Like her fellow nominally Catholic governor Andrew Cuomo, Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, who is also nominally Catholic, supports legislation making abortions legal up until the moment of birth.The legislation, titled “The Reproductive Health Care Act, “ states that the state shall not “restrict an individual person from terminating that individual’s pregnancy after fetal viability when necessary to preserve the health or life of that individual…”The legislation asserts, “For purposes of this section, ‘fetal viability’ means that stage of gestation where the attending physician, taking into account the particular facts of the case, has determined that there is a reasonable likelihood of the fetus’ sustained survival outside of the womb with or without artificial support.”The legislation repeals language in the state’s general laws saying that human life begins at conception.
More than 700 opponents of President Nicolas Maduro have been arrested during the latest push by Venezuela’s opposition to oust the socialist leader.But there’s one anti-government activist security forces notably haven’t touched: Juan Guaido, the lawmaker who declared himself interim president in a direct challenge to Maduro’s rule.
Music icon Charlie Daniels blasted New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a Saturday tweet, asserting that a new state law that legalizes abortion up until birth threatens to make the Empire State resemble an infamous Nazi concentration camp.“Watch the wrinkles on Cuomo’s face lengthen as the ramifications of the thousands of murders he has sanctioned come to bear on him,” Daniels, 82, tweeted. “The NY legislature has created a new Auschiwitz dedicated to the execution of a whole segment of defenseless citizens. Satan is smiling.”
Despite the fact that she’s been repeatedly referred to as “the female Obama,” and that she formally announced her candidacy on Martin Luther King day, could it be that the most apt description of Democrat Sen. Kamala Harris in the 2020 POTUS race is… Hillary Rodham Clinton?The comparison comes from the fact that the 54-year-old former California Attorney General appears to be running on a Clinton-esque combination of identity politics and moderate Democratic policy.“The way Harris is likely to position herself on policy issues during the campaign — liberal as any candidate on noneconomic issues but not as liberal on economic issues as, say, Bernie Sanders — echoes Hillary Clinton’s platform in 2016,” writes Perry Bacon, Jr. at the FiveThirtyEight website.At the same time, Sen. Harris’s embrace of identity politics is unabashed and beyond dispute.
1973: The Vietnam peace accords: https://t.co/4FbmtLqLde via @YouTube— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) January 27, 2019
For decades, the Caribbean Series was baseball at its most passionate level.Major League Baseball is recommending in the “strongest terms” that players and staff not travel to Venezuela for the Caribbean Series, which is to start Feb. 2.Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido declared he was temporarily assuming presidential powers in a bid to unseat Nicolas Maduro.President Donald Trump this week supported Guaido’s claim to power.Maduro called home all Venezuelan diplomats from the U.S. and closed its embassy in Washington.MLB says in a statement Friday the commissioner’s office is “actively seeking advice on the political, legal, and safety implications of this still-developing situation, and we will inform clubs of any effects as soon as they become clear.”MLB adds: “In the meantime, we advise club personnel in the strongest terms to immediately cease travel to Venezuela for any reason.”
Trump and the shutdown: https://t.co/sgCazSO12R via @YouTube— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) January 26, 2019
How far to the left are Democrats going?: https://t.co/2RNqPgsDHe via @YouTube— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) January 25, 2019
Despite global warming being one of the major issues discussed at Davos every year, some 1,500 private jets are expected this week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, according to an estimate from Air Charter Service, up from 1,300 last year.“We have had bookings from as far as our operations in Hong Kong, India and the US,” Andy Christie, private jets director at ACS, said in a statement.“No other event has the same global appeal.”
Smart move by Trump. The debate now switches to border security rather than federal workers calling in sick. The Dems will now have 3 weeks to put up something. They may or may not but it's clear that Trump is willing to negotiate or something that all polls say public wants...— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) January 25, 2019
Memo to Maduro: Get over to the Spanish or Mexican embassy and seek asylum ASAP. Maduro may have loyalists in the army but the people are not with him....and I don't think that the armed forces will shoot their own people to defend Maduro's presidency.— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) January 25, 2019
The latest from Venezuela: https://t.co/uDTUDDxOZt via @YouTube— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) January 24, 2019
Overnight, the smaller-scale protests that began on Monday began to spread, with a throng of demonstrators in Bolivar state setting alight a statue of Hugo Chávez, the leftist firebrand who established Venezuela’s socialist state and anointed Maduro as his successor before dying of cancer in 2013.
The end is near for the Chávez-Maduro regime is near: https://t.co/pIGnM76iyL via @YouTube— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) January 23, 2019
By almost every economic measure, women are flourishing in today’s economy.Female unemployment is currently at a 50-year low of 3.9 percent, less than half the rate it was as recently as President Obama’s second term.This summer, the female unemployment rate reached its lowest level in 65 years.When you consider how small the female labor force was back then, it’s safe to say it’s never been easier for a woman to find a job than it is today.
“Millennials and people, you know, Gen Z and all these folks that will come after us are looking up and we’re like: ‘The world is gonna end in 12 years if we don’t address climate change and your biggest issue is how are we gonna pay for it?'” Ocasio-Cortez said.
The “Margaritaville” singer’s rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner” seemed to lack melody, but was more mundane than offensive.However, it was the conclusion of the performance that baffled the world: He deliberately and pointedly dropped his microphone.