North Carolina needs to realize it's current government majority are extremists. They nothing to offer the people of North Carolina except setting the clocks back 100 years.

June 29, 2016
By Emma Margolin

Seeking to placate a multitude of critics (click here) across the country -- chief among them, the National Basketball Association -- North Carolina lawmakers have drafted legislation intended to walk back parts of its controversial law, House Bill 2, a measure widely viewed as discriminatory toward transgender Americans.

Among the proposed changes to the law frequently derided as the "bathroom bill" -- so named for its requirement that people use government building bathrooms matching the sex listed on their birth certificates -- the new measure apparently aims to address concerns over the fact that transgender people often have a difficult time amending their birth certificates to reflect the gender with which they identify....

There is a lot of activity in controversial areas of American life when the public is distracted by such traumatic events as happened in Turkey. Now, is not the time to ignore the extremist legislatures such as North Carolina.

..."This proposal does nothing to protect LGBT people in North Carolina," said Chris Brook, legal director of the ACLU of North Carolina, in a statement. "Instead, it doubles down on discrimination. The only way to stop the damage caused by HB2 is to fully repeal it once and for all."...

Republicans have an agenda and aren't interested in any more security for the USA or at all interested in the needs of the Turkish people. They are more worried about Brexit and poor Wall Street than any other issue of the day.

Haloed Paul Ryan wants an immediate Free Trade Deal with the UK. Amazing. Wall Street and only Wall Street.

June 28, 2016
By Megan Cassella

House Speaker Paul Ryan (click here) is calling for the United States to pursue a free trade agreement with the United Kingdom once it has formally separated from the European Union, saying discussions should begin now in order to ease concerns and ensure a “smooth trade relationship.”

That partnership should be pursued in parallel to the United States’ negotiations with the European Union on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and would be easier to work out than that agreement, Ryan’s office said today, pointing to comments he made Friday in interviews with Wisconsin media.

“We need to emphasize that they are our indispensable ally,” Ryan told Milwaukee’s WISN radio. “We have a special relationship, and I think that does mean we should have a trade agreement with … Great Britain.”...

For McConnell, it is obstructionist politics and only obstructionist politics. He is even obstructing his own party. For McConnell's image, it is closed fist power. McConnell, "Turkey, what turkey?" And then his first public statement over twitter is about the turkey that he states Donald Trump is.

June 29, 2016
By Mark Hensch

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) (click here) says Donald Trump is still not yet a credible presidential candidate.

“Trump clearly needs to change in my opinion to win the general election,” McConnell told Time Warner Cable News on Tuesday.

“My hope is he’s beginning to pivot and become what I would call a more serious and credible candidate for the highest office in the land,” he added.

“At the moment, though, I hear you saying he does not meet that threshold,” the reporter said.

“He’s getting closer, he’s getting closer,” McConnell responded.

McConnell, who has endorsed Trump, advised the presumptive GOP presidential nominee to focus on staying on message.

“We need to emphasize that they are our indispensable ally,” Ryan told Milwaukee’s WISN radio. “We have a special relationship, and I think that does mean we should have a trade agreement with … Great Britain.”