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Trump distances himself from ‘send her back’ chant: ‘I disagree with it’ (FOX News)
President Trump distanced himself Thursday from a chant of “send her back” that rang out during his North Carolina rally the night before and was directed at Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. — saying he “was not happy” with the chant.
“I was not happy with it, I disagree with it, but again I didn’t say that, they did,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office when asked about the controversial moment. [Read More]
Gender-inclusive restrooms and have become more and more common across the country.
Now, the city of Berkeley is taking it a step further.
The city is removing gender-specific words in its municipal code. It will cost the city about $600 to make the changes. The Berkeley City Council unanimously passed the measure to replace more than two dozen commonly used terms on Tuesday. [Read More]
Berkeley becomes first U.S. city to ban natural gas in new homes (San Francisco Chronicle)
Berkeley has become the first city in the nation to ban the installation of natural gas lines in new homes.
The City Council on Tuesday night unanimously voted to ban gas from new low-rise residential buildings starting Jan. 1. [Read More]
A parent thought to be the first transgender man seeking to be named as father rather than mother on his child’s birth certificate has lost his bid to keep his identity secret.
Following an appeal from a number of national newspaper editors, Freddy McConnell’s anonymity in his legal case has been lifted. [Read More]
DNC tinkers with format for next debates (Politico)
The Democratic National Committee and CNN are making sure both nights of the July 2020 presidential debates have their fair share of top-tier candidates, ensuring that there won’t be a pileup of leading candidates on one night that could hurt ratings.
The network and the DNC announced Wednesday that candidates will first be split into three tiers, before being randomly split across the two nights. The tiers are based off public polling. [Read More]
MSNBC’s Donny Deutsch went on a tear this afternoon against rich white people who continue to back President Donald Trump even if they don’t like everything he says.
Washington Post reporter Robert Costa spoke with Nicolle Wallace about how Republicans accepted Trump for years, even before he was president and just a businessman engaging in birther attacks. [Read More]
