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9-year-old Austin drag queen spreads message of love (ABC Chicago)
A 9-year-old living near Austin is spreading a message of love and inclusiveness as he performs as a drag queen.
Keegan performs in drag as Kween KeeKee.
A third-grade teacher asked her class what they wanted to be when they grow up, and Keegan wrote in his memory book these words: “gender creative. [Read More]
Trump signs executive order delivering ‘hard-hitting’ sanctions against Iran (FOX News)
President Trump struck back Monday at Iran by issuing “hard-hitting” financial sanctions against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his associates.
“Today’s action follows a series of aggressive behaviors by the Iranian regime in recent weeks including shooting down a U.S. drone,” the president said in the Oval Office, calling Khamenei “responsible for the hostile conduct of the regime.” [Read More]
Richard Trumka and Big Labor try to come home (Washington Examiner)
Richard Trumka needed to come home.
Walking into the union hall at the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers building along the Monongahela River, the AFL-CIO president shed the twisted expression on his face as he shook hands with his rank-and-file organizers. With the older union hands, there were no handshakes, but instead familiar hugs.
Trumka, the son and son-in-law of a coal miner, grew up in this region, working the coal mines himself in the hollers of the mountains before heading off to college. [Read More]
Trump administration’s Industry-Recognized Apprenticeships will keep America working (Miami Herald)
Our surging economy has brought with it abundant job opportunities. Tax cuts and deregulation have boosted job creation. Since President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January 2017, 5.4 million jobs have been created and more people are working in America than ever before. The unemployment rate has dropped to 3.6%, the lowest rate since 1969, and last year we saw the highest share of people entering our labor force from the sidelines since we started tracking in the early 1990s. Through the White House’s Pledge to America’s Workers, job creators around the nation have committed to nearly 10 million training, upskilling or reskilling opportunities for American students and workers.
Our thriving job market brings with it new challenges, however. Our economy has 7.4 million open jobs, and for 14 months in a row it has had more job openings than job seekers. As businesses look to fill these jobs, we have an obligation to look for new ways to empower America’s workforce with the in-demand skills that employers need. [Read More]
Bernie Sanders proposes forgiving the student debt of 45 million Americans (CNBC)
Sen. Bernie Sanders announced a plan on Monday to erase the country’s $1.6 trillion outstanding student loan tab, intensifying the higher education policy debate in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary.
The Democratic presidential candidate’s legislation — dubbed “The College for All Act” — will release all 45 million Americans from their student debt and be paid for with a new tax on Wall Street transactions. [Read More]
Trump accuser says alleged sexual assault mirrored ‘Access Hollywood’ claims (CNN)
A woman who recently accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her in the mid-1990s said Monday that Trump’s boasts on the infamous 2005 “Access Hollywood” video about being able to grope women recalled her own alleged experience with the future president.
“It knocked me back. I felt relief and I — that’s right. That’s right,” magazine advice columnist E. Jean Carroll told CNN’s Alisyn Camerota, nodding her head affirmatively when asked if the recording gave her “confirmation.” [Read More]
Fairfax Schools to Warn Sixth Graders About ‘Sexting’ (NBC Washington)
Fairfax County schools are changing the age they warn students about “sexting.”
Under new guidelines passed on Thursday, sixth graders will now be taught the dangers of sexting, which is defined by the Cyberbullying Research Center as “sending or receiving of sexually-explicit or sexually-suggestive images or video via a cell phone.”
It’s part of a plan to add more about technology and social media to the family life or sex ed curriculum. [Read More]
