Cooley Craters: Enrollment, Faculty Down 60%, Tuition Up 40%

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Cooley Craters:  Enrollment, Faculty Down 60%, Tuition Up 40%

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Lansing State Journal, Enrollment Up, Scores Down at Cooley:

After five years of declining enrollment, Western Michigan University Cooley Law School brought in more first-year students last year than it did the year before, according to American Bar Association data.

But only by three students.

And halting the slide seems to have come at the expense of selectivity.

Cooley has long been one of the least selective law schools in the country, but the average GPA and LSAT scores of its most recent entering class are the lower than any class at Cooley in at least a decade.

The median GPA and LSAT scores for new Cooley students last year were 2.85 and 141, respectively. Students in the 25th percentile had an average LSAT score of 138. LSAT scores range from 120 to 180. A score of 138 falls in the bottom 11 percent of scores from recent years.

Cooley has not lowered its admissions standards, said Jim Robb, associate dean of external affairs. Students are evaluated using a complex admission formula that weighs an applicant’s LSAT scores and GPA, Robb said. In recent years, the school has placed more value on GPAs. ...

The Lansing-based law school has cut its number of full-time faculty in half since 2011. ...

Cooley students have struggled on the Michigan bar exam in recent years. Slightly more than half of Cooley graduates taking the exam for the first time passed in in July, compared to 72 percent of all first-time test takers. MSU and U of M graduates fared better, with 80 percent and 97 percent pass rates among first-time test takers, respectively. ...

Fewer than one out of every three 2014 Cooley graduates found full-time work that required them to pass the bar in the months after graduation, according to ABA data. Placement rates for MSU and U of M graduates were 59 percent and 92 percent, respectively.

Germany Finds Easy Way to Cut "Refugee" Crime... Liberals Outraged by Brutal Action

Germany Finds Easy Way to Cut "Refugee" Crime... Liberals Outraged by Brutal Action:

"Germany has found a fairly foolproof method of handling refugees and the crimes they commit, and it’s one that will have liberals everywhere screaming.

They’re sending them back to Austria, and they’re not letting any more in. They’re also refusing anyone with a fake or stolen passport to cross borders."

Southern Border Now a 'Fertile Environment For Jihadis'

Frank Gaffney: Southern Border Now a 'Fertile Environment For Jihadis':
Frank Gaffney, founder of the Center for Security Policy, appeared on Breitbart News Daily with host Stephen K. Bannon on Wednesday to discuss the need for tighter border security, and how it conflicts with Pope Francis’ support for mass migration from the Third World into Western countries.
Gaffney used the Zika virus as a metaphor for how mass migration brings security pathologies from regions with serious security issues into the United States, much as Zika has flourished in countries with less stringent disease and mosquito control protocols.
“We’ve now got these cartels operating with gangs all over the United States,” said Gaffney, referring to South American drug cartels.
“Literally, every state in the Union is now a border state.”
“That’s partly because we have been neglecting the border,” he continued, “and not preventing people who have been operating on one side of it from operating on both.”
Gaffney warned that the drug cartels are not alone in establishing operations on both sides of the porous border.
“They are being now, increasingly, accompanied by – and collaborating with – jihadists that the Pope is ignoring in Europe, where he’s residing at the moment, and a lot of other places besides, of course,” he said.
Noting that the big cartels have been compared to the Islamic State in their organizational methods and violence, Gaffney said, “You also have the Islamic State in Latin America.
You also have Hamas. 
You also have Hezbollah. 
You also have the Iranians… and, by the way, the Chinese and others. 
That side of the border is now a fertile environment for jihadists to operate from, with impunity – and to bring their violence, and other kinds of predations, here as well.”

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History for February 20

History for February 20 - On-This-Day.com:
William Prescott 1726 - American Revolutionary soldier, know for the quote "Don't fire until you see the white's of their eyes.", Sidney Poitier 1927 - Actor ("Lillies of the Field", "To Sir With Love"), Roger Penske 1937 - Race car driver


Jennifer O'Neill 1948 - Actress ("Summer of '42"), Ivana Trump 1949, Patty Hearst (Patricia Hearst Shaw) 1954 - Publishing heiress, kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) and ultimately joined her captors, pardoned by President Clinton


1792 - U.S. President George Washington signed the Postal Service Act that created the U.S. Post Office.


1809 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled the power of the federal government was greater than that of any individual state.


1815 - The USS Constitution, under Captain Charles Stewart fought the British ships Cyane and Levant. The Constitution captures both, but lost the Levant after encountering a British squadron. The Constitution and the Cyane returned to New York safely on May 15, 1815. The Cyane was purchased and became the USS Cyane.


1872 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art opened in New York City.


1872 - Silas Noble and J.P. Cooley patented the toothpick manufacturing machine.


1962 - John Glenn made space history when he orbited the world three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes. He was the first American to orbit the Earth. He was aboard the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule. Glenn witnessed the Devil's Cigarette Lighter while in flight.


1987 - A bomb exploded in a computer store in Salt Lake City, UT. The blast was blamed on the Unabomber.


1998 - American Tara Lipinski, at age 15, became the youngest gold medalist in winter Olympics history when she won the ladies' figure skating title at Nagano, Japan.

Watch How WH Press Secretary Answers When Reporter Asks If He Can ‘Rule Out’ Obama Golfing During Scalia’s Funeral | Video | TheBlaze.com

Watch How WH Press Secretary Answers When Reporter Asks If He Can ‘Rule Out’ Obama Golfing During Scalia’s Funeral | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest on Wednesday was unable to rule out golfing as the reason President Barack Obama intends to skip Justice Antonin Scalia’s funeral this weekend.

“The president has said that he is not always as sensitive as he should be on optics,” one reporter asked Earnest during Wednesday’s press briefing. “Can you rule out that he’s going golfing on Saturday instead of the funeral?”

Man Undressing in Women's Room Cites Transgender Rule

Man Undressing in Women's Room Cites Transgender Rule
The Seattle Parks and Recreation department is facing an obstacle regarding gender bathroom rules.
According to KING-TV, a man undressed in a women's locker room on February 8, citing a new state rule that allows people to choose a bathroom based on gender identity.
Seattle Parks and Recreation says a man wearing shorts entered the women's locker room at Evans Pool and took off his shirt.
Women alerted staff, who told the man to leave, but he said, "the law has changed and I have a right to be here."
Employees claim the man made no verbal or physical attempt to identify as a woman, yet he still cited a new rule that allows bathroom choice based on gender identification.
The man later returned a second time while young girls were changing for swim practice.
No arrests were made, according to the KING-TV report.
A Seattle Parks spokesman says they're still working on the issue.
At this time there's no specific protocol for how someone should demonstrate his or her gender in order to access a bathroom.

CIA Has Dedicated Program to Recruit Transgender Individuals

CIA Has Dedicated Program to Recruit Transgender Individuals:
Intelligence agency releases 3-year ‘diversity and inclusion strategy’
The Central Intelligence Agency three-year “Diversity and Inclusion Strategy” includes a dedicated program to recruit transgender individuals and agency-wide “unconscious bias” training.
The plan, released by the CIA’s Diversity and Inclusion Office last week, lays out several goals for “weaving diversity and inclusion throughout the talent cycle.”
One agency goal is “Becoming an Employer of Choice,” and includes “dedicated programs” to recruit every demographic imaginable.
“Cultivating an inclusive culture that encourages collaboration, flexibility, and fairness enables all officers to contribute to their full potential,” the CIA plan stated. “When employees feel included, have a voice, and are given opportunities to develop and maximize their potential, we create an organization of choice and become a model employer for the full diversity of America’s talent.”
...CIA Director John Brennan said diversity and inclusion are “at the heart” of what the intelligence service is “charged to do...”

Beyonce Concert in Tampa Expected to Sell Out — Here’s What Happened When Police Got a Request to Provide Security | Video | TheBlaze.com

Beyonce Concert in Tampa Expected to Sell Out — Here’s What Happened When Police Got a Request to Provide Security | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"In the wake of Beyonce’s controversial Super Bowl halftime performance of her new song “Formation” — which critics say contains an anti-cop message — police and politicians around the country have been speaking out against it."

Six Funerals The Obamas DID Attend

Six Funerals The Obamas DID Attend | The Daily Caller:
The White House announced on Wednesday that neither President Barack Obama or first lady Michelle Obama will be attending the funeral of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. While Justice Scalia’s funeral apparently doesn’t warrant Obama’s presence, here are six funerals that did.

1. Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI)
   Less than two months before the 2012 election, both Obamas took time out of their schedule to attend the funeral of Senator Inouye. President Obama openly wept over the liberal senator.
2. Hadiya Pendleton
   Three days before his 2013 State of the Union address, President Obama sent Michelle on his behalf to the funeral of 15 year-old shooting victim Hadiya Pendleton. Obama’s decision to send Michelle to the Chicago teen’s funeral set the stage for his SOTU address, in which he called for further gun control restrictions.
3. Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV)
   Despite Robert Byrd’s well-known ties to the Ku Klux Klan, President Obama attended the Democratic senator’s funeral. Obama gave a speech at the ceremony and called the late senator his friend.
4. Reverend Clementa Pinckney
   Reverend Pinckney, who also served as a South Carolina state senator, was one of the nine people killed in the Charleston shooting last summer. Despite never having met Pinckney, President Obama delivered his eulogy.
5. Former Democratic House Speaker Tom Foley
   Just six months after snubbing the funeral of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, President Obama attended the funeral of former Democratic Speaker of the House Tom Foley. As he tends to do when actually attending funerals, Obama delivered a speech.
6. Walter Cronkite
   When the legendary newscaster passed away in September 2009, President Obama found room in his schedule to travel to New York for the memorial service. Once again, Obama gave a speech at the service. He had openly admitted that he never met Cronkite.

Justice Scalia leaves behind nine children and 36 grandchildren.

Marriage advice!-----Palestinian leader gives wife-beating tips on Gaza TV

Palestinian leader gives wife-beating tips on Gaza TV | Fox News
A top spiritual leader in the Palestinian territory of Gaza told a television audience last week how and when men can beat their wives, advising not to hit them in a way that “makes the face ugly.”
The shocking interview with Hassan Al-Laham, who holds the title “mufti of Gaza,” came during a weekly Palestinian Authority TV program on social issues.
Explaining that divorce must be a last resort in Islam, Al-Laham laid out the four steps that should come first.
"Allah said: Warn them [the wives], and separate from them, and hit them, and bring an arbitrator from his family and an arbitrator from her family," he said.
Al-Laham, whose title makes him the top spiritual leader appointed by the Palestinian Authority, then went into detail about how a husband should hit a wife.

"Not hitting that will bring the police, and break her hand and cause bleeding, or hitting that makes the face ugly," he said.
The hitting should "be like a joke," even reinforcing "the love and friendship" between the couple, he said.

Lunch video-----A Progressive's Guide to Political Correctness

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Ted Cruz hands out list of Donald Trump's donations to Dems twitchy.com

Ted Cruz hands out list of Donald Trump's donations to Dems twitchy.com:

"Senator Ted Cruz’s campaign reportedly handed out the flier below at a press conference earlier today listing donations to Democratic politicians from “The Real Donald Trump.”

FLASHBACK: Sen. Obama reminded ‘Constitution calls for the Senate to advise and consent’

FLASHBACK: Sen. Obama reminded ‘Constitution calls for the Senate to advise and consent’ | The American Mirror:
But in a 2006 video posted to YouTube the same day, then-Sen. Obama of Illinois provides a decidedly different take on the nomination process in a filibuster to oppose a Senate decision on Justice Samuel Alito.

“As we all know, there has been a lot of discussion in the country about how the Senate should approach this confirmation process,” Obama said at the time.
“There are some who believe the president, having won the election, should have complete authority to appoint his nominee and the Senate should only examine whether or not the justice is intellectually capable and an all-around good guy. That once you get beyond intellect and personal character there should be no further questions as to whether the judge should be confirmed.

“I disagree with this view,” he continued. “I believe firmly that the Constitution calls for the Senate to advise and consent. I believe that it calls for meaningful advice and consent and that includes an examination of a judge’s philosophy, ideology and record. 

When I examine the philosophy, ideology and record of Samuel Alito, I am deeply troubled.”
Of course, Obama doesn’t see the hypocrisy in his apparent flip-flopping, but is now working to address critics who were quick to point out his conflicting statements nonetheless.
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told the media during a daily press briefing Wednesday that the president “regrets” his unsuccessful filibuster of Alito, but maintains that the situation then and now are entirely different..."

Marijuana legalization unlikely to blame for Denver crime increase

Marijuana legalization unlikely to blame for Denver crime increase - The Denver Post
"...When making his case against the measure, Sen. William Sharer, a Republican from Farmington, pointed to Denver, where he said crime has increased since retail marijuana stores opened in the city in 2014.
Marijuana policy experts and Colorado officials urge caution when trying to grade legalization's impacts — which are the subject of debate all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court, where this week justices are scheduled to discuss a lawsuit over pot filed against Colorado by two neighboring states. But there is one thing that legalization supporters, opponents and neutrals within Colorado agree on: It's unlikely marijuana has much to do with Denver's recent uptick in crime, as Sharer suggested it did.
"Crime is up," said Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson, " but I don't know if you can relate it to marijuana."
Since 2012, the year when Colorado voters passed recreational marijuana legalization, the number of crimes in Denver has grown by about 44 percent, according to annual figures the city reported to the National Incident Based Reporting System..."

Almost Half of US Residents Still Pay No Federal Income Tax

Almost Half of US Residents Still Pay No Federal Income Tax:
The chart tells the story.

In 1962, the percentage of people who did not pay federal income taxes themselves and who were not claimed as dependents by someone who paid federal income taxes stood at 24.0 percent; it fell to 12.6 percent by 1969 before beginning a ragged and ultimately steady increase.

By 2000, the percentage was 34.1 percent; by 2009, it was 49.6 percent. The number dropped to 44.7 percent in 2011, and it has hovered around 44 percent ever since.

An astounding 33.67 percent of tax returns are filed only to claim benefits while not paying any income tax. 

That is up from 18.64 percent in 1990.

"Stunned" Former Homicide Det. Drops "Injection" Bombshell About Scalia's Death

"Stunned" Former Homicide Det. Drops "Injection" Bombshell About Scalia's Death:

"William O. Ritchie, formerly the head of criminal investigations for the D.C. police, wrote Sunday that he found it inconceivable no autopsy was ordered on Scalia’s body, especially given the possibility the justice might have been injected with a drug that would induce heart failure.

“As a former homicide commander, I am stunned that no autopsy was ordered for Justice Scalia,” Ritchie wrote."

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History for February 19

History for February 19 - On-This-Day.com:
Nicolas Copernicus (Mikolaj Kopernick) 1473 - Polish astronomer, known for the Copernican theory: the sun is the center of our universe , Carson McCullers 1917 - Author ("The Member of the Wedding", "Reflections in a Golden Eye"), Lee Marvin 1924 - Actor ("The Caine Mutiny", "The Dirty Dozen", "Delta Force") 


Smokey Robinson 1940 - Singer (Smokey Robinson & the Miracles), Jeff Daniels 1955 - Actor ("The Purple Rose of Cairo", "Terms of Endearment"), Benicio Del Toro 1967 - Actor 


1856 - The tintype camera was patented by Professor Hamilton L. Smith. 


1878 - Thomas Alva Edison patented a music player (the phonograph). 


1942 - U.S. President Roosevelt signed an executive order giving the military the authority to relocate and intern Japanese-Americans. 


1942 - Approximately 150 Japanese warplanes attacked the Australian city of Darwin. 


1945 - During World War II, about 30,000 U.S. Marines landed on Iwo Jima. 


1985 - Cherry Coke was introduced by the Coca-Cola Company. 


1987 - A controversial, anti-smoking publice service announcement aired for the first time on television. Yul Brynner filmed the ad shortly before dying of lung cancer. Brynner made it clear in the ad that he would have died from cigarette smoking before ad aired. 


2005 - The USS Jimmy Carter was commissioned at Groton, CT. It was the last of the Seawolf class of attack submarines.

VIDEO: The 6-Words Scalia Uttered That Some Say Got Him Killed

VIDEO: The 6-Words Scalia Uttered That Some Say Got Him Killed:

"Odd facts like these have some Americans — even those not prone to conspiracy theories — extremely on edge, wondering if maybe something sinister did indeed occur."

Beyonce Concert in Tampa Expected to Sell Out — Here’s What Happened When Police Got a Request to Provide Security | Video | TheBlaze.com

Beyonce Concert in Tampa Expected to Sell Out — Here’s What Happened When Police Got a Request to Provide Security | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"In the wake of Beyonce’s controversial Super Bowl halftime performance of her new song “Formation” — which critics say contains an anti-cop message — police and politicians around the country have been speaking out against it."

Stabenow tells Michigan students 'debt-free college' is the goal

Stabenow tells Michigan students 'debt-free college' is the goal | MLive.com
ANN ARBOR, MI — U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow told a group of University of Michigan students on Wednesday college students should be able to graduate without student loan debt, and she's introducing legislation to move toward that goal.
"It is incredibly important that we finally fix what's happening here in terms of the cost of college," she said.
Stabenow brought the national discussion around college affordability to Ann Arbor as she met with about two dozen U-M students inside the Michigan League.
Earlier in the day, she met with students at Wayne State University.
The senator is trying to drum up support for her #InTheRed campaign to reduce the burden of student loan debt for college graduates.
Stabenow is an author of the Reducing Educational Debt Act, also known as the RED Act, which is expected to be introduced in the U.S. Senate soon.
She said it would allow student loan borrowers to refinance high-interest loans and lock in rates offered to new borrowers in 2013-14, which means 3.86 percent for undergraduates, 5.4 percent for graduate students and 6.4 percent for parents.
...The RED Act also would create new federal and state partnerships to make community college and other technical college programs free for eligible students, waiving tuition fees for two years.
She said that would be accomplished by having the federal government put in $3 for every $1 a state invests.
If every state participated, Stabenow estimates some 9 million students would enjoy free community college or technical training programs.
The RED Act also aims to increase Pell grant awards, tying future Pell grant increases to inflation.
"We want those Pell grants to go up every year," Stabenow said.
Stabenow described the RED Act as step one in eventually getting to the goal of debt-free college, an idea that resonated with students on Wednesday.
...Stabenow said she doesn't yet have a price tag for her plan. 
She intends to introduce the legislation in a couple of weeks.
"We have to look at the total numbers," she said.
"But it will be completely paid for because we are going to be using what's called the Buffett Rule, Warren Buffett, recommending that high-income individuals pay at least a 30 percent tax rate, and by closing loopholes and companies taking their earnings offshore."...

St. Cloud, MN billboard removed when Catholic Charities complains

St. Cloud, MN billboard removed when Catholic Charities complains « Refugee Resettlement Watch:

Here is the news from the Minneapolis Star Tribune yesterday (just as the Pope was doing his publicity stunt on the Texas border).

A picture worth a thousand words. (Readers this is one more way for you to get your message out and educate the public!) Photo: Jason Wachter at MN Star Tribune.

 The local Catholic Charities in St. Cloud complained that the sign was inaccurate because their particular branch of CC didn’t actually place Somali Muslims in St. Cloud (that is the job of Lutheran Social Services).  The sign company agreed to remove the sign.

However….

It is accurate that Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis do resettle Somali Muslims (a shocking number of their ‘youths’ have gone on to become international jihadists), so for the whole state of Minnesota the sign’s message is accurate.  We told you as early as 2011 that Catholic Charities was one of three phony non-profits (federal contractors) that first brought Somali Muslims to Minnesota beginning in the 1980s.

Go here to see one of dozens and dozens of posts about the ‘Somali youths’ who received the benefits of US citizenship, welfare as they grew up, and some even obtained college educations and still went on to become (or attempted to become) Islamic terrorists..."

Watch How Obama Responds When Reporter Reminds Him That He Tried to Filibuster Alito in 2006 (UPDATE: Obama ‘Regrets’ Filibuster) | Video | TheBlaze.com

Watch How Obama Responds When Reporter Reminds Him That He Tried to Filibuster Alito in 2006 (UPDATE: Obama ‘Regrets’ Filibuster) | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Obama said as much at a press conference Tuesday on the issue: ”I am amused when I hear people who claim to be strict interpreters of the Constitution suddenly reading into it a whole series of provisions that are not there.”

But a reporter asked Obama to comment on similar actions he took as a U.S. senator: ”How do you respond to Republican criticism that your position is undercut by the fact that you and other members of your administration who were in the Senate at the time tried to filibuster Judge [Samuel] Alito in 2006?”

Obama seemed momentarily taken aback by the question — "

Exclusive: Radioactive material stolen in Iraq raises security fears

Exclusive: Radioactive material stolen in Iraq raises security fears | Reuters
Iraq is searching for "highly dangerous" radioactive material stolen last year, according to an environment ministry document and seven security, environmental and provincial officials who fear it could be used as a weapon if acquired by Islamic State.
The material, stored in a protective case the size of a laptop computer, went missing in November from a storage facility near the southern city of Basra...
The U.S. State Department said it was aware of the reports but has seen no sign that Islamic State or other militant groups have acquired it.
A U.S. official said separately that Iraq had reported a missing specialized camera containing highly radioactive Iridium-192 to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Vienna-based U.N. nuclear watchdog, in November.
"They've been looking for it ever since.
Whether it was just misplaced, or actually stolen, isn't clear," said the official, who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter...
DIRTY BOMB FEAR
Large quantities of Ir-192 have gone missing before in the United States, Britain and other countries, stoking fears among security officials that it could be used to make a dirty bomb.
A dirty bomb combines nuclear material with conventional explosives to contaminate an area with radiation, in contrast to a nuclear weapon, which uses nuclear fission to trigger a vastly more powerful blast.
"We are afraid the radioactive element will fall into the hands of Daesh," said a senior security official with knowledge of the theft, using an Arabic acronym for Islamic State.
"They could simply attach it to explosives to make a dirty bomb," said the official, who works at the interior ministry and spoke on condition of anonymity as he is also not authorised to speak publicly..."

DHS Whistleblower FIRED After Rejecting Obama’s Money To Stay Quiet…She Exposes Everything

DHS Whistleblower FIRED After Rejecting Obama’s Money To Stay Quiet…She Exposes Everything | The Proud Conservative:
The Department of Homeland Security is scrambling to figure out how to do damage control after a DHS whistleblower refused to take a $100,000 “severance package” and sign a non-disclosure agreement.
Anytime someone offers you money then asks you to sign an agreement saying you will not talk, it’s a bribe.
DHS can call it what they want, but the reality is they were trying to pay an agent hush money.
The Daily Caller reported, “Special Agent Taylor Johnson — who had a storied career until she irked Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid by objecting to a visa program for foreign investors tied to the senator’s son — says she declined to take a $100,000 severance package because it included a non-disclosure agreement.”
“DHS Acting Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Todd Breasseale did not respond to multiple inquiries about the reason for Johnson’s dismissal and why they tried to buy her silence.”
In June of 2015, Johnson gave a testimony to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs stating her gun and badge were taken after she discovered fraud and abuse.
“Some of the violations investigated surrounding the project included bank and wire fraud, and I discovered ties to organized crime and high-ranking politicians and they received promotions that appeared to facilitate the program,” Johnson said in the testimony.
From Daily Caller:
DHS has never given any public explanation for the disciplinary action it took against Johnson. 
After the hearing a DHS spokeswoman said they do not talk about personnel matters.
But this past December, ICE press secretary Gillian Christensen, citing confidential information from Johnson’s file, tried to convince this reporter off the record that she was a dishonest and a problem employee.
That argument is going to be even harder to peddle now that the Department would have allowed Johnson to leave with a clean work record and $100,000 in spending money if she promised to keep her mouth shut.
Johnson is soliciting donations on gofundme.com to cover legal fees for a possible federal lawsuit.

Lunch video-----Venezuela "Collapse" - Bernie Sanders Please Take Note

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