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In November 2014, current Mayoral candidate Manuel Medina was making headlines in SA media. Not because he was running for office at the time, but for an ad he took personal responsibility for creating and airing on Spanish-language television.

Mr. Medina was Chairman of the Bexar County Democrat Party, and he was looking for ways to help Democrat candidates locked in south Texas races.

As Express News writer Gilbert Garcia points out in this piece on Sunday November 2, 2014,

The Univision ad begins by showing the United States and Mexican flags waving next to each other, with a narrator saying, These two flags represent friendship, liberty, opportunity and justice.

That image is quickly replaced by the tea partys Dont Tread on Me banner.

This flag, the narrator warns us, is muy peligrosa (very dangerous).

Its the flag of the tea party Republicans. They are radical terrorists and they want to take matters into their own hands, affecting our children and families with violence and firearms on the border and in our cities.

Garcia continues,

Medina defended the ad which he created himself by saying, The tea party is not a political party. Theyre a terrorist organization.

On November 2, 2014 KSAT television quoted Medina as saying, They deserve to be called terrorists. Theyre acting like them, theyre dressing like them.

The final Mayoral debate will air at noon today on KTSA. Do you think this issue should come up?

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Axios caught up with Lampkin for some frank talk on her findings and the state of diversity in Silicon Valley.

There's this perception that all tech companies are equally bad at actual results on diversity but your scores show a wide range. Is it a misperception?

Yes, definite misperception. Unfortunately, I think the media has played a role in creating this reality because once we pull back the layers, with companies like Slack for example, we're surprised to find how homogenous their leadership team still remains. What I'm hoping to do is show the real differentiation because many companies are just hiring a chief diversity officer, giving money to non-profits, but still aren't putting underrepresented people in positions of real power/influence.

Who is doing more than talking about diversity?

I'd say that top 35 companies on the BlendScore list are doing a pretty good job, but there is definitely still room for improvement. I've created the algorithm such that attaining a score of 100 doesn't take extreme measures (much like the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index). Most of these companies have zero underrepresented minorities on their board or executive teams.diversity for them is often White, occasionally Asian, cis-gender straight women which is why I put photos up there too.

What is actually working?

CXO's and Board Members that genuinely give a f**k! Hiring and rewarding talented people equally is more important than driverless cars, AI, and virtual reality and it has to be regarded as suchwhy? Because there are talented people who can solve these problems that aren't even able to get in the game or get there and aren't treated well. Investment in education/STEM pipeline and human resource management that is comparable to R&D will work.

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Snow White's wishing well, dwarves, single slippers and a carriage fit for a princess (or 60) decorated the lawn Sunday of the Oliver House Museum in Jackson for the second annual Dolly and Me Princess Tea Party.

The event was hosted by the Jackson Heritage Association and attended by at least 65 people.

"We expect at least some walk-ins," said Jackson Heritage Association president Barbie Stroder.

Stroder said she and board member Julie Kuehle came up with the idea for the event last year to expand on their success with the annual Halloween party at the Oliver House.

"We wanted a spring event and came up with this," Stroder said.

Attendees got to bring their dolls and dress up princess-style for an afternoon, Stroder said.

Stroder, dressed in a swirling purple cape and carrying a jeweled scepter, said the Oliver House gardens were perfect for the girls to get their pictures taken, especially since some flowers were blooming and the sun was out amid gusty winds.

Sunday's wind prompted a move inside for the tea party itself, Stroder said, but the other events, including a princess dance party and scavenger hunt, remained outdoors.

Halle Hoover, 5, said she came last year, but she didn't bring her doll this time.

Hoover said her favorite part last year was Belle, or meeting the princesses. She said she was excited about this year, too.

Each girl attending could fill out a "princess card," with her name and her doll's name, her interests and favorite princess. The grand outdoor staircase at the Oliver House served as the walkway for each "princess" to make her grand entry as the announcer read each card aloud.

"We're excited about our events coming up this year," Kuehle said, and added she was glad to see so many people at the tea party.

Attendees also could make crafts upstairs, Kuehle said, including making paper flowers or decorating a tote bag.

Sarah Higgins, 8, said she decided she and her doll should have matching hairstyles -- twin braids down each side of their faces. Higgins also wore a purple tiara and white dress.

Higgins said she was looking forward to the games, and also the food.

Jaden Davis and Ariel Barr, both 9, said they were excited about the afternoon. Davis said her American Girl doll, whom she named Lilly, borrowed her pink flower barrette for the party.

Barr's doll, Alex, wore a tiny tiara in her blonde hair.

Each table was set with glass plates and cups for the girls and tiny plastic teacups for the dolls, Stroder said.

Barr said she was excited about the food. Cupcakes and cookies in the middle of the tables disappeared quickly.

Davis said she most was looking forward to the princess dance party.

"I like to twirl," she said, adding she checks every dress or skirt she tries on in the store to ensure it twirls right.

Davis and Barr said they know each other from dance classes, church, Girl Scouts -- "everywhere," Davis said.

"Almost," Barr said.

"I've always been into princesses," Davis said, and she hopes she always will be.

Proceeds from the event went toward the Oliver House Museum.

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Onalaska, WI (WXOW) -

More than 400 families participated in the 3rd Annual Mad Hatter Tea Party on Sunday at Valley View Mall in Onalaska.

The party adds a twist to classic Easter Bunny pictures.

Kids did crafts, coloredAlice in Wonderlandthemed pages, and took pictures with characters from the book.

Local titleholders in the Miss America Organization also took part in the tea party.

Laurie Cafe, marketing director at Valley View Mall, said the Mad Hatter Tea Party had a bigger turnout than ever this year.She said theAlice in Wonderlandtheme offers opportunities to grow.

"There's so many elements within that story line that let us unfold into a different theme every year that it's just so easy to build upon," said Cafe.

Cafe said the event is designed for the community to offer families a place to spend time together.

Valley View Mall holds similar events throughout the year, giving families a place to go no matter what the weather conditions.

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Judge Neil Gorsuch

Senate Republicans voted to end the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees Thursday after Democrats refused to advance the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to a final vote, a move grassroots conservatives say had to happen out of respect for the Constitution.

Republicans cited the precedent of Democrats from November 2013, when then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid led a rules change to kill the filibuster for lower-court judicial nominees and executive branch personnel requiring confirmation.

The move came after a 55-45 vote to end debate on Gorsuch, five votes short of the 60 votes needed. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell then moved to consider the Gorsuch nomination under the rule change instituted by Democrats. His motion was denied, but McConnell then appealed the ruling of the chair, and the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees was killed in a party-line vote.

While Democrats call the move an attack on democracy, Tea Party Patriots founder Jenny Beth Martin told WND and Radio America its the Democrats who took an extreme position with their filibuster.

When it comes to Supreme Court nominees, never in the history of our entire country have we had a partisan filibuster of a Supreme Court nominee. It just hasnt been done. What the Democrats are doing right now is breaking the tradition and the practice that weve had in this country for over 200 years, said Martin, whose group has been aligned with the Judicial Crisis Network in pushing for the confirmation of Gorsuch.

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The Tea Party Patriots isbest known for advocating smaller government and lower taxes, but Martin said the Supreme Court fight is very much in her organizations interest.

We understand it is critically important that if we want to have constitutionally limited government, then we have to have a Supreme Court that upholds the law and judges laws based on the Constitution, Martin said.

Listen to the WND/Radio America interview withTea Party Patriots founder Jenny Beth Martin:

She is convinced the Democrats dont really have a case against Gorsuch but are still bitter over 2016.

They are just frustrated that its not their person, that they lost the election in November, that it is President Trump who won the election and, therefore, won the ability to nominate Judge Gorsuch, Martin said. They are doing all they can to resist what President Trump was elected to do.

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Martin said the public is engaged on this issue and overwhelmingly in support of Gorsuch, but she said Democrats arent listening to all of their constituents.

Democrat senators are listening to their base. Theyre not listening to the whole of the American people, but they are listening to their base, Martin said. So they are doing what they think their base wants them to do.

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She believes the effort to filibuster Gorsuch will backfire on red-state Democrats like Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., in 2018.

She has said that this would be a very political maneuver if they filibustered Gorsuch. Thats what shes doing, and shes doing it out of pure politics, not out of whats best for the country, Martin said.

I know that it is a political job and they are going to look at things through the prism of politics, she said. Sometimes you need to do whats best for the country because you have taken an oath to uphold the Constitution.

And Martin is firmly convinced fidelity to the Constitution will be a hallmark of Gorsuchs time on the Supreme Court.

He looks at the law, and he respects the law as its written, she said. He doesnt intend to make law and create law out of whole cloth from the bench with his decisions, and he is going to look at the law through the prism of the Constitution.

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