{"id":19119,"date":"2016-01-19T12:41:04","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T20:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=19119"},"modified":"2016-01-19T12:41:04","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T20:41:04","slug":"not-quite-so-terse-tuesday-tidbits-january-19-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/01\/19\/not-quite-so-terse-tuesday-tidbits-january-19-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"(Not quite so) Terse Tuesday Tidbits January 19, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Jesus<\/a>WATCH: Survey Reveals a Startling Truth About White Christians (text and video)<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n\t“Most polls don’t matter much. But this one does. A recent Public Religion Research Institute survey has revealed a devastating truth: While about 80 percent of black Christians believe police-involved killings — like the ones that killed Tamir Rice, Laquan McDonald, and so many more — are part of a larger pattern of police treatment of African Americans, around 70 percent of white Christians believe the opposite … that they are simply isolated incidents.”<\/strong><\/em><\/span>
\n\thttps:\/\/sojo.net\/articles\/watch-survey-reveals-startling-truth-about-white-christians<\/a><\/p>\n

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Paul Ryan’s Forum on Expanding Opportunity Won’t Expand Opportunity<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n\t“This past weekend, in my congressional district, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and South Carolina Senator Tim Scott hosted a presidential candidate forum titled “Expanding Opportunity.”<\/strong><\/em><\/span>
\n\thttp:\/\/talkpoverty.org\/2016\/01\/12\/paul-ryans-forum-expanding-opportunity-wont-expand-opportunity\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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I Served 11 Years in Prison. This Is What I Learned<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n\t“Last week I attended a presidential forum in Des Moines with nearly 1,000 grassroots activists from across the Midwest. The focus of the event was on a real economic recovery—one that creates economic security for struggling Americans and invests in underserved communities.
\n\tI felt it was important to be there. I wanted to ask candidates how they would reform a criminal justice system that is ripping apart our most vulnerable communities, especially communities of color.”<\/strong><\/em><\/span>
\n\thttp:\/\/talkpoverty.org\/2016\/01\/14\/served-in-prison-what-i-learned\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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The wealthy are ruining American health care<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n\t“Campaign contributions from the superrich foist unpopular policies on the public”<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\n\thttp:\/\/america.aljazeera.com\/opinions\/2016\/1\/the-wealthy-are-ruining-american-health-care.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jakarta Attack May Signal Revival of Bloody Campaign in Indonesia<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“Hundreds of Indonesians have traveled to Syria to join the Islamic State over the past two years, and more than 50 have been killed there, according to the Indonesian government.
\n\t“But in recent months, Indonesian jihadists appear to have increasingly sought targets at home. Now, security analysts say that the violence in the capital, Jakarta, on Thursday may portend a revival of an intermittent but bloody campaign, often against symbols of the West, that has plagued Indonesia for the past decade and a half.”<\/strong><\/em><\/span>
\n\thttp:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/01\/15\/world\/asia\/indonesia-islamic-state.html?WT.mc_id=SmartBriefs-Newsletter&WT.mc_ev=click<\/a><\/p>\n

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New study finds positive economic development benefits associated with bus rapid transit projects<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

“Bus rapid transit is a type of bus service that travels faster and more reliably by providing level boarding, triggering traffic signals, providing pre-board fare payment and running in dedicated lanes separated from traffic, among other typical characteristics. For the first time, a new peer-reviewed research study, unveiled this morning, provides compelling evidence that BRT — often with a price tag far lower than other transit investments — can provide ample economic benefits for cities large and small.”<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/t4america.org\/2016\/01\/12\/new-study-finds-positive-economic-development-benefits-associated-with-bus-rapid-transit-projects\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Detroit Teachers Shutdown Public Schools in Protest of Deplorable Conditions (video and transcript)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“Public school parent Stephanie Beal says she supports the teacher protests and the idea of an elected school board to ensure a quality education for all”<\/strong><\/em><\/span>
\n\thttp:\/\/therealnews.com\/t2\/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=15449<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ceasefire Needed in Turkey<\/span><\/span>
\n\t“Richard Falk says a new ceasefire and renewal of the peace process between the Turkish state and the Kurdish militants are required to end the bloodshed”<\/em><\/span><\/strong>
\n\thttp:\/\/therealnews.com\/t2\/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=15446<\/a><\/p>\n

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Tommy Chong: Here's My Trump Conspiracy Theory, Man<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n\t“Everyone's got a crackpot political theory on the Presidential race — even Tommy Chong — who may actually be on to something … or just on something.”<\/strong><\/em><\/span>
\n\thttp:\/\/therealnews.com\/t2\/component\/hwdvideoshare\/viewvideo\/80164<\/a><\/p>\n

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Paramedics help people avoid emergency rooms<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

“A new initiative is underway around the country to use firefighter paramedics to keep people out of hospitals and direct them to appropriate primary care or other services. And, it’s working! With support from the California Health Foundation<\/a>, firefighter paramedics in the <\/em>Golden<\/em> State<\/em> are being trained to identify individuals who use hospital emergency rooms frequently for non-emergency situations and, instead, pay them regular visits. The goal is to get them needed care so that they don’t call 911 or need to use the emergency room. The paramedics call on them in their homes and connect them to regular doctors or other services that can keep their health on track.”<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

http:\/\/justcareusa.org\/paramedics-help-people-avoid-emergency-rooms\/<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n

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SNL Re-imagines GOP Debate (video)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/kpdailyfunnies.blogspot.com\/2016\/01\/snl-re-imagines-gop-debate.html#.Vpzan5MrI1g<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WATCH: Survey Reveals a Startling Truth About White Christians (text and video) “Most polls don’t matter much. But this one does. A recent Public Religion Research Institute survey has revealed a devastating truth: While about 80 percent of black Christians believe police-involved killings — like the ones that killed Tamir Rice, Laquan McDonald, and so […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19119\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}