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“They don’t really care about us” is tonight’s Conversation on “Conversations Of A Sistah”

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From a government shutdown to a grifting president, from seven(7) million Americans across the country taking their gripe to the streets, the American people understand that “they (the United States government) really don’t care about us. This is the reality many of us face, as federal workers and military personnel is not being paid.

In the meantime, millionaires remain untouched as Trump and the reTHUGlican agenda puts wealthy interest ahead of ordinary citizens. When we hear about a “government shutdown,” it can feel overwhelming or confusing. Many of us expect it to affect our daily lives in some way, but the billionaires that benefit from Trump’s agenda won’t feel the impacts. The shutdown is the government’s choice to put wealthy interests first, with everyday Americans paying the price.

The agenda of the wealthy is what is being put first, while federal workers struggle to meet basic needs, such as, food, mortgage, healthcare and rent payments. This shutdown is about the extension of Obamacare!

Trump forced a shutdown because he refuses to strike a funding deal with Congress. In fact, the President has refused to even meet with Democratic leaders. As a result, the federal government has grinded to a halt. 

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Outraged Democrats Are looking For Obama

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Tensions are still escalating at the border, and former President Barack Obama is noticeably missing from the political circus. The Democrats are quietly complaining that Obama hasn’t done anything for them lately.

In an in-depth article by NY magazine, the writer details the hand-wringing and increasing anxiety among Democratic Party members who are desperate for leadership going into the 2018 midterm elections.

As one leading Democratic operative put it: “If [Obama] were willing to go way over the line and get arrested, or something way out there, that would be a galvanizing event.”

According to NY mag, Obama is modeling his post-presidential life after former President George W. Bush, by staying out of sight.

These days, Obama is focused on three things: saving his legacy, writing his memoirs, and raising cash for his Obama Foundation and his presidential center and museum in Chicago. All three of those things involve himself.

The Dems are looking for Obama to lead them into the midterms elections however Obama is obviously laying low and focused on his own agenda.

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Death of Male Prostitute at Wealthy Democrat Donor’s Home Ruled ‘Accidental’

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Police have closed their investigation into the drug overdose death of a male prostitute at the West Hollywood home of a high-profile donor to the Democratic Party.

Gemmel Moore, 26 (pictured inset), was found dead on July 27 at the home of Edward Buck, a wealthy donor to the California and Los Angeles County Democratic Party, according to the WeHo Times.

The Los Angeles County Coroner ruled Moore’s death an accidental overdose, so police have ruled out foul play.

But Moore’s family believes his death is no accident.

Moore’s mother, LaTisha Nixon, told the WeHo Times that her son made a living as a sex worker in the past few years. She said she believes Buck liked giving black males intravenous drugs and watching their reactions.

“I called one of my son’s friends and was like, ‘who the hell is Edward Buck?‘” Nixon said. “And my son’s friend was like, ‘Oh my God, that’s that white guy, that wealthy white politician guy…’ He was like ‘Oh my God…’,” said Nixon.

“When he calmed down, he told me that Ed Buck was one of my son’s clients and that Ed Buck was one of his clients as well,” Nixon said. “[Buck] would have my son to go out to… Santa Monica Boulevard looking for young gay black guys so he could inject them with drugs, see their reaction and how [they] would react and take pictures of them,” she said.

Nixon said investigators told her no drugs or drug paraphernalia was found in Buck’s home.

But an unidentified source who also turned tricks for Buck told the WeHo Times that Buck often provided him with drugs.

The source said Buck seemed to “get off on getting you higher and higher.”

Nixon described a late night phone call from her son who sounded panicked.

“He called me crying. Three minutes on the phone hollering and I’m like ‘What the hell is going on?’”

“He said ‘This man, he shot me up with something I don’t even know what it is,’ and I’m like, my son is having a breakdown or episode. But he sent me pictures of his arm, his arm was red.”

Nixon said Moore filed a police report, but WeHo Times was unable to obtain a copy of the police report.

Nixon said her son returned home to her after the incident.

“Yes, my son was an adult and didn’t live a fairy tale perfect life, but he didn’t deserve to die this way,” she said.

Buck, who also served as a West Hollywood councilman, earned his millions pioneering computer technology, according to the Daily Mail UK.

Blog talk radio, CEO's Blog, Conversations Of A Sistah, Tracy L. Bell

Join me tonight on “Conversations Of A Sistah” via Blogtalk Radio.Com…On my Own and in my new home!!

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I’m excited to announce that “Conversations Of A Sistah” has officially moved! We are now independently on our own at blogtalkradio.com/conversationsofasistah in our new time slot at 6:30 PM EST on Wednesdays. Here —-> on http://www.blogtalkradio.com/conversationsofasistah you can follow the show, contact us and have full access.

So tune in tonight as I discuss “Will the Republicans win the Senate in 2014?”.

In a year when Republicans have been able to harness economic anxiety to their distinct advantage, the upcoming Senate election is crucial this year. It is increasingly clear that states such as, Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas and North Carolina will be the most crucial in determining which party controls the Senate.

According to CNN, nearly 7 in 10 Americans are angry at the direction the country is headed and 53% of Americans disapprove of President Barack Obama’s job performance and a dysfunctional Washington, two troubling signs for Democrats one week before the midterm elections.

Democrats are battling to try and save the Senate majority, while hoping to prevent more losses in the House, which the GOP controls by a 234 to 201 margin. Yet several state polls in the past month of contested races show that Democrats are in danger of losing control of the majority.

In the meantime, the GOP’s plan and position has been to block the vote. To discourage minorities from voting in those southern states where democratic president Barack Obama won big in 2008 and in 2012. 

What’s your opinion, will the GOP control the Senate?

Will you rock your vote or allow your state to block your vote?

Sound off here and I’ll see you on the air!

All “Conversation links” in this post make it possible to access tonight’s show.

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Chris Christie backed it up on Jimmy Fallon last night!

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And I must admit, the New Jersey Governor is slimming down nicely.

Trying to display a softer and cooler side, Christie took to the stage with some funny dance moves gearing up for a 2016 presidential run.

Fallon made a jab about the Bridgegate scandal in Thursday’s ‘Evolution of Dad Dancing’ skit, and the two discussed a ‘hypothetical’ run against Hillary Clinton in 2016. Christie said he could beat Hilary Clinton in a presidential run. I don’t think so, what do you think?