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Overdrive Extra
âWe drive onâ: A week in the pandemic, from truck stops, picks and drops, to home
Long Haul Paul Marhoefer shares insights on how the coronavirus is directly affecting his own trucking life, and others'. More on Overdrive.
March 16, 2020
Channel 19
Small group of truckers in Lexington, Ky., today showing Yang campaign support â a little for Trump, too â around Presidentâs rally
In a bid for national attention to driver issues, today a small group of truckers banded together in Lexington, Ky., with support from an Andrew Yang campaign-supporting Super PAC to display Yang support around a Trump rally. They invited Trump-supporting truckers to fly their banners, too.
November 4, 2019
Voices
Impeach Trump? No way, say 8 in 10 readers
In the wake of the September announcement by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that an inquiry into the possible impeachment of President Trump was under way in several House committees, just 5% of readers expressed any uncertainty about whether such an inquiry was justified.
October 25, 2019
Voices
POLL: Whatâs your take: should the House of Reps impeach the President?
On Tuesday, Sept. 25, the House speaker formalized several investigations of alleged executive wrongdoing under a banner of an impeachment inquiry/set of proceedings. Whatâs your take on the effort and whether reps should vote to impeach if they get to that point?
September 25, 2019
Voices
Readers split over abortion restrictions, legality
Though evenly divided on the broad question of legality, most readers were generally nuanced in their views around the issue of statesâ abortion restrictions, some favoring restrictions after the first trimester or other time period. More than a third favored the Roe v. Wade status quo.
June 12, 2019
Voices
POLL: Where should U.S. focus be during summit with North Korea this week?
What should be principal point of emphasis during the U.S. summit with North Korea this week: Nuclear disarmament or containment, relationship-building toward the long game of the former, human rights and individual liberties in the country or other finer points? Weigh in here âŚ
February 26, 2019
Voices
Truckers say no to partisan gerrymandering of electoral districts
A dislike of partisan gerrymandering of districts cuts across partisan divisions. 87% of Overdrive readers either noted simply that it should not be legal or that independent state commissions would be appropriate arbiters of district boundaries with a goal of taking politics out of the process.
February 11, 2019
Overdrive Radio
Preparing for the impossible, shutdown pessimism and the divisions in trucking history
Steve Bixler on those situations when contingency plans come up short, his long advocacy for an experienced-driver regs-review panel, the history of the âshutdownâ and whatâs changed since he started in the 1970s, and more in this Overdrive Radio podcast. Also: Slow roll convoy in the offing in Illinois this weekend âŚ
January 25, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
ELD or Me to host Joe Arpaio at event
In a further bid to get Donald Trumpâs attention to anti-ELD mandate sentiment, the ELD or Me group and its still-under-construction TruckerNation.org website and grassroots org will host U.S. Senate candidate Joe Arpaio, recently pardoned after being convicted of criminal contempt of court, at a March 31 event in Nashville, Tenn.
March 12, 2018
Voices
POLL: Whatâs your take on Trumpâs first year in office?
With Donald Trumpâs first year as President in the books â and with a brief government shutdown nearing an end â whatâs your take on the first year? Good, bad, indifferent? Weigh in here.
January 22, 2018
Voices
POLL: Do you support Republicansâ Obamacare ârepeal/replaceâ efforts?
Republican bills in both House and Senate would overhaul much of the Affordable Care Act, including removing the mandate to purchase insurance. More controversial items include the reining in of Medicaid eligibility, return of tax cuts to wealthy Americans, and big changes to the individual market for insurance. Whatâs your view?
June 26, 2017
Channel 19
Shot in the arm for the ELD fight: Mr. Justice joins Mr. Reed, others with sights on D.C.
Trucker-songwriter Tony Justice taking active role in spurring unity around opposition to the ELD mandate â meanwhile, Scott Reed, Justice and others have set their sights on the first couple weeks of October for potential demonstration in D.C.
May 23, 2017
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