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pnwmom's JournalRepub women warn there will be a backlash if Trump keeps attacking Hillary about Bill's past.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/01/06/trump-bill-clinton-sex-scandals-republican-women/78352482/It’s not that they’re waving Trump off the issue to help Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. On the contrary, they’re worried that the more Trump talks about a troubled period of the Clintons’ marital history, the more likely it could backfire and rally independent and even some Republican women to the side of the former first lady.
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Women voters are likely to recoil over Trump’s contention in recent interviews that the former first lady was an “enabler” of her husband’s liaisons, including his affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, said Nancy Dwight, a former National Republican Congressional Committee executive director. “I’m uncomfortable with it, I just am,” Dwight said, adding that she particularly didn't like a candidate discussing it.
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Packer's company, Burning Glass Consulting, has conducted a series of focus groups and polling in competitive general election states showing the issue is a political "minefield" for the party in a general election. Trump's campaign did not respond to requests for comment.
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“It’s the quickest way to get women to come to (Clinton's) defense,” Packer said.
For some younger Republican women, the approach is irksome. Two registered Republican friends, at 37 both old enough to remember Lewinsky, said that if Trump is the GOP nominee, his rhetoric may lead them to vote for Clinton.
10 necessities you can't buy with food stamps.
ON EDIT: People have been commenting that these items are available in food banks. Earth to DUers: food banks are few and far between, and transportation is often an issue for homeless people. There are many more grocery and drug stores for people with money or food stamps than there are food banks. And people on the streets often don't have cars.
Also, part of my reason for posting this is to remind people that food banks can use donations of these items, because they can't be purchased with SNAP. I would have thought that was obvious, but apparently not.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sue-kerr/10-things-you-cant-buy-with-food-stamps_b_5079780.html
Instead of discussing the horror of someone buying soda pop or a steak with SNAP (food stamps), it would be great to turn the conversation to the things that can't be purchased and think for a minute how we could find a workaround. Even with a great home-ec teacher, it would be a challenge.
10 Things You Can't Buy With Food Stamps
Toilet paper. Nope. In fact, no paper products at all. They aren't food, after all. No paper towels, no tissues, no napkins, no nothing. Though you can possibly use rags in lieu of paper towels, you have to wash them. Same with handkerchiefs and cloth napkins. What about toilet paper? Could you use rags and wash them? What if you don't have a washer or dryer in your home? That brings us to the next item...
Laundry detergent. Again, this is not food. But buying decent detergent isn't cheap. It is definitely something that is more cost-efficient if you buy the largest sizes, but then you have to lug it, not just home from the store but back and forth between home and the laundromat. And when it does go on sale, it is often a buy-one-get-one-free deal, which is terrific but means more lugging, or a special trip, which means more bus fare or gas in the car. But how do you live without laundry detergent?
Toothpaste, toothbrush, dental floss. Don't tell your dentist that dental floss is a luxury item, but the fact is that people without dental insurance are often the ones least likely to be able to afford these items. I know people who won't replace a toothbrush until they can find a freebie, because money is that tight. Yes, each time I visit my dentist, they offer me a new toothbrush, because they want them changed often. But if you don't have dental insurance, you don't get that offer. Toothpaste is another challenge. How fast does a family of four go through a tube, especially when kids don't remember to squeeze from the bottom and use only a pea-sized amount? But you need clean teeth to be successful in school and work and society, not just because of bad breath but because dental health is critical to our well-being.
Soap. How do you survive without soap? If pushed, you could forego shampoo and just wash yourself entirely with soap. You could wash clothes with soap (not a good idea), and you could wash dishes with soap (also not a good idea). But how do you function, must less flourish, without access to soap? The least-pricey soap is often the worst -- filled with chemicals, scents and sudsing agents, and not-so-filled with cleaning agents.
AND MENSTRUAL PADS AND TAMPONS, AND MORE . . . .
The South is Ready To Save Hillary Clinton
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/01/06/the-daily-202-the-south-is-ready-to-save-hillary-clinton/The Democratic primary in South Carolina is Saturday, Feb. 27, and Clinton has a much more comfortable lead than in the first two early states. Then Alabama, Georgia, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia all vote the following Tuesday, March 1.
Several Republican secretaries of state in the region worked together to move up the contests so that the South would have more clout. While their primary focus in creating “the SEC Primary,” named for the college football conference, was prodding the GOP to choose a more conservative nominee, the unintended result has been to give the Democratic frontrunner a firewall in case things kick off poorly.
“I believe Hillary is a lock to sweep the Deep South,” said Richard Fording, the chair of the political science department at the University of Alabama.
New NBC national poll: Hillary, 53; Bernie, 36; Martin, 2; undecided 8.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/trump-leads-poll-2016-217349More than half of Donald Trump’s supporters say they are strongly committed to voting for him, according to the results of the latest NBC News/SurveyMonkey online tracking poll released Tuesday, the first national poll of 2016.
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Among Democrats, Hillary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders 53 percent to 36 percent, with former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley earning 2 percent and 8 percent saying they are not sure.
The poll was conducted online Dec. 28-Jan. 3, surveying 3,181 registered voters among a sample of 3,700. The margin of error for 949 registered Republican voters is plus or minus 3.7 percentage points, while among 1,060 Democrats the margin of error is plus or minus 3.3 percentage points.
Tragic story. A 24 yr. sister tried to rescue her 9 yr brother from foster care, but ended up
being responsible for his death -- after leaving him alone with her three pit bulls.
She probably couldn't afford any childcare for him, and school was out of session. So she made a fatal mistake.
To put this in context: the mother of these two died of a drug overdose while living on the streets.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-boy-9-mauled-to-death-by-sisters-pit-bulls/
Alexandria Griffin-Heady remains under investigation as she copes with the brutal death of Tyler Trammell Huston.
Neighbors in the quiet Linda neighborhood say Griffin-Heady recently moved into the small trailer, wanting to better her life and eventually pull her little brother out of the foster system.
In one picture, she's cuddling with her three pit bulls, and in another she's hugging her brother. But what looked happy on the outside was complicated, the boy's uncle said.
"With the circumstances of Ally not being mature enough, not able to handle a 9-year-old," Donald Thorpe said. "She's just barely 24 herself."
He says Tyler lived a hard life, moving in and out of foster homes after his mom died of a drug overdose homeless on the streets of Sacramento.
Every MSM outlet covered Bernie's Wall Street plan today, no matter what
you might hear elsewhere.
Apparently some people think they'll support his cause by doing a lot of moaning and groaning about the MSM not reporting about Bernie; when the fact is, if they just bothered to go to Google News, they'd find stories aplenty.
Below are listed only the reports of TV stations, but there were many reports in the newspapers, too.
FROM ABC:
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bernie-sanders-vows-break-nations-largest-banks-year/story?id=36101481
FROM NBC:
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/Sanders-Vowing-to-Break-Up-Banks-During-First-Year-in-Office--364249041.html
FROM CBS:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/sanders-to-wall-st-if-you-do-not-end-your-greed-we-will-end-it-for-you/
FROM CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/05/politics/bernie-sanders-financial-reform-speech/index.htmlwww
FROM MSNBC:
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/bernie-sanders-makes-the-case-banking-post-offices
Bernie Sanders delivered a big speech in New York today on Wall Street and the economy – arguably his signature issue – and we’ll have more on his remarks on tonight’s show.
CA lawmakers seek to end the "tampon tax."
And all the states should. CA currently exempts from tax other medical related products, including VIAGRA, and feminine hygiene products are a medical necessity.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/california-lawmakers-seek-to-end-the-tampon-tax-with-new-bill/
The tax currently is imposed on tampons, sanitary napkins and other feminine hygiene products in most states and many countries around the world. But on Tuesday, California assemblywomen Cristina Garcia and Ling Ling Chan argued that their newly introduced measure could close the wage gap separating women from men.
“Women have no choice but to buy these products,” said Garcia, who serves as vice chair of the California Legislative Women’s Caucus. “You can’t just ignore your period, it’s not like you can just ignore the constant flow.”
The bill would cost the state about $20 million in tax revenue, The Sacramento Bee reported. If it passes, tampons and sanitary napkins would be added to a list of health products already exempt in the Golden State, including walkers, medical identification tags and Viagra.
Oregon "militia" asks for snacks. Reddit users plan to send glitter.
Among other things.
I think they need a bag of candy. Marshmallows for the marshmallows.
https://upvoted.com/2016/01/04/oregon-militia-asks-for-snacks-reddit-users-plan-to-send-glitter-instead/
Whether you call them the Citizens for Constitutional Freedom, Y’all Queda, or Vanilla ISIS, the armed group of anti-government protestors in Burns, Ore. is hungry—and asking for snacks.
Over the weekend, a protest over the prison sentence of two Oregon ranchers convicted of arson escalated into the seizure of a federal building. Initially, the demonstration focused on the sentencing of ranchers Dwight and Steve Hammond—but on Saturday, Ammon and Ryan Bundy rallied a splinter group of protestors into seizing a federal building at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
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While supporters might be content to send the militia Chex Mix and fight-the-power bars, a growing group of Reddit users are taking the invite as a golden opportunity to ship not-so-caring care packages.
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Reddit user AmeliaPondPandorica couldn’t choose just one item, so she compiled a list of items designed to give Bundy’s gang the perfect sleepover experience—including sparkly nail polish, a “Little Spa Party” birthday box, a “stress relief” aromatherapy kit, “Yeast Is a Beast” women’s health supplements, Taylor Swift’s “Wonderstruck” perfume, and tendon-relieving pedicure socks.
New NYT editorial boosts the Social Security plans of ALL the Dem candidates, none of the Rethugs.
Despite the spin that others are putting on this, the editorial doesn't endorse Bernie's plan over Martin's or Hillary's.
More important, they have stressed that an aim of reform is to bolster the system, not shrink it. Hillary Clinton would raise benefits for widows and for retirees who had long absences from the work force to care for relatives. Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley would increase benefits more broadly, especially for low-income recipients.
Ultimately, strengthening Social Security requires a growing and healthy economy. The Democratic candidates have credible ideas for creating jobs and raising wages that would revitalize the tax base for Social Security. Those and other sensible fixes, not deep and broad cutbacks, will ensure that the system continues to provide a basic level of guaranteed retirement income for all workers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/03/opinion/social-security-in-an-election-year.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region&_r=0
In a legal deposition, Ivana Trump accused Donald of a violent rape and assault.
Just to put anything he says about Bill Clinton in context.
His legal counsel tried to justify it by saying that, by legal definition, you can't rape a spouse.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/27/ex-wife-donald-trump-made-feel-violated-during-sex.html
The book, by former Texas Monthly and Newsweek reporter Harry Hurt III, described a harrowing scene. After a painful scalp reduction surgery to remove a bald spot, Donald Trump confronted his then-wife, who had previously used the same plastic surgeon.
“Your fucking doctor has ruined me!” Trump cried.
What followed was a “violent assault,” according to Lost Tycoon. Donald held back Ivana’s arms and began to pull out fistfuls of hair from her scalp, as if to mirror the pain he felt from his own operation. He tore off her clothes and unzipped his pants.
“Then he jams his penis inside her for the first time in more than sixteen months. Ivana is terrified… It is a violent assault,” Hurt writes. “According to versions she repeats to some of her closest confidantes, ‘he raped me.’”
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