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http://beta.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-mcqueeney-charitable-giving-under-new-tax-law-20171227-story.html#nt=oft12aH-1gp4

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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/25/world/americas/mexico-press-government-advertising.html

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https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8078486/chris-cornell-scholarship-ucla-school-of-law

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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/20/world/americas/mexico-corruption-pri.html

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http://wavenewspapers.com/carrillo-wins-51st-assembly-district-race/

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http://wavenewspapers.com/carrillo-lopez-face-off-51st-assembly-district-runoff/

House lawmakers move to repeal new CFPB payday lending rules

http://beta.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cfpb-payday-loan-repeal-20171201-story.html

Carrillo, Lopez to battle for 51st Assembly seat

http://wavenewspapers.com/carrillo-lopez-battle-51st-assembly-seat/

Candidates disclose priorities to tackle in the 51st Assembly District

http://wavenewspapers.com/13-candidates-seek-51st-assembly-district-seat/

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http://wavenewspapers.com/workshops-offered-daca-program-renewals/

Assembly candidates gather in first forum for 51st Assembly seat

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http://wavenewspapers.com/city-council-seeks-disclosure-border-wall-bidders/

Trump advisory panels dissolve after more CEOs flee, rebuking Charlottesville comments

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-trump-ceos-council-20170816-story.html

Special election dates set in 51st Assembly District

This map shows the urban area of the state's 51st Assembly District in Los Angeles. 

By Alfredo Santana

Wave Newspapers

LOS ANGELES — The countdown to replace Jimmy Gomez in the state’s 51st Assembly District officially kicked off July 24 as Gov. Jerry Brown set Oct. 3 and Dec. 5 for a special primary and general election that will be the third political campaign of the year for many Eastside voters.

The special election lines up six Democrats in search of the Assembly seat, some with vast public and political experience and others with professional medical backgrounds willing to pave the way for a single payer’s health care plan, the program administered by the government that would enroll medical providers to provide universal coverage, with only one financial source for all payments.

Among the potential candidates are Ron Birnbaum, a dermatologist; Luis Lopez, a director at City of Hope cancer research and treatment center in Duarte; Francisco “Franky” Carrillo, who was recently released from prison after serving more than 20 years for a murder conviction that was reversed by a judge; Gabriel Sandoval, an attorney who served in the U.S. Department of Education during the Obama administration; Wendy Carrillo, a journalist who recently ran for the 34th Congressional District seat; and David Vela, a former member of the Montebello school board.

Birnbaum is a Navy veteran and the son of Argentinian immigrants. He launched his campaign with a platform to change the landscape in California’s health care services, and pledged to overhaul a “broken system” into one that covers the poor, immigrants, minorities and gays and lesbians, in the heels of continuous threats from the Republican Congress to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

“We spend twice as much as most other nations on health care, but get heart-breaking results,” Birnbaum said. “And it’s even worse in California. I can no longer just toil on the sidelines and instead declare, with this great central purpose of reforming health care, my run to represent you in the California Assembly.”

Lopez started his bid for the Assembly seat on April 5, the day after primary results pitted Gomez, now the 34th Congressional District representative, against attorney Robert Lee Ahn.

In a contentious 2012 campaign, Lopez lost the 51st Assembly District seat to Gomez. Lopez disclosed he has $100,000 in cash for this year’s contest, and reported June 30 he had $110,000 in total contributions.

“I heard from neighbors that they wanted a community leader to build a progressive, grassroots campaign about real-life issues facing so many: access to health care, affordable housing, homelessness, environmental justice and access to well-paying local jobs,” Lopez said.

Carrillo is married with three children. He was convicted in the 1991 drive-by-shooting killing of Donald Sarpy in Lynwood. After he served 20 years in jail, the court reversed his life sentence when a witness recanted his testimony and the judge presiding over the trial concluded there was no reliable evidence Los Angeles sheriff’s detectives could have identified Carrillo as the prime suspect out of six teenagers allegedly involved in the crime.

A year ago, county supervisors awarded Carrillo $10.1 million for the 20 years was imprisoned. Carrillo enrolled at Loyola Marymount University and earned a bachelor’s degree.

“Because of my experience, I am uniquely positioned to represent families who are struggling to earn a living, find good schools for their children, and maintain faith in the face of adversity,” Carrillo told radio station KPCC.

Sandoval is a partner with the law firm Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo. He worked with President Barack Obama as a civil rights lawyer at the U.S. Department of Education and was an advisor to former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who has endorsed him for the Assembly seat.

“I’m running for the 51st District … because our community deserves a fighter who can hit the ground running when it comes to standing up to the Trump administration and advocating for our community’s interests and values,” Sandoval said.

Carrillo worked as a communications aide to Sen. Bernie Sanders in last year’s presidential campaign. A first-generation immigrant from El Salvador, she was brought here as an undocumented immigrant by her parents and was taught that hard work and community involvement would eventually pay off with important accomplishments.

Carrillo ran an unsuccessful campaign for the 34th Congressional District seat earlier this year.

“I’ve been on the frontlines of environmental justice, women’s rights, LGBTQ rights, immigration rights and social justice movements,” she said. “I will fight for gender pay equity, sexual assault prevention and against domestic violence.”

Vela currently serves as senior vice president of Lee Andrews Group, a public engagement company in Los Angeles that tailors messages coupled with visual material for businesses and public agencies.

He already has raised $105,529 for the campaign. He pledged to resist and fight back President Trump’s attempts to curtail civil rights against all residents of California, proposed to delete fees for students enrolled at community colleges, tackle environmental polluters posing rapid risks for climate change and devise programs to offer affordable housing and healthcare for all.

“I plan to run a grassroots driven, people and community powered campaign that’s competitive, aggressive and heavily focused on neighborhood level issues, district-wide issues and policies that impact our state as a whole,” Vela said.

The 51st Assembly District falls in most of the same territory covered by the Los Angeles City Council District 1, which witnessed a hotly contested fight in March and May between Councilman Gil Cedillo and challenger Joe Bray-Ali.

In addition, Gomez defeated Ahn June 6 for the 34th Congressional District seat that was vacated last December when Rep. Xavier Becerra was appointed state attorney general by Gov. Brown.

The district includes the neighborhoods of Eagle Rock, Highland Park, Lincoln Heights, Silver Lake, El Sereno, Echo Park, Koreatown, parts of Montebello, downtown Los Angeles, Chinatown, Pico-Union, Monterey Hills, Montecito Heights and Cypress Park.

The area has nearly 224,000 registered voters. About 71 percent of its residents are Latinos, 14 percent Asians, 10.9 percent white and 2.3 percent are blacks.

http://wavenewspapers.com/special-election-dates-set-51st-assembly-district/

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http://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/periodismo-datos/2015/-articulos-103272html-103272.html

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No deportation breaks around Mar-A-Lago for Trump supporters

https://theintercept.com/2017/08/07/florida-deportation-trump-supporter-gonzalez-carillo-chavez-palm-beach/

'Nissan, you made us mad': union promises to fight Mississippi defeat

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/05/mississippi-nissan-workers-vote-against-union?CMP=share_btn_fb

Special election dates set in 51st Assembly District

http://wavenewspapers.com/special-election-dates-set-51st-assembly-district/

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http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-usc-doctor-20170717-htmlstory.html

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https://jorgecastaneda.org/notas/2017/07/17/enchilada-completa-rebanadas-salchichon/

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http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-medicaid-cuts-kids-20170703-story.html

Health Care Overhaul, Federal Budget Could Disproportionately Harm Seniors

https://www.calhealthreport.org/2017/06/07/health-care-overhaul-federal-budget-disproportionately-harm-seniors/

Chris Cornell death probe leaves some unsatisfied

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2017/07/10/chris-cornell-death-fan-questions-unanswered/103567836/

Assembly speaker stalls state health care bill

http://wavenewspapers.com/assembly-speaker-stalls-state-health-care-bill/

Armenians and Spanish speakers populate Burbank's school district

http://www.latimes.com/socal/burbank-leader/news/tn-blr-me-english-learner-20170620-story.html

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https://www.usatoday.com/pages/interactives/news/rigged-forced-into-debt-worked-past-exhaustion-left-with-nothing/

Inside Chris Cornell's Moving, Refugee-Themed Final Video

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/premieres/inside-chris-cornells-moving-refugee-themed-final-video-w488762

The 10 worst foods for your heart

http://time.com/4669635/worst-foods-for-heart/

Gomez, Ahn debate in 34th Congressional District race

http://wavenewspapers.com/gomez-ahn-debate-34th-congressional-district-race/

Chris Cornell: Inside Soundgarden, Audioslave Singer's Final Days

Chris Cornell: Inside Soundgarden, Audioslave Singer's Final Days

Watch Audioslave Reunite at Los Angeles' Anti-Inaugural Ball

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-audioslave-reunite-at-los-angeles-anti-inaugural-ball-w462305

Tab For Single-Payer Proposal In California Could Run $400 Billion

http://egpnews.com/2017/05/tab-for-single-payer-proposal-in-california-could-run-400-billion/

Hollywood says goodbye to Chris Cornell

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4546408/Rock-royalty-attend-funeral-Chris-Cornell.html#v-4953921617323736206

Chris Cornell had fresh track marks on his arms when he was found dead

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4542668/Chris-Cornell-Fresh-track-marks-arm-dead.html

Gomez faces Ahn in 34th Congressional District race

http://wavenewspapers.com/gomez-faces-ahn-34th-congressional-district-race/

Interview to Soundgarden at Bridge School 2014-2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZHp0kPWMLE&feature=share

Police report: Cornell told wife, ‘I am just tired’

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/music/2017/05/19/chris-cornell-suicide-police-report/101876200/

Chris Cornell's Wife Issues Statement, Blames Anxiety Medicine for Suicide

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/chris-cornells-wife-issues-statement-w483179

Chris Cornell had one of rock's great voices — and one of its most curious minds

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-chris-cornell-appreciation-20170518-story.html

Chris Cornell helped reignite hard rock in the 1990s with Soundgarden

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-chris-cornell-death-obituary-20170518-story.html

Chris Cornell, Soundgarden and Audioslave Frontman, Dies at 52

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/18/arts/music/chris-cornell-dead-soundgarden.html?_r=1

Trump Said to Ask Comey to Drop FBI Investigation of Flynn

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-05-16/trump-said-to-ask-comey-to-drop-fbi-probe-of-flynn-s-russia-ties

Mexico Elektra's 168% Stock Gain Fans Derivatives Debate

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-12/mexican-billionaire-s-168-stock-surge-stokes-derivatives-debate

Gil Cedillo targets companies seeking work on Trump's planned border wall

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-cedillo-wall-20170511-story.html

CSUN inks $52 million deal to bring Hyatt hotel to campus

http://www.dailynews.com/social-affairs/20170511/csun-inks-52-million-deal-to-bring-hyatt-hotel-to-campus

Candidates continue battling in LA's First District race

http://wavenewspapers.com/candidates-continue-battling-first-district-race/

Obamacare has reduced medical bankruptcies

http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-obamacare-bankruptcy-20170509-story.html

NYT Books review: Trump, The New Deportation Threat

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2017/05/25/trump-the-new-deportation-threat/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NYR%20Immigrants%20Aleppo%20Irving%20Penn&utm_content=NYR%20Immigrants%20Aleppo%20Irving%20Penn+CID_63288bfb36dd2d4fad48ecbcc0bdc899&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_term=Immigrants%20Under%20Siege

Immigrants flooded California construction. Worker pay sank. Here’s why

http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-fi-construction-trump/#nt=outfit

Mexico's ruling party caught in old tricks

https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/04/27/world/americas/ap-lt-mexico-embattled-ruling-party.html

Dow Chemical is pushing Trump administration to ignore studies of toxic pesticide

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-dow-pesticides-trump-20170420-story.html

Cedillo, Bray-Ali spar in First District debate

http://wavenewspapers.com/cedillo-bray-ali-spar-first-district-debate/

Gil Cedillo, Joe Bray-Ali spar at raucous Los Angeles District 1 debate

First mayor changes to Obamacare by Trump

http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/how-trump-insurance-changes-could-affect-coverage-next-year-1.13472466

Free reporter Martin Mendez from ICE jailhouse

https://rsf.org/en/free-martin-mendez

Mobile apps for undocumented immigrants mark new era in technology

http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/04/09/mobile-apps-for-undocumented-immigrants-mark-new-era-in-technology/

Panama Papers Wins Pulitzer Prize

https://panamapapers.icij.org/20170410-pulitzer-prize.html

Immigrants Hide, Fearing Capture on ‘Any Corner’

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/22/us/immigrants-deportation-fears.html

Trump Administration Halts Reports on Immigration Cooperation

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/10/us/politics/trump-administration-immigration.html?_r=0

LA Times Editorial Board: Why we took a stand on Trump

http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-ed-trump-series/

High levels of toxic chemical found further away from Paramount metal plants

http://www.presstelegram.com/environment-and-nature/20170406/high-levels-of-toxic-chemical-found-further-away-from-paramount-metal-plants

The new Abraham Lincoln Brigade

https://jorgecastaneda.org/notas/2017/04/05/the-new-abraham-lincoln-brigade/

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http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/opinion/el-oficio-mas-peligroso.html

Adam Schiff says he must be a "guardian" against Trump's worst abuses

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-ca-schiff-politics-russia-20170331-story.html

Despite evidence that Medicaid works, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback vetoes expansion

http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-medicaid-expansion-20170331-story.html

Interior Secretary hints wall could be on Mexican side

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/326292-interior-secretary-on-wall-were-not-going-to-cede-rio-grande-to

Immigration officials threaten to remove two Houston surgeons

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/immigration-officials-threaten-to-remove-two-houston-surgeons/ar-BBz4iKj?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=SK216DHP

Lawmaker's 'peculiar midnight run' endangers Trump-Russia inquiry

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/26/trump-russia-investigation-house-intelligence-devin-nunes?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=219071&subid=16191853&CMP=GT_US_collection

What do your margarita and NAFTA have in common?

https://www.marketplace.org/2017/03/22/business/riddle-me-what-do-your-margarita-and-nafta-have-common

Toxic crisis in SoCal inspires widespread monitoring

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/industrial-746921-body-responsible.html

Will I lose my health insurance with the GOP plan? For millions in California, the answer is yes

http://www.presstelegram.com/government-and-politics/20170315/will-i-lose-my-health-insurance-with-the-gop-plan-for-millions-in-california-the-answer-is-yes

Francisca Lino, mom of six, is about to be deported. Her congressman protested and was handcuffed.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/03/14/francisca-lino-mom-of-six-is-about-to-be-deported-in-protest-her-congressman-was-handcuffed/

Congress warns Trump: Stop deleting your tweets.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-tweets-archived_us_58c1a8d3e4b0d1078ca51126?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063

GOP Plan To Replace Obamacare Calls For Medicaid Caps

https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2017/03/09/gop-plan-obamacare-medicaid-caps/23426/

The underground railroad for refugees

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/13/the-underground-railroad-for-refugees

¿Cuál es el futuro de la marihuana recreativa en el mundo del presidente Donald Trump?

http://www.latimes.com/local/education/espanol/hoyla-cual-es-el-futuro-de-la-marihuana-recreativa-en-el-mundo-del-presidente-donald-trump-20170307-story.html

The GOP's Obamacare repeal plan is out--and it's even worse than anyone expected

http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-obamacare-repeal-20170306-story.html

Mexico's wages are so paltry that human-rights and legal groups are sounding the alarm

http://www.businessinsider.com/mexico-wages-incomes-poverty-2017-2

Paramount residents file class action lawsuit against metal-processing companies

http://www.presstelegram.com/general-news/20170302/paramount-residents-file-class-action-lawsuit-against-metal-processing-companies

Donald Trump Agrees to Pay $25 Million in Trump University Settlement

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/19/us/politics/trump-university.html?_r=0

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https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2016-trump-40-wall-street/

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http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/obama-trump-lawyers-worst-case-235280?cmpid=sf

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http://www.presstelegram.com/environment-and-nature/20170222/voters-must-choose-who-can-best-address-paramounts-air-quality-crisis

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http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/fabiola-santiago/article134108654.html

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http://fusion.net/story/263816/santa-barbara-homeless-arrests/

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http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-us-factories-20170217-htmlstory.html

Vague rules let ICE document immigrants as gang members

https://theintercept.com/2017/02/17/loose-classification-rules-give-ice-broad-authority-to-classify-immigrants-as-gang-members/

Mexican Consulates Flooded With Fearful Immigrants

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/us/mexican-consulates-flooded-with-fearful-immigrants.html?smid=fb-share&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com

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How Protests Against Donald Trump Reveal a Class Divide

http://time.com/4671085/eberstadt-trump-protests/

Melania Trump worked in U.S. without proper permit

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/report-melania-trump-worked-in-us-without-proper-permit/2016/11/05/3ddc5a8a-a302-11e6-a44d-cc2898cfab06_story.html?postshare=9561486938290528&tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.6a8d2636689b

Trump's two-year presidency

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-two-year-presidency/2017/02/10/32c2e4ce-efd9-11e6-9973-c5efb7ccfb0d_story.html?utm_term=.f91505a8e9f4&wpisrc=nl_most-draw8&wpmm=1

West Coast states form a wall against Trump’s reactionary agenda

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/topoftheticket/la-na-tt-west-coast-wall-20170208-story.html

Los inmigrantes aportan mucho a la economía de LA, revela estudio

http://laopinion.com/2017/02/08/los-inmigrantes-aportan-en-gran-parte-a-la-economia-de-los-angeles-revela-estudio/#.WJyWzdyXk0Y.facebook

Immigration raids in Greater Los Angeles prompt street protests

http://www.presstelegram.com/social-affairs/20170209/protesters-block-downtown-la-streets-after-reports-of-socal-immigration-sweeps

Ninth Circuit Court denies Trump's ban on refugees, migrants from seven countries

http://patch.com/washington/seattle/trump-travel-ban-decision-restraining-order-coming-thursday

White House says Conway was ‘counseled’ after touting Ivanka Trump’s products

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/white-house-says-conway-has-been-%E2%80%98counseled%E2%80%99-after-touting-ivanka-trump%E2%80%99s-products/ar-AAmLCOB?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout

Obamacare supporters flood Republicans' Townhalls, offices

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/republicans-obamacare-protests-safety-234733

Legal Scholars: Why Congress Should Impeach Donald Trump

http://time.com/4658633/impeach-donald-trump-congress/?xid=time_socialflow_facebook

Trump is targeting up to 8 million people for deportation

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-deportations-20170204-story.html

Trust Records Show Trump Is Still Closely Tied to His Empire

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/03/us/politics/donald-trump-business.html?partner=msft_msn&_r=0

Once again, the ACLU takes its place on the front lines of resistance

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-aclu-profile-20170131-story.html

Trump shows signs of "malignant narcissism."

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/donald-trump-mental-illness-narcisissm-us-president-psychologists-inauguration-crowd-size-paranoia-a7552661.html

MALDEF demanda a Wells Fargo por solicitudes ligadas a DACA

http://laopinion.com/2017/01/31/maldef-demanda-a-wells-fargo-por-supuestamente-negar-prestamos-a-sonadores/#.WJKBaNsPm_0.facebook

Trump threatens Mexico with "sending military" to kill druglords

http://staging.hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TRUMP_MEXICO?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-02-01-18-21-24

Trump vineyard seeks Labor Department approval to hire foreign workers

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/trump-vineyard-seeks-labor-department-approval-to-hire-foreign-workers/2016/12/22/f320bea8-c86a-11e6-8bee-54e800ef2a63_story.html?utm_term=.1abb958bae81

Where does Kellyanne Conway come from?

http://articlebio.com/kellyanne-conway

Helping undocumented immigrants now a crime under Trump

http://www.univision.com/univision-news/politics/helping-undocumented-immigrants-now-a-crime-under-trump

Resist now!

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Resist-now-10892771.php?t=adcfe6697f438d9cbb&cmpid=fb-premium

California governor delivers anti-Trump manifesto

http://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2017/01/jerry-brown-warring-with-donald-trump-back-on-national-stage-108988

Krugman despedaza en 21 tuits la decisión de Trump de subir los aranceles a México

http://www.elperiodico.com/es/noticias/internacional/krugman-despedaza-tuits-decision-trump-subir-los-aranceles-mexico-5769481?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=cm

Trump's actions on Obamacare threaten to undermine insurance markets

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-obamacare-sabotage-20170127-story.html

Mexico’s Forceful Resistance

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/opinion/mexicos-forceful-resistance.html?_r=0

'Over my dead body': tribe aims to block Trump's border wall on Arizona land

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/26/donald-trump-border-wall-tohono-oodham-arizona-tribe?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Emoluments clause suit filed against Donald Trump

http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-public-interest-group-sues-trump-1485186600-htmlstory.html

Journalism That Stands Apart

https://www.nytimes.com/projects/2020-report/

A website asks for action to impeach Donald Trump

https://www.impeachdonaldtrumpnow.org/

Shaded pink, women's protest fills the streets of downtown L.A.

http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-la-ln-womens-march-20170121-story.html

US must invest in social programs, undo military buildup.

Former 1988 Democratic Presidential nominee Michael Dukakis warned of skyrocketing deficits under Trump at CSUF.

By Alfredo Santana

Former Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis criticized President Donald Trump’s policy to beef up the military and to inject funds to build a new generation of aircraft bombers to wipe out terrorists in the Middle East.

Before an audience of about 300 people, composed of retirees, activists and representatives of political parties in Orange County, Dukakis, also a two-term former governor of Massachusetts,  warned injecting funds to assemble more “Stealth” bombers will skyrocket the federal deficit in times when money should be invested  in social safety programs.

He indicated the B-2 bomber is irrelevant to ISIS, the terrorist Islamic group operating in Syria, organization which doesn’t have weapons to combat airplanes capable to deploy nuclear bombs that sneak under radars.

Individual terrorist cells who claimed allegiance to ISIS launched attacks in the Boston Marathon of 2013, killing three people and injuring dozens, and in the city of San Bernardino, CA. in December 2015,  leaving 14 people dead and 22 injured.

 Each B-2 Spirit Stealth bomber has a price tag of about $737 million.

“What are we doing? We should invest in children development, infrastructure and environmental issues, which pose more serious threats to the world,” Dukakis noted at the Rotary Club room in the library of California State University Fullerton on Jan 21, 2017.

Dukakis, who deferred from studying law to join the Armed Forces from 1957 to 1959 before graduating from Harvard University, said the buildup touted by Trump doesn’t make sense in an international landscape that poses a reduce threat of an arms’ race.

“Since World War II, the US has felt compelled into foreign affairs. No country has intervened more brutally, aggressively and constantly than us,” Dukakis said. He acknowledged the demise of Chile’s Salvador Allende as part of the US’ lack of sympathy for the socialist president.

 

Dukakis mentioned the US spends more money today than Russia and China combined in arms and military equipment, 27 years after the dissolution of the former USSR and the end of the Cold War. 

Dukakis defined President Bill Clinton’s 1990s policy to expand NATO into Ukraine, which borders with Russia as provocative.

“Of course Russia’s going to react. If this doesn’t stop, we are going to spend billions and billions of dollars on this nuclear stuff,” he insisted. “Also, the notion of China interfering in international navigation is preposterous.”

He called for both Democrats and Republicans in Congress to stand against more militarization of the Southeast Asia region, and to stop all the “nonsense,” and to defeat terrorists in Syria and the Middle East with the cooperation of regional nations.  

However, Dukakis said he’s “very worried” about North Korea President Kim Jong-un, and defined him as a “dangerous kid,” with whom Russia and China must work to craft a resolution that bans all of its nuclear activity.   

Affordable Care Act

Dukakis jabbed Trump for his twisted set of national priorities, and said the Affordable Care Act  was a long overdue plan the country owed to its citizens.

He estimated that “95 percent of all people covered are working people. Many are low-income, others are middle class. But they are not resting. It was time to provide affordable healthcare to working Americans,” Dukakis noted.

The 1998 Democratic presidential nominee attacked the brand of populism linked to Trump, explaining the Republican billionaire ran on a platform aiming to repeal the Affordable Care Act and Medicare, programs designed to improve the lives of ordinary people. On the contrary, he said, Trump will slash taxes to benefit the wealthy.

He lambasted House Speaker Paul Ryan’s plan to gut Obamacare, and said retirees want stability in their lives, and detest plunging into a healthcare market with vouchers to shop around.

Also, Dukakis called to pass legislation for about 700,000 DACA students, the undocumented immigrants who arrived to this country as children with their parents, but “by all intent and purposes are Americans.”

He stressed the Democratic Party needs to overhaul its canvassing and recruiting efforts at the grassroots levels, and borrow a model called “Precinct-base captain community organizations,” or platforms setup with 150 to 200 members who ensure voters are informed about public issues, how they work and candidates' stance. 

“While I was in law school, I put on a nice pair of shoes and visited all households in my local district, and I won. I had a team of 10 to 15 precinct workers who helped me. It’s not rocket science. We need to get serious about grassroots organizations that affect thousands of people,” Dukakis indicated. 

The carnage starts: Trumps signs order to gut health care finances

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-signs-executive-order-that-could-effectively-gut-affordable-care-act%E2%80%99s-individual-mandate/ar-AAm4LMF?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=SK216DHP

My President Was Black, The Atlantic.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/01/my-president-was-black/508793/?utm_source=atlfb

EPN: En MX revalidación de estudios será más fácil

http://www.unioncancun.mx/articulo/2017/01/19/educacion/epn-revalidacion-de-estudios-sera-mas-facil

#Forever44: Thank You, President Obama

http://rampyourvoice.com/2017/01/19/forever44-thank-president-obama/

Building A Plan For Wealth In One Day

http://www.forbes.com/sites/nickclements/2016/01/06/building-a-plan-for-wealth-in-one-day/#2172afdd32fa

Fashion: Worn in the USA, but made overseas

http://www.presstelegram.com/business/20170115/fashion-worn-in-the-usa-but-made-overseas

Immigrant-Rights Rallies Held in 50 U.S. Cities

http://www.wsj.com/articles/immigrant-rights-protests-planned-for-50-u-s-cities-1484395203

Trump may evict the press from the White House

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a52301/trump-evict-press-white-house/

Watch: President Obama’s Farewell Speech

Legacy retailers Sears, J.C. Penney take different paths to an uncertain future

http://www.seattletimes.com/business/retail/legacy-retailers-sears-jc-penney-take-different-paths-to-an-uncertain-future/

Ford Cancels Plans for New $1.6 Billion Mexico Plant

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-03/ford-cancels-1-6-billion-mexico-plant-after-trump-s-criticism