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February 26, 2018

Manafort's LA bankruptcy fight may offer new avenue for Mueller probe


Reuters has found new information about Manafort’s handling of the loan and its potential link to the bankruptcies as Special Counsel Robert Mueller seeks to pressure Manafort to cooperate with his investigation into Trump’s campaign team and possible collusion with Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 election.

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/manaforts-la-bankruptcy-fight-may-offer-avenue-mueller-110349580--sector.html
February 26, 2018

Confrontation over Trumps Panama hotel escalates

Police, yelling, power turned off:


The majority owner of President Donald Trump's only hotel in Latin America abruptly ordered Trump employees out of the property on Thursday, triggering a confrontation in which Trump employees refused to leave and asked police to intervene, according to the Trump Organization and local news reports.

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-trump-panama-hotel-20180224-story.html

February 26, 2018

OMG, Madeleine Wilford, shooting victim on CNN just now

1st responders saved her life, she walked out of the interview on her own. She had been shot in the back, went through a lung, ribs & I think they said, out her stomach

I hope she will be able to speak to congress

February 24, 2018

contact your state senator & state rep to ban assault weapons

FL senate bill 196

FL house bill 219

I also sent an e-mail to Bill Nelson to thank him & Marco Rubio to berate him

And I am going to send one to Rick Scott

February 23, 2018

Common Myths Too Many People Get Wrong About Gun Control

not for those that think Cheat Sheet is click-bait

some excerpts, more at site

https://www.cheatsheet.com/culture/common-myths-too-many-people-get-wrong-about-gun-control.html/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Culture%202018-02-23&utm_term=Culture


In Australia, when lawmakers responded to a deadly mass shooting in 1996, gun-related homicide rates dropped by 42%. That country’s gun buyback program confiscated about 650,000 guns, resulting in lower homicide rates. According to IZA researchers, taking back 3,500 guns per 100,000 created a 50% drop in homicide rates. The next myth makes very little sense, when you think about it.


The Second Amendment reads, “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” The part about “well-regulated” is often ignored. As The New Yorker pointed out, “If the Founders hadn’t wanted guns to be regulated, and thoroughly, they would not have put the phrase ‘well regulated’ in the amendment.”

February 22, 2018

the heat is on Rubio, boos

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