Political Coffee 12-17-2019

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Salem bans homeless camping on sidewalks and proposes spending money to move them to a city park: is there a better way? Gresham is doing it better https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/greshams-stance-on-homelessness-paying-off/
Tweeting sent leftist journalist into epileptic seizure and is now a court case in TX: Are monetary damages a way for self policing of negative social media interaction or is it protected free speech? https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/A-tweet-gave-a-journalist-a-seizure-His-case-14911397.php
1.4 Trillion dollar Congressional spending deal reached that includes 1.4Billion for Trump’s border wall and repeal of 3 ObamaCare taxes: What did R’s give up in return for Dems agreeing to these provisions? Lots of pork and social welfare spending! https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/16/us/politics/congress-spending-government-shutdown.html