Melania Trump disembarks Donald Trump’s plane at a campaign event at the Wilmington International Airport in Wilmington, North Carolina, on November 5, 2016. Housing Melania in New York’s gold-gilded Trump Tower costs roughly $1 million a day, far outstripping the budgets of many programs Donald Trump would like to cut. (Photo: Damon Winter / The New York Times)
Donald Trump has vowed to cut the federal budget by $10.5 trillion over 10 years, eliminating approximately all of the federal government’s discretionary spending. One of the few specifics of his proposal involves eliminating the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), along with The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and the privatization of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly has signed sweeping new guidelines that empower federal authorities to more aggressively detain and deport illegal immigrants inside the United States and at the border.
In a pair of memos, Kelly offered more detail on plans for the agency to hire thousands of additional enforcement agents, expand the pool of immigrants who are prioritized for removal, speed up deportation hearings and enlist local law enforcement to help make arrests.
their areas. Museums, musical groups, history and humanities programs, annual festivals and creative arts projects not only bring cultural and employment opportunities for residents, they attract and hold the attention of people looking to relocate.
We know the arts bring communities together. They give people opportunities to learn about our local, national and world histories, our stories. The arts are expressive and develop our minds. Developmental education research shows children thrive personally and intellectually through the arts. In turn, learning about our history is crucial for understanding and connecting to place and community, and for helping our communities thrive in the future.
First lady Melania Trump kicked off President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Melbourne, Florida on Saturday by reciting the Lord’s prayer and telling the crowd she will “always stay true to myself, and be truthful to you.”
“I didn’t know Melania would be reading the Lord’s prayer,” Trump said following the first lady’s remarks.
The crowd at Orlando-Melbourne Airport greeted Mrs. Trump with a loud ovation. “It is a great honor and great pleasure to stand here before you as the first lady of the United States,” the former model said.
Imortalizing Belle Burch
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Belle Burch
To Me
Apr 19 at 9:41 PM
Hell yes I want to see a dance show on Broadway. I’ve always wanted to see a Broadway show. I’ve been in NYC twice but failed both times to get overpriced tickets to any Broadway shows enough in advance to make one. Why do you ask?
On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 6:59 PM, John Ambrose wrote:
Belle, my big project in Love Dance, a Broadway musical based upon the music of LOVE. Bryan was my best friend in HS. He was a roadie for the Byrds when he was 17. We hung out in a coffee shop in LA in 1963.
I about choked when you told me your were a dancer! Belle! You ring all my belles and set off all my whistles. It is just the way it is.
I want to see the hippie dance extravaganza on Broadway! How about you?
Jon
I feel I have emerged from the Labyrinth. I feel, so free to say this without regret, without shame, without remorse….I am in love with Belle Burch!
This is a victory for both of us, for within minutes of beholding her, I knew I was going to immortalize her. I knew she was the one after capturing her in a video. I turned off my camera in order to explain to her why she is the one. I just said the name “Rosamond”.
I regretted turning off my camera, and later, wondered why. The answer is……….this was something that just concerned us. This was something just between her and I. This was love. I did it………..for love! This is what lovers do, they retreat from the world, and go to that very special place. How many lovers believe they were destined for one another?
Belle took my number. For a week she did not call. I went looking for her in Ken Kesey Square. She was not there. Three women is costume were selling tickets to the Roller Derby. I bought two. When Belle did not call, I went by myself. Perhaps fate would have it that she bought a ticket too. As the skaters went round and round the track, Belle did not appear. I assessed how old I was, and came up with thirteen. My heart was pounding. My breath was taken away, more than once. I could not stop looking at the video, and that shot where she looks dead at me. Then, she smiles. She feels the truth. She knows, as many women know, I am attracted to her. This is the oldest ritual known to Humankind. Am I aware of our age difference. Yes. But for that, everything would have turned out different. But for that, I would not be hunted down as a sex fiend and stalker.
Jennifer Murphy – Miss Oregon
Jennifer Murphy, Miss Oregon at the Miss USA 2004 Official Swimsuit Photo Shoot poolside at the Universal City Hilton, Universal City, CA. 04-02-04
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Krysta Albert – Racist Republican
“Back in December, after Natriana Shorter, who is African-American, won the crown for Miss Oregon, Albert commented on a KEZI news story that, “I know this is going to sound racist and it’s not my intention. But I can’t help but think it’s awfully strange that a woman of color would represent [the] state of Oregon. The state that has one of the smallest amount of minorities of any race compared to other states. And yes, she is very beautiful.”
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