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Politics | Fri Dec 30, 2016 | 2:18pm EST
Mormon Tabernacle Choir member resigns rather than sing for Trump
http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20161230&t=2&i=1167160169&w=780&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXMPECBT0TR
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir sings at the first session of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' 185th Annual General Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah April 4, 2015. REUTERS/George Frey
A member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir has resigned over its plan to sing at the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, and more than 22,000 people have signed a petition opposing the choir's participation.
Jan Chamberlin resigned after five years with the choir, which originates from Utah, over the Jan. 20 ceremony, saying it "will appear that (the) Choir is endorsing tyranny and fascism by singing for this man."
With three weeks to go before Trump is sworn in, teen classical singer Jackie Evancho is the only celebrity to have unequivocally embraced her role in an inauguration ceremony marked by soul-searching by larger invited groups, and fan backlash.
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A separate petition on change.org started by Randall Thacker, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, had gathered more than 22,000 signatures on Friday.
The petition says the participation of the Tabernacle Choir in Trump's inauguration does not reflect the Church's values and would harm its worldwide image.......................................
Trumps Press Secretary Begs The American People To Stop Mocking Donald Trump
I have been asked to move this from LBN to general discussion because PoliticusUSA is not considered a reputable news site here on DU for LBN
Lots of comments found here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141653151#post32
Trumps Press Secretary Begs The American People To Stop Mocking Donald Trump
Source: politicususa
By Jason Easley on Sun, Jan 1st, 2017 at 11:16 am
Trump’s press secretary Sean Spicer went on national television to complain that the American people are mocking Donald Trump and called on every American to support the president-elect instead of mocking him.
Spicer was talking about Trump trying to take credit for jobs that were already announced when he claimed that the American people are mocking and undermining the president-elect:
So the idea is everyone wants to talk about the tweets he sent. But I would actually focus on the action he’s getting. Donald Trump is not president yet and he’s getting action, successes and wins, both abroad and here at home.
Everything he does right now, he gets — he speaks for the head of Sprint, gets 5,000 jobs moved from abroad. And everyone starts to mock him. Oh, those jobs were already announced. They weren’t. The sales jobs have been a previous announce. These jobs were coming from abroad to America.
And instead of trying to mock him or undermine him, it’s time that people started to give him credit for actually getting things done.
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Read more: http://www.politicususa.com/2017/01/01/trumps-press-secretary-begs-american-people-stop-mocking-donald-trump.html
This is very funny to me--actually begging us to not mock the clown!!
Video of Trump press secretary Sean Spicer on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos:
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Trump's Incoming Press Secretary Questions Whether Obama's Russia Sanctions Are Out of 'Proportion
Source: Reuters
Jan 1, 2017, 9:03 AM ET
President-elect Donald Trump's incoming White House press secretary questioned whether President Obama’s actions against Russia for an alleged cyberattack on Democratic political organizations may be out of "proportion."
"I think one of the questions that we have is, 'Why the magnitude of this?' I mean you look at 35 people being expelled, two sites being closed down, the question is, is that response in proportion to the actions taken?" incoming White House press secretary and communications director Sean Spicer said in an exclusive interview on "This Week.”
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Spicer's comments are in sharp contrast to the response of some Republican congressional leaders, including House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who called the sanctions long overdue or an initial step.
Ryan, for example, said in a statement Thursday, "While today’s action by the administration is overdue, it is an appropriate way to end eight years of failed policy with Russia." ....................
Read more: abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/red-states-businesses-gearing-fight-bathroom-bills-44497448
He is complaining about the 35 diplomats who Obama told to leave the USA.
I am surprised Ryan agrees--but not the dig he gets in on Obama. damn!
In Red States, Businesses Gearing up to Fight Bathroom Bills
Source: AP
FILE- In this March 24, 2016, file photo, people protest outside the North Carolina Executive Mansion in Raleigh, N.C. Tennessee businesses have banded together to try to convince their state legislators to snub laws similar to the infamous bathroom bill in North Carolina, which has consumed that state's politics for months and scared off businesses and sporting events. (AP Photo/Emery P. Dalesio, File )
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jan 1, 2017, 1:41 PM
Sean Henry, the president of Tennessee's NHL team, is stunned he even has to explain why he hopes state legislators will snub bills similar to North Carolina's transgender bathroom law, which has consumed that state for months and scared off businesses and sporting events.
The Nashville Predators team is among about 300 companies, ranging from health-care giant HCA to FedEx, joining under the moniker Tennessee Thrives to oppose bathroom and religious objection bills, which they consider discriminatory and bad for business. Companies in other GOP-led states have had success voicing opposition under similar names: Georgia Prospers, Opportunity West Virginia, Missouri Competes.
"I honestly cannot believe that in 2016 I'm actually asked a question as to why I would support anti-discrimination groups," Henry said. "I think the real question is: who hasn't joined?"
After the United States Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in 2015, social conservatives turned to statehouses, seeking state laws to let businesses, pastors and government refuse services to LGBT people based on their religious objections to same-sex unions........................................
Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/red-states-businesses-gearing-fight-bathroom-bills-44497448
The article writes about other states also.
Obama is the first President to acknowledge that love is love. I'll never forget this sight!
WE all have to resist everyday to preserve this.
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President Barack Obama is the first President to acknowledge that love is love. I'll never forget this sight!
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GOP Girds for Race to Repeal Obamas Final Rules Before Deadline
I really feel like we, as a nation, will be going backwards in time--. damn
GOP Girds for Race to Repeal Obama’s Final Rules Before Deadline
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-12-20/gop-girds-for-race-to-repeal-obama-s-final-rules-before-deadline?utm_content=politics&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&cmpid%253D=socialflow-twitter-politics
by Laura Litvan
December 20, 2016, 4:00 AM CST
Under 1996 law, Republicans must act by May to speed reversal
Contractor ‘blacklisting,’ energy-efficiency rules are targets
Republicans in Congress plan to deploy a powerful tool soon after Donald Trump is inaugurated to scuttle a host of rules put in place in the last months of Barack Obama’s presidency, yet they must act quickly for the tactic to work.
A number of rules will be targeted using the Congressional Review Act, a law passed 20 years ago after Republicans took House control for the first time in four decades that provides an expedited procedure for canceling rules issued in the final months of an administration. It’s been used successfully only once, and top GOP lawmakers say they have about four months to act.
The regulations facing repeal includes a measure unveiled Monday by the Obama administration to protect streams and groundwater from pollution caused by coal mining. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said hours later he’ll introduce a resolution next month to overturn a rule he called a “regulatory assault” on the coal industry in his home state of Kentucky.
Other targets include rules enacted this year that would blacklist federal contractors with labor-law violations, make it harder for companies to avoid paying some taxes, and boost energy-efficiency standards to cut greenhouse-gas emissions........................
John Nichols: Resolved: Resist Ryan and Trump
John Nichols: Resolved: Resist Ryan and Trump
http://host.madison.com/ct/opinion/column/john_nichols/john-nichols-resolved-resist-ryan-and-trump/article_f5cc5daa-df9d-5cd7-9317-2f4207a9f178.html
JOHN NICHOLS | Cap Times associate editor 4 hrs ago
When Paul Ryan and top congressional Republicans gathered the evening of Jan. 20, 2009, to plot a strategy of absolute and unrelenting opposition to Barack Obama's presidency and the House and Senate Democrats who had received a mandate from the American people to work with the enormously popular president-elect, Kevin McCarthy told the group: "If you act like you're the minority, you're going to stay in the minority. We've gotta challenge them on every single bill and challenge them on every single campaign."
That determination to resist the Obama agenda offended Democrats and thrilled Republicans. But, at the most fundamental level, it was nothing more than Politics 101.
An opposition party exists to oppose the party in power.
Ryan and his fellow partisans understood this in 2009.
Yet, now, Ryan and the Republicans are whining about the failure of Democrats be a “loyal opposition” that willingly compromises and cooperates with President-elect Donald Trump, Ryan and the wrecking crew they have assembled to destroy essential programs — beginning with Medicaid.
Ryan claims Trump “earned a mandate” for a “go big, go bold” agenda, while Trump “counselor” Kellyanne Conway is not just claiming a mandate but griping that critics of the billionaire are “attempting to foment a permanent opposition that is corrosive to our constitutional democracy.”
“The left is trying to delegitimize his election,” grumbles Conway. “They’re trying to deny him what he just earned.”
Ryan and Conway should brush up on their math.........................................................................
Wisconsin would scrap transgender health benefits for state employees following legal actions
No doubt this will happen
TWEET:
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Jessie Opoien ?@jessieopie 31 Dec 2016
Jessie Opoien Retweeted Wis. State Journal
This sets in motion the contingencies that will block WI's benefits for transgender state workers from taking effect http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/election-matters/wisconsin-would-scrap-transgender-health-benefits-for-state-employees-folowing/article_6498f302-dd7b-5570-89ff-88057e104c34.html #p2
Wisconsin would scrap transgender health benefits for state employees following legal actions
JESSIE OPOIEN | The Capital Times | jopoien@madison.com | @jessieopie Dec 31, 2016
Gender reassignment surgery and related gender identity services will be covered by insurance for transgender state employees in Wisconsin starting Jan. 1, but that coverage would be taken away if a series of legal developments occur.
The board overseeing state employees’ health benefits voted 7-2 Friday evening to reinstate exclusions in coverage for gender identity services, including counseling and gender reassignment surgery, as long as four contingencies are met.
The Group Insurance Board met late Friday afternoon to discuss how coverage for state employees may be affected by the upcoming ruling in a federal lawsuit filed in Texas by several health care providers and states including Wisconsin. The lawsuit opposes a federal rule that bans health care providers from discriminating on the basis of gender identity.
Deputy Commissioner of Insurance J.P. Wieske told members of the board it is the position of Gov. Scott Walker and his legal counsel that the rule was illegally implemented and violates the U.S. Constitution......................................
Washington Post raises 'darker suspicions' about Trump's Russia stance
Washington Post raises 'darker suspicions' about Trump's Russia stance
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/312307-washington-post-raises-dark-suspicions-about-trumps-russia
Washington Post raises 'darker suspicions' about Trump's Russia stance
By Nikita Vladimirov - 12/31/16 12:21 PM EST
© Getty Images
The Washington Post on Friday raised "darker suspicions" about the President-elect Donald Trump's lack of concern for Russian interference in the U.S. election.
The White House on Thursday expelled 35 Russian officials and announced an array of new sanctions for what the U.S. intelligence agencies are calling a deliberate hacking campaign, orchestrated by Moscow, for the purposes of interfering in the presidential election.
The Post's editorial board questioned Trump's praise of Putin after the Russian leader decided not to take countermeasures against the U.S.
"The president-elect’s dismissive response only deepens unanswered questions about his ties to Russia in the past and his plans for cooperation with Vladimir Putin," the newspaper wrote.
"For his part, Mr. Putin seems to be eagerly anticipating the Trump presidency. On Friday, he promised to withhold retaliatory sanctions, clearly hoping the new Trump administration will nullify Mr. Obama’s acts," the Post added...........................................
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