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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (201048)	7/28/2017 12:05:59 PM
From: tonto	2 Recommendations Recommended By Blasher TideGlider Respond to of 224724

Wow, you just admitted it needs fixing...legacy has no value...the name is meaningless. This was good news for tax cuts: The spectacular flameout of Republican efforts to kill the Affordable Care Act is a humbling moment for Washington’s ruling party. But it doesn’t signal GOP feebleness on every issue. In fact, there may now be a greater likelihood Republicans, backed by President Trump, pass tax cuts by the end of 2017. Trump, with typical moxie, has promised “massive” tax cuts. And unlike healthcare—an issue Republicans still don’t have a coherent plan on—low taxes are a staple of the Republican agenda. And it just got more important for Republicans to prove they can accomplish something before the 2018 midterm elections. “They need to prove to their core constituency there’s a reason they elected Republicans,” says Tom Block, Washington policy strategist for investing firm Fundstrat. “Tax cuts are very much alive.” On July 27, the White House published a statement on behalf of leaders in the House, Senate, White House and Treasury Dept., outlining tax-reform principles they all agree on. Details were scarce, but this is a running start compared with the GOP’s health reform breakdown. And there’s one important bit of momentum: Republicans have agreed to drop the border-adjustability tax that House Speaker Paul Ryan supports, removing what up till now has been the biggest source of friction between the House and Senate on tax cuts.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (201048)	7/28/2017 12:38:03 PM
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Deputy state attorney general arrested for child porn Posted 8:57 AM, July 27, 2017, by Bob Ponting, Updated at 09:46AM, July 27, 2017 Facebook1K+ Twitter Reddit Pinterest LinkedIn1 Email CORONADO, Calif. – A California deputy attorney general who lives in Coronado faces federal child pornography charges, according to media reports. FBI agents arrested 53-year-old Raymond Joseph Liddy Tuesday at his home in Coronado for possession of child pornography, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. He pleaded not guilty to charges in San Diego federal court and was released to home detention with GPS monitoring on $100,000 bond, the newspaper reported. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s office said in a statement Wednesday that it was aware of the charges against Liddy and that he has been placed on administrative leave. The San Diego Internet Crimes Against Children task force began investigating the case after receiving reports from internet service providers that a user had uploaded 11 images that appeared to be child pornography. Investigators traced the uploads to Liddy’s home in Coronado, the Union-Tribune reported. When Liddy was interviewed by FBI, he admitted downloading sexual images and using online services to share sexual fantasies, but he said most of the images were of adults, the newspaper reported, citing a federal criminal complaint. When investigators searched his home, they found numerous photographs of children engaging in sexual activity on a computer and a thumbdrive, the complaint said. Liddy is the son of G. Gordon Liddy, a lawyer and FBI agent who was convicted of burglary, conspiracy and other charges in the Watergate scandal. The elder Liddy — the chief operative in President Richard Nixon’s White House Plumbers unit that organized and directed the burglary of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate building — served more than four years in federal prison for those crimes, which also included refusing to testify to the Senate committee investigating the Watergate scandal. According to Liddy’s LinkedIn page, which features a photograph of him wearing the dress blues of the Marine Corps, Liddy earned his bachelor’s degree from New York’s Fordham University, a law degree from the same university’s school of law and a master’s degree from the United State Army War College in Pennsylvania. Filed in: News

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (201048)	8/3/2017 12:18:48 PM
From: Jack of All Trades	4 Recommendations Recommended By DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck Investor Clouseau rayrohn tonto Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224724

Obamacare rate hikes confirmed at 44 percent or higher CONCORD — The federal government on Tuesday confirmed what many in New Hampshire have feared for months — premiums for individual health insurance policies sold on the Obamacare exchange at healthcare.gov will rise by 44 percent or more for coverage in 2018. “Today’s news about rates is alarming, especially for the 94,000 New Hampshire residents who obtain their insurance through the individual market, but unfortunately, it does not come as a surprise,” Insurance Commissioner Roger Sevigny said. unionleader.com