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Updates on kettle jumps and Trumps.
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The Latest Numbers on Zeke’s Kettle Jump. The Salvation Army now says Zeke’s post-touchdown kettle jump has led to a $200,000 spike in donations. I remember seeing the Salvation Army in the news just a couple weeks ago. The CBS 11 News headline then: “DFW Salvation Army In Desperate Need Of Bell Ringers.”

Political Reporter Puts Pressure on Twitter to Reveal Troll. Dallas reporter Kurt Eichenwald has been known to criticize Donald Trump. He is also known to have epilepsy. Recently, Trump-supporting trolls have been sending Eichenwald seizure inducing tweets, and one of them worked. He says he was bed-ridden for 24 hours after he saw the tweet. Yesterday he posted an order that will allow him to depose Twitter in order to reveal the identity of the troll. You can watch him talk about it on Good Morning America.

Planned Parenthood No Longer Part of Medicaid in Texas. It’s a move that will affect thousands of low-income women in Dallas and across the state. “Planned Parenthood had previously received $3.1 million in Medicaid funding, but those dollars will be nixed in 30 days, according to the notice which was obtained by The Texas Tribune.”

Trump Sons Backing Away from Questionable Dallas-based Nonprofit. According to the DMN, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. are “removing their names as registrants” of the Dallas-based Opening Day Foundation, which more or less, is hawking time with Donald Trump the day after the inauguration. (Just a reminder: that is also the day of the Women’s March on Washington.)

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