Story-March-20-17

‘Baghdad Bob’

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In March of 2003, Saddam’s Minister of Information was everybody’s favorite inadvertent comedian. Sporting a kicky black beret and delightfully bombastic lexicon, Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf appeared on TV daily to predict American failure and deny the Baghdad invasion–sometimes even as U.S. tanks appeared behind him. “He’s great,” President George W. Bush said of Sahaf, admitting that he occasionally interrupted meetings to watch Sahaf’s briefings.

“Someone accused us of hiring him and putting him there. He was a classic.”

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The Supreme Court nominee’s jurisprudence shows he values religious people’s beliefs above all else.

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The one line of opposition Democrats seem to have settled on is that Gorsuch unerringly sides with the powerful and wealthy, leaving workers and vulnerable citizens to fend for themselves.

If founding father Thomas Paine had a vote he would vote to Filibuster Gorsuch….

Conclusion: Filibuster Gorsuch…

 

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Networking Site Meetup Has Offered to Coordinate the Trump Resistance

 

(NEW YORK) — Meetup is taking a leap into the Trump resistance.

The New York-based networking site will unveil plans in the coming days to partner with a labor group — under the guidance of a former Hillary Clinton aide — to coordinate protests among more than 120,000 activists already involved with anti-Trump Meetup groups.

 

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President Trump’s full agenda can only be implemented through Congress passing laws. That’s why we must act now, and ongoingly, to hold Congress accountable.

 

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President Trump’s approval rating sank to a new low of 37% on Sunday, according to the latest Gallup poll.

While 37% of Americans approve of the job the President has done since taking office Jan. 20, 58% disapprove. His approval rating stood at 45% last week, poll numbers showed.

The daily poll results are based on telephone interviews with 1,500 people nationwide and has a 3% margin of error.

 

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