Sarasota-based LGBTQ youth group ALSO Youth coordinators Molly and Jules talk about how *Emma, a 13-year-old transgender girl, started the need for them to create a trans support group more than a year ago. Nate Quinn speaks to the Sarasota County School Board after Pine View School allowed him to use the boy’s bathroom.
Day: March 4, 2017
Nelson Price: Hollywood full of elitist hypocrites
Hollywood recently held its annual self-aggrandizement party, the Academy Awards.
Just another example of the media’s fake news
It also buried the multiple “aggravated felonies” the former soldier from Jamaica had committed which promoted his deportation.
Elaine Chao: More Tolls May Be Coming to Roads, Bridges Soon
U.S. drivers may be shelling out more toll money to help pay for infrastructure improvements to roads and bridges, the Washington Post reports . Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao on Tuesday said the federal government could not assume the entire cost of the rebuilding, and told Fox News’ host Sean Hannity that “new and innovative ways” would be used to find funding, with public-private partnerships “a very important part of a new way of financing our roads.”
Bernie Sanders, Danny Glover: Union Workers Have it Better
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders stood with thousands at a pro-union rally near Nissan Motor Co.’ s plant in Canton, Mississippi, congratulating workers for their courage “in standing up for justice.”
Emails from VP Pencea s time as governor delivered in Indiana
Luke Kornet and fellow senior Nolan Cressler combined for 37 points to increase Vanderbilt’s chances for an at-large bid to the NCAA tournam In some previous seasons, Vanderbilt’s teams have not shown it wanted to play as hard as it needed to. This season, with a first-year coach, Vice President Mike Pence takes a short tour of the Blain Supply’s company headquarters and warehousing facility during his visit to Janesville, Wis.
The Latest: 10 arrested in pro-Trump rally in Berkeley
Jackson, of Oklahoma City, was part of a small group who showed up to speak against President Trump. Many waving American … .
Oklahoma lawmaker asks Muslims: ‘Do you beat your wife?’
An Oklahoma lawmaker who once likened Islam to cancer required Muslims to answer several written questions – including, “Do you beat your wife?” – before agreeing to meet with them. Republican state Rep. John Bennett’s office distributed the questionnaire on Thursday as the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations organized its annual Muslim Day at the Capitol.
Trump accuses Obama of tapping his phones, cites no evidence
President Donald Trump on Saturday accused former President Barack Obama of tapping his telephones during last year’s election, lodging a startling allegation of abuse of power without evidence or explanation. In a series of angry morning tweets, Trump suggested his predecessor was behind a politically motivated plot to upend his campaign.
Trump blames Democrats for confirmation delays, but red tape is real culprit
As supporters of President Trump gathered at “March 4 Trump” rallies across the country on Saturday, one event in Berkeley, California, turned violent, l… — President Trump sparked a firestorm this morning when he suggested that his predecessor, Barack Obama, had ordered wiretaps on Trump Tower prior to the Novembe… Talking to a production agriculture crowd visiting his home state, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway was right at home as he told thousands of farmers he was d… Minneapolis – Nate Mason’s 25 points led four Golden Gophers in double figures, as Minnesota topped Nebraska, 88-73, at Williams Arena Thursday evening.
Police search for man who shot Sikh in Seattle suburb
Supporters of President Donald Trump plan to gather at Trump Tower, the White House and scores of other places around the country in marches to show their pride in his presidency. Supporters of President Donald Trump plan to gather at Trump Tower, the White House and scores of other places around the country in marches to show their pride in his presidency.
Pence blasts Associated Press for publishing wife’s email address
Vice President Pence lashed out at the Associated Press on Saturday for listing his wife’s email address in a story about his frequent resistance to public records requests while Indiana’s governor. Pence said in a tweet that by publishing his wife’s personal AOL email address, the Associated Press “violated her privacy and our security.”
Trump reportedly puts possible Russia deal on hold, citing recent provcations
President Trump is reportedly telling advisers he might temporarily shelve a plan to pursue a deal with Russia on how to handle the Islamic State as well as other national security matters. Administration officials and Western diplomats told the Associated Press on Saturday that Trump and his aides have ascribed the new thinking to Moscow’s recent provocations, including deploying a cruise-missile which violates a Cold War-era arms control treaty.
Bandidos indictment
Power, reputation, and territory. Those are the reasons the Department of Justice says an Austin man was gunned down in front of his family nearly a decade ago. Media: Fox – M9nj
Trump’s Bizarre Tweets Muddy The Waters Over The Potential Abuse of Government Power
Thanks to the Tweeter In Chief, the internet is abuzz today with talk of wiretapping, McCarthyism, FISA courts and Russian spying. The problem is, Trump fires off flares he knows will get his base frothing at the mouth and in the end, it winds up giving cover to the Obama administration.
In brief
Federal officials say more than two dozen aircraft have violated airspace restrictions near President Donald Trump’s estate in Florida. Last month, the Federal Aviation Administration reported 27 violations of the airspace restrictions near Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach.
Retired Idaho legislator Mike Mitchell dies – Sat, 04 Mar 2017 PST
Described by friends as a gentleman and go-to government expert, longtime Lewiston lawmaker Mike Mitchell died in Boise on Friday. He was 91. Mitchell spent nearly 40 years in public service in Idaho, spanning the executive and legislative branches.
Washington lawmakers discuss naming U.S. 395 for person who made it a …
Tom Foley attends the dedication of the Thomas S. Foley and Walter F. Horan Plaza at the Fox Theater in October 2013. State lawmakers argued this week how much of U.S. 395 should be named for Foley, who helped secure federal funding for its reconstruction during his time in Washington, D.C. When I was a much younger reporter for The Spokesman-Review in the early 1980s, I covered the nuclear fiasco that was the Washington Public Power Supply System.
More patrols of possible bias sites
New Jersey law enforcement officials have increased patrols at houses of worship, community centers, and cemeteries in the wake of recent bias incidents, Gov. Christie’s office said Friday. “We live in a world where hostilities have become part of our everyday lives and are directed at what makes us as New Jerseyans and Americans so unique – our diversity,” Christie said in a statement.
Trump expected to sign revised travel ban Monday: US media
President Donald Trump is expected to sign a revised travel ban on Monday, just over a month after his original decree sowed controversy across the United States and chaos at airports, US media reported. The president will sign the new executive order at the Department of Homeland Security, according to Politico, which cited senior government officials.
Trump claims Obama had phones wiretapped; Obama denies it
President Donald Trump on Saturday accused former President Barack Obama of having Trump Tower telephones “wire tapped” during last year’s election, a startling claim that Obama’s spokesman said was false. Trump, whose administration has been under siege over campaign contacts with Russian officials, said in a series of early morning tweets that he “just found out that Obama had my ‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower just before the victory.
Nancy Pelosi on Latest Trump Storm: ‘Deflector-in-Chief’
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi Saturday ripped President Donald Trump as the “deflector-in-chief” and called for an independent investigation of his accusations that his campaign was wire-tapped by the Obama administration. Trump unleashed a Twitter storm earlier Saturday that former President Barack Obama tapped his telephone at Trump Tower in New York as part an investigation into whether his campaign was communicating with the Russian government.
Reactions Mixed on Trump Wiretapping Accusations, Even From Obama’s Side
A spokesman for former President Barack Obama strongly denied President Donald Trump’s tweeted accusation that his predecessor had his Trump Tower offices wiretapped, while another former Obama official cautioned to be careful while considering the official statement. “A cardinal rule of the Obama administration was that no White House official ever interfered with any independent investigation led by the Department of Justice,” Obama spokesman Kevin Lewis said in a statement reported on Saturday.
Sen. Sasse: Trump Should Further Explain Wiretapping Allegations
Republican Sen. Ben Sasse on Saturday called for President Donald Trump to further explain his allegation that Barack Obama ordered his phones to be wiretapped during the presidential election, Politico reports. “The President today made some very serious allegations, and the informed citizens that a republic requires deserve more information,” Sasse said in a statement released Saturday on his Twitter account.
Obama Warned Trump Before He Left Office: North Korea is White House’s Biggest Problem
Before he left office, Barack Obama told President Donald Trump that North Korea’s growing missile program and march toward developing a nuclear weapon was the most urgent problem he would face, the New York Times reports. The report also said Obama three years ago ordered Pentagon officials to increase cyberattacks against the missile program in an attempt to disrupt test launches early on, a directive that seemingly turned out well for the U.S. as a large number of North Korea’s military rockets later exploded or veered off course.
Foster doesn’t appeared worried about combine ejection
A person with knowledge of the situation tells The Associated Press that linebacker Reuben Foster, a poten… An Oklahoma lawmaker who once likened Islam to a cancer has handed out a form asking Muslims whether they beat their wives. Two people were arrested as protesters clashed with supporters of President Donald Trump during a rally at the Tennessee Capitol in Nashville.
The Latest: Trump supporters rally in Michigan’s capital
Jackson, of Oklahoma City, was part of a small group who showed up to speak against President Trump. Many waving American … .
Fan-friendly event kicks off Iditarod race across Alaska
This year’s ceremonial start will be held Saturday, March 4, 2… Two people were arrested as protesters clashed with supporters of President Donald Trump during a rally at the Tennessee Capitol in Nashville. Two people were arrested as protesters clashed with supporters of President Donald Trump during a rally at the Tennessee Capitol in Nashville.
Some GOP lawmakers’ block-everything mentality could imperil big-picture plans
Republican Sens. Mike Lee , left, and Rand Paul are threatening to vote against the GOP’s emerging House bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act. They object to a proposed tax credit it contains.
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What does make Americans so insanely xenophobic? I mean, it’s one thing if your community really is being “taken over” by people from somewhere else , but just being driven mad by the presence of someone who looks like a furriner?
The Iraq War Was Bad
Lots of other stuff, too, but I spent quite a few years of my life doing what I thought I could to end that stupid fucking war and get Bushies as far away from power as possible. I even like his damn paintings, but not on board with the whole “lovable Bush” redemption tour.
Kansas school funding formula plans vie for legislative approval
Lawmakers have begun sifting through a raft of school finance legislation, with several plans competing for attention in the early stages of a process aimed at producing a new funding formula. Lawmakers have begun sifting through a raft of school finance legislation, with several plans competing for attention in the early stages of a process aimed at producing a new funding formula.
Trump Campaign Took Illegal Contributions
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign accepted illegal contributions in the weeks after election day and falsely recorded them as paying down the campaign’s debt, according to a complaint filed by two watchdog groups on Thursday. The Campaign Legal Center and left-leaning non-profit Common Cause allege that the campaign violated federal election laws designed to prevent campaigns from circumventing contribution limits.
Mexico prepares to absorb a wave of deportees in the Trump era – Sat, 04 Mar 2017 PST
The deportees stepped off their flight from El Paso looking bewildered – 135 men who had left families and jobs behind after being swept up in the Trump administration’s mounting effort to send millions of undocumented immigrants back to their economically fraught homeland. As they filed into Mexico City International Airport last week, government employees handed them free ham-and-cheese sandwiches, Mexican ID cards and information directing them to social services in the capital.
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A spokesman for Barack Obama rejects claims by U.S. President Donald Trump that the then-president had wiretapped Trump in October during the late stages of the presidential election campaign, saying it was “simply false.” , moved, by David Shepardson, 917 words) WASHINGTON – The White House budget director confirms that the Trump administration will propose “fairly dramatic reductions” in the U.S. foreign aid budget later this month.
Sessions’ path to remake Justice Department may be clearer – Sat, 04 Mar 2017 PST
Attorney General Jeff Sessions pauses during a news conference Thursday at the Justice Department in Washington where he said he will recuse himself from a federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 White House election. The political cloud over Sessions’ decision to step back from any investigation touching the Trump campaign may have a silver lining for a law enforcement officer who appears preoccupied by issues such as violent crime.
Obama denies Trump’s claim he wiretapped him
WASHINGTON: A spokesman for Barack Obama on Saturday rejected claims by US President Donald Trump that the then-president had wiretapped Trump in October during the late stages of the presidential election campaign, saying it was “simply false.” Trump made the accusation in a series of tweets, without citing evidence, just weeks into his administration and amid rising scrutiny of his campaign’s ties to Russia.
Democrats say long-term success starts with 2018 governors’ races
For almost a decade now, governors’ offices have been a weak link for national Democrats, with Republicans racking up stunning and continuous wins in deep-blue bastions like Maryland, Massachusetts and New Jersey. Now, Democrats building a long-term strategy for retaking power in Congress and the states are counting on winning big in statehouse races over the next two years.
Emails from VP Pence’s time as governor delivered in Indiana
Vice President Mike Pence takes a short tour of the Blain Supply’s company headquarters and warehousing facility during his visit to Janesville, Wis. on Friday, March 3, 2017.
Obama strongly denies Trumpaccusation that he wiretappedphones in Trump Tower
A spokesman for former President Obama issued a strong denial to President TrumpA s accusation that the former commander-in-chief wiretapped Trump Tower phones during the election campaign. “A cardinal rule of the Obama administration was that no White House official ever interfered with any independent investigation led by the Department of Justice,” Obama spokesman Kevin Lewis said in a statement Saturday.