Tuesday, July 9, 2019

And another day of more disgusting treatment toward migrant children, more attacks on the ACA, and more on the sex-trafficking of under aged girls comes to a close:

“No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot” — Mark Twain

Migrant children held in Yuma, Arizona, report sex assault and retaliation for protests in addition to unsanitary conditions and overcrowding. This is disgusting. It must stop.

The Affordable Care Act Is Back In Court: 5 Facts You Need To Know. Healthcare is right. Not a privilege.

The Jeffrey Epstein Case Is Like Nothing I’ve Seen Before. Great wealth insulates people from consequences, but not always, absolutely, or forever.

Labor Secretary Acosta defends Jeffrey Epstein deal as Democrats demand his resignation.

Miami Herald editorial board calls for Trump Labor chief to resign.

Trump is standing by Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta amid calls for his resignation over his work overseeing a plea deal that allowed Jeffrey Epstein to avoid federal prosecution and plead guilty to lesser state charges in 2007.

No One Is In The Mood For Alex Acosta's Gaslighting Ways. “This is, of course, BS. Acosta had plenty of evidence to put Epstein away for good and chose instead to give him a sweetheart deal which was so horrible he intentionally did not notify Epstein's victims because he knew beyond all doubt they would have raised hell over it.”

Despite calling billionaire Jeffrey Epstein a "terrific guy" in the past, President Trump now says he's not a fan and hasn't spoken to him in a long time. Mmm hmmm.

The true origins of the Seth Rich conspiracy theory. It was a fake story planted by Russian foreign intelligence and promoted by Trump’s White House and Fox News.

Amy McGrath announces bid to take on Sen. Mitch McConnell in 2020. Get him, Amy.

Mitch McConnell just got a serious Democratic challenger.

Appeals court rules Trump can’t block users on Twitter.

Nearly all the people who carried out mass attacks in the US last year made threatening or concerning communications beforehand, and more than three-quarters prompted concern from others, the US Secret Service says in a new report Tuesday.

A housing development planned for the Arizona desert was put on hold due to environmental concerns. Then came a secret meeting between the developer and the man Trump would appoint to run the Dept. of Interior, and suddenly the project was back on track.

Ross Perot, the self-made Texas billionaire who twice ran for president as an independent, has died at age 89.

Disney Channel star Cameron Boyce suffered from epilepsy, family says. He was 20.

CDC urges doctors to learn to recognize early signs of a polio-like condition in children, called acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), and move quickly to collect lab samples for investigators.

Boys aged 12 and 13 will be offered the HPV vaccine in all British schools, in a move health officials say will prevent thousands of cancer cases.

Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.

Until next time, my friends. Good night.