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December 31, 2016

DC restaurant will donate Trump inauguration profits to Planned Parenthood

Participating businesses can decide on a percentage of their Jan. 20 weekend profits to donate to local aid organizations.


Bourbon, one of the restaurants involved, plans on giving to Planned Parenthood.

The other picks for donations included Thrive DC, which serves the homeless, and Mary’s Center, which provides healthcare and social services to low-income D.C. residents.

Another organization, Martha’s Table, provides clothing and food for D.C. children, and a group called Ayuda supports immigrants living in the nation’s capital.


http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/312262-dc-restaurants-to-donate-trump-inauguration-hauls-report

December 31, 2016

Mom in Arizona had to tell her kids: "People hate us for no reason."



Naomi Ellis, a fashion-design instructor at Phoenix College and former Brooklyn bar owner, related her disgust on her public Facebook page Friday morning, and the incident has drawn nationwide media attention.

"We never would have imagined that someone would spread so much hate here. However, this morning we were greeted with this horrible act of aggression," Ellis wrote, asking the public to help catch the suspects. "To think that someone would make such an effort to hurt and vandalize a family, is downright sickening."


"She was grateful because our officer helped turned it back into a menorah before her kids got up," Chandler police detective Seth Tyler tells New Times.

The Ellises couldn't be immediately reached, but Naomi Ellis is quoted in a Washington Post story as saying, "This is the real reality that we live in: People hate us for no reason or want us to feel scared for who we are."

https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/814917494167244801
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/in-holiday-hate-crime-vandals-turn-arizona-familys-menorah-display-into-swastika-8949797

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