Cory Booker

Tv Star, U.s. Senator Set Up Date On Twitter

... to respond. Senator, if Mindy Lahiri shades it, it means we know it's cool. Thanks for the ❤. It's mutual! __link__/KW 2 ibvi REc. — Mindy Kaling (@mindykaling) March 23, 2017. From there, things seemed to take a romantic turn. Booker, 47 and a rising star in Democratic politics, asked the actress out to dinner. Kaling, 37, accepted. You are making my day! Thanks for the clarification. And If the ❤️is really mutual. Come have dinner with me in Newark? #Please Say Yes __link__/f I 9 IYJYZEX. — Mindy Kaling (@mindykaling) March 23, 2017. The PATH train — the “primary transit link between New York City and New Jersey urban communities/suburban commuter railroads,” according to its Twitter account — jumped in to the budding Twitter romance by tweeting its schedule. — PATH Train (@PATHTrain) March 23, 2017. But the PATH train was not good enough for Booker. He told Kaling he’d have a Lyft pick ...

The Conspiracy Of Love

... We are a nation of “ordinary Americans who took extraordinary steps in seeing each other, in valuing each other, in sacrificing for each other, and struggling for each other and that the love of Americans have shown as it's evolved ability to leap space and time, to leap obstacles to span differences. Booker’s vision resonated through the room in stark contrast to Donald Trump’s dark vision of American Carnage - as gloom was presented at the inauguration in January. Photo: Steven Rosenbaum. Cory Booker: SXSW 2017. Said Booker: “in fact we know we've had ugly divisions in our country fearsome conflicts but there has been a spirit that has still found a way to to reach beyond that and to manifest a glorious triumphant love.”. And then - he told the story of a previous Inauguration. "One of my favorite moments in American history is when a president who could have at a time of division and separation in our country when he spoke to the nation — his inaugural address — where he could have a given into a dark vision of our country and it it would’ve been true. He could have all of the accused to the people who were opposing him of of some ...

Cory Booker Joins Forces With Bernie Sanders

... immediately.". The drug companies' trade group, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, opposed the proposal. "The importation legislation introduced today would put U. S. patients in harm's way," Phrma spokeswoman Nicole Longo said. "The bill lacks sufficient safety controls, would exacerbate threats to public health from counterfeit, adulterated or diverted medicines, and increase the burden on law enforcement to prevent unregulated medicines and other dangerous products from harming consumers.". Booker voted in January against against a Sanders-backed amendment to a  budget resolution  designed to make it easier to repeal the  Affordable Care Act. He was one of 13 Democrats to vote no even as they supported two other provisions related to prescription drugs. The New Jersey senator said he opposed the amendment championed by Sanders because it did not ensure the safety of the drugs to be imported. Still, Booker's vote was not well received by some progressives, expected ...

2020 Poll Shows Promise For Potential Cory Booker Presidential Run

... Martin O’Malley's leadership PAC commissioned a Public Policy Polling survey in Iowa, where the country's first primary takes place, to gauge his shot at another presidential run. RELATED STORIES. Per Politico. The poll, which shows O’Malley at 18 percent of Democratic caucus-goers in a field of nine potential candidates if the contest were held today, also asked the Iowans about New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, former Housing Sec. Julian Castro, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, California Sen. Kamala Harris, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, and Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz. “Not sure” got 32 percent of the vote. O’Malley — who ran against Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders for the 2016 nomination before dropping out on caucus night after earning less than 1 percent of the vote — was joined at ...

We Need To Love Each Other

... recognize your dignity, your value, your worth.". Our nation's aspiration of being a country of tolerance is really problematic, he said. "It is a rejection of that larger goal, the more difficult goal, which is to be a nation of love.". Booker emphasized the idea of "seeing" each other. An avid tweeter and champion for technology and innovation, he said the notion of online bubbles is worrisome. "It's becoming even more convenient to have confirmation bias," he said. "Not seeing each other creates a very dangerous reality.". His speech comes at a time of increased reports of anti-Semitism and hate crimes. Civil liberties for transgender people, as well as women's reproductive rights, are being called into question. Booker said he wanted to remind people that "these outrages have been deep in our society for a very long time.". In other words, they aren't new under the Trump administration. "I'm happy that folk are getting woke," Booker said, adding that he does feel "a sense of pain about my country right now.". "To me, [love] is the only thing that ever really won," Booker said, ...

Booker Slams Gop Health-care Proposal In Montclair Stop

... Republican bill – Trumpcare – is going to be preventing these reimbursements and as a result of preventing these reimbursements, they are going to be costing us money,” Booker said. The bill would also tighten restrictions around abortion: It would not allow tax credits for any health-care plan covering abortion except in cases of rape, incest or endangerment to the life of the mother. Booker, who sat with board members and staff of New Jersey’s Planned Parenthood organization, urged people to call elected officials and make their voices heard regarding the GOP’s health-care bill. “This is just a moral call,” Booker said. “In [New Jersey], half a million people were able to get expanded access to health care. To take that away from New Jerseyans? To deny them mental health coverage, to deny them critical access to ...

Cory Booker Trolls Trump With Old Healthcare Tweet

... it's Thursday Mr. President & if your bill passes at least 24 Million will lose care as the wealthy like u will get a huge tax cut.". Yes it's Thursday Mr. President & if your bill passes at least 24 Million will lose care as the wealthy like u will get a huge tax cut #TBT __link__/ILJanbsv Jx. — Cory Booker (@Cory Booker) March 23, 2017. Booker's tweet refers to a report by the the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office that estimated 24 million fewer people would have health insurance in a decade under the GOP plan. The House was expected to vote on the new bill Thursday, the seven-year anniversary of Obama Care becoming law. But early in the afternoon, a  delay of the vote  seemed possible amid reports it may lack the necessary support among Republicans. 1 day. Fox News host promoted by Trump. "Ryan has hurt you going forward, and he's got to go," Pirro tells Trump. 1,130 Shares. Biden: I regret not being president “Do I regret not being president? Yes. I was the best ...

Mindy Kaling Says Yes To Dinner Date With Sen. Cory Booker After 'dissing Newark

... On Thursday, Booker tweeted at Kaling that he heard her “Mindy Project” character had dissed Newark and posted a link to a Vogue article on why it’s worth visiting. The senator made sure to keep the tweet light-hearted and was quite flirty with his use of emojis ― not to mention the fact he added “(I still ❤️ U”). Ouch! 💔 @Mindy Kaling , heard Dr. Lahiri dissed Newark last night 🤔. @Vogue Magazine & I disagree ✌🏼: __link__/2 w P 7 Zq JKQd (I still ❤️U!) __link__/FSwfkxen QJ. — Cory Booker (@Cory Booker) March 23, 2017. Kaling responded by assuring Booker that anything her character dislikes is actually cool. Senator, if Mindy Lahiri shades it, it means we know it's cool. Thanks for the ❤. It's mutual! __link__/KW 2 ibvi REc. — Mindy Kaling (@mindykaling) March 23, 2017. And then something magical and rom-com worthy happened. He asked her out! On Twitter. You are making my day! Thanks for the clarification. And If the ❤️is really ...

Cory Booker Blames Regulations, Not Bad Policy, For Job Losses

... want to call yourself, who says that Trump is the cause, you need to go back and look at what’s happened. Bush, Cheney, Palin, all of those were causes. Trump is the end result. Here’s the thing. In this article about Cory Booker, while they’re attacking him for saying Trump is not the cause of the divisiveness, they completely miss the point. One of the most dangerous things that Cory Booker said during an interview at South by Southwest, which was the fact that he hates regulations. We got to get rid of regulations in this country, most of them, some of them, the bad ones because they’re stifling small businesses. Now correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t destroy all regulations a Republican talking point, Senator Booker? Did you literally borrow a page out of the GOP playbook? You think you’re going to run for president in 2020 and here you are saying the same words as Republicans and you want ...

New Jersey Senators Cory Booker, Bob Menendez, Express Penneast Concerns

... has been communicating with the Penn East Pipeline Co. on how to further alleviate the environmental concerns that were submitted during the public comment period. Environmentalists, along with some state and federal agencies, have continued to express their concerns. In a letter dated March 17, Booker and Menendez specifically trumpeted concerns from the Environmental Protection Agency, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and U. S. Department of the Interior. The EPA “has raised significant concerns regarding incomplete information on the ‘direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts’” of the pipeline on the environment and public health, they wrote. The Fish and Wildlife Service requested Penn East complete more habitat surveys, particularly for the protected bog turtle and Indiana bat, and the ...

Did Cory Booker And Mindy Kaling Just Set Up A Real-life Date Over Twitter

... XLZn. — Cory Booker (@Cory Booker) March 23, 2017. Kaling could be interested, or she could just be gathering material for a romantic comedy about a looking-for-love-in-all-the-wrong-places millennial gal who gets caught up in the world of D. C. politics after she starts dating a political up-and-comer. (We know she’s done “research” in Washington before.) Obviously, the movie would star Kaling (ostensibly as herself) and a Cory Booker stand-in (maybe Maury Rooker for story), and it would follow them from their flirtatious Twitter beginnings all the way to their secret romance and clear through the inevitable breakup when she just can’t handle playing second fiddle to his career anymore. I’m not in love with the country! I’m in love with you! After a wrenching montage in which we see both Kaling and Rooker staring off into the middle distance while everyone talks at them, ...

Booker Heads To Hollywood Amid 2020 Speculation

... establish a substantive working relationship with the Senator and help ensure continued progress on key causes in the years to come,” the invitation reads. Hollywood has long been a fundraising hotbed for Democrats eyeing national office. The telegenic former Newark Mayor first caught the attention of Hollywood heavyweights in 2013 when they rallied behind his Senate race. But Booker’s Senate re-election race isn’t until 2020 and his unprecedented testimony against fellow Senator - now Attorney General - Jeff Sessions during his confirmation hearing was slammed by Republicans as motivated by presidential ambitions. CAA, meanwhile, proved to be a solid source of contributions for Hillary Clinton: employees donated over $80,000 dollars to her campaign, according to Bloomberg Politics. Despite the ...