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Outside a cookie shop in one of Houston’s most idyllic neighborhoods, a West University Place council member spied Trump’s name on a teenager’s shirt and yelled a few of the president’s worst words at her. Then the internet found out. It's springtime in the age of hysteria.
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If Twitter doesn't want to be a platform for hate speech, there's a big clean-up in aisle Farrakhan.
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An Indiana Crossfit gym franchise was forced to close its doors after opting out of a LGBTQ pride event because, as the owners wrote in a statement, "We believe that true health forever can only be found within humility, not pride." Here is the full statement:
Our underlying goal for the staff and members at CrossFit Infiltrate and our other gyms CrossFit White River and University Ave CrossFit, is total health and well-being for the individual and the community. Total health involves the body, the emotions, relationships, and the spirit. At the foundational detractor from health, as we believe God sets the parameters for, is pride. We believe that true health forever can only be found within humility, not pride. Humility is seeing oneself as they truly are, and as God truly defines them to be. As a business we will choose to deploy our resources towards those efforts and causes that ?
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Canadians are increasing the number of immigrants and refugees it accepts to help deal with the global migrant crisis. But Canadian officials are worried about increases in illegal immigration and are warning people they will be deported.
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Watch the Philly Mayor Literally Sing and Dance the News His City Is Still a Sanctuary City - Cortney O'Brien: A federal Judge in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled .06/09/2018 11:00:08AM EST.
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House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said at her Thursday news conference that record low unemployment is not as important as restoring consumer confidence and increasing wages.
"This has happened before," Pelosi said, "The people say, 'Oh my goodness... the unemployment rate is down. Why isn't my purchasing power increasing?'"
"Because our economy will never fully reach its possibilities unless we increase the consumer confidence," she explained.
"This is one unusual time, and I follow it closely, where the unemployment rate is down but the dependence on subsidies -- whether it's food insecurity, housing subsidies and the rest -- has not gone down because of the wage stagnation."
"Unless we have a very significant increase in wages and bigger paychecks, we are going to increase the frustration of America's families because they'll be saying, 'Hip hip hooray, unemployment is down. What does that mean to me in my life? I need a bigger paycheck.' That's the apprehension American families have had for a while," she said.
FOX Business Network tweeted:
.@NancyPelosi: "Hip hip hooray, unemployment is down. What does that mean to me and my life? I need a bigger paycheck." https://t.co/fKhYCwwIrp pic.twitter.com/uNlHZ2AcVY-- FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) June 8, 2018
QUESTION: The unemployment rate in May was 3.8%, the lowest it has been in 18 years. Is that a good thing?
REP. NANCY PELOSI: Well, as I said, the unemployment rate is one indication. The -- the fact is -- and this -- this has happened before -- that people say, "Oh my goodness, that -- people saying the unemployment rate is down. Why isn't my purchasing power increasing?"
So this isn't just about the unemployment rate. It's about raising -- wages rising in our country so that consumer confidence is restored. Because our economy will never fully reach its possibilities unless we increase the consumer confidence.
And that can only be increased by a better deal, better jobs, better wages, better future, and lowering costs to families, whether it's prescription drugs -- by really lowering the cost of prescription drugs, and that list goes on.
The -- this is one unusual time, and I follow it closely, where the unemployment rate is down but the dependence on subsidies -- whether it's food insecurity, housing subsidies and the rest -- has not gone down because of the wage stagnation.
So in terms of the financial stability of America's working families, unless we have an increase -- a very significant increase in wages and bigger paychecks, we are going to increase the frustration of America's families because they'll be saying, "Hip hip hooray, unemployment is down. What does that mean to me in my life? I need a bigger paycheck."
And that's the apprehension that American families have had for a while and continue to have and that we must address.
So when we're -- when we're talking about this, it's not to increase more jobs so we can subsidize more low-paying jobs by public investment in housing support and food support and the list goes on, but to have living wages. Justice: economic justice, social justice, justice is a very important value that America has.
Watch the rest of Pelosi's weekly briefing:
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A Huffington Post story sets off a cycle of online retribution.
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People in North Carolina who were on probation or parole after felony convictions are being tried for voting illegally in 2016. A lawyer for Alamance defendants said the state law is unconstitutional.
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A government study found the US suicide rate has climbed 30% in more than half of US states since 1999.
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Speaking before the Freedom & Faith Coalition's Road to Majority conference this week, the Texas lawmaker touted at least seven major wins for faith and families under the current administration.
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The cause of death for celebrity chef and CNN Parts Unknown host, Anthony Bourdain, has been revealed.
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Uncritical American support for free global markets has led to huge trade deficits and the transfer of wealth abroad.
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Ryan is retiring from his Speakership position and leaving the House after this term, but not before he can flip the middle finger to Trump and his supporters.
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MSNBC anchor Nicolle Wallace is under fire for making a derogatory comment Thursday about first lady Melania Trump and first daughter Ivanka, asking if they are “dead inside” or simply being “paid off.”
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As many as 40 state-level Democratic parties may have been involved in a scheme to funnel as much as $84 million to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, a campaign finance lawyer contends.
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Players such as Everton's Gylfi Sigurdsson can be seen holding shields with blood on their shirts and wearing chain-mail armour
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ObamaCare could soon be history, thanks to a lawsuit filed by 20 states that claim the Affordable Care Act is no longer constitutional. US Attorney General Jeff Sessions is so sure the states are r…
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She's attacking record low unemployment, again.
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Democrats’ Trump-era hysteria struck again this week, with at least one senator offering an unhinged call for the recall of US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell for an imaginary offense. In a B…
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HUNTSVILLE, AL—Bigoted, homophobic restaurant chain Chick-fil-A is at it again: the Christian-owned fast-food joint just fired yet another employee for publicly voicing his approval of the LGBT movement. Brad Russell, a cashier at a Huntsville location, tweeted his support for Pride month and was fired several hours later. This is the 427th instance of Chick-fil-A ?
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Conservatives fight back after Google and YouTube team up with left-wing smear group that inspired terrorism.
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Bill Clinton Defends Franken: It Was a 'Difficult Case' and the SNL Women Defended Him - Lauretta Brown: PBS’s Judy Woodruff asked former president Bill Clinton Thursday whether .06/08/2018 20:51:32PM EST.
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More than 4,000 Google employees signed petition demanding end to work on Pentagon drone project. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news s...

