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Sunday, September 24, 2017

SDC RadioWorks - Bandcamp New Add-Ons

Greetings SDC RADIOWORKS,
Ben Walker 🚀, Oscar Garza, and 4 others bought new music on Bandcamp:
  1. Into the Coven Cover Art

    Into the Coven
    by Stygian Fair

    Bought by paul rote
    “So Killer ! Melodic Hard rock with a Medieval metal feel . Sign Records should be all over this ! It fits what they are putting out !” Favorite track: Vessel
  2. Taiga Woods Cover Art

    Taiga Woods
    by Taiga Woods

    Bought by paul rote
    “How do I attempt to top FDJ and Bucky's reviews? FOOOOORRRE !!!!! Occifer I'm not as think as you stoned I am ! But this killer stoner rock with all kinds of seventies flashbacks is messin' with me . ”
  3. Tea At My Gaffe Cover Art

    Tea At My Gaffe
    by Icarus Peel

    Bought by paul rote
    “Syd Barret inspired acid !”
  4. Electric Earth Cover Art
  5. The Heresiarch Cover Art
  6. Anxiety Ain't No Currency Cover Art

    Anxiety Ain't No Currency
    by Eaten By Dogs

    Bought by wonderdog
    “A good sound - a bit like The Handsome Family with less swamp!”
  7. Communicating Cover Art
  8. full digital discography (5 releases) Cover Art
  9. Holding On Cover Art
  10. Burning Tree Cover Art
  11. Maximum Végétation Cover Art
  12. ALBUM Cover Art
  13. Everything So Far Cover Art
  14. Affective Design Cover Art
  15. Narcopaloma Cover Art
  16. Listening Bones Cover Art
  17. This Is Your Brain On Bugs Cover Art
  18. Tiny Dots Cover Art
  19. Suddenly Constantly Cover Art
  20. THE WORLD - s/t album Cover Art
  21. L i m b o Cover Art
  22. A Moment Apart Cover Art
  23. Thunderbird Cover Art
  24. Sundur Cover Art
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Saturday, September 16, 2017

Mary Beth Broderson-Soper 'Called it' back on March 25, 2017 - Trump Declines to Release List of His Visitors at Mar-a-Lago


WEST SACRAMENTO CA (IFS) -- This post was made on or about March 25, 2017.  Mary Beth Broderson-Soper nailed it right from the start.  This small item did not seem like much at the time, but now -- it's a time bomb and the President is pushing back hard.
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday escalated a battle with government ethics groups by declining to release the identities of individuals visiting with President Trump at his family’s Mar-a-Lago resort during the days he has spent at the private club in Palm Beach, Fla., this year.
The surprising move by the Department of Justice, which had been ordered in July by a federal court to complete its review of Mar-a-Lago visitor records, came after weeks of promotion by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, the liberal nonprofit group known as CREW, that it would soon be getting the Mar-a-Lago visitors logs.
Instead, on Friday the Justice Department released a State Department list of just 22 names — all of the members of the delegation of the Japanese prime minister — who visited the club in February for a meeting with President Trump.
The dispute centers on what kind of records related to private individuals visiting the president should be open to public inspection. The refusal to disclose the full list of presidential visitors’ names also brings renewed scrutiny to the president’s private business empire and raises questions about why the administration would want to withhold information that could reveal possible conflicts of interest.
CREW and its partners in the effort — the National Security Archive and the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University — sued in April to get access to presidential visitor logs for Mar-a-Lago, the White House and Trump Tower in New York. CREW requested only a list of people explicitly visiting the president, not, for example, all Mar-a-Lago members or other guests who happened to be there on those days.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/15/us/politics/trump-declines-to-release-list-of-his-visitors-at-mar-a-lago.html

Saturday, July 29, 2017

Senators Harris and Paul Introduce Bill to Encourage States to Reform or Replace Unjust, Costly Money Bail System

A message from Senator Kamala D. Harris

Senators Harris and Paul Introduce Bill to Encourage States to Reform or Replace Unjust, Costly Money Bail System 


Friend, 
Today, U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) and Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced a bipartisan bail reform bill - The Pretrial Integrity and Safety Act of 2017 - to encourage states to reform or replace the practice of money bail, the requirement that people awaiting trial are locked up in jail unless they are able to pay for their release. Across the country, state and local governments continue to have ineffective money bail systems that negatively impact poor people and people of color.
“Our justice system was designed with a promise: to treat all people equally,” said Senator Harris. “Yet more than 450,000 Americans sit in jail today awaiting trial and many of them cannot afford “money bail.” In our country, whether you stay in jail or not is wholly determined by whether you’re wealthy or not - and that’s wrong. We must come together to reform a bail system that is discriminatory, wasteful, and fails to keep our communities safe.”

  
Recently, Senator Harris toured the Central California Women’s facility in Chowchilla, CA and was briefed on the unique conditions and needs of incarcerated women.
“Americans should be able to expect fair and equal treatment under the law regardless of how much money is in their pockets or how many connections they have,” said Senator Paul. “By giving states greater freedom to undertake reforms specific to their needs, our legislation will help strengthen protections for minority and low-income defendants, reduce waste, and move our bail system toward more effective methods, such as individualized, risk-based assessments.”
Excessive money bail disproportionately affects communities of color, as studies have shown that African Americans and Latinos are more likely to sit in jail pretrial than white defendants and less likely to be able to post money bail so they can be released. It also has an adverse effect on public safety.
The Pretrial Integrity and Safety Act of 2017:
  • Authorizes a $10 million grant over a three-year period to incentivize and encourage states to reform or replace the practice of money bail.
  • Sets forth principles to obtain grants, including:
    • Replacing money bail system with individualized, pretrial assessments with risk-based decision-making. The risk assessments must be regularly validated on a local population, and include objective, research-based, validated assessment tools that do not result in unwarranted disparities on the basis of any classification protected under Federal nondiscrimination laws or the nondiscrimination laws of the applicable State.
    • Providing for a presumption of release unless the judicial officer determines that such release would not result in the appearance of the person at trial or would endanger the safety of others in the community.
    • If pretrial release requires imposing conditions, it should be based on the least restrictive, non-financial conditions that a judicial officer determines is necessary.
    • Supervision of bail conditions should be based on evidence-based practices.
    • Appointment of counsel at the earliest possible stage of pretrial detention.
    • Instituting a system of data collection and reporting to show effectiveness of system improvements.
  • The bill further authorizes an additional $5 million over three years to the Bureau of Justice Statistics to implement a National Pretrial Reporting Program, which provides for data collection on the processing of defendants in state and municipal courts.
  • Requires an annual report to the Department of Justice that provides for transparency and accountability for these grant programs.
You can view the full text of the bill here.
The Pretrial Integrity and Safety Act is supported by a broad coalition of over 40 leading criminal justice organizations, including Pretrial Justice Institute, Center for American Progress, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, NAACP, American Civil Liberties Union, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Association of Prosecuting Attorneys, and many others.
For a full list of endorsements, click here.  
To learn more about the Senator's bill, check out this joint Op-Ed by Senator Harris and Senator Paul featured in today's New York Times. 
Help spread the word via social media by retweeting @SenKamalaHarris and tagging @SenKamalaHarris in your tweets and share posts from @SenatorKamalaHarris on Facebook and tag @SenatorKamalaHarris in Facebook posts. Also, be sure to use #BailReform.
Below are sample tweets you can use to help spread the word. 
SAMPLE TWEETS:
  • In our country, you may stay in jail even if you didn't commit a crime - just because you can't make bail. We need to fix that. #BailReform
  • Criminal justice reform isn’t a bipartisan issue - it’s a nonpartisan issue. @SenKamalaHarris and @RandPaul have plan for #BailReform. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/20/opinion/kamala-harris-and-rand-paul-lets-reform-bail.html 
  • Not being able to make bail for a crime you didn't commit could cost you:

    your job
    your home
    your kids

    It’s time for #BailReform.
Thanks,
Julie
Julie Chávez Rodríguez
State Director
U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris

U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris Statement On Failure of Affordable Care Act Repeal


A message from Senator Kamala D. Harris

Harris Statement On Failure of Affordable Care Act Repeal

Friend, 
Last night, U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris released the following statement on the failure of the Republican efforts to repeal the ACA and strip millions of their health care coverage:
“Tonight, the message sent by the American people was vindicated: Republicans must no longer play politics with people’s lives. Tonight, veterans and working families who rely on Medicaid are more secure. Seniors in nursing homes and children with complex medical conditions are more secure. And cancer patients and those with preexisting conditions are more secure. And it’s because of the tireless efforts of Americans all across the country who wrote letters, made phone calls, showed up at rallies and town halls, told their stories and made their voices heard. You did this.
“The fight for quality, affordable health was never simply a partisan squabble—this has been a battle over the values of our nation. And tonight demonstrates again that we should be a country where health care is a right for all, not a privilege for the few.
“The American people deserve a government that solves problems, regardless of party. I look forward to the opportunity to strengthen the Affordable Care Act and hope to work in an open and transparent process with colleagues in both parties to accomplish that goal. With this partisan process behind us, let’s embark on a new chapter of bipartisan health care reform focused on ensuring the best quality care for all Americans.”

After last night’s vote, millions throughout California and the country can rest assured that they still have access to quality, affordable health care. As state director, I'm proud to work for a Senator that continues to protect California's families and be a voice for the state of California. 
Thanks,
Julie
Julie Chávez RodrĂ­guez  State Director 
U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris