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riversedge's JournalThe WH moved swiftly on Tuesday to counteract Mr. Trumps contention that he had been forced into an
It was funny--first Trump goes on this long shutdown the Gov angry tweetstorm--then his aides have to bail him out.
Trump Says U.S. Needs Government ‘Shutdown’
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/02/us/politics/good-shutdown-congress-trump.html
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS
MAY 2, 2017
..........The White House moved swiftly on Tuesday to counteract Mr. Trump’s contention that he had been forced into an agreement he dislikes, claiming victory on the spending package and arguing that the White House had actually outfoxed Democrats who were spoiling for a shutdown.
“They wanted to try and make this president look like he could not govern,” Mick Mulvaney, Mr. Trump’s budget director, told reporters in a conference call. “They wanted to make this president look like he did not know what he was doing, and he beat them on that at the very, very highest level.”
He praised the large increase in military spending in the bill, which dwarfed the money for domestic programs, and said that although no wall funding had been included, increases for border technology, maintenance and repairs would help beef up security on the line between the United States and Mexico.
Democrats, Mr. Mulvaney added, “were desperate to show that we were not reasonable, and we completely destroyed that narrative by negotiating this deal. This is a huge victory for the president.”
But by publicly courting a future shutdown, an extraordinary move for a sitting president, Mr. Trump instead seemed to be confirming his reputation for rash statements that may yield little in the way of follow-through.
“President Trump may not like what he sees in this budget deal, but it’s dangerous and irresponsible to respond by calling for a shutdown,” said Senator Patty Murray, Democrat of Washington and the ranking members of the appropriations committee. “Hopefully, Republicans in Congress will do for the next budget what they did for this one: ignore President Trump’s demands, work with Democrats, and get it done.”......................
msnbc. We are taking care of our military. Rump bragging last 5 minutes how the
budget will dramatically increase. Surrounded by military. over and over.
Several times knocking, mocking the Democrats also so far.
Protests erupt, classes canceled after racist notes enrage a Minnesota college
The students who did this--and they will be found--should be banned from campus.
Protests erupt, classes canceled after racist notes enrage a Minnesota college
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/05/01/protests-erupt-classes-canceled-after-racist-notes-enrage-a-minnesota-college/?utm_term=.b3bf31326159
By Lindsey Bever
May 1 at 3:31 PM
Following days of demonstrations against hate speech at a liberal arts college in Minnesota, the school has reached an agreement with student protesters.
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The students had been protesting racism at the school in Northfield, Minn., since the weekend, when a black student reported having found a note on the windshield of her car that read: “I am so glad that you are leaving soon. One less n‑‑‑‑‑ that this school has to deal with. You have spoken up too much. You will change nothing. Shut up or I will shut you up.” Students gathered Saturday night inside a student union building, sharing their own on-campus experiences with racism and chanting: “This ends now.”
The protests continued through Monday, when students were expected to boycott. Then the school administration canceled classes “so that we may have time for faculty, students, and staff to continue the discussions about racism and diversity on our campus,” St. Olaf spokeswoman Kari VanDerVeen said at the time.
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The racist note was the latest incident in a series of similar expressions against students.
“It’s been something that’s been going on all year,” Samantha Wells, a senior who said she found the racist note, told fellow students during the weekend demonstrations, according to the Northfield News. “We’ve done so much digging and this stuff has happened for decades. There’s one thing that happens and it stops and then it happens again and then it kind of stops. I think the big message is we shouldn’t let this happen again. The administration needs to do something that stops it indefinitely.”..........................
https://www.instagram.com/p/BTfzWZoBPaQ/
Trump Fondly Remembers the Fake Civil War Battle That Took Place on His Golf Course
Well worth it to read the entire story
What a big story teller Trump is--even about a serious event in U.S. History!!
Trump Fondly Remembers the Fake Civil War Battle That Took Place on His Golf Course
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a54842/trump-civil-war-river-of-blood/
What do you mean you've never heard of the "River of Blood"?
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By Jack Holmes
May 2, 2017
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.............The Times article links to the paper's 2015 report on the incident, which recounted how Trump bought the course in Virginia—now renamed the Trump National Golf Club—back in 2009, and got to work getting it up to The Trump Standard. That included building a flagpole along the river complete with a plaque commemorating the "River of Blood," a dramatic name for a harrowing event that never happened. But the plaque begged to differ:
via NYTimes
"Many great American soldiers, both of the North and South, died at this spot," the inscription reads. "The casualties were so great that the water would turn red and thus became known as 'The River of Blood.'"
This actually sounds like it was dictated by Trump, who in a phone interview with the Times called himself "a big history fan." Reporters from the paper told him they'd spoken with multiple local historians, all of whom said there was no Civil War event within 11 miles of the plaque. The exchange that followed was quintessentially Trumpian:
"That was a prime site for river crossings," Mr. Trump said. "So, if people are crossing the river, and you happen to be in a civil war, I would say that people were shot — a lot of them."
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..............The Trump administration's history with history is so bad because they spend their days trying to warp reality to their own devices. Sometimes that bleeds from the present to the past, and leaves you with a River of Blood.
Tammy Baldwin campaign calls foul on new radio ad
Tammy Baldwin campaign calls foul on new radio ad
http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2017/04/28/tammy-baldwin-campaign-calls-foul-new-radio-ad/101011060/
Bill Glauber , Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 6:45 a.m. CT April 28, 2017 | Updated
8:33 p.m. CT April 28, 2017
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More than a year and a half before she faces re-election, Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin is confronting a controversial radio ad barrage.
On Thursday, several stations temporarily pulled the ad after a complaint was lodged by Baldwin's campaign. But Iowa-based Americas PAC is doubling down on its attack against Baldwin and is moving forward with a $650,000 ad buy.
On Friday, three radio station groups returned the ad to the air.
"There's 12,000-plus ads that will run over the next five months," said Tom Donelson, treasurer of the PAC. "I hope she has fun. We're ready to fight over the next five months."
Donelson said funding for the ad was provided by Solutions for Wisconsin, a super-PAC that received a $2 million cash infusion from GOP mega-donor Richard Uihlein. Solutions for Wisconsin has endorsed U.S. Marine veteran and businessman Kevin Nicholson, who has not yet formally declared his candidacy for an expected Republican Party primary.
Chaffetz just had surgery for a pre-existing condition, but will return to vote YES on bill that wo
Please contact your REPS Today--heard that #trumpcare2 might come in for a vote today!!
Chaffetz twitter handle is @JasonintheHouse
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Chaffetz just had surgery for a pre-existing condition, but will return to vote YES on bill that won't cover pre-existing conditions for us.
https://twitter.com/vickscan/status/859260113726603264
Milwaukee May Day March Targets Sheriff Who Runs Jail Where Inmate Died After Week With No Water
Source: NBCnews.com
May 1 2017, 9:05 pm ET
Thousands converged upon the streets of Milwaukee on Monday to protest a controversial local sheriff who is not only aggressively advocating an immigration policy that authorizes local law enforcement to act as federal immigration agents, but also faced sharp criticism for the death of a man who died in his custody after not getting water for a week.
And on Monday afternoon, as protesters gathered at a Milwaukee courthouse, a jury recommended charging seven jail staffers with abuse of an inmate in the April 24, 2016 death of 38-year-old Terrill Thomas, the Associated Press reported.
[Thousands Gather For May Day Protests in New York and Los Angeles]
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The protesters had come by the hundreds on buses from at least twelve cities around the Badger State as a part of the "Day Without Latinos, Immigrants & Refugees," a statewide movement in conjunction with the May 1st national day of resistance for immigrant and worker rights.
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At issue were questionable policies under tough-talking Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, who was in charge of Thomas when he died of dehydration after being kept in solitary confinement for seven days without water in April of 2016.
Image; Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke, Jr. listens to remarks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor, Maryland, Feb. 23, 2017.
Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke, Jr. listens to remarks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor, Maryland, Feb. 23, 2017. Mike Theiler / AFP/Getty Images
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Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/milwaukee-may-day-march-targets-sheriff-who-let-inmate-die-n753501?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma
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This is not the first time Pitchfork Clarke has been protested against!
Protesters gather at the Milwaukee County Courthouse where they held a rally against President Donald Trumps policy on immigration Feb. 13, 2017 in Milwaukee, Wis. Darren Hauck / Getty Images
I just can't understand why the left thinks the WH is filled with ignorant, racist, misogynists eit
Alt Fed Employee? @Alt_FedEmployee
I just can't understand why the left thinks the WH is filled with ignorant, racist, misogynists either 🤔🤔🤔#MayDay2017
#DayOfDistress
https://twitter.com/Alt_FedEmployee/status/859116058850062336
Don't shame the hungry:
Don't shame the hungry -- Sherry Caves
http://host.madison.com/wsj/opinion/mailbag/don-t-shame-the-hungry----sherry-caves/article_2987cf41-8f86-597e-a3f0-0015a88453f6.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share
21 hrs ago
Feeding the hungry is a worthy goal. Shaming the hungry, setting up obstacles and barriers to getting help, is unworthy and mean.
Food Shares (also known as food stamps) provide food to hungry people. Gov. Scott Walker has a provision in his state budget proposal — and both the Senate and Assembly have or will have bills introduced — to limit access based on problems with child support compliance. Only Mississippi has such a restriction.
Wisconsin already has the second highest child support compliance in the nation. So why has Gov. Walker proposed further steps that are expensive and complicated? To create a stigma around getting help for hunger. To shame the hungry.
Forty-four percent of those receiving the benefits, and therefore those who would be most harmed by this restriction, are -- you guessed it -- children. Please consider using the email address below to contact the Joint Finance Committee, which is receiving comments on the budget and may vote it out of committee this week. You can email the committee at BudgetComments@legis.wisconsin.gov. Contact your state senator to vote against Senate Bill 19 and your Assembly person to vote against Assembly Bill 557.
Here's how to join the campaign calling on @AGSchneiderman to revoke the Trump Organization's corpo
So glad to see this
#Resistance!!
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Here's how to join the campaign calling on @AGSchneiderman to revoke the Trump Organization's corporate charter:
https://twitter.com/ronfein/status/859103198140928001
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