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Opinion
In My Opinion
Country infected with 'Trump PDerangement Syndrome'
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madness that seems to be sweeping our country, would be the recent threat by several states to keep the President off the 2020 ballot. The reason
they cite as cause for their action? President Trump has not released his tax and financial records. This one will probably have to play out in the courts with the only winners being the lawyers. There is no legal requirement anywhere in Federal law for him to so—the decision is strictly his. The only thing that this man did was win an election. Not liking a man does not disqualify him.
I believe it’s called Trump Derangement Syndrome—T.D.S.
Never before has the idiom about the inmates running the asylum
been more appropriately applied
than it is today. We have a group running The United States House of Representatives that is completely incapable of running any group or organization much less occupying their current capacities as representatives of the American people. Have you ever taken a comprehensive look at some of what they are proposing?
One of them, a 29-year old former bartenderfromNewYorkCityhas offered her ‘Green New Deal’ to save the planet, which is questionably in danger in the first place. According to this young woman we have only 12 years to spend about $93 trillion and save us all.
Her suggestion would essentially eliminate all air travel and gasoline engines, require the re-fitting of all buildings in America, eliminate all petroleum based products, crush an economy, destroy jobs—and, would only cost taxpayers $600,000 per household. Not to be outdone by
this young upstart from New York City Bill De Blasio, the mayor of that city, has proposed the elimination
of skyscrapers, steel and glass in building, and demands the retrofitting of buildings and the elimination of hotdogs and processed meats.
Another member is a young female refugee from Somalia who, from her statements and positions, seems to hate the United States and everything about this country. One has to ask “howthehellcansomethinglike
this happen” until one examines the demographic profile of her home state of Minnesota. Remember the discussions we’ve had about the tribalization of America? Frankly, Ilhan Omar is so antisemitic that she should have been forced to resign from Congress over her positions and uninformed brand of hate speech. Rashida Talib, another Muslim who hales from Michigan, is known for spouting opinions that are filled with profane speech and inane in their content.
One can always count on California when there is such “a gathering of eagles?” such as our representatives in the U.S. House. Nancy Pelosi, Maxine Waters, Adam Schiff, Kamala Harris, Eric Swalwell and Diane Feinstein
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California as the land of nuts, fruits and flakes. One
of the great things about it, we here
in California can almost always count of left-wing politicos ranging from here
in the state to federal levels to do and say really dumb things.
Two of these judgement-impaired politicians have offered to share their expertise with the entire country by running for President.. I’ve examined their records for accomplishments and while finding nothing that Swalwell has done beyond threatening the Second Amendment on Donald Trump every time he opens his mouth; Kamala Harris has distinguished herself by having an affair with
Willie Brown who was another font of corrupt politics; and Adam Schiff features his own brand of idiocy.
A true representation of their thoughts involving the “For The People act of 2019” which is nothing more than a goodie basket of newly discovered rights and privileges beingextendedtoillegals. Thisbitof chicanery with it’s traditionally soft title is anything but what that title implies. It’s framed to provide voting rights to illegals and, as if the voting process hasn’t already become corrupt, moves parts of the American election to the internet. Now, we’re all aware of just how secure that would make the entire scheme.
Even after being demonstrably shown that the Russians changed no votes and had little to do with the outcome of American elections in 2016 beyond running a few ads on Facebook denial of results continues. It’s already been passed by the House but should have no hope in the Senate. The effort in reading this piece of garbage is well worth one’s time. It should provide conclusive evidence of where this new group would like to take this country.
The election is still somewhat distant but now is the time to become actively involved. One political party has roughly a score of candidates who all trying to outdo each other with the leftwardlurchlunacy. Someinthe other party are doing everything they can to assure this strong economy and low unemployment continues beyond the 2020 election. However, there
are a few in that second party—Mitt Romney comes to mind—who, for whatever reason, refuse to support the President and his precedent setting administration. We can only assume it’s because they want the media to like them, want to be invited to all the parties in Washington, have no spine or principals or are just downright jealous. We suspect it just might be a combination.
But, as always, that’s only one man’s opinion.
Fred Hall is publisher of the Dinuba Sentinel.
Guest Column
Make higher education a ordable for students like me
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s a black woman who was raised in poverty, I understand what it means to face constant hardships.
understand student debt is a risk not everyone wants to take. For many young people who wish to attend college, this debt can deepen already stark inequality, especially for people of color like me.
Pell Grants are among the most common ways that low-income students can afford college. But even the maximum Pell Grant award of roughly $6,000 doesn’t come close to covering tuition, books, and living expenses. That’s why many low-
I grew up in a single parent household watching my mother’s mental health deteriorate over time. She relies on disability checks to support herself, so hasn’t been able to financially support me for college.
Attending college has always been a dream of mine,
but the road hasn’t been easy. After dropping out of high school at 15, I went back to get my GED at 20. Eventually, I enrolled in the Community College of Denver and graduated in 2015.
Currently, I’m pursuing my bachelor’s degree at the Metropolitan State University in Colorado. Pell Grants help finance my higher education, but there’s a lot they don’t cover. I still have to take out student loans to fill the financial gap, which means I’m taking on student debt to fund my education.
My experience might be different if Congress acts soon and reauthorizes the Higher Education Act (HEA) — by far the most important law in higher education. The HEA hasn’t been reauthorized in more than 10 years, which means the needs of college students across our country aren’t being met.
That’s because the cost of attending a 4-year higher education institution has risen 1,122 percent since 1978. Meanwhile, 95 percent of jobs created since the Recession have gone to someone with an education beyond high school. Getting yourself out of poverty basically requires a postsecondary education, which means taking on debt.
Still, many families like mine fear that getting an education might not be worth the debt they take on.
My two younger sisters, Destiny and Kayla, have decided to not attend college. They’re both bright and talented individuals that I know would succeed in college, but they’re afraid of the debt they’d incur. They’ve told me that watching me struggle to pay for school has influenced them not to pursue a college degree.
This truly breaks my heart as their older sister, but I
Pastor's Corner
Why Census should not ask about citizenship
Ariel Tomlinson
income students are forced to take out loans to finance the rest of our education and burden ourselves with debt we know we can’t afford.
Updating the HEA could help ensure that Pell recipients are receiving the necessary financial aid they need to avoid graduating with crippling debt. And it could make the financial aid process simpler to ensure students are getting the money they qualify for.
I intend to continue my higher education journey through my Master’s degree, though I know this will likely increase my student loan debt. Frankly, the idea of owing more debt terrifies me. But like many other college students, I have no other choice but to take out more loans to ensure I get the education I need to find a job that pays well.
Maybe one day we’ll have debt-free college in this country. Or maybe, as Senator Elizabeth Warren recently proposed, working people will get their student debt forgiven.
Until then, there’s a simple step we can take: Reauthorizing the Higher Education Act and making sure today’s students get a fair chance at a successful higher education experience.
Ariel Tomlinson is a mental health and higher education advocate based in Denver, Colorado. Distributed by OtherWords.org.
e’re all used to chaos in Washington these days. be enforced. With ICE deporting Amidst it all, there’s one little protocol change immigrants with no criminal history that could mean the undoing of our democratic and longstanding ties in the United
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The real motive is to discourage immigrant communities from participating in the census — and therefore give more weight to other, whiter areas. The areas that are “Great Again” — where everyone has the same skin color, and everyone speaks with the same accent.
Members of Congress, former census officials, civil rights organizations, business owners, and attorney generals
have all voiced their opposition to including citizenship questions. They see the administration’s motivations for what they are — political.
One more seat in the House of Representatives for Utah and one less for New Jersey can make a really big difference for a lot of people. A lack of voter information on Hmong communities in Minnesota can make voting a struggle for tens of thousands of citizens.
We shouldn’t allow such maneuvering to compromise our democracy.
The jobs of the census is to count how many people live in your area, and therefore how many resources it needs. It shouldn’t be concerned with how they got there or what their citizenship status is.
If we cannot do that well with the citizenship question in the surveys, then it should be removed.
Morris Pearl is chair of the Patriotic Millionaires and the former managing director of BlackRock, Inc. Distributed by OtherWords.org.
process: the Commerce Department’s decision to ask people whether they’re citizens in the upcoming 2020 census. That little change is now a big case before the Supreme Court.
Where I live, in New York City, we have over 3 million people who were born outside the United States. Most people I know are either immigrants, or remember their parents or grandparents telling stories about entering the country. In this way, the Big Apple is a microcosm of our vast and dynamic country.
Just how vast and dynamic? That’s determined every 10 years in a nationwide collection of data called the census.
The census is used in part to determine the allocation of federal funds for programs across the country. That includes things like Medicaid, the National School Lunch Program, Highway Planning and Construction, and Head Start.
The concern is that many immigrant families may be afraid to answer the census if it asks about citizenship. If that happens, it could threaten programs all Americans rely on.
For example, Head Start relies on census data to determine how many children are eligible for and use the program. If the government scares immigrant families away from the census, community-serving organizations that use federal Head Start dollars will get less money. We’ll end up with an underclass of people who are less able to participate in our society.
The census is also the basis for redistricting congressional seats every 10 years. If there’s an undercount in your region, it means you’ll get less representation in Congress.
Thus, it’s imperative the census accounts for everyone. Unfortunately, the current administration disagrees.
Since the 1880s, census data has been confidential, with the government forbidden to use any data collected against anyone. This was codified by Congress in 1954.
But under this White House, many immigrants are hesitant to trust that these policies will continue to
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States, they’re justified in their distrust. The citizenship question only justifies this paranoia.
These changes were ostensibly undertaken to help enforce the Voting Rights Act, which the administration has refused to enforce in every other context.