Mark Elliott
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Steve King says he understands how Jesus Christ felt after months of criticism in the House
Des Moines Register - Des Moines Register 31h 4 tweets
The representative said his experiences facing criticism over white nationalism and supremacy comments has given him "better insight" into Jesus' persecution.
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Mark Elliott OMG. says he understands how persecuted Jesus felt after facing months of criticism for his comments on white supremacy and nationalism. I'm not kidding. 23h
ICE deports spouse of U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan
azcentral 9d 33 tweets
ICE has deported the spouse of a U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan, leaving the couple's 12-year-old daughter in the United States without parents.
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Mark Elliott . insists on deporting husband of U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan, leaving 12-year-old U.S. citizen daughter in Arizona without parents. This is 's America. #Shame 9d
Mysterious Buyer Pumps $2.9 Million Into President Trump’s Coffers
Dan Alexander - Forbes 37d 5 tweets
President Trump sold a $2.9 million New York City condo to a mysterious buyer March 8, in a previously unreported deal laid out in public documents.
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Mark Elliott Hmmm. Trump just sold a mid-town Manhattan condo for $2.9M to an LLC, masking the buyer's identity. Highest price per square foot since 2016. | 37d
Lori Loughlin's Daughter Olivia Leaves Yacht of USC's Board of Trustees Chairman
TMZ 42d 11 tweets
Lori Loughlin's daughter Olivia spent Tuesday night on a yacht owned by Chairman of USC Board of Trustees.
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Mark Elliott Where was Lori Loughlin's daughter when she found out that her mother had been indicted for bribing her way into USC? While vacationing in the Bahamas.... Wait for it. On board the yacht of USC's board chair. 42d
The Tragedy of Baltimore
Alec MacGillis - ProPublica 44d 3 tweets
Since Freddie Gray’s death in 2015, violent crime has spiked to levels unseen for a quarter century. How order collapsed in an American city.
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Mark Elliott 2017 Murders Baltimore (pop 615,000): 342 New York City (pop 8,600,00): 290 Since Freddie Gray’s death in 2015, violent crime has spiked to levels unseen for a quarter century. How order collapsed in an American city. | 44d
Georgia teen with no record sentenced to five years in jail for stealing $100 sneakers - NY Daily News
New York Daily News - nydailynews.com 326d 3 tweets
A Georgia teenager with no prior record was sentenced to five years behind bars for stealing a pair of $100 shoes.​​​​​​
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Mark Elliott Georgia 15-year-old with no record sentenced to five years for stealing a $100 pair of sneakers. Paul Manafort sentenced to 47 months for pocketing millions through tax evasion and bank fraud. 46d
A Florida massage parlor owner has been selling Chinese execs access to Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Mother Jones 47d 41 tweets
The strange, swampy saga of Trump donor Li Yang.
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Mark Elliott Reminder: Jimmy Carter had to put his peanut farm in a blind trust. Florida Massage Parlor Owner Has Been Selling Chinese Execs Access to Trump at Mar-a-Lago 47d
12 years in jail for shoplifting: how Walmart is helping prosecutors hike up sentences
the Guardian 343d 7 tweets
The case of a man facing 12 years in prison for shoplifting shows a growing trend in America: corporations successfully pushing state prosecutors to increase shoplifting charges to felonies
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Mark Elliott Manafort hid $55 million in payments from the Ukraine in overseas accounts. This guy faces 12 years in prison for shoplifting $39.57 of items from Walmart. 48d
This 1930s article calling Frida Kahlo the "wife of the master mural painter" is all wrong
Vox 55d 2 tweets
"Are you a painter, too?" Kahlo replied, "Yes. The greatest in the world."
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Mark Elliott Yep 55d
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Mark Elliott In 1933 the went to visit Diego Rivera, the famous muralist. The reporter asked Rivera's wife if she painted also. Kahlo replied "[Rivera] does pretty well for a little boy, but it is I who am the big artist." Indeed. #womenshistorymonth 55d
Separated mother reunited with daughter in Houston, part of 'thousands' not included in judge's order
HoustonChronicle.com 62d 2 tweets
Her case is one of possibly “thousands” in which immigrant children were separated from their parents under Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy and resettled with relatives or other “sponsors” before a judge’s order in June, according to a government...
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Mark Elliott The Border Patrol agent told Sara Caal that she was taking her 5-year-old to get a cookie and would bring her right back. She never did. Raped twice, teeth knocked out, Sara wanted asylum. She wouldn't see her daughter for nine months. | 62d
Advocates call Trump's policies at border ports 'a wall' for asylum seekers
HoustonChronicle.com 67d 2 tweets
The president’s promise for a wall has forced two government shutdowns and an emergency declaration in the name of border security, but advocates say his administration’s programs has done more to block access to the U.S. southern border than any...
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Mark Elliott "They fled Honduras after the 15-year-old daughter was raped and her attackers burned down their house when they discovered she was pregnant." Unable to pay the $400 bribe to expedite their case, they can't even ask for asylum. | 's latest 66d
Refusing Immigrants, Orban Asks Hungarian Women to Have More Babies
Nytimes.com 73d 4 tweets
Faced with a plummeting population, Hungary’s leader promised a tax exemption to mothers with four or more children. Experts say the plan won’t work.
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Mark Elliott Hungary faces serious population decline. Hungary hates immigrants. Hungary offers life-time exemption from income tax to mothers who have four or more children. 72d
State of Phone Justice
Prisonpolicy.org 73d 2 tweets
2019 report about why calls home from jails are so expensive, especially as compared to calls from state prisons
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Mark Elliott With the cost of a phone call approaching zero, people in jail (most of whom are innocent, they just can't make bail) have to pay insane rates to call someone. Critical analysis from 73d
20 years, 700 victims: Southern Baptist sexual abuse spreads as leaders resist reforms
Robert Downen - Houston Chronicle 74d 62 tweets
As leaders decline to act, the numbers grow. In the past 20 years, about 380 Southern Baptist church leaders and volunteers have faced allegations of sexual misconduct, the newspapers found. They were pastors. Deacons. Ministers. Youth pastors....
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Mark Elliott . investigation finds more than 700 victims of sexual abuse by Southern Baptist church leaders, many of whom remain unpunished. by 74d
Orangeburg Massacre survivors fight for remembrance of bloodiest civil rights event in S.C. history
Post and Courier 445d 5 tweets
Some fear the Orangeburg Massacre, an era-defining moment of the 1960s, did not pierce the collective conscious of America but 50 years later, some fear it's fading from memory.
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Mark Elliott Today is the 51st anniversary of the Orangeburg Massacre, which saw South Carolina state troopers open fire on college students protesting a segregated bowling alley. Three students were killed and 28 were injured. 76d
First signs of border wall construction spotted at National Butterfly Center
HoustonChronicle.com 79d 1 tweets
A steel-and-concrete levee wall is expected to slice through the center, placing 70 of the sanctuary’s 100 acres of land south of it.
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Mark Elliott Border wall preparation underway at the National Butterfly Center, where the wall will cut off 70 of 100 acres. Trump waived 28 environmental laws to begin construction. 79d
Read Trump's "Executive Time"-filled leaked private schedules for the past 3 months
Alexi McCammond - Axios 81d 10 tweets
They include nearly every working day since the midterms.
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Mark Elliott The day after the midterms was grueling. One 30 minute meeting with the chief of staff. The rest of the day? Executive Time. Oh, and lunch. 80d
Trump has enjoyed 300 hours of 'executive time' since midterms – report
the Guardian 80d 1 tweets
Leak to news site Axios details swathes of unstructured time but press secretary Sanders insists ‘president has a different leadership style’
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Mark Elliott .'s schedule since the mid-terms? 77 hours of meetings 300 hours of Executive Time () 80d
Border Wall Is Out of Sync With the Southwest’s Changing Politics
Nytimes.com 90d 3 tweets
The wall might have helped Republicans in places like Montana and North Dakota, but all nine House members whose districts touch the southern border oppose it.
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Mark Elliott All nine House members whose districts touch the Mexican border oppose Trump's wall, including GOP Congressman . 90d
Historical Highest Marginal Income Tax Rates
Tax Policy Center 91d 1 tweets
1913 - 2018 historical highest marginal personal income tax rates
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Mark Elliott To c Michael -- Here's a handy little table you can use the next time you're asked about historical marginal tax rates. 91d