USA For Sale?

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Is the USA for sale, or has it already been sold right from under our eyes? As the resistance to POTUS continues to grow in communities across America, hundreds of thousands of people have protested Trump’s cutting the rights of many and more wil most likely continue demonstrating in cities across the nation.

Moreover, the resistance has reached the halls of Congress after Trump uses his jaw Mussolini-style, claiming that a new vision will govern our land called America first, but is it really more like Trump first?

North America World Cup

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FIFA votes to play 2026 World Cup in North America over Moroccan bid. Matches will be held in U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

This is a huge announcement, which means it’s the first time North America will host one of the world’s largest sporting event.
Mexico will become the one and only nation to host the FIFA World Cup for the third time ?? Que Viva Mexico.

Civility Checks and Balances

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Award-winning superstars don't need to use profanity while speaking truth to power. If my Tocayo Robert Anthony De Niro Jr., who is also a producer, and director, or anyone else wants to make a personal comment about the sad state of affairs in our political discourse, they should register between now and November 2018 and then make sure they VOTE.

George HW Bush Birthday

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President George HW Bush becomes the first US elected leader to reach 94 years old. Happy Birthday Mr. President. I had the honor and pleasure of serving as a GM 15-10 in the Bush administration until he left office. Last Summer, I traveled to Kennebunkport, Maine to the Bush home, but his now late wife Barbara was already in ill health.

The Real USA Allies

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We The People of The United States of America have long relied on a group of close allies, along with formal diplomatic relations with most UN member states except for Bhutan, Iran, North Korea, and Syria. That was then, but @realDonaldTrump has now changed all of this. Where is our system of checks and balances?

Why is it that longtime allies and trading partners like Canada, Great Britain, Germany, France, Mexico and South Korea have been pushed aside for North Korea, Russia, and China?

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Community Service

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My nephew Daniel lives and studies at Baruch High School in Manhattan. He is the only son of Senior Nikkei correspondent Momoe Ban Braveman, my kissing cousin. This weekend Daniel and I were volunteering in and around City Island, The Bronx.

Trump says he’s meeting Kim Jong Un this week to win “complete, verifiable and irreversible” denuclearization of North Korea.

Our community public service took us double-digit hours and included clean up activities, gardening, inside, around and outside these assorted places.

Purging US Voters

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By a 5-4 decision, US Supreme Court Justice Alito reverses the 6th circuit and upholds Ohio's purging of infrequent voters. The state of Ohio has purged 2 million voters since 2011, more than any other state. Black voters 2x as likely as whites to be purged in state's largest counties.

This means it is OK to purge voters from the rolls if they skipped voting a couple of times. Apparently, casting your ballot is no longer a right, but a privilege. This is why GOP lawmakers collaborate with POTUS. They know voter suppression helps them to make elections neither free nor fair.

Net Neutrality Neutered

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Net neutrality is a principle when Internet service providers treat all data on the world wide web the same, and not discriminate or charge differently by a user, content, website, platform, application, type of attached equipment, or method of communication.

PR Day Parade

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While NYC Puerto Ricans were celebrating their annual parade, the mood on the island was much more somber.

Hurricane Maria has given this year's Puerto Rican Day Parade a new significance https://usat.ly/2sSPCi5

WATCH IT ON DEMAND: 2018 National Puerto Rican Day Parade http://abc7ny.com/3534780/

Cheers, pride, and anger at Manhattan’s Puerto Rican Day Parade https://in.amny.com/2JtisRa

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