November 9, 2017


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THIS FIRST ARTICLE IS RATHER SPOOKY: WE ARE NOT PROTECTED FROM MADMEN WITH WEAPONS TRYING TO GET IN OUR PLANES, AND MAYBE SIT RIGHT BESIDE YOU OR ME – NOT GOOD. THAT’S BECAUSE THE BUDGET DOESN’T COVER THE BETTER TECHNOLOGY WHICH WE NEED. THERE IS ANOTHER WAY, THOUGH, LET’S SCRAP THE TECHNOLOGY AND START SEARCHING BAGS THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY AGAIN – BY HAND. IT WILL GIVE JOBS TO THE UNEMPLOYED. THAT’S SOMETHING GOOD THAT TRUMP COULD DO FOR THE COUNTRY.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tsa-screenings-fail-to-detect-explosives-guns-knives-70-percent/
CBS NEWS November 9, 2017, 7:10 AM
TSA screenings fail to spot weapons most of the time, agency says

An undercover operation has revealed that Transportation Security Administration screenings at airports fail for the most part.

Homeland Security investigators found that, more than 70 percent of the time, undercover officers were able to get through TSA checkpoints with mock knives, guns and explosives, the House Homeland Security Committee was told Wednesday. Just two years ago, testing found a 95 percent failure rate, reports CBS News correspondent Kris Van Cleave.

"We found that briefing disturbing," said Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee.

The DHS Office of Inspector General made eight classified recommendations based on the undercover operation. In a statement, the TSA said it took the "OIG findings very seriously and are implementing measures that will improve screening effectiveness at checkpoints."

Both members of Congress and the TSA support replacing old check point scanners with new CT scanners like the ones we were first to show you back in March.

"In this system, we use high power algorithms to detect explosives," said Mark Laustra of Analogic, a company developing the technology.

TSA administrator David Pekoske told Congress the CT technology is the most effective way to keep passengers safe, but the cost is a major hurdle.

"To invest in the CT technology requires funding above what TSA currently has," Pekoske said.

Frank Cilluffo, a former director of the Homeland Security advisory council, said as long as terrorists target airports, the TSA cannot be complacent.

"They're looking for vulnerabilities that can be exploited, and we need to make sure that we can push that as far as we can to minimize the risk," Cilluffo said.

The TSA launched a pilot program this summer with those CT scanners, a year behind schedule, announcing last week an additional $4 million investment in the technology. American Airlines even bought some of the machines to speed up their limited deployment.



“I’M THE ONLY ONE THAT MATTERS IN SETTING US FOREIGN POLICY.” I HAVE HEARD OR SEEN NO OUTRAGED OR INCREDULOUS COMMENTS ON THIS. I ONLY HEARD IT ON SCREEN WHILE I WAS DOING SOMETHING ELSE, AND TONIGHT IT TOOK ME AGES TO FIND IT. THIS MAY BE A TRUMP MISTAKE -- I DON’T KNOW IF HE KNOWS HOW THAT STATEMENT SOUNDS, OR IF, PERHAPS, HE REALLY MEANS IT. I WANT SOMEONE IN HIGHER PLACES IN THE GOVERNMENT TO COMMENT ON IT AND CHALLENGE HIM.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/03/561797675/im-the-only-one-that-matters-trump-says-of-state-dept-job-vacancies
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'I'm The Only One That Matters,' Trump Says Of State Dept. Job Vacancies
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Photograph -- President Trump says of job vacancies in his administration, "I tell my people, 'Where you don't need to fill slots, don't fill them.' "
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President Trump says: "I'm the only one that matters" in setting U.S. foreign policy, thus downplaying the importance of high-level jobs such as the assistant secretary of state, which is currently vacant.

"Let me tell you, the one that matters is me," Trump said in an interview that aired on Fox News on Thursday night. "I'm the only one that matters, because when it comes to it, that's what the policy is going to be. You've seen that, you've seen it strongly."

The president was responding to a question from Fox's Laura Ingraham, who asked him, "Are you worried that the State Department doesn't have enough Donald Trump nominees in there to push your vision through?"

Ingraham added, "other State Departments, including Reagan's, at times, undermined his agenda. And there is a concern that the State Department currently is undermining your agenda."

Trump said, "So, we don't need all the people that they want. You know, don't forget, I'm a businessperson. I tell my people, 'Where you don't need to fill slots, don't fill them.' But we have some people that I'm not happy with their thinking process."

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As Mueller Picks Up Pace, Capital Roils With Talk Of Pardons And Firing

Trump also briefly blamed Democrats for obstructing his nominees in the Republican-controlled Senate. He then said, "We don't need all of the people. You know, it's called cost-saving."

The president's remarks on his diplomatic corps came as he prepares to leave Washington for a five-nation trip to Asia, including stops in South Korea and China.

In August, concerns were raised that key East Asia jobs had been left empty as tensions rose between the U.S. and North Korea. Trump has not nominated an ambassador to South Korea.

For months, Trump's administration has been criticized over budget cuts to the State Department and its pace of nominations for high-profile ambassadorships in Asia and the Middle East.

As NPR's Michele Kelemen reported in September, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson "has raised a lot of eyebrows, maintaining a hiring freeze long after it was lifted for the rest of the federal government. Secretary Tillerson has also hired outside consulting groups."

For Trump, the approach extends beyond the State Department. His recent remarks echo what he said in October, when he told Forbes, "I'm generally not going to make a lot of the appointments that would normally be — because you don't need them."

The president went on to complain about the "massive" size of some federal agencies.

As of last month, the Trump administration had installed roughly a quarter of the personnel needed to fill some 600 appointed positions that require Senate confirmation, as NPR's Tamara Keith has reported.

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THIS IS A GREAT IDEA, UNLESS THE BACTERIA CAN TRANSMIT DISEASE ON ITS’ OWN, OR ATTACK OUR HONEY BEE POPULATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. OTHERWISE, IT’S GREAT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. HOPEFULLY THAT WON’T BE TRUE. IT’S ALL INTERESTING IN THIS STORY, BUT MY FAVORITE IS THE IMAGE OF A GREAT BIG SCIENTIST INJECTING A TINY MOSQUITO EGG WITH A MINUTE BACTERIUM VIA AN EQUALLY SMALL NEEDLE. EVEN A VERY STEADY HAND COULDN’T DO THAT, IT SEEMS TO ME, SO MAYBE THERE IS A ROBOTIC DEVICE THAT IS USED. THAT WASN’T MENTIONED HERE, BUT SURGEONS USING SUCH A ROBOT FOR DELICATE SURGERY HAVE BEEN IN THE NEWS A FEW TIMES OVER THE LAST 5 YEARS OR SO. THE FOLLOWING IS WHAT I HAD SEEN:
HTTPS://WWW.FDA.GOV/MEDICALDEVICES/PRODUCTSANDMEDICALPROCEDURES/SURGERYANDLIFESUPPORT/COMPUTERASSISTEDSURGICALSYSTEMS/DEFAULT.HTM. THE TERM FOR IT IS “ROBOTICALLY-ASSISTED SURGICAL (RAS) DEVICES ARE ONE TYPE OF COMPUTER-ASSISTED SURGICAL SYSTEM.”

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/11/08/562809948/epa-approval-of-bacteria-to-fight-mosquitoes-caps-a-20-year-quest
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EPA Approval Of Bacteria To Fight Mosquitoes Caps Long Quest
November 8, 2017 2:30 PM ET
JOE PALCA

Photograph -- Scott O'Neill wants to rid the world of dengue fever by infecting mosquitoes with bacteria so they can't carry the virus that causes the disease.
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Editor's note: The Environmental Protection Agency has approved the use of mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia bacteria as a "biopesticide" in 20 states and the District of Columbia. The bacteria keep mosquitoes from spreading diseases like dengue and Zika. Back in 2012, NPR's Joe Palca wrote about scientist Scott O'Neill's 20 years of struggle to make the idea of Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes work. Here is his story.

This summer, my big idea is to explore the big ideas of science. Instead of just reporting science as results — the stuff that's published in scientific journals and covered as news — I want to take you inside the world of science. I hope I'll make it easier to understand how science works, and just how cool the process of discovery and innovation really is.

A lot of science involves failure, but there are also the brilliant successes, successes that can lead to new inventions, new tools, new drugs — things that can change the world

That got me thinking that I wanted to dive deeper into the story of an Australian scientist named Scott O'Neill. Scott had come up a clever new way for combating dengue fever.

"Success for me is having a significant impact on dengue disease in communities," says Scott O'Neill, holding a container of mosquitoes.
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Dengue is a terrible disease. It sickens tens of millions and kills tens of thousands. There's no cure, no vaccine and pretty much no way to prevent it. It's one of those diseases transmitted by a mosquito, like malaria.

About 20 years ago, a lot of scientists got excited about the idea of genetically modifying mosquitoes so they couldn't transmit these diseases. People are still pursuing this approach. But I thought genetically modifying mosquitoes would be really hard to do. Even if you were able to make these disease-blocking mosquitoes in the lab, I didn't see how you would ever get them to survive in the wild, and displace the disease-transmitting mosquitoes that were already there. There was also a societal problem with the scheme. Most people probably wouldn't be thrilled about having swarms of genetically modified mosquitoes released in their backyards.

But last summer, when I read about O'Neill's work, it really knocked me out. His big idea was to infect mosquitoes with a naturally occurring bacteria called Wolbachia. Turns out that by some unknown quirk of biology, Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes can't carry the dengue virus.

Releasing Mosquitoes To The Wild

Credit: Courtesy of Scott O'Neill

Let me repeat that, because this is a key point: A mosquito infected with the bacteria called Wolbachia can't transmit the virus that causes dengue. One microbe defeats the other.

When I interviewed O'Neill by phone last year, he told me the idea seemed to be working. He had released his Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes into two small communities in northeastern Australia.

"Over a very short period of time, the Wolbachia was able to invade the wild mosquito population until close to 100 percent of all mosquitoes had the Wolbachia infection — and so we presume, greatly reduced ability to transmit dengue between people," O'Neill told me.

That was enough success for me to do a short news story about O'Neill's work. But I knew there was more. I convinced my editor to let me go to Australia to learn more about O'Neill and his big idea.

'Incredibly Frustrating Work'

One of the first things I learned when I got to his lab at Monash University in Melbourne was a surprise: It had taken O'Neill 20 years to get his big idea to work.

'Eliminate Dengue' Team Has A Deep (Lab) Bench
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'Eliminate Dengue' Team Has A Deep (Lab) Bench

"You know, I was incredibly persistent in not wanting to give this idea up," O'Neill said. "I thought the idea was a good idea, and I don't think you get too many ideas in your life, actually. At least I don't. I'm not smart enough. So I thought this idea was a really good idea."

The problem was that O'Neill couldn't figure out how to infect mosquitoes with Wolbachia. Remember, a Wolbachia infected mosquito can't transmit dengue.

You can't just spread Wolbachia bacteria around and hope the mosquitoes catch it. Instead, you have to puncture a mosquito egg or embryo about the size of a poppy seed with a hair-thin needle containing the bacteria, peering through a microscope the entire time so you can see what you're doing.

"It's incredibly frustrating work," O'Neill says.

His colleague Tom Walker spends hour after hour, day after day, trying to inject the embryos. Even though he's become an expert at this, Walker can do no more than 500 a day.

Scott O'Neill wants to rid the world of dengue fever by infecting mosquitoes with bacteria so they can't carry the virus that causes the disease.
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Then the scientists have to wait a week until the adult mosquitoes emerge to see if any are infected with Wolbachia. Walker says in this latest round of work he's injected 18,000 eggs — with nothing to show for it. "The success rate is very low," says Walker, in something of an understatement.

"We don't have any windows that can open in this building, so people like Tom can't jump out of them," O'Neill adds with a laugh. He sounds like he's only half kidding.

The good news is that if you can manage to get the bacteria into even one mosquito, nature will take care of spreading it for you. Any mommy mosquito that's infected will also infect all her darling offspring, all 100 or more of them. And when those baby mosquitoes become mature in about 10 days, the new mommies among them will pass Wolbachia to their babies. Pretty soon, everybody who's anybody in that mosquito community is infected.

Success: 'A Significant Impact On Dengue Disease In Communities'

Now as I said, O'Neill has been pushing this idea of using Wolbachia to control dengue for decades, for a most of that time without any success. I asked him what it takes to stick with something for that long.

"I think being obsessive," he replied. "Being maybe a little ill in that regard. And it's just that I seem to have focused my obsession onto Wolbachia instead of on to postage stamps or model trains."

And even though his obsession has brought him to the point where he's shown he can get his Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes to spread in the wild, that's not the success he's ultimately after. "Success for me is having a significant impact on dengue disease in communities," he says.

To do that, he'll have to release his mosquitoes in a place where there's a lot of dengue, and then see if that brings down the number of cases of the disease in humans. Those studies are being planned now.

The stakes are high. By some estimates, more than a billion people around the world are at risk for getting dengue. Even if it doesn't kill you, I'm told a case of dengue can make you feel so bad, you wish you were dead.

To Shrink Mosquito Population, Scientists Are Releasing 20 Million Mosquitoes
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To Shrink Mosquito Population, Scientists Are Releasing 20 Million Mosquitoes

"[It's] pretty much the worst disease I've ever had. It was not fun," says Steven Williams, a tropical disease researcher at Smith College in Northampton, Mass. Williams was bitten by a dengue mosquito while on a trip to French Polynesia. He says for 10 days he had a high fever, horrible headache and terrible pain in his muscles and joints.

One other delightful thing about dengue: There are no specific drugs to treat it. "You basically just have to ride it out," says Williams.

Moments Of Triumph, With Trepidation

With no cure and no vaccine, O'Neill's Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes could make a huge difference. Although proving that is still years off, there have been moments of triumph in the 20-year slog that's brought him this far.

Take the day in 2006, when one of O'Neill's graduate students told him he thought he'd finally succeeded in infecting a dengue mosquito with Wolbachia.

I figured this must have been a red-letter day for O'Neill, a day of sheer elation. He told me looking back on it, it was. But at the time it didn't seem that way.

"Because ... you're so used to failure, and you don't believe anything when you see it," he says. "And so you can think back to when there was a eureka moment, but at the time, it's probably ... 'This looks pretty good but, you know, I've been burnt thousands of times before. Let's go and do it again, and let's do it another time, and check and check and check, and make sure it's actually real.' "

O'Neill says the day his team really enjoyed was last year when they tested to see if their mosquitoes would take over from the other mosquitoes in the wild.

O'Neill's colleague Scott Ritchie recorded the event for posterity on his cellphone.

That got me interested in O'Neill's work last summer. He and his colleagues have now completed a second release, and the results are looking promising. But O'Neill says it's not yet time to celebrate.

"We've got some good preliminary data, and we're on the path. And it's looking good. But you know I am a realist. It could fall over at any day," he says.



I CAN ONLY SUGGEST ONE THING THAT CAME TO ME WHEN I READ THIS, WHICH IS THAT ONE MAN’S MULCHING PROJECT COULD BE ANOTHER MAN’S PILE OF LEAVES. I REMEMBER YEARS AGO WHEN I BOUGHT A PACKET OF WILD FLOWER SEEDS AND PLANTED THEM IN A LITTLE ROUND BED ABOUT THREE FEET ACROSS IN MY FRONT YARD. THE HEAD HONCHO AT THE TENANTS’ ASSOCIATION WALKED UP WHILE I WAS THERE AND INFORMED ME THAT ONE OF THE TALLER ONES IN THE CENTER WAS “A WEED.” I TOLD HER THAT THEY ARE ALL WILD FLOWERS, AND SHE JUST REPEATED HER STATEMENT. SHE APPARENTLY DIDN’T KNOW WHAT “WEEDS” ACTUALLY ARE. I DIDN’T PULL IT UP, AND SHE NEVER CAME BACK. SHE PROBABLY THOUGHT IT WAS “CATCHING” LIKE DANDELIONS.

YES, THEY REALLY ARE “CATCHING,” BECAUSE THEIR BEAUTIFUL LITTLE TASSELED SEEDS BLOW IN THE WIND TO OTHER LOCATIONS. BUT I LOVE THEM ANYWAY. FROM BLOSSOM TO SEED THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL IN ALL PHASES, AND BESIDES YOU CAN EAT THE LEAVES!! THEY’RE EATEN FAIRLY OFTEN BY SOME NEW ENGLAND NATURE BUFFS. PICK THEM EARLY IN SPRING BEFORE THEY GET TOUGH AND STRONG, SAID A BOOK I FOUND ON WHAT TO EAT FROM THE WILD AND HOW TO COOK IT. STEAMING THEM WAS SUGGESTED. I TRIED IT, BUT IT’S JUST TOO BITTER FOR ME. I THINK I MIGHT HAVE LIKED BOILING BETTER. MIGHT BE GOOD IN A MIXED GREEN SALAD FOR CONTRAST, THOUGH. IT TASTES JUST ABOUT LIKE ESCAROLE.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rand-paul-tweets-reports-disputing-neighbors-claims-of-landscaping-drama/
CBS NEWS November 9, 2017, 8:13 AM
Rand Paul neighbor pleads not guilty to assault on Senator, Paul disputes "trivial" claims

Senator Rand Paul's neighbor Rene Boucher has pleaded not guilty after being charged for attacking the Senator at his Kentucky home.

Paul is currently recovering after he was allegedly tackled from behind by Boucher for what Boucher's attorney told CBS News in a statement "was a very regrettable dispute between two neighbors over a matter that most people would regard as trivial."

But Paul appears to be disputing claims made by his next-door neighbor's lawyer that a "trivial" dispute over landscaping issues were at the root of a recent dust-up that left the senator with six broken ribs.

The statement did not further describe what precipitated the attack. It did note that Boucher and Paul have been next-door neighbors for 17 years and said that the two, both physicians, had worked together when they were both practicing. "We sincerely hope that Senator Paul is doing well and that these two gentlemen can get back to being neighbors as quickly as possible."

But Paul's most recent tweets suggest the drama may not be as minor as Boucher's attorney makes it seem. Paul tweeted links to two reports by Breitbart News and the Washington Examiner, both claiming the reports of a "landscaping dispute" were erroneous, citing various neighbors of the Paul family.

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Rand Paul's neighbors are calling into question reports suggesting the Kentucky senator's character and libertarianism contributed to one member of their community allegedly attacking him at his home...
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"The stories of a 'landscaping dispute', or a dispute of any sort between Rand Paul and Rene Boucher are erroneous and unfounded. The reason for Mr. Boucher's bizarre attack is known only to him. Statements to the contrary are irresponsible and unnecessary," wrote neighbor Travis Creed in an email to Breitbart News.

This speculation regarding Boucher's motive, Creed says, "has led to an unfair characterization of the Pauls and their home."

Another neighbor, Dan Renshaw, told the Examiner, "This episode is so wrong on so many levels, to be absolutely blindsided and attacked while mowing one's lawn. I can't imagine being in my yard pulling weeds or mowing and being totally attacked by anyone, much less my neighbor? It's hard to believe he was out of jail the next morning on a $7,500 bail."

Both outlets also reported that Boucher had anti-Trump leanings, reportedly posting negative rants about the administration on social media. But according to Boucher's attorney, the matter had "absolutely nothing to do with either's politics or political agendas."

Paul tweeted an update on his health status on Wednesday that his condition was worse than previously known.

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I appreciate all of the support from everyone. A medical update: final report indicates six broken ribs & new X-ray shows a pleural effusion
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Paul said a final report revealed six broken ribs and a pleural effusion — excess fluid around the lungs — which is worse than the five broken ribs reported Monday from the attack. Initially, Boucher was charged with fourth-degree assault, indicating only a minor injury.

Paul told police that Boucher came onto his property and "tackled him from behind, forcing him to the ground and causing pain." Paul, according to the arrest warrant, had injuries to his face, "including small cuts to the nose and mouth area," and he was having trouble breathing "due to a potential rib injury."

Boucher was ordered not to contact Paul or his family and stay 1,000 feet away. Boucher is also barred from possessing firearms. A pretrial conference was set for November 30th at Thursday's hearing.

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THIS ARTICLE GIVES A VARIETY OF OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SO I INCLUDED IT. WE’LL PROBABLY NEVER KNOW THE FULL TRUTH HERE. AS PAUL’S NEIGHBOR TRAVIS CREED SAID, “IT’S VERY STRANGE.”

http://www.bgdailynews.com/news/paul-s-neighbors-question-reports-about-motive-for-altercation/article_a55068fa-fc3a-5dcf-980a-725ca01d5e45.html
Paul's neighbors question reports about motive for altercation
By DEBORAH HIGHLAND dhighland@bgdailynews.com Nov 9, 2017 Updated 1 hr ago

In the wake of a neighbor-vs.-neighbor altercation that left U.S. Sen. Rand Paul with six broken ribs and a retired Bowing Green physician facing a misdemeanor assault charge, some residents of the tony Rivergreen community expressed steadfast support Wednesday for Paul, saying they are puzzled about what led to the incident.

Sources told multiple media outlets in recent days that a dispute about lawn care between Kentucky’s Republican junior senator, 54, and an adjacent property owner, Rene Albert Boucher, 59, might have sparked the physical altercation Friday outside Paul’s home.

Jim Skaggs, the developer of the gated Rivergreen subdivision just east of Bowling Green, told the Daily News this week that the two men’s relationship was “strained” and that the incident “may have involved a cleanup-of-leaves issue.”

Meanwhile, Rob Porter, a longtime friend of Paul’s, told the Daily News this week that Paul had been mowing his grass and was wearing ear protection when he was tackled and driven to the ground Friday.

Porter said Paul told him after the incident that he had not spoken to Boucher in years and that he had no idea what prompted the assault.

Boucher, of 582 Rivergreen Lane, pleaded not guilty Thursday to a charge of fourth-degree assault at his arraignment in Warren District Court.

Neither Paul’s communication staff nor Boucher’s attorney, Bowling Green-based Matt Baker, has offered a description of what led to the incident. Boucher is a registered Democrat, but Baker issued a statement Monday saying the incident was not politically motivated and rather the result of a matter “most people would regard as trivial.”

On Wednesday, Rivergreen resident Travis Creed, who described himself as “a friend and neighbor of the Paul family,” pushed back against claims that a lawn-related issue led to the altercation. In an email to the Daily News, Creed wrote that “the stories of a ‘landscaping dispute,’ or a dispute of any sort between Rand Paul and Rene Boucher are erroneous and unfounded. The reason for Mr. Boucher’s bizarre attack is known only to him.”

“I don’t think anybody knows why he did what he did,” Creed said in a followup telephone interview with the Daily News. “I’ve spoken at length with Rand about it. He said he didn’t think he’d spoken to (Boucher) in about 15 years.”

Late Thursday morning, Paul's senior adviser Doug Stafford issued a statement reiterating that Paul was the victim of a "blindside" attack.

“Last week Senator Paul was vigorously assaulted by someone in his neighborhood," Stafford said in the statement. "This is a serious criminal matter involving serious injury, and is being handled by local and federal authorities. As to reports of a longstanding dispute with the attacker, the Pauls have had no conversations with him in many years. The first 'conversation' with the attacker came after Sen. Paul's ribs were broken. This was not a 'fight,' it was a blindside, violent attack by a disturbed person. Anyone claiming otherwise is simply uninformed or seeking media attention."

Creed was among four of Paul’s neighbors who emailed the Daily News on Wednesday after Paul’s communication staff told the newspaper that some of Paul’s neighbors might want to speak. Reached by phone later, Creed and another Rivergreen resident, Danny Renshaw, both said they were not asked by Paul’s staff to give interviews. The other two neighbors who emailed the Daily News could not be reached subsequently.

All four of Paul’s neighbors who emailed the Daily News were among numerous neighbors who were quoted in articles published Wednesday and Thursday by media outlets including The Washington Examiner, a Washington, D.C.-based newspaper, and the heavily right-leaning Breitbart.com. Paul’s official Twitter account, @RandPaul, tweeted links – without additional comment – to the Examiner and Breitbart stories Wednesday evening. The Breitbart.com story was headlined “Exclusive: Rand Paul’s neighbors say reports blaming savage assault on ‘landscaping dispute’ are fake news.”

Creed called Paul a “great neighbor” and said Paul wrote a letter of reference or recommendation at some point for one of Boucher’s relatives.

“He really works in his yard,” Creed said. “He’s always mowed his own lawn. He’s got an old lawn tractor that’s put together with duct tape. He loves that thing, and he loves mowing his own lawn.

“I hate that this happened. I hate that he’s going through it. He’s in a lot of pain. It’s very strange.”

The New York Times reported earlier this week that “the senator grows pumpkins on his property, composts and has shown little interest for neighborhood regulations.” In October 2013, Paul tweeted a photo of himself, his wife, Kelley, and his son Robert “after church in our own pumpkin patch.”

In regard to the pumpkins, Creed said it hasn’t been an issue in the neighborhood.

“I remember a few years ago, one of his kids threw some pumpkin seeds out and there were few pumpkins that grew,” Creed said. “I wouldn’t call it a pumpkin patch. Nobody complained about it because it was insignificant.”

Renshaw, meanwhile, said he has known Paul for 17 years.

“I don’t live next door to him. As far as I know they’re really good people,” Renshaw said. “We’ve been to their home several times. They are like all the rest of us. I think they’re really good people. They are really kind. They would never do anything intentionally to hurt anyone.

“I really don’t know Dr. Boucher. I’ve seen him walking his dog a few times in the neighborhood.”

Renshaw said Paul’s lawn looks fine to him.

“If that’s the reason he tackled him, that’s totally asinine,” Renshaw said. “There’s no justification for what this gentleman did. I’m just appalled.”

Paul – Kentucky’s Republican junior senator since 2011 – tweeted Wednesday afternoon that a final medical report showed that he has six broken ribs and a pleural effusion, which WebMD.com defines as an “unusual amount of fluid around the lung.”

“I appreciate all the support from everyone,” Paul wrote on his Twitter account.

Descriptions of the nature and extent of Paul’s injuries have evolved in the days since the incident. An initial Kentucky State Police news release Saturday said Paul had a “minor injury,” but a senior member of Paul’s staff said Sunday the senator suffered several rib fractures, as well as lung contusions.

– Follow Night Editor and Senior Reporter Deborah Highland on Twitter @BGDNCrimebeat or visit bgdailynews.com.



COMPARE THESE NEXT TWO ARTICLES. I WILL SAY NO MORE.

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By REBECCA SHABAD CBS NEWS November 9, 2017, 1:43 PM
Report: Roy Moore, GOP Senate candidate, initiated sexual encounter with 14-year-old girl when he was 32

A woman named Leigh Corfman says that when she was 14 years old in 1979, Roy Moore, the current GOP Senate candidate in Alabama initiated a sexual encounter with her when he was 32 years old, according to The Washington Post.

Moore approached Corfman, outside a courtroom in Alabama, the report said, while her mother was inside at a child custody hearing and struck up a conversation with her.

He asked for Corfman's phone number and picked up a few days later near her house and drove her to his home in the woods 30 minutes away, the report said. Moore told Corfman "how pretty she was and kissed her," the report said.

Moore, on a second visit, took off Corfman's shirt and pants and he removed his own clothes, the report said, which added that he touched her over her bra and underwear and "he guided her hand to touch him over his underwear."

Three other women told the Post in recent weeks, the report said, that Moore pursued them when they were between the ages of 16 and 18 and he was in his early 30s, working at the district attorney's office. He gave some of them alcohol -- at a time when the legal drinking age was 19.

Corfman is the only woman who had sexual contact with Moore, the report said, and they did not have intercourse. The legal age of consent in Alabama is 16 years of age, and sexual contact between someone who is 19 years of age or older and a person who is 12 to 16 years of age is a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year. The Post points out that enticing a child under 16 years of age into a home with the purpose of proposing sexual contact is a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The statute of limitations on the felony charge would have run out in three years in 1979. Corfman never filed a police report.

Moore, now 70, is competing in the special election in Alabama on Dec. 12 against Democrat Doug Jones.

Moore's campaign chairman Bill Armistead released the following statement on Thursday afternoon:

"Judge Roy Moore has endured the most outlandish attacks on any candidate in the modern political arena, but this story in today's Washington Post alleging sexual impropriety takes the cake. National liberal organizations know their chosen candidate Doug Jones is in a death spiral, and this is their last ditch Hail Mary."

"The Washington Post has already endorsed the Judge's opponent, and for months, they have engaged in a systematic campaign to distort the truth about the Judge's record and career and derail his campaign. In fact, just two days ago, the Foundation for Moral Law sent a retraction demand to the Post for the false stories they wrote about the Judge's work and compensation. But apparently, there is no end to what the Post will allege."

"The Judge has been married to Kayla for nearly 33 years, has 4 children, and 5 grandchildren. He has been a candidate in four hotly-contested statewide political contests, twice as a gubernatorial candidate and twice as a candidate for chief justice. He has been a three-time candidate for local office, and he has been a national figure in two ground-breaking, judicial fights over religious liberty and traditional marriage. After over 40 years of public service, if any of these allegations were true, they would have been made public long before now."

"Judge Roy Moore is winning with a double-digit lead. So it is no surprise, with just over four weeks remaining, in a race for the U.S. Senate with national implications, that the Democratic Party and the country's most liberal newspaper would come up with a fabrication of this kind."

"This garbage is the very definition of fake news and intentional defamation."

In a statement following the Post's report, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell suggested if the allegations against Moore were in fact true, "he must step aside."

National Republican Senate Committee Chairman Cory Gardner echoed those calls, calling the allegations "deeply troubling", adding , "If these allegations are found to be true, Roy Moore must drop out of the Alabama special Senate election."

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glassroth_v._Moore
Glassroth v. Moore
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Glassroth v. Moore, CV-01-T-1268-N, 229 F. Supp. 2d 1290 (M.D. Ala. 2002), and its companion case Maddox and Howard v. Moore, CV-01-T-1269-N, concern then-Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy S. Moore and a stone monument of the Ten Commandments in the rotunda of the Alabama Judicial Building in Montgomery, Alabama.

When Judge Moore was a lower court judge, he had become famous for his fights over the display of the Ten Commandments in his courtroom.

On August 1, 2001, Justice Moore had a 5,280-pound (2,400 kg) block of granite with the Ten Commandments engraved on it, installed during the middle of the night without the knowledge of the other Alabama Supreme Court justices.[citation needed]

A group of lawyers consisting of Stephen R. Glassroth, Melinda Maddox and Beverly Howard, who felt their clients might not receive fair treatment if they did not share Moore's religious opinion, and that the placement of the monument violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, filed civil suits in Federal Court against Justice Moore in his official capacity as Chief Justice to have the monument removed.

On November 18, 2002, the District Court held the monument violated the Establishment Clause. The following day, the District Court directed Moore to remove the monument from the building. That injunction was stayed pending appeal. The Court of Appeals affirmed the original decision on July 1, 2003.

After the decision of the Court of Appeals, Moore did not ask the court for a rehearing, nor did he request the Court of Appeals, to stay its mandate pending the filing of a petition to the United States Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari. On July 30, 2003, having received no request to stay the mandate, the Court of Appeals issued its mandate to the District Court. On August 5, 2003, the District Court entered its "Final Judgment and Injunction," and enjoined Chief Justice Moore, his officers, agents, servants, and employees and those persons in active concert or participation with him who received actual notice of this injunction from "failing to remove, by no later than August 20, 2003, the Ten Commandments monument at issue in this litigation from the non-private areas of the Alabama State Judicial Building."

On August 14, 2003, Moore stated publicly that he would not comply with the injunction issued to him by the District Court:

"As Chief Justice of the State of Alabama, it is my duty to administer the justice system of our state, not to destroy it. I have no intention of removing the monument of the Ten Commandments and the moral foundation of our law. To do so would, in effect, result in the [be a] disestablishment of our system of Justice in this State. This I cannot and will not do!"

On August 21, 2003, when Moore failed to comply with the August 5, 2003, Order of the District Court, the eight Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of Alabama, issued an order recognizing that "[t]he refusal of officers of this Court to obey a binding order of a federal court of competent jurisdiction would impair the authority and ability of all of the courts of this State to enforce their judgments," and issued an order countermanding the "administrative decision of the Chief Justice to disregard the writ of injunction of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama" and ordered "that the Building Manager of the Alabama Judicial Building be, and the same hereby is, DIRECTED to take all steps necessary to comply with the injunction as soon as practicable."

A later case, McGinley v. Houston et al., in which another lawyer sued Gorman Houston, the Senior Associate Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court and the other justices for removing the monument. The suit was dismissed on the grounds that removing a monument of the Ten Commandments does not constitute an establishment of religion.

Justice Moore would later be removed from office for judicial misconduct for failing to comply with the order of the federal court. Moore ran in the March 12, 2012 primary and defeated two candidates without a runoff despite being heavily outspent.



I THINK STORIES LIKE THIS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING FOREVER, AND THE MALE, CLASSIST SOCIETY THAT WE LIVE IN SAID NOTHING. MEN WERE STRONG AND POWERFUL AND WOMEN, ESPECIALLY VERY YOUNG OR POOR WOMEN, WERE EXPENDABLE. THE TIMES SEEM TO BE CHANGING, BUT MAYBE IT’S JUST THAT THE SOCIAL PHASE WE’RE IN WILL PASS AWAY WITHIN A DECADE OR LESS. FOR A REALLY GREAT CLASSIC NOVEL ON THIS SUBJECT, GO TO “TESS OF THE D’URBERVILLES,” BY THOMAS HARDY.

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By REBECCA SHABAD CBS NEWS November 9, 2017, 3:42 PM
GOP senators weigh in on allegations against candidate Roy Moore

A number of Senate Republicans were aghast Thursday at GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore, who is accused of initiating sexual contact with a minor.

In a story first reported by The Washington Post and confirmed by CBS News, four women accuse Moore of pursuing them when they were teens and he was in his 30s.

A woman named Leigh Corfman says that when she was 14 years old in 1979, Moore initiated a sexual encounter with her when he was 32 years old, The Washington Post reported. Three other women told the Post that Moore pursued them when they were between the ages of 16 and 18.

The chairman of the National Senatorial Campaign Committee (NRSC), Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colorado, said that he should drop out of the Alabama Senate race if the allegations are true.

"The allegations against Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore are deeply troubling," Gardner said in a statement. "If these allegations are found to be true, Roy Moore must drop out of the Alabama special Senate election."

Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, said that Moore should withdraw from the race immediately.

"The allegations against Roy Moore are deeply disturbing and disqualifying. He should immediately step aside and allow the people of Alabama to elect a candidate they can be proud of," he said.

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Sen. Luther Strange, R-Alabama, the outgoing senator defeated by Moore in the GOP primary, said "it's very, very disturbing what I read and I'll have more to say about it after I learn more."

Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, said "I think our folks are looking into what the laws allow for in terms of Alabama when it comes to replacing candidates on the ballot...the allegations, if true, to me, mean he needs to step aside.

"If the revelations are true I don't think there's a place for him in the U.S. Senate," Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Alabama, said.

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Arizona, said that the allegations are "appalling."

McConnell and other top senators and members declined to answer any shouted questions from reporters after a brief press availability about tax reform.

A woman named Leigh Corfman says that when she was 14 years old in 1979, Moore, initiated a sexual encounter with her when he was 32 years old, according to The Washington Post.

Moore approached Corfman, outside a courtroom in Alabama, the report said, while her mother was inside at a child custody hearing and struck up a conversation with her.

He asked for Corfman's phone number and picked up a few days later near her house and drove her to his home in the woods 30 minutes away, the report said. Moore told Corfman "how pretty she was and kissed her," the report said.

Moore, on a second visit, took off Corfman's shirt and pants and he removed his own clothes, the report said, which added that he touched her over her bra and underwear and "he guided her hand to touch him over his underwear."

Three other women told the Post in recent weeks, the report said, that Moore pursued them when they were between the ages of 16 and 18 and he was in his early 30s, working at the district attorney's office. He gave some of them alcohol -- at a time when the legal drinking age was 19.

Moore, now 70, is competing in the special election in Alabama on Dec. 12 against Democrat Doug Jones.

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READ IT OR NOT, THIS IS ANOTHER DISGUSTING CASE OF SEXUAL ABUSE. MOORE PURSUED VERY YOUNG WOMEN IN THEIR TEENS, AND LOUIS C.K. LIKES TO MASTURBATE BEFORE AN AUDIENCE OF HORRIFIED WOMEN INSTEAD. THE ONLY BRIGHT SPOT IS THAT WOMEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN MOLESTED IN MANY, MANY CASES, BUT IN THE OLD DAYS THEY HID IT AS THOUGH IT WERE THEIR FAULT. NOW THEY ARE SEEING OTHERS STEPPING FORWARD AND OUTING THE GUYS WHO TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THEM. UNPLEASANT AS THE PROCESS IS FOR EVERYONE, IT IS HEALING FOR THE VICTIM AND WILL LIKELY PREVENT MORE WOMEN FROM BEING VICTIMIZED BY THAT PARTICULAR MAN AGAIN. SOCIETY ISN’T JUMPING UP TO BLAME THE WOMAN EITHER, I NOTICE. THAT MAY BE PROGRESS. I’M NOT GOING TO PRINT THE ARTICLE OUT HERE, SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT, JUST GO TO THE WEBSITE.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct-new-york-times-report/
By ANDREA PARK CBS NEWS November 9, 2017, 3:40 PM
Louis C.K. accused of sexual misconduct in New York Times report



THE SENATE HAS PASSED A RESOLUTION REQUIRING "MANDATORY HARASSMENT TRAINING" UNANIMOUSLY. I'M SURE THAT'S NO ACCIDENT OF TIMING. I'M GLAD TO SEE IT. WE DO SO NEED TO CLEAN UP THE HALLS OF POWER WHEREVER THEY EXIST.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-passes-resolution-requiring-mandatory-harassment-training/
By KATHRYN WATSON CBS NEWS November 9, 2017, 7:08 PM
Senate passes resolution requiring mandatory harassment training

The Senate on Thursday approved a bipartisan resolution requiring mandatory harassment training for all senators, officers, employers and interns in the upper chamber.

The resolution passed by unanimous consent. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, introduced the proposal, which was co-sponsored by a handful of other Republicans and Democrats. The training would need to be competed within 60 days of the resolution's passage, and each Senate office would have to submit a certification of completed training for publishing on the Secretary of the Senate's website.

The House and Senate already offer sexual harassment training, but it's optional. The House Administration Committee will hold a hearing to review the House's sexual harassment training and reporting policies next week.

The proposal passed the same day the Washington Post published a story alleging Roy Moore, the Republican candidate in next month's special Senate election, sexually touched a 14-year-old girl when he was 32, and had interactions with other teen girls when he was in his 30s. Moore's campaign has dismissed the allegations as "garbage," but a number of Senate Republicans have said Moore should step down if the allegations are true.

The resolution comes amid growing calls for reform of sexual harassment policies on Capitol Hill, stemming from heightened attention to sexual harassment from the Harvey Weinstein scandal and sexual misconduct allegations against other well-known icons.


"Making harassment training mandatory in the Senate sends a clear message: harassment of any kind is not and will not be tolerated in Congress. Period," Klobuchar said in a statement."Sexual and workplace harassment is a widespread problem that affects too many women and men in too many places, professions, and industries. Everyone deserves to feel safe and comfortable at work, and the passage of this official Senate policy is an important measure to ensure that's the case in these halls."

Grassley called the training "critical."

"By passing this resolution, we take a step to ensure that all who work for the Senate are able to do their job without feeling unsafe or uncomfortable. No place of work is immune to the all-too-prevalent scourge of sexual harassment, but we in Congress have a particular duty to set high standards of conduct," Grassley said in a statement. "In the wake of so many scandals and reports of sexual harassment around the country, it's critical that we continue do everything we can to prevent it."

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“SANDERS SEES ONE POSITIVE OUTCOME OF TRUMP'S ELECTION. NOW, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY NEED TO BE INVOLVED IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS IN A WAY THEY HAVEN’T BEEN PREVIOUSLY, HE TOLD USA TODAY.”

IT DOES SEEM TO ME THAT THE USA IS WAKING UP FROM A LONG SLEEP, EVEN THOSE IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, AND REALIZE THAT IN TOO MANY WAYS TRUMP HAS THE VIEWS OF AN AUTOCRAT. WHAT I WANT TO SEE IS FOR US TO GET BACK TO POLITICAL PARTICIPATION ON THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL AGAIN. OTHERWISE, I WILL FEEL AS I DO NOW THAT WHAT WE NEED, POSSIBLY, IS A BRAND-NEW PARTY WHICH WILL BE A GRASSROOTS PARTY, OR AT ANY RATE, REMAKING THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AS SANDERS SAID BELOW.


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A year later, Bernie Sanders calls Donald Trump's election an 'unprecedented disaster' for America
Nicole Gaudiano, USA TODAY
Published 5:30 p.m. ET Nov. 8, 2017 | Updated 5:30 p.m. ET Nov. 8, 2017

Video -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, who defied expectations with his long-shot primary bid against Hillary Clinton, sat down with USA TODAY to discuss the anniversary of Trump’s election, its aftermath and the Democratic Party’s future. USA TODAY

WASHINGTON — A year after Donald Trump’s election, it’s hard for Sen. Bernie Sanders to point to just one thing the president has done as the worst.

Beyond his “terrible policies,” one major concern is that the president has “gone overboard” in trying to divide people based on their color, nation of origin, religion or sexual orientation for “cheap politics,” said Sanders, a Vermont independent and 2016 presidential candidate. But what’s also “deeply disturbing” is that “he lies all of the time.”

Trump ran a “clever” campaign, portraying himself as a different kind of Republican who would represent working people and not just big money interests.

“But a year later if you look at his record, you find that almost everything that he said was a lie,” Sanders told USA TODAY.

Sanders, who defied expectations with his long-shot Democratic primary bid against Hillary Clinton, sat down with USA TODAY to discuss the anniversary of Trump’s election, its aftermath and the Democratic Party’s future.

While some Democrats are calling for Trump’s impeachment, Sanders said that kind of talk is “premature” and that investigations into whether his campaign colluded with Russia should play out first. But he said he was correct in predicting Trump’s presidency would be an “unprecedented disaster” for the country.

Democrats, he said, must confront Trump’s “outrageous behavior” every day, pushing back on his “hate-filled agenda.” But if they want to be successful in future races, they must also push for a progressive agenda that speaks to the needs of the middle and working classes.

Sanders said he sees a role for himself in rebuilding the Democratic Party — as an independent.

“I think the first thing the Democratic Party's got to do is say to every independent in this country, ‘We want you, come on into the party,' ” he said. “As an independent, I think I can play a very positive role in telling other independents, ‘You may disagree with Democrats on this and that, but come on in and fight it out and play a role in growing the Democratic Party.’”

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Even if Democrats are united against Trump, the party clearly remains divided after the Democratic primary and revelations suggesting that the Democratic National Committee favored Clinton. Former interim DNC chairwoman Donna Brazile reopened those wounds with her new book, revealing a controversial agreement the Clinton campaign had with the DNC since August 2015. The agreement gave the campaign control of the DNC’s finances and strategy in exchange for raising money and investing in the DNC, she wrote.

Trump weighed in, tweeting on Nov. 3 “The real story on Collusion is in Donna B's new book. Crooked Hillary bought the DNC & then stole the Democratic Primary from Crazy Bernie!”

Sanders fired back, “We won't be distracted from your efforts to give billionaires tax cuts, take health care from millions and deny climate change. Do your job.”

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Sanders wrote in an email to his supporters Monday that Brazile’s book excerpt shows they won’t be effective in taking on Trump and the “extremist” right-wing agenda “unless we get our act together,” promote a “fair and transparent political process” and refashion the Democratic Party into a grass-roots party.

During the interview with USA TODAY, he focused on the work of the DNC’s Unity Reform Commission as key to the party’s future. The commission, which includes Sanders and Clinton supporters and the DNC chair’s appointees, is expected to vote next month on recommendations to increase voter participation in the presidential nominating process, involve new and unaffiliated voters and broaden the party’s base.

Sanders has been calling for electoral reforms since the primary. He wants to limit the number of superdelegates, the party leaders and elected officials who can vote for the candidate of their choice at the convention and who overwhelmingly backed Clinton in 2016. He’s also calling for a more open primary process with same-day registration to encourage more voter participation.

“The goal is to open up the process to get more people in, it means having the caucuses have more accountability and it also means more transparency and democracy at the Democratic National Committee,” he said.

Sanders is the first independent to hold a party leadership position since the modern leadership structure began. As chair of outreach for Senate Democrats, he has organized more than 170 rallies and visited 19 states for events that include rallies for the Affordable Care Act, according to his office. He says Democrats need to get out of Washington,D.C., more and focus on creating a 50-state party, backing good candidates in places like Iowa and Kansas, even if they’re going to lose.

“You have many states where there is almost no Democratic Party presence,” he said. “The Democratic Party has got to take a deep breath and say, ‘Our approach has failed, we need to rethink it in a very fundamental way.’”

Democrats’ big wins Tuesday in Virginia and New Jersey governors’ races, along with down-ballot races, were “a referendum on President Trump, and he lost badly," showing Americans are “deeply concerned about his temperament, policies and efforts to divide our country up,” Sanders said in a Wednesday statement to USA TODAY.

Sanders sees one positive outcome of Trump's election. Now, millions of people understand that they need to be involved in the political process in a way they haven’t been previously, he told USA TODAY.

“You’re seeing the Women’s March, millions of people around the country and around the world, came out,” he said. “You’re seeing, I think, a significant growth in grass-roots activism.”

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