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Woman calls the police on a black representative campaigning in Oregon
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(CNN) — A black Oregon state representative says someone called the police on her while she was canvassing door-to-door in her district.
Rep. Janelle Bynum represents District 51, which includes the area of Clackamas County, where she was campaigning.
In a Facebook post Tuesday, the Democrat wrote that a woman notified police that Bynum was suspicious because she was "spending a lot of time typing on my cell phone after each house."
Bynum is running for reelection in the fall, and said she takes notes when she's visiting her constituents to keep an account of what her community cares about.
She praised the deputy who responded for being professional, and said she asked him if she could meet the woman who made the call, but she was not available.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/04/us/oregon-police-called-on-black-representative-trnd/index.html
51. Do you think President Trump is racist, or don't you think so?
https://twitter.com/jentaub/status/1014331370351538176That's a pretty large gender and race gap.
Lawyers for Ohio State contradict Jim Jordan's claim he's not been contacted
Congressman Jim Jordan denied hearing about Dr. Richard Strauss’ alleged sexual abuse while Jordan was assistant wrestling coach at Ohio State University.
U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan never witnessed abuse by the Ohio State University wrestling team’s doctor and he hasn’t been contacted by anyone investigating possible incidents that occurred while he was an assistant coach two decades ago, the Urbana Republican’s spokesman said Tuesday.
However, lawyers hired by OSU to probe the allegations said Jordan was contacted — both by phone and email — to request an interview, but he never responded.
http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180703/lawyers-for-ohio-state-contradict-jim-jordans-claim-hes-not-been-contacted
CNN seems to be ignoring the OSU sexual assault story.
This news is breaking all over and is trending on twitter. Why is CNN not covering it?
Edit: CNN is now covering the story.
Thank you for the updates.
A Washington DC breakfast receipt
https://twitter.com/CitizensFedUp/status/1014170283698196482Why the 'Year of the Woman' is all about Democrats
Here’s another way of looking at how female candidates may make a very big difference in 2018. In the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, we asked voters if they believe the country would be better off with more women in political office. About two-thirds agreed (67 percent), while just 24 percent disagreed. What’s more, about the same share of women and men agreed overall (69 percent of women and 66 percent of men.) But the biggest difference — perhaps surprisingly — wasn’t motivated by gender, but by political affiliation. Check out these subgroups:
Total % agreeing that the country would be better off with more women in political office:
Clinton voters: 88 percent
Democrats: 87 percent
Suburban women: 74 percent
Women overall: 69 percent
Voters in swing House districts: 68 percent
Total: 67 percent
Men overall: 66 percent
Independents: 58 percent
Republicans: 49 percent
Trump voters: 44 percent
The share of suburban women who’d like to see more women in political office may be particularly alarming to male incumbents in suburban districts, which happen to be some of the most competitive in the country. If you’re John Culberson (TX-7), Pete Sessions (TX-32) or Mike Bishop (MI-08) — to name just a few — and you’re running against a female Democratic challenger in a suburban swing district, that’s a tough data point.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/why-year-woman-all-about-democrats-n888566
Americans not so divided -- or conservative -- on immigration
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July 3 (UPI) -- Lawmakers in Washington, from the president down to first-term members of Congress, may be misjudging how the public feels about immigration.
President Donald Trump appears to believe the country needs and wants hard-line policies. Members of Congress haven't stopped him from carrying out those policies.
Do the American people really support them?
It turns out that government officials who think the majority of Americans want hard-line immigration policies are wrong.
read more here: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/Voices/2018/07/03/Americans-not-so-divided-or-conservative-on-immigration/3111530619517/
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