Well, while taxpayers are out an estimated $90 million for Trump’s pitiful, ego-feeding July 4th “Salute to America” parade, kids are still being held in squalid conditions at U.S. border camps and almost everything associated with the administration is rotting from the head down.
Speaking of the parade, the waste was everywhere, complete with seven military flyovers — including one the planes used as Air Force One, which costs $200,000 and hour to fly, according to the Washington Post.
That could have bought a lot of extravagances for those imprisoned kids — such as soap, toothbrushes and — gasp — beds.
“We are running along our southern border a desert-bound gulag of what are indeed concentration camps, if that phrase has any meaning at all,” penned Charles Pierce de Esquire.
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Speaking of those kids, see our recent blog on Ayudando a las familias en la frontera y familias en Nebraska.
Also, on Friday, July 12th, 2019, Luces para la libertad está organizando una “Vigilia para poner fin a los campos de detención humana”, que llevará a miles de estadounidenses a campos de detención en todo el país, a las calles y a sus propios patios delanteros, para protestar por las condiciones inhumanas que enfrentan los refugiados.
Lights for Liberty es una coalición de personas, muchas de las cuales son madres, dedicadas a los derechos humanos y al principio fundamental detrás de la democracia de que todos los seres humanos tienen derecho a la vida, la libertad y la dignidad.
Se están asociando con comunidades y organizaciones nacionales, regionales y locales que creen que estos derechos fundamentales no son negociables y están dispuestos a protegerlos.
Ver detalles sobre el Luces para la libertad eventos planeados en Lincoln, Omaha, Grand Island y Wayne.
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Congratulations to Richard Register for being elected the NDP’s First Associate Chair last weekend at the SCC meeting in Scottsbluff.
Register, who has been serving as chair of the NDP’s Finance Committee, will replace Frank LaMere, who held the spot until he succumbed to cancer last month.
Register edged out Preston Love Jr. by a 34-33 margin on a third ballot.
"Como lo demostró la votación cerrada, nuestro partido tiene un gran respeto por Preston Love y sus muchos años de servicio", dijo Register. "Espero poder estar a la altura de la memoria de Frank LeMere".
Dijo NDP Presidenta Jane Kleeb: “Our party honors the service and legacy of Frank LaMere and welcomes Richard to his new position on the NDP leadership team. We have work to do in order to transform the political landscape of our state. Richard brings years of service to both the community and the party. Let’s now go get things done.”
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los Almuerzo de Helen Boosalis 2019, organizado por Nebraska Caucus de mujeres demócratas, will be held on August 9 at 11:30 at the Lincoln Station Great Hall. This year’s theme, “Women. Vison. Change.” focuses on the forward movement of Democratic women in our state.
Las ganancias del almuerzo financian becas para mujeres de Nebraska que continúan su educación, activas en sus comunidades e implementando políticas progresistas. Los fondos también apoyarán a candidatos en Nebraska.
Obtén más información y compra entradas aquí.
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Os dejamos esta semana con una representación de Steve Benson on Trump’s meeting last weekend with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inside the demilitarized zone that has divided the Korean peninsula for 66 years.
–Por Kevin O'Hanlon / Director de comunicaciones de NDP
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FECHAS IMPORTANTES
12 de julio: Eventos de Lights for Liberty
30-31 de julio: Debates presidenciales democráticos
8 de agosto: Almuerzo "Mujeres inspiradoras" de Helen Boosalis
22-24 de agosto: DNC Summer Meeting en San Francisco
