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ACLU Receives $24 Million In Donations After Trump’s Muslim Ban
The New Mr. Clean Is
‘Mr. Jackson’
Uber CEO Facing Backlash For Breaking Strike And
Joining Trump’s Team
Uber CEO Travis Kalan- ick, who has been named to Donald Trump’s business advisory group, is facing mas- sive backlash after his com- pany broke a taxi strike at the JFK airport this weekend.
The strike was a symbolic move meant to show solidar- ity with immigrants and refugees who were affected by President Donald Trump’s executive order last weekend which banned travel into the United States from certain countries and halted the refugee program.
However, rather than ob- serving the strike, Uber con- tinued to offer its services as an alternative to taxis, which many saw as a move that was not only anti-union but pro- Trump.
On Friday, protesters chained themselves to the doors of Uber headquarters.
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick
Uber later released this statement, saying, “As a com- pany we’re committed to working with government on issues that affect riders, driv- ers and the cities where we operate. Just as we worked with the Obama Administra- tion, we’ll work with the Trump Administration, too.
The American people appear to be signaling that they will not be divided or sit quietly as President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily barring entry to refugees and citizens of seven majority Muslim countries goes into effect.
Cocaine bricks were found in the nose of the plane that origi- nally landed in Miami.
According to CNN Money, the American Civil Liberties Union has received six times as much money over one weekend as it normally does in a year, following a flurry of donations that came the same weekend the organization and its allies successfully chal- lenged sections of Trump’s
travel ban in court. In a year, the group nor-
mally receives about $4 mil- lion in online donations. Over the weekend, the group racked up some $24,164,691 from more than 350,000 peo- ple, many of whom had never previously donated.
31 Pounds Of Cocaine Found In The Nose Of American Airlines Plane
Trayvon Martin’s Parents Consider Running For Office; Release Book
TULSA, OK —- An American Airlines plane rerouted to Tulsa for maintenance was found to have 14 kilos, or almost 31 pounds, of cocaine inside the nose gear of the aircraft, Sun- day.
Seven bricks of cocaine in total were found inside the plane during a maintenance check in Tulsa, sheriff’s deputies said. The plane, which took off from Bogotá, Columbia, landed in Miami, where it was flagged for maintenance. The base in Miami was too busy to do the maintenance, so the Boe- ing 757 was sent to Tulsa, deputies say.
A technician checking the electronics bay near the nose gear — the front wheels of the plane — noticed some of the in- sulation looked new. He moved it and saw one of the bricks and called the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office.
Since the plane was bound for Miami, the sheriff’s office says they are turning over the inves- tigation to the Drug Enforce- ment Agency. Authorities say the drugs have a minimum street value of $200,000. The Associated Press estimates the total value closer to $434,000, with each brick worth at least $14,000 a pound.
Mike Jackson was chosen as the new FACE of ‘Mr. Clean’.
The Mr. Clean we’ve come to know over the past 59 years is in need of a break. And for good reason — he’s been keep- ing our houses clean for a long time. So, for the next year, America’s favorite muscled cleaner will be taking a vaca- tion.
In his place comes Mike Jackson.
Jackson, from Atlanta, Ga., is like the OG Mr. Clean in a lot of ways. He’s bald and has the same muscular physique, bright white teeth, and a gold earring.
Jackson beat out thousands of would-be hopefuls who were vying to be the new face of P&G’s cartoon character that debuted almost 60 years ago.
Last September, the com- pany launched its #TheNextMrClean on social media and audition tapes rolled in. But it was Jack- son’s look that caught the eyes of P&G executives.
Jackson will be making an appearance at this weekend’s Super Bowl, which the Mr. Clean brand has been desig- nated as its official “cleaner”.
In addition to his Super Bowl appearance, Jackson will ap- pear in a 2017 limited edition Mr. Clean calendar and also received $20,000 and a year’s supply of Mr. Clean Magic Erasers.
Sabrina Fulton and Tracy Martin the parents of Trayvon Martin.
The parents of Trayvon Martin are still fighting for their son’s legacy and for racial justice for all since their son was gunned down five years ago by then neighbor- hood watchman George Zimmerman in a contro- versial shooting that fueled the Black Lives Matter move- ment.
However, now, with a Trump presidency appear- ing to threaten whatever ac- complishments have been made, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin are reportedly considering running for pub- lic office to “be part of the change” they think the nation needs.
According to USA Today, both parents fear that Don- ald Trump will reverse whatever progress has been made, and they are now look- ing to change things from the inside out.
Both parents laughed
heartily when asked if they had ever considered a run for office before now. But things being as they are currently, the sky is the limit, appar- ently.
The duo have a new book, Rest in Power, that is sched- uled to be published on Tues- day by Siegel and Grau, in memory of their son.
Fulton is a widely recog- nized figure, and even cam- paigned for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton last year, standing against Trump’s anti-immigrant and anti- Muslim rhetoric, which she said “fed into that division; they fed into that hatred.”
Now faced instead with the reality of a Trump presi- dency, Fulton says that she talks to many black parents who are increasingly worried about the safety of their chil- dren.
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