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WeekiWater's JournalI don't think this is minor when defining Cohen and his relationship with Trump.
It is almost always left out that he was a long time VP of the Trump Organization. Cummings just referred to him as a long time adviser, lawyer, and confidant. I don't think it's a minor distinction to also correctly state long time VP of the Trump Organization. Most people who define the relationship he has with Trump seem to leave that out.
The Sane Progressive Has Left The Building
Like most sane people, it appears she checked out from a parking lot.
https://m.
I’m seeing she has pulled the content she had the ability to pull, has contacted website owners asking them to pull content of hers, and has left the building.
Anyone know what happened besides leaving the sane part behind? In this video she covers everything from chemical being sprayed on us to Sanders being complicit in our failures. She does at one point admit that she drinks coffee made from beans picked by children. It’s crazy. Watch the last minute and a half and you will know how the rest went as well.
Democratic hopefuls embrace new meaning of reparations for slave descendants
Several Democratic presidential candidates are embracing reparations for the descendants of slaves — but not in the traditional sense.
Over the past week, Sen. Kamala Harris of California, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro spoke of the need for the U.S. government to reckon with and make up for centuries of stolen labor and legal oppression. But instead of backing the direct compensation of African-Americans for the legacy of slavery, the Democratic candidates are talking about using tax credits and other subsidies.
NBC News
My favorite part about the Democratic Party presidential primary season.
Our candidates are out there representing the brand. Right now, for the most part, they are promoting policies that are to the left of what we have seen in recent history. I place a lot of that on Clinton’s and the parties platform in 2016. The party has made clear that it’s a big tent and the only way to combat oppression and economic servitude is by charging to the left.
We are getting back to what once was the national discussion among Democrats. I’m talking among a majority of the candidates. Not just one here or there.
Trump hasn’t taken my hope. This push is going to continue to move society in the direction we want. We have a lot to look forward to over the next couple of decades.
We pay attention to the details and the battle. Most people are just hearing the general ideas. That’s a really good thing.
It’s a good day to be a Democrat.
Confess your culinary sins.
I love Kraft macaroni and cheese. I use the recommended amount of milk and butter but only use half or maybe two thirds of the macaroni. I eat it with a spoon and it makes me happy. I only do this when I’m alone.
NRA sparks outrage with 'Target Practice'
The National Rifle Association’s magazine had the headline “Target Practice” over a photograph of Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, who was almost killed during an assassination attempt in 2011. Ali Velshi is joined by Speaker Pelosi’s daughter, Christine Pelosi, to discuss why those two words are sparking outrage.
MSNBC
Editorial: Deaths of black pioneers lend added meaning to month
We must learn from the legacy of such inspiring individuals.
Fate has lent extra meaning to Black History Month this year, especially for baseball fans. Two pioneers in the integration of the sport— Frank Robinson and Don Newcombe — passed away this month.
Newcombe, who died Tuesday at the age of 92, was among the first black players to break baseball's color line in the 1940s. He and teammates Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella were signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers around the same time. Jackie Robinson famously arrived in the major leagues in 1947. Newcombe made his Dodger debut in 1949. Robinson and Newcombe, each a trailblazer in his own right, were roommates for two years.
Newcombe endured the same sorts of challenges faced by Robinson and other black players of that era, including brutal hostility from opponents and racist fans. In some cities the black players had to stay in segregated hotels away from the rest of the team.
Nevertheless, he had an excellent career and recorded a remarkable string of firsts: first African-American pitcher to start a World Series game; first African-American to win 20 games; and one of the first four African-Americans to integrate baseball's All-Star Game.
Reading Eagle Editorial
The slowly written Mueller report that's sitting in plain sight
President Trump has benefited enormously from the frog-in-hot-water nature of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation into his campaign and possible overlap with Russian efforts to influence the 2016 election.
Imagine if, instead of Mueller releasing new public indictments as he went along, leveraging criminal charges to obtain more information from the targets of his probe, he instead had kept his information private. Imagine if he and his lawyers had been working in quiet for 20 months, submitting expenses to the Department of Justice and suffering the president’s tweeted ferocity.
And then, after all of that, they suddenly produced a dozen indictments and plea deals running into hundreds of pages, detailing former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s illegal and questionable financial dealings, those of his deputy Rick Gates, full details of Russia’s alleged efforts to influence social media and to steal electronic information from Democratic targets and detailed a half-dozen people who admitted to lying to federal investigators.
Imagine if that had landed with a thud on the attorney general’s desk.
Washington Post
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