The Arizona-based Childsplay theater brings its “Rock the Presidents” musical to the Quick Center in Fairfield on Sunday, Jan. 22. The Arizona-based Childsplay theater brings its “Rock the Presidents” musical to the Quick Center in Fairfield on Sunday, Jan. 22. The Arizona-based Childsplay theater brings its “Rock the Presidents” musical to the Quick Center in Fairfield on Sunday, Jan. 22. The Arizona-based Childsplay theater brings its “Rock the Presidents” musical to the Quick Center in Fairfield on Sunday, Jan. 22. The Arizona-based Childsplay theater brings its “Rock the Presidents” musical to the Quick Center in Fairfield on Sunday, Jan. 22. The Arizona-based Childsplay theater brings its “Rock the Presidents” musical to the Quick Center in Fairfield on Sunday, Jan. 22. The Arizona-based Childsplay theater brings its “Rock the Presidents” musical to the Quick Center in Fairfield on … (more)
Day: January 14, 2017
For Trump, the enemy within is US intelligence
Being obliged to no-one, the president-elect can shake up the spooks, the ‘bogeyman’ of all presidents, writes Stuart Alan Becker Outgoing CIA director John Brennan at a forum at the University of Chicago last week. President-elect Donald Trump has been widely critical of US intelligence services.a If you look at the fireworks between President-elect Donald Trump and the American intelligence community under Barack Obama — about whether the Russians hacked the US election in favour of Mr Trump — it’s helpful to research history for clues that may explain how a president-elect could have become so hostile to America’s own spy agency.
Today in History
On Jan. 14, 1967, the Sixties’ “Summer of Love” unofficially began with a “Human Be-In,” a gathering of tens of thousands of young people for a counterculture event at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. In 1784, the United States ratified the Treaty of Paris ending the Revolutionary War; Britain followed suit in April 1784.
Tax help breaks legislative ice, but bigger fights loom
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton addresses reporters Tuesday morning prior to the start of the 2017 Minnesota State legislative session. The Democratic Governor will face stiff challenges in his final two years with Republicans controlling both the house and the senate.
Trump needs to owe up to coal mining promise
Many West Virginians and Ohioans are people counting on President-elect Donald Trump to end the Obama administration’s war on coal and affordable electricity. But merely slamming on the brakes is not enough.
Trump’s national security advisor has been in touch with Russian ambassador
Retired Army Gen. Michael Flynn, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for national security advisor, has been in contact with Russia’s ambassador to Washington, Trump’s team told CNN Friday.
US policy change on Cuban migrants leaves many stranded
It took three months for Gabriel Marin and his wife, Yansiel, to make it from their home in eastern Cuba to this migrant shelter in Panama’s capital. The goal was the United States and now the door that spurred their odyssey has slammed shut.
Ralph Wingate
He grew up in Toledo and went to Whitmer High School. In 1943 he joined U.S. Marine Corps and served as a scout in the South Pacific.
Billions to be paid to affected Marines
After years of wait, veterans who had been exposed to contaminated drinking water while assigned to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina may now be able to receive a portion of government disability benefits totaling more than $2 billion.
Congress approves budget
Ascendant Republicans drove a budget through Congress on Friday that gives them an early but critical victory in their crusade to scrap President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.
Arrieta skipping White House trip, cites family reasons
When the World Series champion Chicago Cubs visit President Barack Obama at the White House on Monday, star pitcher Jake Arrieta won’t be with them. Arrieta said he needs to be home – his mother-in-law is recovering from brain surgery, son Cooper is having a tooth pulled that day.
Chicago police DOJ report details incidents of excessive force
JANUARY 13: Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson listen as U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch speaks at a press conference on January 13, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. Lynch called the press conference to announce the release of a report which cited widespread abuses by officers in the Chicago police department following a 13-month investigation.
I Used to Have a Modicum of Respect For This Asshole.
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Here are all the lawmakers boycotting Trump’s inauguration
It looks like A-list celebrity performers may not be the only ones skipping President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. While several political figures, including George W. Bush and Hillary Clinton will be in attendance when Trump is sworn in as the 45th president of the United States on January 20, a number of lawmakers who oppose Trump are refusing to show up.
Two Senators Have a Problem with Tillerson, but not Hillary Clinton or John Kerry
So far Donald Trump’s picks for various Cabinet positions have not gone swimmingly. Both Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson have been grilled thus far.
Mike Pence Shops for Ice Cream
Vice president-elect Mike Pence and his wife Karen Pence embrace at Republican president-elect Donald Trump’s election night event. Soon-to-be Vice President Mike Pence makes emergency ice cream runs just like the rest of us — except for the gang of Secret Service agents trailing him, of course.