José Julián Martí Pérez

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To become a patriot and a real leader, journalist and poet José Martí devoted his life fighting for independence.

165 years ago this month, the Apostle of the Cuban Revolution was born in my birthplace of Habana and began to show a talent for writing and politics at an early age. He was and continues to be a real inspiration.

First exiled from Cuba in 1871, just like me, José Martí spent much of his life abroad. In 1895, he returned home to fight for independence and died on the battlefield.

Catastrophic Countdown

If by the stroke of midnight US Congress does not reach an agreement on thorny issues, US government non-essential services will cease. Senate Democrats may block a stopgap bill that passed the House to temporarily keep much of the government running.

So-called Senate leaders are pointing to domestic spending and immigration disputes that have been going on since way before the election. Congress has been unable to pass a long-term spending plan for government agencies since last year's budget ran out Sept. 30, instead opting for a series of weeks-long spending measures to keep the government open. The GOP has a narrow 51-49 Senate majority, but a spending bill needs 60 votes to pass.

This is yet another example of why every American citizen should be registered to vote. Taxpayers must now pay for the mess these people have presented to the US. The last government shutdown was back in 2013, it lasted over two weeks and cost an estimated $24 billion dollars.

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The Blame Game

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Where is our nation's leadership? How did we get into this serious mess of facing a government shutdown? Ask any one of the GOP controlled members of Congress, or @POTUS why they've done nothing but delay and allow this danger?

Why have American taxpayers allowed our representative lawmakers to drift closer to a federal government shutdown? The Republican-controlled US House approved a funding bill on a largely party-line vote, with Democrats in the Senate vowing to defeat the measure?

52 Too Many

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Over the past year, @POTUS has increasingly lambasted the free press in person, at rallies, and on Twitter. Ahead of his first anniversary of the inauguration on January 20, there has been a barrage against the news media since he has been in office.

Throughout my life, I have met, and or experienced the effects of several dictators trying these propaganda tactics with its sole purpose being an attempt to silence opposing points of view and destroy democracies.
Human Rights Watch: Trump era encourages world's strongmen https://apnews.com/a7ce232c33e149a4b89235290c9d1a4a

Bannon Refuses Hook

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@POTUS guru and former White House big fish Steve Bannon went to Capitol Hill to testify in a closed hearing, but refused to answer questions from House Intelligence Committee members, and got subpoenaed on the spot by frustrated members of Congress. Lawmakers vow to force answers from Bannon in Russia probe after he defies subpoena http://politi.co/2rcqQMn

He said he was told by the White House not to cooperate, to invoke executive privilege. The White House directs Bannon to avoid answering the Capitol Hill queries in the Russia probe @CNNPolitics http://cnn.it/2B8MCjM

Stop Press Attacks

US Senator Jeff Flake Condemns President Trump's "Fake News" Attacks on the Media. The Arizona Republican is one of many lawmakers who is retiring at the end of his current term.

He took to the Senate floor to condemn President Trump's attacks on the media, and he called on his colleagues to stand up for truth, saying that a “president who cannot take criticism, who must constantly deflect, distort and distract, who must find someone else to blame, is charting a very dangerous path.

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Countdown To Breakdown

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When I was a little boy, my grandpa worried about our homeland and he was correct. My family left it all behind to begin a new life because homegrown individuals sold our nation out to the Russians.

Meet my 2-year-old granddaughter Olivia watching the news. I worry about her and how to explain the way government leaders are acting here stinks, so they either change their evil ways or we're all doomed.

The President and Congress are just days away from their major poop show with a US government shutdown.

One of these three things is bound to happen:

Natural Warnings

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What's Mother Nature trying to tell all of us as she keeps bringing weird weather and providing US flu fears?

After dumping snow and ice across the South, wreaking havoc with air and road travel from Texas to the Carolinas, a serious storm takes aim on the Northeast. It is expected to dump over a half foot on portions of New England. Substantial travel delays, school cancellations and disruptions to daily activities in New England from the snowstorm.

Crimes and Vulnerabilities

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Too many women are still finding themselves victimized at the intersection of vulnerability, trust, and poverty.

Sexual harassment or sexual assault on the part of a supervisor, landlord, or others has unfortunately been under-studied and under-reported.

Women live in fear, facing an impossible choice between keeping their places of residence, or their jobs and submitting to predatory misconduct by predatory men who are in positions of power.

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