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‘The brand is so toxic’: DEMOCRATS fear extinction in rural US

DEMOCRATS here in rural Pennsylvania are afraid to tell you they’re DEMOCRATS.

The party’s brand is so toxic in the small towns 100 miles northeast of Pittsburgh that some DEMOCRATS have removed bumper stickers and yard signs and refuse to acknowledge their party affiliation publicly.

These DEMOCRATS are used to being outnumbered by the local Republican majority, but as their numbers continue to dwindle, the few that remain are feeling increasingly isolated and unwelcome in their own communities.

“The hatred for DEMOCRATS is just unbelievable,” said Tim Holohan, an accountant who recently encouraged his daughter to get rid of a pro-Biden bumper sticker. “I feel like we’re on the run.”

The climate across rural Pennsylvania is symptomatic of a larger political problem threatening the DEMOCRAT Party ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.

Beyond losing votes in virtually every election since 2008, DEMOCRATS have been effectively ostracized from many parts of rural America, leaving party leaders with few options...


Discuss.



https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-elections-pennsylvania-lifestyle-election-2020-fc79679ef54d850c0245f96dac37456c
 
I wish both the Democrats and the Republican parties would cease to exist.

Both are staggeringly pathetic, corrupt and far worse than useless.


Now back to your regularly scheduled debate.
 
I don't see how anyone with a right mind could be a registered Democrat, never mind vote for one.
 
Chris Cuomo a 'despised figure' within CNN

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DESPISED, LOATHED​




Details @ link: https://www.foxnews.com/media/chris-cuomo-despised-figure-cnn-fallout
 
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An ongoing federal investigation into an alleged fraud scheme at a Chicago elementary school has resulted in charges against two new defendants.

An eleven-count superseding indictment unsealed today in U.S. District Court in Chicago alleges that SARAH JACKSON ABEDELAL carried out a fraud scheme while serving as Principal of Brennemann Elementary School on the North Side of Chicago. The first aspect of the scheme involved overtime fraud, for which Abedelal was initially charged last year. The superseding indictment adds a second aspect to the alleged scheme – procurement fraud – and charges two new defendants: former Brennemann Assistant Principal JENNIFER MCBRIDE, also known as “Jennifer Ellen,” and former Brennemann Business Manager WILLIAM JACKSON. McBride allegedly participated in the overtime aspect of the fraud scheme, while Jackson allegedly participated in both the overtime and procurement aspects.

According to the superseding indictment, the procurement aspect of the fraud scheme was carried out by Abedelal, Jackson, and a sales representative for a company that sold goods to Chicago Public Schools. The trio allegedly submitted or caused to be submitted to CPS false purchase orders and invoices totaling more than $45,000, ostensibly for office and school supplies. In reality, they knew that the false orders and invoices were actually meant to conceal the receipt of iPhones, iPads, and approximately $30,000 in gift cards intended for the personal use of Abedelal, the indictment alleges.

The overtime aspect of the fraud scheme was allegedly carried out by Abedelal and McBride, with assistance from Jackson, two other former employees at the school, and others. The charges allege that Abedelal authorized unearned overtime pay for certain employees and directed them to deliver the proceeds to Abedelal or McBride in the form of cash or gift cards. Abedelal told the employees that the money would be used to fund legitimate school expenses, when, in fact, Abedelal intended to convert the money to her own personal use, the indictment alleges. Abedelal, McBride, Jackson, and others prepared or caused to be prepared fraudulent overtime sheets to conceal the scheme, the indictment states.


Department of Justice
Office of the U.S. Attorney
Northern District of Illinois

Source: Justice.gov


http://crweworld.com/il/trendingnow/news/2291890/two-more-defendants-added-to-federal-indictment-alleging-fraud-scheme-at-chicago-elementary-school
 
Amazon boots Black Lives Matter off AmazonSmile as scrutiny intensifies

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Amazon kicked Black Lives Matter off its charity platform AmazonSmile as the social justice organization faces intense scrutiny from multiple states over the status of its financial windfall from 2020.

The move deprives BLM of a major revenue source that has provided $306 million to U.S. charities and comes less than two years after Amazon itself donated $10 million to BLM and 11 other 'social justice group's amid the nationwide unrest spurred by George Floyd's drug overdose.




https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/amazon-boots-black-lives-matter-off-amazonsmile-as-scrutiny-intensifies
 
DEM: Bungling Biden Keeps Blaming the Supply Chain for Inflation. That’s Dishonest.

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In an interview with Lester Holt of NBC last week, bungling Biden hewed closely to his talking points on inflation, which over the past 12 months has risen at its fastest rate in 40 years.

“The reason for the inflation is the supply chains were cut off,” he insisted, as he has done several times before.

Well, no.

That’s both simplistic and misleading.

For starters, the supply chains have not been “cut off,” just stretched.

And supply issues are by no means the root cause of our inflation.

Blaming inflation on supply lines is like complaining about your sweater keeping you too warm after you’ve added several logs to the fireplace.

The bulk of our supply problems are the product of an overstimulated economy, not the cause of it.

Sure, there have been some Covid-related challenges, such as health-related worker shortages in factories and among transportation workers.

But most of our supply problems have been homegrown.












Mr. Rattner served in the Obama administration.


https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/17/opinion/inflation-supply-chain.html
 
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