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- Footage shows ROBOTS delivering food to people trapped in quarantined hotel in China in efforts to stop the spread of deadly coronavirus
- Statement & Clarification Regarding the Incorrect Reference to a “Hospice” Worker in Media Coverage
- MASSIVE MAGA CROWD: HUGE President Trump Fans Ahead of Wildwood, NJ RALLY
- WCSAO: Donald Fuller Sentenced To Twenty Years
- Dover police shoot, kill three dogs after 'vicious' attack on child
- WCSAO: Collie Wilson Convicted & Sentenced For Assault Second Degree on PRMC Employee
- Powerful Magnitude 7.7 Earthquake Strikes Near Jamaica and Cuba; Buildings Shake in Miami
- Cop shoots dead DUI suspect who was HANDCUFFED and buckled in car seat
- Impeachment: Trump Team Nails Bidens, Burisma, And Obama's Hot-Mic Moment With Russia
- Gun Rationing, Other Controls Ready for Passage by VA Democrats
- Revealed: Anti-virus company Avast has been selling data from its 435 million users to companies including Google, Microsoft, Home Depot and Pepsi including their web history, location and porn searches
- 'We will compete for every seat, in every district’
- 2 Miami University students tested for possible coronavirus
- West Wing Reads
- Harvard University Professor and Two Chinese Nationals Charged in Three Separate China Related Cases
- Avenatti's Criminal Trial On Extortion And Fraud Charges Begins Next Week
- Hunter Biden agrees to pay his Arkansas baby mama child support - including 14 months retroactively - thus successfully avoiding mandatory court appearance on Wednesday
- Chipotle fined $1.3 million for thousands of child labor violations
- WHEN TRANSGENDERS ATTACK! ‘Change My Mind’ Edition | Louder with Crowder
- Governor Hogan Honors 2020 Century Farm Families
- How Drag Queen Story Hour Expanded Across America
- The Chinese curio shop
- Quote of the Day
- Supreme Court allows Trump to implement plan to bar more immigrants who get federal assistance
- US pledges $2M to Auschwitz museum on Holocaust Remembrance Day
- Fox News impeachment ratings skyrocket for Trump legal team defense
- Outside Groups for House Republicans Raise Off-Year Record of $68 Million
- Race relations and ‘position’ of minorities better under Trump than Obama
- Reminders of Kobe Bryant rape allegation circulate online following his death
- Legislative Session- January
- Mongolia closes border with China, shuts down ALL universities & training centers to stop coronavirus spread
- When you get CNN to make statements like this, you know you've won.
- Trump ally invokes Schumer's intelligence 'revenge' warning after Bolton manuscript leaks
- 'No experience': Trump impeachment lawyer rips Hunter Biden Burisma employment
- Bloomberg News runs first investigative story on company owner and presidential candidate
- Justices Allow Enforcement of New Green Card Rule
- Despite Insurance Gains, More in US Can't Afford Doctors
- Fedia Dorlus Sentenced For Theft Scheme
- Political Memes
- Tuesday Morning Funnies
| Posted: 28 Jan 2020 09:00 PM PST New footage shows robots delivering food to people trapped in a quarantined hotel in China in efforts to stop the spread of coronavirus. The robots were programmed to stop by the room doors to deliver meals and sing to entertain the guests while they were in the quarantined zone to contain the deadly disease. More than 200 tourists were housed in the isolation point in Hangzhou, east China, after their flight landed in the city. Some of the passengers on board came from Wuhan, the city where the virus that has killed more than 131 people originated from. More  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Statement & Clarification Regarding the Incorrect Reference to a “Hospice” Worker in Media Coverage Posted: 28 Jan 2020 08:30 PM PST Yesterday it was widely reported by the media that a Worcester County caregiver named Fedia Dorlus was sentenced for theft of money from a patient for whom she was caring. Dorlus was incorrectly identified as a "hospice" worker in a news release issued by the Office of the State's Attorney for Worcester County. State's Attorney Kris Heiser has since clarified that Dorlus was working as a home health aide for a patient. That patient was also receiving hospice care, but the health care worker had no affiliation whatsoever with Coastal Hospice The only hospice organization operating in Worcester County (as well as in Wicomico, Somerset and Dorchester counties) is Coastal Hospice. Dorlus is not, nor has she ever been, an employee or volunteer of Coastal Hospice. Caregivers can be hired independently, but in order to be legally identified as a "hospice" worker, one must work directly for a licensed and certified hospice organization. This assures patients and their families that the skilled staff member has not only received the correct training but has undergone a thorough background check. We encourage the public to seek hospice care only through a certified hospice such as Coastal Hospice. Most care is covered by Medicare, Medicaid or insurance, and in cases where it is not, charitable support may be available. Coastal Hospice is Joint Commission Accredited and a United Way affiliate. For more information about Coastal Hospice call 410-742-8732. About Coastal Hospice Founded in 1980, Coastal Hospice is a non-profit health care organization that cares for individuals facing life-limiting conditions but do not want to be defined by them, and instead want to remain as active and engaged as long as possible during the final chapter of their lives. Coastal Hospice cares for patients in their own homes, as well as in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, at Coastal Hospice at the Lake and the new Stansell House. The organization also provides "palliative" care which treats the symptoms and relieve the pain of a terminal illness or injury so that patients can enjoy the time remaining. Learn more about Coastal Hospice at www.coastalhospice.org and follow on Facebook and Instagram. Click HERE to read the press release  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MASSIVE MAGA CROWD: HUGE President Trump Fans Ahead of Wildwood, NJ RALLY Posted: 28 Jan 2020 08:00 PM PST  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dover police shoot, kill three dogs after 'vicious' attack on child Posted: 28 Jan 2020 07:11 PM PST  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WCSAO: Collie Wilson Convicted & Sentenced For Assault Second Degree on PRMC Employee Posted: 28 Jan 2020 07:00 PM PST   | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Powerful Magnitude 7.7 Earthquake Strikes Near Jamaica and Cuba; Buildings Shake in Miami Posted: 28 Jan 2020 06:30 PM PST A strong earthquake struck between Jamaica and Cuba in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday afternoon. The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.7, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, and was felt as far away as Miami. The earthquake caused very strong to severe shaking in far western Jamaica, capable of moderate to heavy damage, the USGS said. It also said moderate shaking was felt on Grand Cayman Island. More  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cop shoots dead DUI suspect who was HANDCUFFED and buckled in car seat Posted: 28 Jan 2020 06:00 PM PST A DUI suspect has been shot dead by a cop in Maryland, after an apparent struggle inside the officer's cruiser while the man was handcuffed with his arms behind his back and buckled into the front passenger seat of a police cruiser. Officers responded to reports that a driver had struck multiple vehicles down St Barnabas Road near the Temple Hills community and when cops located the driver, a black man who family identified as William Green, they smelled PCP and believed he was under the influence. Two independent witnesses told police they either saw or heard a struggle, and heard loud bangs coming from the cruiser, around 8pm Monday. More  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Impeachment: Trump Team Nails Bidens, Burisma, And Obama's Hot-Mic Moment With Russia Posted: 28 Jan 2020 05:30 PM PST President Trump's defense team cut straight to the heart of the impeachment on Monday, insisting that Democrats have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the Bidens didn't engage in textbook corruption in Ukraine - and that President Trump's request to investigate it was out of line. Former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi, a recent addition to the White House communications team, walked the Senate through the entire malarkey for 30 minutes, including Hunter Biden's 'nepotistic at best, nefarious at worst' board seat at Ukrainian gas giant Burisma. "All we are saying is that there was a basis to talk about this, to raise this issue, and that is enough," said Bondi, who noted that Hunter Biden was paid over $83,000 per month to sit on Burisma's board even though he had zero experience in natural gas or Ukrainian relations while his father was Vice President and in charge of Ukraine policy for the United States. More  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gun Rationing, Other Controls Ready for Passage by VA Democrats Posted: 28 Jan 2020 05:00 PM PST Democrats in Virginia's House are full steam ahead with gun controls that include a rationing measure and a law that limits decisions parents can make when it comes to firearms in the home. The gun rationing bill is HB 812, which prohibits law-abiding citizens from buying more than one handgun a month. HB 1803 puts parents in a precarious position by making them criminally liable if their 15-17-year-old son or daughter accesses the gun they use for home defense. HB 1803 is moving through legislative channels with HB 72, the latter of which actually drops the age to 14 years, meaning a Class 6 felony is "the penalty for recklessly leaving a loaded, unsecured firearm in such a manner as to endanger the life or limb of any person under the age of 14." More  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 28 Jan 2020 04:30 PM PST Popular anti-virus company Avast has been selling user data that includes specific web browsing history to major companies around the world. According to a joint investigation by Motherboard and PCMag, Avast, which claims to have more than 435 million users, has been using a subsidiary called Jumpshot to sell user data to companies including Google, Microsoft, Home Depot, Pepsi and more. Documents and leaked user data obtained in the investigation reveal that information collected by Avast on tens of millions of its users include details that most consider to be sensitive, such as web browsing history, and that some of that data is granular enough to track individual clicks on a web page. In addition to search histories, location histories, and which videos a user watched on YouTube, documents show that Avast tracked visits to porn sites like PornHub or YouPorn and in some cases logged the time a user visited the site and which specific video they watched and queries they entered. More  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 'We will compete for every seat, in every district’ Posted: 28 Jan 2020 04:00 PM PST House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) set an all-time annual fundraising record for any Republican in 2019, blowing past a previous record set by former House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) in 2017 by $8 million. Across his four fundraising entities, McCarthy and his team confirmed to Breitbart News exclusively ahead of the public release of this information, the GOP leader raised $52.35 million in 2019. That is over $8 million more than Ryan's previous record in the first year of President Donald Trump's administration, where in 2017 the now former speaker raised $44 million. McCarthy's four fundraising entities—Take Back The House 2020, McCarthy Victory Fund, Kevin McCarthy for Congress, and Majority Committee PAC—combined took in that $52.35 million year-to-date, the most a Republican House member has ever raised in a single year in history. A strong fourth quarter finish of $10.78 million in the last few months of 2019 helped McCarthy edge past Ryan's previous record. Trump told Breitbart News that this record proves McCarthy will make a strong speaker of the House, and that Republicans need to retake the majority this year to make that happen. "We need to win back the House to retire Nancy once and for all, and to elect Kevin McCarthy as speaker," Trump told Breitbart News exclusively for this story. "Kevin is tough, loyal, and smart—he has what it takes." More  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Miami University students tested for possible coronavirus Posted: 28 Jan 2020 03:30 PM PST OXFORD, Ohio —Two students at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio are being tested for a possible infection of the coronavirus, school officials said Tuesday. On Monday morning, one student at the university presented himself at Student Health Services with very mild symptoms, and with recent travel to China, met the criteria to be tested, school health officials said. "Health providers quickly recognized that the presenting patient met the criteria for 2019-coronavirus testing, results should be back from the CDC in the coming days," a statement from the university reads. The student, described only as a male, and his traveling companion are isolated in their off-campus residence while awaiting the test results. According to school officials, only one of these students showed potential symptoms, and the other is being tested as a precaution. More  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Harvard University Professor and Two Chinese Nationals Charged in Three Separate China Related Cases Posted: 28 Jan 2020 02:30 PM PST  The Department of Justice announced today that the Chair of Harvard University's Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department and two Chinese nationals have been charged in connection with aiding the People's Republic of China. Dr. Charles Lieber, 60, Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University, was arrested this morning and charged by criminal complaint with one count of making a materially false, fictitious and fraudulent statement. Lieber will appear this afternoon before Magistrate Judge Marianne B. Bowler in federal court in Boston, Massachusetts. Yanqing Ye, 29, a Chinese national, was charged in an indictment today with one count each of visa fraud, making false statements, acting as an agent of a foreign government and conspiracy. Ye is currently in China. Zaosong Zheng, 30, a Chinese national, was arrested on Dec. 10, 2019, at Boston's Logan International Airport and charged by criminal complaint with attempting to smuggle 21 vials of biological research to China. On Jan. 21, 2020, Zheng was indicted on one count of smuggling goods from the United States and one count of making false, fictitious or fraudulent statements. He has been detained since Dec. 30, 2019. Dr. Charles Lieber According to court documents, since 2008, Dr. Lieber who has served as the Principal Investigator of the Lieber Research Group at Harvard University, which specialized in the area of nanoscience, has received more than $15,000,000 in grant funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Department of Defense (DOD). These grants require the disclosure of significant foreign financial conflicts of interest, including financial support from foreign governments or foreign entities. Unbeknownst to Harvard University beginning in 2011, Lieber became a "Strategic Scientist" at Wuhan University of Technology (WUT) in China and was a contractual participant in China's Thousand Talents Plan from in or about 2012 to 2017. China's Thousand Talents Plan is one of the most prominent Chinese Talent recruit plans that are designed to attract, recruit, and cultivate high-level scientific talent in furtherance of China's scientific development, economic prosperity and national security. These talent programs seek to lure Chinese overseas talent and foreign experts to bring their knowledge and experience to China and reward individuals for stealing proprietary information. Under the terms of Lieber's three-year Thousand Talents contract, WUT paid Lieber $50,000 USD per month, living expenses of up to 1,000,000 Chinese Yuan (approximately $158,000 USD at the time) and awarded him more than $1.5 million to establish a research lab at WUT. In return, Lieber was obligated to work for WUT "not less than nine months a year" by "declaring international cooperation projects, cultivating young teachers and Ph.D. students, organizing international conference[s], applying for patents and publishing articles in the name of" WUT. The complaint alleges that in 2018 and 2019, Lieber lied about his involvement in the Thousand Talents Plan and affiliation with WUT. On or about, April 24, 2018, during an interview with investigators, Lieber stated that he was never asked to participate in the Thousand Talents Program, but he "wasn't sure" how China categorized him. In November 2018, NIH inquired of Harvard whether Lieber had failed to disclose his then-suspected relationship with WUT and China's Thousand Talents Plan. Lieber caused Harvard to falsely tell NIH that Lieber "had no formal association with WUT" after 2012, that "WUT continued to falsely exaggerate" his involvement with WUT in subsequent years, and that Lieber "is not and has never been a participant in" China's Thousand Talents Plan. Yanqing Ye According to the indictment, Ye is a Lieutenant of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), the armed forces of the People's Republic of China and member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). On her J-1 visa application, Ye falsely identified herself as a "student" and lied about her ongoing military service at the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT), a top military academy directed by the CCP. It is further alleged that while studying at Boston University's (BU) Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering from October 2017 to April 2019, Ye continued to work as a PLA Lieutenant completing numerous assignments from PLA officers such as conducting research, assessing U.S. military websites and sending U.S. documents and information to China. According to court documents, on April 20, 2019, federal officers interviewed Ye at Boston's Logan International Airport. During the interview, it is alleged that Ye falsely claimed that she had minimal contact with two NUDT professors who were high-ranking PLA officers. However, a search of Ye's electronic devices demonstrated that at the direction of one NUDT professor, who was a PLA Colonel, Ye had accessed U.S. military websites, researched U.S. military projects and compiled information for the PLA on two U.S. scientists with expertise in robotics and computer science. Furthermore, a review of a WeChat conversation revealed that Ye and the other PLA official from NUDT were collaborating on a research paper about a risk assessment model designed to decipher data for military applications. During the interview, Ye admitted that she held the rank of Lieutenant in the PLA and admitted she was a member of the CCP. Zaosong Zheng In August 2018, Zheng entered the United States on a J-1 visa and conducted cancer-cell research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston from Sept. 4, 2018, to Dec. 9, 2019. It is alleged that on Dec. 9, 2019, Zheng stole 21 vials of biological research and attempted to smuggle them out of the United States aboard a flight destined for China. Federal officers at Logan Airport discovered the vials hidden in a sock inside one of Zheng's bags, and not properly packaged. It is alleged that initially, Zheng lied to officers about the contents of his luggage, but later admitted he had stolen the vials from a lab at Beth Israel. Zheng stated that he intended to bring the vials to China to use them to conduct research in his own laboratory and publish the results under his own name. The charge of making false, fictitious and fraudulent statements provides for a sentence of up to five years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000. The charge of visa fraud provides for a sentence of up to 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000. The charge of acting as an agent of a foreign government provides for a sentence of up to 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000. The charge of conspiracy provides for a sentence of up to five years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000. The charge of smuggling goods from the United States provides for a sentence of up to 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers, United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling; Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Boston Field Division Joseph R. Bonavolonta; Michael Denning, Director of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Boston Field Office; Leigh-Alistair Barzey, Special Agent in Charge of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service, Northeast Field Office; Philip Coyne, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General; and William Higgins, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Export Enforcement, Boston Field Office made the announcement. Assistant U.S. Attorneys B. Stephanie Siegmann, Jason Casey and Benjamin Tolkoff of Lelling's National Security Unit are prosecuting these cases with the assistance of trial attorneys William Mackie and David Aaron at the National Security Division's Counterintelligence and Export Control Section. The details contained in the charging documents are allegations. The defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. These case are part of the Department of Justice's China Initiative, which reflects the strategic priority of countering Chinese national security threats and reinforces the President's overall national security strategy. In addition to identifying and prosecuting those engaged in trade secret theft, hacking and economic espionage, the initiative will increase efforts to protect our critical infrastructure against external threats including foreign direct investment, supply chain threats and the foreign agents seeking to influence the American public and policymakers without proper registration.  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Avenatti's Criminal Trial On Extortion And Fraud Charges Begins Next Week Posted: 28 Jan 2020 02:00 PM PST As far as we know, Michael Avenatti is still sitting in solitary confinement in the MCC. But fortunately for the "creepy porn lawyer," he won't need to wait too much longer for his day in court. Reuters reports that lawyers in Avenatti's extortion case in Manhattan are expected to begin voir dire - the process of selecting jurors - next week. Avenatti is best known as an antagonist to President Trump, a one-time presidential candidate and darling CNN & MSNBC contributor. He represented porn star Stormy Daniels in her fight to break an NDA she apparently signed after an alleged affair with the president more than a decade ago. Daniels' legal battle with Trump over allegations of defamation ended with a judgment against Daniels, who later accused Avenatti of cheating her. More  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 28 Jan 2020 01:30 PM PST Hunter Biden has come to an agreement with his Arkansas baby mama on child support, according to new court documents filed on Monday. The 49-year-old and Lunden Roberts, 28, finally hashed out the terms, and Biden will pay an undisclosed amount each month for their 17-month-old child starting on February 1. As part of the agreement, Biden has to retroactively pay support from November 2018, meaning he'll have to cough up 14 months worth of payment by March 1. He will also have to pay Roberts' legal fees and costs, according to the Independence County court documents. More  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chipotle fined $1.3 million for thousands of child labor violations Posted: 28 Jan 2020 01:00 PM PST Massachusetts officials fined Chipotle Mexican Grill $1.3 million for more than 13,000 alleged child labor violations at its restaurants there. The fast-casual burrito chain kept dozens of teens on the clock later than the law allowed and let minors work more than the legal limit of 48 hours in a week, the Massachusetts attorney general's office said. Bay State officials also slapped Chipotle with citations for breaking earned sick time law, failing to pay wages on time and records violations, officials said. The case involved more than 50 corporate-owned Chipotle eateries, according to officials. More  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WHEN TRANSGENDERS ATTACK! ‘Change My Mind’ Edition | Louder with Crowder Posted: 28 Jan 2020 12:30 PM PST  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Governor Hogan Honors 2020 Century Farm Families Posted: 28 Jan 2020 12:00 PM PST  Award Celebrates 100 Years of Continuous Farm Ownership, Operation by Same Family ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan today honored six Maryland farm families during the 2020 Century Farm ceremony at the State House. This recognition is given to farms that have been owned and operated by the same family for more than 100 years. This year's ceremony included five Century Farms and one Bicentennial Farm. "Today is a celebration of agriculture, but it is also about families. By passing down farming as a way of life from generation to generation, each of our six honorees has played a significant role in continuing agriculture as the leading industry in Maryland," said Governor Hogan. "We are incredibly grateful for all of our Maryland farms, and are proud to celebrate six very special farm families that represent the absolute best of Maryland agriculture."  Governor Hogan presents an official citation to Sharon Upton and family of Jeptha Hayman Farm. The following farms were designated Century Farms at this year's awards ceremony:
"Becoming a Maryland Century Farm is no small feat," said Maryland Agriculture Secretary Joseph Bartenfelder. "This honor is the result of more than a hundred years of hard work, dedication, perseverance, and passion by the families recognized today and their loved one's that came before them. I cannot thank each Century Farm family enough for what they have done for Maryland agriculture and I congratulate them on this incredible milestone achievement." The Maryland Century Farm Program was established in 1994 by Governor William Donald Schaefer to recognize farms that have been in the same family for at least 100 consecutive years; contain a minimum of 10 acres of the original parcel; and have a gross annual income of $2,500 or more from the sale of farm products. The Century Farm Program honors families who have passed their farming operations down from generation to generation, making it possible for future stewards of the land to continue in their family tradition. The Hogan administration re-established this annual tradition in 2017 for Maryland farm families after it had been halted for 10 years. Since the Century Farm Program began, 193 farms – about 1.5% of the state's 12,429 farms – have received the Century Farm designation. Additionally, since the start of the program, 27 families have earned the Bicentennial Farm title for farming the same land for more than 200 years, and 4 families have been named Tricentennial Farms for farming the same land for more than 300 years. For more information on the Century Farm program, please contact Jessica O'Sullivan at jessica.osullivan@maryland.gov or 410-841-5882. See below for biographies on each 2020 Century Farm designee. 2020 Maryland Century Farms: Chaffey Farm (Marion Station, Somerset County) This 60-acre farm was purchased in 1919 by William Chaffey, Sr., who was the great grandfather of the farm's current owner, Matthew Chaffey Powell. Matthew inherited the farm in 2001 from his grandmother, Helen Chaffey. The original farmhouse was built before 1877, and was expanded around 1900. The house still stands and is the current home of Matthew and his family. Along with the original house, a milking parlor, machine shed, and manure shed still remain on the property. Through the years, the Chaffey family has grown strawberries and green beans, in addition to raising dairy cows and chickens. The farm currently grows corn and soybeans. Evergreen Heritage Center (Mount Savage, Allegany County) This 131-acre property was originally purchased in 1869 by Joseph Arnold Trimble and his brother, Enoch. It is currently owned by Joseph's great-granddaughter, Janice Keene. The original farmhouse and barn were built in 1780, and are now being used as a museum. The farm raised cattle, pigs, sheep and chickens on the property until the 1950s. Today, Evergreen Heritage Center grows apples, plums, peaches, tomatoes, potatoes, corn, and a variety of other vegetables. The center is a longtime advocate for conservation farming and forestry. The farm has received several awards recognizing its contributions to environmental protection and educational programs. Today, the farm is used for agricultural education programs and a variety of agritourism activities, with more 9,800 participants annually. Jeptha Hayman Farm (Westover, Somerset County) Daniel and Sallie Benson purchased this farm on April 16, 1834. In 1871, the farm was transferred to their daughter, Sally Benson Hayman, and her husband, Jeptha Hayman. The farm is currently owned by their great-great-granddaughter, Sharon Upton. Over the years, pottery shards from the 18th and 19th centuries have been found on the farm in addition to Native American artifacts. The original farmhouse and smokehouse were built in 1836, and are still in use today. The farmhouse has won a Maryland Historical Trust Project Preservation Award for its restoration and is now being awarded the Century Farm Historic Structures Award. Jeptha Hayman Farm is 92% cropland and 8% woodland. The farm currently grows corn and soybeans. Livestock raised on the farm over the years have included pigs, horses, chickens, and cows. Poplar Springs Farm (La Plata, Charles County) Conrad Dyson purchased Poplar Springs Farm in 1914. The farm is currently owned by his son, George C. Dyson, and his wife, Ruby. The farm's rich history dates back to the 1600s when it is believed that Lord Baltimore gave the original tract of land to Robert Troope in exchange for his participation in the Battle of the Severn. The original boundary stone still exists on the farm and is mentioned in deeds going back to the 1700s. The farmhouse and cow barn on the property today, built sometime between 1880-1910, are being awarded the Century Farm Historic Structures Award. The farm has historically raised a variety of livestock and grown tobacco, field corn, wheat, and soybeans. Poplar Springs Farm currently grows hay in addition to breeding beef cattle and horses. White Hall Farm (Dunkirk, Calvert County) Currently owned and operated by Tiffany and Todd Durbin, this Bicentennial Farm has been in the family since 1801 when it was originally purchased by Thomas W.B. Smith. Mr. Smith was the founder of Smithsville, Maryland, now known as Dunkirk. The original farm covered more than 168 acres and is currently 75 acres. Information related to the origins of the land is unclear due to the loss of records when the Calvert County courthouse burnt down in 1882. White Hall Farm hosted the first ever Calvert County Fair on its grounds in 1886. The farmhouse was built in 1801, and is being awarded the Century Farm Historic Structures Award. Additionally, there is one tobacco barn on the property that is still standing in its original structure, and two more tobacco barns that were built in 1900. Throughout its 200-year history, White Hall Farm has grown tobacco and raised cows, horses, chickens, and goats. The farm currently grows poultry, corn and soybeans. Todd Durbin is a veteran of the U.S. Army and participates in the Farmer Veteran Coalition and Maryland's Best Homegrown By Heroes program. The Wil-Low-S at Lowe Point (Pylesville, Harford County) Rufus Low purchased this Harford County farm in 1902. His great-granddaughter, Ruth Ann Lowe Smith, currently owns the farm with her daughter, Jennifer Wilson, and her husband, Adam. The Wil-Low-S at Lowe Point features a farmhouse built in 1903, and a bank barn built in 1916. Other structures, including the wagon shed, granary, corn crib, and smokehouse, pre-date the farmhouse. Historically, the farm has grown apples and peaches, and continues to grow hay and row crops. The Lowe family has also raised dairy cows, beef cattle, hogs, and chickens over the years.  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| How Drag Queen Story Hour Expanded Across America Posted: 28 Jan 2020 11:30 AM PST  Drag Queen Story Hours started out as niche events on the West Coast, but these events—aimed at children as young as age 3—have spread to libraries and schools across the United States, dividing local communities. These story hours are "just what they sound like," Drag Queen Story Hour's official website states: drag queens reading to children. The events are designed to be about 45 minutes long for children aged 3 to 8 years old, intended to capture children's imagination and help children explore their gender fluidity through "glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models." More here  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 28 Jan 2020 11:00 AM PST Now this is funny I don't care who you are! A tourist walked into a Chinese curio shop in San Francisco. While looking around at the exotic merchandise, he noticed a very lifelike, life-sized, bronze statue of a rat. It had no price tag, but was so incredibly striking the tourist decided he must have it He took it to the old shop owner and asked, "How much for the bronze rat ?" "Ahhh, you have chosen wisely! It is $12 for the rat and $100 for the story," said the wise old Chinaman. The tourist quickly pulled out twelve dollars. "I'll just take the rat, you can keep the story". As he walked down the street carrying his bronze rat, the tourist noticed that a few real rats had crawled out of the alleys and sewers and had begun following him down the street. This was a bit disconcerting so he began walking faster. A couple blocks later he looked behind him and saw to his horror the herd of rats behind him had grown to hundreds, and they began squealing. Sweating now, the tourist began to trot toward San Francisco Bay. Again, after a couple blocks, he looked around only to discover that the rats now numbered in the millions, and were squealing and coming toward him faster and faster. Terrified, he ran to the edge of the Bay and threw the bronze rat as far as he could into the Bay. Amazingly, the millions of rats all jumped into the Bay after the bronze rat and were all drowned. The man walked back to the curio shop in Chinatown. "Ahhh," said the owner, "You come back for story ?" "No sir," said the man, "I came back to see if you have a bronze Democrat.  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 28 Jan 2020 10:30 AM PST Statement for the Record of Senator Charles E. Schumer The Trial of the President February 11, 1999 "...It has shaken me that we stand at the brink of removing a President — not because of a popular groundswell to remove him and not because of the magnitude of the wrongs he's committed — but because conditions in late 20th century America has made it possible for a small group of people who hate Bill Clinton and hate his policies to very cleverly and very doggedly exploit the institutions of freedom that we hold dear and almost succeed in undoing him. "...It is the small group of lawyers and zealots who decided that they would invest time and money to exploit a personal weakness that people knew the President had, find a case to air it publicly, investigate the President's private life to the point of obsession, and use it to bring him down. "...If you had asked me one year ago if people like this with such obvious political motives could use our courts, play the media and tantalize the legislative branch to achieve their ends of bringing down the President, I would have said "not a chance — that doesn't happen in America. "...It seems we have lost the ability to forcefully advocate for our position without trying to criminalize or at least dishonor our adversaries — often over matters having nothing to do with the public trust. And it is hurting the country; it is marginalizing and polarizing the Congress." [Read the entire statement here]  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Supreme Court allows Trump to implement plan to bar more immigrants who get federal assistance Posted: 28 Jan 2020 10:00 AM PST The Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to implement new rules that would make it easier to deny legal permanent residency to immigrants deemed likely to use public benefits. The court on Monday voted 5-4 to remove a nationwide injunction imposed by a judge in New York. The vote was split along ideological lines, with the five conservative justices in the majority. The policy, unveiled in August, considers immigrants in the country legally who receive food stamps, housing vouchers, and Medicaid to be ineligible for green cards and a path to citizenship. More  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| US pledges $2M to Auschwitz museum on Holocaust Remembrance Day Posted: 28 Jan 2020 09:45 AM PST The U.S. Department of State has pledged an additional $2 million for the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum in Poland, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. "We firmly believe it is humanity's duty to honor Holocaust survivors, guard the memory of Holocaust victims and all other victims of Nazi persecution, and fight back against anti-Semitism, and attempts to ignore and revise history," Pompeo said in a statement Monday. "We urge all to take active steps to make sure the horrors of the Holocaust are not repeated and future crimes against humanity are prevented." Jan. 27 is Holocaust Remembrance Day. More  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fox News impeachment ratings skyrocket for Trump legal team defense Posted: 28 Jan 2020 09:30 AM PST Fox News's coverage of President Trump's Senate impeachment trial saw a dramatic rise in viewership when it was time for the president's legal team to start its defense. Trump's team began a three-day defense of the president on Saturday, and 4.2 million people tuned in to watch it on Fox News, according to Nielsen Media Research. The network also recorded more than 750,000 viewers in the key 25-54 age demographic, marking the largest audience for any day of the trial on any of the cable television networks and surpassing Fox's coverage on the first day of the trial. Before Saturday's coverage, the most watched day of the trial on any network was last Tuesday. Fox News saw 2.6 million viewers and 431,000 in the key demographic that day, which was the first day of the trial. Saturday's ratings, however, beat out their Tuesday coverage by more than 1.5 million viewers. During the three days in which the House impeachment managers laid out their case for removing the president from office, Fox News had an average of 1.6 million people tuning in. More  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Outside Groups for House Republicans Raise Off-Year Record of $68 Million Posted: 28 Jan 2020 09:15 AM PST Republicans' Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF) and American Action Network (AAN) raised $68 million combined in 2019 — a record for an off-year. The fundraising haul is significant, particularly for an off-year where the GOP holds a minority in the House. As the Politico Playbook reports, the amount raised comes as a surprise "because House Republicans are in the minority, and conventional wisdom holds that they don't have a pathway out." Additionally, CLF, which raised $32.6 million alone, has $28 million cash on hand, which is "the most it has ever had going into an election year and twice as much as ever before." Last time around, fundraising efforts rallied around a singular issue, tax reform, but this haul is significant, as it "illustrates that donors believe Republicans have a decent chance of putting up a fight to win back the House," per Politico's Playbook. More  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Race relations and ‘position’ of minorities better under Trump than Obama Posted: 28 Jan 2020 09:00 AM PST Satisfaction with race relations in the United States has jumped under President Trump, the latest indication that the Republican is making significant inroads with blacks and other minorities in advance of the 2020 presidential election. New details from a Gallup survey on satisfaction said race relations and the "position" of minorities under Trump are far higher than they were under President Barack Obama, the nation's first black president. Race relations scored the highest satisfaction advance, 14 points, from 22% at the end of the Obama administration to 36% this month, said Gallup. More  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reminders of Kobe Bryant rape allegation circulate online following his death Posted: 28 Jan 2020 08:30 AM PST When news broke that NBA legend Kobe Bryant, 41, had died Sunday in a helicopter crash in California, millions of people expressed their grief on social media. Others highlighted more negative aspects of his life and legacy. Bryant was accused of rape in Colorado in 2003 by a hotel worker. He admitted to having a sexual relationship with the 19-year-old employee but claimed their interaction was consensual. The case was dropped after Byrant's accuser declined to testify in open court. More  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Posted: 28 Jan 2020 07:30 AM PST China's northern neighbor Mongolia has decided to close border crossings and all universities across the country, in a bid to stop the rapid spread of the previously-unknown coronavirus that has killed more than 80 people. All border crossings with China will remain closed for vehicles and pedestrians from Monday until March 2, the state-run Montsame News Agency reported, citing a government meeting. No restrictions were placed on railways and air travel. All universities, vocational training centers and the popular Nairamdal international youth camp will also be closed during this time period. More  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| When you get CNN to make statements like this, you know you've won. Posted: 28 Jan 2020 07:00 AM PST
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| Trump ally invokes Schumer's intelligence 'revenge' warning after Bolton manuscript leaks Posted: 28 Jan 2020 06:45 AM PST A top Republican called attention to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's warning to President Trump about crossing the intelligence community. Rep. Andy Biggs recalled a quote by Schumer after details of former national security adviser John Bolton's book, a draft of which was submitted to the National Security Council for a review, leaked to the media, and shook up the impeachment debate over calling witnesses. "As more leaks & hearsay are ushered into the #ImpeachmentTrial, remember Chuck Schumer's warning about the revenge of the intel community," the Arizona Republican said in a tweet Monday. More  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 'No experience': Trump impeachment lawyer rips Hunter Biden Burisma employment Posted: 28 Jan 2020 06:30 AM PST A defense attorney for President Trump's Senate impeachment trial slammed Hunter Biden's employment with Ukrainian gas company Burisma Holdings, saying the former vice president's son lacked the experience necessary to land the job and its salary. "Hunter Biden is paid over $83,000 a month, while the average American family of four during that time, each year, made less than $54,000, and that's according to U.S. Census Bureau during that time," said Pam Bondi. Bondi, 54, submitted a list of articles she said shows Biden did not have the background required to sit on the board of Burisma. She suggested it was his connection to his father that helped secure the lucrative gig and shield him from legal and congressional inquiries. More  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bloomberg News runs first investigative story on company owner and presidential candidate Posted: 28 Jan 2020 06:15 AM PST After months of hand-wringing over how it would cover its boss, Bloomberg News ran a story questioning how 2020 Democrat Michael Bloomberg would pay for campaign spending promises. Bloomberg News reported over the weekend that the billionaire co-founder and CEO of Bloomberg LP's delay in putting out his tax plan was fueling uncertainty regarding how he would pay for the pitches he is making to Democrats. Since announcing his candidacy for the White House in November, Bloomberg, 77, has rolled out proposals such as $1.5 trillion healthcare and $1.2 trillion infrastructure platforms. "The media has started to notice, as one recent Associated Press article led off by noting the lack of details about paying for a promise to create millions of new jobs," Bloomberg News reporter Mark Niquette wrote. More  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Justices Allow Enforcement of New Green Card Rule Posted: 28 Jan 2020 06:00 AM PST A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to put in place a policy connecting the use of public benefits with whether immigrants could become permanent residents. The new policy can be used to deny green cards to immigrants over their use of public benefits including Medicaid, food stamps and housing vouchers, as well as other factors. The justices' order came by a 5-4 vote and reversed a ruling from the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York that had kept in a place a nationwide hold on the policy following lawsuits that have been filed against it. More here  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Despite Insurance Gains, More in US Can't Afford Doctors Posted: 28 Jan 2020 05:00 AM PST A growing number of Americans find it too expensive to see doctors even though more people have health insurance, a U.S. study suggests. Over the past two decades, the proportion of adults without insurance dropped to 14.8% from 16.9%, the study found. But during this same period, the proportion of adults unable to afford doctor visits climbed from 11.4% to 15.7%. Out-of-pocket costs made doctors too expensive for the uninsured, but costs also kept people with coverage from seeing physicians even when they had chronic medical conditions requiring regular checkups. For people with health benefits, the proportion unable to pay for doctor visits rose from 7.1% to 11.5%. "The quality of private health insurance is getting worse, and the cost of healthcare is rising significantly," said lead study author Dr. Laura Hawks of the Cambridge Health Alliance and Harvard Medical School in Boston. "We know that private health insurance plans increasing rely on high premiums, high-deductible health plans . . . high copays and other forms of cost-sharing," Hawks said by email. "All these create financial barriers." More  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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