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Strip Club Stimulus, The SBA, and Lingering Uncertainties Over U.S. Small-Business Aid

xxxReporter — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 21:56:41 +0000

The latest on the SBA’s “prurient clause”, published Tuesday at The New York Times Backlights off, music quiet and poles bare, strip clubs across the United States closed earlier this year in the face of COVID-19 social-distancing measures that precluded the up-close nature of the exotic dancing industry. Like many businesses, these cabarets, lounges and […]

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Federal judge rules strip clubs, other ‘disfavored’ businesses, are entitled to emergency PPP aid

xxxReporter — Tue, 12 May 2020 14:11:16 +0000

A federal judge on Monday ruled that gentlemen’s clubs are entitled to receive emergency federal PPP aid aimed at helping small businesses suffering during the coronavirus pandemic. US District Judge Matthew Reitman in Flint, Michigan issued a preliminary injunction that bars the Small Business Administration from excluding Paycheck Protection Program loans to businesses that present […]

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Chicago’s Admiral Theatre sues over SBA loan delay, alleges regs violate First Amendment

xxxReporter — Mon, 11 May 2020 23:14:48 +0000

Chicago’s Admiral Theatre has filed suit against the Small Business Administration, alleging its First Amendment rights were violated when a ruling on its loan application was stalled by regulations that discriminate against adult businesses. The suit filed Friday in U.S. District Court names the SBA and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin as defendants. The lawsuit claims […]

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FSC Details Government Assistance Programs Available for Adult Industry Workers

xxxReporter — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 18:58:59 +0000

The Free Speech Coalition (FSC) has released a handy resource guide for members of the adult business, covering the various governmental assistance programs that may be available to them for relief during the COVID-19 / coronavirus crisis. To All Workers in the Adult Entertainment Industry We hope that everyone is staying safe during the COVID-19 […]

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WaPost: Excluding persons in the sex industry from COVID-19 relief is a mistake

xxxReporter — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 17:00:08 +0000

An Op/Ed by Leah LaGrone, a PhD candidate the Texas Christian University, argues that making moral judgments about women’s jobs just reduces their choices further Big companies like Ruth Chris, Potbelly and Shake Shack that are receiving large coronavirus-related Small Business Administration loans have caused an uproar. But far less attention has been paid to whom the […]

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FSC Issues Advisory to Adult Businesses Regarding SBA Relief Loans

xxxReporter — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 19:28:34 +0000

Many FSC members have raised concerns about a provision in the new Small Business Administration’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program, which might appear to specifically discriminate against adult businesses. In order to qualify for the SBA Loan, applicants are required to check several boxes, one of which requires them to attest that their business is […]

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Naming the Patient at the Center of Porn’s Production Moratorium: Ethical Dilemmas and the Policy of AIDS Exceptionalism

Voice For Reason — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 03:09:43 +0000

Let me begin by saying that I’m not a public health scholar, and let me add that I am also deeply suspicious and even skeptical of public health as a discipline. As another writer noted here, the immortal H.L. Mencken once wrote that public health (back then called “hygiene”) represented the corruption of medicine by morality. […]

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Is Operation Choke Point Back On?

porn news — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 16:49:50 +0000

In 2013, under the Obama administration, the United States Department of Justice introduced “Operation Choke Point”. They claimed it was an intuitive to fight back against money laundering. Basically what went down was the government pressured banks to close accounts of those they feel were at a higher risk for fraud and money laundering. Only what […]

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A Letter From Max

Mike — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:16:11 +0000

[This letter was not sent to me personally by Max but was forwarded to me for reprint] Friday, Feb. 6th, 2009 LA MDC Greetings friends and fans, I’m sorry that I haven’t contacted everyone before this late date, but recent extraordinary events have overwhelmed me, and rendered me incapable of anything but defensive actions. This […]

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The Congress Is In Serious Breach Of Contract.

Mike — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:51:13 +0000

Back in 1994 the United States Congress, lead by Republicans (in the minority at the time) made a contract with the American people. It was called the contract with America and it got the Republicans a clear Majority in the House. The idea was to clean up congress, making the body accountable for it’s actions, […]

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