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What the Heck is a Charter School?
Should Maine have more charter schools? Most people know that charter schools are controversial but don’t really know why. Supporters of charter schools say that the schools foster innovation; critics object to money being sucked out of public education. The question that you may perhaps have been too embarrassed to ask is: what exactly …
NYC Veterans’ Alliance Trains Vets Nationwide to Run for Elected Offices
https://youtu.be/C6STzG-X0B8 Operation Enduring Freedom Veteran from NYC Veterans’ Alliance, Capt. Kristen Rouse, trains vets nationwide to run for elected office. Vets, tune in! Donate to NYC Veterans Alliance here. And contact them if you wish training to run for office. Call the Veterans Crisis Line if you, or a veteran about whom you …
Did Congress Just Give Your Internet Provider Your Private Search History to Sell?
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Free College Tuition in New York State! Too Good to be True?
Do you think college tuition costs too much? So do I! New York State Legislature just passed an amendment to the state’s Executive Budget, “New York’s Tuition-Free College Degree Program, The Excelsior Scholarship,” that seems to be the answer to thousands of college students’ financial woes. The program, which was passed …
NYC Police Department Offers $150 to Persons Wrongfully Arrested for Free Speech
https://youtu.be/UlGqR_R9ykk
Legislation You Can’t Miss: Fair Day in Court for Kids Act
Newsletters from DailyClout solve a huge problem: legislation that deeply affects us all is hard to find and harder to understand. Each week, we read and bullet-point in real human language, what is actually in a bill — State or Federal — that was newsworthy this week or viral on …
What’s Really In Those Immigration Executive Orders?
For over a decade, I have looked at detention and deportation issues in the US. As a professor at Stony Brook University, I often find that what policymakers promise that immigration policies will do does not line up with what actually happens. I have also learned to be wary of the hidden influences …
Congressional Candidate Jonathan Dozier on a New Bill to Strip Benefits from Disabled Veterans
https://youtu.be/6vujTbYb67Y Congressional candidate — Republican from Fayetteville, NC — Jonathan Dozier, explains the bill up this week that strips disabled Vets of medical coverage for conditions not directly caused by battle. This bill is, in his view, a bad idea. Vets, speak up!
Want to Be President? Show Tax Returns
On April 15th, Tax Day, activists from forty-eight states around the country are planning to host marches in protest of President Donald Trump’s decision to not release his tax returns to the public. While Trump is not legally required to make this information public, he is the first President in forty years to choose to …
Legendary Producer of Schoolhouse Rock Visits DailyClout
We were thrilled to welcome George Newall recently, to a lunch in his honor at Civic Hall. He was joined by his lovely wife Lisa Maxwell, a jazz singer and former advertising creative director who now is acting treasurer of Schoolhouse Rock. George Newall is the visionary ad executive/pianist who …
Should a Man Have to Swear on a Bible to Get Viagra?
Earlier this year, the Governor of Arkansas signed into law a bill that allows potential baby-daddies to veto abortions that are being sought by women who are pregnant with those men’s potential children. Notably, only eighteen per cent of the State of Arkansas’ lawmakers are women. This kind of headline is hardly news anymore. There have been countless bills …
EXCLUSIVE: DailyClout Interviews Rep. French Hill (R-AR) on His Bill, the Shift Back to Society Act of 2017
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Rep. French Hill (R-AR): Former Inmates Need Education — Not $35.00 And a Change of Clothes
Recently, DailyClout took a bus to Washington D.C., for an exclusive interview with Representative French Hill (R-AR). It was our first invitation to meet with a member of Congress on Capitol Hill. We were drawn by the innovation of Rep. Hill’s proposed “Shift Back to Society Act of 2017.” This …
What Was Really in President Trump’s Healthcare Bill? And an Intriguing Maine Alternative
Mindblowing! What was really in President Trump’s healthcare bill? And an intriguing Maine alternative. The following video was streamed live from DailyClout’s Facebook page. https://youtu.be/UOuaz7Pnpas
Maine State Senator Joins the Healthcare Fray With a Bill of His Own
Mother and daughter with doctor in doctor’s office This week, President Trump’s administration has been pushing hard to get support for the repeal of Obamacare. The President’s goal is to replace the Affordable Care Act as quickly as possible and is supporting a specific bill, The American Health Care Act of 2017 …
Are Assault Weapons Are Unconstitutional? A Federal Appeals Court in Maryland Says Yes
single rifle bullet on paper target for shooting practice On Tuesday, February 21st, a decision a by Federal Appeals Court upheld Maryland’s ban on forty-five different kinds of assault weapons, as the Huffington Post reported. In his decision, Judge Robert King, a Judge who had helped uphold the Maryland ban on assault weapons, wrote that weapons such as M-16s are “most …
California Assemblywoman Won’t Stop Fighting to Remove the Tampon Tax; Tax Drinks Instead
Last year, California Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia introduced and passed a bill to remove the tax on tampons and other menstrual products in California. California Governor, Jerry Brown, however, vetoed the bill, saying that his state had too many budget problems and so could not afford to get rid of the tax. “Tax breaks are the …
Is President Trump’s Continued Family Control of his Business Violating the Part of the Constitution that Forbids Presidents from Taking Bribes from Foreign Powers?
When President Donald Trump was elected, he promised that he would “drain the swamp” of corrupt politicians in Washington D.C. As it turns out, however, the President’s currently-maintained ties to the Trump Organization, his business empire, may be more than just a potentially corrupting conflict of interest — they might in …
