pacino wrote:horrible, terrible person David Clarke quit his job as Milwaukee County Sheriff

thephan wrote:I think she also said that Trump is giving $1M, and asked the press for recommendations of credible charities. What are the odds he actually gives?

NOAA would lose about $200 million in a handful of programs that help coastal states brace for future climate change and adverse climate and weather events.

The proposed cuts would withdraw support for research and engagement in coastal communities. The $73 million Sea Grant program, for example, gathers information on areas including fisheries management and storm preparation.


The budget would also eliminate $667 million from FEMA for state and local grant funding. It also would require local and state governments to match 25 percent of the federal dollars they receive.

Money to help homeowners and businesses rebuild after a disaster and cover other needs goes through HUD’s $3 billion Community Development Block Grant Program. Trump is proposing to zero it out, and it is unclear how disaster recovery money would be affected or delivered without the program.

The Weather Service would lose $62 million now used to update its weather models and allow it to predict changing weather further out. The National Flood Insurance Program would lose $190 million for mapping flood-prone areas, information that can affect flood insurance premiums.

And the Agriculture Department would lose $114 million in disaster assistance to help farmers recover livestock, crops and equipment, an impact that would be particularly felt in Texas, where farm areas are flooded.

“The USDA offices serve as primary sources of contact for rural counties,” said Derek Hyra, director of the Metropolitan Policy Center at American University. After a disaster, “they’ll go to the feds and say: ‘Here’s what happened to my farm. How do I get operating again?’ ”

jerseyhoya wrote:A Beating in Berkeley - Great, infuriating read from Matt Labash

wwry wrote:to be a little more mature about the subject the thing that irks me about that article is any sort moral grandstanding from conservatives is disingenuous and awful to read.

there are arguments to be made about antifa running wild but these conditions did not come from out of nowhere, its a powder keg that was set off by the trump revolution. the people holding "free speech" and "liberty" rallies are spiritually aligned with the neo nazis and white supremacists even if they disavow them because those are the kind of people those events attract. thats just the condition this country is in, its true we're divided and you can't decide not to be a part of that divide if you actively participate in organizing rallies and political action.

The town hall, broadcast live by the PBS affiliate in Bethlehem, was limited to 54 people, 24 of whom were hand-picked by local Republican and Democratic groups. The remaining 30 tickets were made available to the public.

Dozens of protesters gathered outside the station, calling the town hall a sham and urging Toomey to meet with a wider range of constituents in a larger venue.

"People can't even have a dialogue with the senator," said Jude Denis, executive director of the community group POWER Northeast.

Toomey was jeered at times during the live broadcast. One of his questioners denounced the event as a "fake town hall" and asked: "What will it take to have a real town hall with hundreds of people and real dialogue?"

Toomey replied that he talks to constituents all the time. But he said, "I'm not that interested in a disruptive event."

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's Supreme Court on Friday nullified President Uhuru Kenyatta's election win last month as unconstitutional and called for new elections within 60 days, shocking a country that had been braced for further protests by opposition supporters.

Kenyatta said he "personally disagrees" with the ruling but respects it, but he lashed out at the judges, saying that "six people have decided they will go against the will of the people." He also called for peace in a country where some elections have been followed by deadly violence.

No presidential election in the East African economic hub has ever been nullified. Opposition members danced in the streets, marveling at the setback for Kenyatta, the son of the country's first president, in the long rivalry between Kenya's leading political families.

"It's a very historic day for the people of Kenya and by extension the people of Africa," said opposition candidate Raila Odinga, who had challenged the vote. "For the first time in the history of African democratization, a ruling has been made by a court nullifying irregular election of a president. This is a precedent-setting ruling."

The six-judge bench ruled 4-2 in favor of the petition filed by Odinga. He claimed the electronic voting results were hacked into and manipulated in favor of Kenyatta, who had won a second term with 54 percent of the vote.

The lead counsel for the president, Ahmednassir Abdulahi, told the court that the nullification was a "very political decision" but said they will live with the consequences.


Odinga's lawyer had asked the court to invalidate Kenyatta's win, saying a scrutiny of the forms used to tally the votes had anomalies that affected nearly 5 million votes.


The electoral commission had said there was a hacking attempt but it failed. International election observers, including former Secretary of State John Kerry, had said they saw no interference with the vote.

Two dozen countries including the United States, which already had congratulated Kenyatta on his victory, issued a joint statement Friday saying the court's ruling "demonstrated Kenya's resilient democracy and commitment to the rule of law."

pacino wrote:

The town hall, broadcast live by the PBS affiliate in Bethlehem, was limited to 54 people, 24 of whom were hand-picked by local Republican and Democratic groups. The remaining 30 tickets were made available to the public.

Dozens of protesters gathered outside the station, calling the town hall a sham and urging Toomey to meet with a wider range of constituents in a larger venue.

"People can't even have a dialogue with the senator," said Jude Denis, executive director of the community group POWER Northeast.

Toomey was jeered at times during the live broadcast. One of his questioners denounced the event as a "fake town hall" and asked: "What will it take to have a real town hall with hundreds of people and real dialogue?"

Toomey replied that he talks to constituents all the time. But he said, "I'm not that interested in a disruptive event."