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Laura PourMeADrink's JournalSickening WaPo expose - what Trump's doing to our children
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/local/school-bullying-trump-words/Trump’s words, bullied kids, scarred schools
The president’s rhetoric has
changed the way hundreds of children are harassed in American classrooms, The Post found.
By Hannah Natanson, John Woodrow Cox and Perry Stein Feb. 13, 2020
Two kindergartners in Utah told a Latino boy that President Trump would send him back to Mexico, and teenagers in Maine sneered "Ban Muslims" at a classmate wearing a hijab. In Tennessee, a group of middle-schoolers linked arms, imitating the president's proposed border wall as they refused to let nonwhite students pass. In Ohio, another group of middle-schoolers surrounded a mixed-race sixth-grader and, as she confided to her mother, told the girl: "This is Trump country."
Since Trump’s rise to the nation’s highest office, his inflammatory language — often condemned as racist and xenophobic — has seeped into schools across America. Many bullies now target other children differently than they used to, with kids as young as 6 mimicking the president’s insults and the cruel way he delivers them.
Trump’s words, those chanted by his followers at campaign rallies and even his last name have been wielded by students and school staff members to harass children more than 300 times since the start of 2016, a Washington Post review of 28,000 news stories found. At least three-quarters of the attacks were directed at kids who are Hispanic, black or Muslim, according to the analysis. Students have also been victimized because they support the president — more than 45 times during the same period.
Although many hateful episodes garnered coverage just after the election, The Post found that Trump-connected persecution of children has never stopped. Even without the huge total from November 2016, an average of nearly two incidents per school week have been publicly reported over the past four years. Still, because so much of the bullying never appears in the news, The Post’s figure represents a small fraction of the actual total. It also doesn’t include the thousands of slurs, swastikas and racial epithets that aren’t directly linked to Trump but that the president’s detractors argue his behavior has exacerbated.
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Guess nobody's gonna subpoena Bolton ?
Couldn't find any new news
https://www.thedailybeast.com/john-bolton-said-he-would-testify-before-the-senate-but-house-democrats-are-torn-about-demanding-it
Last news 2-6-2020
House Democrats are torn about whether they should call in former National Security Adviser John Bolton to testify following the acquittal of President Donald Trump in the Senate’s impeachment trial.
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With Trump now acquitted and his office secure, House investigators could still issue their own subpoena. And many Democrats believe it remains vital that he testify about what he witnessed during the administration’s push to withhold U.S. security aid until Ukraine investigated Trump’s political rivals.
But there’s a fear among some Democrats that Bolton is primarily seeking to capitalize on the spotlight in order to promote his forthcoming tell-all book. What’s more, some key lawmakers believe Bolton’s account is no longer essential
John Bolton’s gonna come in front of us and say, the President said, don’t give out the aid until there’s an investigation,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), a member of the Intelligence Committee, told The Daily Beast.“I don’t really believe we’re going to learn a lot more from John Bolton. I want to know what the hell Rudy Giuliani was doing, I want to know why Mike Pompeo didn’t stand up much more… I’m not saying I don’t want to hear from Bolton, I’m just saying, Bolton will tell us what we already know. And he will do it in a way mainly designed to sell his book.”
Himes’ skepticism isn’t shared throughout the party. But Democratic leadership has notably not made any overt moves that suggest imminent plans to issue a subpoena for Bolton in the 24 hours since Trump’s acquittal. Instead, they’ve signaled a desire to regroup, take a post-impeachment breather, and focus on other topics. All of which has contributed to a curious outcome: that the House might hold off on using its power to get answers to significant lingering questions about the conduct at the heart of the articles of impeachment against the president.
Uh-oh...rumors on 3rd party run?
https://www.businessinsider.com/gabbard-campaign-3rd-party-run-talks-gary-johnson-offers-help-2020-2Libertarian Gary Johnson offers 'whatever I can do' to help Tulsi Gabbard in New Hampshire amid third party talk around the candidate
Jake Lahut Feb 9, 2020, 3:23 PM
Gary Johnson, the former governor of New Mexico and the 2016 Libertarian Party nominee, offered "whatever I can do" to support Tulsi Gabbard ahead of Tuesday's New Hampshire Primary. Gabbard, a Democrat, has bucked her party in the past and consistently draws Republicans, 2016 Trump supporters, libertarians and other non-Democrats to her events in the Granite State.
Johnson's support came the same day that Gabbard responded to an audience question that she would be "receptive to a third party" in front of a room that included many independent and Libertarian voters. She later clarified, "I am not running as a third party candidate."
Johnson won more votes than any third party candidate for the presidency in 2016 since Ross Perot did in 1992.
NOTE:. Think this story is much broader than just the Dem primaries, so posted here.
Hey Dems, go less political and talk about something like this !!!
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51449739
Cacti that are over 200 years old and have sacred significance have been chopped down
Native American burial sites have been blown up by construction crews building the US-Mexico border wall, says a lawmaker and tribal leaders.
Authorities confirmed that "controlled blasting" has begun at Arizona's Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, a Unesco recognised natural reserve.
Raul Grijalva, a Democratic congressman, called the destruction "sacrilegious".
The government failed to consult the Tohono O'odham Nation, he said.
Environmental groups also warn of the damage being done to the local underground aquifer, as well as to migrating wildlife in the remote desert region about 115 miles (185km) west of Tucson.
https://twitter.com/PeccaryNotPig/status/1227004497941032960?s=19
Bloomberg only candidate who beats trump - small business poll.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/09/bloomberg-only-democrat-to-top-trump-in-gallup-poll-of-small-business-owners.htmlPUBLISHED MON, FEB 10 20204:01 AM ESTUPDATED MON, FEB 10 20208:51 AM EST
Yelena Dzhanova
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Mike Bloomberg is the only Democrat to top President Trump in a Gallup poll of small business owners.
More than half, or 52%, favored the former New York mayor versus 48% for Trump.
A hypothetical race between former Vice President Joe Biden and Trump tied at 50%, according to the poll.
"Fire Chuck Todd" trending on Twitter because of his
Comments on Sanders supporters.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/chuck-todd-should-apologize-and-resign-msnbc-anchor-blasted-for-nazi-smear-on-leading-democrat/
Update: more than 100 US troops suffering brain injuries from Trump's attack on Iran
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pentagon-tbi-exclusive/exclusive-more-than-100-u-s-troops-diagnosed-with-brain-injuries-from-iran-attack-officials-idUSKBN2041ZKWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military on Monday disclosed a more than 50% jump in cases of traumatic brain injury stemming from Iran’s missile attack on a base in Iraq last month, with the number of service members diagnosed climbing to over 100.
No U.S. troops were killed or faced immediate bodily injury when Iran fired missiles at the Ain al-Asad base in Iraq in retaliation for the U.S. killing of Revolutionary Guard General Qassem Soleimani in a drone strike at the Baghdad airport on Jan. 3.
The missile attacks capped a spiral of violence that had started in late December. Both sides have refrained from further military escalation, but the mounting number of U.S. casualties could increase scrutiny on the Trump administration’s approach to Iran.
Reuters was first to report earlier on Monday that there were over 100 cases of TBI, up from the 64 previously reported last month.
The Pentagon, in a statement, confirmed that so far 109 U.S. service members had been diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injury. It added that 76 of them had returned to duty.
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