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Liberals constantly stake a claim to some religion-free moral high ground, which is laughable considering liberalisms ideology is immoral at its core. Since November of last year, leftists have been too blinded by inane hatred for Trump to see the irony.

Sure, there are liberals out there who lead decent lives and you can find some on the other side who dont. Difference is, though, the longer a liberal remains liberal, the harder it is for them to see the light...the truththat all their ideology does is cover them with a cloak of morality.

The false sense of morality gives them license to live a life filled with double standards. Whats wrong is wrong, right? No. Their skewed perception of right and wrong allows them to believe its okay to do wrong, but its not okay for those on the right, both religious and secular. Which is why they found it perfectly acceptable for recent womens marches, supposedly protesting a decade-old nasty Trump joke, to chant obscenities through a microphone and put on a display of vulgarity, filthy enough to make even Trump blush.

As a wise person once said: There are none so blind as those who will not see.

Enough already with the fake moral outrage.

Clear and simple, liberals hate Trump because he beat Hillary Clinton. Period. End of story. They are so overcome by anger and hatred, they fail to realize that until recently, Trump could have been their candidate.

I say until recently because Trump is transitioningtransformingchanging. Prayer works, and Trumps blanketedcovered with it. Surrounding himself with some incredibly adept advisors doesnt hurt either.

Another huge factor in this evolution is that with each fake news report or violent riot or piece of leaked information Trump is becoming less like a liberal and more like Ronald Reagan. Who Trump was during the primaries is not who he is today.

Liberals cant handle that this immoral man received a moral mandate to do what is right for America.

And, by gosh, hes doing it, despite the snotty-nosed brats who continue to throw tantrums and wet their pants every time Trump takes positive action to restore America to her former greatness.

Trump made no pretense about who he was and is doing exactly what he said he would do versus the self-serving candidates liberals typically choose, who put on a mask of morality every election cycle.

Thats why their beloved former Sen. Harry Reid had no problem telling a bold-faced lie about Mitt Romneys taxes during the 2012 presidential election. Years later, an unrepentant Reid justified his actions during a news interview where he refused to acknowledge wrongdoing saying, with an arrogant grin, Well, they can call it whatever they want, Romney didnt win, did he?

The Washington Post gave three Pinocchios to the lefts Coolest Prez, ever, Obama, who made a campaign promise that insurance premiums would decrease under Obamacare. Obama was also responsible for this fish tale: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep doctor. Period. If you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan. Period. No one will take it away. No matter what.

But were not supposed to notice the duplicity, were supposed to dwell on the good intentions of a party devoid of conscience.

Folks, this really isnt about politics. Im genuinely concerned some of our liberal friends are drowning in an ideology every bit as dangerous as Eves apple. Every time they take a bite, they are tempted to believe its okay to lie and hate and suppose they are morally superior to everyone else -- for absolutely no reason at all.

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The Newfoundland and Labrador government could be once again making a changeto the pension plansof newly-elected MHAs.

In a tweet Monday morning, the Liberal caucus posted a letter from ChairRandy Edmunds to House of Assembly Speaker Tom Osborne requesting that the legislature's management commission explore moving to a defined contribution pension plan for members elected in 2015 and beyond.

That's a change from last December, when the house voted to grandfatherMHAs in the older, more lucrative plan despite earlier recommendations that they fall under a new pension plan.

In his letter, Edmunds said that the change the Liberals are now proposingcould save government as much as $5.2 million, compared to the $3.6 million that would have been saved with the original recommendation thatthe Members' Compensation Review Committee proposed before the vote last December.

If passed, the change would affect20 MHAs first elected in the 2015 election 19 Liberals, and one Progressive Conservative.

While the total savings could be $5.2 million, the actual amount depends on whetherMHAsarere-elected for a second term and become eligible for pensions.

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Liberals propose dialing back new MHA pensions, could save $5.2 million - CBC.ca

Another year, another Oscars boycott. Several, actually.

But the difference this year is that theplanned boycotts of Sunday nightsAcademy Awards ceremony have less to do with race and diversity in Hollywood, as was the case last year, andmore to do with nationalpolitics

On one side of the political spectrum, conservatives and supporters of Donald Trump will skip the Oscars ceremony to protest bitter people of the entertainment industry including Meryl Streep andAlec Baldwin, both known for blasting President Donald Trump on live television. On the other side of the political spectrum, people objecting to Trumps travel ban will use the Oscars as a stage to air their criticism.

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A group of Republican women out of Tempe, Arizona, announced their boycott on Facebook with a post that calls for others to skipthe ceremony, change the channel or go for a walk with your family members and tell them how much you love them.

Many conservatives were irritated byanacceptance speech by Streep at the Golden Globe Awards. While outspoken liberals applauded the speech in which Streep criticized Trump without using his name, vocal conservatives said the speech was out of touch with much of America.

Let them know that we will not be silenced and that we are no longer going to be shamed for what we believe,the Tempe Republican Womens post reads. We must continue the fight! Boycott the Academy.

The same weekend Trump issued an executive order banning entry to refugees and foreigners from seven mostly Muslim countries, Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi said he would skip the Oscars. Farhadis film The Salesman is nominated for best foreign language film this year.

Countries affected by the ban include Iran, where Farhadi comes from, but he told Variety that he would still skip the Oscarseven if exceptions were made to let him into the U.S.

Joining her film director,actress Taraneh Alidoosti called the visa ban racist and she would not attend the Academy Awards in protest.

Hollywood talent agency UTA, which represents Farhadi,also announced that it would cancel its traditional Oscars party and holda pro-immigration rally instead, Deadline Hollywood reported.

In years past, Trump has been an avid viewer of the Oscars offering much more than his two cents on Twitter in past yearsbut the president doesnt plan to watchthe Academy Awards on Sunday night because ofanother event highlighting his new role.

Though the reasons are not explicitly political, Trump wont be watching the Oscars because he will be attending the annual Governors Ball at the White House on Sunday.

Are you watching the Oscars or are you skipping the eventyourself? Chime in.

Join me in a conversation: Shoot me a private email with your thoughts or ideas on a different approach to this story. As always, you can alsosend usa tweet.

Email:luis.gomez@sduniontribune.com

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Oscars 2017: Conservatives, liberals, filmmakers. Who isn't boycotting? - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Jon Ossoff stood ramrod-straight and spoke in sparing phrases, as if a great burden rests on his 30-year-old shoulders. To hear from many of the 150 people who crowded a Dunwoody synagogue the other night to meet him, its easy to understand why.

The Republican side has been showing up to vote here for years, and we havent been energized, said Melanie Manning, among the Democrats pinning her hopes on Ossoff. Now we are. This election will be different.

No Democrat has represented Georgias 6th Congressional District since Newt Gingrich won the seat in 1978, and since then the reliably conservative district, which now spans from east Cobb County to north DeKalb County, has launched the congressional careers of Johnny Isakson and Tom Price.

But Ossoff, a documentary filmmaker who was until recently unknown to even veteran Georgia strategists, has quickly captured the imagination of Democrats hoping to notch an early victory against Donald Trump. The special election will be among the first in the nation since Trump became president.

His campaign claims nearly $2 million in donations in less than two months, an almost unfathomable amount for a political newcomer. He has racked up celebrity support and a string of big-name endorsements. And national Democrats are pouring staff and resources into his race.

Still, the odds are stacked deeply against Democrats in the 6th, which routinely elected Price by huge margins. The April 18 special election to fill Prices seat has 18 candidates, and Ossoff isnt even a shoo-in to make the June 20 runoff.

Democrats seem willing to take the risk. Many see him as a first chance to turn the wave of left-leaning outrage at Trumps election and channel it into action. Trump eked out just a 1-point victory in the 6th, and Ossoffs campaign casts him as a way to get under the presidents skin.

Make Trump Furious, his website proclaims.

The making of a darling

Ossoff makes for an unlikely Democratic darling. His campaign announcement was met with fits of head-scratching by some influential Democrats and shrugs by local Republicans.

And for all his polish the London School of Economics graduate speaks French and talks earnestly of the need for extremely competent constituent service Ossoffs tone doesnt match the anti-Trump outcry from those who want an all-out battle against the president.

This is not going to be a campaign focused on opposition to Donald Trump. This is going to be a campaign focused on the needs and concerns of every voter in the 6th District, he said. Many people are concerned about the White House, but theyre more concerned about pocketbook issues.

A north DeKalb native, Ossoff was a 17-year-old student at the Paideia School when he read U.S. Rep. John Lewis autobiography and, on a whim, wrote a letter asking for a job. Within months he was interning in the Atlanta Democrats Washington office.

While a student at Georgetown University, he volunteered for Hank Johnsons 2006 challenge against U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney. He wound up becoming deputy communications chief during the campaign, and he worked as a legislative aide for Johnson on Capitol Hill after his victory.

Ossoff joined a filmmaking firm after leaving Johnsons office, and his documentaries exposed corrupt judges in Ghana and Islamic State atrocities in Iraq. He entered the congressional race in January armed with $250,000 in cash commitments and the blessings of Johnson and Lewis.

Hes quick to bring up the fact that he doesnt live in the district, but just south of the line so his girlfriend of 12 years, an Emory University medical student, can walk to work. Members of Congress dont have to live in their districts, although Ossoff said he will move to the 6th after she graduates.

Ossoff quickly shook up the Democratic side of the race, scaring off former state Rep. Sally Harrell and another fresh-faced contender. But four other Democrats are still in the hunt, including ex-state Sen. Ron Slotin, who said he wont bow to pressure to drop out.

I trust the voters of the district to select who the best person is to represent them, and I think Ill be that candidate, said Slotin, who represented an intown Atlanta district in the 1990s.

The Republican side is a free for all, with several big names among the 11 GOP candidates in the field. GOP contenders also wrestle with the Trump effect, with staunch supporters of the president running alongside others who vow to be a check on his power.

Special elections are typically low-turnout affairs, and this one is likely to be no different, in spite of anti Trump sentiment. What makes it even more unpredictable is that all 18 candidates two independents are also in the race will be on the same ballot.

If history is a guide, there will be no upset. The last time a Georgia congressional seat flipped in a special election was in 1872, according to an analysis by University of Minnesota political scientist Eric Ostermeier, and few of the 30 races since then have even been close.

Im not saying its impossible, former U.S. Rep. Buddy Darden said. But the numbers are very difficult for a Democrat in that area.

The Marietta Democrat has a perspective on the race unlike any other. In 1983, he emerged the winner of an even more crowded Georgia special election his race featured 20 contenders to represent the neighboring 7th District. He served the Cobb County-based district until his 1995 defeat.

Ive been real impressed with Jon Ossoff. Hes doing all the right things. And I think hes got a great chance at getting in the runoff, said Darden, who now works for the mega-size Dentons law firm. But look at it realistically: Its a very difficult task.

The big guns

Ossoff will have some timely reinforcements in his corner.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said it would commit nine field staffers to organize on-the-ground efforts in the district. Democratic National Committee officials told reporters in Atlanta that the party would also invest in the race.

Several celebrities, including the actresses Debra Messing and Kristen Bell, have pledged their help. And Georgia Democratic Party spokesman Michael Smith said the state organization would work to deliver the White House its first electoral defeat.

Theres also support from the left-leaning Daily Kos website, which so far has raised nearly $1 million for Ossoff.

Thats painted something of a bulls-eye on Ossoffs back. No leading GOP contender has directly confronted him, but the National Republican Congressional Committee painted the Democrat as a far-left Bernie Sanders guy. (Ossoff, for his part, said he backed Hillary Clinton.)

Many of Ossoffs rival campaigns envision a scenario where he emerges as the leading vote-getter against a splintered field of Republicans in April, only to face a unified GOP front in the runoff. Analysts are quick to note the highest-propensity voter in those contests are also the most likely to side with the GOP: senior citizens.

If Republican candidates split the vote, a Democrat could conceivably sneak into the runoff, Kennesaw State University political scientist Kerwin Swint said. But that Democrat would almost surely lose the runoff. The numbers just arent there yet. Lets see what it looks like in 2024.

The cold electoral calculus helps explain why Ossoff tries to tread a careful line. He talks often of the embarrassment of a Trump White House while also trying to appeal to moderates and disillusioned Republicans who dont want anything to do with the Democratic applause lines.

This is about more than Donald Trump. Its about the way people feel about Washington, Ossoff said. The case Im making to people is that we can be strong and prosperous and secure without giving in to division and fear and meanness.

Its exactly what Jill Vogin wanted to hear. The Dunwoody executive hardly paid attention to local politics before November, but Trumps victory triggered a wave of energy that led her to march in Washington the day after his inauguration.

Trump has really turned politics on its head, Vogin said. And people want a candidate like Jon who is interested in reaching across the aisle and bringing sanity back.

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Newcomer with war chest gives Democrats hope in Georgia's 6th District - MyAJC

Instead, Perez was welcomed into his new job on Saturday by jeering progressive activists, who for the second time in a year, saw their preferred pick to lead the party defeated after a protracted and unexpectedly feisty campaign. Supporters of Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison, the choice of Sen. Bernie Sanders, painted Perez's election as another victory for an establishment they blame for ceding the White House to Donald Trump by alienating young and working class voters. Minutes after the results were announced -- Perez prevailed on a second ballot after falling one vote short on the first -- the co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Adam Green, a vocal Ellison backer, leaned back and ruminated on the contentious scene.

"This was not an ideological battle between a corporate Democrat and a progressive," he said, noting that Perez too would have been his choice for attorney general in a Clinton administration. "We agree with him on policy and thought he would challenge big corporations like he did as (President Barack Obama's) labor secretary."

The problem, Green suggested, was that Perez did not -- at least not yet -- have "his finger on the pulse of progressive resistance" to the new administration. Across the ballroom, one young and frustrated Ellison supporter, Alexa Vaca, put it simply: "This shows that the Democratic Party didn't learn their lesson."

While Democrats clawed at each other in Atlanta, the festivities at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, were beginning to wind down. Over the previous 48 hours, the annual conservative gathering had welcomed its first sitting Republican president in his first year in office since Ronald Reagan.

A year before, Trump skipped the conference, backing out the day before his scheduled appearance. The American Conservative Union, which organizes the gathering, bit back in response, saying Trump's decision "comes at a critical time in our movement's history. His decision sends a clear message to grassroots conservatives."

"I think that Trump is a different type of conservative than, perhaps, the mainstream conservative, and I think that's why he got so far in the primaries," said Wesley Dalton, a student at Brigham Young University in Utah.

Matt Batzel, the national executive director of American Majority, a conservative organization that trains grassroots activists, described Trump as a "Patriotic Conservative" before grinning and confessing, "I just made up that term."

Even what remained of the GOP's dedicated libertarian wing, which had been transformed by the rise of Trumpism from an ascendant force to a CPAC afterthought, sought to parlay the presidential moment by passing out caps that read, "Make Taxation Theft Again."

"People don't notice it as much here, because if we wear it around they just assume it's the (Make America Great Again) hat," said Zach Garretson, donor relations officer for the libertarian Stonegait Institute, "but when we're not at an event like this and you wear that hat, people will look at it and be like, 'Oh! What does that say?'"

Conservatives' willingness to look beyond their unlikely standard-bearer's ideological inconsistencies have been rewarded in the early running. They routinely made glowing reference to the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to be a Supreme Court justice -- proof, many insisted, that Trump, whatever he actually believed, was firmly on track to govern like they hoped.

"I want to thank you for finally inviting me to CPAC," Bannon said at the outset. The former Breitbart boss had previously hosted "The Uninvited," a parallel gathering for fellow out-of-favor right-wingers. "I know there are many alumni out here in the audience."

Schlapp nodded to the awkward moment, then declared: "Here's what we decided to do at CPAC with the uninvited. We decided to say that everybody's a part of our conservative family."

And with that, they were off. Bannon railed against the media -- "the opposition party" -- and drew cheers as he outlined plans for the "deconstruction of the administrative state."

More applause interrupted his description of Trump's decision to withdraw the US from Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, calling it "one of the most pivotal moments in modern American history."

For observers of a party and movement that has traditionally embraced free trade, the scene was instructive. Not a year ago, the idea of a Republican administration's scuttling of a massive free trade pact (and promise to take apart or narrow other existing deals) being met with rapturous ovations might have seemed absurd.

But the presidency has a certain affect on people and political parties.

With Barack Obama in the White House and Hilary Clinton, it seemed, poised to follow him, Democrats enjoyed nearly a decade of relative peace. On the eve of the election, as progressives put the finishing touches on strategies for nudging the new administration to the left, many confided that, for all the tumult of the primary, they fully expected the Clinton administration to offer them a seat at the table.

At CPAC on Saturday, the results of its annual survey ran in stark contrast to the scenes in Atlanta.

Eight in 10 of those polled agreed that Trump was "realigning the conservative movement" -- and 86% approved of the job he has done since taking office in January.

"I love this place," Trump said at the top of his speech a day before. "Love you people."

And they loved the President right back. For Democrats, down in Atlanta, that kind of affection seemed a long way off.

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Trump unites GOP as Democrats bicker - CNN