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How to get Locker Codes NBA 2k21 for free — PS4, Xbox One, PC(NBA 2K Locker Code Give away!)
By: Gamer Boy
Tags: Free Vc Nba2k21, Locker Codes Nba 2k21, Free, Nba 2k21, Locker Codes

How to get Locker Codes NBA 2k21 for free — PS4, Xbox One, PC(NBA 2K Locker Code Give away!) gamer boy Jan 18·2 min read

A bit hard to find the NBA 2k21 Locker code if you don’t have a proper guide. Therefore we are publishing active locker codes giveaway and tutorial on installing the game on PS4, PS5 and steam.

There is a great chance for gamers to grab a free NBA 2k21 Locker code for their PS4, PS5 and PC. This website I found is distributing these for gamers on a first come first serve basis it is pretty cool, and you really do nothing to get these. Every once in a while there is a deal like this for games out there but normally it is for pretty old games unlike this, so I would check out this website below if you guys are interested in playing this hot game.

I have played through about 12 hours of my free NBA 2k21 Locker code so far, and I can confidently say it’s the best in the franchise since the NBA2K20. But I can’t say much more than that, the game is solid but just seems like a pretty good game. Nothing more, and nothing less. So in that regard I guess the game is a success and it does more to take the game back to what the original two were like but the big problem I have is it does not go all the way. This free NBA 2k21 Locker code seems to tease just enough of what it could have been to make you just that much more disappointed.

Now with that said this game is still good, and will probably be viewed in a much better light if you are a gamer who never played the original two or maybe didn’t like them. If that is the case this game probably will be awesome to you, because it hits all the right notes for a NBA 2k21 game and has much to enjoy on its own merits when not compared to previous titles. It’s in large part these expectations that will likely keep this game from being viewed as great as it might be like with this free NBA 2k21 Locker code. Many gamers might find my nitpicks quite silly considering how much fun and quality is packed into this game. Like not having enough new or more modern takes on NBA 2k21 characters featured on other games and instead sticking with basic Star wars species so to speak. Again with all this said the NBA 2k21 is quick a great game.
Free Hitman 3 Redeem Code Download Digital Game Serial Key Generator Giveaway — Standard and Deluxe Editions
By: Gamer Boy
Tags: Pre Order Bonus, Free, Digital Code, Hitman Iii, Hitman 3

Free Hitman 3 Redeem Code Download Digital Game Serial Key Generator Giveaway — Standard and Deluxe Editions gamer boy Jan 18·2 min read

This awesome collection now has free Hitman 3 redeem code giveaway happening at the website linked below. This is an awesome chance to get a digital Hitman 3 digital code serial key for the game, its brand new and with pre-order bonuses for free!

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There is a free Hitman 3 redeem code promotion where basketball gamers can grab a Hitman 3 download digital game code for Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PS4, or PC digital versions of the game and soon PS5 and Xbox Series X. These offers usually happen leading up to a major game launch and work on a first come first serve basis like this one. This is a major game release and a really popular franchise so this is a great chance to get an awesome gaming freebie. Take a look at the link below to see if you can still get a game serial key I was able to snatch one up the other day and been having a blast playing this game online.

Most gamer’s especially Hitman 3 fans have long since known about this free Hitman 3 redeem code generator for Nintendo switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, and PC, it was talked about even before it was official released! There is a reason Agent 47 is the mascot of all of gaming, this franchise is a big deal. And with this game having three all-time classic games under one roof it has gamers going crazy for this free Hitman 3 download code for switch. This game is going to be the biggest game of the year for sure. I have had a few hours of playing it and all three games are just as great as you remember them.

That said, while Hitman 3 will be available via the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch Lite next week, it will not be in the same form as other platforms. Rather, Hitman 3 will only be playable on the pair of Nintendo consoles as Hitman 3: Cloud Version, a cloud-based edition of the game that can’t be downloaded, only streamed.

“Hitman III is the dramatic conclusion to the World of Assassination trilogy and takes players around the world on a globetrotting adventure to sprawling sandbox locations,” reads an official pitch of the game. “Agent 47 returns as a ruthless professional for the most important contracts of his entire career. Death Awaits. Enjoy unrivaled freedom and complete your objectives as the game world reacts to everything you do. IO Interactive’s award-winning Glacier technology powers Hitman III‘s immersive game world to offer unparalleled player choice and replayability.”
I analyzed 50 000 proposals. Here are 5 takeaways to increase your close rate.
By: Oskar Andersson
Tags: Tips, Template, Free, Proposals, E Signing

I analyzed 50 000 proposals. Here are 5 takeaways to increase your close rate. Oskar Andersson Apr 6·2 min read

During the last year me and some friends built a tool for sending proposals. I took 50 000 proposals sent during 2020 to see if I could find a pattern of what makes a good proposal. Hopefully, there are some insights you could use to increase your close rate :)

The findings have been boiled down to a free to use template found here.

If there are any statistics you are interested for me to look up that can help you. Please comment or email me and I will see what I can do!

Find 1: Quality over quantity, winning proposals are shorter.

To my surprise, accepted documents tend to be “shorter” than not accepted documents. The average text length might be shorter but samples show that the text is accurate and specific.

Find 2: Send proposals on multiple channels.

86% of accepted documents were sent both as email and text. Your client might be busy and appearing in several channels might increase your chances of getting the job.

Find 3: Remember to follow up on sent proposals.

The average time from sent to accepted was 7.7 days. This is probably a no-brainer for most sales reps. But it seems that a proposal is most “hot” right after it is sent. So make sure to follow up with the customer to clear up any questions or concerns.

Find 4: Win rate is higher for branded proposals.

Taking a look at a sample of all proposals it became quite apparent that branding matters. Proposals that were designed & professional were winning a lot more than plain-looking ones. This could be due to the fact that might be perceived as a lot more seriously and funded compared to others. Because more often than not, your client will be comparing your offer with several others.

Find 5: Offer multiple packages to increase your chances.

Giving your client a couple of options to pick between increased the chances of winning by 36%. Quite impressive. If I were to speculate why my guess would be that offering packages shift the client’s mindset from a “no/yes”-question to a “Does package A, B, or C suit me the best?-question”

TLDR: To increase your close rate: Send short specific quotes using multiple channels (email & text) and follow up soon after sending. Make sure that your proposals are branded and that you provide additional options right on the quote.
Lottery and bitcoins for free every hour
Tags: Freebitcoin Script, Freebitco, Bitcoin, Free, Faucet

Freebitco.in is the most famous faucet in the bitcoin ecosystem. This site accumulates great features all useful. Here are its features, and how to take advantage of them.

The first functionality is one of the most important. It is the distribution of satoshis all the time. Each hour, you can activate a machine which will choose a number. If this number is less than 9850, then you will only gain a few satoshis, or a little more if you are at a higher level. If you get more than 9850, then you can pocket more than $ 200 in bitcoin.

if you exceed 50$(you can deposit money and withdraw it). The captcha can be removed. This means that you can run the machine every hour with a script, which will do this for you. You just need to be a bit of a handyman and install an automatic script on your browser, like this script.

The second feature is stacking, after holding $ 50, you earn an interest rate of 4% per year. But this stacking amount is deposited into your account every day. You will receive daily rewards. Go to the “Earn BTC” section to start generating 4% annual profit with bitcoins. This is a great fun feature since bitcoin cannot be used to create value natively. This savings product makes that possible.

The third feature is the “multiply” game, this game allows you to play to multiply your bitcoins. Be careful, this is about luck, and the odds are not in your favor. by default, you have a 48% chance of winning, and the settings you find on the internet can increase the winnings, but they can also make you lose a lot, which is why you must use this casino game with great care, and don’t forget to put stop losses (barriers so as not to lose too much). On the other hand, the higher your stake, the more you can gain advantages on other part of this site.

Then there are the reward points that accumulate over time, these points can be exchanged for bitcoin beyond $ 50, it is only a matter of time before you can benefit from this, it is a winning operation in the long term, like all investments.

Freebitco.in also allows you to participate in an affiliate program, and share earnings with its affiliates. This is why going through my link allows you to get benefits.

subscribe for the platform’s daily emails is also a good practice since you get additional earnings with opening emails.

There is also a daily lottery which can pay up to 0.5 bitcoins, this lottery is weighted, your rate of winning the jackpot depends on your tickets accumulated with the main roulette wheel. However there are small players who win big, like big players who also win, if you play every day, or if you install a script, your chance is improved.

In summary, faucets have a lot of tools to distribute cryptocurrency, using a maximum of tools allows you to accelerate the gain. You can increase the game level to earn more. On the other hand, we must limit the use of the casino which has a random part that we do not want in investment. Finally, I recommend the use of this faucet which costs nothing, and which can pay big.
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Chronicle of my 48 Hours Helping Asylum Seekers At The Border
By: Sandra Villarroel
Tags: Immigration Rights, Trump Administration, Trump, Immigrants, Immigration

Then a kid comes running to me and asks, how do I eat this, pointing at a tuna fish pouch.

He must’ve been only 12, his and everybody else’s demeanor is the saddest, the most discouraged I have ever seen, and he doesn’t make eye contact with me, but he is happy with the pouch of tuna.

How humble! Just a pouch of Tuna!

I realize this repeats itself a lot. Among the general crowd, there are more children than adults. The average must be 8 or 9 years old. For every 3 adults, there is an average of 7 children. All seem sick, lots of coughing is going around. They all seem sad, they are unresponsive. I wave at all of them, try to talk, but they don’t respond at all. None of them have toys or any children’s stuff.

the threat our administration is so afraid of. In this picture, he is coughing, a lot of the children are sick | pic by Sandrachile

I suddenly start getting mad, furious! It is obvious who the real victims are here, so I decide to walk away, but I remember that my backpack is still full of wet wipes to hand out.

I try to give them to women, mostly, and I make a point to make eye contact with each of them and to smile. It is obvious that everybody here is severely traumatized, they behave like lambs heading to the butcher.

handing out wet wipes | pic by Sandrachile

One guy comes to me and asks if I can give him my backpack, please, to carry stuff, he says… I tell him that If I give him my backpack today, I won’t be able to fill it with more stuff the next day, he smiles. It’s the first time somebody shows a smile to me.

Suddenly, Elisa yells PEDRO! PEDRO!. It’s the code word for let’s go.

I breathe deeply one last time. I want to inhale the musty smell because I don’t want to forget what I just witnessed: It is the smell of INJUSTICE.
Tulare Assembly Center: A Lesson From the Past
By: Nick Large
Tags: History, Japanese American, Trump Administration, Trump, Immigration

This piece is a part of what will be a larger series examining the similarities between the history and stories of Japanese American Incarceration, utilizing my work with the Fred T. Korematsu Institute, and modern events.

Aerial view of Tulare Assembly Center, California, c. 1942. Courtesy of Densho

Halfway between Fresno and Bakersfield, on the outskirts of the city of Tulare, lies the Tulare County Fair Grounds. A destination location for the annual County Fair, rodeos and an assortment of other community events, it is a place that now carries connotations of festivities. “Conveniently located off Highway 99 and within city limits with ample parking for large groups,” as the rental ad describes it, it is also a location with a dark past that is becoming increasingly relevant. Although, you wouldn’t know about this history from visiting the site itself, or the history page of the fair grounds, or the Tulare County Historical Society, or even the Tulare Historical Museum. Formally known as the “Tulare Assemble Center,” the location previously was one of 16 “Temporary Assembly Centers” that held incarcerated Japanese Americans during WWII before they were “evacuated” to larger concentration camps across the country.

Similar to “Temporary Influx Facilities” of today, like the Homestead in Florida, the Tulare Assembly Center was hastily built and included barracks that were previously used for housing livestock. Daytime temperatures in the Tulare barracks’ were typically between 95 and 109°F. The entirety of the camp was surrounded by a 6.5' barbed wire fence and an eventual total of eight watch towers with about 100 armed soldiers guarding the perimeter. Comparatively, migrant children at the Homestead facility are held inside a fenced campus next to Homestead Air Reserve Base.

John Burnett/NPR

People held at the Tulare Assembly Center came from Ventura County, Santa Barbara County, Los Angeles County (including Pasadena, Torrance, Gardena, and LA), Santa Maria, San Luis Obispo County, and Guadalupe. Bringing only what they could carry, about 4,800 Nikkei (another term for Japanese Americans or members of the Japanese diaspora) arrived by bus, train and car. In an interview with Densho Archives, Yosh Nakamura talks about the experience of arriving at the Tulare Assembly Center, recalling when one of the trains broke down shortly before arrival:
Trump Appointee Charged In Capitol Insurrection
Tags: Insurrection, Trump Administration, Politics, Capitol Riot, Election 2020

Klein In FBI Online Wanted Poster Prior To His Identification

Two days after his inauguration Donald Trump appointed Federico Klein to a State Department position for which Klein was granted Top Secret clearance. He served in that position until January 19, 2021, resigning the day before Biden’s inauguration. So on January 6th Klein was still in his Top Secret clearance job that Trump appointed him to.

Yesterday (Thursday, March 4th) Klein was arrested in connection with the Capitol Hill riot. The charges include assaulting police officers to include assaulting them with a police shield that he stole. The charging documents also state that there are multiple videos of this member of the Trump Administration “inciting the mob.”

For two weeks after he participated in an insurrection, and (per charging documents) violently assaulted police with a dangerous or deadly weapon, this guy remained in the Trump Administration, collecting his tax payer funded salary. Prior to Trump’s appointment of him to this position Klein was employed by the Trump Campaign.

Can you imagine if this were reversed? Suppose a Biden appointee with a top secret clearance was arrested in a BLM riot. Can you imagine what Republicans in Congress would be saying? Can you imagine what Hannity, Tucker, and Pirro on Fox would be saying?

Can you imagine what Trump would be saying?
Over here, you know, here, in Europe (hidden behind the soon Brand New British Empire, that will…
By: Chris Coolsma
Tags: Brexit, New York, Bagels, Satire, Trump Administration

Over here, you know, here, in Europe (hidden behind the soon Brand New British Empire, that will try to arise out of its ashes, only to fall dramatically back in a cloud of grey dust, ready to be bought by Donny the Dealogist for 10 bob, 6 shilling and three pence) we have a premonition of the successor of the present Ambassador of the USA in our country -a guy called Hoekstra, pronounced like Hook and bra, but with ‘str’ in the middle- after he has left us to become one more incompetent director in the Trump administration.

It is the Bagel Guy! Nobody in the universe will fit the job description of a representative of the Government of the US better than he (foul mouth, hates women, doesn’t know shit of whatever, is a media personality, lives in New York, is antisemite, will spoil any relationship with former friends and loves to threaten people without reason).

The Bagel Guy will be happy over here. Not only do we have women, we also have a lot of shops with Bagel in their name. He can just go on behaving like he did and add he is representative of Don the Dealer. Nobody will be surprised. The only fact he has to know: the Netherlands are not for sale.
Six reasons why David Bernhardt is not fit to be the next Interior Secretary
By: Western Priorities
Tags: Wildlife, Trump Administration, Environment, National Parks, Public Lands

According to an analysis by the Center for American Progress, David Bernhardt is the most conflicted of all of President Trump’s cabinet level nominees. Nearly three-quarters of Bernhardt’s 27 former clients listed on his recusals have actively lobbied the Interior Department since 2017. According to the Washington Post, Bernhardt has so many conflicts of interest that he carries a list of his former clients in his pocket.

Bernhardt’s calendars released to the public are overwhelmingly void of meaningful details, with hundreds of hours of “internal” and “external” meetings lacking descriptions of who he meets with. While Bernhardt and his staff have fought to keep his calendars secret, a number of undisclosed meetings have been with oil and gas industry representatives, including the American Petroleum Institute.

At a recent House Oversight Committee hearing, an Interior Department official was unable to confirm that the Acting Secretary’s calendars are not deleted or erased on a regular basis. In a letter responding to a request for Bernhardt’s calendars from House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raul Grijalva, Bernhardt denied that he keeps a calendar but said he has staff that create entries on a daily schedule for “the organization of daily appointments.”

Last week, Senator Tom Udall and Representative Betty McCollum wrote a letter to Interior’s Office of Inspector General calling for an investigation into the ethical irregularities of David Bernhardt and asking for a review whether the ethical policies that apply to Bernhardt are sufficient.

To prevent additional information from being released to the public, Bernhardt’s Interior Department proposed rules to limit Freedom of Information Act requests. A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including Senate Finance Chairman Chuck Grassley and House Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings, wrote a letter to Bernhardt saying the “proposed rule needlessly encroaches” on the public’s right to government information.

2. Even his home state has rejected his agenda

Bernhardt’s home state senator, Colorado’s Michael Bennet, has already announced he will not support Bernhardt’s nomination. Senator Bennet’s position on Bernhardt is in line with the sentiment of most Colorado voters. According to a Keating Research poll released by the Center for Western Priorities, when Colorado voters were asked what direction the Interior Department should move towards, 74 percent said Interior must do a better job striking a balance between preserving public lands and responsible energy development, 18 percent said what mattered most for the department was increased oil and gas development, and only 3 percent said having a Colorado native running the department was important.
You can’t argue with Trumpers, when they don’t know what is being discussed.
By: Brian Castellani
Tags: Trumpism, Trump Administration, Trump

You can’t argue with Trumpers, when they don’t know what is being discussed.

When people create excuses for other peoples bad behavior, when they justify the deaths of thousands and thousands of people in the name of ideology, then you have no choice but to get ready for the inexcusable and senseless suffering that will come. The actions taken by Trump and his administration will affect the poorest of people of this country for the next millennium.

If people refuse to acknowledge his contradictions, his poor excuses, but especially his overt and his blatantly obvious treason, then they are in denial.

Trump, Qanon, and his administration have created the perfect storm, and we are at a precipice (once again) to make the decision about who we are, as individuals.

It less about who voted for who, and more about what you are trying to communicate with your votes.

Trump awoke, irritated, enflamed tyranny, fascism, and non-compassion. We are watching people we know who have been lulled into submission through propaganda, violence, and a false pretense of liberty. Their own children are sacrificed on an alter that is named “The Dunning-Kruger Effect.”

The Dunning — Kruger effect is a hypothetical cognitive bias stating that people with low ability at a task overestimate their own ability, and that people with high ability at a task underestimate their own ability.

We need to give it a name and stop pretending.
Trade Deadline
By: Landon Hinote
Tags: Trade, Trump Administration, Xi Jinping, Trump, China

May 8, 2019 — MakeMine Minute | By Landon Hinote

On Friday, May 10 at 12:01 AM, the United States will place a 25% tariff on nearly all goods imported from China. US importers will be responsible for paying the 25% tax to the US government.

If US companies determine that the 25% tariff is too high, they may be faced with a decision to take their manufacturing operations elsewhere. Companies could look to South East Asia as an alternative. However, China represents a large share of global production capacity. South East Asia cannot be the solution for all product manufacturing. The reason being, these countries can only support a portion of China’s current production due to their limited factory and port infrastructure.

In the end, what China would pay for the tariffs going into effect on Friday is the potential for lost business and revenue. US companies and consumers will end up paying the 25% tax in the long run.

Bottom Line | There is still hope for an agreement to reverse the tariff in the coming weeks if the US and China fail to reach a deal by Friday. Either way, companies should contemplate a “China plus one” strategy. The goal is to have a secondary factory option outside of China as a backup plan if trade negotiations continue to sour.
The Real Witch Hunts
Tags: Special Prosecutor, DOJ, Trump Administration, William Barr, Corruption

The Trump Department of Justice was weaponized to pursue political enemies. They futilely pursued Andrew McCabe, presented his case to a grand jury, which to the humiliation of Trump DOJ refused to indict, a real black swan event.

The DOJ secretly acquired phone records of reporters from CNN, The Washington Post and New York Times. The DOJ placed CNN attorneys under gag orders to keep this from reaching the light of day. The seizure of a CNN reporters emails continued even after a judge told prosecutors their justifications were “speculative” and “unanchored in any facts.”

Now being revealed are direct attacks on Trump’s enemies in Congress, a coequal branch of government. The DOJ secretly acquired the emails of various members of Congress, the ones so far identified include Eric Swalwell and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff.

The email sweep extended to their staffs, and even to their families to include at least one minor child. Even after prosecutors recommended that the investigation be dropped Attorney General Barr overruled them and ordered it to continue.

What did all this secret prying into Trump’s media and political enemies and even their families and children produce? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Not a single indictment. Not a single conviction. Zilch. A fact which reduces any comparison to the Mueller investigation absolutely fatuous.

In my view a special prosecutor should be appointed to investigate Trump’s own possible involvement in prompting these pointless and illegitimate investigations. The special prosecutor should have the power to subpoena Trump, Former Attorney General Bill Barr, and any other DOJ officials involved.

Donald Trump’s threat to our democratic institutions was far reaching, and with eventually deadly consequences. No American, whether they be a reporter, a member of Congress, or a member of their family should feel that an American President can abusively turn the wheels of justice, on his whims, against them.
DHS Agents are Kidnapping Portlanders — Here’s How to Help
By: Vi La Bianca
Tags: BlackLivesMatter, Homeland Security, Portland, Trump Administration, Activism

Image courtesy of KATU.com

What’s Going On?

Since at least July 14th, 2020, unnamed and unidentified federal agents have been grabbing Portland Oregon citizens off the street and taking them to undisclosed locations in unmarked vehicles. This is an illegal and unconstitutional action, one which has been condemned by Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, Oregon Governor Kate Brown, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi. US

Attorney for the Oregon District Billy Williams has requested an investigation to be opened, and the ACLU is suing the Department of Homeland Security for constitutional violation.

Why Is This So Important?

This is important for multiple reasons. First, it is a violation of our constitutional rights. Second, it sets an extremely dangerous precedent in which DHS is militarized against American citizens. Third, because these illegal actors are not using any identifying information, it is impossible to tell who is truly a federal agent and who is a reactionary counter-protester who is looking to kidnap or harm those they disagree with. If we let this slide in Portland, it will be implemented everywhere, including your city.

What Can We Do About It?

While our representatives are doing what they can to protect our fellow citizens, we can do something too. We have it on good authority that these illegal actors are currently staying at the Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront property. If we can disrupt their housing, we can help to disrupt the illegal kidnapping of Portlanders off the streets. Follow these 5

steps to make a difference!

This PDF is being circulated on Facebook and Twitter with the hashtag #BoycottMarriott. Read through and do the same! For more information, contact boycottmarriott@gmail.com.
Today’s MOZEN: Let’s Golf!
By: Frank Lobuono
Tags: Trump Administration, Golf

F LoBuono

Sometimes, when times are tough, like they are now, the only things we can truly count on our families, good friends, and our strength of character. However, we can’t always totally depend on family and friends — they often have their own issues to deal with.

So, when we find ourselves truly alone, we must rely on our strength of character, i.e. the moral compass that guides us to do the right things for the right reasons. We achieve this through the teachings of those we respect and admire (like our parents) and our applied experience through years of trial and error to make decisions based on a desire to provide for the common good, not only for our selves and our loved ones, but for the world at large, too.

With that in mind, I would like to point out that our President, Donald J. Trump is, as of this posting (7/18/2020), golfing at his private resort in Virginia. And, yet:

- Nearly 140,000 American deaths have been attributed to the COVID-19 Pandemic and there has been no empathy from the President towards the dead or a true plan for the Nation’s recovery. He has not even attended a briefing on the subject in weeks.

- Our city streets our exploding in violence as the rift between communities and the police has reached the breaking point.

- Unannounced and unidentified Federal Law Enforcement agents in unmarked cars, as allegedly instructed by the President, are arresting and detaining American citizens in Portland, Oregon without warning or probable cause.

- Rep. John Lewis, a truly great American and Civil Rights icon, passed away on Friday. And, still, their has been no statement of grief or solidarity from Trump’s White House.

But, the President’s golf game is NOT to be impeded!!!

Folks, I may not be the brightest bulb in the chandelier but I do believe I know what makes for true Strength of Character. AND, DONALD J. TRUMP POSSESSES NONE OF THOSE ATTRIBUTES.

What a sad, petty, vindictive, pathetic glob of a man. It is SO far beyond politics and has been from the beginning of his Administration. This is not about being right — it’s about doing right. And, the right thing to do is to VOTE THIS BUM OUT by an overwhelming margin in November. By doing so, you will have demonstrated your very own Strength of Character.

That is all . . .
Trump denies police violence is a systemic issue
By: The Juice Factor
Tags: Racism, Trump Administration, Trump, Police Brutality, Police

Photo by Charles Deluvio on Unsplash

This week, a round table discussion event was held in Kenosha, Wisconsin. It was, well awkward to say the least. President Donald Trump interjected when two Black pastors were asked whether police violence is a systemic issue.

The pastors were James Ward and Sharon Ward, the pastors for the mother of last week’s victim Jacob Blake. Blake was shot seven times in the back as he was walking away calmly from a Kenosha police officer. Protests in Kenosha have since erupted as footage of the incident went viral.

And this is where it gets cringe worthy. The pastors were asked whether like other community leaders they thought that police violence was a systemic issue when suddenly they were interrupted by President Trump.

“I don’t believe that. I think the police do an incredible job and I think you do have some bad apples.”

And he didn’t make things any better with his follow up comment, adding that,

“You do have the other situation, too, where they’re under tremendous pressure and they don’t handle it well. They call it choking and it happens.”

He also suggested that his interactions with police were a basis for police violence not being an issue at all.

“No, but I don’t believe that at all,” he said “I’ve met so many police. I have the endorsement of like, so many, maybe everybody.”

So why the interruption? Media are reporting as though it isn’t clear if the President understood whether it was directed towards him or towards the pastors trying to heal the Blake family.

Earlier in the conference the pastors told Trump they wanted to work towards unity and policing reform.The pastors tried to keep a positive narrative.

“We believe that we can help to listen with empathy and compassion to the real pain that hurts Black Americans, but we want to be of service to you and to our nation to do whatever we can to bring true healing, true peace and to really seek God’s very best in our nation,” James Ward told Trump after offering a prayer.

When Trump was actually asked whether he thinks systemic racism is a concern and that not all protests are violent, he kept the same narrative. Heavily implying that Black folks are scary murderers.

Trump responded, “Well, you know you just keep getting back to the opposite subject. We should talk about the kind of violence we’ve seen in Portland and here and other places.”

The final blow was truly devastating. He added,
Let this be the last execution. Ever.
By: Susan Turnbull
Tags: Criminal Justice, Anti Death Penalty, Trump Administration

In the fall of 1998 I served on a Federal Grand Jury at the U.S. Courthouse in Greenbelt, Maryland. I would drive up every other Monday for over three months and during that time a very serious case was presented to us. While I have been called for jury service multiple times, this was the only time I was called to a courtroom for service.

Early this morning one of the young men indicted by that grand jury in 1998 was executed in Terre Haute, Indiana because Donald Trump is a horrible destructive bigoted human being.

I am in shock. Not that Donald Trump is a monster — we already know that. I am in shock because today’s action and the others leading up to this execution and a despicable string of others, have been an indication of the unequal justice in our country. This time because of the misguided actions of Donald Trump and his political henchmen, another Black man is dead.

Since writing an editorial for a Civics class in ninth grade, I have opposed the death penalty but unlike some other issues, it was not one for which I have been a strong advocate. I have throughout my life been worried about the one person that was wrongly accused and convicted. You can’t take a life back once it is gone. My faith tradition has taught me the value of every life.

Today was not a story of a mistaken identity. Dustin Higgs was definitely there. His altercation with the victim was clear. He was one of the people responsible for the deaths of three women. There was never any confusion about those facts. Yet, he did not pull the trigger. He did not personally shoot the gun that killed the women. He sat in the van as it was happening. There was no confusion about that either. An accomplice’s version of the sequence of the events was not in question.

I did not sit on the jury that eventually convicted him and two others for the heinous crime. Over the last 22 years, I actually have rarely thought about the crisp morning when we were advised by the Judge and Assistant U.S. Attorney to immediately leave the courtroom because the indictments once unsealed would be announced in a press conference later that morning. I remember the satellite trucks lining up outside as I walked briskly to my car. I remember how deeply disturbing the whole case had been.

I didn’t follow the defendants through the many twists and turns of their cases after they were found guilty and incarcerated.

I never expected to read on another brisk morning that one had been executed overnight.

I am horrified. Our criminal justice system is unequal and has been biased for generations and Donald Trump has lit yet one more flame this week. I am here to say loud and clear — the death penalty should be abolished. It is time.
Add a Count of Ineptness
By: Terry Schwadron
Tags: Promises, Trump Administration, States, Vaccine, Coronavirus

Terry H. Schwadron

Jan. 16, 2021

As if the impeachment document needed a second charge, here came the report in The Washington Post yesterday that even as Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced this week that the federal government would release COVID vaccines held in reserve, no such reserve existed.

That’s right. The Trump administration move to suddenly speed delivery of vaccines was based on a lie: They didn’t have any more in stock. HHS already had been shipping out what was available at the end of December, taking second doses directly off the manufacturing line.

That means that state officials who were counting on doubling the available vaccines health are confronting the fact that there’s no more in the delivery pipeline than what’s still being produced. The states had announced broader inoculation sites based on the promised delivery — adding a healthy dose of confusion to a much larger number of seniors, high-risk patients, first responders and teachers.

So, naturally, Azar blamed the states for not understanding what he had said, for not moving faster and generally for making him look like an idiot, Why did he make an announcement of sending more if he didn’t have it? Then again, Azar offered a letter to resignation to Trump yesterday — without resigning until the inauguration, using a letter that tried to distance himself from Trump without directly saying so.

It also is a setback for Joe Biden, who was busy trying to announce his renewed push campaign for 100 million doses in 100 days. He’s moving ahead towards opening federally underwritten mobile clinics putting federal employees in the field to offer injections, but the reality he faces is there is less vaccine immediately available than he had thought.

Cue the obstinance of Donald Trump in forestalling cooperation with the incoming group.

The amount supposedly held in reserve was for second-dose shots. Concern about rising numbers forced HHS to reconsider, and to announce release of the reserve. The sole saving grace here is that supply of vaccines is ramping up, and with arrival of a more aggressive Biden administration team, will continue to do so.

Nevertheless, in ites closing days, Trump’s HHS lied in a time of pandemic, and rather than calming the pandemic waters, is roiling them.

In the world I live in, that is a near-criminal offense, but certainly an impeachable one. In addition to everything else, Donald Trump should face a choice of being as the outgoing head of a government is inept or unwilling to do its job.

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www.terryschwadron.wordpress.com
This actually a good definition of a fascist dictator.
By: Bren Kelly
Tags: Trumpism, Trump Administration, Casino

This actually a good definition of a fascist dictator. It’s not name calling. True, a better term could be narcissistic psychopath. That term moves the needle towards a better clinical definition of the grandiose delusions he has always had. I just don’t like term ignorant, though bully is a good description and every good authoritian leader certainly bullies everyone as their main MO. He’s not completely ignorant though, he just doesn’t care. He knows people can be bet to his will and had been successful at it all his life. How else to explain Deutsche Bank writing of one hundred million dollars Trump owed them from the Chicago building? He tried to open a third casino in Atlantic City when one would have been fine (two was already beyond a financial stress test and both were poorly run into the ground). He decided and opened a casino-like building in Las Vegas a decade or so later after that massive Atlantic City failure. How? How? Did other financiers learn their lesson? No. The GOP is like those financiers who funded him in Vegas after he destroyed previous casinos and buildings.
Immigration
By: Gabrielle Woods
Tags: Work Visa, Immigration, Trump Administration

Work Visas in America

The Cato Institute is an American, libertarian research organization. It was founded in 1974 by Charles Koch, one of the wealthiest people in the world. According to the institute, work visas have become harder to obtain in the United States.

In 2018, the denial rate for different kinds of immigration benefits (travel documents, work permits, green cards, worker petitions, etc.) increased 37 percent since Fiscal Year (FY) 2016. Numbers show that this is due to new policies since the beginning of Donald Trump’s presidency.

Immigrants who are granted work visas sometimes seek help on learning and/or limiting their accent. Due to a decrease in applications acceptance, enrollment in programs have declined.

Mark Selent, a speech pathologist and former owner of the Accent Training Center in Beachwood, designed his business to help immigrants become more comfortable with their speech. Selent developed a 13–16 session program to help people improve their English pronunciation. Selent says he’s had both dedicated and non-dedicated students.

Mark Selent

“Much like learning a musical instrument, improving an accent takes work. Something that most people admit but few actually commit to. I’ve had some students go through the course and have tremendous results. Others say I need to keep working on it.” Selent says.

His business catered to a range of people, but most of his clients were doctors, lawyers, engineers, IT professionals, programmers, and businessmen and women.

It’s three years into Donald Trump’s presidency and Mark isn’t actively running any programs. The primary reason his business closed was lack of enrollment.

“People were on visas for 10+ years so it made sense for them to invest in their stay. Now, if they think they may go home within two or three years, it just doesn’t make sense to them. They’ll tough it out, make their money, and leave. Consumer shy away from meeting at places like a library, especially for a relatively expensive program.” said Selent.

The Cato Institute says applications denial rate increased from 8.3 percent to 11.3 percent between FY 2016 to 2018.

The Cato Institute- “These statistics exclude citizenship applications and include all other immigration forms except for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and Temporary Protective Status programs.”
So you are just going to give up on voting and allow the millions of Trump supporters cast their…
Tags: Trump Administration, Trump, Soapbox, Be Informed, Biden 2020

So you are just going to give up on voting and allow the millions of Trump supporters cast their votes and’s possibly win?

Why?

If you, and the people you are trying to convince to do the same, do this… Then this might be the consequence.. Trump wins another election, and we keep drowning, the 99% of us.

Bcause the other party (Democrats), have a higher amount of people who are highly disadvantaged, disenfranchised, and generational immigrants… And they, possibly, majority of them, won’t get to vote at all. So who gets the upper hand here?

Let’s be real, with the way things are going, with this current administration, USPS will run out of funding, so goodbye to mail in ballots option, since Trump and his cabinet are systematically trying to shut it down and possibly give it over to his billionaire supporters (e.g. Bezos from Amazon, UPS, DHS, etc.).

Also, possibly suppressing voting poles in certain disadvantaged, less populated rural, diverse areas, like it happens almost every election year a Republican is in office, or when it’s an exit year for a previous two term president, and the Republicans are gerrymandering the heck out of it months ahead, to basically screws the registered voting Democrats, out of their vote, and put themselves ahead!

Don’t believe everything big conglomerate corporate news outlets say, do some due diligence and research independent news publishers, since they aren’t being told what to report by some corporation and billionaire white person running it all.

I’m sorry, I’m usually nice, but this level of shortsightedness, just takes the cake!

Until a more worthy candidate comes along, the lesser evil of the two, is the better choice.

By the way, news flash, you are white, you don’t have the same experiences, as the people you claim are around you, so until you walk in their shoes, you’ll never truly know.

Keep that sort of shortsighted drizzle to yourself, and at least take the opportunities you have and use them for the betterment of all, not just your precious EGO!

-HKB

(Mother, teacher, avid reader of everything, and occasional writer - who are you?)
Forgot THE watershed year of 1980.
By: Sean Christopher
Tags: America, Trump Administration, 2016 Election, Social Change, Economy

Forgot THE watershed year of 1980. American political economy changed forever. Reaganism begat neoliberalism begat financialization and globalization, which ate unions and labor rights, and saw before god that it was good, and begat the 0.1%.

Boomers were once groovy Woodstock generation and are now the investor generation. They used to want to drop acid, now they want to drop capital gains taxes.

It’s like that old TV show with Michael J. Fox, Family Ties, but where the parents do a Mr Spock-type mindmeld with their yuppy investor son and turn into Reagan Democrats: cool ex-hippies with a taste for Italian stuff and Third World ROI.

Thanks to the booming economy and relatively widespread prosperity they grew up in, Boomers got good free public education and then went to college on the cheap, where they could dance, love, smoke and protest for peanuts, compared to today. They grew up with a political economy still resounding from the New Deal and which Eisenhower (no raving Socialist) demanded have unions and organized labor as the life blood of Capitalism and vital to democracy itself. They probably sneered at unions as almost “anachronistic”, and definitely uncool, despite knowing deep down that the prosperity they enjoyed was made possible by bipartisan political economy fuelled by union wages, job security, investment in a more hopeful future, higher tax revenue for public investment, stronger local economies, and so on.

Despite their privileged world, and worldview (yes I’m generalizing in a colorless way), they’ve since gone hippy-rogue Republican. Their political consciousness today would make them solid centrist Republicans back in Eisenhower’s day, their formative years. I know far too many Boomers, my parents’ generation, who today are, politically, at best Reagan Democrats: they can talk the talk on “progressive politics”, probably voted for Obama (Who’d’ve ever thought a BLACK man could be President?!), but with an eye to their pensions, and those travels through Italy and afar, the walk they’re walking is towards a President who offers lower taxes and higher investment returns. A brotherhood of man be damned.