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Thursday May 11, 1916
Chicago, Illinois - America Union Workers Plead for Life of Irish Rebel

In a meeting of the Chicago Federation of Labor this past Sunday, a resolution was passed that a message should be sent to London making a plea for the life of the Irish Rebel, James Connolly. Connolly is well known and much respected by the trade unionists and Socialists of Chicago, having once been a resident of the city where he was active in both movements on behalf of the working class.

I thought I 'knew it all' about the Clintons, more or less, as it pertains to this current cycle. The uranium deals with the Russians....Hillary's state dept working with garment manufacturers to suppress minimum wage in Haiti....the money laundering with the DNC....the hypocrisy of criticizing Citizens United while personifying everything wrong with it....

If you're a Democrat running for president of the United States, there are only 26 states that matter. Those are the states that regularly deliver electoral votes for the Democrat.

New PPP poll: Sanders runs ahead of Clinton with Hispanic voters in a race against Trump https://t.co/PHaPVzQp5K pic.twitter.com/ZsfdXkTTpZ

— Matt Karp (@karpmj) May 10, 2016

President Obama foreign policy record has not been one of consistency. It has fluctuated, and that fluctuation seems to mirror who is working as point-man (i.e. Secretary of State) at the time.
Hillary Clinton had the office from January 2009 to January 2013. John Kerry has been there since.

Let's look at U.S. foreign policy during this era.

On Thursday the Massachusetts Senate is scheduled to begin debate on adding protections for transgender people in public accommodations to the 2011 anti-discrimination law that bans discrimination in the workplace and in housing.

There is no justification on earth for discrimination against anyone who wants to go to park, movie theater, doctor’s office, restaurant or a gym,” said Deborah Shields, executive director of MassEquality, an organization that has vocally supported the bill. “It’s unconscionable that in 2016 discrimination would be permitted.

--Deborah Shields, MassEquality

House and Senate versions of the bill were recently released from committee. Both versions would prohibit discrimination against transgender people in public accommodations, allowing them to use locker rooms and restrooms consistent with their gender identity.

While supporters of the bill say it would provide important protections to transgender people, opponents of the legislation have argued it could subject women and children to voyeurs and sexual predators.

I know that I have been writing a lot more than usual. I am generally not the type of person who shares a lot of my opinions in long, written rants. But I am currently going through one of my phases where politics seems to be on my mind constantly.

Thursday May 10, 1906
From the International Socialist Review: A. M. Simons on Justice for W. F. of M.

Striking union miners being deported from Cripple Creek..

Yes, there are people on this world who hate Bernie Sanders' supporters so much that they have posted the "recipe" for this very real, very dangerous and possibly fatal homemade (you can get all the ingredients at Walmart!) explosive device. [WARNING: DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS AS IT MAY LEAD TO INJURY OR DEATH]