and the right to unionize.

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1. “Sinema Finally Shows Up to Work to Deal One Last Blow to Labor Rights,” The New Republic, December 11, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/200919?t=4&akid=418314%2E43811699%2EBaRqhH

2. “Sinema delivers a last ‘f**k you’ to Democrats on her way out the door,” Phoenix New Times, December 12, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/200924?t=6&akid=418314%2E43811699%2EBaRqhH

3. “Sinema Finally Shows Up to Work to Deal One Last Blow to Labor Rights,” The New Republic, December 11, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/200919?t=8&akid=418314%2E43811699%2EBaRqhH

4. Ibid.

5. “Sinema received nearly $1 million from Wall Street while killing tax hike on investors,” PBS News, August 13, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/200920?t=10&akid=418314%2E43811699%2EBaRqhH

6. “Kyrsten Sinema and the Thumbs-Down That Enraged the Left,” The New York Times, October 18, 2021
https://act.moveon.org/go/200921?t=12&akid=418314%2E43811699%2EBaRqhH

7. “Democrats have had enough of Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s obstruction,” Vox, January 23, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/200922?t=14&akid=418314%2E43811699%2EBaRqhH

8. “Sinema opposes Biden’s call for filibuster exception to pass abortion rights,” ABC News, July 1, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/170244?t=16&akid=418314%2E43811699%2EBaRqhH

Did you know that on this day, December 19, 1843, A Christmas Carol by English author Charles Dickens was published?

Charles Dickens

Born: February 7, 1812
Died: June 9, 1870

British novelist Charles Dickens was born February 7, 1812, in Portsmouth, England. Over the course of his writing career, he wrote the beloved classic novels Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, Nicholas Nickleby, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations.

On June 9, 1870, Dickens died of a stroke in Kent, England, leaving his final novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, unfinished.

The Winter Solstice occurs exactly when the Earth’s axial tilt is farthest away from the sun at its maximum of 23° 26′. Though the Winter Solstice lasts only an instant in time, the term is also colloquially used as Midwinter or in contrast the first day of winter to refer to the day on which it occurs. More evident to those in high latitudes, this occurs on the shortest day, and longest night, and the sun’s daily maximum position in the sky is the lowest.

The seasonal significance of the Winter Solstice is in the reversal of the gradual lengthening of nights and shortening of days. Depending on the shift of the calendar, the Winter Solstice occurs on December 21 or 22 each year in the Northern Hemisphere

Worldwide, interpretation of the event has varied from culture to culture, but most cultures have held a recognition of rebirth, involving holidays, festivals, gatherings, rituals or other celebrations around that time. (From: Wikipedia, license: CCA-SA)

The text “Winter Solstice” has been taken from www.cute-calendar.com

Constitution of the United States

1787 New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the US Constitution

Source: onthisday.com