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He’s not Black, he’s O.J. Yesterday’s verdict granting O.J. parole did not invoke the emotion that the 1994 trial did. But there were some memorable quotes during the hearing, including this one: “I’ve basically lived a conflict free life.” C’mon, Juice. Read more choice quotes from yesterday’s hearing here. In other crazy news, a Russian official says that the U.S. and Moscow are negotiating to set up a joint cybersecurity working group. Yep. The same one that Trump suggested in a tweet and then said it can’t happen. Andrey Krutskikh, a top advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin on information security, was cited in Moscow’s RIA news agency on Thursday as saying that talks on the joint group were ongoing. Get the story. And those aren’t the only talks happening inside the WH. The NYT reports that Trump’s lawyers and aides are digging into the backgrounds of investigators hired by the special counsel Robert Mueller, looking for conflicts of interest. And the WaPo reports that Trump is inquiring about his pardon authorities. Trump’s attorney denies the WaPo report. Back on Capitol Hill, there will definitely be a debate on healthcare next week in the Senate. But on what exactly? We don’t know. And neither do they. Oh -- and two women will make history as the Navy’s first female candidates competing for some of the military branch’s most elite combat roles. We don’t know if either is a woman of color because the Navy would not disclose the identities of the applicants, citing security considerations. But they did confirm that the two women are the first female candidates to make it this far in the process. #FightLikeAGirl. Lots to get to before the weekend. Here’s what we’ve got:- The Congressional Task Force on Election Integrity is shaping up.
- Congresswoman Linda Sánchez (D-CA) tells GOP nah on border wall funding.
- Did Japan’s first lady purposefully ignore Trump? Judge for yourself.
- Trump gives the NAACP the deuces.
- FCC’s Ajit Pai stands with media.
- Dr. Ben Carson is doing some self-taught on-the-job learning. And, occasionally weighing in on the healthcare debate.
- Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) wants to keep an eye on tech mergers.
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- Congressman John Conyers (D-MI) and Judiciary Dems demand hearings on Trump obstruction.
- Voter fraud commission meets and spews alternative facts galore.
- Senators Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Rand Paul (R-KY) say it’s time to reform bail system.
- Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) wants to make contacting a loved one in prison affordable.
- Meet the youngest state Rep in Michigan history.
- Latina strategist heads to Rhode Island.
- While GOP flounders on healthcare, House Dems intro bill to stabilize the marketplace.
- First Latino group pulls out of Texas over anti-immigrant law.
- Trump admin loses again in court -- this time, on sanctuary cities.
- State AGs urge Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to preserve Title IX.
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CNN's WH correspondent Jim Acosta at the 19th annual San Antonio Association of Hispanic Journalists gala on Saturday night. | |  |
Congressman Anthony Brown (D-MD) last week visiting employees at UPS. | |
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Thompson, Richmond, and Demings Named to Election Security Taskforce
The names of the members of the congressional task force on election security -- which was announced last month in the wake of new revelations about Russia’s efforts in the 2016 presidential election -- were announced on Thursday. The task force will include Congressmen Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and Robert Brady (D-PA) as chairmen, as well as members Val Demings (D-FL), Jim Langevin (D-RI), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), and Cedric Richmond (D-LA). "Ensuring the security of our election systems for our next major election should not be a partisan issue and should be a top priority for both Republicans and Democrats," said Thompson and Brady. "It is clear that if we continue to do nothing, we make it easy for Russia — or anyone else — to meddle in our elections and undermine public confidence in democratic institutions." More here.
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Sánchez Joins Dems in Telling GOP They’re Riding Border Wall Solo
The Hill reports that House Democrats warned Republicans hoping to put hundreds of millions of dollars toward Trump’s border wall next year that they’re on their own. “They know that the majority of the Democrats don’t support funding for that wall,” Congresswoman Linda Sánchez (D-CA), vice chair of the Democratic Caucus, told reporters. “If they choose to include it, then they are basically saying, ‘We have the votes among the Republican Party to pass this without a single Democratic vote.’ And if they’re not successful, the blame lies squarely at their feet, because they are in the majority.” More here.
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Booker’s Big Concern? Big Tech.
Recode described Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) as a longtime Silicon Valley ally. But in a recent podcast interview, he said that the government needs to apply a much more critical eye to large companies that aspire to become even larger, whether it’s Amazon’s new bid to buy Whole Foods, Google’s ever-growing footprint, or a raft of cable and telecom mergers pending U.S. approval. “This consolidation that’s happening all over the country is not a positive trend,” said Booker, acknowledging that the likes of Amazon, Facebook and Google count among the big businesses that deserve more federal scrutiny. The senator also charged that the Trump administration -- if not Republicans generally -- have been “really slacking in terms of asserting consumer protections,” and he even described a number of key federal agency leaders who oversee issues like antitrust as “dangerous.” Check it out here.
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NY Dems Congresswomen Grace Meng, Nydia Velázquez, and Yvette Clarke meeting with the students from Afghanistan who overcame overwhelming obstacles to win a silver medal at Tuesday’s international robotics competition in DC. | |  |
Congressman Joaquín Castro (D-TX) on Thursday thanking Girl Up for helping to expand access to education around the world. | |
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No Words. Quite Literally.
It turns out that at the now-infamous dinner at the G-20 summit -- you know, the one where Putin and Trump met privately in a meeting that was previously undisclosed -- Donald Trump was seated next to Japanese First Lady Akie Abe. In one little nugget of his NYT interview, Trump said that Abe is “a terrific woman, but doesn’t speak English … Like, not ‘hello.’” Plot twist: that’s FAKE NEWS! Newsweek reports that a video was going viral on Thursday showing Abe giving the keynote address at a R3ADY Asia-Pacific symposium in New York in 2014. In the clip, Abe reads a roughly 15-minute speech before finishing with a “Thank you very much.” It appears that though the first lady of Japan attended the English-speaking International School of the Sacred Heart in Tokyo from kindergarten through high school and worked for Japan’s largest international PR company, she either feels uncomfortable speaking in English or she pretended not to speak English to avoid conversing with Trump. More here.
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Trump Declines NAACP Invite
Donald Trump has declined an invitation to speak at the NAACP’s annual convention next week in Baltimore. “What?! But I thought for sure he was going to attend,” said no one anywhere. WH spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders made the announcement to reporters on Thursday. Trump also did not speak to the NAACP convention last year, citing scheduling conflicts with the Republican National Convention. “During his campaign, President Trump asked us ’what do you have to lose?’” NAACP Board Chairman Leon Russell said. “We get the message loud and clear. The president’s decision today underscores the harsh fact: we have lost -- we’ve lost the will of the current administration to listen to issues facing the Black community.” Vice Chair Derrick Johnson (pictured) told The Beat, “On the heels of a bogus voting commission that seeks to disenfranchise communities of color, we are not surprised that this president would rather spend his time tweeting insults than actually engaging the majority of the citizens of this country who do not share his limited world view.” More here.
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Ford Foundation President Darren Walker paying Lagos Governor Akinwunmi Ambode a visit at Lagos House in Ikeja on Wednesday. | |  |
Brittany Packnett with actor and activist Jesse Williams on Wednesday. | |
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Ben Carson is Teaching Himself Policy as HUD Remains Understaffed
HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson is the lone Senate-confirmed appointee at the agency as eight other deputy and assistant secretary positions remain vacant. In an interview with the Washington Examiner, the Trump loyalist who had no government experience before assuming this role says that he has had to brief himself about programs that would ordinarily fall under the portfolios."There's no question that I've been forced to learn very rapidly a lot of stuff. But that's okay," Carson said. "I happen to have some excellent people around me at the non-assistant secretary level, at the non-deputy secretary level. Everybody's doing two or three times more than they ought to be doing." He recently inherited Trump family wedding planner Lynne Patton who has been appointed to lead HUD’s NY and NJ office. So ... there’s that. Also, despite Carson's medical background, he is not a known player in the healthcare debate. But he insists he has played a role saying, "I've already spoken to a number of people. [I] made it clear that there are other ways to look at this, and when you guys get tired of arguing, maybe we could talk about that." Read the full interview here.
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CTA's Gary Shapiro and Tiffany Moore getting ready to meet with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Wednesday. | |  |
Journalist Soledad O’Brien on the chopper Hamptons-bound last week with former CNN exec Kim Bondy. | |
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Duckworth Wants to Make Phone Calls and Video Visitations to Prisoners Affordable
Late Thursday, Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) reintroduced a version of the Video Visitation and Inmate Calling in Prisons Act of 2017 which would require the FCC to make rules on video visitation and ensure inmate calling rates are fair and just in federal state prisons. The FCC told senators earlier this week that they do not have the power over calls that take place within states, only between two states, and Duckworth’s bill fixes that. "Preserving contact with family members can enhance rehabilitation and improve the odds that former prisoners are able to become productive members of society upon their release," Duckworth said in a statement to Politico. See the bill here.
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Harris and Paul: It’s Time to Reform the Bail System
In an op-ed for the NYT, Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) discussed a bill they introduced that would reform the bail system. “Our justice system was designed with a promise: to treat all people equally. Yet that doesn’t happen for many of the 450,000 Americans who sit in jail today awaiting trial because they cannot afford to pay bail. Whether someone stays in jail or not is far too often determined by wealth or social connections, even though just a few days behind bars can cost people their job, home, custody of their children -- or their life,” the senators wrote. They cited studies which found that people awaiting trial account for 95% of the growth in jail population, and it costs $38 million a day to imprison largely nonviolent defendants, and that the bail system also discriminates against minorities: Black and Latino men respectively pay 35% and 19% higher bails than white men. In the op-ed, they mentioned the Pretrial and Safety Act, which takes steps toward reforming the money bail system that incarcerates people who have not been convicted of a crime because of their inability to pay. It provides states with grants to reform or replace the process they use for allowing people to pay money to avoid sitting in jail until their trial. It is Harris’ first major bill as a senator. Read their full op-ed here.
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Ride Sharing company Uber hit a rocky road that sidelined its CEO and raised the stakes on changing its culture. Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion at Uber, Bernard Coleman, talks to The Beat’s Jamal Simmons and Tiffany D. Cross about his plans to steer the company to a better place. See the video here.
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Court Refuses to Lift Block on Sanctuary Cities Funding Restrictions
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge William Orrick III denied a request by the Trump administration to remove an injunction halting Trump's executive order on so-called sanctuary cities from being implemented. The move further blocks the White House's attempts to strip these cities of federal funding for providing safe haven to undocumented immigrants. The California-based judge moved to decline a request by the DOJ to reconsider whether a memo by AG Jeff Sessions narrowed the scope of the executive action enough and removed the need for the April injunction. "If there was doubt about the scope of the Order, the President and Attorney General have erased it with their public comments," Orrick wrote. "The Constitution vests the spending power in Congress, not the President, so the Order cannot constitutionally place new conditions on federal funds." Words have consequences -- go figure. More here.
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NHCSL Pulls Out of Texas
The National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators (NHCSL) became the first major national Latino organization to boycott Texas when it announced yesterday that it decided to pull their annual conference from the Lone Star State to protest the enactment of SB 4. That recently signed legislation instructs local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration authorities and cracks down on so-called “sanctuary cities.” NHCSL decided to move their November convention from Austin to Chicago.“Texas’ SB4 is a ‘show me your papers law’ on steroids. “As Latino state legislators, we cannot in good conscience invest in a great state that nonetheless has chosen to scapegoat immigrants and minorities while making communities there less safe and turning innocent Latinos into targets,” said NHCSL President and Pennsylvania State Representative Ángel Cruz (pictured). “Contrary to popular belief, SB4 does not just eliminate state and local sanctuary policies, it criminalizes the speech of public officials who support such common-sense practices and subjects them to removal from office if they even speak out against laws like SB4. This should be unacceptable to anyone in 21st Century America; and it certainly is for NHCSL,” Cruz added. Read the entire statement here.
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Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL), Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Congressman Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) last month heading to Miami on Air Force One. | |  |
Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence (D-MI) last week meeting with the young women participating in the General Electric GE Girls STEM Camp. | |
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Ajit Pai Pledges Support to Media
A majority of the potential full FCC (five-member) commission has committed to speak out against violence or intimidation against journalists. Broadcasting & Cable reports that the news came in a nomination hearing for FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and potential commissioners Jessica Rosenworcel and Brendan Carr, all of whom promised to speak out. Pai also reiterated that the White House had not contacted him about retaliating against negative news stories and said he would not do so even if asked. Additionally, Pai promised that the FCC would not be used to punish media companies or reward others, and would be troubled by any attempt to pressure it to do so. More here.
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POCs Stand Up For Net Neutrality
Voices for Internet Freedom, a coalition of organizations advocating for the digital rights of communities of color, on Wednesday filed comments calling on the FCC to maintain the strong net neutrality protections it adopted in 2015. The comments filed by the coalition include more than 100 personal stories from people of color nationwide who say their lives have been transformed by net neutrality, including the group Black Girls CODE, which seeks to increase the number of women of color in the digital world by empowering girls of color ages seven to 17 to become innovators in STEM fields. As others who advocate for equal access for all on the internet, Black Girls CODE says their work would be impossible to accomplish without full and unfettered access to the internet. The coalition argues that repealing the 2015 Open Internet Order will disproportionately harm people of color. “Net Neutrality is about preserving civil rights online,” says Lucía Martínez (pictured) of the group Free Press, a coalition member. “If corporations control the internet, they control the most important communication and organizing tool of our time — and they could use this to censor political speech and crush movements for racial, gender and economic justice. Communities of color need the open internet to continue fighting for a world in which our humanity and dignity can be realized." Read the entire filing of comments here.
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Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-AL) and friends on Wednesday at a meet-and-greet fundraiser for Alabama State Representative Anthony Daniels. | |  |
Michael Eric Dyson celebrating national hot dog day on Wednesday. | |
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Conyers Requests Oversight Hearings on Obstruction
In Donald Trump’s NYT interview, he attacked the credibility and fairness of AG Jeff Sessions, Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein, acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, Special Counsel Robert Mueller, and even warned Mueller that there would be “a violation” if his investigators attempt to scrutinize his family’s finances. On Thursday, House Judiciary Committee ranking member Congressman John Conyers (D-MI), joined by all 17 Dems on the committee, wrote to Chairman Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) to demand oversight hearings as soon as possible. “We believe that our failing to act now will allow others to inflict lasting damage to the Department of Justice,” the letter read. The House Judiciary Committee has jurisdiction over the DOJ and the FBI. Read the entire letter here.
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The Voting Commissions’ Alternative Facts
On Wednesday, Donald Trump’s voter fraud commission held its first public meeting where Kris Kobach -- Kansas’ Republican secretary of state and vice chairman of the commission -- asserted that more than 18,000 noncitizens may have registered to vote in Kansas. He also alleged that the Interstate Voter Registration Crosscheck Program, which compares states’ voter rolls, has uncovered “literally millions of people” who are registered in at least two states. Both of these claims are completely false. And what ensued was an endless flow of alternative facts. This article breaks down each falsehood. Check it out here.
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Congresswomen Michelle Luján Grisham (D-NM) and Debbie Dingell (D-MI) twinning on Wednesday. | |  |
CNN anchor Don Lemon with Tim Malone on Tuesday in Sag Harbor, NY celebrating the restoration of the Sag Harbor Cinema. | |
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Campa-Najjar Outraises Hunter
Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) represents one of the most Republican districts in California. But he was outraised by one of the Democratic candidates hoping to unseat him. Ammar Campa-Najjar raised $165,330 from April through June, besting Hunter, who raised $155,625. Hunter still had $617,757 in the bank, putting him about $400,000 ahead of Campa-Najjar after campaign debts are considered. Hunter is contending with a federal criminal investigation into improper use of more than $60,000 in campaign funds. Past finance reports showed that contributions were used for video games, dance recitals, tuition at his children's’ private school, a cross-country flight for a pet rabbit, and other expenses. Hunter said the purchases were an honest mistake because of a credit card mix-up, and has repaid his campaign. Legal fees, however, have cost his campaign significant amounts. More here.
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Meet Jewell Jones -- the Youngest MI State Rep Ever
Rolling Stone has a profile piece on Jewell Jones, the 22-year-old Michigan state representative making history and breaking barriers. In November 2016, Jones beat his opponent, Republican Robert Pope, garnering 66% percent of the vote. Jones first made a name for himself when, at the ripe age of 20 and while still a student at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, he joined the Inkster City Council. "My parents planted the seed of civic engagement a long time ago. They made sure I was out canvassing and invested my time in the community and organizations that we support," Jones said. "The United States needs to become more unified. We have fallen on hard times, and we have political leaders who have seemingly lost touch with the community. My fellow brothers and sisters are tired of political injustice, corporate injustice, judicial injustice. We have to do better." Read more about the “Neighborhood Hope Dealer” here.
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Phoenix Doctor Announces Congressional Run
Dr. Hiral Tipirneni, an emergency room physician and cancer research advocate, officially announced her candidacy for Arizona’s 8th Congressional District. At the age of three, Hiral came to America from India with her family where she grew up in a suburb of Cleveland. Hiral attended Northeast Ohio Medical University. After she served as Chief Resident of the University of Michigan’s Emergency Medicine program, Hiral moved to Phoenix with her husband where they’re raising their three children. Tipirneni is the only Democrat who has officially entered the race. Should she win the primary, she will likely face off with incumbent Congressman Trent Franks (R-AZ). This will be Hiral’s first step into the political arena. More here.
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Cierra Jackson, DC's 2016 contestant in the Miss America pageant, dropping by the News One Now set with Roland Martin on Thursday. | |  |
A proud daughter of immigrants, Congresswoman Linda Sánchez (D-CA) on Wednesday explaining how hard working immigrants contribute to the economy and make America stronger. | |
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Domenzain Named Director of Latino Policy Institute at Roger Williams University
Gabriela Domenzain has been named the next director of the Latino Policy Institute at Roger Williams University in Rhode Island. “I'm thrilled to be joining the Latino Policy Institute at Roger Williams University to help Rhode Islanders appreciate not only the challenges Latinos face but their vast contributions to Rhode Island's economy and cultural richness,” said Domezain. In 2015 and 2016, she worked as deputy campaign manager for former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley’s presidential campaign, serving as his chief spokesperson on immigration policy and Latino issues. Before O’Malley’s campaign, she was a principal at The Raben Group and served as the principal spokesperson on immigration and the Latino vote for the Barack Obama for America 2012 campaign. Prior to that, Domenzain was the communications director for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and worked for Univisión as the founding producer of the Sunday political talk show Al Punto. Born in Mexico and raised in Miami, Domenzain graduated from the University of Chicago with a bachelor’s degree in public policy and from New York University with a master’s degree in journalism. Congrats, Gabi! More here.
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The Atlantic Promotes Matt Thompson
This week, The Atlantic announced the promotions of Matt Thompson as Executive Editor overseeing all cross-platform projects. He had previously served as Deputy Editor of TheAtlantic.com. Thompson will continue to lead medium- and long-term projects, with a greater focus on cross-platform collaboration, as well as manage The Atlantic’s audio platform, talent development, and the editorial aspects of new subscriber initiatives. The Harvard graduate has done stints at NPR and The Fresno Bee. Congrats, Matt! More here.
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Jarvis Stewart, CEO of IR+Media, with Yousef Jackson and Chris Galloway on Monday. | |  |
Commentator Nina Turner with a DREAMer at a Ben Jealous event last week. | |
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Labrador Takes Wife Off Payroll
Roll Call reports that Congressman Raúl Labrador (R-ID) took his wife off his campaign payroll this year for the first time since taking office in 2011. Rebecca Johnson Labrador, who has kept the books for her husband since his first term in 2011, has not been paid this year by Labrador’s House campaign fund or the GOP lawmaker’s campaign for governor, which he launched and filed with the FEC in May. Labrador’s decision is seen as a preemptive strike against potential attack ads from opponents. It is not illegal for lawmakers and candidates to pay family members with campaign funds, though the practice can get dicey in the court of public opinion. More here.
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Jeh Johnson Says Rhetoric Scares Would-Be Immigrants
Appearing Thursday morning on CNN, former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson attributed the decrease in undocumented immigration on the southern U.S. border to Trump. "Through his rhetoric, he scared off a lot of women and children in Central America who'd rather stay in their desperate circumstances or just migrate to Mexico and stop there," Johnson said to Chris Cuomo on New Day. "But these are really desperate women and children, women with babies in their arms, who are trying to flee the poverty and violence in the countries they left." Johnson went on to say that the U.S. must enforce laws "in a humane manner consistent with our priorities." More here.
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Chuck Rocha’s business casual for these very hot days in DC. | |  |
Congressman Lacy Clay (D-MO) last week dedicating the new Lacy Clay Center for Children's Health with a $3 million federal investment. | |
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House Dems Want to Stabilize the Health Insurance Marketplace
On Wednesday, Congresswoman Judy Chu (D-CA), along with Congressmen Raúl Ruiz (D-CA) and Jim Langevin (D-RI), introduced the Individual Health Insurance Marketplace Improvement Act to establish a permanent market stabilization program, modeled after Medicare Part D’s successful program, which has generated competition, reduced premiums, and reinforced access to quality coverage. It is the House companion to S.1354 introduced by Senators Tom Carper (D-DE) and Tim Kaine (D-VA). The members hope the bill helps stabilize and strengthen the individual health insurance market by minimizing the impact of higher-than-average healthcare costs. “Instead of trying to rip health insurance away from millions of Americans through failed ‘repeal and replace’ efforts, it’s time to return to the work we started 9 years ago with the Affordable Care Act: getting every American access to affordable, quality healthcare,” said Chu. “Blaming Democratic obstruction is just another tactic Trump is using to excuse his own failings. The reality is that Democrats are ready and eager to work on ways to improve the insurance markets ... I hope Republicans drop their unrealistic and hyper-partisan repeal efforts and join us to debate this and other proposals that will actually improve healthcare in America.” More here.
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Congresswoman Nanette Díaz Barragán (D-CA) on Wednesday chatting with former baseball star Jim Palmer at the U.S. Capitol. | |  |
Congressman Bobby Scott (D-VA) last week testing the Newport News Shipbuilding Modeling and Simulation Program. | |
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19 State AGs Urge DeVos to Maintain Title IX Sexual Assault Guidelines
DC and 19 state attorneys general, including California AG Xavier Becerra, DC AG Karl Racine, Hawaii AG Doug Chin, and New Mexico AG Héctor Balderas, urged Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to maintain the sexual assault reporting guidelines for college campuses currently found in Title IX. There have been reports that DeVos may roll back Title IX guidelines, which include important protections in areas including sexual harassment, sexual assault, and protections for trans and parenting students. Since her confirmation, DeVos has threatened to cut Title IX resources and funding and, to the dismay of many survivors, has spent equal time with survivors of sexual assault and with the National Coalition for Men, which represents the wrongly accused. “While we recognize that there is a great deal more that can be done to protect students and agree on the importance of ensuring that investigations are conducted fairly,” the letter reads. “A rushed, poorly-considered effort to roll back current policies sends precisely the wrong message to all students. Yet there is every indication that is exactly the approach [the Department of Education] is taking.” More here.
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Today, 12P: Join the Congressional Hispanic Staff Association (CHSA) along with a host of CSAs and the Policymakers Network at National Journal for a lunch briefing, "How to Network & How to Work a Room." 385 Russell SOB. Click here to RSVP.
Today, 6:30P: The March on Washington Film Festival hosts a preview screening of a film that explores Howard Law School’s first white male graduate, Harris Wofford, a seminal figure in the civil rights movement, the Peace Corps, academia, and the U.S. Senate. Following the preview of the film, there will be a panel discussion with former Senator Wofford and Jacob Finkel, the film's director. This conversation will be moderated by The Beat's Managing Editor Tiffany D. Cross. Click here to reserve your space. Through Saturday, July 22nd: The March on Washington Film Festival. Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.
Today - Sunday, July 23rd: The Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. holds its 83rd Grand Chapter Meeting in Orlando, FL. Click here for more information and to register.
Saturday, July 22nd - 26th: The NAACP holds its 108th annual convention in Baltimore, MD. Click here for more information and to register.
Tuesday, July 25th, 5P: Voto Latino hosts a #WeAreAllCalifornians reception, promoting California's leadership to protect healthcare access for all. 122 Cannon HOB. Click here to RSVP.
Tuesday, July 25th, 5:30P: The Raben Group hosts an evening of conversation with Paul Butler, author of Chokehold: Policing Black Men, and James Forman, author of Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America. 1341 G Street, N.W. Click here to register.
Wednesday, July 26th - 29th: The National Urban League holds its annual convention in St. Louis, MO. Click here for more information and to register.
Wednesday, July 26th - Friday, July 28th: ColorComm, Women of Color in Communications, holds its 2017 conference in Miami, FL, featuring keynote speaker Whoopi Goldberg. Click here to register.
Thursday, July 27th, 10A: Green 2.0, in cooperation with the United for Climate and Environmental Justice Congressional Taskforce, hosts a panel discussion on the need for diversity in the mainstream environmental movement. Featured speakers include Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA). Click here to RSVP.
Thursday, July 27th, 5P: Bridge PAC sponsors a reception honoring Congressman James Clyburn (D-SC). Diageo House, 310 6th Street, S.E. RSVP to Randy Broz or Ashley Helsing at 202.403.0606 or via email: randy@abcconsultingdc.com Saturday, July 29th, 10A: Voter Latino sponsors a Power Summit Pop-Up, a one-day event of high-impact learning and conversations that provide tools to mobilize for change. Click here to register.
Friday, August 4th, 5:30P: Black 44 sponsors a happy hour to celebrate former President Barack Obama's birthday. Invite only.
Saturday, August 5th, 3P: The Congressional Hispanic Staff Association hosts a tailgate before the DC United v. Toronto FC game. For more info, email James Hauser at: iph86@georgetown.edu
Wednesday, August 9th - 13th: The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) holds its annual convention and career fair in New Orleans. Click here for more information and to register. Thursday, August 10th - 13th: The Congressional Black Caucus Political Education & Leadership Institute sponsors the 2017 Mississippi Policy Conference in Tunica, MS. Click here for more information and to register. Monday, August 14th, 4P: The Center for American Progress sponsors a panel discussion, "The Power of Black Media and Journalists During the Trump Administration." Click here to RSVP. Wednesday, August 16th - 17th: The annual U.S.-Mexico Border Summit. El Paso, TX & Cuidad Juárez, Chihuahua. Featured guests include keynote speaker Ana Navarro, Republican strategist and CNN analyst. Click here for more information and to register.
Wednesday, August 16th - 20th: The Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance holds its 14th biennial convention in Anaheim, CA. Click here for more information.
Friday, August 18th: The deadline to apply for the Poynter Institute and the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) 2017 Leadership Academy for Diversity in Digital Media, to be held Dec. 3rd - 8th in St. Petersburg, FL. The tuition-free program trains journalists of color to work in digital media. Click here for more information and to apply.
Friday, August 18th - 20th: A weekend on Martha's Vineyard with Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) and special guests Congressmen James Clyburn (D-SC), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), and Richard Neal (D-MA), and Congresswomen Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE). For more information and to RSVP, contact Mariko Bennett: mariko@cocobproductions.com or call 301.741.3443.
Monday, August 28th, 9A: The 2017 Black Political Power Summit, to illustrate the possibilities, challenges and plans to capitalize on both the historic political opportunities and dire economic and civil rights challenges the Black community faces during the 2018 and 2020 political cycles. Hosted by The Collective. For more information, contact Quentin James: quentin@collectivepac.org
Thursday, September 7th - 9th: The National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ), the Native American Journalists Association, and the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) sponsor the Excellence in Journalism 2017 conference in Anaheim, CA. Click here for more details and to register.
Sunday, September 10th: Former First Lady Michelle Obama speaks at the Beth El Synagogue in St. Louis Park. MN about her years in the White House. Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.
Monday, September 11th - 13th: The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute annual Hispanic Heritage Month conference and awards gala. Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center,1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Click here for more information.
Wednesday, November 29th, 8P: Join Congressman André Carson (D-IN) for JAY-Z's 4:44 Tour. The Verizon Center, 601 F Street, N.W. For more information or to RSVP, contact Courtney Hodges or Randy Broz at: 202.403.0606 or email: Courtney@ABConsultingDC.com
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