Government

Let This Go?

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According to Jame Comey, fired FBI Director , President Trump asked him “I hope you can let this go.” about ending the federal investigation into former national security advisor Michael Flynn.

The contemporaneous notes Comey took shortly after the president made the request in February. Comey Memo Says Trump Asked Him to End Flynn Investigation https://nyti.ms/2rnK2lu

In the Capitol, and elewhere, there are fears of of obstruction of justice. Trump's alleged plea to Comey stirs obstruction talk http://politi.co/2qpPgPZ

We Don't Need No Education?

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According to Chronicle conducted research, Donald J. Trump has discussed higher-education policy sparingly. That tendency has largely continued since his inauguration as President Trump and appears to be shared by Betsy DeVos, his Cabinet member and Secretary of Education. http://www.chronicle.com

October 13, 2016: Mr. Trump gives his most substantive speech on higher education, at a rally in Columbus, Ohio, where he suggests his own income-based repayment plan, and says he will “reconsider” tax-exempt endowments.

State of Confusion?

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Have we reached a moment of crisis in the history of American democracy? Russians under investigation are being welcomed with their media representatives inside The American people's White House and enter our Oval Office? Is this any way to make any nation greater?

Who has lied about previous Presidents, Congress, Opponents, 9/11, Iraq, ISIS, Syria, NATO, Women, Mexicans, Muslims, Crime, Fraud, Surveillance, Military, Russia, USA...etc?

Comey turned up Trump-Russia probe days before firing https://apnews.com/7ab98671083c43878400d30e38a76214

Spinmeister-in-Chief

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President @realDonaldTrump @POTUS has honed spin into a new and improved art form. It’s amazing that he doesn’t hesitate in saying the things that he says. Trump dismisses Yates and Clapper testimonies: "Russia-Trump collusion story is a total hoax" http://hill.cm/qgoTYKZ

The hearing was called to allow former acting Attorney General Sally Yates to testify to a Senate panel that she warned the White House that Michael Flynn could be blackmailed by the Russians. Former DNI Director James Clapper also warned that Russian meddling in U.S. elections will continue.

News = Noticias

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Latinos are mostly interested in immigration and get what they need while watching the news on Univision and Telemundo, the two Spanish-language broadcast networks which inform nearly 57 million US Hispanics. http://www.telemundo.com/noticias http://www.univision.com/noticias

As a crossover journalist, who worked as a news executive for both media giants as well as in general market English-language media, the comparison between the two formats offers parallel worlds with different viewpoints. http://abcnews.go.com/US http://www.cbsnews.com/

GOP Replacement Bill

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TRUMPCARE Premiums will be higher for older Americans. Under Obamacare, insurers were able to charge a 64-year-old three times more for a policy than a 21-year-old. The AHCA will allow insurers to charge the older population five times more than younger people. States will be able to obtain waivers to charge even more than five times the amount.

American Healthscare

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It's beginning to look like the USA will have a long hot wait while more American voters begin exercising their political muscles. The US House of Representatives has approved a new plan, which government officials at CBO have yet to vet.

This has a long way to go before it becomes law, but in the coming months, once it is reviewed by The Congressional budget office and tweaked by members of The US Senate, it can then become the law of the land to replace the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare.

House repeal of 'Obamacare' hands' hot potato to wary Senate http://apne.ws/2q6DaMQ

Fewer Hispanics

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The first Latina elected to Congress, Republican Florida Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen announced that she's retiring after more than three decades in elected office.

Ros-Lehtinen became the first GOP member of the House to support same-sex marriage. She proposes legislation making US funding for the UN contingent on extensive reform. Her bill will also call for the United States to withdraw from the UNHRC, and she says that Israel is the only country on the council's permanent agenda, while abuses by rogue regimes like Cuba, China, and Syria are ignored.

First Best or Last Worst?

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President George Washington was home-schooled until he was 16 years old, at which point he went to map out the boundaries of Virginia.

In 1752, he inherited his family's fortune. Though he had over 100 slaves, he was disliked the practice of slavery and often did manual labor on his land.

In 1753, Washington, a major in the Virginian militia, attacked the French and Indians. After he returned from the skirmish, he married Martha Dandridge Custis, a wealthy widow, which made him one of the wealthiest leaders in the state.