No, I don’t think they’re talking about John Boehner, although I wouldn’t blame you if you thought this Netflix original was all about the orange Republican.
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Democrat Lincoln Chafee has decided to maybe cast his hat into the ring for the 2016 presidential run and in the process, the former democratic governor of Rhode Island has something to say about Hillary Clinton, the number one Democrat vying for the top spot.
In an online video posted earlier today, Chafee – who was once an Independent and a Republican – praised President Obama, saying the president has lead admirably. But his words for Mrs Clinton were… well, not too nice.
“I would argue that the decision to invade Iraq has destabilized the Middle East,” Chafee says in a second video. “As a senator I voted against the war authorization.”
He added that he believes the war with Iraq was “one of the worst decisions in United States history.”
Clinton, a senator at the time, voted to authorize military action against Iraq, a vote she says she got wrong.
Chafee also stressed international affairs during his announcement video, saying he’s “alarmed about the international instability, especially in the Middle East and North Africa. I don’t like where this is going.”
He said moving forward the United States “will need fresh ideas and the most skillful diplomacy in dealing with this ever changing world.”
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T-Mobile is No Longer a Member of ALEC
T-Mobile just made the wisest decision yet.
The telecommunications company T-Mobile has decided to leave the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), making it the latest in a long series of corporate giants to depart the conservative organization.
“T-Mobile is affiliated with many public policy organizations and we regularly evaluate these affiliations and associations based on our priorities,” the company said Wednesday in a statement provided to National Journal. “In line with this practice, in 2015 we decided not to renew our membership with ALEC.”
T-Mobile did not offer an explanation for why it decided to leave the ALEC. A number of organizations, in leaving, have griped about the organization’s position on climate change. Google CEO Eric Schmidt, for instance, said that ALEC is “literally lying” that there’s any question about climate change.
And once again, it has already started. Even with the video showing that the officer lied in his report on what happened in South Carolina, even with that video evidence showing a man being gunned down like an animal as, even with that video available for all to see, the supporters of the police who pulled the trigger are making themselves known with a GoFundMe page to raise money for the officer who shot the man in his back. But according to this report, that page was shut down by GoFundMe.
A fundraising page dedicated to South Carolina police officer Michael Slager was shut down by GoFundMe on Wednesday.
Slager was charged with the murder of 50-year-old Walter Scott after video surfaced of him shooting at the unarmed man eight times. GoFundMe’s public relations manager, Kelsea Little, told The Huffington Post that the page’s removal was “due to a violation of our terms and conditions.”
However, Little said GoFundMe was unable to discuss the details of the campaign with anyone other than the organizer because of “privacy concerns.”
One source of outside financial support for the Slager family will be North Charleston. In a press conference Wednesday, Mayor Keith Summey confirmed that the town would continue to pay for the medical insurance of the officer’s wife, who is eight months pregnant, until the birth of the child.