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Trump Losing Support in His Main NYC Stronghold, Poll Shows

The majority of Staten Islanders polled disapproved of the job Trump was doing as president.

STATEN ISLAND — President Donald Trump is losing support in the only New York City borough where the majority of voters backed him during the presidential election, a new poll found.

Four percent of those polled in the most recent survey responded they didn't know if he was doing a good job.

Despite the numbers, some of his biggest supporters here said they're still standing behind the president.

Staten Island residents made up 7 percent of the weighted sample with an 11.32 percent margin of error, according to the university.

Still Trump won the majority of voted in the borough with 95,612 voters, or 57 percent, supporting him.

"Staten Islanders, they are independent and they will turn on a candidate that fails," Michael Arvanites, president of the North Shore Democratic Club, previously told DNAinfo New York. »

Nevada becomes 8th state to ban conversion therapy

Authored by metroweekly.com

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval has signed a bill prohibiting mental health professionals from subjecting children under 18 to conversion therapy.

“Conversion therapy has been disavowed by medical experts and is considered a non-effective method of treatment that can cause harm to an adolescent.

With Sandoval’s signature, Nevada becomes the eighth state to ban conversion therapy, following California, New Jersey, Oregon, Illinois, Vermont, New Mexico, and Connecticut, which banned the practice last week. »

Swallowable gastric balloon could help the obese lose weight without surgery

Authored by theguardian.com

More obese patients in the UK should be offered weight loss operations, say surgeons Read more.

After 16 weeks, it bursts in the stomach, the water is released and the balloon itself is excreted.

But, he said, “sadly, the weight lost through this balloon will undoubtedly be put back on soon after the balloon is removed. »

Teachers not returning after 'Most Likely to Not Pay Attention' award

Authored by fox5dc.com

Teachers not returning after 'Most Likely to Not Pay Attention' award National Teachers not returning after 'Most Likely to Not Pay Attention' award Two Memorial Middle School will not be returning next school year, according to a school spokesperson, after a teenage girl with ADHD received a school award for "Most Likely to Not Pay Attention.".

- Two Memorial Middle School will not be returning next school year, according to a school spokesperson, after a teenage girl with ADHD received a school award for “Most Likely to Not Pay Attention.”.

After seeing “Most likely to not pay attention” written towards the bottom of her daughter's trophy, she became even angrier. »

The Drug War Escalation Is Cruel and Stupid

Authored by reason.com

Politicians reacted to the media hype by passing three-strikes laws and intensifying the war on drugs.

Presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama used drugs when they were young, but then, when they became presidents, they hypocritically supported the drug war.

The drug war just drove the trade into the hands of nastier criminal gangs. »