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Don Benton, former Trump campaign chair in Washington state, cleared in ethics complaintMarch 22, 2019 at 2:59 PM  Tags: Local News, Local Politics, Nation & World Politics, Northwest 134 people like this. Like Mueller revealed his Trump-Russia story in plain viewMarch 22, 2019 at 8:51 PM  Tags: Nation, Nation & World Politics 125 people like this. Like Charging extra to get there? The Boeing story is yet another sign we’re a corporatocracyMarch 22, 2019 at 10:00 PM  Tags: Boeing & Aerospace, Business, Local News, Local Politics, Nation & World Politics 117 people like this. Like The colossal problem with universal basic incomeMarch 22, 2019 at 8:47 AM  Tags: Money, Automation, Work, Politics, Policy, Social change, Humanity, Capitalism, Economics, Consumerism, Inequality, Universal basic income 112 people like this. Like Obama Will Attend Celebration For Freshmen Dems Next WeekMarch 22, 2019 at 8:50 AM  Tags: News, Barack Obama, freshmen Democrats, House Democrats, Nicole Lafond 87 people like this. Like Mueller report: Survey shows most Americans confident report is fairMarch 22, 2019 at 9:42 PM  Tags: National News, News, Politics, Uncategorized, Infographic, National Politics, Top Stories Breeze, Top Stories IVDB, Top Stories LADN, Top Stories LBPT, Top Stories OCR, Top Stories PE, Top Stories PSN, Top Stories RDF, Top Stories SGVT, Top Stories Sun 82 people like this. Like U.S. reacts to New Zealand's gun banMarch 22, 2019 at 3:12 PM  Tags: Policy, Violence, United states, Politics, Guns 58 people like this. Like These Are All of the Other Investigations Donald Trump Faces14h ago ( March 23, 2019 at 5:48 PM ) There are more than a dozen other investigations and lawsuits looking into Trump and his associatesTags: Uncategorized, Donald J. Trump, Onetime, White House 50 people like this. Like Universities to be fined for awarding too many top degrees3h ago ( March 24, 2019 at 5:00 AM ) Education secretary Damian Hinds to take tough measures on institutions found guilty of artificial grade inflationBritish universities must slash the number of top degrees they award or risk undermining their world-class reputation, the education secretary has warned.Damian Hinds said there had been a steep and unjustifiable rise in the awarding of first-class degrees, urging universities to “reset the norm” by handing out a higher proportion of 2:1s. Offending universities could face fines, or ...Tags: Universities, Education, Damian Hinds, Politics, UK news 47 people like this. Like License plate data collected in these Southern California cities is shared with ICEMarch 22, 2019 at 9:25 AM Several Southern California police departments regularly feed information into a massive database used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to help with deportations, potentially violating state law, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.
In the report released earlier this month, the ACLU of Northern California identified the police departments of Bell, Downey, La Habra and Upland, along with the U.S. Forest Service in California, as some of the more than 80 agencies in more th...Tags: Local News, News, Government, Immigration, Politics, Top Stories Breeze, Top Stories IVDB, Top Stories LADN, Top Stories LBPT, Top Stories OCR, Top Stories PE, Top Stories PSN, Top Stories RDF, Top Stories SGVT, Top Stories Sun, Top Stories WDN 46 people like this. Like 'The Brexodus is under way': meet the Brits leaving the UKMarch 23, 2019 at 4:59 AM In the year after the Brexit vote, 17,000 British people sought citizenship of another EU country – and many have since upped and left. Five ‘Brexiles’ explain why they’re starting a new life overseasLast month, after a decade of living in London, my husband and I packed up the contents of our two-bedroom flat and moved to France with our 15-month-old son. With another baby on the way, we’re renting an apartment in Toulouse while we look for a more permanent setup. Leaving friends and family beh...Tags: Brexit, Family, European Union, Europe, UK news, Life and style, Politics 45 people like this. Like George Osborne calls for long delay in Brexit processMarch 23, 2019 at 7:48 AM Ex-chancellor says MPs should rethink how to deliver on referendum resultGeorge Osborne has said that MPs are being asked “to deliver something impossible” in leaving the EU without damaging Britain, calling for a long delay in the Brexit process.Speaking on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme before the People’s Vote demonstration, where hundreds of thousands of people will march through central London on Saturday, the former chancellor said: “If you ask politicians to deliver something impossible ...Tags: Brexit, George Osborne, Theresa May, European Union, Europe, Foreign policy, Politics, UK news, World news 45 people like this. Like Franco’s shadow: reburial battle sees Spain confront its darkest days22h ago ( March 23, 2019 at 10:00 AM ) Past and future collide as nationalist Vox party gears up for success in next month’s general election while exhumation of dictator draws closerThe gates of the suburban mausoleum that could soon house Spain’s most restless ghost are decked with a shrivelling bunch of red and yellow carnations, a handful of prayer cards and a cheap, broken crucifix.If the socialist government’s long and fraught campaign to exhume Francisco Franco from the fascist splendour of the Valley of the Fallen finally suc...Tags: Francisco Franco, Spain, Europe, World news, Politics, Pedro Sánchez 45 people like this. Like Brexit: MPs could get free vote on way forward if deal rejected, minister says – live newsMarch 22, 2019 at 11:14 AM Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments, including reaction to the new Brexit timetable decided by EU leadersFull story: May appeal falls flatUK papers: ‘One last chance’Timeline: what happens next? 3.10pm GMT Emmanuel Macron, the French president, is holding a post-summit press conference [email protected]: We need to get out of this checkmate. We need the UK to come up with a solution. #Brexit #brextension pic.twitter.com/EIQeRQpBakEmmanuel Macron: "Brexit to me is not a te...Tags: Politics, UK news, Brexit, European Union, Europe, Theresa May, Article 50, Conservatives, Foreign policy, Greg Clark, House of Commons 42 people like this. Like San Bernardino County veterans received most in federal benefits in stateMarch 22, 2019 at 5:51 PM Veterans in San Bernardino County were awarded more than $50 million in federal benefits last year — more than veterans living in other counties, according to a .
The staff of 25 working at the three San Bernardino County Veterans Affairs‘ offices see about 30,000 veterans and their families a year, assisting them with the paperwork they need in order to secure their benefits, from disability compensation claims to college tuition/fee waivers for the children of veterans.
“We like to be thoroug...Tags: Local News, Politics, Top Stories Breeze, Top Stories IVDB, Top Stories LADN, Top Stories LBPT, Top Stories OCR, Top Stories PE, Top Stories PSN, Top Stories RDF, Top Stories SGVT, Top Stories Sun, Top Stories WDN, Veterans 42 people like this. Like William Barr Is Now the Sole Keeper of the Mueller Report. How He’ll Wield That Power Is a MysteryMarch 22, 2019 at 5:25 PM Special counsel Robert Mueller has officially concluded his investigation after more than two years and turned his final report in to the Justice Department. What happens next depends on one man: the attorney general, William Barr. Justice Department rules now make Barr the sole keeper of the Mueller report. He alone decides what to do…Tags: Uncategorized, Congress, Donald Trump, Justice, Justice Department, White House 41 people like this. Like One telling image: in a Brussels corridor, the EU takes back control of Brexit17h ago ( March 23, 2019 at 2:22 PM ) A photo of an ad hoc crisis meeting gives an insight into the efforts made to cope with a floundering British governmentAs pictures go, it spoke volumes. On Thursday evening in Brussels, Bulgaria’s permanent representative to the EU, Dimiter Tzantchev, tweeted a photograph he titled “In the corridors of the European Council art 50”.In a play of light and shadow, as if in a Golden Age painting by a modern-day Rembrandt or Frans Hals, a tight cluster of perhaps two dozen figures, some standing, so...Tags: Article 50, European Union, Brexit, UK news, Foreign policy, Politics 38 people like this. Like Theresa May has failed to offer sound leadership in this toxic Brexit phase | Phillip Lee15h ago ( March 23, 2019 at 5:00 PM ) The PM has brought us to this crisis with a series of calamitous decisionsHow has it come to this? Theresa May and her husband, Philip, have long been friends of mine and I have in the past admired her sense of duty and commitment to her party and her country. So it grieves me that her stubborn choices have left both in peril.At a time when our politics needs statesmanship, not brinkmanship, when our divided people need time to heal and come back together, and when our country needs honest leade...Tags: Theresa May, Politics, UK news, Brexit, European Union, Europe 38 people like this. Like Brexit: MPs could get free vote on way forward if deal rejected, minister tells Commons – live newsMarch 22, 2019 at 9:18 AM Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments, including reaction to the new Brexit timetable decided by EU leadersFull story: May appeal falls flatUK papers: ‘One last chance’Q&A: what happened in Brussels? 1.04pm GMT Greg Clark, the remain-voting business secretary, has joined the many MPs who have criticised Theresa May for what she said in her speech from No 10 on Wednesday night, saying MPs were to blame for the Brexit crisis. Compared to what others have said (May has been accus...Tags: Politics, UK news, Brexit, European Union, Europe, Theresa May, Article 50, Conservatives, Foreign policy, Greg Clark, House of Commons 37 people like this. Like MPs call for May to 'fall on her sword' as Brexit deal could lose againMarch 22, 2019 at 3:03 PM EU increasingly believes no-deal Brexit on 12 April is most likely outcomePressure on Theresa May has reached new heights as ministers backed attempts to let parliament take control of the next stage of the Brexit process and MPs openly speculated that her time in office could end within weeks.As a beleaguered May returned from Brussels, MPs suggested her deal could lose by an even higher margin, with several saying the timing now required the prime minister to “fall on her sword”. Continue read...Tags: Brexit, Theresa May, European Union, Europe, Article 50, Foreign policy, Politics, UK news, World news, Leo Varadkar, David Lidington, Greg Clark, Hilary Benn, Dominic Grieve 36 people like this. Like Please Enjoy the Memes While You Wait for the Mueller ReportMarch 22, 2019 at 1:16 PM People are killing time waiting for the Mueller report by making jokes. Whether or not Special Counsel Robert Mueller is about to submit his long-anticipated report, people are keeping busy doing what they do best: making memes. In the moments leading up to the public release of his investigation into whether President Donald Trump’s campaign…Tags: Uncategorized, Onetime, Politics, Viral 32 people like this. Like Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 “Lets You Choose Your Pronouns!”March 22, 2019 at 6:00 PM Developer Hardsuit Labs and publisher Paradox Interactive have announced “Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2”, a sequel to Troika Games’ original 2004 action-RPG set in the expansive “World of Darkness” universe – and with it, the not at all politicized decision to allow players to select their character’s pronouns. One “lucky” website had the opportunity […]Tags: Games, Announcements, PC Gaming, Politics, PS4, Trailer, Vampires, Xbox One 31 people like this. Like Corbyn’s team split over soft Brexit15h ago ( March 23, 2019 at 4:58 PM ) Shadow cabinet will clash this week over Norway-style deal or second referendumJeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet is set to clash again over Brexit this week, with supporters of a second referendum concerned that the Labour leadership will opt to facilitate a soft Brexit. With senior Labour figures openly calling for another public vote at the anti-Brexit march in London on Saturday, other influential MPs believe Corbyn’s inner circle is actually warming to a Norway-style Brexit that would see Brita...Tags: Labour, Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn, Sadiq Khan, UK news, Politics, European Union 30 people like this. Like President Trump Intensifies Attacks Against Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia InvestigationMarch 22, 2019 at 1:16 PM The probe is widely expected to end in the coming weeksTags: Uncategorized, Onetime, Robert Mueller, Russia Investigation, White House 29 people like this. Like Calls grow for public inquiry into Brexit21h ago ( March 23, 2019 at 10:13 AM ) Investigation could look at ballot wording, May’s red lines and negotiation strategyCalls for a public inquiry into Brexit are mounting among diplomats, business figures, peers and MPs, amid claims that the civil service is already planning for a future investigation into how it has been handled.The decision to call the referendum, the red lines drawn up by Theresa May and Britain’s negotiating strategy are all issues that senior figures would like to be examined. Continue reading...Tags: Brexit, Article 50, European Union, Foreign policy, Politics, UK news 25 people like this. Like Macron accuses Brexiters of 'lies' over no-deal Brexit – videoMarch 22, 2019 at 2:15 PM The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has accused Brexiters of telling 'lies' to British voters, and he claimed they would be hardest hit if the UK leaves the EU without a deal. 'They told the people, "It'll be easy, it'll be quick!,"' he said. 'It's awful, there were a lot of lies.''Hope dies last': fatalism among EU leaders as no-deal Brexit looks likelySecret Cabinet Office document reveals chaotic planning for no-deal Brexit Continue reading...Tags: Emmanuel Macron, Brexit, European Union, UK news, Politics 22 people like this. Like Special Counsel Robert Mueller Delivers Report on Russia Probe to Justice DepartmentMarch 22, 2019 at 5:16 PM Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Friday delivered a long-awaited report to the Department of Justice about his investigation into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with the Russian government during the 2016 presidential campaign, marking the conclusion of a two-year investigation. Amid speculation that the report would be released soon, Trump has ramped up his criticism…Tags: Uncategorized, Donald Trump, Justice, Onetime, White House 22 people like this. Like Bill Barr Is Now the Sole Keeper of the Mueller Report. How He’ll Wield That Power Is a MysteryMarch 22, 2019 at 5:25 PM Special counsel Robert Mueller has officially concluded his investigation after more than two years and turned his final report in to the Justice Department. What happens next depends on one man: the attorney general, William Barr. Justice Department rules now make Barr the sole keeper of the Mueller report. He alone decides what to do…Tags: Uncategorized, Congress, Donald Trump, Justice, Justice Department, White House 22 people like this. Like Trump’s legal troubles are far from over even as Mueller probe ends16h ago ( March 23, 2019 at 3:48 PM ) Nearly every organization Trump has run over the last decade remains under investigation by state or federal authorities, and he is mired in a variety of civil litigation.Tags: Nation, Nation & World, Nation & World Politics 20 people like this. Like |
