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Speak Up – How to be a Chingona

The Albuquerque Journal discontinued its SPEAK UP Opinion Feature last October , just one week before they announced several staffing cuts . Today they announced, ” You have called, written and emailed how much you loved the Speak Up feature on the Editorial Page, and how much you miss it since it was dropped.

What Is President Trump most afraid of?

To continue reading up to 10 premium articles, you must register , or sign up and take advantage of this exclusive offer: Why does President Trump rush off weekend after weekend to his Mar-a-Lago palazzo in Florida? Because Mar-a-Lago is totally under his control. There he can play the prince, favoring a wedding party with a cameo or entertaining the Japanese prime minister in lavish Palm Beach style.

Emerging GOP plan would replace parts of Obamacare as it’s repealed

Developing House Republican legislation to repeal the 2010 health care law would also include replacement provisions that are controversial among GOP rank and file, like a refundable tax credit to help individuals purchase insurance and a plan for dealing with Medicaid expansion. Speaker Paul D. Ryan, Energy and Commerce Chairman Greg Walden, and Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady on Thursday presented to the Republican Conference their vision for a “repeal plus” health care bill that would undo most of the Affordable Care Act and set up some pieces of a yet undeveloped Republican replacement.

Trump seeks to end legal fight with revised travel ban

The Trump administration said in court documents on Thursday it wants a pause in the legal fight over its ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations, so it can issue a replacement ban as it strives to protect the nation from terrorism. Details of the new proposal were not provided in the filing or at a wide-ranging news conference by Trump.

John Kerry to oversee global affairs initiative at Yale

Former Secretary of State John Kerry will oversee a new program at Yale University dedicated to addressing global challenges through teaching and research. Yale announced Thursday that he’ll lead the Kerry Initiative as the Ivy League institution’s first Distinguished Fellow for Global Affairs.

It doesn’t matter that Trump’s base liked his press conference

As media Twitter had a field day with how unhinged President Donald Trump seemed in Thursday’s press conference, there was the usual response from the Real America Whisperers that “his base eats this up” and that, to a lot of people, Trump looked like he was winning by dressing down the media. Like any president, Trump has a large base of people who will always like him, and a large base of people who will always hate him.

Jeff Sessions’ recusal demanded by Dems as lawmakers look for links between Moscow and Washington

Capitol Hill’s two leading Democrats called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to recuse himself this week from any probes involving President Trump ‘s administration and its possible ties to the Russia government House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi , California Democrat, said Wednesday that Mr. Sessions should be prohibited from overseeing any Justice Department investigations concerning the current White House and the Kremlin as reports emerge surrounding conversations said to have occurred between Moscow and Mr. Trump ‘s aides prior to the president’s swearing-in last month.

‘Day Without Immigrants’ protests hit Charlotte, Raleigh

Adam Bell, Katherine Peralta and Cristina Bolling The Charlotte Observer and Chris Cioffi The News & Observer Charlotte-area immigrants joined groups around the nation Thursday to bring attention to immigrant issues, demonstrate their importance to the country and protest Trump administration policies. In the Charlotte region, more than 250 Latino businesses were expected to be closed for “A Day Without Immigrants,” reported the Spanish-language Que Pasa Mi Gente and Hola Noticias media outlets.

U.S. Representative Adam Kinzinger talks about information leaking in Washington D.C.

Illinois Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger was on WLS Thursday morning, talking about the controversies involved President Trump’s alleged ties to Russia. Kinzinger told “The Big John and Ray Show” on WLS that recently ousted National Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s phone conversation with the Russian Ambassador before Trump took office was not a “big sin”, but he says lying about it was.

Rep. Betty McCollum’s Town Hall Meetings

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Henry: House majority leader ineffective

GOP legislator takes swipe at House majority leader Rep. Ed Henry says Micky Hammon not providing direction; Hammon says he uses “conservative principles” as guide Check out this story on montgomeryadvertiser.com: http://on.mgmadv.com/2lcx6Nz A Republican House member took a public swipe at his party’s House leader Thursday, in an unusual display of internal disagreements within the chamber’s GOP caucus. Rep. Ed Henry, R-Hartselle, told a gathering of reporters Thursday that the caucus – whose meetings are typically private – took a no-confidence vote on House Majority Leader Micky Hammon, R-Decatur, on Wednesday.

Netanyahu and Trump push reset of US-Israel relationship

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made their debut Wednesday as chummy partners preparing to tackle the Middle East’s toughest challenges side by side. Netanyahu beamed at his new American counterpart and declared him the best friend Israel could possibly wish for, while Trump offered lofty praise for Israel, denounced the Iranian nuclear deal and declined to back a two-state solution – a longstanding, bipartisan US policy that the Israeli Prime Minister has questioned.

Today in History

On Feb. 16, 1862, the Civil War Battle of Fort Donelson in Tennessee ended as some 12,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered; Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s victory earned him the moniker “Unconditional Surrender Grant.”

Journalists won’t be ‘shutting up’ anytime soon

White House Chief Strategist for President Donald Trump, Stephen Bannon, was recently questioned on what would be the attitude of the new administration in regards to the press. Being a founding member and former executive of Breitbart News, one might ask how Bannon developed this attitude toward the press.

McClintock supporters, protesters call for peaceful event

With people speculating about what could become the largest protest Sonora has seen in years when Congressman Tom McClintock comes to town this week, local conservatives and progressives are reiterating calls to be respectful of each other’s First Amendment rights. Both sides circulated emails over the weekend that detailed the other’s plans for making their voices heard at town hall meetings scheduled for 6 p.m. today at the Mariposa County Fairgrounds in Mariposa and 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Sonora High School auditorium in Sonora.

Down Range Recon

Marines fire M45A1 pistols during marksmanship training and qualification at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Feb.16, 2017. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl.

As crisis swirls, Trump faces mounting pressure in party

Donald Trump and his White House have come in for intense criticism in the president’s dizzying first weeks in office, and the rising sound of discord is not just coming from opposition Democrats. Republicans on Capitol Hill and outside the Washington Beltway are increasingly venting their frustration and worry — sometimes publicly but more often among themselves — about the new administration’s missteps, speedy policy rollouts, abrasive tone and often tenuous relation to facts.

The Latest: Trump denounces ‘Russian connection non-sense’

White House Press secretary Sean Spicer points as he answers questions from members of the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. less White House Press secretary Sean Spicer points as he answers questions from members of the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, … more In this Feb. 12, 2017, photo, National Security Adviser Michael Flynn boards Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., as he return to Washington with President Donald Trump.

House Democrats escalate effort to obtain Trump tax returns

Congressional Democrats on Tuesday tried but failed to pressure Republicans into seeking President Donald Trump’s tax returns, saying the scandal over Michael Flynn made it imperative to find out whether the president has business ties to Russia. A day after the Republican chairman of the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee dismissed the idea, the panel’s Democrats proposed an amendment demanding that the committee ask the Treasury Department for copies of Trump’s returns by March 1. “Unless this amendment is adopted, we will never see the president’s tax returns while he’s in office,” Representative Sander Levin, a Michigan Democrat, told committee Chairman Kevin Brady at a public hearing.

US Senators from both parties pledge to continue Mel Brooks-style remake of McCarthy era

“Top Republican and Democratic senators pledged Tuesday to deepen their [security theater over alleged, so far with little if any evidence,] Russian involvement in the 2016 presidential election in the wake of Michael Flynn’s resignation as President Trump’s national security adviser, opening a new and potentially uncomfortable chapter in the uneasy relationship between Trump and Capitol Hill.

Flynn Resignation Stirs Larger Concerns on the Hill

Michael Flynn’s resignation as President Trump’s national security adviser might have closed the retired general’s brief, tumultuous chapter at the White House – but it raised new questions and concerns Tuesday on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers of both parties called for congressional inquiry into Flynn’s role. More significantly, it raised alarms that the country’s essential national security apparatus is in disarray.

For GOP, a dimmed zeal for investigations in Trump era

It would be a welcome change for conservative Christians who say their concerns were marginalized under the Obama administration in favor of First Amendment and LGBT issues. It would be a welcome change for conservative Christians who say their concerns were marginalized under the Obama administration in favor of First Amendment and LGBT issues.

WHO declares end to yellow fever outbreak in Congo, Angola

Kate Upton is once again Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit queen, gracing the magazine’s special issue with not one, but three different covers. As some cities reaffirm support for sanctuary policies that protect immigrants, Phoenix, with the 10th-largest population of immigrants living in the country illegally, is subjected to a 2010 state law that bars… As some cities reaffirm support for sanctuary policies that protect immigrants, Phoenix, with the 10th-largest population of immigrants living in the country illegally, is subjected to a 2010 state law that bars any Arizona city from becoming a sanctuary.

5 things for Wednesday, February 15, 2017: Trump and Russia, Kim Jong Un, Netanyahu

High-level advisers close to then-presidential nominee Donald Trump were in constant communication during the campaign with Russians known to US intelligence, multiple current and former intelligence, law enforcement and administration officials tell CNN. President-elect Trump and then-President Barack Obama were both briefed on details of the extensive communications between suspected Russian operatives and people associated with the Trump campaign and the Trump business, according to US officials familiar with the matter.

Yobs go on wrecking spree at Stafford allotments

YOBS went on a wrecking rampage at four allotment sites in Stafford stealing tools, smashing a disabled toilet, breaking windows and trashing sheds. Cotonfields, St George’s Road, Holmcroft and Rising Brook were all targeted by thugs over night on Saturday, with drawers turned out, CCTV destroyed and even coffee grinds tipped all over the place.

The Trump administration has a spelling problem. But how bad is it really? We investigate.

President Trump attends a news conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Feb. 13. The latest cringe-worthy gaffe, courtesy of the Education Department, was a double whammy: In a tweet Friday, the agency misspelled the name of the late scholar-activist and NAACP co-founder W.E.B. Du Bois. Then it followed up with a correction, with its own glaring error: “Our deepest apologizes for the earlier typo.”

The Anti-Flynn “Deep State” Coup

Okay, my sense is that a large number of commentators are misunderstanding the nature of what is going on. So, this time, rather than writing an analysis, I will spell it out, ‘talking points’ – style and, hopefully, do a better job about making my point.