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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Uber, Lyft and DoorDash spend millions to convince you to say yes to Prop 22

    If you’ve gone online, turned on the TV or opened your mailbox, you’ve no doubt seen ads for Proposition 22. That’s the exemption from state labor law for gig companies like Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 16, 2020 • 8m Listen

    If you’ve gone online, turned on the TV or opened your mailbox, you’ve no doubt seen ads for Proposition 22. That’s the exemption from state labor law for gig companies like Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash. The Yes on 22 campaign is largely funded by those companies. Prop 22 is the most expensive ballot proposition in California history, with more than $200 million, and nearly all of that coming from the yes side.

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    Feinstein and Graham at Senate hearing, Giuliani and Russian disinformation
    1. 0:00Dianne Feinstein hugs Lindsey Graham, Rudy Giuliani at risk of becoming a Russian asset
    2. 11:48Uber, Lyft and DoorDash spend millions to convince you to say yes to Prop 22You’re reading this
    3. 20:29It’s cool to be in a movie that normalizes different backgrounds: Sunita Mani on ‘Save Yourselves!’
    4. 35:00‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ is relevant today and Sacha Baron Cohen’s best performance, says critic
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