I love OBAMACARE!!: Indiana GOPs call for Obamacare horror stories backfires spectacularly

The Indiana Republican Party got more than it bargained for this week when it put out a call on social media for people’s “Obamacare horror stories.”

The Hill reported Tuesday that almost immediately the comments on the party’s Facebook post began to fill up with people singing the praises of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — also known as “Obamacare.”

“My sister finally has access to affordable quality care and treatment for her diabetes,” said one commenter.

“My father’s small business was able to insure its employees for the first time ever. #thanksObama,” said another.

The Hill quoted one commenter who said that the “only horror story is that Republicans might take it away.”

“I love OBAMACARE! It has helped our family. Shame on the REPUBLICANS wanting to get rid of it… BLOOD will be our your hands!!!” said another commenter.

One mother commented, “My kids will be covered until they are out of college AND get good jobs with health coverage. Not too horrible in my book.”

“Good work, cave-dwellers of the Indiana Republican Party,” one man said. “You are getting honest answers to an idiotically-loaded question.”


http://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/i-love-obamacare-indiana-gops-call-for-obamacare-horror-stories-backfires-spectacularly/

GOP Official Quits Voter Fraud Panel As 41 States Refuse To Hand Over Data

Amid a wave of states refusing requests for personal voter data and a new legal complaint filed against its leader, the Trump administration’s “election integrity” panel saw its first resignation Monday night: Maryland’s Republican deputy secretary of state Luis E. Borunda.

Borunda, who did not immediately respond to TPM’s request for an interview, was appointed to the controversial panel on June 21. Unlike in most U.S. states, however, the Secretary of State’s office in Maryland has nothing to do with registering voters or administering elections. That falls to Maryland’s Attorney General and State Board of Elections, which on Tuesday joined the growing list of states refusing to cooperate with the national voter fraud panel’s demand for a long list of personal voter information, including the Social Security numbers, addresses and party affiliation of millions of citizens.



http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/gop-official-quits-bogus-voter-fraud-group

Man Uses Fireworks to Remove Bees Nest and Burns Down Garage Instead

(GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP, Mich.) — A Michigan man who tried to use fireworks to remove a bees' nest from his garage ended up burning the building down instead.

MLive reports crews responding to the home in Grand Blanc Township on Monday saw fireworks shooting into the sky from the burning garage. No one was injured.

Grand Blanc Fire Chief Bob Burdette says the homeowner was trying to use a smoke bomb to get a bees' nest out of the garage.

Homeowner Mike Tingley says that while he's sad about his garage, he's happy the incident wasn't worse.

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Black Mississippi student forced to share valedictorian title with white student who had lower GPA

Jasmine Shepard was the top of her class and had the highest GPA, but her Mississippi high school forced her to “share” the title with students whose GPAs were lower. The school has never done something like this before, but they’ve also never had a black valedictorian before. She and her family think it’s because of her race.

“Prior to 2016, all of Cleveland High School’s valedictorians were white,” a lawsuit against the school says, according to The Washington Post. “As a result of the school official’s unprecedented action of making an African-American student share the valedictorian award with a white student, the defendants discriminated against.”

Shepard was also forced to deliver her speech to students after the white student and would have been forced to walk behind the girl as well if Jasmine hadn’t protested. However, Jasmine doesn’t want to see backlash against the other student, saying that the young woman is “the kindest-hearted, sweetest person.”

The Cleveland School District, through an attorney, is calling the suit “frivolous” claiming the students had identical “grade point averages.”


http://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/black-mississippi-student-forced-to-share-valedictorian-title-with-white-student-who-had-lower-gpa/#.WVhaK2X_LJ8.twitter

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White House Debating Future Of Obama-Era Council On Women And Girls

President Donald Trump’s administration is “evaluating” the future of the White House Council on Women and Girls and considering whether to keep or eliminate the council, according to several reports.

Politico on Friday reported that the council has gone dark while the White House decides its future, according to three unnamed senior White House officials.

ABC News reported on Friday, citing an unnamed senior White House official, that Trump’s administration is debating the future of the council created by former President Barack Obama.

“The White House is evaluating the best positioning of this office going forward,” White House spokeswoman Hope Hicks told ABC News in a statement. “We want the input of the various agencies to understand the assets they have so that we make this office additive, not redundant.”


http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/white-house-obama-council-women-girls

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NASA Denies Running a Child Slave Colony on Mars

A report on Alex Jones’ InfoWars claiming child sex slaves have been kidnapped and shipped to Mars is untrue, NASA told The Daily Beast on Thursday.

“There are no humans on Mars. There are active rovers on Mars. There was a rumor going around last week that there weren’t. There are,” Guy Webster, a spokesperson for Mars exploration at NASA, told The Daily Beast. “But there are no humans.”

On Thursday’s program, the InfoWars host welcomed guest Robert David Steele onto The Alex Jones Show, which airs on 118 radio stations nationwide, to talk about kidnapped children he said have been sent on a two-decade mission to space.

“We actually believe that there is a colony on Mars that is populated by children who were kidnapped and sent into space on a 20-year ride,” said Steele. “So that once they get to Mars they have no alternative but to be slaves on the Mars colony.”

Jones echoed Steele, saying “clearly they don’t want us looking into what is happening” because “every time probes go over they turn them off.”

“Look, I know that 90 percent of the NASA missions are secret and I’ve been told by high level NASA engineers that you have no idea. There is so much stuff going on,” Jones said.


http://www.thedailybeast.com/nasa-denies-that-its-running-a-child-slave-colony-on-mars

Centralia, burning for decades, gets new documentary

In 1962, Centralia was a bustling coal town boasting more than 1,000 residents. In 2017, only ten people remained.

The exodus began after a massive coal fire started underground. Multiple attempts to put it out all fell through and the fire still burns today.

The state government stepped in to relocate residents, issuing eminent domain to force them out in 1992. A few resisted, eventually winning a court case which allowed them to remain in the near-ghost town.

Now, Centralia, its legacy and its residents are the subject of a new documentary: "Centralia: Pennsylvania's Lost Town" which is opening in select theaters starting on May 6. You can watch a trailer for the film at the top of this article.