Chris Findley stood on Independence Avenue in Washington, D.C., looking like a superhero in a rainbow cape, rainbow fishnet gloves and an image of a heart with echocardiogram shaved into the side of her head.She held an old Hillary Clinton campaign sign, with the losing presidential candidate's "H" logo on a rainbow background. On the sign, she had taken a marker and written "Never Forget Pulse."A passer-by saw her and called out "Orlando United!"She high-fived him.Findley was one of 40 women and three men who boarded a bus Friday afternoon near Florida Hospital bound for Washington to join about a half million people in the Women's March on Washington on Saturday. Some wore so-called pussyhats — theirs were yellow, for the Sunshine State — and they had swaths of fabric to wear as scarves or wave around — orange, for Orange County.Marchers did not have just one issue they were pushing, but an array of concerns: Everything from health care access and reproductive … [Read more...] about Central Floridians join Women’s March on Washington
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White House Legislative Affairs Director: Washington Post ‘Biased’
President Donald Trump’s criticism of The Washington Post is because The Post is biased, White House legislative affairs director Marc Short said Thursday. "I think The Washington Post certainly has an agenda, and they’ve been pretty biased in pursuing that agenda for quite some time, so I think he’s making a very obvious case that he’s not going to get a fair deal from The Washington Post in coverage," Short said in an interview with Stuart Varney on Fox Business. Trump slammed The Post in a tweet Thursday, calling a headline "phony" and "typically bad reporting." The president has taken multiple swings at The Post, which is owned by Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, which also has been a target of Trump’s. The president is bashing Amazon because he dislikes The Post, said Jill Abramson, the former New York Times executive editor. … [Read more...] about White House Legislative Affairs Director: Washington Post ‘Biased’
Pete Orput to seek re-election as Washington County Attorney
Peter Orput announced this week he will run for re-election as Washington County Attorney, a post he has held for eight years. After Doug Johnson announced his retirement in 2010, Orput ran for the office and won 69 percent of the vote to Kevin Shoeberg’s 39 percent. He was re-elected without opposition in 2014. Last fall, Orput was one of several Minnesota county attorneys who announced plans to sue opioid manufacturers for their marketing and distribution of narcotics. He also has made combatting sex trafficking a priority. “I am running for re-election … because I feel strongly that protecting and enhancing the quality of life we have come to enjoy in the communities of Washington County matters,” Orput said in a news release. He said he wants to continue to form partnerships to address public safety and cited among his accomplishments a veterans court, an anti-truancy program, elder-abuse prosecution, prosecution of violent career offenders and … [Read more...] about Pete Orput to seek re-election as Washington County Attorney
People can change, Washington Supreme Court says regarding bar applicant with felony convictions
Home Daily News People can change, Washington Supreme Court… BAR EXAM By Stephanie Francis Ward Posted April 6, 2018, 2:02 pm CDT In explaining a ruling that allowed a law school graduate and Skadden Fellow with a criminal past and in recovery for substance abuse to sit for the state bar, the Washington Supreme Court wrote that “one’s past does not dictate one’s future.” Tarra Simmons, a magna cum laude graduate of the Seattle University School of Law in 2017, took the bar exam in February and will get the results April 13, the Seattle Times reports. “Before Simmons was sent to prison in 2011, she lacked the insight to realize she was addicted to her controlled prescription medications and she did not meaningfully engage in any treatment for her childhood trauma and lifelong substance abuse issues,” Justice Mary Yu wrote in Thursday’s opinion. “However, upon Simmons’ incarceration, she not only engaged in treatment but … [Read more...] about People can change, Washington Supreme Court says regarding bar applicant with felony convictions
White House Trade Adviser: The Washington Post Is ‘Fake News Most Of The Time’
POLITICS 04/08/2018 12:27 pm ET Peter Navarro echoed Trump's tweet claiming that the major newspaper is "more fiction than fact." By Laura Bassett White House trade adviser Peter Navarro escalated President Donald Trump’s attacks on the news media Sunday morning, characterizing The Washington Post as “fake news most of the time.” Speaking with host Chuck Todd on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Navarro brushed off a Washington Post post story from Saturday that described turmoil in the White House. He specifically denied the newspaper’s report that White House chief of staff John Kelly is threatening to resign. “Every day of his adult life,” Navarro said, “John Kelly’s gotten up in the morning to serve America. He’s a great man, a courageous man –– he serves the president, he has the president’s ear, he runs the West Wing well. That’s all I know, that’s all I … [Read more...] about White House Trade Adviser: The Washington Post Is ‘Fake News Most Of The Time’
