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HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
courtesy of the Trumop adminstraton yes/no
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A US transgender activist is stuck in Sweden. The UN wants to investigate.

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A US transgender activist is stuck in Sweden. The UN wants to investigate.
The UN has been able to investigate human rights complaints within the US, but the Trump administration has rejected international oversight.

A US transgender activist is stuck in Sweden. The UN wants to investigate.
 
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From 'pariah' to 'demigod,' transgender leader a star at massive Indian festival

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Transgender reality star Laxmi Narayan Tripathi is helping revive India's "third gender." Her religious movement has made strides in the Kumbh Mela, a huge religious festival on the banks of the Ganges river, but Tripathi has also been accused of fuelling "the right-wing politics of communal hatred."

From 'pariah' to 'demigod,' transgender leader a star at massive Indian festival

and
they have every right to play there role out in life
if it be a successful politician, they should not be restricted by hateful/filled white male politcians
- i said

Indian transgender politician Apsara Reddy: 'I want to be looked upon as an equal' | DW | 21.01.2019

Georgina Beyer - Wikipedia

Georgina Beyer - Wikipedia
Georgina Beyer (born November 1957) is a New Zealand politician and former Labour Party Member of Parliament. She was the world's first openly transgender mayor, as well as the world's first openly transgender Member of Parliament. She is also among a very small number of former sex workers to hold political office.
Political party‎: ‎Mana Movement‎ (2014–)
Other political affiliations‎: ‎Labour‎ (1999–2007)

Georgina Beyer - Wikipedia
 
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knew that would be its bggest concern MONEY
as if every c4ent belonged to the idiot
spend billions to kill people tho


Supreme Court revives Trump's ban on transgender troops

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  • The Supreme Court ruled in favor of President Trump’s ban on transgender troops, putting several lower-court injunctions on the ban on hold as the case works through appeals. The ban won’t take effect immediately, because one other injunction against the ban remains in place for now. [Vox / German Lopez]
  • The Court only ruled on the injunctions, which are preventing the ban from going into effect — not the constitutionality of the ban itself. [Vox / German Lopez]
  • Trump first tweeted his intent to ban transgender service members in 2017, one year after the Pentagon decided that allowing transgender service members to enlist wouldn’t have negative effects on military operations. [Slate / Mark Joseph Stern]
  • Trump ordered then-Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis to develop the ban. Mattis’s policy rejects individuals who identify as a different gender than they were assigned at birth or anyone seeking coverage for gender-affirming surgery. Federal district courts immediately rejected this policy. [Washington Post / Robert Barnes and Dan Lamothe]
  • Supporters of the ban claim it isn’t discriminatory because the policy avoids directly referring to transgender people. It merely states all service members must serve “in their biological sex.” [Slate / Mark Joseph Stern]
  • The ban also allows openly transgender members of the military to continue serving. A RAND Corporation survey found that up to 10,000 transgender individuals are currently serving in the armed forces, although not all are open about their identity. [Smithsonian Magazine / Jennie Rothenberg Gritz]
  • The Supreme Court’s ruling interrupted a trend of federal district courts issuing injunctions on national decisions. So far, federal district courts in states like California and Washington have placed injunctions on 25 national rulings. [NYT / Adam Liptak]
  • Trump says his biggest concern is the military paying for transition surgery and hormone treatment, which could reportedly cost $2 million to $8 million a year — a minuscule fraction of the massive Department of Defense budget. [Smithsonian Magazine / Jennie Rothenberg Gritz]
 
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straght into it
no concessions from the animal
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BREAKING NEWS
President Trump told Speaker Nancy Pelosi he planned to deliver his State of the Union address in Congress, despite her warning over security.
Wednesday, January 23, 2019 12:39 PM EST
Ms. Pelosi had invited Mr. Trump to deliver the speech in a letter on Jan. 3. But on Jan. 16, she warned that there were security concerns about the president coming to Capitol Hill because of the partial government shutdown, which began about a month ago.

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criminal
in this age,that supposed democracy
more like dctatorship
bitch and moan re China/Russia illtreating there citizens huh
hypocritcal devls your chosen authoritarians
personally genuinely sorry for those affeceted
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itsthose working for that gtovt geesus

Federal workers face painful choices as they scramble to pay rent, bills


On Friday many of the 800,000 government workers impacted by the shutdown will almost certainly miss their second paycheck in a month. A week later, they’ll face rent, mortgage payments, and other bills, which for many add up to thousands of dollars.

The average federal worker makes $85,600 annually, according to theWashington Post, but 111,000 affected workers make less than $50,000. And, as we know, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.

Now many federal workers face a slew of bad options to try to make their rent or mortgage payments: wiping out hard-earned savings, taking out loans or dipping into lines of credit, skipping other bills, and ultimately potentially damaging their credit scores. Here’s what workers told VICE News about the choices they’re making:

  • Kimberlin Allums, a 37-year-old tax examiner for the IRS, didn’t pay her $610 rent in Kansas City last month because “With the one check that we did get before Christmas — and it wasn’t a full check — we’ve been trying to stretch it.” She was handed a notice shortly after that if she didn’t pay, she would be evicted. Now, she’s facing another first of the month without rent money. “I have a daughter. I can’t not feed my child,” she said.

  • Sam Baldasano, 38, an air traffic controller in Knoxville, Tennessee, knows his job has zero margin for error. But lately, he’s been distracted at work, thinking about how to pay his mortgage and the medical bills from his 5-month-old’s surgery. “Those are the things that I’m thinking about when I’m sitting in front of a radar scope, controlling thousands of lives throughout the sky,” he said.

  • Spencer Monheim, a 27-year-old engineer for NASA who lives in the Bay Area, drained his savings in a move shortly before the shutdown began. He and his wife got through January by eating rice, beans, and ramen in their barren apartment. But facing next month’s bills, he liquidated his retirement account. Now he’ll be able to make it through another month, but he’s worried about other workers without that option. “I’m concerned that on Feb. 1 — what’s going to happen to these people?”
Read more: “I can't not feed my child:" Unpaid Federal workers face painful choices as rent bills loom.

Are you being affected by the government shutdown?
Let us know. Call us at 1-888-317-VICE and press 1 to leave us a message, or email us at vicenewstips@vice.com.

– Emma Ockerman
 
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hope the buggers sort it out QUICKLY
you either can or cant
legally end up in fortt maybe
what another farce,pathetic childish behaviour
no cooperation/decency
what a carry on
in the meantime many innocents suffer
treating people/there own, like animals
just like how they treat people in the Middle east or wars everywhere

BREAKING NEWS
Nancy Pelosi fired back at President Trump, saying he could not deliver the State of the Union address in Congress during the shutdown.
Wednesday, January 23, 2019 3:08 PM EST
The tit-for-tat between President Trump and Speaker Nancy Pelosi over the State of the Union address escalated sharply on Wednesday, with Mr. Trump telling Ms. Pelosi he would deliver the speech in the Capitol on Tuesday as originally scheduled, and Ms. Pelosi firing back that he was not welcome unless the government was fully open.
 
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dont worry about the citizens
i promised to make the country great again huh
significant number of people
those with less money no doubt


Under Trump, the number of uninsured Americans has gone up by 7 million
Even in a strong economy, Americans are losing their health coverage.


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Under Trump, the number of uninsured Americans has gone up by 7 million
 
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boot the mapping sequence


President Trump is looking for a State of the Union venue. Democrats are drafting a border security plan. This is Day 33 of the shutdown.
Wednesday, January 23, 2019 8:34 PM EST
Mr. Trump said Wednesday that he would look for another location for his State of the Union address after Speaker Nancy Pelosi told the president that he was not welcome to deliver the speech in the House chamber while the government is partly closed.

Meanwhile, House Democratic leaders said they were prepared to give Mr. Trump a substantial sum of money for border security — perhaps even the $5.7 billion he has requested — but not for a wall and not until he agreed to reopen the government. That figure is roughly double what Democrats had previously approved.

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criminal
in this age,that supposed democracy
more like dctatorship
bitch and moan re China/Russia illtreating there citizens huh
hypocritcal devls your chosen authoritarians
personally genuinely sorry for those affeceted
and
itsthose working for that gtovt geesus

If that ain't the damned truth, I don't know what is.

Yes I will work the shit out of you every day for free and there isn't a damned thing you can do about it because I am King for a day.
 

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no longer the ability to carry on
a truth maybe



The Dangers of Romanticizing Regime Change by Jerrod A. Laber

Lindsey A. O’Rourke's book looks at the destructive outcome of regime change gone wrong. Read it here.

Left Behind: How Privatization Disenfranchises the Poor and Endangers Democracies by Joergen Oerstroem Moeller

Public services are dividing countries instead of uniting them. Read it here.

Get Ready for North Korea's Next Summit Showdown by Doug Bandow

No one in Washington other than the president appears to believe there is much chance that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea intends to disarm, but the show must go on. Read it here.
 
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i will rave/shit talk,interfere comment on anything USA because your countres idiocy msakes it so,laughable enjoyable

Honestly I don't think you need to put much effort into it these days. It's sort of like picking on the simple minded kid (who unfortunately in this case is being led by a loud mouth obnoxious ass that likes to stir shit and can't fight his way out of a wet paper bag or tell the same lie twice)
 

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welcome back 3am NZT 6in ha

smile
no interest/lost any/all trust in humanity 6in
esp those wdo have supposedly earnt/acting on our authority
have that right to feel that way
good night smile 2

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boot the mapping sequence


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I think you may be Doctor Evil in real life...but lets go with it
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Public services are dividing countries instead of uniting them. Read it here.

Get Ready for North Korea's Next Summit Showdown by Doug Bandow

No one in Washington other than the president appears to believe there is much chance that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea intends to disarm, but the show must go on. Read it here.

Any chance of the Donal achieving any of his goals went out the window when he alienated China and continues to play tough guy-love interest with Putin.

Kim can do whatever he feels like right now. Moon will have to acquiesce and the Donald can do nothing accept hope the North and South make him look good, so domestically he will look like he achieved something