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POTUS PU

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The expression used when encountering a displeasing smell becomes an exaggerated pronunciation of Pew or #PeeYou.

Have these stinky odors or putrid aroma, commonly known as stench been metastasizing more rapidly than anyone could have predicted before Americans cast their ballots? Are Tweets the beginning to have bad breath? Fox News Channel Veteran Anchorman Neil Cavuto tells it as he smells it on #Trump https://youtu.be/KdyeJYrJNDM

World Press Freedoms?

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To celebrate World Press Freedom Day #CITYIMAGES sends a special greeting to our fellow journalists, reporters, photographers, editors, editors, producers, students any profession involved in narrating a reality or disseminating news.

On this 25th anniversary of World Press, Freedom Day comes a growing climate of animosity toward the news media. World Press Freedom Day was established by the @UN The United Nations General Assembly to defend the media from attacks on their independence.

Alcohol Kills

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According to The World Health Organization, alcohol has killed, continues to kill, and keeps killing more folks than any other legal substance. Alcohol kills way more Americans than opiates. Where's the outrage?

Worldwide, more than 3.3 million deaths a year were due to harmful use of alcohol, says WHO. Alcohol consumption can not only lead to dependence but also increases people’s risk of developing more than 200 diseases including liver cirrhosis and some cancers. In addition, harmful drinking can lead to violence and injuries.

US Senate Showdown

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US Senator Chuck Grassley may soon be butting heads with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as a Senate showdown becomes clear.

The Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday with strong bipartisan support endorsed legislation that would help shield special counsel Robert Mueller from any attempt by President Trump to fire him.

There are some questions about the constitutionality of the proposed legislation and Mitch McConnell will not allow the measure to get a vote. https://politi.co/2Huzi19

The Law Won

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POTUS # Trump fought the law and the law won after a Federal Judge offers the strongest defense yet of DACA by ruling not only that the Trump administration must keep the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in place but that officials must begin accepting new applications again in 90 days.

The Republican appointee held that administration officials had not sufficiently explained the rationale for halting the program.

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There is no objectivity, there are facts, there are truths and fairness. Semantics is the interpretation of reality. Everyone sees it through their own filter. Let it liberate you and regulate us and not guided by politics, ideology or dogma. Decisions are made through our own subjective judgments but guided by an ability to be transparent and independent, to clearly assess what’s going and say it.

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Unimpeachable Integrity

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The staff from NY's US Attorneys Office is of such a high standard of honesty and moral goodness that it cannot be doubted or criticized. Judge Wood: Motion Denied - It's going to get ugly folks.

Thus began what may turn out to be the beginning of the end, because according to the rule of law, they are above suspicion; impossible to discredit; with impeccable motives. Wait for the Twitter angry attacks.

Judge rejects Trump's bid to block access to Cohen materials seized during FBI raid
http://hill.cm/WSph5OT

Hoodie Robbing

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Has POTUS become the opposite of Robin Hood by completely revamping USA's social safety net? After cutting taxes for the rich, is he now targeting recipients of Medicaid, Food Stamps and Housing Assistance?

He is reportedly doing so through executive order, which has quietly flown under the radar that cuts the Departments of Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture, as well as directs other federal agencies to cut benefits.

RepubliCan?

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On July 6, 1854, a couple decades and a few days after the anniversary of The United States of America, an anti-slavery state convention was held in Jackson, Michigan. A hot day forced an “Under the Oaks Convention,” when the first statewide candidates were selected for what would become the Republican Party.

Can You Hear US Knocking?

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The FBI approached Michael Cohen’s door with a search warrant reportedly looking for alleged Trump-related hush payments. At that moment, Special Counsel Robert Mueller's #TrumpRussia probe kicked into overdrive.

When the feds raided the president attorney's office and residences they were looking for records of payments to women alleging affairs with his client, Donald Trump. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, not special counsel Robert Mueller, personally approved the searches. Raids on Trump’s Lawyer Sought Records of Payments to Women https://nyti.ms/2GMtC21