A mashup of images, videos, and other information you may find entertaining or useful --Marge
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| Gary Varvel, The Week |
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| Tom Stiglich, The Week |
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| Nate Beeler, The Week |
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| Gary Varvel, The Week |
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| Steve Benson, The Week |
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| David Horsey, The Week |
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| Bill Day, The Week |
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| Tom Toles, The Week |
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| Nate Beeler, The Week |
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| Chan Lowe, The Week |
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| Drew Sheneman, The Week |
On Tuesday, United appeared to acknowledge that this was not technically an overbooked flight. And the reason for that equivocation is also clear. The four airline employees who needed the seats, presented themselves to the gate agent after the flight was boarded. Further, they were not fare-paying passengers, therefore not "booked."
Some argue this parsing of words is irrelevant and that the airline's contract of carriage is meant to be applied more broadly. Not true. Airlines are required to present bumped passengers with the written document explaining their rights. I would not bet on the success of a legal argument that begins, "what the document intended to express."So much for legalities, here are some cartoonists' takes on the incident.
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| Nate Beeler, The Week |
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| Drew Sheneman, The Week |
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| Jack Ohman, The Week |
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| Gary Varvel, The Week |
Congressional Review Act (CRA) that allows Congress and the president to overturn recently passed agency regulations. A successful CRA bill also prevents the agency from implementing similar rules in the future. (The Hill)There's a timeline of Trump's "false wiretapping charge" at Politifact.
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| Glenn McCoy, The Week |
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| Steve Sack, The Week |
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| David Horsey, The Week |
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| David Fitzsimmons, The Week |
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| Steve Kelley, The Week |
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| Steve Kelley, The Week |
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| Adam Zyglis, The Week |
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| Gary Varvel, The Week |
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| Tom Toles, The Week |
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| Drew Sheneman, The Week |
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| Bill Day, The Week |
Though most old and sick people will be worse off under the GOP bill, it might be a boon—real or perceived—for people earning just above the Obamacare subsidy cutoff.If it doesn't help sick people, what's it for? They could have spent the time working to make Obamacare better. Wikipedia gives a history of the GOP's efforts to repeal Obamacare (ACA).
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| Steve Sack, The Week |
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| RJ Matson, The Week |
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| Adam Zyglis, The Week |
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| Jack Ohman, The Week |
Until recently, he said, “I would not have felt wedded to either party, but my highest political principle is fairness. Republicans do everything to rig the system against fairness. I don’t have personal love for the Democratic Party, but it’s the last salvation against the Dark Age.”My thoughts exactly.
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| David Fitzsimmons, The Week |
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| Joe Heller, The Week |
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| Chan Lowe, The Week |
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| Phil Hands, The Week |
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| Michael Ramirez, The Week |
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| Tom Stiglich, The Week |
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| Joe Heller, The Week |
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| Steve Kelley, The Week |
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| David Fitzsimmons, The Week |
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| Walt Handelsman, The Week |
This could become the largest resistance movement to federal policy in more than a century.The Washington Times wrote "California discovers states’ rights."
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| David Horsey, The Week |
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| Tom Toles, The Week |
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| Mike Luckovich, The Week |
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| Walt Handelsman, The Week |
already signed two proclamations, seven executive orders and seven presidential memoranda. He's invented a new form of presidential directive — the national security presidential memorandum — and signed three of those. (USA Today)The article cited above has a complete list of these actions.
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| Joe Heller, The Week |
has its roots on websites such as 4chan and 8chan, where anonymous members create and use Internet memes to express themselves. It is difficult to tell how much of what people write in these venues is serious and how much is intended to provoke outrage. Members of the alt-right use websites like Twitter and Breitbart to convey their message. Alt-right postings generally support Donald Trump and oppose immigration, multiculturalism and political correctness.
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| David Fitzsimmons, The Week |
The Trump administration is clamping down on public communications by agencies as it seeks to assert control over the federal bureaucracy. (The Hill)The Huffington post says it this way: Federal Workers Told To Halt External Communication In First Week Under Trump.
[The memo] centralizes the agency’s media inquiries and social media presence through the Office of the Secretary. As part of that, the memo asks USDA agencies to “review their websites, blog posts and other social media and, consistent with direction you will receive from the Office of Communication, remove references to policy priorities and initiatives of the previous Administration.”
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| Bill Day, The Week |
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| John Darkow, The Week |
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| Gary Varvel, The Week |
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| David Horsey, The Week |
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| John Cole, The Week |
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| RJ Matson, The Week |
