January 17, 2017 6:00 AM
Morning Reads for Tuesday, January 17
Good morning! It seems like we have a lot of four-day weeks this year, and we are only in the third week of 2017. So.
Onward!
- How did President Obama survive four years in the White House without completely losing his sanity? Reading.
- Trump “shows his values” with the religious leaders he chose to speak at the Inauguration.
- Eugene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, died yesterday.
- Senator Josh McKoon begins his seventh year in the state senate with considerably less clout than he’s had in past years now that he’s lost his committee chairmanship.
- Georgia ranks third in the nation for the highest average credit card balance.
- The Commonwealth Fund estimates the job loss impact of repealing the ACA (SYAC: around 71,000 public and private sector jobs in Georgia).
- Gwinnett is great! Except for Gwinnett Commissioner Tommy Hunter, who many are decrying as not so great at all after he called Congressman John Lewis a “racist pig” on Facebook this past weekend.
- A Nebraska man is on a mission to visit all 417 national parks, and this weekend he visited several on the Georgia coast. (How many of Georgia’s national park units have you visited?)
- Hint: there are 15 U.S. National Park Service units in Georgia.
- We’re hooked on our smartphones and, hey, it turns out that’s not such a great thing.
- ETA at 9:10 AM, because some of y’all thought this was going away, and even I thought that it was going away, but thanks to Dax Lopez, NOPE, it’s not going away.
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Teri
Teri Anulewicz is a Democrat who represents House District 42 in the Georgia General Assembly. She previously spent nearly a decade on the Smyrna City Council. A native New Orleanian and quasi-Texan, Teri graduated from Agnes Scott College in 1998. She's been a front page contributor since 2015, and she compiles each Tuesday's Morning Reads.
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Several media outlets report Tom Price purchased shares of a medical device company and several days later introduced legislation favorable to that company. I am a supporter of Price but this report is disturbing. Definitely unethical and possibly illegal behavior by Price.
shh. dont say this too loudly. Hassinger may take exception and call you a liberal who is trying to smear Price…
I’m just going to leave this here.
http://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2017/01/17/journalistic-malpractice-ellen-carmichael-debunks-cnn-story-on-rep-tom-price-stock-purchase/
According to your article the purchase was made by his broker 3/17/2016 without his knowledge. I looked at the chart and the stock, Zimmer Biometric (ZBH) was moving up prior to his purchase.
Article further states he started work on his bill in 2015. His legislation was introduced in April 2016 and ZBH continued upward move. Working on a bill would not necessarily be public knowledge while introducing the bill would be public knowledge.
If he had no knowledge of the purchase he is clear but if he had knowledge it looks bad.
As the article states, he had no knowledge of the trade until April 4th. Members of Congress have to file disclosures when they trade individual stocks according to the STOCK Act. He did this.
“I looked at the chart and the stock, Zimmer Biometric (ZBH) was moving up prior to his purchase.” Meaning that a good stock broker would notice this trend and buy a few shares.
There is no there there. This is simply an attempt to tarnish a good man’s reputation.
Stocks move for various reasons and clearly his legislation did not slow the upward move of ZBH. He needs to explain this whole mess at his confirmation hearing.
To repeat one of my earlier posts; members of congress should not buy individual equities.
I’m sure he will get questions and the answer will be very similar to Ellen’s point by point rebuttal because those are the facts.
$2700 stock purchase for a man with a net worth around $15M, come on CNN. Another failed fake news story by the formerly respectable ‘news’ organization that seems hellbent on destroying DJT.
Oh come on. I’m not up in arms over Price’s stock dealings but can’t you find a better defense than that? You’ve got a former employee of Price and current Price PR/messaging vendor who tells us how wonderful Price is like that’s supposed to mean something.
I was being lazy and she said everything that needed to be said. I can say everything that she said over and it will all continue to be true whether it comes from Ellen, me or anyone else.
It means something if the facts are true and what she says is true.
I realize Teri only links ’em.
The NPR religious article about Trump’s inauguration speakers says this:
“All have personal ties to Trump or his family or have in some way signaled their approval of him, his politics or his wealth.”
Is it really a surprise that he’d invite those he has respect for?
Maybe it’s just me but I’d rather receive comfort from the words of Franklin Graham’s than sit in the congregation of Jeremiah Wright for umpteen years.
Thanks for understanding that I’m just the messenger!
I’m Catholic, so I’m accustomed to feeling challenged by my spiritual leaders, so while I understand why DJT doesn’t want to step outside his spiritual comfort zone (which is apparently the prosperity gospel; I’m surprised Creflo Dollar didn’t get an invite) I can’t say I agree with his motives. Also, as a Catholic, I’m still processing Cardinal Dolan’s participation and feel like I can’t completely process it until I hear what he has to say on Friday.
As for those who shill the prosperity gospel, well, I’d rather listen to Nickleback.
With you on Creflo but as you are a member of the richest church in the world and estimated spending of approaching $200 billion in the US annually a lot on buildings and settlements, stone throwing might hit one expensive stained glass window.
The snark is in sympathy with my many RC friends complaining about the constant $$$ pressure and three envelopes expected @ Sunday.
You are a favorite front pager and points for the national parks plug.
In Georgia, 2 Trumps exist across urban, rural divide. Lula isn’t East Atlanta.
More on the precious John Lewis. As I posted yesterday, did he simply forget that he boycotted W, too? Or was this just a theatrical pronouncement of a seemingly dire action of last resort? Maybe a teensy white lie?
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/443896/john-lewis-boycotted-george-w-bush-inauguration
I didn’t want to take the Lewis v. Trump thread even further afield but the discussion touched on my favorite non-fiction read of 2016. So I thought I would recommend it here.
The First Congress:
How James Madison, George Washington, and a Group of Extraordinary Men Invented the Government
By Fergus M. Bordewich
Yeah it gets into some sausage making though it is a tale of doing it without a recipe for the sausage.
Almost 40 open seats for the inauguration as dems continue to prove they have no idea what to do when confronted by a strong leader with a plan to make America more prosperous – http://www.politicususa.com/2017/01/16/trump-inauguration-boycott-grows-30-members-congress-won.html
Hopefully they keep dropping, more open seats for folks who care about our future. Trump should announce that the abandoned seats will be filled by veterans, first responders and community volunteers who actually work to help others instead of constantly living a massive ongoing pity party.
I didn’t even know which thread to post this under, this one or the CNN one…
THIS, this is truly pathetic… What is a “Mediocre Negro?” Thank you for that Pearl of Wisdom, Marc Lamont Hill. This is truly indefensible. Our country is done…
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/cnns-marc-lamont-hill-denounces-fellow-panelist-as-mediocre-negro-for-defending-trump/
The larger point is that MLH is a blatant racist…nice try, Drew. Please do not attempt to further defend this, Andrew. Please…
How do you say Oh S**t in Swedish?