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turbinetree's JournalMinnesota voters split the special elections for Feb 12, 2018
Results for State Senator District 54
http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/StateSenate/110?districtid=542
Karla Bigham--------------winner
Results for State & Federal Results in Legislative District 23B
http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/FedStatebyLEGDistrict/110?districtid=400
Melissa Wagner-------------lost
November 2018 cannot get here fast enough
Trump, Inc. Podcast Extra: Trumps Company Is Getting $175 Million
Annually in Previously Undisclosed"
Forbes reporters tracked down Trumps many commercial tenants. Among them: a state-owned Chinese bank.
by Andrea Bernstein, WNYC and Eric Umansky, ProPublica Feb. 13, 8:45 a.m. EST
Forbes reporters figured out that the presidents company pulls in an estimated $175 million in commercial rent annually. One of Trumps major tenants: a state-owned Chinese bank.
In this bonus episode of our Trump, Inc. podcast, Forbes Dan Alexander talks to WNYCs Andrea Bernstein about how he dug through financial documents and even measured square footage to detail the little-known, big payments to the president's company.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-inc-podcast-extra-trumps-company-is-getting-175-million-annually-in-previously-undisclosed-rent
Think............ maybe this is why Kusher was flagged as being possibly compromise by the Chinese and did he the sexual predator donate the 175 million -------- as the spokesperson said ----- don't hold your breath ----------- and how to become a federal judge
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Why the acquittal of a white farmer is sparking protests across Canada
Canadian activists are calling for political and judicial reforms after a white farmer was found not guilty in the 2016 shooting of a young indigenous man by a seemingly all-white jury, spurring thousands of Canadians to demonstrate across the country.
Protests spread around Canada after the jury acquitted Gerald Stanley, a 56-year-old farmer, in the murder of 22-year-old Colton Boushie, a member of the Cree Red Pheasant First Nation in the central province of Saskatchewan, on Friday. Two years ago, Boushie and his friends drove onto Stanleys land in search of assistance with a flat tire near the town of Biggar. The young people caught Stanleys attention when he heard a vehicle start; believing it was being stolen, the farmer confronted them. A verbal back-and-forth ensued and Stanley fired a handgun, hitting Boushie. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
In Canada, the use of a firearm to defend private property is illegal. But Fridays verdict means that Stanley will walk free. A jury reportedly containing no members of color or indigenous members more specifically found the farmer not guilty of second-degree murder or manslaughter. The decision devastated Boushies family, who announced following the verdict that they would meet with government officials and demand changes to Canadas justice system.
https://thinkprogress.org/canada-native-lives-matter-ac2e31145f25/
Sounds familiar like in Florida...................
Here is where most of Trumps education cuts come from
The largest portion of President Donald Trumps cuts to the Education Department in his 2019 budget proposal is buried within 160 pages and mentioned in a single sentence among a slew of other programs.
Making up more than half of the $3.6 billion total cuts to the agency, the budget plan calls for eliminating the $2.1 billion Supporting Effective Instruction State Grant program in its entirety. The program, also known as Title II, Part A of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), is used by schools to pay for teacher professional development, reductions in class size, and the formation of new evaluation procedures.
Listed in a section entitled Reduces Waste: Streamlines or Eliminates Ineffective or Redundant Program, the administration barely gives any other explanation for the cuts.
https://thinkprogress.org/trumps-education-cuts-budget-eaf6d820c057/
That political hack Betsy Devos needs to called out on this issue in public forum, this totally unacceptable, this is bullshit
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House Republicans want to gut the Americans with Disabilities Act
This week, Congress is expected to vote on a bill that would significantly weaken the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act and let businesses off the hook for failing to provide accommodations for accessibility.
The ADA Education and Reform Act was introduced by Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX), and was recently adopted in the House Judiciary Committee. It addresses the 1990 civil rights law that protects people with disabilities when it comes to employment; access to public entities, such as transportation; and accommodations to fully enjoy businesses, such as being able to go to a hotel without barriers to getting inside. The law allows people with disabilities to file lawsuits against businesses that dont provide reasonable accommodations, but supporters of the ADA Education and Reform Act argue that it fuels drive-by lawsuits.
The bill would require people making complaints to let a business know of any accessibility violations in writing. The business would then have 60 days to acknowledge the complaint and respond, and 120 days after the 60 days to make substantial progress toward making changes. These provisions would essentially remove any incentives for businesses to comply with the ADA, the ACLU argues, because business owners can theoretically be out of compliance for years and not be penalized for it. They only have to say they are making substantial progress.
https://thinkprogress.org/congress-weakening-ada-2ba703798908/
"If the bill passes, it would affect 22 percent of Americans who have a disability, 13 percent of which experience mobility issues, such as walking or climbing stairs, according to the Centers for Disease Control. The share of people with disabilities is higher among women and people of color. One in four women have a disability and three in 10 non-Latinx Black people have a disability."
I guess the right wingers don't want these human beings to protest in public buildings anymore..............like congressional office of Poe, this is absolute sick fuck mentality ...................I mean really a sick fucking mentality, what a fucking jerk
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WATCH: Trump ignores repeated questions about domestic abuse victims
Source: Think Progress
At the end of a lengthy meeting with lawmakers about trade at the White House on Tuesday, President Trump ignored reporters who tried to ask him about whether he believes the two ex-wives of a former top White House aide who have both accused him of abuse.
Do you believe Rob Porters ex-wives? Do you believe Rob Porters ex-wives, Mr. President? a reporter asked him. Do you Rob Porters ex-wives, Mr. President?
Instead of answering, Trump stood to shake the hand of Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), who could be heard congratulating the president on his perfect tone.
Read more: https://thinkprogress.org/trump-ignores-questions-rob-porter-ex-wives-571f83b3c0fa/
Hey, Kevin Brady------------------Fuck you and your "perfect tone" horse that you ride in on everyday
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The old stand-by "Thank you very much", chicken shit
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Trump pitches plan to replace food stamps with food boxes
By HELENA BOTTEMILLER EVICH 02/12/2018 09:32 PM EST
The Trump administration is proposing to save billions in the coming years by giving low-income families a box of government-picked, nonperishable foods every month instead of food stamps.
White House OMB Director Mick Mulvaney on Monday hailed the idea as one that kept up with the modern era, calling it a "Blue Apron-type program" a nod to the high-end meal kit delivery company that had one of the worst stock debuts in 2017 and has struggled to hold onto customers. Mulvaney said the administrations plan would not only save the government money, but also provide people with more nutritious food than they have now.
The proposal, buried in the White Houses fiscal 2019 budget, would replace about half of the money most families receive via the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, with what the Department of Agriculture is calling Americas Harvest Box. That package would be made up of "100 percent U.S. grown and produced food" and would include items like shelf-stable milk, peanut butter, canned fruits and meats, and cereal.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/12/food-stamps-trump-administration-343245?lo=ap_a1
Now this sexual predator and his fucking budget director, think people all across the land should have a new version of MRE's
FUCK YOU,....................while you eat fucking chocolate cake at your fucked up resort-----------
November 2018 cannot get here fast enough
One way to take the escalator at the Korean Olympics
Note: do not attempt to do this injury may incur................seek immediate medical help if you fail
Meet the Sacklers: the family feuding over blame for the opioid crisis
The Sackler Drug Rehab Facility, unlike the prestigious Sackler art galleries of New York and London does not exist. Yet.
If lawyers have their way, however, or public opinion pricks a few consciences, it may soon.
The Sackler family, a sprawling and now feuding transatlantic dynasty, is famous in cultural and academic circles for decades of generous philanthropy towards some of the worlds leading institutions, from Yale University to the Guggenheim Museum in the US and the Serpentine Gallery to the Royal Academy in Britain.
But whats less well known, though increasingly being exposed, is that much of their wealth comes from one product OxyContin, the blockbuster prescription painkiller first launched in 1996.
The pill is stronger than morphine and sparked the opioid crisis thats now killing more than 100 people a day in America and has spawned millions of addicts. Its also attracted a wave of lawsuits alleging ongoing deception about the safety of OxyContin, which the company had previously admitted misbranding in a 2007 criminal case.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/13/meet-the-sacklers-the-family-feuding-over-blame-for-the-opioid-crisis
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