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  • Nancy Pelosi huddles with potential rival in House speaker race (caves to Fudge?)

    11/16/2018 4:58:07 PM PST · by Libloather · 17 replies
    ABC News via Yahoo ^ | 11/16/18 | BENJAMIN SIEGEL
    **SNIP** Fudge, a former CBC chair and mayor of Warrensville Heights, Ohio, who has served in Congress since 2008, said in an interview with HuffPost that Pelosi “has been a very good leader” but believes “it’s time for a new one.” She also told the website that she believes Pelosi hasn’t been as strong enough of an advocate for African-Americans in Congress. Fudge’s potential bid has split members of the Congressional Black Caucus, some of whom had privately encouraged Clyburn and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, a rising star who is running for a lower level leadership position, to...
  • "I'm ready," Mexican citizen says before being executed in Texas for killing of wife, kids

    11/16/2018 4:52:01 PM PST · by bitt · 26 replies
    cbsnews ^ | 11/15/2018
    HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- A Mexican citizen on death row in Texas was executed Wednesday night for the sledgehammer killings of his wife and two children more than 26 years ago. Roberto Moreno Ramos was condemned for the 1992 deaths of his 42-year-old wife Leticia, 7-year-old daughter Abigail, and 3-year-old son Jonathan at their home in Progreso, located along the Mexico border. When asked by the warden if he had a final statement, Ramos thanked the Mexican consulate for its assistance with appeals in his case and said he was grateful for "the humane treatment I got in prison in Texas."...
  • After the Retail Apocalypse, Prepare for the Property Tax Meltdown

    11/16/2018 4:48:13 PM PST · by Zhang Fei · 12 replies
    CityLab ^ | Nov 14, 2018 | Laura Bliss
    WEST BEND, WI—Kraig Sadownikow doesn’t look like an anti-corporate crusader. The mayor of West Bend, Wisconsin, stickers his pickup with a “Don’t Tread on Me” snake on the back window, a GOP elephant on the hitch, and the stars-and-stripes logo of his construction company across the bumper. His fiscal conservatism is equally well billboarded: In the two hours we spent at City Hall and cruising West Bend in his plush truck, Sadownikow twice mentioned the 6 percent he has shaved off the Wisconsin city’s operating budget since becoming mayor in 2011, and stressed its efforts to bring more business to...
  • 'Creep shot': Firestorm over photo of Ocasio-Cortez posted on Twitter

    11/16/2018 5:38:36 AM PST · by Libloather · 62 replies
    NBC News ^ | 11/15/18 | Allan Smith
    **SNIP** Twitter users proceeded to blast Scarry for the tweet. "Holy s---." wrote New York Post reporter Joe Tacopino. "She's wearing clothes." "A skirt AND shoes?!?" wrote TV director Miles Kahn. "Get a load of Marie-Antoinette over here." As of 6 p.m. ET, the tweet had more than 5,000 replies compared to roughly 50 retweets and 200 likes, creating what is known online as a "ratio" of more replies than retweets and likes. "Very curious how she speaks of struggling to afford an apartment in dc while also living rent-free in so many people's heads," wrote Josh Billinson of the...
  • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says people on Capitol Hill keep mistaking her for an intern

    11/16/2018 4:42:13 AM PST · by Libloather · 132 replies
    See BS ^ | 11/15/18 | CHRISTOPHER BRITO
    At 29 years old, U.S. Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will be the youngest woman ever in Congress, but her first few days as an elected official have come with challenges — some of which have nothing to do with politics. As Capitol Hill holds orientation meetings this week, the incoming congresswoman said on Twitter that people keep mistaking her for an intern or someone's spouse. **SNIP** "People keep giving me directions to the spouse and intern events instead of the ones for members of Congress," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted Wednesday. When a critic pointed out there were no scheduled intern events that day,...
  • Jaw-Jaw: China is a Funny Sort of Revisionist Power — A Conversation with Dean Cheng

    11/15/2018 10:04:49 PM PST · by Zhang Fei · 3 replies
    War on the Rocks ^ | November 13, 2018 | Dean Cheng and Brad Carson
    Brad: Dean Cheng, Senior Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, and author of the recent book, Cyber Dragon: Inside China’s Information Warfare and Cyber Operations. We have recently labeled China a revisionist power. Is that a characterization that you’d accept, and if so, what exactly are they trying to revise? Dean: Well first, thank you for having me. I think China is a funny form of revisionist power. Now, what I mean by that is the following. Both the United States and China think of themselves actually as status quo powers. The problem is always, whose status quo? How do...
  • Pelosi’s Critics Court a Rival for Speaker (Here come da Fudge!)

    11/15/2018 6:24:50 PM PST · by Libloather · 28 replies
    Wall Street Journal ^ | 11/15/18 | Joshua Jamerson, Natalie Andrews
    **SNIP** Ms. Fudge is thinking about challenging Mrs. Pelosi, said Assistant Minority Leader James Clyburn (D., S.C.), who spoke with the Ohioan on Thursday. Mr. Clyburn, the top-ranking black lawmaker in the House, said he didn’t encourage or discourage Ms. Fudge, who is also black, to run. Both are members of the influential Congressional Black Caucus, whose ranks include about 45 House Democrats. A representative for Ms. Fudge didn’t respond to requests for an interview. She told Cleveland.com, her hometown news outlet, on Wednesday that she was giving it some thought. “I am at the very beginning of this process,”...
  • Narrative-spontaneous essay number two

    11/15/2018 4:11:30 PM PST · by Eleutheria5 · 4 replies
    Media Knegged Media channel ^ | 15/11/18 | eleutheria5
    On the nature and evils of Narrative
  • Florida recount: Andrew Gillum won't concede, gains just 1 vote on Ron DeSantis

    11/15/2018 4:04:55 PM PST · by advance_copy · 49 replies
    Orlando Sentinal ^ | 11/15/2018 | Steven Lemongello and Gray Rohrer
    TALLAHASSEE — Amid a dizzying whir of legal action, questions over uncounted ballots and the failure of two South Florida counties to meet the deadline, a machine recount produced little change in the overall results to three statewide races Thursday. Even so, the U.S. Senate and agriculture commissioner races are headed to manual recounts, results of which are due to the state by noon on Sunday. Certification of the official election results is scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday. In the governor’s race, the recount showed that Democrat Andrew Gillum trailed Republican Ron DeSantis by 33,683 votes, a net gain of...
  • Conservative Network OANN Backs White House in CNN Lawsuit: ‘Can’t Believe Fox is On the Other Side’

    11/15/2018 3:04:51 PM PST · by McGruff · 43 replies
    Mediaite ^ | Nov 15th, 2018 | Joe DePaolo
    Conservative network One America News is backing the White House in its legal battle with CNN — a battle in which nearly every other major outlet in America is standing behind CNN. Thursday afternoon on Twitter, OAN CEO Robert Herring announced that the network plans to file an amicus brief in support of the White House, as they defend against a lawsuit filed by CNN to restore White House access for their chief correspondent Jim Acosta. “WE are going to file in the CNN vs White House court an Amicus Brief in favor of the White House,” Herring wrote. “Acosta’s...
  • More than 650 immigrants apprehended at Yuma border

    11/15/2018 8:13:26 AM PST · by 11th_VA · 23 replies
    onenewspage.com ^ | Nov 15, 2018
    U.S Border Patrol agents in the Yuma sector apprehended 654 immigrants in the last two days who crossed the border illegally, most being family units or unaccompanied juveniles from Guatemala.
  • Second Border Wall Contract Awarded as Migrant Caravan Touches Line

    11/15/2018 7:49:54 AM PST · by 11th_VA · 19 replies
    finanznachrichten.de ^ | 15.11.2018 | 16:13 | Mehr Nachrichten von AFX News
    MEXICO CITY (dpa-AFX) - The US government has awarded a $167-million contract to a Galveston, Texas-based construction company to build a levee wall in south Texas along the United States' border with Mexico to prevent the flow of drugs and illegal immigrants to the country. The contract was awarded the day hundreds of U.S.-bound Latin American migrants, who started their grueling journey on foot from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, arrived at the border fence that separates Mexico from California. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced Wednesday that as per the contract, SLSCO will build an 8-mile stretch of...
  • PG&E plunges 21% amid disclosure of an 'electric incident' just before wildfire

    11/14/2018 6:54:38 PM PST · by Rebelbase · 58 replies
    CNBC ^ | 11/14/16 | Thomas Franck
    Shares of utility PG&E fell 21 percent on Wednesday after the company said its insurance wouldn't cover its cost if it's found responsible for the Camp Fire. "If the Utility's equipment is determined to be the cause, the Utility could be subject to significant liability in excess of insurance coverage," the company said. The utility company also discloses that it submitted an "electric incident report" to the California Public Utilities Commission on Nov. 8, just before the wildfire.Shares of utility PG&E fell 21 percent on Wednesday after the company said that if its equipment is responsible for the "Camp Fire"...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 15 November 2018

    11/14/2018 6:04:26 PM PST · by Kathy in Alaska · 49 replies
    Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew
    ~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ COCKPIT VIEW Marine Corps Capt. William Nutting operates an AH-1Z helicopter at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, Dec. 19, 2017. Nutting is a pilot assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 24. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Alex Kouns Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. STENNIS SNOWFALL A sailor walks across the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis after being relieved from watch while the...
  • Why Young Pakistanis Are Learning Chinese

    11/14/2018 4:23:24 PM PST · by Zhang Fei · 4 replies
    Atlantic ^ | 11/14/2018 | Sabrina Toppa
    GILGIT, Pakistan—On a July morning, Saqlain Abbas, 26 years old, stood before rows of students, Mandarin textbook in hand, while a Pakistani soldier sat silently at the back of the classroom with a gun at his side. Hanging on the wall was a collection of idyllic Chinese landscapes—the reddish-orange mountains of Gansu, the placid waters of a lake in Xinjiang. Here, at Karakoram International University, in a remote, rugged terrain that is still contested territory between India and Pakistan, the Pakistani military has been sponsoring free Mandarin courses for indigent students. “Previously, students were more inclined toward English,” Muhammad Ilyas,...
  • Michael Avenatti arrested by LAPD on suspicion of domestic violence

    11/14/2018 4:20:08 PM PST · by NoLibZone · 41 replies
    Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for porn actress Stormy Daniels, has been arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of domestic violence, police said. Josh Rubenstein, LAPD’s director of communications, said Avenatti’s arrest Wednesday afternoon stemmed from an incident on the Westside, but he could not provide details until the attorney was formally booked. Avenatti, who has been tormenting President Trump for almost nine months over the $130,000 payoff that Daniels received to keep quiet about her alleged affair with Trump, is considering a run for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Avenatti has been facing growing legal and financial challenges in recent...
  • President Trump Makes Announcement On First Step Act Criminal Justice Reform 11/14/18

    11/14/2018 4:02:23 PM PST · by Freedom'sWorthIt · 9 replies
    Youtube ^ | 11/14/18 | President Trump
    President Trump delivers remarks on the First Step Act, which would make changes to sentencing and prison laws.
  • U.S. State Department: Iran Spends $1 Billion a Year on Terrorism

    11/14/2018 3:05:59 PM PST · by familyop · 7 replies
    Breitbart News ^ | November 14, 2018 | John Hayward
    “Iran spends $700 million a year on Lebanese Hezbollah. It gives another $100 million to various Palestinian terrorist groups, including Hamas. Combined with the money that Tehran provides to other terrorists, the total bill comes close to $1 billion a year,” Ambassador Sales said...Evanoff warned that Iran-backed terror groups are spreading their influence across the Middle East, as in the case of Hezbollah’s branch in Iraq, which is openly in command of “Popular Mobilization Force” militia units sanctioned by the government in Baghdad...Sales refused to comment on media speculation that the Trump administration might designate the Houthi insurgency in Yemen...
  • Merkel Calls For Raising ‘European Army’ To Defend Against U.S.

    11/14/2018 3:05:50 PM PST · by mandaladon · 86 replies
    Hot Air ^ | 14 Nov 2018 | Jazz Shaw
    Angela Merkel is on her way out as Chancellor of Germany, whether it be at the end of her term (she’s not running again) or through being forced out sooner. But that doesn’t mean that she’s going quietly into that good night. Following some rather acerbic remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron about the European Union needing to be able to stand up to the United States, Merkel chimed in this week with a wonderful plan of her own, no matter how offensive it may sound. She suggested that the EU needs their own standing army so they can be...
  • Texas education board to keep Hillary Clinton, Helen Keller in curriculum

    11/14/2018 3:48:46 AM PST · by Libloather · 13 replies
    Fox News ^ | 11/14/18 | Louis Casiano
    **SNIP** The board voted 12-2 to keep Clinton, with board members Geraldine "Tincy" Miller and Pat Hardy dissenting and one abstention. "I just do not respect the woman," Hardy said. "As far as I'm concerned, she's done a lot of detrimental things to our country." Miller agreed, saying “The Benghazi thing did it for me.” Republican board member Marty Rowley said he disagrees with Clinton's politics but noted she was an important figure. "I have to give credit where credit is due,” he said. “She is a significant political leader."