President's Day hangover: Today's news for February 21st

CNN:

'Not My President's Day' protesters rally to oppose Trump

Another week, another series of demonstrations by opponents of President Donald Trump.

Protesters in cities across the country took to the streets on Monday for "Not My President's Day" rallies with a strong anti-Trump message.

Olga Lexell, who was one of about 20 people who helped organize the events in Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York, said they were intended to show Trump there was widespread opposition to his policies and "ridiculous" executive orders.

"A lot of people are angry because he lost the popular vote and is ruling like somebody who won by a landslide," Lexell said.

Bad news Olga: He won the Electoral College. Whether he won it by a landslide or 1 vote, it is still a win. That means he gets to play president for 4 years. Deal with it.

By the way CNN, where are the statistics here? Usually, when propping up these protests, crowd numbers are given glaring prominence, yet there doesn't seem to be any crowd numbers here at all.

But there is one other good point buried in the story:

Monday's marches, and other similar rallies, do not have a clear and concise policy proposal, but Meyer said they still had a unifying message to the White House: "No"

Translation: This is a public temper tantrum thrown by grown children.

And now for some news that actually matters...

Fox News:

Democratic resignation at FEC opens door for Trump to "drain the swamp"

A Democrat who sits on the Federal Election Commission, says partisan gridlock and dysfunction led her to resign before her term expires. Ann Ravel’s early exit gives President Donald Trump the opportunity to “drain the swamp” and shake up the campaign finance system.

“People from all walks of life should be able to run for office without having to seek out wealthy donors, or be wealthy themselves, to win,” she wrote in a letter, published to Medium.

...Ravel urged Trump to reform the campaign finance system, which she maintains was tainted by so-called dark money.

"I respectfully urge you to prioritize campaign finance reform to remedy the significant problems identified during the last election cycle," the letter said.

Like her Democratic colleagues, she decried the “mistaken jurisprudence of Citizens United,” the 2010 Supreme Court ruling that found political spending is protected free speech.

While the views she expresses have merit, would she actually support them above her own support for the Democratic Party? For example, she probably supports campaign donations from labor unions. Feel free to explain the difference between a labor union and a political action committee. From the perspective of a politician, there is no difference.

Finally, in news of the obvious...

Daily Mail:

Personality CAN change dramatically: You're a completely different person at 14 and 77, according to the longest-ever study into human character

It's good news for awkward teenagers the world over, as it turns out you really do become a completely different person as you get older.

Scientists carried out personality tests on people at the age of 14, and then again more than sixty years later when they were 77 years old.

The team found hardly any relationship between traits people had as adolescents and those in their golden years.

Anyone with a modicum of introspection and more than several decades past their adolescence can tell you this.