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Saturday, July 7, 2018

I'm Beth Fukumoto, Democratic Candidate for Hawaii's First Congressional (aka the ex-Republican you heard about last year). AMA! - Politics

I'm Beth Fukumoto, Democratic Candidate for Hawaii's First Congressional (aka the ex-Republican you heard about last year). AMA! - Politics


I'm Beth Fukumoto, Democratic Candidate for Hawaii's First Congressional (aka the ex-Republican you heard about last year). AMA!

Posted: 06 Jul 2018 12:00 PM PDT

I was 27 when I first ran for office. I had just returned home from graduate school. I was living with my parents, trying to find a job and starting payments on huge student debt. The only place I could find work was the Legislature, where I saw establishment Democrats with super-majority control doing favors for friends instead of taking care of the needs of regular people. So, I decided I should run in the nearly non-existent Hawaii Republican Party in hopes of refocusing it on the needs of the people that were getting left behind. It didn't work. And, the whole country watched me lose that battle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wNcWAb9n9c#action=share. I got into politics to fight powerful, special interests and make government work for everyday people. I should always have done that as a Democrat, and that's why I'm running for Congress as a Democratic candidate today. I'm sure this intro raises lots of questions … Ask me anything. And, visit www.bethfukumoto.com.

PROOF: https://twitter.com/bethfukumoto/status/1015309480752381952

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Saturday Morning Political Cartoon Thread

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 08:06 AM PDT

It's Saturday morning, folks. Let's all kick back with a cup of coffee and share some cartoons!

Feel free to share political cartoons (no memes/image macros, though) in this thread. The subject doesn't have to be US politics and can be from any time. Just keep them political and safe for work.

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Soy farmers say they're getting hurt in Trump's trade war with China

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 04:33 AM PDT

Trump keeps claiming credit for fixing things that aren't fixed

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 05:31 AM PDT

Judge rejects blanket delay to reunite children at border

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 04:57 AM PDT

Majority of Canadians may avoid U.S. travel in response to trade war: survey

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 04:55 AM PDT

North Korea Foreign Ministry says talks with Pompeo ‘regrettable,’ accuses US of unilateral demands for denuclearization

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 05:55 AM PDT

London Mayor Approves “Trump Baby” Blimp at July 13 Protest

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 04:32 AM PDT

‘A little steel in the spine’: Rod Rosenstein, facing mounting criticism from Congress, is starting to fight back

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 06:33 AM PDT

The Trump administration deported this mother without her daughter — and she has no idea if they'll ever be reunited

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 05:08 AM PDT

Trump ‘will empower the Kremlin’ if he continues to undermine Nato

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 05:36 AM PDT

Judge: Trump administration must release list of migrant children under 5

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 05:41 AM PDT

Pruitt torn to pieces over his resignation from the EPA

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 04:49 AM PDT

Pruitt grants loophole to 'super polluting' diesel truck manufacturers on last day at EPA

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 06:06 AM PDT

Donald Trump dishonors our troops

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 06:59 AM PDT

After "Creepy" Trump Mocks Entire #MeToo Movement, Warren Declares: "You Don't Scare Us. Women Fight Back.

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 05:58 AM PDT

Democrats are tying Trump's Supreme Court pick to the special counsel's Russia probe. Here's why

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 08:06 AM PDT

Mueller team to introduce evidence that for the first time ties Trump campaign to Paul Manafort's charges

Posted: 06 Jul 2018 08:04 PM PDT

North Korea: Talks with Pompeo 'regrettable'

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 05:54 AM PDT

Obama warns of 'rise in nationalism'

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 04:02 AM PDT

New EPA Chief Andrew Wheeler, Former Coal Lobbyist, Aims to Continue to Dismantle EPA from Inside

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 06:28 AM PDT

Scott Pruitt Was Informed Of His Own Resignation By John Kelly

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 09:28 AM PDT

No, the Supreme Court Won’t Stop a Runaway President

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 06:18 AM PDT

North Korea says talks with Pompeo 'regrettable,' accuses US of unilateral nuclear demands

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 06:07 AM PDT

CNN analyst calls Trump racist for saying Maxine Waters is 'low IQ'

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 06:42 AM PDT

In The World According To Trump, NATO Allies Are Bad And Putin Is Good

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 06:51 AM PDT

Immigrant PhD candidate rocked by sudden US Army discharge

Posted: 06 Jul 2018 10:13 PM PDT

Hawaii becomes 1st state to ban sunscreens deemed harmful to coral reefs - All news

Hawaii becomes 1st state to ban sunscreens deemed harmful to coral reefs - All news


Hawaii becomes 1st state to ban sunscreens deemed harmful to coral reefs

Posted: 06 Jul 2018 07:37 PM PDT

Suspects caught on video beating 92-year-old man with brick in Willowbrook

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 04:49 AM PDT

National Grid cancels locked-out union workers' health benefits amid strikes

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 06:29 AM PDT

State police: School Principal who killed NYS trooper had illegal guns, silencers, high-capacity magazines

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 06:23 AM PDT

Man threatened to kill supporters of Trump, GOP congressman outside campaign office, police say

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 06:37 AM PDT

'We got bills to pay, sweetie.' Cops forced to return stripper's $19,934 in cash

Posted: 06 Jul 2018 01:02 PM PDT

Boy, 11, finds ‘1,000 year old message’ written in runes on pendant made of mammoth bone

Posted: 06 Jul 2018 11:41 PM PDT

Steve Ditko, ‘Spider-Man’ Co-Creator, Dies at 90

Posted: 06 Jul 2018 04:43 PM PDT

U.S. Marshals Service arrests man wanted for rape, kidnapping of two teens in Bowling Green

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 01:39 AM PDT

Security footage shows assistant principal slamming Detroit boy to ground

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 07:04 AM PDT

Man killed when tire mysteriously crashes into his car on New York highway

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 05:09 AM PDT

Canada's ban on Microbeads comes into effect

Posted: 06 Jul 2018 12:11 PM PDT

China warns of 'biggest trade war in history,' vows 'counterattack' against US tariffs

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 06:13 AM PDT

The lottery winner giving her winnings away

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 05:20 AM PDT

Southern California heat wave breaks records in Los Angeles today

Posted: 06 Jul 2018 04:21 PM PDT

Deputies seize 2,000 ecstasy pills, file 80+ criminal charges at 2018 Paradiso Festival

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 08:14 AM PDT

Colorado journalist says she was detained for taking photos

Posted: 06 Jul 2018 12:29 PM PDT

Airman sentenced to jail for raping runaway 14-year-old girl

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 09:21 AM PDT

Protesters shut down Chicago interstate to draw attention to gun violence

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 09:29 AM PDT

Trudeau again denies groping incident, but says accuser might have felt uncomfortable

Posted: 07 Jul 2018 09:03 AM PDT

Friday, July 6, 2018

Thai cave rescue: Elon Musk sends SpaceX, Boring Co to help rescue trapped soccer team - All news

Thai cave rescue: Elon Musk sends SpaceX, Boring Co to help rescue trapped soccer team - All news


Thai cave rescue: Elon Musk sends SpaceX, Boring Co to help rescue trapped soccer team

Posted: 06 Jul 2018 03:41 AM PDT

Chris Brown arrested in Palm Beach County on felony battery charges

Posted: 05 Jul 2018 11:09 PM PDT

Navy SEAL dies while rescuing Thai schoolboys trapped in cave

Posted: 05 Jul 2018 08:06 PM PDT

SAPD: Suspect in assault over MAGA hat at Whataburger arrested

Posted: 06 Jul 2018 05:56 AM PDT

Puerto Rico mayor, two others arrested on corruption charges

Posted: 06 Jul 2018 05:08 AM PDT

Trump Says Pruitt Has Resigned From EPA

Posted: 05 Jul 2018 12:41 PM PDT

Unemployment rate rises to 4%; US economy adds 213,000 jobs

Posted: 06 Jul 2018 06:20 AM PDT

Principal refuses to allow first black valedictorian to give speech, so Rochester mayor intervenes

Posted: 05 Jul 2018 10:52 AM PDT

Police: Pair high on bath salts fired gun at fireflies, mistaking them for alien lasers

Posted: 06 Jul 2018 08:50 AM PDT

German pharmacist gets 12 years for diluting cancer drugs

Posted: 06 Jul 2018 08:26 AM PDT

Man who challenged black family's use of pool loses job

Posted: 06 Jul 2018 09:11 AM PDT

Japan executes Aum Shinrikyo cult leader

Posted: 05 Jul 2018 05:28 PM PDT

Mexican police force armed with slingshots after guns confiscated

Posted: 06 Jul 2018 07:22 AM PDT

VA facilities across Ohio lost $1 million worth of medical equipment

Posted: 06 Jul 2018 04:50 AM PDT

Elvis Costello cancels tour after surgery to remove 'aggressive' tumour

Posted: 06 Jul 2018 07:18 AM PDT

Mike Pompeo Will Give Kim Jong-un Elton John’s ‘Rocket Man’ on CD

Posted: 06 Jul 2018 08:44 AM PDT

Miami residents called 911 as hurricane rolled in. Some on-duty cops drank Coronas.

Posted: 06 Jul 2018 03:50 AM PDT

Travellers warned about measles from infected passenger who landed in Vancouver

Posted: 06 Jul 2018 03:45 AM PDT

Chinese hackers infiltrate systems at Australian National University

Posted: 06 Jul 2018 01:48 AM PDT

3 dogs found dead after 11 hours in hot car; man charged

Posted: 05 Jul 2018 10:39 PM PDT

US tariffs take effect, China announces retaliation

Posted: 06 Jul 2018 04:18 AM PDT

Fourth wrestler claims Rep. Jim Jordan knew of abuse at Ohio State

Posted: 05 Jul 2018 05:09 PM PDT