swishnicholson wrote:

thephan wrote:Rasmussen Poll shows Trump at 46% APPROVE this morning, with 53% DISAPPROVE that ties him with Obama for December 2009, which was 46% APPROVE, 53% DISAPPROVE.

Of course Rasmussen is like +10 over every other poll. That said, the crowing has begun!

Trump's approval /disapproval hasn't really budged in the last 5 months, so I'm as sick of the crowing when it slides down by decimals. It just is what it is, barring war (which will bring it up) or stock market collapse (down) . I'm not rooting for either, mind you. Of course, he's still governing like people care what he said in 2015, so it will be "interesting" to see what happens when he runs out of those talking points.

thephan wrote:Doesn't he try that continuously? Picking a fight with NK, then NAT, then the UN, then whoever, and now Pakistan. Its just taking the next step to get the kind of rating that a good old terrorist take down war can bring. Gettum chanting USA... USA... for the ratings.

Bucky wrote:so how soon does turtle say that jones can't be seated until the voter fraud issue is resolved

Trump urges Justice Department to 'jail' Comey, Clinton aide 'and others' after Fox report on emails

The AFT-Michigan, a statewide teacher's union, filed the lawsuit in September, saying Project Veritas used an operative to infiltrate the union. A Wayne County judge issued a temporary restraining order, barring the organization from using or publishing any information it obtained from the union.

But the matter was moved to federal court in October. And Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Linda Parker not only revoked the temporary restraining order, but also denied AFT Michigan's request for a preliminary injunction.

Among the judge's findings: The documents allegedly obtained by the operative were not trade secrets. Parker also found that there is no certainty that publication of the documents could harm the union, and that imposing an injunction would infringe on the defendant's First Amendment rights.

The lawsuit was filed against the group and Marisa Jorge. It claims that Jorge -- using the name Marissa Perez -- is an operative of the organization and obtained an internship with AFT Michigan, claiming to be a University of Michigan student.

Jorge, the lawsuit said, sought and was given access to "a substantial amount of confidential and proprietary information including databases, confidential conferences and the status of grievances."

Union officials were buoyed that Parker wrote in her ruling that the union likely would succeed on its argument that Jorge's actions amounted to a breach of duty of loyalty.

"Plaintiff alleges that Defendant Jorge breached her duty of loyalty by fraudulently misrepresenting herself, misusing and mishandling confidential information, and failing to disclose that she worked for an organization whose interests conflicted with Plaintiff."

Parker, in a 27-page ruling filed today, noted that the AFT Michigan had identified 221 documents Jorge allegedly misappropriated. The key question? Were there trade secrets in those documents and does it violate Michigan's uniform trade secrets law.

The union argued that the documents were trade secrets and confidential.

"The information is not known throughout the public education community; it was assembled as part of the Federation's overall strategy regarding charter schools," the union said in court documents, as outlined in Parker's ruling.

JUburton wrote:it is the first work day of the year and the president has tweeted at 7:09AM, 7:48AM, 8:44AM (@ing fox and friends), 8:49AM, 9:08AM, 9:13AM, 9:39AM.

The number of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty dropped sharply in 2017, marking the second-lowest toll in more than 50 years.

As of Thursday, 128 officers have died in the line of duty this year, with 44 shot and killed. That's down 10% from 2016, when 143 officers died, with 66 gunned down, according to data released by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, a nonprofit aimed at honoring officers and improving safety.

The only other year with fewer deaths in the past five decades was 2013, when 116 officers were killed.

JUburton wrote:it is the first work day of the year and the president has tweeted at 7:09AM, 7:48AM, 8:44AM (@ing fox and friends), 8:49AM, 9:08AM, 9:13AM, 9:39AM.

A Bay Area federal judge barred the Trump administration on Thursday from authorizing employers to deny birth control coverage to women for religious or moral reasons, saying the government abruptly imposed the sweeping changes in October with no public notice or input.

The new contraceptive rules had already been halted last Friday by a federal judge in Philadelphia in a ruling the administration plans to appeal. In issuing his own nationwide injunction, U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam of Oakland cited the potentially profound impact on women who had gained access to contraceptive care, without charge, in the health insurance law championed by President Barack Obama.

Starting Monday, attorneys in Illinois will be barred from using the approach after a state law passed — without a single “no” vote in either the state House or Senate — making it the second state in the country to ban the defense in the courtroom.

There isn’t an exact definition, but a gay or trans panic defense is essentially when someone doesn’t realize they’re interacting with an LGBTQ person and becomes so overcome with rage when they realize it that they physically attack the person in the heat of the moment.

It’s estimated that gay and trans panic defenses have been used in at least 23 states since the 1960s, according to the Williams Institute, a think tank at the UCLA School of Law.

Gay and trans panic defenses have allowed people accused of killing LGBTQ people to receive lesser sentences, and in some cases, avoid any punishment, according to the institute.

California was the first state to ban the defense, in 2014, and the American Bar Assn. pushed for a ban in 2013.