May 2, 2017

Trump Fondly Remembers the Fake Civil War Battle That Took Place on His Golf Course

Well worth it to read the entire story
What a big story teller Trump is--even about a serious event in U.S. History!!


Trump Fondly Remembers the Fake Civil War Battle That Took Place on His Golf Course

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a54842/trump-civil-war-river-of-blood/

What do you mean you've never heard of the "River of Blood"?



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May 2, 2017
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.............The Times article links to the paper's 2015 report on the incident, which recounted how Trump bought the course in Virginia—now renamed the Trump National Golf Club—back in 2009, and got to work getting it up to The Trump Standard. That included building a flagpole along the river complete with a plaque commemorating the "River of Blood," a dramatic name for a harrowing event that never happened. But the plaque begged to differ:





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"Many great American soldiers, both of the North and South, died at this spot," the inscription reads. "The casualties were so great that the water would turn red and thus became known as 'The River of Blood.'"

This actually sounds like it was dictated by Trump, who in a phone interview with the Times called himself "a big history fan." Reporters from the paper told him they'd spoken with multiple local historians, all of whom said there was no Civil War event within 11 miles of the plaque. The exchange that followed was quintessentially Trumpian:

"That was a prime site for river crossings," Mr. Trump said. "So, if people are crossing the river, and you happen to be in a civil war, I would say that people were shot — a lot of them.

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..............The Trump administration's history with history is so bad because they spend their days trying to warp reality to their own devices. Sometimes that bleeds from the present to the past, and leaves you with a River of Blood.

May 2, 2017

Tammy Baldwin campaign calls foul on new radio ad

Tammy Baldwin campaign calls foul on new radio ad
http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2017/04/28/tammy-baldwin-campaign-calls-foul-new-radio-ad/101011060/




Bill Glauber , Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 6:45 a.m. CT April 28, 2017 | Updated


8:33 p.m. CT April 28, 2017




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More than a year and a half before she faces re-election, Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin is confronting a controversial radio ad barrage.

On Thursday, several stations temporarily pulled the ad after a complaint was lodged by Baldwin's campaign. But Iowa-based Americas PAC is doubling down on its attack against Baldwin and is moving forward with a $650,000 ad buy.

On Friday, three radio station groups returned the ad to the air.

"There's 12,000-plus ads that will run over the next five months," said Tom Donelson, treasurer of the PAC. "I hope she has fun. We're ready to fight over the next five months."

Donelson said funding for the ad was provided by Solutions for Wisconsin, a super-PAC that received a $2 million cash infusion from GOP mega-donor Richard Uihlein. Solutions for Wisconsin has endorsed U.S. Marine veteran and businessman Kevin Nicholson, who has not yet formally declared his candidacy for an expected Republican Party primary.

May 2, 2017

Chaffetz just had surgery for a pre-existing condition, but will return to vote YES on bill that wo

Please contact your REPS Today--heard that #trumpcare2 might come in for a vote today!!

Chaffetz twitter handle is @JasonintheHouse

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Chaffetz just had surgery for a pre-existing condition, but will return to vote YES on bill that won't cover pre-existing conditions for us.

https://twitter.com/vickscan/status/859260113726603264

May 2, 2017

Milwaukee May Day March Targets Sheriff Who Runs Jail Where Inmate Died After Week With No Water

Source: NBCnews.com





May 1 2017, 9:05 pm ET


Thousands converged upon the streets of Milwaukee on Monday to protest a controversial local sheriff who is not only aggressively advocating an immigration policy that authorizes local law enforcement to act as federal immigration agents, but also faced sharp criticism for the death of a man who died in his custody after not getting water for a week.

And on Monday afternoon, as protesters gathered at a Milwaukee courthouse, a jury recommended charging seven jail staffers with abuse of an inmate in the April 24, 2016 death of 38-year-old Terrill Thomas, the Associated Press reported.

[Thousands Gather For May Day Protests in New York and Los Angeles]
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The protesters had come by the hundreds on buses from at least twelve cities around the Badger State as a part of the "Day Without Latinos, Immigrants & Refugees," a statewide movement in conjunction with the May 1st national day of resistance for immigrant and worker rights.

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At issue were questionable policies under tough-talking Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, who was in charge of Thomas when he died of dehydration after being kept in solitary confinement for seven days without water in April of 2016.




Image; Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke, Jr. listens to remarks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor, Maryland, Feb. 23, 2017.
Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke, Jr. listens to remarks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor, Maryland, Feb. 23, 2017. Mike Theiler / AFP/Getty Images

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Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/milwaukee-may-day-march-targets-sheriff-who-let-inmate-die-n753501?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

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This is not the first time Pitchfork Clarke has been protested against!






Protesters gather at the Milwaukee County Courthouse where they held a rally against President Donald Trumps policy on immigration Feb. 13, 2017 in Milwaukee, Wis. Darren Hauck / Getty Images

May 1, 2017

I just can't understand why the left thinks the WH is filled with ignorant, racist, misogynists eit

Alt Fed Employee? @Alt_FedEmployee

I just can't understand why the left thinks the WH is filled with ignorant, racist, misogynists either 🤔🤔🤔#MayDay2017
#DayOfDistress

https://twitter.com/Alt_FedEmployee/status/859116058850062336

May 1, 2017

Don't shame the hungry:

Don't shame the hungry -- Sherry Caves


http://host.madison.com/wsj/opinion/mailbag/don-t-shame-the-hungry----sherry-caves/article_2987cf41-8f86-597e-a3f0-0015a88453f6.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share

21 hrs ago

Feeding the hungry is a worthy goal. Shaming the hungry, setting up obstacles and barriers to getting help, is unworthy and mean.

Food Shares (also known as food stamps) provide food to hungry people. Gov. Scott Walker has a provision in his state budget proposal — and both the Senate and Assembly have or will have bills introduced — to limit access based on problems with child support compliance. Only Mississippi has such a restriction.

Wisconsin already has the second highest child support compliance in the nation. So why has Gov. Walker proposed further steps that are expensive and complicated? To create a stigma around getting help for hunger. To shame the hungry.

Forty-four percent of those receiving the benefits, and therefore those who would be most harmed by this restriction, are -- you guessed it -- children. Please consider using the email address below to contact the Joint Finance Committee, which is receiving comments on the budget and may vote it out of committee this week. You can email the committee at BudgetComments@legis.wisconsin.gov. Contact your state senator to vote against Senate Bill 19 and your Assembly person to vote against Assembly Bill 557.

May 1, 2017

Here's how to join the campaign calling on @AGSchneiderman to revoke the Trump Organization's corpo

So glad to see this
#Resistance!!




Ron Fein? @ronfein 2h2 hours ago
Replying to @ronfein @TrueFactsStated @DrDenaGrayson

Here's how to join the campaign calling on @AGSchneiderman to revoke the Trump Organization's corporate charter:

https://twitter.com/ronfein/status/859103198140928001

May 1, 2017

Federal judge blocks Wisconsin's 'cocaine mom' law

Source: Wi State Journal







DAVID WAHLBERG dwahlberg@madison.com 20 min ago

A federal judge has blocked a Wisconsin law — sometimes called the "cocaine mom" law — that allows the state to detain pregnant women suspected of drug or alcohol abuse.

U.S. District Court Judge James Peterson ruled in Madison Friday that the law, which extends protections for abused or neglected children to fetuses, is "void for vagueness." The amount of drug use by pregnant women that should prompt state action and the risk to fetuses are not clear, the judge said.

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"For the first time in 19 years, Wisconsin women who become pregnant and seek medical help can do so without fear that their confidentiality will be violated and their health and their baby’s health undermined by forced treatment and punishment based on medical misinformation and stigma," said Dr. Kathy Hartke, chair of the Wisconsin chapter of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.


Dr. Aleksandra Zgierska, president of the Wisconsin chapter of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, said babies' health has more to do with socioeconomic factors such as poverty, nutrition and access to health care than what pregnant women do or don't do during pregnancy.




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Read more: http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/health-med-fit/federal-judge-blocks-wisconsin-s-cocaine-mom-law/article_30486b2e-0a3c-543d-be55-fbdb5511fe77.html

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I am glad to see this.

Article says this ruling applies state-wide. The state has not yet deciding to appeal.

I am wondering if this ruling could--could--possible affect other states but the article says nothing about my wondering.

May 1, 2017

WI Repugs+all congressional repugs voted NO for oversite-to investigate Trump!!

http://host.madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/roll-call-key-votes-from-the-wisconsin-congressional-delegation-this/article_7cd0b548-4a21-563e-8c30-ec8099b43944.html#tncms-source=article-nav-next

CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF TRUMP: Voting 230 for and 193 against, the House on Thursday blocked a Democratic attempt to force floor debate on a measure now in committee that would begin congressional oversight of ethics and conflict-of-interest issues involving President Donald Trump. In part, the measure would require public disclosure of official visitor logs at the White House and Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort; a public accounting of the General Services Administration finding that Trump’s company has not violated its lease to operate the Trump International Hotel in Washington; disclosures on ethics waivers for administration officials and probes of any conflicts between his presidential acts and business activities in Russia and elsewhere.
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A yes vote was to block a bid by Democrats for floor debate on a measure for investigating Trump.

Voting yes: Sensenbrenner, Grothman, Duffy, Gallagher

Voting no: Pocan, Kind, Moore
Senate

May 1, 2017

May Day Marches Protests from around the world: Workers Day Celebrations

http://www.knowyourleak.com/1404110


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