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IMANI: How Uber’s Gig Model Lets Drivers Discriminate and Harass With Impunity

January 15, 2026December 15, 2025 Amil Imani

The expulsion of Jewish model Miriam Mattova from a Toronto Uber – not for her fare, but for her faith – is more than an act of raw antisemitism. It is a siren blaring at the heart of the modern Gig Economy. The driver’s alleged declaration, “I don’t drive Jews,” is a moral crisis that is being systematically laundered … Read more

Uber and Lyft Promise to Leave after Democrat City Council Meddles With Wages

April 14, 2024 Steve MacDonald

Political meddlers like to mess with everything, including ride-share companies. Early on, it was to protect cab companies that exercised political power to retain their cartel. Later, when and where that didn’t work, the busybodies put their dirty fingers in the wage pie. You don’t pay your drivers enough. We’re making you pay them more.

Did California Finally Find a Way to Destroy Ridesharing?

May 25, 2021 Steve MacDonald

Before Lyft and Uber, if you did not have a vehicle, the options were limited. Public transportation or taxi services. Outside urban plantations, taxis are uncommon. Lyft and Uber turned anyone with interest into a local livery service. California hates that and is destroying it.

What happens to me as an Uber passenger if an accident occurs?

August 3, 2021November 14, 2019 Third Party Content

Getting in a car accident is always a trying time. Whether you’re injured or you’re just shaken up, it can take a lot of time, therapy, and adjustment to get back into your everyday life. You might have medical bills or need to take time away from the office, meaning getting in an accident can … Read more

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145 CEOs Beg for Gun Control

September 12, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Chief Executives from 145 different companies signed a letter urging the Senate to act on “common sense” gun control. Here’s a handy list of those companies, to do with as you please. **Forgive the formatting – copy pasted from PDF (attached at bottom)** Brian Chesky, Co-Founder, Head of Community and CEO, Airbnb Keith Mestrich, President … Read more

Uber driver Fired for Refusing to Take Woman to Her Abortion (Now She Wants to Sue Him)

April 24, 2019 Steve MacDonald

It’s the sad tale of a 20-year old college girl — upstate New York. No car. It’s just too expensive. Get’s pregnant (I guess that’s affordable). Decides she wants an abortion but can’t get an appointment that works for her at a local PP. On the one-hour trip to a different “clinic,” the Uber driver decides he can’t be part of her “healthcare choice.”

When Failure Is More Than Just An Option

July 15, 2024September 14, 2015 Steve MacDonald

CA passes assisted suicide during suicide prevention week. Will the US Navy need an Uber for combat? Inconvenient facts about gender and combat. Did Clinton’s private server improve security? And giving High School Diploma’s out like a participation trophy.

GrokTALK! – Hot Sauce, Uber, Trees, and Taxes!

July 15, 2024April 13, 2015 Steve MacDonald

We start this weeks program with California vs. Sriracha sauce, Uber vs. Taxi Medallions, Seeing the Forest for the Socialist Trees, and keeping your tax dollars from leaving your state in the first place.