{"id":41818,"date":"2017-08-15T09:00:54","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T13:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/?p=41818"},"modified":"2017-08-15T21:42:09","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T01:42:09","slug":"happy-birthday-2-ya-auntie-maxine-reclaiming-my-time-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/?p=41818","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday 2 Ya Auntie Maxine “Reclaiming My Time” Waters"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Maxine Waters<\/strong><\/a>, born August 15, 1938, is the U.S. Representative for California’s 43rd congressional district, and previously the 35th and 29th districts, serving as a Democrat since 1991. She is the most senior of the 12 black women currently serving in the United States Congress, and is a member and former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus<\/strong><\/a>. Before becoming a member of Congress she served in the California Assembly, to which she was first elected in 1976. As an Assembly member, Waters advocated for divestment from South Africa’s apartheid regime.<\/p>\n

She is a staunch critic of President Donald Trump…and recently made headlines at a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee, when she asked Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin<\/strong> why he hadn\u2019t responded to a letter she\u2019d sent him in May requesting information about Trump\u2019s financial ties to Russia. When he didn’t answer, she responded, “Reclaiming My Time”…which has now become a viral sensation.<\/p>\n