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WHEN WILL THIS EVER END?      

Stop-the-sale-of-assault-weaponsAnother mass shooting, 17 dead at South Florida high school Wednesday afternoon according to officials. "The suspect was apprehended shortly after the attack, a former student of the school, Nikolas Cruz, had been expelled from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland", said Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel. In addition to those killed, 14 others were injured.

While there is no official definition of “mass shooting” it is loosely defined by the F.B.I. as the killing of three or more people in a public place.  Just six and a half weeks into 2018 a total of 30 mass shootings have occurred, more than half, were school shootings.  The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School marks the 18th school shooting this year.  Officials believe Cruz had an AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle with multiple magazines on the ready.  When will the movement begin for the non-sale of semiautomatic weapons? You can’t hunt with them.  You can’t use for target practice. Their ONLY purpose is to kill multiple people in a short amount of time. #StopARGunSalesNow

TODAY IN WASHINGTON

Rob-Porter-Sara-Huckabee-Sanders-Alex-Brandon-Associated-PressRob Porter is one thing, he allegedly abused two of his former wives. It’s completely another thing with the allegations were kept under wraps by White House staff and defended when they came to fore AND alluded that no one ever got the reports from the FBI. Wrong!  Not only were they delivered months ago they included these alleged spousal abuse incidents. Somehow not only did Porter still become staff secretary he also had access to sensitive documents at the right hand of the President. 

Here’s the rest of the story:  Does anyone on the President’s staff have a full security clearance?  Jared Kushner? Ivanka Trump? Did Steve Bannon? Who knows? According to a Vox interview by Sean Illing, he was told by Mark Zaid, Washington DC attorney with a practice focus on national security law, there are reports that about 30 to 40 people are operating in the White House with interim clearances, but full access to everything without being fully cleared.  Who knows, who is looking at what? How might they use what they see?  Become influenced to share said information with others?  Be afraid America, be very afraid.

TODAY IN PYEONGCHANG

Mikaela-shiffrin-wins-giant-slalom-chicago-tribuneMikaela Shiffrin waited three days as races were postponed due to strong winds. This morning she finally got on the slopes and did her thing.  She let it rip with a come-from-behind, impressive display of fierce determination and mad skill in the giant slalom run and took the gold. She did it 2 minutes and 20.02 seconds, more than half a minute ahead of the Norway and Italy medal winners.

Shiffrin is a true wonder woman putting her mad skills to the test.

“It’s more than another gold medal,” said Shiffrin, as one of only three Americans to win Alpine Olympic gold medals. She is now in the position to win three gold medals which would give her the most medals than any other Alpine skier has won in any Olympics. You go, girl! 

SAVE OUR CHILDREN, WRITE OR CALL YOUR LEGISLATORS.   MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD TODAY AND EVERY DAY– BAN ASSAULT RIFLES AND BUMP STOCKS   #LastMassShootingOnMyWatch 

Here is a list of current members of the United States Congress

This is a list of the current members of the U.S. Senate including when they assumed office, their political party and their district:

Officeholder name

Office title

Date assumed office

Party affiliation

Jack Reed

U.S. Senate Rhode Island

1997

Democratic Party

Lindsey Graham

U.S. Senate South Carolina

2003

Republican Party

Richard Burr

U.S. Senate North Carolina

Republican Party

Pat Toomey

U.S. Senate Pennsylvania

2011

Republican Party

Lamar Alexander

U.S. Senate Tennessee

2003

Republican Party

Shelley Moore Capito

U.S. Senate West Virginia

Republican Party

Bob Corker

U.S. Senate Tennessee

2007

Republican Party

Todd C. Young

U.S. Senate Indiana

Republican Party

Pat Roberts

U.S. Senate Kansas

1997

Republican Party

Chris Coons

U.S. Senate Delaware

Democratic Party

Ben Sasse

U.S. Senate Nebraska

Republican Party

Bill Cassidy

U.S. Senate Louisiana

2015

Republican Party

Gary Peters

U.S. Senate Michigan

Democratic Party

John Neely Kennedy

U.S. Senate Louisiana

Republican Party

Maggie Hassan

U.S. Senate New Hampshire

Democratic Party

Menendez

U.S. Senate New Jersey

Democratic Party

Tammy Duckworth

U.S. Senate Illinois

Democratic Party

Thom Tillis

U.S. Senate North Carolina

Republican Party

Dick Durbin

U.S. Senate Illinois

Democratic Party

David Perdue

U.S. Senate Georgia

Republican Party

Mark Warner

U.S. Senate Virginia

Democratic Party

Orrin Hatch

U.S. Senate Utah

Republican Party

Dianne Feinstein

U.S. Senate California

1993

Democratic Party

Daniel S. Sullivan

U.S. Senate Alaska

Republican Party

Doug Jones

U.S. Senate Alabama

Democratic Party

Brian E. Schatz

U.S. Senate Hawaii

2012

Democratic Party

Chuck Schumer

U.S. Senate New York

Democratic Party

Chuck Grassley

U.S. Senate Iowa

1981

Republican Party

Steve Daines

U.S. Senate Montana

Republican Party

Chris Van Hollen

U.S. Senate Maryland

Democratic Party

Michael Bennet

U.S. Senate Colorado

2009

Democratic Party

Jim Inhofe

U.S. Senate Oklahoma

1995

Republican Party

Jerry Moran

U.S. Senate Kansas

2011

Republican Party

Jeff Merkley

U.S. Senate Oregon

2009

Democratic Party

Jeanne Shaheen

U.S. Senate New Hampshire

Democratic Party

Dianne Feinstein

U.S. Senate California

1993

Democratic Party

Dianne Feinstein

U.S. Senate California

1993

Democratic Party

Rob Portman

U.S. Senate Ohio

2011

Republican Party

Ron Johnson

U.S. Senate Wisconsin

2010

Republican Party

Ron Wyden

U.S. Senate Oregon

Democratic Party

Jeff Flake

U.S. Senate Arizona

2013

Republican Party

Tina Smith

U.S. Senate Minnesota

2018

Democratic Party

Susan Collins

U.S. Senate Maine

Republican Party

Cory Gardner

U.S. Senate Colorado

2015

Republican Party

Tom Cotton

U.S. Senate Arkansas

Republican Party

Christopher S. Murphy

U.S. Senate Connecticut

Democratic Party

Tom Carper

U.S. Senate Delaware

Democratic Party

Bill Nelson

U.S. Senate Florida

Democratic Party

Mazie K. Hirono

U.S. Senate Hawaii

Democratic Party

Joe Donnelly

U.S. Senate Indiana

Democratic Party

Angus King

U.S. Senate Maine

Independent

Tom Udall

U.S. Senate New Mexico

Democratic Party

Debbie Stabenow

U.S. Senate Michigan

Democratic Party

Amy Klobuchar

U.S. Senate Minnesota

Democratic Party

Claire McCaskill

U.S. Senate Missouri

Democratic Party

Dean Heller

U.S. Senate Nevada

Republican Party

Martin Heinrich

U.S. Senate New Mexico

Democratic Party

Kirsten Gillibrand

U.S. Senate New York

Democratic Party

Heidi Heitkamp

U.S. Senate North Dakota

Democratic Party

Bob Casey, Jr.

U.S. Senate Pennsylvania

2007

Democratic Party

Ted Cruz

U.S. Senate Texas

Republican Party

Bernie Sanders

U.S. Senate Vermont

Independent

Maria Cantwell

U.S. Senate Washington

2001

Democratic Party

Tammy Baldwin

U.S. Senate Wisconsin

Democratic Party

John Barrasso

U.S. Senate Wyoming

2007

Republican Party

Mike Lee

U.S. Senate Utah

2011

Republican Party

Ben Cardin

U.S. Senate Maryland

2007

Democratic Party

John Cornyn

U.S. Senate Texas

Republican Party

Deb Fischer

U.S. Senate Nebraska

Republican Party

Dianne Feinstein

U.S. Senate California

1993

Democratic Party

Roy Blunt

U.S. Senate Missouri

Republican Party

Jon Tester

U.S. Senate Montana

Democratic Party

Mitch McConnell

U.S. Senate Kentucky

1985

Republican Party

John McCain

U.S. Senate Arizona

1987

Republican Party

John Boozman

U.S. Senate Arkansas

2011

Republican Party

Mike Enzi

U.S. Senate Wyoming

1997

Republican Party

Mike Crapo

U.S. Senate Idaho

Republican Party

Roger Wicker

U.S. Senate Mississippi

Republican Party

Joni Ernst

U.S. Senate Iowa

Republican Party

Sherrod Brown

U.S. Senate Ohio

2007

Democratic Party

Cory Booker

U.S. Senate New Jersey

Democratic Party

Kamala D. Harris

U.S. Senate California

Democratic Party

Catherine Cortez Masto

U.S. Senate Nevada

Democratic Party

John Thune

U.S. Senate South Dakota

2005

Republican Party

Elizabeth Warren

U.S. Senate Massachusetts

Democratic Party

Jim Risch

U.S. Senate Idaho

Republican Party

John Hoeven

U.S. Senate North Dakota

2011

Republican Party

Tim Kaine

U.S. Senate Virginia

Democratic Party

Joe Manchin III

U.S. Senate West Virginia

Democratic Party

Mike Rounds

U.S. Senate South Dakota

Republican Party

Johnny Isakson

U.S. Senate Georgia

Republican Party

Marco Rubio

U.S. Senate Florida

Republican Party

Patrick Leahy

U.S. Senate Vermont

Democratic Party

Richard Shelby

U.S. Senate Alabama

1987

Republican Party

Ed Markey

U.S. Senate Massachusetts

Democratic Party

Lisa Murkowski

U.S. Senate Alaska

2003

Republican Party

Richard Blumenthal

U.S. Senate Connecticut

Democratic Party

Thad Cochran

U.S. Senate Mississippi

Republican Party

Rand Paul

U.S. Senate Kentucky

2011

Republican Party

Tim Scott

U.S. Senate South Carolina

2013

Republican Party

Sheldon Whitehouse

U.S. Senate Rhode Island

2007

Democratic Party

James Lankford

U.S. Senate Oklahoma

Republican Party

Patty Murray

U.S. Senate Washington

1993

Democratic Party