Friday, January 8, 2016

RSN: Barack Obama | Guns Are Our Shared Responsibility, Trump Rally Draws Hundreds of Protesters in Bernie Sanders' Home State of Vermont, Report: Nebraska Lets Juveniles Be Locked in Solitary Confinement for 90 Days, Though GOP Blames Obama, North Korea Developed Its Nuclear Program Under Republicans




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Barack Obama | Guns Are Our Shared Responsibility
President Barack Obama speaks during a CNN televised town hall meeting hosted by Anderson Cooper, right, at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, January 7, 2016. (photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)
Barack Obama, The New York Times
Obama writes: "All of us need to demand leaders brave enough to stand up to the gun lobby's lies. All of us need to stand up and protect our fellow citizens. All of us need to demand that governors, mayors and our representatives in Congress do their part."
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Trump Rally Draws Hundreds of Protesters in Bernie Sanders' Home State of Vermont
John Santucci and Brad Mielke, ABC News
Excerpt: "Donald Trump's campaign made every effort Thursday night to prevent protesters and those undecided from entering his rally in Burlington, Vermont - Bernie Sanders' home turf - but to no avail."
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Brennan Bedard of Barre, Vermont, holds a Bernie Sanders campaign sign as she pickets with Johann Kulsic, left, and Rosie Contompasis, center, of Burlington, Vermont, outside the Flynn Center of the Performing Arts prior to an address by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Burlington, Thursday, January 7, 2016. (photo: Charles Krupa/AP)
Brennan Bedard of Barre, Vermont, holds a Bernie Sanders campaign sign as she pickets with 
Johann Kulsic, left, and Rosie Contompasis, center, of Burlington, Vermont, outside the Flynn 
Center of the Performing Arts prior to an address by Republican presidential candidate Donald 
Trump in Burlington, Thursday, January 7, 2016. (photo: Charles Krupa/AP)


onald Trump’s campaign made every effort Thursday night to prevent protesters and those undecided from entering his rally in Burlington, Vermont -- Bernie Sanders' home turf -- but to no avail.
Protesters who were able to enter Trump's rally chanted slogans like “racist” or “dump Trump,” but the real estate mogul and GOP frontrunner was unfazed, vowing to "take...down" Hillary Clinton.
“I knew I was gonna have some in Vermont in all fairness," Trump said. "If we didn’t have that it wouldn’t be Vermont. Why do you think the other Republicans our not coming up here folks. I am the only one."
Justin Griffith, 20, a college student, said that he was turned away from the rally despite having a ticket.
"I told them I was open-minded, and he tells me I have to leave,” Griffth told ABC News. “They say it’s a private event, and only Trump supporters are welcome.”
Those who were not wanted were told by police they'd be trespassing if they stayed. No arrests were made.
Even Trump supporters expressed surprise at the tactic.
“I think they should be let in,” said Lynn Doney of Northfield, Vt. “Turning people away? That’s not right. If they were undecided, maybe he could sway them here.” Doney said he still planned to vote for Trump.
Many of those denied entry joined more than 500 raucous demonstrators across the street from the Flynn Performing Arts Center, where they chanted, danced to music from a brass band and held banners bearing slogans like “Vermont Trumps hate.” As more protesters were booted throughout the event, they received a hero’s welcome from the assembly outside.
Despite the frequent interruptions, Trump stuck to his hit list, attacking all three Democratic candidates. "Time for O'Malley to get out,” Trump said before quickly hitting the guy who started his career in Burlington.
"At least Bernie is getting some action," he said. "He gets much smaller crowds than me, but at least Bernie gets some action. Oh would I love to run against Bernie. I would love.”
In a statement, Sanders said he wants to take on Trump as well. "Donald Trump and I finally agree on something...It would be an extraordinary campaign and I am confident I would win," he said.
But once again Trump's real target was clear: "I have my mind set on Hillary….We’ll take her down.”
In the last several weeks, Trump has shied away from attacking his Republican rivals -- but not tonight. "We started off with 17. One by one they disappear," he said.
While President Obama held a town hall on gun violence in Virginia this evening, Trump doubled down on his pledge to remove gun-free zones.
Trump will be campaigning throughout the weekend, making a stop in South Carolina tomorrow evening, a double stop in Iowa Saturday and for the first time campaigning on a Sunday -- in Reno, NV.

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Report: Nebraska Lets Juveniles Be Locked in Solitary Confinement for 90 Days
Zaid Jilani, The Intercept
Jilani writes: "The ACLU has found that some juvenile correctional facilities in Nebraska are willing to lock up minors in solitary confinement for months at a time."
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Rahm Orders Third Party to Examine Chicago Law Department
John Byrne, Chicago Tribune
Byrne writes: "Two days after saying it was 'not possible' his Law Department is part of the cover-up culture that has tainted his Police Department, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he will bring in a 'third party' to review the city's legal practices after a federal judge found that city attorneys have withheld evidence in police cases."
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Though GOP Blames Obama, North Korea Developed Its Nuclear Program Under Republicans
Justin Salhani, ThinkProgress
Salhani writes: "Despite claims to the contrary, strong stances have not always worked in the past against North Korea. Ronald Reagan was in office in 1986 when plutonium was first produced in a North Korean reactor. They continued their program under President George H.W. Bush, producing enough plutonium to make 1-2 bombs."
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Syrian Regime Allows Aid to Besieged Villages After Outcry Over Starvations
Camila Domonoske, NPR
Domonoske writes: "Three besieged towns in Syria will soon be receiving humanitarian assistance: The Syrian government said Thursday it will allow aid to enter the villages, after multiple organizations reported deaths from starvation."
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2015 Wildfire Season Shatters National Record With 10 Million Acres Burned
Cole Mellino, EcoWatch
Mellino writes: "More than 10 million acres burned across the U.S in 2015, the National Interagency Fire Center reported on Monday. That's roughly the size of Connecticut and Massachusetts combined."
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