Middleboro Review 2: 05/08/20

Friday, May 8, 2020

Biden Accuser’s Lawyer Is Trump Donor With History of Representing Sexual Harassment Accusers

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He gave $55,000 in campaign contributions to elect Trump in 2016. Another attorney working with her formerly wrote and edited for Sputnik, a news agency founded and supported by the Russian government.

Attorney Douglas Wigdor told The Associated Press he was not currently being paid for his work with Tara Reade

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Biden Accuser Tara Reade’s Lawyer Is Trump Donor

Attorney Douglas Wigdor told The Associated Press he was not…

Attorney Douglas Wigdor told The Associated Press he was not currently be

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PEANUTS AND THE WISDOM OF CHARLES M. SCHULZ

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You might like to recall...October 3, 1950 "Peanuts" first debuted in seven hundred papers under the United Features Syndicate. Developed by Charles M. Schulz, who was raised Lutheran in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, "Peanuts" ran for nearly 50 years and was published in 2,600 newspapers, 75 countries and 21 languages.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: State Lottery Sales Soar the Same Week Federal Relief Checks Arrive

A report this morning by The Houston Chronicle's Eric Dexheimer revealed that instant scratch off lottery ticket sales soared at the same time as hundreds of billions of dollars in direct federal financial relief was being delivered to American families across the nation.

The members of Stop Predatory Gambling renewed our call for state officials to suspend lottery operations for 30 days. We issued the press release below to media across the U.S. Please share it with your email and social media lists as well as any contacts you have in your state or local media.

Best,

Les Bernal

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Les Bernal
April 23, 2020 (202) 567-6996 │ les@stoppredatorygambling.org

STATE LOTTERY SALES SOAR THE SAME WEEK FEDERAL RELIEF CHECKS ARRIVE

New Report Adds More Urgency to Call for State Lotteries to Suspend Operations for 30 Days

(HOUSTON, TX) — A report this morning by The Houston Chronicle's Eric Dexheimer revealed that instant scratch off lottery ticket sales soared at the same time as hundreds of billions of dollars in direct federal financial relief was being delivered to American families across the nation. The news intensified calls for state officials to suspend lottery operations for 30 days amid a time when all U.S. casinos have already been shut down for weeks.

According to The Chronicle report:

"On Tuesday afternoon, the Texas Lottery released what appeared to be great news: sales of instant scratch-off tickets, by far its largest source of revenue, had surged from the previous week, jumping to $112 million dollars.

The leap came after a month of plunging sales, presumably due to the sputtering pandemic economy, in which revenues had dropped compared to the same periods in 2019. The April 18 weekly figures, by comparison, outpaced the same week in 2019 by more than $15 million - a 16 percent jump."

The members of Stop Predatory Gambling, a Washington, DC-based nonprofit, renewed their call for state officials to suspend lottery operations for 30 days. On Monday morning, the group sent a letter to all governors and attorneys general serving in states with lotteries to take action.

"State lotteries are openly preying upon the financial desperation of millions of Americans," said Les Bernal, a spokesman for the organization. "The lottery had a 16% spike in scratch ticket sales over the same week last year, in the middle of a stay-at-home order, during an unprecedented pandemic. This news is a shame on all of us. State and local government officials in any capacity must listen to and act on their conscience to stop this exploitation of our brothers and sisters."

Bernal said there is a mountain of facts highlighting that many citizens gamble on the lottery to change their financial condition, and even more so when they are feeling a sense of desperation.

Stop Predatory Gambling's 2020 Briefing on State Lotteries identified lotteries as one of the root causes why more than 60% of Americans had less than $1000 in savings before the coronavirus pandemic occurred.

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Who We Are —

- A 501c3 nonprofit based in Washington, DC, we are a national social reform network of individuals and partner groups with members of more than 1 million people.

- We believe in improving the lives of the American people with compassion and fairness, freeing us from the lower standard of living, exploitation, and fraud that commercialized gambling spreads.

- We are one of the most diverse organizations in the United States, one in which conservatives and progressives work side-by-side to improve the common good.

What We Stand For —

- We believe everyone should have a fair opportunity to get ahead and improve their future.

- We believe every person’s life has worth and that no one is expendable.

- We believe that a good society depends on the values of honesty, concern for others, mutual trust, self-discipline, sacrifice, and a work ethic that connects effort and reward.

- We believe no government body should depend on predatory gambling to fund its activities.

If you share our beliefs, please help sustain our work by making a tax-deductible, financial gift today of $10 or more.

Stop Predatory Gambling Foundation
100 Maryland Avenue NE, Room 310 | Washington, District of Columbia 20002
(202) 567-6996 | les@stoppredatorygambling.org

POGO: The Breakdown: Inspectors General, Explained

One of the reasons you continue to engage with POGO’s work is that you value holding our government accountable. I’m sure I don’t have to tell you that one important part of holding the government accountable is increasing government oversight.

And inspectors general (IGs) are the people on the front lines investigating waste, fraud, and abuse in our government. They are our eyes and ears into what’s happening—or shouldn’t be happening—in our government. In fact, for every dollar invested in an IG office, they are able to identify about $17 dollars in potential savings to their agencies. But these essential watchdogs, until recently, weren’t on the American public’s radar. That’s why POGO has created a video to explain who IGs are and why we should care, especially now.

POGO is dedicated to rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse in our government. And IGs are one of the American people’s most important allies against wrongdoing inside government. That’s why we will go on fighting every day to ensure that these individuals have the tools and protections needed to do their jobs to the level that taxpayers deserve.

Thank you, for putting your trust in us.

Liz Hempowicz
Director of Public Policy
Project On Government Oversight

Project On Government Oversight
1100 G Street NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005
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Aerial surveillance team spots blue whale off Truro

Aerial surveillance team spots blue whale off Truro

By Beth Treffeisen

Posted May 7, 2020

A blue whale was photographed off Cape Cod by a Center for Coastal Studies aerial surveillance team. The whales are most commonly found in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Canada. [Courtesy of Center for Coastal Studies]

PROVINCETOWN — A blue whale was spotted 13 nautical miles east of Truro by the Center for Coastal Studies Right Whale Aerial Surveillance team Wednesday afternoon.

Blue whales are the largest animal ever known to live, growing up to 100 feet in length and weighing between 76 and 150 tons, according to a statement from the Provincetown center.

The Northwest Atlantic blue whale population is estimated to be between 400 and 600 individuals, the statement says. The whales are most commonly found in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Canada.

There are sporadic sightings of the whales off New England, the statement says. When they are seen, however, they are generally in very deep waters, miles offshore.

The most recent sighting of blue whales that the center is aware of was by the New England Aquarium aerial team in February, according to the statement. The team spotted two blue whales about 130 miles offshore.

WHEN DEMOCRATS TURN OUT: Because of Trump's grudge, millions go hungry

New data shows that almost 20% of mothers with young children say their kids don’t have enough to eat. That’s triple the hunger rate at even the height of the Great Recession, as millions of American families now struggle to put food on the table for their children.

Democrats want to expand nutrition assistance benefits. But Trump and Republicans have said no, instead trying to kick hundreds of thousands of Americans off the program in the middle of the crisis. Why?

The New York Times reports Trump may be withholding aid to spite former President Obama, who Republicans derided as the “food stamp president.”

Trump might be willing to let American families starve just to hold a grudge. But Americans can’t sit idly by and let him. So please, tell us now:

Do you support nutrition assistance expansion?

Thank you for your response,

The WDTO Team

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