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To: FJB who wrote (1025062)	7/19/2017 7:15:06 AM
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The GOP Establishment Decides to Stop President Trump’s Agenda By Erick Erickson \| July 19, 2017, 05:00am \| @ewerickson Conservatives support the repeal of Obamacare, but moderate Republican establishment leaders do not. Guess what? Obamacare is not being repealed. Conservatives support building a wall along the border with Mexico, but moderate Republican establishment leaders do not. Guess what? The wall has not only not been funded, but it is not being built either. Conservatives support tax reform, but, again, moderate Republican establishment leaders do not. Guess what? Tax reform is no where to be found. Conservatives support cutting the size of Washington and cutting spending. Again, this is not happening and it is not for a lack of trying. Time and time again, the Republican establishment has blocked all those efforts. It is moderate and liberal Republicans who continue to stymie the advance of any and all conservative legislation President Trump supports. They want to grow government, subsidize Obamacare, and reward their own special interests. They have no intention of providing a level playing field where the poor and middle class can compete against the rich. They’ve instead decided on a paternalism that keeps everyone piled on a social safety net with their friends rewarded. President Trump’s agenda is being held hostage not by conservatives, but by the establishment Republican leaders who smile to his face and betray him and conservatives behind their backs. Perhaps it is again time for conservative activists to engage in primary fights against the establishment. And this time, they might have a President willing to join them.

To: FJB who wrote (1025062)	7/19/2017 1:09:52 PM
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Transgender ‘bathroom buddy’ photo with Texas governor ignites a firestorm over the ‘Potty Police’ Reuters REUTERS 19 JUL 2017 AT 13:04 ET rawstory.com Architect Ashley Smith chatted briefly with Texas Governor Greg Abbott on education, had a photo snapped and started a social media storm about bathroom access for transgender people. Smith, a 45-year-old transgender woman from San Antonio, posted the photo with Republican Abbott on social media last weekend with hashtag #BathroomBuddy. The Texas governor has asked lawmakers to consider a bill restricting access for transgender people to public bathrooms. “How will the Potty Police know I’m transgender if the Governor doesn’t,” she captioned the photo on Facebook and Instagram that has been shared globally. The governor’s office has not commented on the photo. “I wanted to show that transgender are all over the place. Some transgender don’t pass as easily as I was able to with the governor,” Smith said in a telephone interview on Wednesday. The Texas legislature began a special session this week with one item on the agenda being a measure to restrict access to bathrooms and locker rooms based on the gender listed on a person’s birth certificates and not the gender with which they identify. The so-called “bathroom bills” have been a flashpoint for U.S. cultural wars, with supporters saying they protect public safety and critics seeing them as discriminatory. If enacted in Texas, it would mean Smith could be forced to use a men’s bathroom in public places. “We’re just ordinary people and we don’t cause trouble in restrooms,” Smith said. (Reporting by Lisa Maria Garza and Jon Herskovitz; editing by Grant McCool)