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California Names Stretch Of Highway After
Candidate For Mayor In Charlotte Is Put On Blast
President Barack Obama
A mayoral candidate in Charlotte, North Carolina, was slammed after she said on her Facebook page that people should vote for her because she is white.
On her Facebook page,
Kimberley Paige Barnette,
53, included several reasons why she is qualified to be mayor.
“VOTE FOR ME!” Kimber- ley Paige Barnette posted on Facebook. “REPUBLICAN & SMART, WHITE, TRADI- TIONAL.”
Although the post as well as her page has been removed,
were later posted by WBTV. Barnette has made off- putting comments in the past regarding race and class. Dur- ing a WTVI debate last month, Barnette criticized those who protested the police killing of Keith Lamont Scott in Sep-
tember 2016.
Also during the debate,
Barnette said, “I don’t think we should encourage more lower-income people to (come to) Charlotte,” when asked how the city could help people of low-income status.
“We should attract higher- income people,” she added.
Southern California drivers will soon get a chance to drive Obama Highway.
Lawmakers on last Tuesday approved naming a portion of Highway 134 as President Barack H. Obama Highway, ac- cording to Los Angeles Times. The stretch will run between Interstate 210 and Highway 2.
Mr. Obama used to live in Pasadena and attended Occi- dental College in Eagle Rock, which is near the 134.
“I am so proud to have au- thored this proposal to forever appreciate and commemorate President Obama’s tremen- dous legacy, statesmanship and direct connection to Southern California,” state Sen. An- thony Portantino, D-La Cañada Flintridge, said in a statement posted on his web- site.
Senate Joint Resolution 8,
Kimberley Paige Barnette, is Republican, smart, white and traditional.
screenshots were taken and
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co-authored by Portantino and Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D- Riverside, received bipartisan support.
“It is so important that Cal- ifornia highlights the dignity of President Obama,” said ac- tivist John Gallogly, who ap- proached Portantino with the idea, according to the release.
Senator Says There Were ‘Gaps’ In Donald, Jr.’s Testimony
Pres. Trump’s Deal With Democrats Angers His Party Leaders
Sen. Richard Blumen- thal said Thursday there are “gaps” in Donald Trump Jr.’s closed-door testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee and that he expects President Donald Trump's son to return for a public hearing before the panel.
Trump Jr. testified behind closed doors on Thursday for more than five hours about a meeting he brokered last year at Trump Tower with a Russ- ian lawyer with reported ties to the Kremlin.
President Donald Trump’s eldest son told the Judiciary panel that he ac- cepted the meeting — which
Donald Trump, Jr. testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on last Thursday.
was billed as a chance to get dirt on Hillary Clinton — be- cause he wanted to learn about Clinton’s “fitness” for the presidency, according to his opening statement, which was
obtained by The New York Times.
He said in his opening state- ment that nothing ever came of the meeting, but that he would have sought legal counsel be- fore using any damaging infor- mation provided by the Kremlin-linked lawyer, Na- talia Veselnitskaya.
Trump Jr.’s interview was conducted by Judiciary Com- mittee staffers, with senators popping in and out to listen to portions of the session. Blu- menthal appeared to be the only member of the committee who was present throughout the entire interview, taking just a few short breaks for votes.
President Donald Trump surprised the leaders of his own party in Congress on last Wednesday when he backed a deal pushed by De- mocrats to attach hurricane re- lief money to a shorter-term bump in the debt ceiling as well as keeping the government open, cutting off his own Treas- ury secretary to strike a deal.
The decision was one of the most fascinating and mysteri- ous moves he's made with Con- gress during eight months in office.
The remarkable turn of events left Republican congres- sional leaders, in control of both chambers of the legisla- tive branch, "shell-shocked" and "visibly annoyed," and showcased how a President who also authored "The Art of the Deal" actually cuts one.
Trump's stunning agree- ment to endorse a plan pro- posed by Senate Minority
At a meeting on last Wednesday, Pres. Trump cut a deal with the democrats.
Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi came during a Wednes- day morning meeting with leaders from both parties in the Oval Office, the first such meet- ing of Trump's presidency.
Calls with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi Thursday morning, Trump raved about the posi- tive news coverage it had re- ceived, according to people familiar with the calls, and he seemed very pleased with his decision.
USA Today: Pres. Trump Makes Millions From Golf Club Memberships
USA TODAY investigation found that dozens of lobbyists and government contractors are among the members of President Trump's private golf clubs.
Mr. Trump has faced heavy criticism for the time he has spent on golf during his first eight months in office, both for chastising his prede- cessor, Barack Obama, about his golf outings and for his campaign promises that he would be too busy running the country to hit the links.
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Questions are also being raised about whom Trump has run into at his courses, and about the amount of money they pay to be members at the luxurious sites.
The members include busi- ness executives, lobbyists and even federal government con- tractors who pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in mem- bership fees and annual dues that afford them access to Trump’s clubs and courses— but could also be viewed as paying for potential time with the president.
indicates the number of Trump trips to golf courses may not be the only issue.
Now the USA Today report
Black Immigrants Are A Large Number Worried About DACA Reversal
The visual of ‘Dreamers’, the young undocumented im- migrants that were allowed to enter the U.S. with their par- ents is usually Hispanic or of Mexican descent. However, that is not the case.
After eight years of protec- tion under DACA, President Donald Trump decided to rescind the program on last Tuesday, putting some 800,000 young, undocu- mented immigrants in legal jeopardy and at risk of being deported, and many are of African and Black descent.
An afro-Panamanian im-
.
migrant who came under DACA protection at age 13, Jayes-Green said the admin- istration’s announcement has triggered a palpable level of
fear and anxiety among those protected by DACA and other undocumented Black immi- grants, but it has also stiffened their resolve.
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