Ciara: I Have No Love For That Cheating A** Future!

Ludacris and Ciara announced the nominees for the Billboard Music Awards. What A Time To Be Alive was Drake and that other guy Ciara's feuding with album.

Ciara Harris and Nayvadius DeMun Wilborn (aka Future) are at tonight's Billboard Music Awards.

The FutureHIVE hasn't calm down. Future enjoyed another number one album. His surprise album EVOL is platinum and he's on tour with Drake for the "Summer Sixteen". The rapper is also addressing a feud with a rapper named Desiigner.

Desiigner, who I've dubbed Fake Future has a hit called Panda and it's confusing some folks. Some people are saying that's Future.

Future isn't happy about this. He aimed some barbs at the New York rapper who recently signed to Kanye West's GOOD Music label. He believes that this rapper is biting his trademark flow.

Now that's just a minor issue compared to his feud with the ex. The Ciara and Future fallout is blowing up the webs. The feud between the rapper and pop singer has been one of the most talked about issues in the hip-hop community.

Ciara was once engaged to Future. They dated for a few years. She has a son with the rapper. He is the father of four other children. I also disclose that one of my closest cousins had a child with the rapper when he still an underground act. Future and Ciara were the hip-hop couple.

I guess Ciara ignored the cries of the ex-girls and baby mamas. They warned her that Future hasn't cut up his player's card. That card was being maxed out.

Ciara and Future would soon have a nasty fallout. Their son, Future (Nayvadius Zahir Wilburn, Jr.) is the middle of a bitter custody battle.

Ciara was hoping to secure full-time custody of their boy. Future fought that one in children's court.

He ended up getting joint custody of their son. Future and Ciara are in court fighting each other over defamation of character. Future is also urging the judge to lower the child support. He saying that Ciara's fiance Russell Wilson has enough money to take care of them.

My son gives me the power. 

Ciara is hosting the Billboard Music Awards with Ludacris this year.

When the rapper's name was announced, Ciara threw shade on it and Luda had to cover for her. Being a nominee for top rap act, Future is competing against Drake, Silento, Wiz Khalifa and Fetty Wap.

Ludacris had collaborated with both acts in the past. This is his second go around at the Billboard Awards.

You can watch it on ABC right now! I don't watch award shows. They bore me and I don't give two about the celebrities spending a few hours showing themselves off.

Note if you want to hear music or videos from Drake, Wiz Khalifa, Young Thug, Future, Dr. Dre and Eminem, you will have to enroll in Apple Music.

Wiz Khalifa And Juicy J: Khalifa Kush Mixed Wit Sizzzup! Yeess Sir!

You're in for a rude awakening! Wiz Khalifa and Juicy J releasing a collaboration album.

Rejoice TGOD fans, the Taylors are working on a collaboration album. Wiz Khalifa and Juicy J have confirmed that there's an album in the works and they will rely on 808 Mafia's TM88 and Southside (known as rapper Sizzla) to give them the bangers.

The collaboration is a first for the two.

Juicy J also signaled that he will produce a handful of tracks for their album.

TGOD Mafia presents Rude Awakening will be released on Taylor Gang Music through iTunes. The tentative date for release is June 3.

Wiz Khalifa's second album in a year. The Khalifa album was released in February. Juicy J released his mixtapes Blue Dream & Lean 2, 100% Juice and O to the Oscars late last year.

He is working on THC: The Hustle Continues.

Peep out the new single.

Florida Women Served Victoria's Secret Worker A Knuckle Up!

The junk food media and the agitators love to cover stories like this. This is the nonsense that keeps Matt Drudge, Colin Flaherty and racial agitators in the spotlight.

Dan Abram's Law Newz (Mediaite) reports this story about five women attacking a Victoria's Secret worker and it was captured on surveillance.

These women were allegedly shoplifting from a Miami Lakes, Florida mall. They entered the Victoria's Secret store in the opening hours. They created the distraction and it was noticed by the worker.

The worker took it upon herself to stop a group of alleged shoplifters. It didn't take long before the situation escalated and the five finger rolls were served.

What the worker did was confront the women on theft. The women were offended by the accusation and let the fist fly. First it became the hair and then the face. Then they gave the worker a curb side salad with a side of toe jam.

The worker did get the pictures of the suspects. She used her cell phone to capture the images of the suspects.

The Miami-Dade County police are looking for the suspects and they will eventually be caught.

If caught they will face felonious assault, battery, petty theft, robbery and trespassing. The felonious assault and robbery charge could land the women in the iron college for 5 to 15 years. The battery, petty theft and trespassing charge could land them in the iron college for up to 1 year or in-house for 10. They will be banned from shopping at the Victoria's Secret store and mall.

The worker will probably be warned about confronting shoppers on accusations of theft. She will be probably reprimanded for using cell phones on the job and filming customers without consent.

They are all innocent until proven guilty.

Here's what pisses me off.

Racial dog whistle words like "MOB". When the suspects are Black and the victims are White, these agitators uses "scary" words like "mob", "thugs" and use the "black majority cities" in one report.

Example: "Mob of women attack shopper at Detroit grocery store".

Decoded: "White shopper attacked by thugs in Detroit."

Still No Likes!

At the NRA Convention, the gun owners are embracing Donald Trump as he seals the deal as the Republican's choice for president. 

Trump riding a halo of  junk food media coverage says to the NRA that his challengers will destroy the Second Amendment. The usual scare tactics that the gun lobby always push in the wake of a mass shooting, a Supreme Court nominee and an election year. 

Trump's glowing with Republicans as talk of an insurgent candidate is now yesterday news.

About 8 out of 10 Republicans are supporting the controversial billionaire. 

There are four polls saying that Trump is leading in some polls against Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. And it seems that Republicans are willing to settle with Trump over Clinton. They all believe that Trump's rhetoric could damage America, but they just can't stand Hillary Clinton. 

Clinton still facing a problem. The bitterness of Bernie Sanders. The Sanders campaign is throwing everything they got against Clinton and DNC chief, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL). The Sanders campaign is making the claims that the Democratic Party rigged the system against him. 

Sanders is currently a Vermont senator who is an independent who caucuses with Democrats. When he wanted to run for president, he had to declare himself a Democrat in order to run for president. 

He was told about the rules and supported them at the time. Now we're in the final leg of the campaign and Sanders is complaining that he's not winning because of the rules he supported in the beginning and feeding conservatives this notion that the "superdelegates" were in the tank for Clinton all along. His supporters are taking it to head and are threatening to cause chaos at the convention. 

Sanders who recently endorsed the Democratic candidate running against Wasserman Schultz. The Sanders's endorsement giving the notion that his feud with the Florida lawmaker has reached critical mass.

The Republicans are joyful that Sanders is staying in the race. They hope the Democrats have a brokered convention in Philadelphia. The junk food media was hoping that Republicans were going to have a brokered convention. It didn't happened. Trump managed to knock 16 potentials (including haloed Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, Marco Rubio, Chris Christie and Ben Carson) right out.

Democrats are concerned that Sanders will weaken Clinton. Clinton carries baggage. Sanders does better against Trump until the Republicans start going after him.

Republicans will play on sexism, ageism and racism to win. Clinton, Sanders and President Barack Obama are catnip to the junk food media.

On that note, Trump, Clinton and Sanders are favored negatively by the general public. 

Sanders staying in the race and his supporters are driving his negatives up. The public thinks that Sanders is a "sore loser" and "spoiler". I voted for Sanders in the Ohio primary and I'm concerned that both Democratic candidates will lose to Trump. 

I still believe that Sanders is viable but I am starting see concern that whomever becomes the nominee for the Democratic Party, the person will have to do a lot of work to repair the damage done.

Trump has the highest negatives in this campaign. Clinton follows close behind. This is going to be a historical first, both candidates are universally disliked by the general public. 

Trump has a 51% chance of being the president. Clinton has a 96% chance of being the Democratic nominee. Clinton has a 54% chance at being the president. Sanders has a 20% chance of being the Democratic nominee. Sanders has a 49% chance of being the president.

El Chapo Maybe Heading To Supermax!

Trap god heading to the United States. It's thanks to an unwilling patsy named Sean Penn.

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the world's most dangerous drug lord could be heading to the United States to face trial. There's just one condition, he has to be sentenced to LIFE in federal time out if he's convicted of drug trafficking and murder charges.

The Mexican government agreed with U.S. law officials to hand over El Chapo if the death penalty is taken off the board.

Mexico's Foreign Relations Department has ruled that the extradition of convicted drug lord to the United States can go forward, the AP reports. The process can still be appealed, meaning it could be weeks or months before the Sinaloa cartel leader may be sent north. Guzman's lawyers now have 30 days to appeal the decision.

Guzman's capture came right after a controversial interview with actor/activist Sean Penn.

Penn got clearance to interview the drug lord. The U.S. government got word of the interview and pegged him. Penn unaware he was being tracked, led the Mexican and American authorities to the trap spot where El Chapo was plotting an escape.

Guzman is the trap lord of the Sinolas, a domestic terrorist group that has ties to California, Arizona, Texas and Florida.

Guzman would be heading to Florence, Colorado, the Alcatraz of the Rockies, the country's most secured facility. Some of the world's most dangerous terrorists and criminals are located there.

John Berry Passed Away!

The Beastie Boys with then member John Berry.

The legendary MC who helped created the hip-hop group The Beastie Boys passed away.

According to CNN, John Berry died Thursday at a hospice in Danvers, Massachusetts.

He was suffering from frontotemporal dementia and his health had been failing for several years.

John was a part of the group during the early 1980s before he left the group.

The Beastie Boys who blended punk and rap, burst on the music scene in 1986 with the album "License to Ill", which had the hits (You Gotta) Fight for the Right (to Party), Paul Revere, Brass Monkey, and No Sleep Till Brooklyn.

The Beastie Boys were notable for being a group of  White rappers who broke through a genre that was mostly associated with Black culture. They were the iconic rap group of the golden age.

The members of the Beastie Boys were Mike D, MCA and Ad-Rock.

Adam "MCA" Yauch passed away three years ago in May.

World News Today send our condolences to the family of John Berry.

Megyn Kelly: Yeah, [Fox News] Can't Stand Hannity!

Roll with a winner.

The junk food media despises him.

I practically despise him and Matt Drudge. I believe they are the reasons to why the Republican Party is destined for failure. Donald Trump's biggest cheerleaders in the junk food media are often ridiculing President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, #BlackLivesMatter, and anything that goes against their warped views of America. They are often boasting these kookspiracies and hosting wackadoodles who have nothing good to say about their fellow Americans.

Megyn Kelly, the rising star of Fox News is celebrating her third year as the primetime host of The Kelly File. Her show is ahead of MSNBC's Rachel Maddow.

At one time, Rachel Maddow was the leading agitator at 9pm. She dominated the year after the 2012 presidential election. The folks at Fox were concerned that the 9pm spot was going to be lost.

Never fear, Megyn is here. She was promoted to primetime and was given the 9pm spot. The shakeup was huge.

The right team. Conservative agitators Greta Van Susteren, Bill O'Reilly, Megyn Kelly and Softball Hannity.

The shakeup led to demotions and move arounds. Shepard Smith got promoted to breaking news and keeps his 3pm slot. He lost the 7pm slot and it went to Greta Van Susteren. Gretchen Carlson lost the seat between the two airheads Brian Kilmeade and Steve Doocy. She hosts the 2pm slot. Bill O'Reilly keeps the 8pm spot and still is the reigning king of agitation. Geraldo Rivera loses his show. Juan Williams goes to The Five. But who ends up getting the weak 10pm slot?

The most annoying conservative agitator on radio and television, Softball Hannity.

Softball Hannity was pissed that he loses the 9pm slot. He held that spot since he's started. And he even had pushover Alan Colmes to help him promote his warped views of America.

Softball Hannity says that he's not "fair and balanced". He says that he's not a straight news man, he's an opinionated agitator. He admits that he will treat Republicans and conservatives with kid gloves while demonizing Democrats and those who called him out for his bullshit.

Megyn Kelly who is celebrating a huge win this week for settling the feud with Trump is getting media bookings.

She went to Andy Cohn of Bravo to discuss her days over at Fox. There's word that she may retire from the right wing network in the few years.

Man Accused Of Pimping Children! Guess Who They Blame For His Actions?

Activist who protested in Ferguson charged with prostitution.

The Blame Game once again in effect and guess who take the fall for the actions of a man!

The Fox News folks are gleefully saying that a #BlackLivesMatter member reportedly charged with human trafficking and prostitution.

They say that Charles Wade is a member of the organization and was involved in the protest in Ferguson was arrested and charged last month with these criminal acts.

The local junk food media reports that Wade was arrested in April allegedly hiring out a 17-year old teen for sex in College Park, Maryland. The suspect was making a purchase on backpage.com, a website notorious for exploiting prostitution.

The operation was discovered by undercovers.

The Daily Caller obtained information about Wade. The suspect is charged with seven counts, including felonies for human trafficking. These charges could be federal and have the suspect in federal time out for 25 years or LIFE.

Wade in Cleveland protesting the Tamir Rice shooting.

Wade got his get out of jail free card and ducked the junk food media.

Now here's the real kicker, the real organization that the suspect operates isn't affiliated with #BlackLivesMatter. The suspect currently runs "Operation Help or Hush", a non-profit organization created during the Ferguson protests

The suspect was funding a center for children and youth near Ferguson.

He was included in a profile by The Washington Post of activists involved in the August 2014 shooting of Michael Brown by former police officer Darren Wilson.

Last year, the suspect was involved in an altercation with a Cleveland hotel worker after they got into a heated argument with the manager of the hotel.

So here we go again! The actions of one man represents the whole according to the racist right.

Again, the suspect is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. If found guilty, he will be sent to the iron college. He might have to register as a TIER offender.

Fox Wants To Make Asses Of Sanders And Clinton!

Fox News wants to host a debate with Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. If they appear on the network's debate, they will elevate the network's negative attacks on the two.

The right wing network is hoping that the Democrats have one more chance to duke it out.

Should the Democrats appear at the debate?

Given how they've attack President Barack Obama and the Democrats in general, I would think it's a setup. Fox News will waste no time going after Clinton with allegations of her husband Pres. 42 (Bill Clinton) cheating. They will bring up Benghazi and her private email server being hacked. They will bring up her coughing and allegations of taking money from Saudi Arabia. These distractions will outnumber the actual questions about the economy and jobs.

The network won't spare Bernie Sanders. They will ask questions about his honeymoon in the Soviet Union, his struggles to appeal to Black and Hispanic voters, his tax proposals, socialism, and being the oldest candidate running. They will also rile up questions about the superdelegates.

In other words, a huge waste of time.

So far, the Sanders campaign accepted this farce.

“Both campaigns have been invited by Fox News to a debate," Jeff Weaver, Sanders' campaign manager, said in a statement obtained by Politico. "We have told the network that we would accept the invitation with the understanding that we can reach mutual agreement on the debate moderators, the format and other details."

They believe that might be the last hope in scoring an upset victory in California. The last state in the primary will hold the largest cache of delegates.

Clinton is less than 2% away from capturing the nomination and Sanders and his supporters believe the system is rigged in her favor. His supporters are starting to become more of an annoyance than passionate voters. The same trolls who wanted Ron Paul for president evolved into Bernie Sanders supporters.

I voted for Bernie Sanders in the Ohio primary. In this state, you can be an independent voter but you still have to declare a party affiliation. I've opted for the Democrats. If I would have chosen the Republicans, I would have voted for Trump. At the time, Trump was incredibly weak. But now that the mainstream Republicans are starting rally around him, it's possible for him to beat the Democratic nominee.

Hillary Clinton and Ohio governor John Kasich end up winning the state overwhelmingly. Kasich's only victory was the state of Ohio. He failed at winning any other state before eventually ending his dismal campaign. Clinton's win in Texas, North Carolina, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio were blows to Bernie Sanders.

Bernie Sanders refuses to concede the race and threatens to take this to a contested convention.

He didn't spend a lot of money in the state of Indiana and West Virginia. He would end up winning Indiana by a squeaker, Oregon and West Virginia in blowouts.

The junk food media already ruled out that Sanders's bid for the White House is difficult. He couldn't seal the deal in many of the key states and his complaints about the delegates is giving the perception that he's a "sore loser". His supporters acting a fool kind of made his negatives go up. Now he's just as equally disliked as Trump and Clinton.

Is it worth the Democrats time to go on a network that isn't friendly towards them?

Now I am starting see concern that Hillary will have a harder time to take on Donald Trump.

Trump's ignorance inspires more ignorance. His rhetoric is bombastic and Republicans love it. Some of the conservative Democrats are starting to take notice to him as well.

The Supreme Court, the economy, jobs, and terrorism will be agitated by the candidates and the junk food media. The distractions about personal matters will be used by the agitators to throw off the conversation about how to make things better for the United States.

I am still discouraged by the candidates running for the Democratic and Republican nomination.

I believe that the Democrats should skip the Fox. They are wasting their time debating a bunch of condescending assholes masquerading a journalists.

In 2007, the Nevada Democratic Party and the Black Congressional Caucus canceled the Fox News debate after Softball Hannity, Fox & Friends, John Gibson and boss Roger Ailes railed on Barack Obama's religion and former pastor Jeremiah Wright.

Equally Hated!

Donald Trump is leading in some polls against Hillary Clinton. The public equally hates them and Bernie Sanders.

In hypothetical polling, Donald Trump leads Hillary Clinton by five points. The Republicans are seething with joy knowing that Clinton's prolong fight with Bernie Sanders is hurting her in the general. Sanders leads Trump by a seven points in a hypothetical poll.

Trump also got some praise for his very mention of possible Supreme Court nominees if he becomes the president. Trump's picks for the court already cause a great deal of controversy.

The Republicans have ignored their constitutional duties to confirm President Barack Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court Merrick Garland. The death of conservative justice Antonin Scalia gave the Republicans more enthusiasm to winning. They prolong the nomination of Gerrick because they hate the fact that Obama is still in office. They fear that if Obama gets his pick confirmed or Clinton wins, conservatism will lose. The Democrats warn Republicans if Trump wins, they will do him like they've done Obama.

Republicans know that the changing demographics aren't in their favor. So in order to gain a little bit of support, they'll rehash old news to stop Clinton. The allegations thrown at Clinton have started to stick. Matter of fact, Trump's "crooked Hillary" name is now a Republican talking point.

Sanders is also getting flack for having no control over his supporters. Many in the junk food media claim that he's acting like a sore loser. Conservative agitators (i.e.The Drudgelist, Old fart Rush Limbaugh and Softball Hannity) are spewing kookspiracies theories about Clinton "stealing" the nomination from Sanders.

Sanders's supporters are starting to get riled up. Now you're hearing that they'll vote for Trump over Clinton. Of course, liberals who support a sexist, Islamophobic, narcissist asshole are not really supporters of Sandres. They're just trolls who want to create chaos in the Democratic Party.

If you agree that Muslims should be banned from the United States and you're a Bernie Sanders supporter, then you're head is screwed on wrong.

If you agree that illegal immigrants are bringing in drugs, crime, disease and you're a Bernie Sanders supporter, then you're head is screwed on wrong.

As you know, Bernie Sanders joins Clinton and Trump as heavily disliked. His supporters kind of pissed off the Democratic Party. And with good reason. In their minds, they believe that Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) was rigging the primary for Clinton.

Bernie Sanders's negatives are going up.

I agree that the congresswoman is inept. For the sake of the party, she should bow out.

Sanders's problem is the informed public. Most of the public isn't familiar with socialism and they aren't familiar with him. They know enough about Trump and Clinton and they're not really inspired by their messages.

Although Trump gets most of the attention, Republicans seriously believe that the junk food media is in the tank for Hillary Clinton.

Softball Hannity is feeding Trump these allegations of Bill Clinton cheating in another desperate attempt to distract the public from Trump's inept responses to policies. Softball Hannity is a huge concern troll and the most annoying person to ever have a radio or television show. He ignores the allegations of cheating from Trump and hasn't asked the Republican about how to fix the economy or bring back jobs. All Trump's stated so far is platitudes and Republicans are soaking it up. He stuck on this notion that being politically incorrect is the key to winning elections.

Republicans have no real ideas. The Republicans in Congress wasted two session of Congress demonizing Clinton over Benghazi, Obama over the Affordable Care Act, his executive orders, the IRS, the TSA, unions, Planned Parenthood, NPR, and Facebook.

Republicans in control of Congress enacted only 14% of the laws. The current job approval of Congress is 9% job approval. That's terrible and I believe that if Clinton, Sanders or Trump become the 45th President of the United States, they will have the most unproductive Congress ever.

My Honest Take On The Uber Experience!

Being a driver for Uber is fun but it comes with a price.

For the last nine weeks, I've started driving for Uber. I wanted to participate in an experience that would give me an opportunity to make money and interact with people. At first, I loved the opportunity to meet interesting people, but now I am starting to find concern with it.

Uber is the people-friendly ride share service which allows "riders" to get picked up by "partners" willing to help them reach their destination. The flat rate, plus miles and time spent inside the vehicle calculates the fare. During a peak time, Uber advocates a surge rating. The surge rating makes "partners" earn a little extra on nights where the demand for riders is high and the need is great.

The riders uses their smartphone to activate the app. The app gives a description of the "partner" his vehicle and the average rating. The "partner" is called upon if the "rider" selects the option to arrange a pickup. The "partner" is then pinged by the app to accept the pickup. The "partner" has an approximate time to pickup the "rider". Once the "partner" arrives at the pickup, the "rider" enters the vehicle and the "partner" activates the fare.

Once the "partner" makes it to the final destination, the "partner" ends the trip. Once the trip is over, the "rider" will have an option to rate the "partner" if they enjoyed the experience or not. The "partner" can also rate the "rider" if the experience didn't live up to expectations as well.

I have covered over 400 trips in the nine weeks of being a partner with Uber. Out of them 400 trips, I can say that some of the experiences aren't as pleasant.

Uber and rival Lyft are beating the taxi companies in rates. Since Uber and Lyft came to Dayton, Ohio, it's quickly pickup steam around the University of Dayton, Sinclair Community College and Wright State University.

When I pickup the "riders", I offer them water, fruit snacks and crackers. I want to make them feel comfortable when they ride with me. I often ask them if they have a preferred route to their final destination.

I've picked up "riders" from the airport, the mall, the bars and restaurants. I've taken them home, to their jobs and their friends homes. I've also pickup riders who weren't the actual pickup.

I've picked up usually people who are intoxicated. I've picked up over 6 or more passengers in a five seated vehicle. I've taken people to other destinations that aren't the final stop. And I've picked up people from their destinations without them activating their app.

I've picked up people who talked inappropriately. Sometimes, I've said a few inappropriate things as well. I will admit this, I did have a "crush" on one of the "riders". All in the way of relating to the "riders".

But now, I am seeing the negatives of being an Uber driver. Only a few weeks ago, I picked up a rider who masturbated inside my vehicle. I picked up a bachelor's party and the groom ripped off my door handle. I picked up a group of women and one vomited inside the vehicle.

Uber is the ridesharing service.

Not to mention the wear and tear of your vehicle. You're driving your vehicle and it's putting a whole lot of miles on your car. The amount of fuel being placed in your car also adds up.

Even when you are on a pickup, you might find a law enforcement bothering you as you are doing your job.

Since Uber doesn't consider you an employee, you're responsible for the taxes. You're a small business and you have to file a 1099 on your IRS tax form. They petition for Uber to have all "partners" as employees instead of contractors.

Each of these experiences might end my time driving for Uber and eventually Lyft. But I am certain that my opportunities to improve will overcome the negative.

Uber's ratings are determined by how the experience was. By average a "partner" has to at least have a rating between 4.8 and 4.9. Only a few can pass the threshold of 4.95 to a perfect 5.

I am concerned that no matter how good I've done, the "riders" will rate me poor. It's almost discouraging. If you fall behind 4.6 in your ratings, you could have your account deactivated.

Many "partners" are starting to find some discouragement in the way Uber handles things.

I've read some of the articles from current and former Uber drivers and I am kind of on the fence of how I might continue driving. I know that nobody is perfect. But I am determined to do all that I can to be the best.

If I can't be the best, then there's no purpose in being an Uber driver.

Anyway, I want to get a rant off in my random musings.

Conservative Outrage Over Obama Giving Unemployed Workers Overtime Pay!

Job approval is on the rise.

Looks like President Barack Obama bitch slapped the unproductive Congress again.

And it seems like the Republicans and conservatives are having another temper tantrum over this.

The president signed an executive order today signaling that effective December 1, 2016, any worker who is making less than $47,000 a year in wage earnings will be eligible for overtime pay. only 7% of the working force gets overtime pay. Most Americans agree with this idea. Salaried workers will be eligible for overtime.

Cue the conservative outrage.

The unproductive Congress didn't pass any legislation that would help the middle class. The minimum wage hasn't been risen in ten years. If the Congress would have passed legislation that would adjust the cost of living to match the wages earned, things would be better for the working class.

The Republicans sit on their high horses complaining about the economy being in the tank. They complain that the working class isn't working under Obama. And in the same breathe, they don't want to pass any laws to make life better for the middle class.

The Department of Labor is finalizing a rule to update overtime protections so they can help millions more Americans.  The final rule, which takes effect on December 1, 2016, doubles the salary threshold—from $23,660 to $47,476 per year—under which most salaried workers are guaranteed overtime (hourly workers are generally guaranteed overtime pay regardless of their earnings level).  Additionally, this new level will be automatically updated every three years to ensure that workers continue to earn the pay they deserve.

Increasing overtime protections is another step in the President’s effort to grow and strengthen the middle class by raising Americans’ wages.  This extra income will not only mean a better life for American families impacted by overtime protections, but will boost our economy across the board as these families spend their hard-earned wages.

This new rule takes into account input from 270,000 public comments and extensive outreach meetings with employers, business associations, small businesses, workers, worker advocates, non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and state and local government representatives.  It will:

Raise the salary threshold from $23,660 to $47,476 a year, or from $455 to $913 a week.  This doubles the current salary threshold while being responsive to public comments regarding regional variations in income by setting the salary threshold at the 40th percentile of full-time salaried workers in the lowest income Census region (currently the South).  Tying the salary threshold to the lowest-wage region of the country has strong historical precedent in previous rulemakings.

Raise Americans’ wages by an estimated $12 billion over the next 10 years, with an average increase of $1.2 billion annually.  At the same time, employers retain considerable flexibility in how they comply with the new rule, such as increasing salaries to at least the new threshold to keep positions that are primarily executive, administrative, or professional exempt from overtime pay; paying overtime for hours worked in excess of 40 in a week; or reducing overtime hours.

Extend overtime protections to 4.2 million additional workers who are not currently eligible for overtime under federal law.  Others who may already be eligible for overtime will also benefit as the higher salary threshold will serve as a useful bright line test for workers—and their employers—to understand whether they are eligible for overtime.  The number of workers in each state who will benefit from the rule can be found HERE.

Update the salary threshold every three years.  The updates will ensure the threshold is maintained at the 40th percentile of full-time salaried workers in the lowest income region of the country.  Based on projections of wage growth, the threshold is expected to rise to more than $51,000 with the first update on January 1, 2020.

Raise the “highly compensated employee” threshold – from $100,000 to $134,004 – above which only a minimal showing is needed to demonstrate an employee is not eligible for overtime.  This upper threshold was designed to ease the burden on employers in identifying overtime eligible employees since it is more likely that workers earning above this high salary level perform the types of job duties that would exempt them from overtime requirements.

Respond to employers’ concerns by making no changes to the “duties test” and allowing bonuses and incentive payments to count toward up to 10 percent of the new salary level.  Workers earning more than the salary threshold are still subject to the duties test to determine eligibility for overtime.  In their comments to the proposed rule, employers argued that changing the duties test would be difficult and costly to implement, and the final rule leaves the existing duties test in place.  Additionally, for the first time, employers will be able to count bonuses and commissions toward as much as 10 percent of the salary threshold.

It seems like Republicans rather see you work your ass off for little or no overtime pay. It seems like Donald Trump will probably speak out against it. It's likely Bernie Sanders will not mention this huge news to his trolls. It seems like Hillary Clinton will credit her husband for allowing Obama to come up with this idea.

Again, the Congress is unproductive. The three candidates running for president are too polarizing.

The opinions of most lawmakers is extremely low.

Conservatives are getting outraged over the most trivial things.