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Obama should pardon him before a much less thoughtful president, who has spoken of his execution, takes over the machinery of surveillance.

By ALAN RUSBRIDGER

The president has focused on getting criminal offenders out of jail early and trying to give them the skills to stay out, but the new administration has a law-and-order cast.

Backed by President Obama, Mr. Holder will lead the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, a group aimed at breaking the Republican Partys grip on the congressional map.

By ALEXANDER BURNS and JONATHAN MARTIN

The states Democratic-led Legislature decided to retain Mr. Holder to represent it in any legal fights against the new Republican White House.

By ADAM NAGOURNEY

The suit, filed by two former detainees in C.I.A. secret prisons and the representative of a third who died in custody, centers on two psychologists.

By SHERI FINK and JAMES RISEN

Zero tolerance policies in schools have resulted in the suspension of three million students each year, and are shown to have a disproportionate effect on minority students.

By CLYDE HABERMAN

Over the last 30 years, schools across the country have enacted tough disciplinary policies. Did they go too far?

By RETRO REPORT

For one thing, it should stop using profile pictures before booking.

By KRISTEN CLARKE

More can be done with powers that already exist to deal with the legacy of sentencing policies that have been recognized as destructively unfair.

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD

Goldman Sachs Raises a New Private Equity Fund | Continuing Debate Over the Financial Crisis

The Justice Department forced banks to pay fines and penalties, but mystery surrounds the dearth of individual prosecutions for wrongdoing.

By WILLIAM D. COHAN

Hedge Funds Accuse Puerto Ricos Governor of Money Grab | Beer Mega-Merger Closer to Completion

Mr. Holder will help create an anti-discrimination policy for Airbnb, whose hosts have been accused of excluding blacks and transgender people.

By KATIE BENNER

More than a dozen current and former officials have followed the president in embracing the medium of podcasting. Sometimes they make news.

By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH

The former attorney general credited Edward J. Snowden with raising the debate on national security, though he called his actions inappropriate and illegal.

By JONAH BROMWICH

Two days after her victory in the New York primary, Mrs. Clinton, who regularly criticizes Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont for being weak on gun control issues, will discuss gun violence with the relatives of those who died in the 2012 elementary school shooting.

By ALAN RAPPEPORT

The annual event will be broadcast on Black Entertainment Television on March 14.

By JADA F. SMITH

Both cases highlight just how hard it is to convict those involved in complex corporate decisions where there is diffuse responsibility.

By PETER J. HENNING

Former Attorney General Eric Holder now says he supports reclassifying marijuana. But marijuana enthusiasts want to know why he didnt push for the change while in office.

By FRANCIS X. CLINES

Theres no good reason formerly incarcerated shouldnt be allowed to vote. Now, in Kentucky, some of them they will be.

By JESSE WEGMAN

Obama should pardon him before a much less thoughtful president, who has spoken of his execution, takes over the machinery of surveillance.

By ALAN RUSBRIDGER

The president has focused on getting criminal offenders out of jail early and trying to give them the skills to stay out, but the new administration has a law-and-order cast.

Backed by President Obama, Mr. Holder will lead the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, a group aimed at breaking the Republican Partys grip on the congressional map.

By ALEXANDER BURNS and JONATHAN MARTIN

The states Democratic-led Legislature decided to retain Mr. Holder to represent it in any legal fights against the new Republican White House.

By ADAM NAGOURNEY

The suit, filed by two former detainees in C.I.A. secret prisons and the representative of a third who died in custody, centers on two psychologists.

By SHERI FINK and JAMES RISEN

Zero tolerance policies in schools have resulted in the suspension of three million students each year, and are shown to have a disproportionate effect on minority students.

By CLYDE HABERMAN

Over the last 30 years, schools across the country have enacted tough disciplinary policies. Did they go too far?

By RETRO REPORT

For one thing, it should stop using profile pictures before booking.

By KRISTEN CLARKE

More can be done with powers that already exist to deal with the legacy of sentencing policies that have been recognized as destructively unfair.

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD

Goldman Sachs Raises a New Private Equity Fund | Continuing Debate Over the Financial Crisis

The Justice Department forced banks to pay fines and penalties, but mystery surrounds the dearth of individual prosecutions for wrongdoing.

By WILLIAM D. COHAN

Hedge Funds Accuse Puerto Ricos Governor of Money Grab | Beer Mega-Merger Closer to Completion

Mr. Holder will help create an anti-discrimination policy for Airbnb, whose hosts have been accused of excluding blacks and transgender people.

By KATIE BENNER

More than a dozen current and former officials have followed the president in embracing the medium of podcasting. Sometimes they make news.

By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH

The former attorney general credited Edward J. Snowden with raising the debate on national security, though he called his actions inappropriate and illegal.

By JONAH BROMWICH

Two days after her victory in the New York primary, Mrs. Clinton, who regularly criticizes Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont for being weak on gun control issues, will discuss gun violence with the relatives of those who died in the 2012 elementary school shooting.

By ALAN RAPPEPORT

The annual event will be broadcast on Black Entertainment Television on March 14.

By JADA F. SMITH

Both cases highlight just how hard it is to convict those involved in complex corporate decisions where there is diffuse responsibility.

By PETER J. HENNING

Former Attorney General Eric Holder now says he supports reclassifying marijuana. But marijuana enthusiasts want to know why he didnt push for the change while in office.

By FRANCIS X. CLINES

Theres no good reason formerly incarcerated shouldnt be allowed to vote. Now, in Kentucky, some of them they will be.

By JESSE WEGMAN

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No matter who you are, where youre from, who you love, or who you worship, you deserve to belong,Airbnb CEOBrian Cheskywroteon Sunday with a link to the #WeAccept campaign, whichshows the faces of people of various ages, races, and religions along with the inspiring message.

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Former U.S. attorney general Eric Holder who was hired by Airbnb last July to help craft a world-class anti-discrimination policy also tweeted about the#WeAccept campaign.

This is who we truly are We work together. We stand together. We are one nation. We are one people. @Airbnb @bchesky #weaccept together, Holder wrote to his Twitter followers.

Hollywood and Silicon Valley have heavily opposed President Donald Trumpsexecutive ordertemporarily suspending theU.S. Refugee Admissions Program. Super Bowl Sunday saw a series of politicized commercialsmeant to shine a spotlight on the administrations immigration policies.

ButAirBnBs #WeAccept effort is a longterm campaign, and its being spearheaded by Holder, who has already been hired by the California legislature to help lead the legal fight against Trump.

In his role at the $30 billion home-sharing company, Holder is crafting the companys anti-discrimination and housing policy, according toChesky.

Airbnb users received an email onMonday morning detailing the companys intentions to provide housing for100,000 people over the next five years, including refugees.

Today were setting a goal to provide short-term housing over the next five years for 100,000 people in need.Well start with refugees, disaster survivors, and relief workers, though we want to accommodate many more types of displaced people over time, the companys founders announced.

To help people around the world facing displacement, well work with our community of hosts to find not just a place to stay, but also a place to feel connected, respected, and a part of a community again, Airbnb says. In addition, Airbnb will contribute $4 million over the course of four years to the International Rescue Committee to support the most critical needs of displaced populations globally.

Last year, Airbnb launched a full-scale investigation following charges of racism from blackrenters who took to social media and shared stories of being turned away by hosts once their race was disclosed. The hashtag #AirbnbWhileBlack trended online.

Airbnb apologized for the race-based discrimination complaints and began to enact aseries of anti-discrimination policies.

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Eric Holder's Airbnb Runs Controversial #WeAccept Multiculturalism Ad - Breitbart News

The Senate debates the nomination of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education. (Reuters)

Democrats are speaking on the Senate floor for 24 hours in a last-ditch effort to derail the confirmation of Betsy DeVos, President Trumps nominee for education secretary.

Now is the time to put country before party, said Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.),urging GOP senators to join Democrats in opposing DeVos, a Michigan billionaire and major Republican donor who has spent decades advocating the use of public funds to help parents pay tuition at private and religious schools.

Her views are extreme, Schumer said. She seems to constantly demean the main purpose of her job, public education.

[The popular uprising that threatens the Betsy DeVos nomination]

DeVoss confirmation vote is scheduled for noon Tuesday. All 48 members of the Senate Democratic caucus are expected to oppose her, along with two Republicans, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine. Democrats need just one more Republican to flip to defeat the nomination, and they are hoping their 24-hour speech-a-thon will ratchet up the pressure.

Ahead of the final confirmation vote for President Trump's pick for education secretary, Betsy DeVos, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer said, "We have a responsibility to reject the nomination." (Reuters)

Republican leaders have defended DeVos as a conservative who will scale back the federal role in public education, which expanded under the Obama administration. They have praised her as an outsider who will shake up the status quo to improve opportunities for disadvantaged children.

This nomination is dead even right now on the razors edge, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), the ranking Democrat of the Senate Education Committee, said on the floor. Murray, who has a record of bipartisan compromise in the Senate, has been sharply critical of DeVos, arguing that shelacks the experience needed to lead the Education Department and promotes policies that threaten public schools.

For the vast majority of people across the country, public education isnt just another issue. Its different, Murray said. We believe that a commitment to strong public schools is part of Americas core. The idea that every student, in every community, should have the opportunities that strong public schools offer. This is a notion that is embedded in our values. Its who we are. Its in our blood.

[Eli Broad, billionaire backer of charter schools, urges senators to oppose DeVos]

Activists have targeted those Republicans who they believe have reservations about DeVos, particularly those from rural states, where alternatives to public schools such as those promoted by DeVos are few and far between. But other than Murkowski and Collins, no Republican has indicated that their support is shaky.

DeVos has come under fire for stumbling over basic education policy questions during her January confirmation hearing, at one point saying she was confused about a landmark 1975 law the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA that protects students with disabilities and their access to a free, appropriate public education.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.), the majority whip, praised Trump Monday for choosing a nominee who is not another education bureaucrat that knows all the acronyms and knows the arcana known to people that have been brought up within that establishment.

Instead he chose an outsider, someone much like himself, Cornyn said of Trump. Someone more interested in results rather than paying homage to and feeding the education establishment here in Washington, D.C.

If no other Republican defects, the Senate would likely deadlock at 50-50, requiring a tiebreaking vote by Vice President Pence. That would mark the first time a vice presidents tiebreaking vote would be needed to confirm a Cabinet nominee, according to the Senate Historical Office.

Were very confident that Betsy DeVos is going to be the next secretary of education, and itll be my high honor to cast the deciding vote on the floor of the Senate next week, Pence said on Fox News Sunday.

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Democrats are speaking for 24 hours in last push against Betsy DeVos - Washington Post

Do I sense a tad bit of hypocrisy in the acrid and smoky air above the cities as the violence accelerates and the liberal left Democrats go even farther out of their mind for their Marxist narrative?

When the Tea Party was rallying peaceably in response to the election of Barack Obama in 2008, and continued their movement throughout the Democrat Presidents two terms of office, they were labeled by the leftist political establishment and the liberal media as an anti-government hate group, and domestic terrorists or a domestic terrorist group. Even the Department of Homeland Security, under Obamas watch, classified the Tea Party as being a part of a right-wing sovereign citizen extremist threat in the United States, considering the Tea Party as being capable of potential right-wing violence that, for the most part never materialized. The Tea Party was categorized as being a threat equal to, and occasionally greater than, the threat from Islamic extremist groups. Conservatives and Tea Party folk have been called Extremists willing to take up arms against anyone they disagree with, or anyone they feel is a threat to their ignorance-fueled fundamentalist political philosophies - that latter part a reference to the belief that we, as a country, should be adhering to the political principles articulated by the original intent of the United States Constitution.

Since Donald J. Trump emerged on the political scene as a presidential candidate, and then was elected as the 45th President of the United States, the liberal left Democrats have launched into crazy mode. Their violent riots shut down his speech in Chicago during the campaign, and Democrat operatives admitted it was a part of the Democrat Partys design.

The coordinated terrorist attacks against a non-liberal government that the liberal left refuses to recognize (not my president is a common chant) without a violent backlash has doubled-down since the inauguration of Donald Trump as President of the United States. The violent inauguration protests led to damage to parts of Washington D.C., where 217 protesters were arrested, and somewhere between 400 and 500 mindless pawns and dupes participated in damaging property. The protesters were armed with crowbars and threw objects at people and businesses, destroying storefronts and damaging vehicles. Protests also were launched in other cities; all of them violent, and all of them destructive.

Reports have emerged that funding for the protests against Donald Trump has come from the well-known globalist leftist, George Soros (Breitbart, NewsMax, New York Times), and believe it or not, assistance from the Muslim Brotherhood.

Hollywood, and the rest of the entertainment industry, has joined the insanity. Madonna said shes thought about blowing up the White House. Comedian and actress Sarah Silverman has called for the military to conduct a military coup to overthrow the Trump White House. A new Hollywood blacklist exists, but instead of fighting against communism, the communists have turned the tables, and now you are blacklisted if you dare to refuse to oppose Trump. At the Screen Actors Guild awards (a ceremony of narcissism I refuse to watch. . . its basically actors and actresses patting themselves on the back), left-wing identity politics was in full swing. David Harbour, when the award for Best Ensemble in a Drama Series for Stranger Things was announced, screamed threats against people who disagreed with him politically, and that he and the group of Hollywood elite around him would punch Trump supporters in the face. The audience cheered as he made his threats. William H. Macy also took a stab at Trump at the SAG Awards, comparing the President to Macys demented character on the show Shameless. Comedy director Judd Apatow threatened Americans who support Donald Trump that the riots at the University of California-Berkeley were just the beginning. Before Trump was even elected, Hollywood Trump supporter Scott Baio was receiving death threats.

On CNN, the violent protesters in the streets were saying that people are going to have to die. A Black Lives Matter Anti-Trump Protester said for the camera, We Need To Start Killing People. In both cases, these things were said as fires blazed, and destruction was happening around them in violent riots.

Should all of this be labeled as terrorist threats and acts of terrorism?

The liberal left Democrats were willing to call the Tea Party terrorists for peaceably assembling, so how could anything said or done by the Democrats since Trump emerged on the scene be seen as anything other than terrorists threats, and acts of terrorism?

If opponents of Obama had said they wanted to blow up the White House, called for a military coup to remove Obama from office, or had damaged property with crowbars and other objects in the name of opposing the Obama government, they would have been plastered all over the television portrayed as terrorists, and they would have been prosecuted to the full extent of the law likely for treasonous behavior. The Koch Brothers would have been dragged through town and tarred and feathered if they were funding violent anti-government riots like Soros, and other leftist billionaires, are doing right now. And, entertainment stars would have been blacklisted and arrested for saying the terrorist threats being verbalized by the liberal left nutcakes screaming about Trump. Threats of killing people would have been taken seriously, and the liberal left would have been screaming that the right-wingers are intolerant.

Do I sense a tad bit of hypocrisy in the acrid and smoky air above the cities as the violence accelerates and the liberal left Democrats go even farther out of their mind for their Marxist narrative?

Douglas V. Gibbs of Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary, has been featured on Hannity and Fox and Friends on Fox News Channel, and other television shows and networks. Doug is a Radio Host on KMET 1490-AM on Saturdays with his Constitution Radio program, as well as a longtime podcaster, conservative political activist, writer and commentator. Doug can be reached at douglasvgibbs [at] yahoo.com or constitutionspeaker [at] yahoo.com.

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Democrat Terrorists - Canada Free Press

Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Perriello has raised more than $1.1million in the month since he entered the race, his campaign announced Monday.

Analysts say it is an early sign that the former congressman is capable of mounting a serious primary challenge to Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam, who declared his candidacy two years ago and had won backing from nearly every top elected Democrat before Perriello made his surprise entry into the race on Jan.5.

Perriello campaign officials declined to detail the sources of contributions, beyond saying they included 2,500 online donations. Virginia does not cap campaign giving, meaning fundraising totals can be skewed by six-figure checks.

The state requires candidates for governor to file their first campaign finance reports for this year on April 17.

Both Democrats and Republicans will hold a primary election in June; the general election is in November. Virginia and New Jersey are the only states with gubernatorial elections this year.

Perriellos first-month haul is not a super-huge amount, but its an amount that makes people take notice, said Bob Holsworth, a longtime Virginia political analyst. His first hurdle is to overcome the sense that he got in too late and this is already a done deal. A combination of the early polls and the fact he was able to raise a little money is very close to getting him over that hurdle.

[Defamation lawyer turns up heat on anonymous emails in Lt. Gov. race]

Jennifer Duffy, who analyzes gubernatorial races for the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, said the $1.1million haul is a sign that Perriello is competitive, that this is a real race.

[Defamation lawyer turns up heat on anonymous emails in Lt. Gov. race]

A poll released last week by the Wason Center for Public Policy at Christopher Newport University showed Northam with an edge over Perriello among Democratic-leaning voters, but also found that voters were largely unfamiliar with both Democratic candidates and most were undecided.

Northam reported raising $2.7million last year and had about $2.5 million available in campaign accounts heading into 2017.

His spokesman, David Turner, said Northam raised an additional $300,000 from 7,000 donors in the first week of January, before the state legislative session began, suspending his ability to accept contributions. He can resume fundraising after the session ends Feb.25.

Perriellos surprise campaign started as a group of his former aides and loyalists working out of his Alexandria home. He now has office space in the city and has hired press aides from Hillary Clintons presidential campaign to manage his communications.

Perriello, who served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives that ended in 2011, has pitched himself as a fierce opponent of President Trump and has made several fundraising appeals asking donors to repudiate Trump by giving to his campaign.

The Democratic candidates have steered clear of directly criticizing one another, instead attacking Trump and Republican Ed Gillespie, who has led polls in his partys four-way race. Gillespie is competing for the nomination against Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chairman Corey A. Stewart, state Sen. Frank W. Wagner (R-Virginia Beach) and distillery owner Denver Riggleman.

Northams campaign started running digital advertisements on Monday that said, Gillespie Backs Trump Muslim Ban.

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Democrat Tom Perriello says he raised $1.1 million a month into Va. gubernatorial campaign - Washington Post