Washington’s day of high-stakes political drama on Monday played out much differently depending on where motivated television viewers decided to get their news. CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC all followed FBI Director James Comey’s testimony before a congressional committee Monday morning live.
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Katy Perry says she ‘prayed the gay away’ as a youth, learning later to stand for equality
Katy Perry and America Ferrera were honored by the Human Rights Campaign for their advocacy for equality at the 2017 Los Angeles Gala. Sen. Tim Kaine , singer Troye Sivan, and many other special guests spoke out for America’s largest civil rights organization working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people.
Trump adviser Roger Stone repeatedly claimed to know of forthcoming WikiLeaks dumps
In the final months of the 2016 campaign, longtime Donald Trump associate Roger Stone repeatedly discussed his backchannel communications with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and claimed knowledge of forthcoming leaks from the group, a CNN KFile review of his public statements shows. Stone’s comments about WikiLeaks have come under increased scrutiny as the FBI and congressional committees investigate whether Trump associates were involved in Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 election.
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ is making SXSW 100 percent more unsettling
Cosplayers from the television series “The Handmaid’s Tale” are seen during 2017 SXSW Conference and Festivals on March 10, 2017, in Austin, Texas. , they came across stoically marching ladies in red on their way to the Los Pollos Hermanos installation promoting AMC’s “Better Call Saul.”
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara says he’s been “fired”
In this Dec. 21, 2016 file photo, United States District Attorney Preet Bharara announces chargesin New York, against Navnoor Kang, a former portfolio manager at the New York State Common Retirement Fund, and two broker-dealers, Deborah Kelley andGregg Schonhorn, for participating in a “pay-for-play” scheme. A person with knowledge of U.S. Bharara’s actions said Saturday, March 11, 2016, he is not complying with Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ request to resign along with other prosecutors app New York, NY – The most prominent U.S. attorney in the nation, Preet Bharara, announced Saturday that he was “fired” after he did not resign.
On MSNBC, ‘Top Chef’ Host Lakshmi Suggests US…
Appearing as a guest on Saturday’s AM Joy on MSNBC, Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi of the Bravo network bizarrely alluded to America having committed “crimes” and “felonies” in against other countries as she lamented that people abroad have lost feelings of “goodwill” they used to feel toward the U.S,, while she and host Joy Reid fretted over the Donald Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration. Lakshmi: “Regardless of whatever crimes or felonies that Americans — or the American government or policy — may be, you know, guilty of doing abroad, America still has a lot of — or had a lot of goodwill because, you know, there was always this example of being a hopeful, tolerant place.”
US Attorney in New York Fired After Refusing Trump’s Abrupt Request to Resign
Manhattan federal prosecutor Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, was fired Saturday after refusing to comply with the Trump administration’s request to resign, according to the New York Times . Bharara’s firing adds another layer of controversy to the episode, which was already raising eyebrows-and in some cases, ire.
US Attorney in New York Fired After Refusing Trump’s Abrupt Request to Resign
Manhattan federal prosecutor Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, was fired Saturday after refusing to comply with the Trump administration’s request to resign, according to the New York Times . Bharara’s firing adds another layer of controversy to the episode, which was already raising eyebrows-and in some cases, ire.
Opiate for the masses: “American Crime” is better than ever and still hard to swallow
“Oh, man. Here we go again with this ‘opiate’ business. Pray tell, what pile of TV fail are you going to tell us about this week?” Salutations to you, too, Salon reader! How about we change things up a little and discuss an outstanding TV series? Not this time.
Until questions are answered, time to pause this presidency
The American people must immediately demand a cessation of all consequential actions by this president until we can be assured that Russian efforts to hack our election, in a way that was clearly meant to help him and damage his opponent, did not also include collusion with or cover-up by anyone involved in the Trump campaign and now administration. This may sound extreme, but if the gathering fog of suspicion should yield an actual connection, it would be one of the most egregious assaults on our democracy ever.
Trump stumping for AHCA? Democrats arena t worried.
The three-phase Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act is intended to end with massive political pressure on Senate Democrats, who’ll face a choice: Vote with them on individual replacement bills, or be blamed for the American Health Care Act’s implementation going awry. The crux of the theory is that 10 Democrats face reelection next year in states won by Trump.
Muhammad Ali’s son says he was detained again at airport
Muhammad Ali Jr., son of the late boxing legend Muhammad Ali, and his mother, Khalilah Camacho-Ali, who was Ali’s second wife, attend a forum on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 9, 2017, sponsored by House Judiciary Committee members Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., a leading advocate in the House for comprehensive immigration reform.
Trump-Clinton election campaign to get HBO miniseries treatment
… project, looking at the behind-the-scenes drama of Trump’s campaign, is also making the rounds in Hollywood, entertainment website Deadline reported last month. The announcement by HBO, a unit of Time Warner, appeared to mark the first of the …
HBO’s Game Change Team Will Tackle Donald Trump’s Election Victory With New Series
The 2016 United States presidential election was a long, drawn-out affair that culminated in Republican candidate Donald Trump winning the most electoral college votes and becoming the 45th President of the United States. Trump’s win was something that few people saw coming.
Katy Perry and America Ferrera to be honored by Human Rights Campaign
Singer Katy Perry, left, and actress America Ferrera will be honors by the Human Rights Commission at its 2017 Los Angeles Gala Dinner on March 18. Singer Katy Perry, left, and actress America Ferrera will be honors by the Human Rights Commission at its 2017 Los Angeles Gala Dinner on March 18. Katy Perry and America Ferrera will be honored at the Human Rights Campaign’s 2017 Los Angeles Gala Dinner on March 18. The two are being recognized for their work toward LGBTQ equality. Perry will receive the HRC’s national equality award, while Ferrera will be given their ally for equality award.
Mark Cuban fires his opening salvo at attempting to fix Obamacare
Billionaire businessman Mark Cuban pitched his own plan to fix the Affordable Care Act on Wednesday, amid the House Republican effort to unravel the law. He detailed the idea on his blog, Blog Maverick .
Does GOP’s health plan keep Trump’s promises?
The new House Republican legislation to repeal and replace -ObamaCare gives President Trump a chance to fulfill one of his most touted campaign promises. “My first day in office, I am going to ask Congress to put a bill on my desk getting rid of this disastrous law and replacing it with reforms that expand choice, freedom, affordability,” Trump told supporters during an October rally in Florida.
There’s An Obvious Reason Why Trump Has Gotten Some “Negative” Coverage
Recent media analyses have argued that President Donald Trump has received lots of negative news coverage since being sworn into office. But before his supporters inevitably seize on the findings to bash journalists as biased and unfair, there’s important context to keep mind: Based on the fawning over Trump’s address to Congress last week, the press is desperate to tell positive Trump stories — but the administration’s first weeks have created nonstop tumult .
CBS Silent to Pelosi on Fellow Dem’s Shocking Sex Joke About Conway
Given the chance to press Nancy Pelosi on her fellow Democrat’s shocking sex joke at the expense of Kellyanne Conway, the journalists at CBS This Morning on Tuesday punted. Instead, the co-hosts stuck to other topics as they talked to the House Minority leader.
Stephen King ridicules Trump over wiretapping allegation
Best-selling author Stephen King is proving he can cook up a short story about President Donald Trump in 130-character increments. King took to Twitter over the weekend to ridicule Trump’s claim that his predecessor tapped the phones at Trump Tower before the election.
SXSW: 15 Must-See Films and Speakers at This Year’s Fest
Speakers include Gawker found Nick Denton and the ‘Game of Thrones’ creators, while Terrence Malick’s new movie ‘Song to Song,’ starring Ryan Gosling and Natalie Portman, is the opening film. A year after hosting then-President Barack Obama, the Austin festival has a full slate of stars and talks by the likes of former Vice President Joe Biden, CNN’s Van Jones and more.
FBI director Comey cancels South By Southwest appearance
FBI director James Comey has canceled a planned address next week at Texas’ South By Southwest festival, citing scheduling conflicts that will keep him in Washington. Baker will be interviewed by Jeffrey Herbst, president of the Newseum, on Monday evening, during a portion of the festival that focuses on interactive technology.
New Obama books to be published by imprint of previous books
Crown announced Tuesday that it will handle each of the works announced last week by parent company Penguin Random House. Crown previously published Barack Obama’s million-selling “The Audacity of Hope” and “Dreams from My Father” and Michelle Obama’s best-seller about the White House kitchen garden, “American Grown.”
MKR’s ‘seafood king’ Josh savaged on social media
Trump’s inauguration – the OFFICIAL photos: The National Park Service releases dozens of photographs… so was Donald right to accuse the media of making his crowd seem smaller? ‘Obamacare GONE’: Republicans publish their plan to repeal The Affordable Care Act and replace it with tax credits – setting up an epic clash with Democrats Exposed, the truth behind the great health myths: From the five-a-day rule to eating oily fish once a week, experts reveal the common mantras that were completely made up Furious passengers dub the TSA’s new ‘invasive’ pat-downs ‘legalized groping’ as it’s revealed agents caught 79 people trying to get guns through security in one week ‘I sleep pretty good at night’: Casey Anthony tells how how her daughter Caylee would be a ‘rock music-loving badass’ if she were alive, six years after she stood trial for her murder ‘This is it.
Top Gear’s Chris Harris slated for acting like Chris Evans
Trump’s inauguration – the OFFICIAL photos: The National Park Service releases dozens of photographs… so was Donald right to accuse the media of making his crowd seem smaller? ‘Obamacare GONE’: Republicans publish their plan to repeal The Affordable Care Act and replace it with tax credits – setting up an epic clash with Democrats Exposed, the truth behind the great health myths: From the five-a-day rule to eating oily fish once a week, experts reveal the common mantras that were completely made up Furious passengers dub the TSA’s new ‘invasive’ pat-downs ‘legalized groping’ as it’s revealed agents caught 79 people trying to get guns through security in one week Casey Anthony speaks out: America’s most hated mom wistfully imagines how her murdered daughter Caylee would be a ‘badass’ if she were alive, says she ‘sleeps pretty good at night’ and calls herself ‘one of the unfortunate … (more)
1The Trump White House is totally changing its tune on wiretapping and hoping you dona t notice
Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events White House press secretary Sean Spicer on March 7 said President Trump has “absolutely” no regrets about claiming that President Barack Obama ordered a wiretap on him. Trump has not provided any evidence for the claims.
Janelle Monae tweets about period blood, takes on haters
PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: You know that I want you! Lady Gaga gives new boyfriend Christian Carino a lingering kiss… while he offers her his jacket on night out ‘Obamacare GONE’: Republicans publish their plan to repeal The Affordable Care Act, replace it with tax credits and SCRAP penalties for not having insurance- setting up an epic clash with Democrats Exposed, the truth behind the great health myths: From the five-a-day rule to eating oily fish once a week, experts reveal the common mantras that were completely made up Trump’s Oval Office eruption was aimed at his LAWYER – not advisers Bannon and Priebus – as the president blew up over handling of attorney general’s Russia recusal ‘The president, just for a moment forgot that he was president’: Ex-CIA boss Hayden tries to explain Trump phonetapping tweet frenzy Married animal rescue volunteer died while trying to help a lost DOG near a … (more)
Phonics found in children’s book dating from 1667
PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: You know that I want you! Lady Gaga gives new boyfriend Christian Carino a lingering kiss… while he offers her his jacket on night out ‘Obamacare GONE’: Republicans publish their plan to repeal The Affordable Care Act, replace it with tax credits and SCRAP penalties for not having insurance- setting up an epic clash with Democrats Exposed, the truth behind the great health myths: From the five-a-day rule to eating oily fish once a week, experts reveal the common mantras that were completely made up Trump’s Oval Office eruption was aimed at his LAWYER – not advisers Bannon and Priebus – as the president blew up over handling of attorney general’s Russia recusal ‘The president, just for a moment forgot that he was president’: Ex-CIA boss Hayden tries to explain Trump phonetapping tweet frenzy Married animal rescue volunteer died while trying to help a lost DOG near a … (more)
MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ Viciously Blasts ‘Fake, Reckless’ Trump
MSNBC’s ” Morning Joe ” program, which once fawned over a preening Donald Trump early in his campaign, denounced him Monday as “fake, failed and reckless,” and blamed the president for bringing the nation to a “crisis.” What had co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski so hot and bothered? Trump’s baseless claim that President Barack Obama had his phones at Trump Tower wiretapped during the presidential election.
Spicer meets the press. Again, no cameras allowed.
For the country’s most prominent political spokesman, Sean Spicer is not spending a whole lot of time in front of the camera. Monday was the seventh straight day that Spicer, President Donald Trump’s press secretary, declined to hold a televised White House press briefing, an unusually long drought for someone whose role is traditionally to be the most visible face of a presidential administration.
Chance the Rapper Donating $1M to Chicago Schools
Judging by their comments after the meeting between Chance the Rapper and Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner, it’s clear the two had far different sentiments. Mary Ann Ahern reports.
Forget Trumpa s wiretapping claims. Inquiring minds want to know about Barack Obamaa s tote bag.
Former president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama leave the National Gallery of Art in Washington on March 5. Google Barack Obama and tote bag, and the resulting mountain of merch starring the former president is nearly insurmountable. But there’s one tote bag in particular that caught our eye recently.
Trump signs new travel ban targeting those seeking new visas
President Donald Trump on Monday signed a new version of his controversial travel ban, aiming to withstand court challenges while still barring new visas for citizens from six Muslim-majority countries and shutting down the U.S. refugee program. The revised travel order leaves Iraq off the list of banned countries but still affects would-be visitors from Iran, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen and Libya.
Trump Travel Ban 2.0: Here’s What the White House Changed
Protesters assemble at John F. Kennedy International Airport after President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending all immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries in late January. President Donald Trump signed a revised travel ban Monday that will temporarily halt entry to the U.S. for people from six Muslim-majority nations who are seeking new visas, though allowing those with current visas to travel freely.
The truth about “Judge” Judy’s make-believe court
In this April 18, 2007 file photo, Judge Judy Sheindlin is shown at a party held by CNN celebrating Larry King’s fifty years of broadcasting in New York. After serving as a judge for more than 20 years in California’s court system, Joseph A. Wapner embarked on a career in the entertainment industry and what turned out to be a 12-year stint as the presiding “judge” on “The People’s Court.”
Trump tries again on immigrant ban
President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban will temporarily halt entry to the U.S. for people from six Muslim-majority nations who are seeking new visas, though allowing those with current visas to travel freely, according to a fact sheet obtained Monday by The Associated Press. Trump was to sign the new executive order later in the day.
Cuba’s Raul Castro blasts Trump’s Mexican wall and trade policy
Cuban President Raul Castro harshly criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration, trade and other policies on Sunday as Trump reviews a fragile detente with Communist-run Cuba begun by his predecessor Barack Obama. In his first critical remarks directed at Trump since he took office, Castro termed his trade policies “egotistical” and his plan to build a wall along the Mexican border “irrational.”
Beau Willimon calls for Twitter to delete Trump’s account
“House of Cards” creator Beau Willimon called for Twitter to delete President Trump’s account, calling his tweets “a national security threat.” In a 16-tweet rant Saturday, the show creator asked Twitter to delete President Trump’s account for the good of the country.
US politics ripe for West Wing revival, says Janney
The West Wing wrapped in 2006 after seven seasons having forged a close relationship with the White House and counting former US President Bill Clinton among its biggest fans. ‘It would be just a great time for West Wing now, for whoever is disillusioned by what’s going on today.”
‘SNL’ turns McKinnon’s Sessions into Forrest Gump
The NBC variety series opened its latest episode with Kate McKinnon stepping in as Sessions, and turned the former senator from Alabama into the Tom Hanks’ character Forrest Gump from the 1994 hit film. “Hello, my name’s Jeff, Jeff Sessions,” McKinnon’s Sessions, dressed as Gump, said with a southern drawl while sitting on a park bench waiting for a bus.
Trump hotel may be political capital of the nation’s capital
At a circular booth in the middle of the Trump International Hotel’s balcony restaurant, President Donald Trump dined on his steak – well-done, with ketchup – while chatting up British Brexit politician Nigel Farage. A few days later, major Republican donors Doug Deason and Doug Manchester, in town for the president’s address to Congress, sipped coffee at the hotel with Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif.
Beck Bennett as Vladimir Putin and Kate McKinnon as Jeff Sessions on Saturday Night Live March 4.
Kate McKinnon provided the most memorable political impressions of the night – far from the first time she’s done so – on Saturday as Saturday Night Live returned with its first live episode in three weeks. “Hello.
5Rep. Cedric Richmond apologizes to Kellyanne Conway over sofa joke
Rep. Cedric L. Richmond on Sunday night apologized for a joke he made at a media dinner about White House adviser Kellyanne Conway, who stirred controversy when a picture showed her kneeling on a sofa in the Oval Office as she took a picture of a group gathered there. Richmond’s joke, delivered at a Wednesday night awards dinner at which lawmakers of both parties delivered funny monologues, was interpreted by many as having sexual overtones, although the Louisiana Democrat insisted on Thursday morning that that wasn’t his meaning.
Sunday Morning Bobblehead Thread
I don’t know about you guys, but I’m guessing that the walls are starting to feel very close to Donald Trump. They’re gold-leafed, obviously, but still they’re closing in.
Alabama Theater Nixes ‘Beauty And The Beast’ Remake Over Gay Character
… this move. “An online petition started Thursday created to send a strong message to Disney that children’s entertainment is no place to promote a harmful sexual political agenda”, had exceeded its initial goal of 50,000 signatures by Friday …
Bill Maher Pitches Anthony Weiner to Liberals: – We Need OUR…
Bill Maher rallied the liberal troops Friday night, hoping to generate a little excitement on the left by summoning their own “loudmouth, kick ass New Yorker who is up all night on social media” aka Anthony Weiner or Eliot Spitzer. “If the new normal is a president who has bragged about sexual assault and walking in on naked teenage beauty pageant contestants and who has spoken lustfully about his own daughter and once said of a fifth grader, ‘I’m going to date her in 10 years,’ tell me again why someone like Eliot Spitzer is so terrible,” Maher said on Friday night’s “Real Time.”
No, Donald. Obama Did Not ‘Order’ A ‘Wiretap’
It’s clear that an agitated Donald Trump tweeted early this morning some pretty unhinged things based on a Breitbart article about a Mark Levin radio broadcast on Obama Wiretap Conspiracies! 9/11! Solyndra! Baby Parts! Sidney Blumenthal! How hard would it be to write “Trump repeats wire tapping conspiracy from Breitbart” as a headline instead of “Trump accuses Obama” CONGRESSMAN ERIC SWALWELL No. Protections are in place to keep presidents from doing what Donald Trump would probably want to do.
Trump accuses Obama of wiretap plot
President Donald Trump has angrily accused former President Barack Obama of orchestrating a “Nixon/Watergate” plot to tap the phones at his Trump Tower headquarters last fall in the run-up to the election. Citing no evidence to support his explosive allegation, Trump said in a series of five tweets sent Saturday that Obama was “wire tapping” his New York offices before the election in a move he compared to McCarthyism.
Ivanka Trump’s three-year-old son Joseph steals the show before trip on Air Force One
Watch out Prince George, it looks like there’s another three-year-old on the other side of the Atlantic stealing headlines for his cuteness. Joseph Kushner holds up a toy Marine One as his grandfather, U.S. President Donald Trump, holds hands with him as they depart aboard Marine One from the White House in Washington, U.S. March 3, 2017.
Trump accuses Barack Obama of ‘wire tapping’ his phones
PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: So, did Meghan catch the bouquet? Harry’s girl dazzles as she gives her prince a squeeze while he performs usher duties at his close friend’s wedding in the Jamaican sun BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump accuses Barack Obama of ‘wire tapping’ his phones at Trump Tower before he was elected president Do women REALLY want men to last longer? As a scientist invents a spray to prolong male performance, our fearless writers from both sides of the gender divide tackle a delicate question Pictured: The 15-year-old girl who was ‘kidnapped’ by MS-13, kept as a sex slave and sacrificed in satanic ritual because she ruined a gang leader called Diabolico’s shrine to Satan Aaron Hernandez’s murder trial is shown the SUV where the NFL star ‘shot dead two men over a spilled drink’ Transgender boy, 9, is awarded $18K and a formal apology after being kicked out of Scout pack ‘because some of … (more)
A first for women in Congress and the Cabinet on this date
Actor Ronald Reagan and his bride, actress Nancy Davis, cut their wedding cake after their marriage at the non-sectarian Little Brown Church of the Valley in North Hollywood, Ca., March 4, 1952. With them are actress Brenda Marshall, left, and her husband, actor William Holden.
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Today Trump’s Twitter account sent out an old photo of Sen. Chuck Schumer having a donut with Vladmir Putin and suggested it was time for an “immediate investigation.” [snip] On one hand, it didn’t take very long for the more mature tone of Trump’s joint-session speech to give way to this kind of mockery.
‘All-American’ Argentine faces deportation without hearing
Daniela Vargas, whose father and brother were picked up during a recent immigration raid of undocumented immigrants listens as speakers discuss the series of raids that also picked up other undocumented immigrants across th… JACKSON, Miss. – Before she was arrested following an immigration protest, Daniela Vargas loved to watch “Grey’s Anatomy” and dreamed of becoming a math professor and soccer mom, with three kids in an SUV.
L. Brent Bozell III:
One after another, the pundits hailed President Trump’s first address to a joint session of Congress as his finest speech, though the usual naysayers were quick to snarkily add that it was his only good speech. Yuk-yuk.
Trump declares ‘total’ confidence in embattled attorney general
President Donald Trump declared “total” confidence in his attorney general Thursday in the face of mounting calls for his resignation over undisclosed contacts with Russia during the US election campaign. Revelations that Attorney General Jeff Sessions met twice last year with the US ambassador to Russia – a direct contradiction of his Senate confirmation testimony – appeared to come as a surprise to the White House.
Trump declares ‘total’ confidence in embattled attorney general
President Donald Trump declared “total” confidence in his attorney general Thursday in the face of mounting calls for his resignation over undisclosed contacts with Russia during the US election campaign. Revelations that Attorney General Jeff Sessions met twice last year with the US ambassador to Russia – a direct contradiction of his Senate confirmation testimony – appeared to come as a surprise to the White House.
Sessions story takes different shape on different outlets
Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, March 2, 2017. Sessions said he will recuse himself from a federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 White House election.
How I learned to stop worrying and ignore Alec Baldwin
Alec Baldwin is back in the news again, something which has become a regular feature of cable programming these days. It seems you can’t turn on the television without seeing his grizzled countenance splattered across your screen.
Joe Biden: Attacks on news media, courts are dangerous
In this Jan. 16, 2017 file photo, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks during an event prior to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Biden defended the courts and the news media, saying attacks against those institutions are dangerous.
Trump getting better at using the trappings of office
President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, as Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., applaud. less President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, as Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., applaud.
Trump Moves to Become Master of His Own Messages
Trump Moves to Become Master of His Own Messages – WASHINGTON – He joked with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos after filleting him in public, brought up a recent “60 Minutes” episode with CBS’s Scott Pelley and shook hands with Jake Tapper of CNN, the cable network that the commander in chief loves to hate.
Fast learner: Trump gains skill in using trappings of office
President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, as Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., applaud. less President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, as Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., applaud.
Fast learner: Trump gains skill in using trappings of office
Most mornings, President Donald Trump gathers business leaders, union executives or others at the White House for made-for-television meetings meant to project the image of a can-do chief executive. Trump sits at the center of one of the White House’s ornate meeting rooms, offers brief remarks and invites assembled journalists to stick around to hear his guests praise his plans.
George W. Bush Pushes Back On Trump Border Policy: Immigrants Can Be Good Citizens
Former President George W. Bush pushed back against President Donald Trump’s work to deny millions of immigrants and refugees entry into America, saying such efforts would exclude many people who could someday become “good citizens.” In an interview with NBC set to air on “Sunday Today,” host Willie Geist asked Bush if he thought it were practical for the Trump administration to follow through on campaign promises to “deport millions and millions of people.”
Networks Caught Flat-Footed by ‘Disciplined’ Trump; ‘Profoundly …
Cue the sad trombone, folks. Despite the best efforts by Stephen Colbert, Bill Maher, Rachel Maddow, and other lefties, the “big three” of ABC, CBS, and NBC offered positive reviews of President Trump’s “profoundly different” Tuesday night speech to a Joint Session of Congress that “rested on words, including rebirth, hope, opportunity, and common good.”
Watch Donald Trump’s Address to Congress Here
Donald Trump’s first big address to Congress isn’t technically a State of the Union address, but it certainly functions as one. You can watch it in the embedded video above.
President Trumpa s first big address to the nation, annotated
Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events This Dec. 8, 2008, file photo shows the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Trump delivered his first big speech to Congress on Tuesday night — an address that in any other year would carry the title “State of the Union.”
Bush promotes new book, reflects on painting and the press
Former President George W. Bush says he didn’t intend to criticize President Donald Trump when he said recently that a free press is essential to democracy Speaking by telephone Tuesday with The Associated Press, Bush said he was simply responding to a reporter’s question about the role of journalism. Trump has referred to the press as the “enemy of the people,” but Bush said that it’s important to hold those in power “to account,” adding that power can be “very corrupting” and that it was dangerous to “fall in love” with power or fame or money.
Eliot Engel Hands Donald Trump a Win
On Tuesday’s episode of Man, We’re Really Going to Spend Time Talking about This, Aren’t We , New York representative Eliot Engel announced that he will not position himself along the receiving aisle to shake the president’s hand as he enters the House chamber Tuesday night for a speech to Congress. It will mark the first time in 29 years Engel has not followed his personal custom, during which time Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed disdain for handshakes, anyway.
Baker, Ivanka Trump talk opioid crisis NEW
Gov. Charlie Baker used a national television appearance Tuesday to promote the state’s efforts to combat opioid addiction and to appeal for bipartisan cooperation in polarized Washington.
Watch Tom DeLonge accept an award for UFO Researcher Of The Year
Ex Blink-182 member Tom DeLonge has been named UFO Researcher Of The Year. Watch him accept the award in the video below.
Buffett, who campaigned for Hillary Clinton, says he won’t offer…
Berkshire CEO Warren Buffett joins CNBC’s Becky Quick for a special edition of Squawk Box on Monday morning at the Nebraska Furniture Mart in Omaha. Warren Buffett, left, joined CNBC’s Becky Quick for a special edition of Squawk Box on Monday at Nebraska Furniture Mart.
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Sen. Joe Manchin III departs the Senate chamber Feb. 3, ahead of a vote. On Monday afternoon, Axios’s Jonathan Swan reported that Sen. Joe Manchin III had held an “hour-long off-the-record” session with the editorial team of Breitbart News.
To Trump, Milo, the Media and the Democrats: Bill Maher Is the Best Disinfectant
Bill Maher’s not new to this whole comedy game, but still, the liberal-minded soothsayer is making the news and making people think.
White House dismisses Udall plan to confirm Gorsuch, Garland to SCOTUS together
The White House is dismissing an idea from Sen. Tom Udall that would place both Judge Neil Gorsuch and Judge Merrick Garland on the Supreme Court at the same time, according to a White House spokesperson. The Democrat from New Mexico presented the plan Monday morning to Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, as well as to Gorsuch’s team of White House aides and former Sen. Kelly Ayotte, who’s been attending Gorsuch’s meetings with senators.
Kellyanne Conway: ‘I didn’t mean to have my feet on the couch’
Kellyanne Conway: ‘I didn’t mean to have my feet on the couch’ “I certainly meant no disrespect,” Conway said. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2m5zBUl President Donald Trump, right, meets with leaders of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Feb. 27, 2017.
The media implosion continues
For over four decades the media has created and in turn destroyed politicians . The result has been timidity and a necessary deference paid to members of the Fourth estate.
Exposing Trump’s shady management style
Ask Bernard Groupy, head chef for six months at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, where fancy and expensive Caesar salads are prepared from Parmesan cheese. One day, Trump stalked into the kitchen, screaming to Goupy that one of the guests didn’t like the salad and started haphazardly tossing lettuce and tomatoes, forgetting the cheese while shouting “this is how we make a Caesar salad from.”
Jennifer Garner meets with governors, promotes early education
Jennifer Garner, center, Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, left, and National Governors Association Vice Chairman Jay Inslee stand for the Posting of the Colors during the NGA’s Winter Meeting Saturday. The “Alias” actress kicked off her tour by meeting with top congressional staff on Capitol Hill on Friday, according to the Washington Post .
Get Rid Of The White House Correspondents Dinner
… Administration, I attended one White House Correspondent’s dinner. That was so long ago that the evening’s entertainment was a comedian that no one had ever heard of, but who killed that night: Jay Leno. This was also the notorious night that hooked …
Capitol Hill Buzz: Democratic women wearing white for Trump
Democratic women in the House are planning to wear white in honor of women’s suffrage when they attend President Donald Trump’s first address to a joint session of Congress. The heads of the Democratic Women’s Working Group wrote a letter to their colleagues Monday reminding them to wear white to honor the suffrage movement and also to “stand in solidarity with the women of our nation.”
Democratic senator floats long-shot plan to put Gorsuch and Garland on Supreme Court
Supreme Court Justice nominee, Judge Neil Gorsuch, right, meets with Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 27, 2017. When Donald Trump was elected president, it looked like the end of the road for Judge Merrick Garland, then-President Barack Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court.
How to watch Trump’s joint address to Congress
After a tumultuous first month and on the 40th day of his presidency, President Trump will give a prime-time address to Congress on Tuesday night. Here’s your guide on what to expect.
John Oliver Compares Republicans’ Obamacare Replacement Options to Thongs
“Close your eyes, dream of a better way forward. Now open your eyes and tell us what you came up with because we’ve got f-ing nothing,” said Oliver of an ad that vaguely discussed a new plan.
AP sources: White House to propose boosting defense spending
The American Academy of Pediatrics is highlighting marijuana’s potential harms for teens amid increasingly lax laws and attitudes on pot use. Actor Bill Cosby is set to return to a Pennsylvania courtroom Monday to ask a judge to bring in outside jurors in his criminal sex assault case.
Healing the great American divide one painful fracture at a time
Donald Trump has won the presidency after narrowly carrying a few states to put him above 270 electoral votes. But… Despite promising to release his tax returns in a televised debate with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump continues to show that… **NOTE: THE FORM LETTER IS BLANK.
Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama turn down a Dancing With the Starsa
Michelle Obama dances with actor Josh Segarra, left, and choreographer Sergio Trujillo during a student workshop at the White House on Nov. 16, 2015, honoring the history of Broadway. A former first lady’s to-do list usually includes a lucrative book deal, continued charitable works and a few paid speaking engagements.
Trump says DNC race was a riggeda against Bernie Sandersa s preferred candidate
President Trump took to Twitter early Sunday to declare that the race for Democratic National Committee chairman was “rigged,” saying that Keith Ellison, a candidate backed by Bernie Sanders, never stood a chance. Tom Perez, a labor secretary under Barack Obama, narrowly won the race over Ellison, a congressman from Minnesota who was endorsed early by Sanders, the senator from Vermont who was the runner-up last year for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Jennifer Garner stresses early education with US governors
Actress Jennifer Garner and National Governors Association Vice Chairman Washington Gov. Jay Inslee look at a document following Garner’s address to the NGA’s Winter Meeting in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017. Garner spoke about the need for early educaiton.
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The Bill Maher and Milo Yiannopoulos story has taken another turn. Maher, who recently took credit for YiannopoulosA downfall, is now the target of attacks after a video was unearthed Wednesday in which the now HBO host appeared to condone a sexual relationship between 35-year-old teacher Mary Kay Letourneau and her 12-year-old male student back in 1998.
Trump Continues His Unacceptable Attacks On The News Media
President Trump turned the power of the White House against the news media on Friday, escalating his attacks on journalists as “the enemy of the people” and berating members of his own F.B.I. as “leakers” who he said were putting the nation at risk. In a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference, Mr. Trump criticized as “fake news” organizations that publish anonymously sourced reports that reflect poorly on him.
Key Lawmaker Questions Senate Russia Probe After Trump Contacts
The Senate Intelligence Committee’s top Democrat warned the panel’s chairman over reports that the Republican worked with the White House to try to squash negative stories about Russian interference in last year’s U.S. elections, calling it a threat to the integrity of the top congressional probe into the issue. Senator Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat, said expressed his concerns to Committee Chairman Richard Burr, a North Carolina Republican, and CIA Director Mike Pompeo, warning that he could pull the plug on what has been the one major congressional probe with bipartisan support.
Obama returns to Broadway to see Arthur Miller’s ‘The Price’
Former President Barack Obama and his daughter Malia Obama have caught a new revival of Arthur Miller’s “The Price.” They attended the play starring Danny DeVito, Mark Ruffalo, Tony Shalhoub and Jessica Hecht at the American Airlines Theatre on Friday.
Tommy Chong says ‘stay high’ amid potential pot crackdown
Comedian Tommy Chong and his wife Shelby Chong attend Spike TV’s “Guys Choice” awards in Los Angeles June 7, 2014. After White House press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters Thursday that the Department of Justice “will be further looking into” recreational pot use, Chong tweeted, “Of course Trump is going after legal marijuana but like the failed Muslim ban it will be defeated in court.
Tommy Chong says ‘stay high’ amid potential pot crackdown
Comedian Tommy Chong and his wife Shelby Chong attend Spike TV’s “Guys Choice” awards in Los Angeles June 7, 2014. After White House press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters Thursday that the Department of Justice “will be further looking into” recreational pot use, Chong tweeted, “Of course Trump is going after legal marijuana but like the failed Muslim ban it will be defeated in court.
Poll shows Mark Cuban in surprisingly competitive position against Trump in prospective 2020 race
Billionaire business mogul Mark Cuban would be competitive in a prospective presidential race against President Donald Trump, according to a new poll. The poll, set to be released Friday by the Democratic firm Public Policy Polling, found that Cuban, if he were to seek the presidency and be Trump’s Democratic opponent, would trail the sitting president by a single percentage point.
Ivanka Trump hosted lawmakers at White House last week for meeting on …
It is unusual for the child of a president – with no formal role in her father’s administration – to host a policy meeting with lawmakers inside the West Wing. The White House official noted that Ivanka has been long been passionate about the issue and that it remains a priority.
OC Residents Demand Answers From Local Reps On Future Of ACA
CBS2 / KCAL9 CBS2/KCAL9 is part of CBS Television Stations, a division of CBS Corp. and one of the largest network-owned station groups in the country. CBS Studio City Broadcast Center 4200 Radford Avenue Studio City, CA […] OC Residents Demand Answers From Local Reps On Future Of ACA U.S. Reps Dana Rohrabacher, Ed Royce and Mimi Walters did not show up for the town hall.
Inauguration Singer Jackie Evancho Wants To Meet With Trump About Transgender Equality
Jackie Evancho, the singer who performed the national anthem at Donald Trump’s inauguration, is asking the president to meet with her and her sister about the need for transgender equality. Evancho’s sister, Juliet, is transgender and sued her Pennsylvania school district over its rule that students must use the restroom that corresponds with the sex they were assigned at birth .
What the Late-Night Lefties Get Wrong
When you make comedy subordinate to politics, the humor suffers. Once upon a time, late-night comedians told jokes.
Katy Perry targets May and Trump with politically-charged Brits performance
Pop star Katy Perry has taken aim at Theresa May and Donald Trump’s relationship with a politically-charged performance at the Brit Awards. The US singer introduced two skeleton puppets dressed as the US President and the Prime Minister as she performed her latest single Chained To The Rhythm.
New Yorker Writer, Bestselling Author Jeffrey Toobin to Keynote School of Law Scholarship Gala
WHAT : Jeffrey Toobin, staff writer at The New Yorker and senior legal analyst at CNN, will be the keynote speaker at the 13th Annual Texas Tech University School of Law Scholarship Gala EVENT : A senior analyst for CNN and staff writer for The New Yorker, Jeffrey Toobin will be the keynote speaker at the 13th Annual Texas Tech University School of Law Scholarship Gala. As an expert on the intersection of politics, media and the law, Toobin will provide a unique look into the inner workings of the U.S. Supreme Court and its influence.
Katy Perry’s backing dancer steals limelight at Brit Awards for…
As the Wide Awake hitmaker performed her new single, Chained to the Rhythm, one unfortunate dancer suffered a painful fall while dressed as a house Eyes were fixed on Katy Perry ‘s Brit Awards performance for all the wrong reasons when a backing dancer spectacularly fell off the stage. The background performer, dressed as a house, stumbled off the stage as the Wide Awake hitmaker performed her new single, Chained to the Rhythm.
Adele, Pearl Jam & Dolly Parton Contributing To Brandi Carlile Cover Album
Adele, Pearl Jam, Dolly Parton, and a variety of other stars are all contributing to a new tribute album to singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile titled Cover Stories. Former president of the United States, Barack Obama wrote the record’s forward. Also appearing on the album will be My Morning Jacket’s
New American Writers Museum shows off its Michigan Avenue space
Mayor Rahm Emanuel tours the new exhibit space of the American Writers Museum on Tuesday Feb. 21, 2017. The opening of the new museum is set for May 16th.
Conservative group cancels speech by Yiannopoulos
In this Jan. 25, 2017, file photo, Milo Yiannopoulos speaks on campus in the Mathematics building at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colo. Right-wing provocateur Yiannopoulos was trying to clarify past comments on relationships between boys and older men after a conservative site posted a collection of edited video clips that set social media abuzz.
Mar-a-Lago: Trump’s Winter White House takes over Palm Beach
President Donald Trump, a newcomer to the White House, is still developing his relationship with the people of Washington. But that’s far from the case with the people of Palm Beach — now the location of his so-called Winter White House — the long spit of land off Florida’s East Coast that the real estate mogul has been frequenting for decades.
Trump’s promises hit Washington reality in first month
President Donald Trump is facing a humbling prospect: The same Washington buzzsaw that frustrated his 44 predecessors can pose significant hurdles for him as well. In his first month in office, Trump has found the vast government machine can’t be reset at a president’s whim with the same ease that an executive can manage a business.
Trump seeks national security adviser, health care strategy
President Donald Trump’s holiday weekend featured a raucous campaign rally, a health care strategy session, interviews for a new national security adviser – and even a few holes of golf. Trump brought four contenders to his private club Mar-a-Lago club in Florida on Sunday as he seeks a replacement for retired Gen.
Moonlight outshines La La Land at Writers Guild of America Awards
Moonlight has beaten Oscars favourite La La Land to win the top honour at the Writers Guild of America Awards. The film’s writer and director Barry Jenkins won best original screenplay for the drama about a young gay black man coming of age in Miami.
Donald Trump Literally Trolled on FOX’s ‘The Simpsons’
Without question, Donald Trump has been portrayed on virtually every media outlet for the past two years, mostly in bad taste. The trend continues on FOX’s The Simpsons .
Trump’s search for a national security adviser sums up his biggest challenges so far
President Donald Trump’s next national security adviser will serve as his eyes and ears to crises that pop up all over the globe – and be thrust into the center of the White House’s biggest firestorms too. Amid the fallout over the firing of the first person to hold the post, Michael Flynn, the president has escalated his war with the media, questions have mounted about Trump associates’ ties to Russia, and his top pick to replace Flynn backed away, making it known he was concerned about how much autonomy he would have.
Trump’s reluctant dismissals could alter White House
Though Donald Trump fashions himself a loyal boss, his inner circle has been steadily shrinking – revealing Trump’s willingness to cast aside some of his most devoted advisers. This week, National Security Adviser Michael Flynn was added to the list of Trump’s left-behind loyalists.
Trump steps up security aide search, focuses on health care
President Donald Trump on Sunday was stepping up his search for a national security adviser, with several interviews on tap, and focusing on health care in talks with his health and budget chiefs, while his team pushed back against depictions of a young administration in disarray. His chief of staff used appearances on the Sunday news shows to echo his boss’ complaints about media coverage of the White House and cited what he said were multiple accomplishments in the first few weeks of the Trump presidency.
Eleanor Tomlinson flashes cleavage in plunging gown at LFW
Inside the $11m Kim Kardashian heist crime scene: Chilling images emerge of a gag used to silence star and ripped tape used to bind her as suspects are filmed at a cafe three miles from Paris hotel I did NOT make up a terror attack in Sweden! Trump cites Fox News report as he hits back in feud with Scandinavian nation and insists he was talking about immigration ‘Take it seriously’: White House chief of staff says Trump wasn’t kidding when he called the press ‘the enemy of the American people’ It’s open season on illegal immigrants: Trump declares that ANYONE in the US illegally can be deported, regardless of whether they’ve committed a crime Does Trump have ‘cabin fever’? Report claims the President is complaining that living cooped up in the White House is giving him headaches Fears for troubled pop idol David Cassidy as he appears on stage ‘drunk’ struggles to remember his songs, … (more)
Trump steps up security aide search, focuses on health care
President Donald Trump on Sunday was stepping up his search for a national security adviser, with several interviews on tap, and focusing on health care in talks with his health and budget chiefs, while his team pushed back against depictions of a young administration in disarray. His chief of staff used appearances on the Sunday news shows to echo his boss’ complaints about media coverage of the White House and cited what he said were multiple accomplishments in the first few weeks of the Trump presidency.
‘A natural outgrowth of America electing a reality show…
As an entertainer, Donald Trump couldn’t always keep the media’s attention. As president, entertainment sites can’t stop writing about him.
Donald Trumpa s War on Facts
… the fish was this big, with his hands wide apart, the actual size of the fish isn’t what’s important, it’s the entertainment of the listeners.” Jeff Hancock , Stanford University studies of deception and technology. A concept known as “politically …
Police: Man Fatally Shot During Fight at Complex
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Yiannopoulos, Wilmore go head-to-head on ‘Maher’
It was later, during an online-only “Overtime” segment of Maher’s Friday night show, that two of Maher’s three panelists hurled expletives at the Breitbart News senior editor. Maher’s booking of Yiannopoulos, author of the upcoming book “Dangerous,” drew attention earlier this week when journalist Jeremy Scahill backed out of the show because of his “hateful diatribes.”
Milo Yiannopoulos, Larry Wilmore go head-to-head on ‘Maher’
While conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos insulted comics Lena Dunham, Leslie Jones, Amy Schumer and Sarah Silverman, his appearance on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” was relatively tame – at least until the cameras were turned off.
Trump’s two-year presidency
My “good” prediction is based on the Law of the Pendulum. Enough Americans, including most independent voters, will be so ready to shed Donald Trump and his little shop of horrors that the 2018 midterm elections are all but certain to be a landslide – no, make that a mudslide – sweep of the House and Senate.
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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has reassigned a majority of the staff meant to work most closely with the top US diplomat in what career officials at the State Department fear is the start of a major reorganization. The news sent shock waves through the agency and has left career officials on edge, in part because of its abrupt nature — taking place before their assignments end this summer and replacements have been found — and in part because these officials help the secretary, a government novice, work with policy experts throughout the building.
Perez and Ellison pick up more labor endorsements in DNC race
Supporters of Rep. Keith Ellison and former labor secretary Tom Perez, candidates for Democratic National Committee chair, attend a Feb. 11 forum in Baltimore. The president of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union has endorsed former labor secretary Tom Perez’s campaign to chair the Democratic National Committee.
Designer Tracy Reese, left, instructs models before the presentation…
Designer Tracy Reese, left, instructs models before the presentation of her collection at Fashion Week in New York, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017. Designer Tracy Reese, left, instructs models before the presentation of her collection at Fashion Week in New York, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017.
The Turtles Lose Case Over Rights To Their Oldies In New York
Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan, known for co-writing the hit “Happy Together” in the ’60s during their time in The Turtles, have spent the past several years fighting a byzantine battle for the rights to get paid for their music being played by digital broadcasters, filing putative class actions in California, New York and Florida on behalf of artists with similar questions around their own catalogs. At issue is whether Volman and Kaylan, jointly represented in court under the name Flo & Eddie Inc. , are due royalties from broadcasters for playing the music they recorded prior to 1972.
Sarah Dunsey’s parents make emotional plea to get her back
Donald in denial: My White House is a finely tuned machine Trump’s choice to replace fired Mike Flynn TURNS HIM DOWN as national security advisor position remains vacant for now ‘This is what it’s like to be with Trump’: President ‘made’ Gov. Chris Christie eat meatloaf during lunch at the White House ‘Here’s another beauty’: Donald Trump has a dig at the BBC again in heated back-and-forth with ‘impartial free and fair’ reporter during White House press conference Trump says the greatest thing he could do politically would be to shoot the Russian spy ship off the U.S. coast – but says it would be ‘not great’ and warns a nuclear holocaust would be ‘like no other’ ‘He’s been invited several times’: Live With Kelly executive says Regis Philbin WAS asked to be a guest after he retired and even appeared on 2015 episode Mark Zuckerberg’s plan to save the world: Facebook founder reveals his … (more)
Hillary Clinton Spotted With SNL’s Kate McKinnon at New York…
She’s out of the woods and in New York to catch a Broadway show. So, why not invite her “Saturday Night Live” likeness to dinner? Hillary Clinton was spotted dining out with SNL’s Kate McKinnon on Wednesday night before she headed out to see Glenn Close in the musical, “Sunset Boulevard,” according to a Page Six report that was published on Thursday night.
Mika Brzezinski puts mansion on sale for $2million
Mika’s moving on: Morning Joe co-host puts her New York mansion on sale for $2million after divorcing her husband The MSNBC presenter’s three-storey home, on a third of an acre of land, has six bedrooms and four bathrooms Morning news anchor Mika Brzezinski has put the New York mansion she bought with her ex husband on the market. The 102 year old Tudor-style home in Bronxville is on sale for a cool $2.09 million, $200,000 more than she and former spouse James Hoffer paid for it in 2012.
Serial killer
Kala Brown remembers Charlie Carver as a “wonderful person,” she said – someone who “lived his life to make others smile.” “If Charlie couldn’t make somebody smile, his day wasn’t complete,” Brown said during an interview for the “Dr. Phil” show .
Harrison Ford involved in – potentially serious’ plane…
Star Wars actor Harrison Ford landed himself in some hot water with the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA is investigating Ford after he landed his own plane on the wrong runway at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, which put him near a full passenger plane.
Getting Rich Off Left-Wing ActivismBy Eleanor Clift
With business up and people outraged by President Trump, Left Action founder John Hlinko has purchased a Georgetown home to serve as ‘the path of most resistance.’ They could afford the historic Tudor-style residence in Washington’s tony Georgetown thanks to Donald Trump ‘s candidacy and the traffic it generates to Left Action, a hub for progressive causes founded by Hlinko, a wannabe stand-up comic who is finding that left-wing activism in the Trump age can be a lucrative calling.
Book review: He’s been called – the Rust Belt anger
Here is J.D. Vance, a long way from Middletown, Ohio, arriving at the gilded Fifth Avenue temple of the University Club, a massive pile of excess born of robber-baron lucre and standing in the shadow of its glass-and-steel successor, Trump Tower. Vance has no tie.
Office of Government Ethics asks White House to investigate Kellyanne Conway
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Report: Harrison Ford has jet run-in at California airport
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Lawyer to panel: No promises to ‘Making a Murderer’ inmate
State attorneys are trying to persuade a panel of federal appellate judges that a Wisconsin inmate featured in the Netflix series “Making a Murderer” was properly convicted. Brendan Dassey was sentenced to life in 2007 in photographer Teresa Halbach’s death two years earlier.
The fall of Michael Flynn: A timeline
Gen. Michael Flynn arrives to deliver a statement during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington on Feb. 1. April 2014: Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn is relieved of duty as head of the Defense Intelligence Agency.
ISU community continues to make black history
Jaylon Joyner, left, and Ashley Shannon, right, celebrate as 2016 Homecoming Royalty, the first Black homecoming king and queen in ISU history. Jaylon Joyner, left, and Ashley Shannon, right, celebrate as 2016 Homecoming Royalty, the first Black homecoming king and queen in ISU history.
Three weeks and counting down to the next president
By Kathleen Parker WASHINGTON — Good news: In two years, we’ll have a new president. Bad news: If we make it that long.
Three weeks and counting down on Trump
My “good” prediction is based on the Law of the Pendulum. Enough Americans, including most independent voters, will be so ready to shed Donald Trump and his little shop of horrors that the 2018 midterm elections are all but certain to be a landslide — no make that a mudslide — sweep of the House and Senate.
Is Stephen Miller the most powerful player in the West Wing?
Stephen Miller’s new role as key White House player. A final sales pitch for endangered Obamacare.
Mark Cuban taunts Trump after the president attacks him on…
Billionaire business mogul Mark Cuban posted a series of tweets responding to President Donald Trump on Sunday after the president tweeted Cuban is “not smart enough” to seek the presidency. Trump wrote Sunday , “I know Mark Cuban well,” adding, “He backed me big-time but I wasn’t interested in taking all of his calls.
Host Alec Baldwin, a SNLa cast skewer Trump White House
Alec Baldwin, who has scored in guest shots on “Saturday Night Live” with his mocking impersonation of Donald Trump since the campaign’s final weeks, presided Saturday night as guest host of the NBC comedy show, serving up yet another Trump masquerade. In his spoof, President Trump made good on a tweeted vow to “see you in court” directed at the three Ninth Circuit federal judges who last week refused to lift a stay preventing his immigration ban from being enforced.
Review: Has SNL exhausted the Trump material or are they just exhausted
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Melissa McCarthy Returns To SNL To Promote Ivanka Trump’s Nordstrom Line
Alec Baldwin hosted Saturday Night Live for a record 17th time last night , in the middle of a season becoming known for his incisive impression of President Donald Trump. But the show was once again stolen by Melissa McCarthy , who returned to open the show as Trump’s not-long-for-this-world press secretary Sean Spicer.
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Senator Elizabeth Warren targeted by – Saturday Night Live’
President Trump has been a frequent target of “Saturday Night Live” in recent months – it’s become a cottage industry, practically, for actor Alec Baldwin, who hosted this week’s episode of “SNL.” Cast member Kate McKinnon was featured during Weekend Update doing a dead-on impression of the first-term US senator from Massachusetts.
Alec Baldwin reprises Trump on SNL in People’s Court skit
‘There was light terrorism at Nordstrom this week’: Melissa McCarthy is back as Sean Spicer – this time hawking Ivanka’s jewelry and shoes from the White House in SNL cold open ‘The US stands behind Japan, its great ally, 100%’: Trump and Japanese PM hold conference to denounce ‘absolutely intolerable’ North Korea missile test CBS anchor Josh Elliott ‘announced he’d been promoted and was leaving his show live on-air – but it was the first network bosses knew about it’ ‘Sorry I’m late, the reason I’m late is I’m going through a divorce’: United Airlines pilot is removed from flight after ‘ranting on the intercom about her marriage, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton’ Don’t text at the table, NEVER spear your food with the fork and avoid buying extravagant gifts in a new relationship: Etiquette guru reveals her top tips for Valentine’s Day A putt-ing miracle! Florida golfer uses his club to … (more)
Tom Arnold was asked to release racist Donald Trump video
‘The weight of the free world is on your shoulders’: Tom Arnold reveals Hillary Clinton asked him to release ‘racist’ video of Donald Trump ‘saying n*****’ just TWO DAYS before the US election Tom Arnold has claimed he was asked by Hillary Clinton’s camp to release a damning video of Donald Trump repeatedly saying ‘n*****’, just days before the election. The comedian’s explosive claims are set to be heard on Sunday night’s episode of Australian reality TV show I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! on which Arnold is currently starring.
The Sean Spicer Show draws large audiences to Trump’s White House
As you may have noticed these past 20 months, anything Donald Trump is TV ratings gold because, love him or hate him, so many want to watch the unpredictable rich man. During the campaigns Trump was out there almost every day for everyone to see and cheer and deride.
An end to bromance: Russia’s in love with Trump, right? Not as much as you think
The reporting on Russia’s reaction to Trump’s victory has been simplified and one-dimensional. It has sent otherwise intelligent people into a tailspin of conspiracy theories and, worse, a kind of new McCarthyism.
Polygamous families protest bigamy law at Utah Capitol
Holding signs that read, “I love all my moms,” and “If we were gay, we’d be OK,” the group rallied in the rain on the steps of the Utah Capitol on Friday afternoon. “I am not a criminal,” proclaimed Joe Darger, a Utah man who has three wives and helped organize the rally.
Conway Not Uniquely Dishonest While Representing Presidents Administration
CNN has grave concerns about White House senior adviser Kellyanne Conway’s credibility and even refused to have her on its Sunday show recently, apparently to protect viewers from her Jedi mind trick powers. CNN subsequently invited Conway to appear on the network, infuriating a chorus of liberal media critics who insist she must be shunned like a harlot in an Amish colony.
Bannon Sheds Light on Development of Narcissism in American Culture
Perhaps it’s just me, but a few weeks into the Trump presidency, between the tweets, executive orders, attacks and counterattacks, I feel dizzy. So I’ve decided to take a break from the daily barrage and try to find the signal amid the noise: What is the underlying philosophy of this administration? The chief ideologist of the Trump era is surely Stephen Bannon, by many accounts now the second-most powerful man in the government.
Ethics office website chokes under crush of visitors
Comic actor and concerned citizen Seth Rogen has been appealing to the Office of Government Ethics via Twitter. Traffic to the Office of Government Ethics website spiked as a result of complaints about White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway touting Ivanka Trump’s fashions in a live TV interview.
Assessor Of Property Marty Haynes Provides Reappraisal Update
Hamilton County Assessor of Property Marty Haynes announced that the first reassessment notices for the State mandated reappraisal were mailed today.
Trump Promises More U.S. Security Measures, Expects to Win Legal Battle Over Travel Ban
“We’ll be doing things to continue to make our country safe,” Trump pledged at a Friday news conference, adding that the “rapid” action will come next week. President Donald Trump promised Friday to take action “very rapidly” to protect the U.S. and its citizens, a day after a federal appeals court firmly kept his travel ban on hold.
10 Things to Know for Today
This Feb. 4, 2017 photo released by NBC shows Alec Baldwin as President Donald Trump in the opening sketch of “Saturday Night Live,” in New York.
Quick Hits: 02.10.17
Published: February 10, 2017 in Beyond the Carolinas Updated: February 9, 2017 at 7:38 pm ENGAGE: Write a letter to the editor Soulforce is seeking individuals who want to craft doves for their Altar of Life protest at the National Religious Broadcaster’s global annual conference in Orlando, Fla., from Feb. 27-March 2. Doves have already made an appearance at the Creating Change Conference held in Philadelphia, Pa. in January.
Donald Trump’s Weaponized Politics
… leaders and the cultural elite, including Wall Street tycoons and the insiders who run Hollywood and the entertainment industry. “He wants people to understand that he is aggressively going to combat anybody who seeks to do us harm, and he’s going …
It’s a Solitary Start to Life in the White House for Trump
Around 6:30 each evening, Secret Service agents gather in the dim hallways of the West Wing to escort Donald Trump home. For some presidents, the short walk between the Oval Office and the White House residence upstairs is a lifeline to family and a semblance of normal life.
Kellyanne Conway pitches Ivanka Trump products from the White House
… a family that has amassed billions of dollars in the fields of real estate, branding, retail marketing, and entertainment. Conway, who is Trump’s frequent defender on numerous television news shows, joined the Trump orbit in July 2016 and became …
Christie Hayes mocks Amber Sherlock’s Jacketgate meltdown
‘THE SECURITY OF OUR NATION IS AT STAKE!’ Furious Donald Trump tweets that he’ll appeal San Francisco court’s ruling as judges unanimously REFUSE to reinstate his travel ban Ohio State University student, 21, is shot dead and left near a public park just a day after she failed to return home from work and her car was reported missing Trump reaffirms ‘one China’ policy in call with President Xi in apparent move to soothe tensions over post-election phone call with Taiwan leader Hillary Clinton was ‘replaced on Vogue cover by Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner after election loss’ as fashion bible reveals it will cover Melania Trump moving forward CNN’s Chris Cuomo apologizes for saying being called ‘fake news’ as a journalist is the equivalent to someone using the ‘n-word’ as a racial slur Shocking moment 18-year-old serial offender is shot dead a fraction of a second after pointing his gun at … (more)
Katie Holmes shimmies in her fringed Marchesa frock in NY
‘THE SECURITY OF OUR NATION IS AT STAKE!’ Furious Donald Trump tweets that he’ll appeal San Francisco court’s ruling as judges unanimously REFUSE to reinstate his travel ban Ohio State University student, 21, is shot dead and left near a public park just a day after she failed to return home from work and her car was reported missing Trump reaffirms ‘one China’ policy in call with President Xi in apparent move to soothe tensions over post-election phone call with Taiwan leader Hillary Clinton was ‘replaced on Vogue cover by Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner after election loss’ as fashion bible reveals it will cover Melania Trump moving forward CNN’s Chris Cuomo apologizes for saying being called ‘fake news’ as a journalist is the equivalent to someone using the ‘n-word’ as a racial slur Shocking moment 18-year-old serial offender is shot dead a fraction of a second after pointing his gun at … (more)
Twitter Clowns Trump After – See You in Court!’ Tantrum
Donald Trump’s furious rebuke of the 9th Circuit Court’s decision on his travel ban is as angry as it is capitalized Can you threaten a lawsuit with a lawsuit? Apparently yes, and Donald Trump has done just that in response to the unanimous 3-0 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling upholding a lower court’s suspension of his Jan. 27 executive order banning travelers from seven mostly Muslim countries. “SEE YOU IN COURT” shouted Trump on Twitter in all caps shortly after the ruling was announced.
For Trump, a solitary start to life in the White House
President Donald Trump waves as he walks across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, after returning from a weekend trip to Florida. President Donald Trump waves as he walks across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, after returning from a weekend trip to Florida.
White House adviser ‘counseled’ after brand promotion
This frame grab from video provided by Fox News shows White House adviser Kellyanne during her interview with Fox News Fox and Friends, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington.
Conway’s endorsement of Ivanka’s brand may have finally gone too far, even for Republicans
Counselor to President Kellyanne Conway listens during the daily White House briefing, Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington CREDIT: AP Photo/Evan Vucci Standing in front of the White House seal this morning, Counselor to President Trump Kellyanne Conway endorsed Ivanka Trump’s clothing line and told the television audience that they should “go buy Ivanka’s stuff.” “It’s a wonderful line, I own some of it, I’m just gonna give a free commercial here, go buy it today, you can buy it online,” Conway said on Fox & Friends.
Today in History
On Feb. 9, 1942, the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff held its first formal meeting to coordinate military strategy during World War II. Daylight-saving “War Time” went into effect in the United States, with clocks moved one hour forward.
The Right Can’t Defend Trump’s Behavior
By now you may have noticed the difficulty many conservatives have defending everything President Trump does and says. I’m not just referring to the big policy moves, most of which conservatives can support fairly easily .
Major Media Remain in Denial
Since Donald Trump’s election, the major media have been trying to figure out what they did wrong, given their fawning coverage of Hillary Clinton and their anti-Donald Trump stories. Didn’t they help twice elect Barack Obama? Why didn’t the formula work this time? Mostly the media blame voters, talk radio and Fox News, never themselves.
Trump’s Continuing War on His Own Credibility
Asked about Melissa McCarthy’s portrayal of him on “Saturday Night Live,” White House press secretary Sean Spicer had some advice for the actress: “Dial it back.” May I suggest the president adopt that phrase as his administration motto? So far, Donald Trump has made it a practice to obliterate every known limit and pump up every grievance.
Kellyanne Conway broke ethics rules with ‘go buy Ivanka’s stuff’ message, watchdogs say
Kellyanne Conway broke ethics rules with ‘go buy Ivanka’s stuff’ message, watchdogs say Controversy erupts after a top White House aide promotes Ivanka Trump’s clothing line. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2kTqrdo White House spokesman Sean Spicer says top adviser Kellyanne Conway has been ‘counseled’ after she urged people to buy Ivanka Trump products.
Melissa Etheridge: Trump bigger threat to gay rights than Pence
Singer Melissa Etheridge says that she attended a same-sex wedding two years ago and Donald Trump was there. Looking back now, she wonders how the man who’s now spearheading a radical conservative movement made the cut.
CBS’ Charlie Rose to undergo heart surgery
The CBS News morning host said that he’s undergoi… Authorities say a man suspected in the killings of two women in Florida and one in Alabama has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and a female suspect has been arrested following a standoff at a west Georgia… Authorities say a man suspected in the killings of two women in Florida and one in Alabama has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and a female suspect has been arrested following a standoff at a west Georgia motel. Officials say tornadoes that struck parts of southeastern Louisiana injured about 40 people, destroyed homes and businesses, flipped cars and trucks, and left thousands without power, but no deaths were reported.
CBS’ Charlie Rose to undergo heart surgery
The CBS News morning host said that he’s undergoi… Authorities say a man suspected in the killings of two women in Florida and one in Alabama has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and a female suspect has been arrested following a standoff at a west Georgia… Authorities say a man suspected in the killings of two women in Florida and one in Alabama has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and a female suspect has been arrested following a standoff at a west Georgia motel. Officials say tornadoes that struck parts of southeastern Louisiana injured about 40 people, destroyed homes and businesses, flipped cars and trucks, and left thousands without power, but no deaths were reported.
Pelosi backs all-female SNL portrayals of Trump administration
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi appeared to endorse the idea of an all-female cast playing the roles of President Trump and his administration officials on NBCs “Saturday Night Live.” In a tweet on Wednesday, Pelosi linked to a Huffington Post article outlining women to play Trump, top aides and Cabinet members.
Pelosi backs all-female SNL portrayals of Trump administration
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi appeared to endorse the idea of an all-female cast playing the roles of President Trump and his administration officials on NBCs “Saturday Night Live.” In a tweet on Wednesday, Pelosi linked to a Huffington Post article outlining women to play Trump, top aides and Cabinet members.
‘Throwing Shade’ is the extra boost of comedic snark the Trump presidency requires
There’s a new weekly primetime talk show that doesn’t fit the mold. Instead of correspondents, it has sketches.
Randy Travis: I’m ‘damaged’ following near-fatal stroke
Randy Travis: I’m ‘damaged’ following near-fatal stroke Ahead of a star-studded Nashville tribute, the country icon reflects on past three years. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2kNvdsx Randy Travis contracted viral cardiomyopathy after a viral upper respiratory infection in 2013.
Franken makes weird sense as a 2020 presidential candidate
Ever since Donald Trump won the 2016 election, people have been asking me who Democrats could – and/or should – put up against him when, presumably, he seeks re-election in 2020. Why? Because the way Trump won was by casting himself as the ultimate outsider to a political system that lots and lots of Americans – in both parties – hate.
No separation of Church and Trump
In front of the illuminated pillars of the Supreme Court Building, the Rev. Patrick Mahoney and several other Christian activists are gathered together, waiting for President Donald Trump to announce his pick for U.S. Supreme Court justice – a seat left vacant for nearly a year after Republicans refused to acknowledge President Barack Obama’s nominee.
Judges hammer attorneys on both sides of travel ban case
President Donald Trump’s travel ban faced its toughest test yet Tuesday as a panel of appeals court judges hammered away at the government’s arguments that the ban was motivated by terrorism fears but also directed pointed questions to an attorney who claimed it unconstitutionally targeted Muslims. The contentious hearing before three judges on the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals focused narrowly on whether a restraining order issued by a lower court should remain in effect while a challenge to the ban proceeds.
Obamas join Richard Branson for private island getaway
In this recent but undated photo made available by Virgin.com, former U.S President Barack Obama, jokes with Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, during his stay on Moskito Island, British Virgin Islands.
Trump Supporters Fat Shame Lena Dunham Over Weight-Loss Comment
“By the end of Trump’s 8 years, maybe she won’t look like a land whale and therefore be thankful,” Twitter user writes Trump supporters have taken to Twitter to shame Lena Dunham after she said President Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 election has helped her lose weight. “Donald Trump became president and I stopped being able to eat food,” Dunham said Monday on Howard Stern’s SiriusXM radio show.
In this Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump …
President Donald Trump’s travel ban faced its toughest test yet Tuesday as a panel of appeals court judges hammered away at the administration’s claim that the ban was motivated by terrorism fears while also directing pointed questions to an attorney challenging the executive order on grounds that it unconstitutionally targeted Muslims. The contentious hearing before three judges on the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals focused narrowly on whether a restraining order issued by a lower court should remain in effect while a challenge to the ban proceeds.
Trump lashes out after Bannon report; ‘I call my own shots’
President Donald Trump talks with Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, center, and White House chief strategist Steve Bannon during a meeting with business leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. less President Donald Trump talks with Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, center, and White House chief strategist Steve Bannon during a meeting with business leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House in … more Alec Baldwin as President Donald J. Trump, Mikey Day as advisor Steve Bannon during the Oval Office Cold Open on “Saturday Night Live” on February 4th, 2017.
With Trumpa s Travel Ban on Hold, Iraqi Family Arrives in Nashville in 2nd Attempt to Reach US
Iraqi citizen Fuad Sharef Suleman and his family landed in Nashville, Tennessee, Sunday night to start a new life, more than a week after they were barred from entering the United States because of their country of origin. It had taken Suleman more than two years to receive U.S. immigrant visas for him, his wife and three children.
2California and President Trump are going to war with each other
Donald Trump speaks with Rep. Darrell Issa after a rally in San Diego during the election campaign. President Trump had harsh words for one of his most fervent opponents during the pre-Super Bowl interview with Fox News’s Bill O’Reilly that aired Sunday.
Canadian Media Ramps Up Attacks On O’Leary
The businessman and television personality just entered the Conservative Party of Canada leadership race and is already considered the front-runner in a pack of 14 candidates. He’s apparently selling the party memberships needed to win the contest and raising money more money than anyone else running.
2/06/2017
According to this eye-opening piece about the inner workings of the White House, President Trump isn’t reading his Executive Orders before he signs them. He was unaware that his adviser Steve Bannon had been named to the National Security Council and was angry at the blow-back he has been getting from the media: Mr. Bannon remains the president’s dominant adviser, despite Mr. Trump’s anger that he was not fully briefed on details of the executive order he signed giving his chief strategist a seat on the National Security Council, a greater source of frustration to the president than the fallout from the travel ban.
Ryan doesn’t rule out troops in Syria to fight Islamic State
House Speaker Paul Ryan suggested in an interview broadcast Sunday that he would support using U.S. ground troops in Syria if it were part of a comprehensive plan to defeat the Islamic State that’s due from the Pentagon later this month. “It’s in our vital national security interest.
George Saunders Gets Inside Lincoln’s Head
Seekers of Presidential frisson cherish the synchronous deaths of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, on July 4, 1826, a temporal thrill doubled by the date’s being the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Another eerie conjunction belongs to February 20th, which delivered to the White House, on two occurrences a century apart, some of the keenest joy and deepest sorrow to enter the building.
A 21-gun salute for Reagan on his birthday
There’s still pomp and circumstance reserved for Ronald Reagan . To mark his 106th birthday on Monday, for example, the Federalist Society will stage a celebration that includes a public debate at a bar in downtown San Francisco.
Opinion Activism On News Page: GOP Hurries To Slash Oil And Gas Rules
Reason #45986758677984232 that the Credentialed Media has lost trust, as the NY Times publishes what is essentially an activist opinion piece by Eric Lipton on page A1 of the Sunday NY edition. This might as well have been written by the office of Nancy Pelosi The document carried the title “A Roadmap to Repeal,” a concise list of Obama administration environmental regulations that a Koch brothers-backed group was pressing President Trump and Congress to quickly reverse after Inauguration Day.
Opinion Activism On News Page: GOP Hurries To Slash Oil And Gas Rules
Reason #45986758677984232 that the Credentialed Media has lost trust, as the NY Times publishes what is essentially an activist opinion piece by Eric Lipton on page A1 of the Sunday NY edition. This might as well have been written by the office of Nancy Pelosi The document carried the title “A Roadmap to Repeal,” a concise list of Obama administration environmental regulations that a Koch brothers-backed group was pressing President Trump and Congress to quickly reverse after Inauguration Day.
Trump’s Justice Department Fights Back As They Move To Overturn Judge’s Ruling
The Department of Justice officially filed an appeal late Saturday requesting that a federal judge’s ruling on President Donald Trump’s latest executive order on immigration and refugees be overturned. There has been a battle brewing ever since the election, and it’s only increased in effort since the inauguration.
Mark Shields: Mike Pence Betrays Republican Civility with ‘Democrat’ Slur
In his first television interview since taking office, Vice President Mike Pence , with apparent sincerity, emphasized to Judy Woodruff of PBS NewsHour just how committed he and the White House are to “working right now with the Congress ,” “working very closely with leaders of the House and Senate ” and earning “bipartisan support.” If Pence were sincere about reaching across the aisle, he would not be using insulting Republican code-speak to insult Democrats.
2President Trumpa s do-it-himself approach just suffered a big – and unusual – early setback
A federal judge in Seattle on Feb. 3 temporarily blocked the enforcement of President Trump’s travel ban. Here’s what you need to know about the judge’s ruling.
Gary Cohn Emerges From Trump Shadows Touting Dodd-Frank Overhaul
President Donald Trump’s economic policies have a new public face, and it belongs to a balding Wall Street banker barely a month out of the No. 2 job at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Gary Cohn, who left Goldman’s glass-and-steel lower Manhattan headquarters for a West Wing office with enormous potential clout, is taking on an expanded role as he fills a gap while the new administration waits to seat its Treasury Secretary.
1The Daily 202: More companies back away from Donald Trump under pressure from customers
President Trump and Vice President Pence meet with Harley Davidson executives on the South Lawn of the White House yesterday. THE BIG IDEA: Companies are caught between a rock and a hard place, with President Trump on one side and their customers on the other.
Personal battles of prominent women with Endometriosis
W hen a woman with endometriosis has her monthly period, the blood and tissue shed from the endometrial growth has no way of leaving the body, hence resulting in internal bleeding, inflammation that result in pain, adhesions and bowel problems. Endometriosis is an incurable medical condition in which the lining of the uterus transplants itself outside of the uterus to the lining of the abdominal cavity and other organs-causing bloating, bleeding and pain.
We need Black History Month now more than ever
During what he characterized as “our little breakfast” to celebrate Black History Month, President Donald J. Trump, without the least hint of irony, awkwardly praised Frederick Douglass, the nineteenth-century black abolitionist “is an example of somebody who’s done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more, I notice.” Trump’s language prompted immediate speculation that Trump might not know Douglass had been dead since 1895.
Colorado’s Doug Lamborn wants feds to spend less on…
Lamborn has introduced similar legislation before, but has a better chance for success with GOP control of Congress and the White House Big Bird of Sesame Street attends the 86th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 22, 2012 in New York City. WASHINGTON – As he has done in years past, U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn this week introduced legislation that would strip federal funding from National Public Radio and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting – two entities he described as “superfluous government programs.”
Colorado’s Doug Lamborn wants feds to spend less on…
Lamborn has introduced similar legislation before, but has a better chance for success with GOP control of Congress and the White House Big Bird of Sesame Street attends the 86th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 22, 2012 in New York City. WASHINGTON – As he has done in years past, U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn this week introduced legislation that would strip federal funding from National Public Radio and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting – two entities he described as “superfluous government programs.”
Hillary Clinton cheered at Broadway’s ‘In Transit’ musical
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton attend the Broadway a cappella musical “In Transit”, at Circle in the Square Theatre, on Wednesday, Feb.1, 2017, in New York. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends the Broadway a cappella musical “In Transit”, at Circle in the Square Theatre, on Wednesday, Feb.1, 2017, in New York.
Hillary Clinton cheered at Broadway’s ‘In Transit’ musical
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton attend the Broadway a cappella musical “In Transit”, at Circle in the Square Theatre, on Wednesday, Feb.1, 2017, in New York. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends the Broadway a cappella musical “In Transit”, at Circle in the Square Theatre, on Wednesday, Feb.1, 2017, in New York.
Here Is How NBC News Is Catering To Trump’s Presidency
A lot of attention in recent days has been paid to the Trump administration’s decision to freeze out CNN. Rather than focusing on why Trump is lashing out at CNN, a better question to ask is: Why does the Trump administration feel so comfortable with NBC and MSNBC? It was clear back in early January that NBC was building a Trump normalization machine when the network brought on former Fox News host Megyn Kelly, MSNBC brought on former Fox host Greta Van Susteren, and MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough started talking daily about his chats with the president.
Here Is How NBC News Is Catering To Trump’s Presidency
A lot of attention in recent days has been paid to the Trump administration’s decision to freeze out CNN. Rather than focusing on why Trump is lashing out at CNN, a better question to ask is: Why does the Trump administration feel so comfortable with NBC and MSNBC? It was clear back in early January that NBC was building a Trump normalization machine when the network brought on former Fox News host Megyn Kelly, MSNBC brought on former Fox host Greta Van Susteren, and MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough started talking daily about his chats with the president.
Trump Prays For Celebrity Apprentice Ratings At Prayer Breakfast UPDATE: Arnold Responds
At the usually somber event that calls for…you know…Presidential Humility and a bipartisan call for unity to face the challenging times ahead, Donald Trump told the faithful gathered there that nearly every other country is taking advantage of us and that hell yeah he was going to have to be tough with other nations so about that phone call where he hung up on Australia? “Don’t worry about it.” Oh, in case you don’t believe me, here’s the transcript of the President of the United States at the National Prayer Breakfast: The world is in trouble.
New film links McVeigh to far-right ahead of OKC bombing
It didn’t start out that way, but a new documentary tying various threads among far-right extremists and Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh serves as a history lesson and, indirectly, as a warning that something so horrible could happen again. “Oklahoma City,” directed by Barak Goodman, airs Tuesday night in PBS’ “American Experience” series after its premiere last month at the Sundance Film Festival.
Steve Harvey in talks with ‘Scandal’ fixer to reverse the damage
Embattled entertainer Steve Harvey is working to mend his image following on-air joke demeaning Asian men and an ill-advised meeting with the highly divisive President. A source close to the situation tells Confidential that handlers for Harvey have been in contact with crisis control expert Judy Smith, the real-life fixer upon whom the TV show “Scandal” is based.
Will Lady Gaga’s politics take center stage at the Super Bowl?
Lady Gaga says performing at the Super Bowl half time show has been a lifelong dream. But the buzz surrounding the performance lately has been all about whether or not the singer will allow her politics to take center stage at the show.
Bannon’s Power Spawns Fears of Frozen-Out Congress
Steve Bannon, and Kellyanne Conway, aides to President Donald Trump, are seen on the West Front of the Capitol after Trump was sworn in as the 45th president on Jan. 20. Whether President Donald Trump is honoring his Defense secretary, addressing reporters with the British prime minister or talking to a foreign leader in the Oval Office, his chief strategist, Steve Bannon, is never far away. Bannon’s casual blazers and tousled salt-and-pepper hair give him an everyman appearance, but lawmakers and experts are concerned the former Breitbart News executive and a few other top Trump aides are orchestrating an aggressive effort to consolidate power in the Oval Office.
Trump vows to repeal political limits on churches
The White House has issued a cryptic warning that the U.S. will act against Iran unless it stops testing ballistic missiles and supporting Houthi rebels in Yemen, but declined to say what retaliatory actions the… President Donald Trump says his administration has put Iran “on notice,” echoing comments from his top security adviser, Mike Flynn Eduardo Sanchez, spokesman for Mexico’s presidential office, denied the tone of the conversation was hostile or humiliating, saying it was respectful.
Trump vows to repeal political limits on churches
The White House has issued a cryptic warning that the U.S. will act against Iran unless it stops testing ballistic missiles and supporting Houthi rebels in Yemen, but declined to say what retaliatory actions the… President Donald Trump says his administration has put Iran “on notice,” echoing comments from his top security adviser, Mike Flynn Eduardo Sanchez, spokesman for Mexico’s presidential office, denied the tone of the conversation was hostile or humiliating, saying it was respectful.
Reality show comparisons in Trump announcement inescapable
President Donald Trump’s past life as a television showman provided an irresistible comparison for the media covering his nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court. Trump’s announcement from the White House on Tuesday had a prime-time slot with broadcast and cable news networks all on hand, genuine suspense over the choice and, finally, the big reveal when Gorsuch and his wife, Louise, emerged from a doorway at the host’s – make that the president’s – request.
The Liberal Media Didn’t Like Neil Gorsuch’s Mom Either
During a prime time address to the nation on Tuesday, Donald Trump announced that Judge Neil Gorsuch would be his pick to replace Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. While we will have to wait and see if journalists slime Gorsuch as some kind of “extreme” conservative, history tells us they didn’t like his “very controversial” mom either.
Obama fights back: Former president’s orbit resists Trump
Dismayed by the Trump administration’s first days, former President Barack Obama’s loyalists, former aides and even his spokesman are speaking out and even actively resisting the new American leader. It’s a warning to President Trump that his actions won’t go unchallenged by those who occupied the White House before him.
Roe v. Wade: How Trump’s Appointment of a Supreme Court Justice Might Affect Abortion Rights
President Donald Trump plans to announce this evening his pick to fill the vacancy left on the Supreme Court by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February of last year. Trump, whose position on abortion rights has shifted over time, told CBS News’ 60 Minutes in November that he is “pro-life” and would appoint individuals who hold the same position to the nation’s highest court.
Nazi Collaborator, Democrat Donor and Billionaire George Soros Behind (Past and) Latest Protests
This Soros connection, including reports of funding lawsuits to block the orders, begs the question: Are these protesters being paid to be there? Soros was interviewed years ago on CBS’s 60 Minutes where he admitted helping Nazi’s during World War II. He helped Nazis steal from Jews during the war.
Sundance 2017: Trump and the Politics of Film Festivals
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter may not be the ideal final note for the series but as long as Jovovich is up there doing her It’s a psychological and moral drama about how one man’s anger and damaged self-image drive him to the brink of destroying the very thing he “The Ballad of Narayama” is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens Molly Haskell speaks with Matt Zoller Seitz about “From Reverence to Rape,” “Love and Other Infectious Diseases,” “Steven Spielberg: A Life in Films” and more.
Drop The ‘Islamophobia’ Narrative
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers a statement on a deadly shooting at a Quebec City mosque, in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, January 30, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Wattie The unreal word of “Islamophobia” was all over the Canadian media on Monday as it covered the very real story of a Quebec City mosque shooting attack of the night before.
Kal Penn among celebrities to denounce Trump’s travel ban
President Trump’s executive order barring millions of refugees and citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from the United States has spurred a surge in donations to humanitarian and rights groups like the American Civil Liberties Union. The A.C.L.U. raised more than $24 million in donations from at least 356,306 donors since Saturday, the first full day of the immigration ban, said Anthony D. Romero, the organization’s executive director.
The Latest: Trump says hea s made his Supreme Court choice
President Donald Trump says he will announce his pick for the Supreme Court on Tuesday night. Trump tweeted Monday that he has “made my decision” and will announce it Tuesday at 8 p.m. President Barack Obama had nominated Merrick Garland for the post, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refused to take up the nomination.
Essential Politics: After two days of protests, what’s next for Trump’s refugee order?
Thousands of Americans turned out to protest this weekend, including in the Golden State’s major cities. They came out in response to an executive order President Trump signed Friday that barred refugees from seven countries from entering the United States.
Roe v. Wade play in DC as landmark abortion case in the news
In this image provided by C. Stanley Photography via Arena Stage, this Jan. 12, 2017 photo shows Sara Bruner portraying Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff in the landmark Supreme Court case about abortion, Roe v. Wade, and Sarah Jane Agnew portraying attorney Sarah Weddington.
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Protesters assemble at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Jan. 28 after earlier in the day two Iraqi refugees were detained while trying to enter the country. A trio of Republican senators who occupy prominent positions on Capitol Hill expressed concern Sunday afternoon about President Trump’s executive order banning refugees and barring citizens of seven mostly Muslim countries – commenting on Trump’s move two days after the fact and in the wake of an explosive public outcry.
Trump asked Rudy Giuliani for a ‘Muslim ban’ and ordered a commission to do it ‘legally’
President-elect Donald Trump and former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani exit the clubhouse following their meeting at Trump International Golf Club, November 20, 2016 in Bedminster Township, New Jersey. Trump and his transition team are in the process of filling cabinet and other high level positions for the new administration.
The Latest: Notre Dame head calls on Trump to rescind ban
On Friday, Jan. 27, President Donald Trump signed an ex… . Protesters assemble at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 after two Iraqi refugees were detained while trying to enter the country.
The Latest: Notre Dame head calls on Trump to rescind ban
On Friday, Jan. 27, President Donald Trump signed an ex… . Protesters assemble at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 after two Iraqi refugees were detained while trying to enter the country.
The Latest: Trump praises US service members in Yemen raids
British Prime Minister Theresa May has criticized President Donald Trump’s order temporarily banning refugees from entering the United States The head of the University of Notre Dame is calling on President Donald Trump to rescind his restrictions on refugees entering the United States California regulators face a daunting task: By January, they must create regulations that will govern the state’s $7 billion legal marijuana market California regulators face a daunting task: By January, they must create regulations that will govern the state’s $7 billion legal marijuana market Liberals are digging in for a long battle against President Donald Trump and the GOP and trying to harness the energy of recent activism Liberals are digging in for a long battle against President Donald Trump and the GOP and trying to harness the energy of recent activism South Dakota legislators are set to … (more)
The Latest: Trump praises US service members in Yemen raids
British Prime Minister Theresa May has criticized President Donald Trump’s order temporarily banning refugees from entering the United States The head of the University of Notre Dame is calling on President Donald Trump to rescind his restrictions on refugees entering the United States California regulators face a daunting task: By January, they must create regulations that will govern the state’s $7 billion legal marijuana market California regulators face a daunting task: By January, they must create regulations that will govern the state’s $7 billion legal marijuana market Liberals are digging in for a long battle against President Donald Trump and the GOP and trying to harness the energy of recent activism Liberals are digging in for a long battle against President Donald Trump and the GOP and trying to harness the energy of recent activism South Dakota legislators are set to … (more)
The Latest: Iran summons Swiss envoy over US ban
On Friday, Jan. 27, President Donald Trump signed an ex… . Protesters assemble at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 after two Iraqi refugees were detained while trying to enter the country.
The Latest: UK opposition leader calls for Trump visit delay
On Friday, Jan. 27, President Donald Trump signed an ex… . Protesters assemble at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 after two Iraqi refugees were detained while trying to enter the country.
Protests erupt over travel ban
President Donald Trump’s travel ban barring citizens of seven predominantly Muslim nations entry into the U.S. has sparked protests around the country Saturday night and early Sunday morning. At Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, about 3,000 protesters holding signs and chanting “no hatred, no fear, immigrants are welcome here” and “let them in” gathered Saturday evening and continued demonstrating into early Sunday morning.
Officials say Trump, Putin avoided topic of sanctions
Officials say the thorny matter of U.S.-imposed sanctions on Russia didn’t come up during President Donald Trump’s first phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which suggests that the more difficult obstacles to warmer relations between their nations can wait. Statements from the White House and the Kremlin described the conversation Saturday in positive terms, the same tone used in White House accounts of other calls Trump made to world leaders.
Trump sets tougher restrictions on lobbying by officials
The document includes restrictions against lobbying for “Every appointee in every executive … President Donald Trump bars all refugees from entering the United States for four months _ and those from war-ravaged Syria indefinitely _ declaring the ban necessary to prevent “radical Islamic terrorists” from… A federal judge in New York has issued an emergency order temporarily barring the U.S. from deporting people from nations subject to President Donald Trump’s travel ban A family spokeswoman says that Barbara Hale, the actress who played steadfast secretary Della Street on “Perry Mason,” has died at the age of 94. Hale appeared in the courtroom drama on CBS from 1957 to 1966 and… A family spokeswoman says that Barbara Hale, who played steadfast secretary Della Street on “Perry Mason,” has died at the age of 94 Environmentalists are bracing for court battles over what they fear will … (more)
Malia Obama ditches Palm Springs for Sundance pipeline protest
Malia Obama ditches Palm Springs for Sundance pipeline protest Former first daughter was seen at screenings and a Standing Rock protest in Utah. Check out this story on thetowntalk.com: http://usat.ly/2jIjec5 Four days after her father left office, Malia Obama was seen on the main drag in Park City, Utah, Monday during the Sundance Film Festival.
Perry Mason Actress Barbara Hale Dies
Barbara Hale, who played secretary Della Street in the Perry Mason television series and movies, died Thursday at her home in Sherman Oaks, California. She was 94. Her son, the actor William Katt, said, “We’ve all been so lucky to have her for so long.
Malia Obama ditches Palm Springs for Sundance pipeline protest
Malia Obama ditches Palm Springs for Sundance pipeline protest Former first daughter was seen at screenings and a Standing Rock protest in Utah. Check out this story on Daily-Times.com: http://usat.ly/2jIjec5 Four days after her father left office, Malia Obama was seen on the main drag in Park City, Utah, Monday during the Sundance Film Festival.
New lawsuit against Baylor alleges 52 rapes in 4 years
President Donald Trump bars all refugees from entering the United States for four months _ and those from war-ravaged Syria indefinitely _ declaring the ban necessary to prevent “radical Islamic terrorists” from… President Donald Trump bars all refugees from entering the United States for four months _ and those from war-ravaged Syria indefinitely _ declaring the ban necessary to prevent “radical Islamic terrorists” from entering the nation Ken Hartle, who as a Navy diver during World War II had the grim task of retrieving bodies from ships sunk by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor, has died Ken Hartle, who as a Navy diver during World War II had the grim task of retrieving bodies from ships sunk by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor, has died The March for Life has become a familiar ritual in Washington after more than four decades, but this year, abortion opponents have political momentum on … (more)
Trump, Putin to speak amid GOP concerns on sanctions
The March for Life has become a familiar ritual in Washington after more than four decades, but this year, abortion opponents have political momentum on their side The March for Life has become a familiar ritual in Washington after more than four decades, but this year, abortion opponents have political momentum on their side Far from the cacophony enveloping Washington in Trump’s first week in office, the Iowa voters who helped him capture the state and the presidency last November give the president high marks for reversing eight… Far from the cacophony enveloping Washington in Trump’s first week in office, the Iowa voters who helped him capture the state and the presidency last November give the president high marks for reversing eight years of Democrat Barack Obama’s policies A Syrian whose family was the first to be resettled in America as part of the U.S. “surge” refugee program … (more)
Chicago police chief discloses he needs kidney transplant
A family spokeswoman says that Barbara Hale, the actress who played steadfast secretary Della Street on “Perry Mason,” has died at the age of 94. Hale appeared in the courtroom drama on CBS from 1957 to 1966 and… A family spokeswoman says that Barbara Hale, who played steadfast secretary Della Street on “Perry Mason,” has died at the age of 94 New Jersey prosecutors say they will not pursue a criminal misconduct case against Republican Gov. Chris Christie in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal New Jersey prosecutors say they will not pursue a criminal misconduct case against Republican Gov. Chris Christie in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson says he is on a waiting list for a kidney transplant because of a condition he has been dealing with for 32 years A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit against two … (more)
Jailed Navy sailor’s family hopeful after Trump tells Hannity he is considering pardon
Sadie Saucier’s heart skipped a beat Thursday night when President Trump mentioned her husband’s plight in an exclusive TV interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity. Trump was asked if he might consider a pardon for Kristian Saucier, the former Navy sailor serving a one-year prison prison term for taking photos inside a nuclear submarine.
Family slayings investigation leads to unrelated drug case
President Donald Trump’s announcement that he is taking steps toward building a U.S.-Mexico border wall was welcome news for voters who say they’re glad he is following through on one of his biggest campaign promises President Donald Trump’s announcement that he is taking steps toward building a U.S.-Mexico border wall was welcome news for voters who say they’re glad he is following through on one of his biggest campaign promises Ohio authorities say the investigation into the fatal shootings of eight people from one family led to unrelated drug charges against two people, including a distant cousin of the victims Ohio authorities say the investigation into the fatal shootings of eight people from one family led to unrelated drug charges against two people, including a distant cousin of the victims An Ohio woman whose 11-month-old son died from ingesting heroin has pleaded guilty to … (more)
Family slayings investigation leads to unrelated drug case
President Donald Trump’s announcement that he is taking steps toward building a U.S.-Mexico border wall was welcome news for voters who say they’re glad he is following through on one of his biggest campaign promises President Donald Trump’s announcement that he is taking steps toward building a U.S.-Mexico border wall was welcome news for voters who say they’re glad he is following through on one of his biggest campaign promises Ohio authorities say the investigation into the fatal shootings of eight people from one family led to unrelated drug charges against two people, including a distant cousin of the victims Ohio authorities say the investigation into the fatal shootings of eight people from one family led to unrelated drug charges against two people, including a distant cousin of the victims An Ohio woman whose 11-month-old son died from ingesting heroin has pleaded guilty to … (more)
Peeping Tom? No, I’m a crossdresser actually
‘A disgrace’: President Trump blasts SNL writer for targeting his son Barron and calls Madonna ‘disgusting’ for talking about blowing up the White House in interview with Sean Hannity Miami bows to Trump: Mayor makes his town the first sanctuary city to accept Trump’s demands as he orders jails to cooperate with immigration officials Donald Trump ‘called the National Park Service on the first day of his presidency to complain about inauguration crowd photos’ What if David Muir’s kids were kidnapped? Trump doubles down on his support for torture and praises waterboarding after grilling by ABC reporter Trump tells Republicans he could slap 20 per cent tariff on Mexican imports to pay for his wall – and White House says that’s just one of the options Trump could PARDON sailor jailed in ‘very unfair’ case for photographing nuclear sub’s classified areas – after his leniency plea cited … (more)
How Donald Trump changed the presidency in 7 days
Amid a torrent of action, disruption and protest, the new President’s moves on trade, immigration and foreign policy have honored his campaign promises — and dramatically reshaped Washington’s role in national and global affairs. Some things are clear at the end of this jarring week.
Britain’s May due in Turkey for talks with Erdogan
The March for Life has become a familiar ritual in Washington after more than four decades, but this year, abortion opponents have political momentum on their side The March for Life has become a familiar ritual in Washington after more than four decades, but this year, abortion opponents have political momentum on their side Far from the cacophony enveloping Washington in Trump’s first week in office, the Iowa voters who helped him capture the state and the presidency last November give the president high marks for reversing eight… Far from the cacophony enveloping Washington in Trump’s first week in office, the Iowa voters who helped him capture the state and the presidency last November give the president high marks for reversing eight years of Democrat Barack Obama’s policies A Syrian whose family was the first to be resettled in America as part of the U.S. “surge” refugee program … (more)
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The March for Life has become a familiar ritual in Washington after more than four decades, but this year, abortion opponents have political momentum on their side Far from the cacophony enveloping Washington in Trump’s first week in office, the Iowa voters who helped him capture the state and the presidency last November give the president high marks for reversing eight… Far from the cacophony enveloping Washington in Trump’s first week in office, the Iowa voters who helped him capture the state and the presidency last November give the president high marks for reversing eight years of Democrat Barack Obama’s policies A Syrian whose family was the first to be resettled in America as part of the U.S. “surge” refugee program believes President Donald Trump should help topple Syria’s regime rather than press to close off U.S…. A Syrian whose family was the first to be resettled in … (more)
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The March for Life has become a familiar ritual in Washington after more than four decades, but this year, abortion opponents have political momentum on their side The March for Life has become a familiar ritual in Washington after more than four decades, but this year, abortion opponents have political momentum on their side Far from the cacophony enveloping Washington in Trump’s first week in office, the Iowa voters who helped him capture the state and the presidency last November give the president high marks for reversing eight… Far from the cacophony enveloping Washington in Trump’s first week in office, the Iowa voters who helped him capture the state and the presidency last November give the president high marks for reversing eight years of Democrat Barack Obama’s policies A Syrian whose family was the first to be resettled in America as part of the U.S. “surge” refugee program … (more)
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On Jan. 24, President Donald Trump signed executive orders to advance the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines. Many celebrities have taken to Twitter to voice their outrage.
Scranton firm buys former Giant supermarket warehouse
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Did President Trump Parrot Fox News Report on Chelsea Manning?
President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Thursday morning to slam “ungrateful TRAITOR” Chelsea Manning minutes after Fox News anchor Abby Huntsman reported on Manning with the exact phrase on the network’s chyron. Manning had her sentence commuted by Barack Obama in his final days in the White House.
Trump to launch probe into unproven voter fraud claim
A spokesman said President Donald Trump will sign an executive action to commission an investigation into widespread voter fraud, raising the prospect of a federal government probe into a widely debunked claim and sparking alarm among experts and Democrats. White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Thursday that Trump would sign the order in the Oval Office but did not provide more details as to what it might entail.
Border Patrol chief out day after Trump border fence decree
The chief of the Border Patrol has left the agency that’s in charge of securing America’s borders with Mexico and Canada The Border Patrol chief is leaving the agency on the heels of President Donald Trump’s announcement of an ambitious plan to build a massive wall at the Mexican border and hire 5,000 Border Patrol agents Along the U.S.-Mexico border, President Donald Trump’s executive orders on border security and immigration seem more like a symbolic gesture of a new relationship between the two countries than a real deterrent for… Along the U.S.-Mexico border, President Donald Trump’s executive orders on border security and immigration seem more like a symbolic gesture of a new relationship between the two countries than a real deterrent for people to enter the country illegally President Donald Trump is making his first appearance before Republican House and Senate members since … (more)
Trump seeks investigation into unproven voter fraud claim
President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that he is ordering a “major investigation” into widespread voter fraud, raising the prospect of a federal government probe into a widely debunked claim and sparking alarm among experts and Democrats. Trump announced in a pair of tweets early Wednesday that the investigation will look at those registered to vote in more than one state, “those who are illegal and … even, those registered to vote who are dead .”
Today in History: Jan. 26, 2017
On Jan. 26, 1942, the first American Expeditionary Force to head to Europe during World War II arrived in Belfast, Northern Ireland. In 1784, in a letter to his daughter Sarah, Benjamin Franklin expressed unhappiness over the choice of the bald eagle as the symbol of America, and stated his own preference: the turkey.
6 noteworthy moments from Donald Trump’s first TV interview as POTUS
The 45th President of the United States gave his first interview since taking office with ABC News’ David Muir. During their talk, which aired Wednesday night, Muir and Trump discussed the U.S.-Mexico Wall, waterboarding, violence in Chicago, and more.
Cuba’s Castro Warns Trump to Respect Country’s Sovereignty
Cuban President Raul Castro on Wednesday said Cuba hoped to continue to normalize relations with the United States, but made clear the Trump administration should not expect concessions affecting the country’s sovereignty. President Donald Trump, before taking office, threatened to torpedo the still fragile detente between the former Cold War foes unless a “better deal” could be struck, without providing details.
Trump calls for probe into his own unsubstantiated voter fraud claim
President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that he is ordering a “major investigation” into widespread voter fraud, raising the prospect of a federal government probe into a widely debunked claim and sparking alarm among experts and Democrats. Trump announced in a pair of early morning tweets that the investigation will look at those registered to vote in more than one state, “those who are illegal and even, those registered to vote who are dead .”
Mary Tyler Moore reaction: – She’ll last forever, as long as there’s television’
“She’ll last forever, as long as there’s television. Year after year, we’ll see her face in front of us.”
Donald Trump announces – major’ voter fraud investigation
President Donald Trump tweeted early Wednesday that he is ordering a “major investigation” into voter fraud, revisiting unsubstantiated claims he’s made repeatedly about a rigged voting system. The investigation, he said, will look at those registered to vote in more than one state, “those who are illegal and even, those registered to vote who are dead .”
Global IP Protection Group Names New CEO
Inventing Nations vs. Nation-Sponsored Theft of Intellectual Property has appointed Evan Anderson, formerly INVNT/IP’s Director of Research, as CEO. As past Director of Research, Anderson is the author of the group’s cabinet-level briefing book Theft Nation: How IP Theft Drives the Chinese National Business Model, and its Effect Upon the Global Economy , which has been used to brief the White House, NSA, CIA, State Department, Department of Justice, MI5, MI6, GCHQ, among other top level executives in corporations of many sizes.
ABC News Deceptively Edits Ari Fleischer’s Praise Of Sean Spicer To Sound Like Criticism
I’m not going to pretend to know if Trump’s all-out war with the media is a clever strategy, evidence of incurable mental illness, or both. After all, I’ve been wrong about everything else for the past 18 months.
ABC News Admits To Editing Ari Fleischer’s Praise Of Trump’s Press Secretary To Sound Like Attack
White House spokesman Sean Spicer holds a press briefing at the White House in Washington January 23, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque ABC News admitted to editing an interview they had with Ari Fleischer regarding Trump’s press secretary that made it appear he was attacking him, rather than praising him.
Trump announces ‘major’ voter fraud investigation
President Donald Trump tweeted early Wednesday that he is ordering a “major investigation” into voter fraud, revisiting unsubstantiated claims he’s made repeatedly about a rigged voting system. The investigation, he said, will look at those registered to vote in more than one state, “those who are illegal and … even, those registered to vote who are dead .”
Obama ordered a long-imprisoned crack dealer to be freed. A masked gunman killed him first.
Damarlon Thomas had spent years looking for freedom – ever since he was sentenced to two decades in prison for selling half an ounce of crack cocaine. He’d nearly reached it, with a president’s help.
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton says he has prostate cancer
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton announced Tuesday that he has prostate cancer, revealing the diagnosis hours after collapsing while delivering his State of the State address the night before. The 69-year-old Democratic governor said he plans to finish the final two years of his term, during which he faces a unified GOP front after Republicans took control of the Senate and strengthened their House majority in November.
Anquan Boldin, others say communication is key in activism
Former U.S. Olympian Tommie Smith, right, speaks as NFL football wide receiver Anquan Boldin listensduring a sports and activism panel entitled “From Protest to Progress: Next Steps” Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, in San Jose, Calif. From left, former NBA basketball players Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Chris Webber and NFL Football wide receiver Anquan Boldin smile during a sports and activism panel entitled “From Protest to Progress: Next Steps” Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, in San Jose , Calif.
White House Doubles Down on Trump’s False Voter Fraud Claim
Trump’s assertion appears to be part of a continuing pattern for him and his new administration in which falsehoods overshadow his outreach efforts. The White House on Tuesday stuck firmly to President Donald Trump’s claim that millions of people voted illegally in the November election, but provided no evidence to back up his assertion.
Alec Baldwin to host ‘Saturday Night Live’ for record-setting 17th time
At the dawn of the Donald Trump administration, Saturday Night Live’s own “Trump” – Alec Baldwin – will be back as the show’s guest host for the 17th time. The NBC show said Monday that Baldwin will host the Feb. 11 show, a Valentine’s Day treat for viewers.
Donald Trump gets Sundance Film Festival fired up
Al Gore, seen at the New Climate Lunch Roundtable at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, said that “no one person can stop” progress that’s being made on combating climate change. PARK CITY, Utah >> At this year’s Sundance Film Festival, one topic of conversation has trumped all others – President Donald Trump.
Amid criticism, Comey remaining as FBI director under Trump
In this Jan. 10, 2017 file photo, FBI Director James Comey testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Comey is staying in his job.
Supreme Court declines to review Utah anti-bigamy statute
They were challenging the constitutionality of a little-used Utah statute that says bigamy is a third degree felony. They claimed the statute “infringed their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights,” and sought a permanent injunction against the state of Utah preventing enforcement of the law.
Watchdog sues Donald Trump over foreign payments to his companies
UNLIKE his predecessor, Donald Trump did not teach constitutional law before becoming president. Yet owing to some of his positions on individual rights, Mr Trump’s ascension to the presidency promises new opportunities for Americans to become more familiar with their founding document.
High court won’t hear ‘Sister Wives’ appeal 31 mins ago
The latest on the Supreme Court’s decision against hearing an appeal from the family on TV’s “Sister Wives” challenging Utah’s law banning polygamy. An attorney for a TV’s “Sister Wives” family says the U.S. Supreme Court decision not to hear an appeal of Utah’s law banning polygamy won’t end the larger fight by plural and unconventional families for equal status.
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Sister Wives Polygamy Law Appeal
Robyn Brown, Meri Brown, Kody Brown, Christine Brown and Janelle Brown from ‘Sister Wives’ on April 14, 2012 in Las Vegas. The provision bars married people from living with a second purported “spiritual spouse” even if the man is legally married to just one woman – The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it won’t hear an appeal from the family on TV’s “Sister Wives” challenging Utah’s law banning polygamy.
Major loss for ‘Sister Wives’
In this file publicity photo provided by TLC, Kody Brown, center, poses with his wives, from left, Robyn, Christine, Meri and Janelle, in a promotional photo for the reality series, “Sister Wives,” which aired in March, 2011. The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it won’t hear an appeal from the family on TV’s “Sister Wives” challenging Utah’s law banning polygamy.
Trump admin backs off pledge of immediate immigration change
White House press Secretary Sean Spicer speaks during the daily White House briefing, Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. White House press Secretary Sean Spicer speaks during the daily White House briefing, Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington.
new After womena s marches, can numbers translate to real change?
Deb Szeman, a self-described “homebody,” had never participated in a demonstration before hopping on an overnight bus from her home in Charlotte, North Carolina, to attend the women’s march on Washington. She returned on another bus that pulled in at 4 a.m. Sunday, full of people buzzing about what might come next and quipping that they would see each other at the next march.
Fox News cuts Stacey Dash loose, and her critics cheer
… segregation or integration. If we don’t want segregation, then we need to get rid of channels like BET (Black Entertainment Television) and the BET Awards, and the (NAACP) Image Awards, where you’re only awarded if you’re black.” The backlash was …
Alternative facts? Try blatant falsehoods
At the risk of mirroring the kind of hyperbole that is quickly turning Donald Trump into something akin to the nation’s first living caricature, has any newly-installed president ever sabotaged his own administration as the fledgling 45th president of the United States as done in his first few days? Surely the lowlight of this self-inflicted major surgery was a top aide’s use of the term, “alternative facts,” on a Sunday morning TV talk show to excuse the blatant lies trotted out Saturday by his spokesman who accused the media of under-reporting inauguration crowd sizes.
Late-night comedians ponder how to bring the funny to the Trump presidency
Late-night comedians ponder how to bring the funny to the Trump presidency Will a candidate who yielded plenty of comedic fodder require adjustments as president? Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2kjRBWQ Top comedians are processing the possibilities of a new president who provides a daily stream of potential material. Liberal comics, such as Bill Maher, are feeling disappointment, too.
Songs for divisive times: The soundtrack of the last few days was…
Yet this wasn’t the sour fruit of opposition research. The words are lyrics from two songs prominently featured in Donald Trump’s inaugural festivities: the Rolling Stones’ “Heart of Stone,” which played as Trump and his wife, Melania, entered a celebratory concert at the Lincoln Memorial, and “My Way,” the standard popularized by Frank Sinatra that accompanied the first couple’s first dance at an inaugural ball.
Al Gore Caught Riding In An SUV At Sundance Film Festival [VIDEO]
Former Vice President Al Gore was caught entering an SUV at the Sundance Film Festival where he debuted the sequel to his 2006 environmental catastrophe film “An Inconvenient Truth.” An undercover source for the website Climate Depot caught Gore on camera exiting a building in snowy Park City, Utah and entering a Chevy Suburban LT Saturday – the video was posted online Sunday.
Top StoryAfter mass turnout, can protests turn into political impact?
Protesters listen to a speaker as they fill the streets of downtown Los Angeles during the Women’s March against President Donald Trump Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017. he march was held in in conjunction with with similar events taking place in Washington and around the nation following the inauguration of President Donald Trump.
Juan Williams: Ethics cloud hangs over Trump
Barack Obama Juan Williams: Ethics cloud hangs over Trump Week ahead: Regulators await Trump’s ‘day one’ Ex-Clinton aide: Spicer should have resigned rather than lie MORE told CBS’s “60 Minutes” that he is “proud of the fact with two weeks to go, we are probably the first administration in modern history that has not had a major scandal in the White House.” To his critics, Trump’s failure to divest himself from his global business empire, including deals with foreign governments, is already a scandal.
Matt Damon says he’ll pitch clean water to Trump
Matt Damon took the cause of clean water to the Sundance Film Festival, where he said he’s hoping to pitch Donald Trump on the issue. Damon told The Associated Press on Saturday that clean water accessibility isn’t a partisan issue and demands “an all-hands-on-deck approach to solve this.”
Trump’s ‘War With the Media’ Raises Questions of Trust
Donald Trump’s “running war” on the media is continuing into his presidency, with statements over the weekend calling into question the extent to which information from the White House can be trusted. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Monday will hold his first daily press briefing at which he could face questions about a statement Saturday night that included demonstrably false assertions about the crowd size at Friday’s inauguration and a promise by the new administration that “we’re going to hold the press accountable.”
Matt Damon Says He’ll Pitch Clean Water to Trump
Matt Damon took the cause of clean water to the Sundance Film Festival, where he said he’s hoping to pitch Donald Trump on the issue. Damon told The Associated Press on Saturday that clean water accessibility isn’t a partisan issue and demands “an all-hands-on-deck approach to solve this.”
After mass turnout, can protests turn into political impact?
Deb Szeman, a self-described “homebody,” had never participated in a demonstration before hopping on an overnight bus from her home in Charlotte, North Carolina, to attend the women’s march on Washington. She returned on another bus that pulled in at 4 a.m. Sunday, full of people buzzing about what might come next and quipping that they would see each other at the next march.
Trump won’t release his tax returns because people don’t care, top adviser says
Kellyanne Conway, a senior aide to President Donald Trump, said Sunday that he has no plans to release his tax returns, a marked shift from Trump’s pledge during the campaign to make them public once an audit was completed. “The White House response is that he’s not going to release his tax returns,” said Conway, counselor to the president, during an appearance on ABC’s This Week With George Stephanopoulos.
‘An Inconvenient Sequel’ Clip: Flooding Predictions from the First Film Have Come True
One of the films that kicked off the first night of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival was An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power , a follow-up to former vice president Al Gore ‘s 2006 documentary An Inconvenient Truth . The film is another wake up call for climate change deniers who keep hitting the snooze button while the evidence of global warming is all around them.
Bill Maher says Trump voters are this one HORRIBLE thing
Well, I’m back to despising Bill Maher . Just when you think he might be slightly human, he removes all doubt.
Here’s how much it would cost to buy the White House
November 1962: American First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy kneels on the floor with her son, John F. Kennedy, Jr. , playing with a wooden toy figure, inside the White House, Washington, D.C. There is a rag doll on the chair behind them. November 1962: American First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy kneels on the floor with her son, John F. Kennedy, Jr. , playing with a wooden toy figure, inside the White House, 24th November 1991: American statesman George Bush, the 41st President of the United States, reading a Christmas story to his grandchildren on Christmas Eve at the White House, Washington DC.
Donald Trump Hits Hollywood At Women’s March, Rejoices Over Inauguration Ratings
There’s a dispute over how many people showed up for Donald Trump ‘s inauguration but today the President wanted to set the record straight about the TV ratings for the ceremony as well as hit Hollywood over the massively attended Women’s Marches all across the nation yesterday . Designated to at least partially set the media table for the rest of the day, the 45th POTUS took to his personal digital bully pulpit early Sunday morning: Watched protests yesterday but was under the impression that we just had an election! Why didn’t these people vote? Celebs hurt cause badly.
Commentary: Trump appears to be lacking emotional intelligence
Donald Trump is a legitimate president. Sure, there are many questions about the way the election was conducted last fall, and he did lose the popular vote.
Story of the Song | When Obama visited the Gong’s house
With Obama now a former President of the United States of America , it is a good time to revisit the time when he came to Jamaica and went to a place where many of the songs which influenced him were created – 56 Hope Road, St Andrew. Former USA President Barack Obama was high – in the air, that is – when he put in a late request to visit the Bob Marley Museum at 56 Hope Road, St Andrew, on his 2015 visit to Jamaica.
Chelsea Handler leads defiant, star-studded Women’s March at Sundance
Twenty-one degree weather and a steady sprinkle of snow couldn’t dampen the enthusiasm at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday morning, where an estimated 8,000 women, men and children took to the streets of Park City for a peaceful but potent Women’s March on Main. Organized by Chelsea Handler , the procession was one of several hundred sister marches taking place the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration, with other gatherings drawing hundreds of thousands of participants across the country and around the world .
Book review: Taibbi releases dispatches from campaign trail
There is a prophet in our midst! Well, more precisely, there is a prophet who writes for Rolling Stone magazine. And his name, as evidenced by his recently released “Insane Clown President,” is Matt Taibbi.
new Inaugural baker defuses a Ace of Cakesa controversy
It all began Friday night, when TV’s “Ace of Cakes,” Duff Goldman, tweeted side-by-side images of President Donald Trump’s inaugural cake alongside the cake his Baltimore-based Charm City Cakes made for Barack Obama’s second inauguration in 2013. The cake on the left is the one I made for President Obama’s inauguration 4 years ago.
Sundance filmmakers and local businesses steel for anti-Trump march
Snowy streets greet Sundance Film Festival guests as Park City, Utah, prepares for Saturday’s star-studded protest march “Eight years ago was an amazing day,” said Emmy-winning film producer Julie Goldman on a palpably subdued inauguration morning at the Sundance Film Festival . “Today is the opposite.”
Arlene Phillips is invited BACK to front up a new show
President Trump is joined on stage by Melania and the new First Family as they sing and dance to ‘My Way’ at the inaugural balls Melania, Ivanka and Tiffany Trump all dazzle in their inaugural ball gowns – as it’s revealed the First Lady helped design her ivory off-shoulder dress Trump gets to work: Donald enters the Oval Office for the first time as President and immediately signs executive order marking the beginning of the end of Obamacare Trump singer missing his cue, leather-clad Irish dancers and the Piano Guys trolling Hillary Clinton by playing her campaign song: The awkward moments that filled the inaugural balls ‘Barron will be this country’s first homeschool shooter’: Calls for SNL writer to be fired over ‘tasteless’ tweet targeting Trump’s youngest son Notorious white supremacist Richard Spencer is sucker-punched in the face by a masked protester in Washington during a TV … (more)
Thank a wireless world for quality shows like ‘Embeds,’…
Andre Kinney, clockwise from left, Max Ehrich, Kelsey Asbille and Taylor Zakhar play young reporters on the campaign trail in the Go90 series “Embeds.” Andre Kinney, clockwise from left, Max Ehrich, Kelsey Asbille and Taylor Zakhar play young reporters on the campaign trail in the Go90 series “Embeds.”
President Trump acts swiftly at dawn of new era
President Donald Trump assumed power Friday with a fiercely nationalistic vow to put “America first,” taking a stinging swipe at the legacy of his predecessor hours after reciting the oath of office. Hundreds of thousands of people stood on the rain-splattered National Mall to see the 70-year-old Republican billionaire be sworn in, and deliver a stridently populist call-to-arms.
Analysis: Trump speech shows America getting what it ordered
The new president delivered an inaugural address Friday that was straight from his campaign script – to the delight or dismay of different subsets of Americans. Trump gave nods to unity and began with kind words for Barack and Michelle Obama, but pivoted immediately to a searing indictment of the status quo and the Obama years.
Gore stays mum on Trump meeting, says ‘it’s not the last’
PARK CITY, Utah – Former Vice President Al Gore said that while he wouldn’t divulge specifics about his December conversation with Donald Trump, it wasn’t “the last conversation.” Speaking to a packed auditorium in Park City following the premiere of the climate change documentary “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power,” which kicked off the 33rd Sundance Film Festival Thursday, Gore said that he’s seen a lot of people who started out as climate deniers change over time.
Claycord – Talk About Politics
On his last full day as president, Barack Obama on Thursday released a love letter to his country in which he fondly tells Americans: “You made me a better President, and you made me a better man.” Obama leaves office Friday after eight years in the White House, handing over the most powerful job in the world to New York business mogul Donald Trump.
Cobb Republicans cheer for Trump, God and jobs
Donna Rowe, a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, throws her hands up in praise as President Donald J. Trump says, “So Help Me God.”
Change and Challenge: The Inauguration of Donald Trump
As Mr. Trump takes office as the nation’s 45th president, will he be an agent of change? CBS News examines an unprecedented new American leader. President Trump’s administration begins with just a fraction of his nominees approved by Congress.
In Little Saigon, those who’ve traveled far take the long view on Trump
On the big screen at the Gypsy Cafe, Barron Trump looked both curious and bewildered as he faced a crowd of thousands before his father was sworn in as president. Philip Nguyen, 54, eyed the 10-year-old on TV, and said he reminded him of his own son, 11. “My boy, he goes, ‘Dad, is Trump a good guy or a bad guy?’ I tell him to wait and see,” he said.
Gore Stays Mum on Trump Meeting, Says ‘It’s Not the Last’
Former Vice President Al Gore said that while he wouldn’t divulge specifics about his December conversation with Donald Trump, it wasn’t “the last conversation.” Speaking to a packed auditorium in Park City following the premiere of the climate change documentary “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power,” which kicked off the 33rd Sundance Film Festival Thursday, Gore said that he’s seen a lot of people who started out as climate deniers change over time.
Mainstream media now worse than PRAVDA… indy media leaders call on…
When Left-wing extremist Democrats are in power, they often change longstanding rules just so they can get their way. One of the most recent examples proving this was when then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid invoked the so-called “nuclear option” in 2010 so the Democrat Senate majority could bypass the longstanding 60-vote threshold and usher in Obamacare.
Jackie Evancho, Mormon Tabernacle Choir perform at inaugural
In this Feb. 22, 2015 file photo, Solange Knowles arrives at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
Madonna on Trump: ‘We Have Gone as Low as We Can Go’
Madonna, an outspoken critic of President-elect Donald Trump , is trying to put a positive spin on his Friday inauguration. “He’s actually doing us a great service, because we have gone as low as we can go,” she said Thursday night.
Gore stays mum on Trump meeting, says ‘it’s not the last’
Al Gore said that while he wouldn’t divulge specifics about his December conversation with Donald Trump, it wasn’t “the last conversation.” Speaking to a packed auditorium in Park City following the premiere of the climate change documentary “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power,” which kicked off the 33rd Sundance Film Festival Thursday, Gore said that he’s seen a lot of people who started out as climate deniers change over time.
British man dies at 2022 World Cup stadium site in Qatar
Organizers of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar say a British man has died working at a stadium which will be a venue f… Crammed into a dome with one bathroom, six scientists will spend eight months munching on mostly freeze-dried foods and have only their small sleeping quarters to retreat to for solace Crammed into a dome with one bathroom, six scientists will spend eight months munching on mostly freeze-dried foods and have only their small sleeping quarters to retreat to for solace The National Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary report on the plane that crashed into Lake Erie last month, killing all six people on board The National Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary report on the plane that crashed into Lake Erie last month, killing all six people on board Protesters and supporters of President-elect Donald Trump clashed outside a pro-Trump … (more)
The Latest: Romanians fear worst for nurse in avalanche
Rescue crews are continuing the painstaking search for some 30 peo… . This undated photo shows the spa Hotel Rigopiano, in central Italy.
Actors, mayors rally at inauguration eve Trump demonstration
Actors Robert De Niro, Sally Field and Mark Ruffalo joined hundreds of other people outside a Donald Trump building on Thursday for a pre-inauguration demonstration organizers said was meant to energize those concerned about the Republican president-elect’s policies. The event, staged in front of Trump International Hotel and Tower near Central Park in Manhattan, was a rally for city residents who have vowed to pursue their own policies on health care, the environment and other issues during the Trump administration.
xXx sequel tries to critique NSA, but suffers from moral confusion
XXx: Return of Xander Cage sees the return of original star Vin Diesel, left, with appearances by action star Donnie Yen and Deepika Padukone. XXx: Return of Xander Cage sees the return of original star Vin Diesel, left, with appearances by action star Donnie Yen and Deepika Padukone.
Denise Van Outen not allowed to be on TOWIE
Get used to it, it’s the new normal: Trump is given a rousing presidential welcome as thousands gather at Lincoln Memorial and he vows to make America ‘greater than ever’ at inaugural concert Outage at ‘traitorous’ CNN for ‘inciting violence’ with report that OBAMA cabinet member will be president if Trump and Pence are killed at the inauguration Nothing will rain on our parade! Triumphant Donald Trump promises a beautiful day as he tells his supporters: ‘I’m going to be cheering YOU’ Jon Voight hits out at ‘barrage of lies’ aimed at Trump as he kicks off The Donald’s inauguration concert ‘There’s only ONE first lady’: Ivanka Trump calls suggestions that she will fill Melania’s role ‘sexist’ while revealing she is still close to Chelsea Clinton and will go to her for advice ‘We will Make America Great Again’: Melania makes her speaking debut in Washington D.C. and earns a kiss from the … (more)
Denise Van Outen not allowed to be on TOWIE
Get used to it, it’s the new normal: Trump is given a rousing presidential welcome as thousands gather at Lincoln Memorial and he vows to make America ‘greater than ever’ at inaugural concert Outage at ‘traitorous’ CNN for ‘inciting violence’ with report that OBAMA cabinet member will be president if Trump and Pence are killed at the inauguration Nothing will rain on our parade! Triumphant Donald Trump promises a beautiful day as he tells his supporters: ‘I’m going to be cheering YOU’ Jon Voight hits out at ‘barrage of lies’ aimed at Trump as he kicks off The Donald’s inauguration concert ‘There’s only ONE first lady’: Ivanka Trump calls suggestions that she will fill Melania’s role ‘sexist’ while revealing she is still close to Chelsea Clinton and will go to her for advice ‘We will Make America Great Again’: Melania makes her speaking debut in Washington D.C. and earns a kiss from the … (more)
Pretzer: When Trump’s sworn in, I’ll be There
JANUARY 19: Architect of the Capitol Stone Mason Division employee Romel Lazo uses a power washer to clean the West Front of the U.S. Capitol one day before the inaguration of Donald Trump January 19, 2017 in Washington, DC. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to come to the National Mall to witness Trump being sworn in as the 45th president of the United States.
US Supreme Court could discuss ‘Sister Wives’ case
The U.S. Supreme Court could discuss a request Thursday from the polygamous family from TV’s “Sister Wives” to hear their case for legalizing polygamy. High court action on the family’s appeal could come as early as Monday following the conference Thursday at which the justices considered adding new cases to their calendar and rejected most pending appeals.
Fortress Washington girds for days of anti-Trump protests
Washington will turn into a virtual fortress ahead of Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration on Friday, as the U.S. capital braces for more than a quarter-million protesters expected during the Republican’s swearing-in. Police have forecast that some 900,000 people, both supporters and opponents, will flood Washington for the inauguration ceremony, which includes the swearing-in on the steps of the U.S. Capitol and a parade to the White House along streets thronged with onlookers.
Scotland’s Sunday Herald brilliantly teases Donald Trump’s inauguration as ‘Twilight Zone’
It’s just hours to go before US President-elect Donald Trump takes over from Barack Obama as POTUS, and while social media is abuzz with the most ridiculous reasons for not attending the mega event and the list of A-listers who have said they will boycott the event increases, there is no getting away from the inaugural proceedings itself. The ceremony – which will be broadcast live on TV – has predictably been included in the many American and international TV guides, but there is one particular teaser that has readers across the world in splits.
IS in Syria destroys part of Roman theater in Palmyra
Crammed into a dome with one bathroom, six scientists will spend eight months munching on mostly freeze-dried foods and have only their small sleeping quarters to retreat to for solace Crammed into a dome with one bathroom, six scientists will spend eight months munching on mostly freeze-dried foods and have only their small sleeping quarters to retreat to for solace The head of New Jersey’s state police is criticizing a law enforcement deal reached between the U.S. and Cuba because it doesn’t require the return of a woman convicted of killing a state trooper The head of New Jersey’s state police is criticizing a law enforcement deal reached between the U.S. and Cuba because it doesn’t require the return of a woman convicted of killing a state trooper Notorious Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is in a U.S. courthouse, two decades after he was first sought by federal … (more)
The Latest: Trump has late dinner at his DC hotel
Trump, who is in town for a pair of fundraisers, pulled up to the Trump International Hotel with his lengthy motorcade just before 9:30 p.m. for a late dinner. Trump is set to return to Washington for good Thursday.
Obama offers reassurance mixed with warnings
With that parting message to the nation, a sanguine Barack Obama sought to reassure the millions of Democrats disorientated and fearful about Donald Trump’s pending inauguration that presidents may change but the nation always endures. Still, in his final news conference as president, Obama warned that only an active citizenry and relentless political engagement can preserve what he sees as the successes of his administration and the values he believes have already made America great.
How Trump Has Used Twitter as a Bully Pulpit and to Block Users
Like a typical teenager, part of Antonio Del Otero’s morning routine includes checking his social media. But when it comes to Twitter, this 16-year-old high school junior and class president from Detroit is not at all typical.
Peter King: ’35 Years Isn’t Long Enough’ For Chelsea Manning [VIDEO]
Congressman Peter King blasted President Obama’s decision to commute Chelsea Manning’s 35 year sentence during Fox News’ Wednesday broadcast of “The Five.” “It’s absolutely shameful, indefensible and disgraceful,” the New York Republican stated.
The Latest: Trump to meet with New York Gov. Cuomo
President-elect Donald Trump will sit down Wednesday with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat and a possible 2020 White House contender. Cuomo says he hopes to use Wednesday’s meeting in Manhattan to focus on the needs of New York state, including Cuomo’s ambitious plans to upgrade and rebuild bridges, train stations and airports in New York City and around the state.
Former ‘Apprentice’ contestant files lawsuit Tuesday claiming Donald Trump groped her in 2007
A former contestant on the reality show “The Apprentice” filed a defamation lawsuit Tuesday against President-elect Donald Trump over his response to her allegations that he groped her during a job interview in 2007. Summer Zervos, a California restaurant owner who appeared on the show in 2006, accused Trump of aggressively kissing and grabbing her when she went to his bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel to discuss a possible job at the Trump Organization a year later.
Sundance to – engage and provoke’ with focus on climate
The Sundance Film Festival opens in Utah Thursday, promising to set the agenda for independent cinema and starting the 2018 Oscars buzz a month before this year’s statuettes are awarded. The annual gathering, founded in 1985 by iconic screen outlaw Robert Redford, turns the lens on 118 independent features, as Hollywood descends on the ski resort of Park City for the 33rd edition.
Obama: Here’s what surprised me most about being president
With one week left in office, President Barack Obama talked to CBS’s “60 Minutes” about his eight years in Washington. The interview, which aired on Sunday, gave a wide-ranging look at Obama’s biggest achievements and disappointments in office, and included lots of insights on what it meant to Obama to lead the US.
Springsteen cover band changes tune, won’t play at gala
A Bruce Springsteen cover band has changed its tune about performing at a Washington gala the day before Republican Donald Trump’s inauguration. The B Street Band decided to pull out of the Thursday night performance at the New Jersey State Society’s gala.
The Latest: Davos backdrop is ‘disruptive transformation’
Police is on guard next to the Congress Center ahead of the 47th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Monday, January 16, 2017. Police is on guard on top of the Congress Center on the eve of the 47th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 16, 2017.
Ivanka Trump lays groundwork for policy role in Washington
She may not be working in the White House, but that doesn’t mean Ivanka Trump is staying out of politics.
The Latest: Biden in Davos backs fight against cancer
DAVOS, Switzerland – The Latest on the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in the Swiss ski resort of Davos : U.S. Vice President Joe Biden says his “prayer” is that the incoming Trump administration will continue to support the fight against cancer, which kept Biden from running for president after it took the life of his son, Beau. Biden was speaking Monday before the start of the World Economic Forum in Davos to promote his “Cancer Moonshot” initiative.
BOOM! Tucker Carlson Smashes Megyn Kelly’s Ratings by 27% in First Week
Tucker Carlson got off to an amazing start his first week following The O’Reilly Factor on FOX News Channel. In his first week Carlson was up 27% over Megyn Kelly’s numbers from the same week last year.
Homer Simpson Plots Revenge with Common, RZA and Snoop Dogg in 600th Episode of “The Simpsons”
The parents of Anissa Weier, one of two 12-year-old girls who allegedly stabbed another girl 19 times in an effort to impress fictional internet character &… – A cargo plane operated by ACT airlines crashed near the capital of Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan, killing 33 people, authorities announced on Monday.The … OMAHA — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a legal challenge as to whether an appeals court in Cincinnati is the proper venue for a number of lawsuits filed on the waters… Champaign, Ill. – Hannah Whitish hit a career-high four three-pointers to finish with a career-high 16 points, but it was not enough to prevent Illinois from pulling away … – A big change could be coming to way we watch American sports.
President Barack Obama gives his final interview on “60 Minutes.”
As President Barack Obama prepares to turn the White House over to President-elect Donald Trump, he’s offering some advice to his successor. “One thing I’ve said to him directly, and I would advise my Republican friends in Congress and supporters around the country, is just make sure that as we go forward certain norms, certain institutional traditions, don’t get eroded, because there’s a reason they’re in place,” Obama told CBS News’ Steve Kroft in a taped interview for “60 Minutes.”
President Barack Obama gives his final interview on “60 Minutes.”
As President Barack Obama prepares to turn the White House over to President-elect Donald Trump, he’s offering some advice to his successor. “One thing I’ve said to him directly, and I would advise my Republican friends in Congress and supporters around the country, is just make sure that as we go forward certain norms, certain institutional traditions, don’t get eroded, because there’s a reason they’re in place,” Obama told CBS News’ Steve Kroft in a taped interview for “60 Minutes.”
Obama doesn’t regret ‘red line’ over Syria conflict
US President Barack Obama says he does not regret his speech drawing a “red line” over Syria’s use of chemical weapons, a phrase critics say symbolizes the US failure to act over the country’s conflict. Obama made the comment in 2012 about possible US military action in Syria, saying “a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized.”
Obama doesn’t regret ‘red line’ over Syria conflict
US President Barack Obama says he does not regret his speech drawing a “red line” over Syria’s use of chemical weapons, a phrase critics say symbolizes the US failure to act over the country’s conflict. Obama made the comment in 2012 about possible US military action in Syria, saying “a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized.”
Women have many motivations for DC inauguration protest
In this April 18, 2016 file photo, supporters of fair immigration reform dance in front of the Supreme Court in Washington. The tens of thousands of women flocking to Washington for a march on the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration come packing a multitude of agendas, but are united in their loathing for Trump.
Women have many motivations for DC inauguration protest
In this April 18, 2016 file photo, supporters of fair immigration reform dance in front of the Supreme Court in Washington. The tens of thousands of women flocking to Washington for a march on the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration come packing a multitude of agendas, but are united in their loathing for Trump.
Obama prepares for a busy retirement, more freedom
President Barack Obama listens as Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, where Obama presented him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. An unusually young ex-president, Barack Obama has a busy life awaiting him after he leaves the White House.
Obama prepares for a busy retirement, more freedom
President Barack Obama listens as Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, where Obama presented him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. An unusually young ex-president, Barack Obama has a busy life awaiting him after he leaves the White House.
Belfast power-sharing faces Monday deadline for destruction
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to clog the nation’s capital for Donald Trump’s inauguration and a major demonstration the day after, but how many will actually arrive to party or protest is an… Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to clog the nation’s capital for Donald Trump’s inauguration and a major demonstration the day after, but how many will actually arrive to party or protest is an open… Former California State Librarian Kevin Starr, who is deemed the pre-eminent historian of the Golden State, has died. He was 76. Former California State Librarian Kevin Starr, who is deemed the pre-eminent historian of the Golden State, has died.
Belfast power-sharing faces Monday deadline for destruction
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to clog the nation’s capital for Donald Trump’s inauguration and a major demonstration the day after, but how many will actually arrive to party or protest is an… Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to clog the nation’s capital for Donald Trump’s inauguration and a major demonstration the day after, but how many will actually arrive to party or protest is an open… Former California State Librarian Kevin Starr, who is deemed the pre-eminent historian of the Golden State, has died. He was 76. Former California State Librarian Kevin Starr, who is deemed the pre-eminent historian of the Golden State, has died.
Obama criticizes Israel on adding settlements, urges vigilence as Trump takes office
WASHINGTON The increase of Israeli settlements has “gotten so substantial” that it is inhibiting the possibility for an “effective, contiguous Palestinian state,” President Barack Obama said Sunday, in his final interview as president. Speaking to CBS’ “60 Minutes,” Obama dismissed the idea that there is a “major rupture” in the relationship between the United States and Israel after last month’s decision by the U.S. to abstain from a United Nations vote condemning Israeli settlements.
Donald Trump revives then-first lady Hillary Clinton’s idea to kick media out of the White House
Twenty-four years ago, newly minted first lady Lady Hillary Clinton wanted to boot journalists out of the White House. Reporters threw a fit, and the Bill Clinton administration abandoned the idea.
THIRTEEN’s American Masters Presents Exclusive U.S. Broadcast…
First feature documentary on the author/activist features exclusive interviews with Dr. Angelou, Oprah Winfrey, Common, Bill and Hillary Clinton, and othersYear-long #InspiringWomanPBS online campaign… , 1928-May 28, 2014) led a prolific life. As a singer, dancer, activist, poet and writer, she inspired generations with lyrical modern African-American thought that pushed boundaries.
(Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) Robert Redford walks on to…
The Salt Lake Tribune) Robert Redford walks on to the Egyptian Theatre stage for the 2016 Sundance Film Festival opening press conference in Park City. The Salt Lake Tribune) Robert Redford walks on to the Egyptian Theatre stage for the 2016 Sundance Film Festival opening press conference in Park City.
‘Reality TV’ campaigning is part of new political world
Donald Trump proved you could ride reality TV fame to the White House. Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner proved that having a film crew around can just compound the embarrassment of a political freefall.
Inauguration Day: Trump meets with Obama at White House
… tweeting up a storm for years, and his activity has not slowed down at all since he was elected president. The entertainment at a presidential inauguration may never been under as much scrutiny as it has been in the past few weeks. The entertainment …
Donald Trump and Rep. John Lewis Engage in War of Words
Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis says he doesn’t see President-elect Donald Trump as a “legitimate” commander in chief following Russian meddling in the 2016 election. File-Georgia Democratic Representative John Lewis speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, July 26, 2016.
Jennifer Holliday withdraws from Trump pre-inagural concert
Jennifer Holliday withdraws from Trump pre-inagural concert Singer pulls out after seeing the effect the news had on her gay fan base. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2jJJtys Tony-winning actress/singer Jennifer Holliday has pulled out of the lineup for Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again! Welcome Celebration , USA TODAY confirmed.
Jennifer Holliday bows out of Donald Trump’s pre-inauguration concert after backlash
Dreamgirls icon Jennifer Holliday says she has changed her mind and will no longer perform at President-elect Donald Trump ‘s pre-inauguration concert next week. Holliday, along with the rock band 3 Doors Down and country music star Toby Keith , were announced as the artists booked for Thursday’s event.
This day in history, Jan. 14, 2017
On Jan. 14, 1967, the Sixties’ “Summer of Love” unofficially began with a “Human Be-In,” a gathering of tens of thousands of young people for a counterculture event at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. In 1784, the United States ratified the Treaty of Paris ending the Revolutionary War; Britain followed suit in April 1784.
In 1963, he was sworn in as governor on a segregation platform
On this date in 1914, Henry Ford introduced the Model T assembly line, and in 1954, Joe DiMaggio married actress Marilyn Monroe. On Jan. 14, 1967, the Sixties’ “Summer of Love” unofficially began with a “Human Be-In,” a gathering of tens of thousands of young people for a counterculture event at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
Bush twins writes touching letter to Sasha and Malia Obama about being first daughters
In 2009, as their father penned a letter to his successor, the twin daughters of President George W. Bush, Jenna and Barbara, wrote a letter of their own.
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… inauguration, then take the traditional flight to Joint Base Andrews Steve Harvey is the latest figure in the entertainment industry to make the pilgrimage to Trump Tower. In the building’s lobby Friday afternoon, the comedian and Family Feud host …
Obama admits Trump transition ‘unusual’
US President Barack Obama. Photo/AFP US President Barack Obama has admitted that the transition period leading to Donald Trump’s inauguration has been “unusual” and warned that the CEO’s “improvisational” style might not translate well to the presidency.
Joanna Krupa shows off her toned legs while walking her four pups to the park
‘My mother raised me with everything I needed… she is no felon’: Teen girl snatched from hospital 18 years ago by woman dressed as a nurse defends her abductor after they’re found living together Texas teacher, 24, who had sex repeatedly with her 13-year-old student and got pregnant with his child gets 10 years in jail American spies ‘told their Israeli counterparts NOT to share information with Donald Trump because it could end up in Putin’s hands’ I don’t see Trump as a ‘legitimate president’ – the Russians helped him win: Veteran Democrat congressman claims ‘conspiracy’ to beat Clinton Britain’s royal rebel: Society photographer Lord Snowdon, the charming ex-husband of Princess Margaret who captured iconic images of the Queen and Diana, dies peacefully at home aged 86 ‘I’m really sorry.
The 10 Best Inaugural Performances of All Time
US President Barack Obama dances with his wife and First Lady Michelle Obama as Beyonce sings “At Last” during the first Inaugural Ball on January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. The list of performers set for President-elect Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration – including country performer Toby Keith and rock band 3 Doors Down – has left some people nostalgic for past celebrations that featured the entertainment world’s brightest stars.
Inaugural concert to feature Toby Keith, Jennifer Holliday
Workers install handrails for the bench seating along Pennsylvania Ave. in front of the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, as preparations continue for next week’s Inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. Workers install handrails for the bench seating along Pennsylvania Ave. in front of the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, as preparations continue for next week’s Inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.
Steve Harvey meets with President-elect Trump about housing and inner-city issues
Steve Harvey, the comedian and host, met with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower on Friday, where Harvey said that they discussed his working with Ben Carson on housing and inner-city issues. “We are going to team up and see if we can bring about some positive change in the inner cities,” Harvey told reporters, after appearing briefly with Trump after the meeting in the Trump tower lobby.
New York financier to land White House adviser role
A prominent New York financier is set to be named a top White House adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, tasked with coordinating the administration’s outreach to the nation’s financial world and key members of the political community. Anthony Scaramucci, a colorful surrogate for Trump and a top fundraiser during the campaign, will be appointed within the week, according to two people with knowledge of the decision who were not authorized to discuss that matter publicly.
Trump says buy LL Bean _ but many products are made in China
In this June 2012 photo, Linda Bean speaks to reporters outside the Cabinet Room after a meeting with Maine Gov. Paul LePage at the State House in Augusta, Maine. President-elect Donald Trump urged Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, for people to buy L.L. Bean products as the company faces calls for a boycott because of Linda Bean’s donations to his candidacy.
Trump defends L.L. Bean heiress over donations backing him
In this June 2012 photo, Linda Bean speaks to reporters outside the Cabinet Room after a meeting with Maine Gov. Paul LePage at the State House in Augusta, Maine.
Children’s authors protest deal for far-right commentator
This Aug. 12, 2013 file photo shows author Cassandra Clare on the red carpet at the world premiere of “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones” in Los Angeles.
Epix to Premiere Documentary Election Day: Lens Across America, 1/17
Premium TV network EPIX announced today that the EPIX Original Documentary ELECTION DAY: LENS ACROSS AMERICA from Emmy and Peabody Award Winning Blumhouse Television and directors Emma Tammi and Henry Jacobson will make its world television premiere on Tuesday, January 17 at 8/7C. The timely documentary weaves together the stories behind the work of seven photographers as they cover one of the most surprising election days in American history, each from a different perspective and location.
“Trust, But Don’t Verify”: US Intelligence Agencies and the New Cold War
Just as the first casualty of war is said to be the truth, the first casualty of the New Cold War is irony. Our most prominent journalists seem to have missed the Orwellian irony of Senator John McCain asking Director of National Intelligence James Clapper at Friday’s Senate hearings if Julian Assange has any credibility.
Obama offers optimism a ” and warnings a ” in farewell address
Popular but politically humbled, President Barack Obama said goodbye to the nation Tuesday night, declaring during his farewell address that he hasn’t abandoned his vision of progressive change but warning that it now comes with a new set of caveats. His voice at moments catching with emotion, Obama recounted a presidency that saw setbacks as well as successes.
‘It Was a Soaring Speech’: Bret Baier and Tucker Carlson…
Following President Barack Obama’s farewell address , Fox News’ Tucker Carlson and Bret Baier provided some reaction, and for the most part, were largely complimentary of it. Both hosts noted that there could be real debate over whether he achieved some of the policy goals he laid out on the speech.
Fawning Farewells? Not for Republicans
For weeks, the liberal media have celebrated all that President Barack Obama means … to them. CNN produced a two-hour documentary on the Obama legacy that never mentioned things like annual trillion-dollar deficits.
Ben Affleck teases brother Casey about failing to thank him in Golden Globes speech
Obama insists he still has ‘hope’ but takes aim at Trump with pro- immigration speech; urging Americans to politicize and lamenting ongoing racism as he, Michelle, Malia and the Bidens ALL cry All grown up! Chic Malia Obama attends father’s farewell speech and is miles away from the 10-year-old who arrived at the White House eight years ago ‘Your friendship has been one of the great joys of my life’: Barack Obama pays tribute to his ‘brother’, Joe Biden, in emotional farewell speech Residents in Chicago blame Obama for failing to stop the surge of gun violence as the president returns to the Windy City to deliver his farewell address Revealed: Spy bosses told Trump that Kremlin has a ‘blackmail dossier’ on him – including ‘footage of him watching prostitutes in degrading sex acts on Moscow hotel bed where the Obamas slept’ Clinton aide compares Russian hacking to Watergate and claims the … (more)
GOP Representatives Introduce Bill Eliminating Paper Trail and Federal Tax on Firearm Suppressors
Representatives Jeff Duncan and John Carter introduced legislation on January 9 that will eliminate the paper trail and federal tax on firearm suppressors. Suppressors are currently regulated under the National Firearms Act and thereby require law-abiding purchasers to go through the burdensome process of being photographed and fingerprinted.
Former contestant Ali Fedotowsky is disappointed in how The…
Kidnapped supermom Sherri Papini is pictured for the first time since escaping ‘two women who snatched her while she jogged’ – and after her husband was forced to deny faking three-week ordeal Trump puts vaccine skeptic RFK Jr – who has railed against a vaccine ‘holocaust’ – in charge of new commission on vaccine safety Good news dieters! The 23 foods that contain NO calories – because you burn more than you consume as you eat Vet who was fired from his security guard job when he missed work for the birth of his baby is now flooded with job offers Shoot-out at the gun-store: The moment a quick-thinking shop owner pulls out his own weapon and shoots an armed robber dead Muslim girls MUST swim alongside boys during school lessons in Switzerland after the country wins legal fight with Turkish migrant parents ISIS extremists in Mosul hurl blindfolded prisoner off a roof in front of a crowd … (more)
Shonda Rhimes: Dona t look for Donald Trump in a Scandala
There’s the world of Trump and the world of “Scandal.” Don’t go looking for similarities between the two, because the ABC show’s creator certainly isn’t.
a The tweet speaks for itselfa could be Trumpa s motto
… Trump had sounded off about congressional ethics, the auto industry, Obamacare, Guantanamo Bay and the entertainment lineup at his inaugural festivities. Trump would later comment about a wall along the border with Mexico and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s …
Not The Onion: AP Runs Fact-Check Piece on Trump Arguing Meryl Streep Is ‘Overrated’
Behold, readers. Here is another reason why the fact-checking phenomenon is junk: On Monday afternoon, the Associated Press published a story by Mark Kennedy to “fact-check” President-elect Donald Trump’s opinion that far-left actress Meryl Streep is “overrated.”
Tattle: Meryl Streep is many things, but she’s not ‘over-rated’17 minutes ago
Howard Gensler writes for the Daily News about celebrities and gossip and other things that amuse him and, he hopes, others. He also reports on the Real Time News Desk.
Cher, Katy Perry, Scarlett Johansson among celebrities to headline the Women’s March on Washington
… by America Ferrera, a staunch supporter of former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, and will include entertainment heavyweights such as actress Patricia Arquette, who used her time at the Oscars podium last year to advocate for pay equality; …
Fact Check: Streep overrated? Trump picks a decorated star
This image released by NBC shows Meryl Streep accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017. NEW YORK, N.Y. – President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter on Monday, calling Meryl Streep “one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood” following her speech Sunday night at the Golden Globe awards While “overrated” is an opinion, Streep, who took aim at Trump in her speech while accepting the Globes lifetime achievement award, holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations of any actor.
Fact Check: Streep overrated? Trump picks a decorated star
This image released by NBC shows Meryl Streep accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017. NEW YORK, N.Y. – President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter on Monday, calling Meryl Streep “one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood” following her speech Sunday night at the Golden Globe awards While “overrated” is an opinion, Streep, who took aim at Trump in her speech while accepting the Globes lifetime achievement award, holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations of any actor.
Spotify Courts Obama in ‘President of Playlists’ Job Listing
President Obama capped off his Fourth of July celebrations by serenading his eldest daughter Malia. The advertisement for a new “President of Playlists” at the popular music streaming company seeks someone with “at least eight years experience running a highly-regarded nation.”
Celebrities to turn out for women’s march on Washington
In this Sept. 21, 2016 file photo, America Ferrera is seen in New York. Hollywood will be turning out in force for the women’s march on Washington set to follow Donald Trump’s inauguration.
Celebrities to turn out for women’s march on Washington
In this Sept. 21, 2016 file photo, America Ferrera is seen in New York. Hollywood will be turning out in force for the women’s march on Washington set to follow Donald Trump’s inauguration.
Golden Globes 2017: 14 things you missed after the show ended
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Golden Globes 2017: 14 things you missed after the show ended
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Pro-Trump celebs (yes, there are some) await their turn in spotlight
… eclectic club: celebrities who not only support the president-elect, but are willing to do so publicly. The entertainment industry’s liberal bent, combined with election-season outrage over Trump’s controversial comments on women and minorities, …
Hillary Clinton cheered at Broadway’s ‘The Color Purple’
The former presidential candidate and her husband attended the matinee performance Sunday at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, the show’s last after a run of 482 performances. According to theater-goers, the Clinton’s got several rounds of applause.
Golden Globes
The “Atlanta” star took the stage to celebrate the FX series’ best comedy win. And the guy has some serious moves.
Jimmy Fallon Jokes About Donald Trump in Golden Globes Monologue
Jimmy Fallon has kicked off the 2017 Golden Globes and he didn’t hold back in poking fun at President-elect Donald Trump , among others, in his opening monologue. First, the teleprompter went down, to which Fallon joked, “I can do impressions, what do we do here!? … Already you have your Golden Globes moment.”
Donald Trump’s B-List crew of celebrities await his turn in spotlight, and their own
… eclectic club: celebrities who not only support the president-elect, but are willing to do so publicly. The entertainment industry’s liberal bent, combined with election-season outrage over Trump’s controversial comments on women and minorities, …
Trump celeb crew awaits his turn in spotlight, and their own
… after addressing the delegates during the opening day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. The entertainment industry’s liberal bent, combined with election-season outrage over President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial comments on …
Trump celeb crew awaits his turn in spotlight, and their own
… eclectic club: celebrities who not only support the president-elect, but are willing to do so publicly. The entertainment industry’s liberal bent, combined with election-season outrage over Trump’s controversial comments on women and minorities, …
Stevie Wonder, Kelly Roland and John Legend attend star-studded President Obama farewell party
Tom Hanks, Nick Jonas and Kelly Rowland were among the celebrities invited to President Barack Obama’s star-studded farewell party. According to ABC News, other A-listers seen attending the exclusive soiree at the White House in Washington D.C. on Friday included Bradley Cooper, Meryl Streep, Lena Dunham, George Lucas, Robert De Niro, Jon Hamm and Stevie Wonder.
Trump celeb crew awaits his turn in spotlight, and their own
In this July 18, 2016 file photo, actor Scott Baio gives two thumbs up after addressing the delegates during the opening day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. The entertainment industry’s liberal bent, combined with election-season outrage over President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial comments on women and minorities, left Trump persona non grata with most A-listers, particularly those who have rolled in President Barack Obama’s circles.
Let’s get political: Golden Globe nominees address racism, sexism and homophobia
After learning of the Golden Globe nomination for “Transparent” as best musical or comedy series, creator Jill Soloway spoke out on her disappointment over the election results. After learning of the Golden Globe nomination for “Transparent” as best musical or comedy series, creator Jill Soloway spoke out on her disappointment over the election results.
Inside the Obamas’ farewell bash
In his weekly address, U.S. President Barack Obama discusses the points he will touch on in his upcoming farewell address to the nation. John Legend, Chrissy Teigen, DJ Cassidy, and Jerry and Jessica Seinfeld partied at the White House to farewell the Obamas.
For the Record’s Week in Review: Congress kicks off
For the Record’s Week in Review: Congress kicks off Lawmakers returned from their holiday break. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2i3AVEv House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., does a mock swearing in for Rep. Roger Marshall, R-Kas., while Marshall’s son “dabs” in the background.
Rebecca Judd recalls ‘tough’ first years launching Jaggad as she…
PICTURED: Discharged military vet, 26, who shot dead five at Ft.Lauderdale airport baggage claim after telling FBI two months ago that he was being forced by the CIA to fight for ISIS Family of Ft.Lauderdale shooting suspect reveals how he ‘lost his mind’ after Iraq tour, was being prosecuted for strangling his ex and had been hospitalized with psychiatric problems Grandfather, 62, and a great grandmother celebrating her husband’s 90th birthday are the first two victims identified in Ft. Lauderdale airport shooting My laptop saved my life: Passenger at Ft.
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A depraved attack on a mentally disabled white teen broadcast live on Facebook allegedly by four black Chicago-area residents became a national rallying cry Thursday for conservative pundits who tried to pin the blame for the attack – without evidence – on the Black Lives Matter movement.
Megyn Kelly says her farewell to Fox as she heads to NBC
Pictured: ‘Air rage’ gunman, 26, who ‘argued with passengers on flight’ before taking gun from his checked luggage and executing five people in baggage reclaim at Ft. Lauderdale Airport Suspect, 26, behind Florida airport shooting is a war vet ‘who lost his mind’ after Iraq tour and was being prosecuted for strangling his ex when he told the FBI in 2016 that he was being forced to fight for ISIS Will Craftsman’s famous lifetime warranty still apply after $900M sale? Worried customers fear their tools may not be protected after Sears sells to Black & Decker My laptop saved my life: Passenger at Ft.
The Latest: Trump says Democrats at fault for getting hacked
In this Dec. 28, 2016 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump talks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. This Dec. 9, 2016 image released by NBC shows Arnold Schwarzenegger, the new boss of “The New Celebrity Apprentice,” at a press junket in Universal City, Calif.
Lawmaker removes Capitol Hill art with pig in police uniform
In this Jan. 5, 2017, photo, a painting by David Pulphus hangs in a hallway displaying paintings by high school students selected by their member of congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., has removed a painting that showed a pig in a police uniform, one of hundreds of artworks on display at the Capitol and sponsored by a member of Congress.
Will Trump’s promised wall become taxpayer-fundeda
It was the signature promise of his campaign: Donald Trump vowed to build an impenetrable, concrete wall along the southern border. And Mexico was going to pay for it.
Vladimir Putin Ordered Pro-Trump Cyber Attacks on US, Report Claims
For nearly two months now, President-elect Donald Trump has consistently denied that the Russian government had any involvement in the hacking and release of private emails pertaining to the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign . A total of 17 intelligence agencies have stated that there is sufficient evidence to conclude that the cyber-attacks originated in Russia and were most likely carried out with the goal of helping Trump win the presidency.
A Double Dose
On March 11, two of the most prominent, influential and recognizable gay men in the world will be sharing tequila on the stage of The Louisville Palace. Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper are bringing their two-man talk show, “AC2: An Intimate Evening With Anderson Cooper & Andy Cohen,” to Louisville, which will be, at least for Cohen, the first visit to Derby City.
Obama makes his mark as first ‘social media’ president
When President Barack Obama urged fellow leaders at the United Nations to do more for the world’s refugees, his mention of a young boy named Alex could have been just a footnote, unnoticed or quickly forgotten. The White House had other plans.
Keith Lemon reveals the late George Michael had wanted to work with …
One dead and nine shot at Florida airport: Panic in Ft Lauderdale as gunman opens fire in baggage claim and passengers run for their lives Liberal heckler who accosted Ivanka Trump on a JetBlue flight hides his face from a reporter at his Brooklyn home as he’s seen for the first time since he hurled abuse at her Scientology lawyer goes on national TV to slam Leah Remini for show that led to death threats against their leader David Miscavige More Hillary Clinton emails surface – and show how anti-gay Sharia law ruler The Sultan of Brunei treated Bill ‘like part of his family’ Russian election-year cyber attacks fall-out is a ‘witch hunt’ orchestrated by Democrats, says Trump as he asks Congress to investigate leak of top-secret hacking intelligence report EXCLUSIVE: Angelina Jolie accuses Brad Pitt of ‘publicly impugning’ her character in new court documents saying actor is ‘terrified the … (more)
Michelle Obama: Life’s ‘greatest honor’ was being first lady
Mrs. Obama sai… The Latest on the beating of a white man in Chicago that was broadcast live on Facebook : The Latest on the beating of a white man in Chicago that was broadcast live on Facebook : With a winter storm bearing down on the South, Stuart Hall’s regular run for groceries looked like something out of the just concluded holiday shopping season. Panicked shoppers emptied shelves of bread and milk, road workers began working 12-hour shifts, and governors in Alabama and Georgia declared states of emergencies ahead of a winter storm stalking the South.
Gary Cole Talks ‘Good Wife’ Spinoff, Donald Trump-Inspired…
The actor discusses Kurt and Diane’s ‘Good Wife’ marital troubles and playing a character loosely inspired by the president-elect on ‘SVU’: “I don’t know that anyone’s ever going to see this.” There’s his series regular role on the Emmy-winning political satire Veep .
Trump and his companies ‘owe more than $1.4 billion’, says Wall Street Journal
The revelation has prompted renewed concern about a potential conflict of interests minefield when President-elect Donald Trump takes office in two weeks’ time. Photo/ AP Debt “connected” to the President-elect’s companies adding up to more than US$1 billion is owed to more than 150 financial institutions, the Wall Street Journal reported overnight.
AP Source: McMahon, Vitt among 5 Saints assistants leaving
The Coast Guard says it’s responding to a fire on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana. By JEFF MARTIN and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A fire broke out on an oil production platform in the Gulf of Mexico early Thursday, forcing four workers to evacuate by lifeboat before the blaze was… Chicago police say charges are expected against four people who police say beat a man in an assault that was broadcast live on Facebook.
Joe Piscopo: I’m not raising money to be N.J. governor — yet
“I’m not raising money, and I haven’t officially declared,” said Piscopo in an telephone interview with NJ Advance Media on Thursday afternoon. The former “Saturday Night Live” star, who was raised in North Caldwell and now lives in Lebanon Township in Hunterdon County, said he is “just doing due diligence” and exploring a run for governor, speaking to Republican leaders in the state about what would be involved.
The Latest: Transition reveals inauguration ticket images
In this Dec. 15, 2016, file photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Hershey, Pa. Trump tweeted Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, that the album sales of teenage classical singer Jackie Evancho have “skyrocketed” since he announced she would perform at his Inauguration.
Almanac for Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017
Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn. They include Zebulon Pike, discoverer of Pike’s Peak in Colorado, and Navy Capt.
Today in History: Jan. 5, 2017
On Jan. 5, 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed assistance to countries to help them resist Communist aggression in what became known as the Eisenhower Doctrine. In 1905, the National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals was incorporated in New York State.
‘Obama out’: U.S. president ending his reign as pop culture king
President Barack Obama seconds after dropping his mic at the end of his White House Correspondents’ dinner address on April 30, 2016. From his campaign fist bump to his theatrical mic drop at the last White House correspondents’ dinner, Barack Obama ruled as America’s pop culture president.
Springsteen coming to New Jersey university for talk
Monmouth University is hosting Bruce Springsteen on Tuesday at the Pollak Theater. The event is being billed as a conversation with the New Jersey native and will be hosted by Bob Santelli, the Grammy Museum’s executive director.
John Stossel:
I wonder if President Donald Trump will stick to his campaign promises – like reducing immigration and slamming consumers by imposing a 35 percent tariff. Bernie Sanders wanted to make college free, even though professors say classes are filled with privileged students who party and just kill time.
What launched Megyn Kelly into a superstar?
… “Newscaster-led daytime talk shows have been a difficult sell recently. Viewers seem to want more Ellen-style entertainment shows, instead of harder-edged shows.” Let us bring the headlines to you every night. Stay current and catch up on the …
Search intensifies for missing 84-year-old man from Town of Beloit
The National Guard and the Wisconsin State Patrol are among the many agencies assisting in helping find a man from the Town of Beloit who went missing on Tuesday. A Silver Alert has been issued for 84-year-old Stuart Austin who was last seen in Madison leaving Triangle Super Services on Milwaukee Street.
Civil rights activists arrested protesting Trump’s Attorney General pick
Benard Simelton , president of the Alabama NAACP State Conference, Cornell William Brooks , president & CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People , and Devon Crawford , a fellow with with the NAACP Youth & College Division,… Police in Alabama arrested six civil rights activists staging a sit-in at Senator Jeff Sessions’ office on Tuesday to protest his nomination for U.S. Attorney General, criticizing his record on voting rights and race relations. Members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People had vowed to occupy Sessions’ Mobile, Alabama office until the conservative Republican lawmaker either withdrew as a candidate or they were arrested.
Nets Finally Side with Trump, Tout Tweet Aimed at House GOP
The liberal Big Three networks finally found a use for President-elect Donald Trump, and it’s to smear Republican members of Congress. The same networks who blacked-out unethical Democrats were up in arms Tuesday after the House GOP attempted to reform the Office of Congressional Ethics, but after it’s retraction they credited the president-elect.
Fired from ‘Apprentice,’ Omarosa may get Trump White House job
Omarosa Manigault, best-known for repeatedly being fired on the TV show “The Apprentice,” is being considered for a job in Donald Trump’s White House, a member of the president-elect’s transition team said on Tuesday. A lecturer on branding and marketing at Howard University and a former Mrs America pageant contestant, Manigault, 42, was one of Trump’s more visible African-American supporters during his successful election bid.
Fired from ‘Apprentice,’ Omarosa may get Trump White House job
Omarosa Manigault, best-known for repeatedly being fired on the TV show “The Apprentice,” is being considered for a job in Donald Trump’s White House, a member of the president-elect’s transition team said on Tuesday. A lecturer on branding and marketing at Howard University and a former Mrs. America pageant contestant, Manigault, 42, was one of Trump’s more visible African-American supporters during his successful election bid.
After Ignoring Dem Corruption, Nets Fear GOP Will ‘Gut’ Ethics Panel
Despite routinely ignoring Democratic corruption scandals, on Tuesday, the network morning shows were aghast that House Republicans dared to make bureaucratic changes to a congressional ethics panel, accusing the GOP of attempting to “gut” the investigative office. Leading off NBC’s Today , co-host Matt Lauer announced: “New era.
After Ignoring Dem Corruption, Nets Fear GOP Will ‘Gut’ Ethics Panel
Despite routinely ignoring Democratic corruption scandals, on Tuesday, the network morning shows were aghast that House Republicans dared to make bureaucratic changes to a congressional ethics panel, accusing the GOP of attempting to “gut” the investigative office. Leading off NBC’s Today , co-host Matt Lauer announced: “New era.
Show That Paved Way for Gay Marriage in Talks for NBC Revival
… transgender in that year. The bottom line? Biden hit the nail on the head. But The Daily Beast ‘s gay senior entertainment reporter, Kevin Fallon, didn’t quite see it that way. ” Will & Grace was the last successful series on broadcast television to …
Show That Paved Way for Gay Marriage in Talks for NBC Revival
… transgender in that year. The bottom line? Biden hit the nail on the head. But The Daily Beast ‘s gay senior entertainment reporter, Kevin Fallon, didn’t quite see it that way. ” Will & Grace was the last successful series on broadcast television to …
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Megyn Kelly, who arrived at Fox News 12 years ago as a television news neophyte but rose to become one of its two biggest stars, has decided to leave the network to take on a broad new role at NBC News for an undisclosed amount, people briefed on the negotiations said on Tuesday. The NBC News chairman, Andrew Lack, wooed Ms.
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Megyn Kelly, who arrived at Fox News 12 years ago as a television news neophyte but rose to become one of its two biggest stars, has decided to leave the network to take on a broad new role at NBC News for an undisclosed amount, people briefed on the negotiations said on Tuesday. The NBC News chairman, Andrew Lack, wooed Ms.
Schumer pitches a accountability Congressa in first speech as Senate minority leader
Members of Congress and others arrive at St. Peter’s on Capitol Hill for an interfaith service on Tuesday, the first day of the 115th Congress. Since the Democrats’ surprise defeat on Nov. 8, the party’s base has watched nervously for any hints of compromise with President-elect Donald Trump.
Indivertible: What YOU Can Do To Keep The Media Honest
Back when I was managing C&L, I was on several listservs that included journalists whose names are probably familiar to you. In those heady early days of the progressive blogosphere, there was plenty of interchange with us and the fledgling cable channels .
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Mychal Massie: We’re clinging to our guns and Bibles. We’re clinging to them but we’re not clinging to them because we’re angry anymore.
Interview: Muhammad “Shadow” Bilal of “Hunted” on CBS
Shadow has had a long career in the army, worked as a military contractor in Iraq, been a private investigator, and been a celebrity bodyguard. Now he is a hunter of men on the CBS show ” Hunted “.
‘The best part was watching Maggie Thatcher’s head get caved in’:…
It’s a dog’s life! From heads stuck in saucepans to falling through hammocks, owners share the most hilarious canine fails EVER Saved by his cellphone: Delaware businessman, 35, cheats death in Istanbul nightclub terror attack after his phone takes impact of bullet shot by ‘ISIS’ gunman who killed 39 Are YOU smart enough to ace this school exam? Simple test designed for 10-year-old’s leaves the internet baffled with its trick questions Washington man, 37, is banned from a Starbucks for asking a barista, 16, out to dinner – and then claims he’s a victim of AGEISM George Michael’s lover Fadi Fawaz reveals the singer died alone after he slept in his car and denies posting tweets saying the star had tried to kill himself many times Ex-wife of billionaire oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens ‘ordered her African-American chef to cook her guests black people food’ at $2,000-a-night luxury ranch Slapped … (more)
Grand Tour star Jeremy Clarkson pictured with society’s most eligible women on NYE
Diva singer’s aides claim faulty earpiece caused Times Square lip-sync disaster – and accuse TV execs of disabling equipment on PURPOSE to create a scandal and boost their audience figures Will a BAG solve the mystery of what happened to six missing plane passengers who vanished over Lake Eerie? Police find luggage in hunt for family of four and their two friends North Korea will test-launch an intercontinental nuclear missile that could let it nuke the United States, claims Kim Jong Un STILL no sign of Her Majesty as she misses church service for second week running after falling ill with ‘heavy cold’ – but Princess Anne says her mother is ‘on the mend’ as Philip braves the rain ‘One of the most eventful and exciting years of my life’: Ivanka Trump celebrates New Year in Hawaii as the rest of the clan party with Stallone and Donald in Florida ‘No computer is safe,’ warns Trump as he … (more)
Nineteen States Increase…
Nineteen states are raising the minimum wage Sunday in a shift that stands to lift the income of millions of workers. The minimum wage will be increased in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, South Dakota, Vermont, and Washington to start 2017.
Creator of Itv’s Victoria Daisy Goodwin suggests novels to help you through tricky times
Diva singer’s aides claim faulty earpiece caused Times Square lip-sync disaster – and accuse TV execs of disabling equipment on PURPOSE to create a scandal and boost their audience figures Will a BAG solve the mystery of what happened to six missing plane passengers who vanished over Lake Eerie? Police find luggage in hunt for family of four and their two friends North Korea will test-launch an intercontinental nuclear missile that could let it nuke the United States, claims Kim Jong Un STILL no sign of Her Majesty as she misses church service for second week running after falling ill with ‘heavy cold’ – but Princess Anne says her mother is ‘on the mend’ as Philip braves the rain ‘One of the most eventful and exciting years of my life’: Ivanka Trump celebrates New Year in Hawaii as the rest of the clan party with Stallone and Donald in Florida ‘No computer is safe,’ warns Trump as he … (more)
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
CNN’s “State of the Union” – Reps. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Darrell Issa, R-Calif.; House members-elect Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del.; and Charlie Crist, D-Fla.
Democrats are already building a case against Trumpa s pick to lead Treasury Department
Steven Mnuchin, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Treasury, arrives at Trump Tower in New York on Dec. 12. President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Treasury Department is likely to face a contentious confirmation battle centered on his purchase of a failed subprime mortgage lender that repeatedly has been accused of wrongful foreclosures. The formal vetting process for Steven T. Mnuchin, who served as Trump’s campaign finance chairman and worked at investment bank Goldman Sachs for nearly two decades, has not yet begun.
Amy Goodman: Needless arms race is alarming – Fri, 30 Dec 2016 PST
President-elect Donald Trump exploded a half-century of U.S. nuclear-arms policy in a single tweet last week: “The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes.” With that one vague message, Donald Trump, who hasn’t even taken office yet, may have started a new arms race.
Lyons: Trump wishes a Happy thermonuclear New Year
Now that the presidential election is over, will it ever really end? Not if Donald J. Trump and the cable news networks get their way. Having made the election into a pro-wrestling spectacle, the Twitter-addicted president-elect and his ratings-hungry enablers at CNN, Fox News, etc.
Hawaii: Obama’s birthplace and refuge
Hawaii was never Barack Obama’s political stomping grounds – that was Chicago. But his childhood in the Aloha State helped fashion his worldview, and instilled in him the need to sometimes look at unfolding events, and himself, with a bit of distance.
Scarborough Blandly, Benevolently Accepts Van Susteren Into MSNBC Fold
Sources have informed The Mirror that ex-FNCer Greta Van Susteren is ending her three-month vacation from cable news and moving into the 6 p.m. time slot over at MSNBC. When asked how he felt about it, MSNBC “Morning Joe” cohost Joe Scarborough seemed to think Van Susteren’s legal expertise fits the bill.
Final goodbyes in 2016
Death claimed transcendent political figures in 2016, including Cuba’s revolutionary leader and Thailand’s longtime king, but also took away kings of pop music, from Prince and David Bowie to George Michael. Embracing Soviet-style communism, Fidel Castro, who died in November, overcame imprisonment and exile to become leader of Cuba and defy the power of the United States at every turn during his half-century rule.
Maine artist says his painting of Navy hero is AWOL
Roger Williams of Lovell wants to know that happened to the painting he donated 25 years ago when a guided-missile destroyer bearing the Navy hero’s name was commissioned. Williams tells WCSH-TV that he presented the painting to the captain at the ceremony in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1991.
Police, other agencies ramp up security for Rose Parade
Pasadena Police Chief Phillip Sanchez, right, speaks about safety issues ahead of next week’s 128th Rose Parade as he is joined by Pasadena Fire Chief Bertral Washington, left, and Rob Savage, special agent in charge of the U.S. Secret Service Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016, in Pasadena, Calif. Pasadena Police Chief Phillip Sanchez, center, speaks about safety issues ahead of next week’s 128th Rose Parade as he is joined by Pasadena Fire Chief Bertral Washington, background right, and Rob Savage, special agent in charge of the U.S. Secret Service Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016, in Pasadena, Calif.
The Latest: Israeli minister slam’s Kerry’s upcoming speech
In this Nov. 24, 2015 file photo, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waves as he boards the plane on departure from Israel after meetings in Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah. A senior leader of a Jewish settlement council is calling U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry “a stain on American foreign policy” and “ignorant of the issues.”
Tony Norman: Death didn’t take a holiday in 2016
William Shakespeare got it exactly right four centuries ago when he had newly widowed Gertrude speak these words to her son, the grieving prince of Denmark in “Hamlet”: “Thou know’st ’tis common; all that lives must die, Passing through nature to eternity.” Act I, scene 2, line 72. These are words of wisdom, but not necessarily consolation, in an era when the deaths of people most of us have never met take on disproportionate meaning.
‘War room’ to boost picks
In this April 17, 2013 file photo, Heather Mnuchin, left, and Steven Mnuchin arrive at The Kaleidoscope Ball’s “Designing The Future” at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, recently hired a national finance chairman, scheduled his first fundraiser and is on the cusp of signing a deal with the Republican Party that would enable him to solicit donations of more than $300,000 apiece from supporters.
“Paterson” and “Neruda”
The hero of the new Jim Jarmusch film, “Paterson,” is named Paterson . He lives in Paterson, New Jersey, with his wife, Laura .
Transition advisera s tweets add intrigue to Trump aide Jason Millera s sudden resignation
Jason Miller, one of President-elect Donald Trump’s top campaign advisers, said Saturday he would not take a job overseeing White House communications strategy.
Planned Parenthood focus groups suggest that lack of attention on social issues helped Trump
Two weeks ago, Planned Parenthood convened six small focus groups, each in a swing state, and asked voters who had cast ballots for Donald Trump what they thought of abortion rights. The first half of the conversations found these voters reluctantly supportive of Trump, with some nagging worries about how he’d govern.
Boxing Day sales 2016: The top ten best bargains during the biggest period of the year
Melania Trump wears a VERY short dress to church for midnight mass in Florida – as the congregation goes wild for The Donald ‘Congratulations to the baby daddy!’: Trump’s married communications director quits just two days after being appointed as female staffer hints in series of tweets that he has been involved in a ‘John Edwards’ style sex scandal What the Democrats don’t want you to know: Party lost more than 1,030 seats in state legislatures, governor’s mansions and Congress during Barack Obama’s presidency Revealed: The simple formula for dealing with EVERY family member – from prickly mother-in-laws to overexcited children – this Christmas Look who got candy canes for Christmas! Prince George and Princess Charlotte enjoy their sweet treat as their parents take them to the church in Kate’s home village – where Pippa is getting married in May The Queen misses traditional Christmas … (more)
Best of 2016: 10 times “Saturday Night Live” nailed this year’s election insanity
Even if you were crying with a carton of ice cream for most of 2016, “Saturday Night Live” never failed to come through with sketches to make light of even the darkest points of the election cycle – and even gave us one sketch that plucked our heartstrings. Larry David debuted his Senator Bernie Sanders impression in February amidst the Democratic primaries.
Stars Celebrate Holidays With New Baby
Actors Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds attend the 2016 amfAR New York Gala at Cipriani Wall Street, on Feb. 10, 2016, in New York City Model Behati Prinsloo and musician Adam Levine arrive at the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, on Feb. 22, 2015, in Beverly Hills, California. There is nothing like baby’s first Christmas , even if it’s the parents who will remember it more than the kids.
Opinions
In his upcoming budget proposal, Gov. Scott Walker is proposing to establish a series of sunrise and sunset review commissions that would analyze proposed and existing occupational licenses to see if they are needed, or if they are too restrictive, and we think it is a good proposal that is long overdue. Friday, February 3, 2017 Some might consider our reporting of an affair between two Oneida County sheriff’s department officers to be a bit tawdry, but what’s tawdry is not the reporting but the behavior.
Of drones, toys and hedgehogs: Michelle Obama tracks Santa
For most people, a Christmas Eve phone call with the first lady of the United States is an unexpected surprise. But Austin was holding out for someone else.
The most surreal thing about the election of Donald Trump?
Americans looked up “surreal,” defined as “marked by the intense irrational reality of a dream,” far more often this year than in years past. Much of this web search traffic was driven by – you guessed it – the presidential election.
Executions and death sentences plummeted this year as capital punishment declined nationwide
A year that began with the U.S. Supreme Court striking down the death penalty in one of the most active capital punishment states ended with the country reaching modern lows in executions and death sentences, the most glaring signs yet about how the practice has dwindled in America today. Still, even as capital punishment has declined in both sentencing and practice, there were also signs this year of its persistence from lawmakers, judges and the public, reminders that the death penalty is far from fading away.
Today in History: Dec. 24, 2016
Today is Saturday, Dec. 24, the 359th day of 2016. There are seven days left in the year.
Michelle Obama’s fashion influence rivaled Jackie Kennedy’s
In this Sept. 4, 2012 file photo, first lady Michelle Obama, dressed in a Tracy Reese pink silk jaquard dress, walks on the stage at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. Reese, who hails from Detroit, is clearly one of the first lady’s favored designers as Obama has been photographed in her clothes between 20 and 30 times.
One month out, Trump inauguration lacks star power
On January 18, 2009, the stars turned out in force in front of the Lincoln Memorial at a concert honoring then-President-elect Barack Obama. Denzel Washington spoke to kick off the event, then Bruce Springsteen performed, and then Mary J. Blige, Jon Bon Jovi, James Taylor, Garth Brooks, John Legend, John Mellencamp, Josh Groban, U2, Usher, Stevie Wonder, Shakira, Beyonce and many more.
Donald Trump reignites debate on nuclear arms policy
US president-elect Donald Trump has re-opened the debate over nuclear proliferation, calling for America to “greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability” until the rest of the world “comes to its senses” regarding nuclear weapons. His comments on Twitter came hours after Russian president Vladimir Putin said strengthening his country’s nuclear capabilities should be a chief military objective in the coming year.
So China seized a U.S. drone submarine? Welcome to the future of international conflict.
Chinese media reported on the seizure of a U.S. Navy underwater drone in the South China Sea. Beijing eventually returned the drone.
Fox News has kept most of its audience after the election
A sharp drop in cable news ratings following a presidential election is as inevitable as snow in Buffalo. Yet in the Age of Trump, so far Fox News Channel is defying that trend.
Trump: US must ‘greatly strengthen’ nuclear capability
President-elect Donald Trump takes a question from a member of the media at Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Fla., Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016. Trump on Thursday abruptly called for the United States to “greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability” until the rest of the world “comes to its senses” regarding nuclear weapons.
Lin-Manuel Miranda named AP Entertainer of the Year
… to be named The Associated Press Entertainer of the Year, voted by members of the news cooperative and AP entertainment reporters. “There’s been more than a little good luck in the year itself and the way it’s unfolded,” Miranda said after being …
Donald Trump, A Uniquely American Populist
Two days after the U.S. presidential election, Marine Le Pen the leader of the right wing French National Front tweeted out congratulations to Donald Trump. During a controversial BBC interview that aired a few days later, Le Pen summed up how she believes the American election will affect her own electoral chances.
William Evanina, the head of U.S. counterintelligence, estimates that …
William Evanina, the head of U.S. counterintelligence, estimates that more than 100 Russian spies are currently operating on U.S. soil. Eyes glazing over? Here’s a simpler way to think of him: as the nation’s spy catcher in chief.
For America’s Top Spy Catcher, A World Of Problems To Fix – And Prevent
William Evanina, the head of U.S. counterintelligence, estimates that more than 100 Russian spies are currently operating on U.S. soil. Courtesy of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence hide caption William Evanina, the head of U.S. counterintelligence, estimates that more than 100 Russian spies are currently operating on U.S. soil.
Where culture went in 2016, Beyonce went
The most famous American pop musician who sold out stadiums and single-handedly made the Super Bowl halftime show essential viewing? Or a defiant polemicist who placed black women’s emotional lives in the middle of the most radical LP of the year? Or a Southern artist and country-music lover whose hope for a Hillary Clinton presidency was nonetheless rejected by just enough voters at the ballot box? In 2016, Beyonce was everywhere: music, film, sports, politics, life. But was her album “Lemonade” a glimpse at the inevitable future of a changing America or a sign of how much pain and struggle is still to come? One remarkable aspect of “Lemonade” is how its meaning has grown and deepened over the course of a very difficult year.
Michelle Obama gives a somber exit interview to Oprah Winfrey
As Michelle Obama prepares to exit the White House, she seems to be in a somber mood. In a wide-ranging interview with Oprah Winfrey, she said the weight her husband’s presidency placed on their family has lifted ”knowing that we’ve made it this far, and we’ve survived and in many ways thrived.’
In somber interview, Michelle Obama says she prays that Americans ‘still have hope’
First lady Michelle Obama is interviewed by Oprah Winfrey in the Yellow Oval Room of the White House on Dec. 14. As Michelle Obama prepares to exit the White House, she seems to be in a somber mood. In a wide-ranging interview with Oprah Winfrey, she said the weight her husband’s presidency placed on their family has lifted “knowing that we’ve made it this far, and we’ve survived and in many ways thrived.”
Seek Solace on Home Video
Get ready to enter the mind of a madman! And it doesn’t hurt that Sir Anthony Hopkins is along for the ride you’re about to take. If you missed Solace in theatres, don’t fret! You’ll soon be able to catch it in the comfort of your own home.
Pennsylvaniaa s electors, greeted by protesters, vote for Trump
After members of the electoral college in Harrisburg, Pa., Dec. 19, voted to elect Donald Trump president, a mixture of cheers and boos erupted in the state capitol. HARRISBURG, Pa.
Senators call for probe of cyber attacks by Russia
U.S. Republican and Democratic senators called on Sunday for a special bipartisan panel to investigate cyber attacks against the United States by foreign countries with a focus on Russia’s alleged efforts to influence the U.S. presidential election. Charles Schumer, who will be Senate Democratic leader in the new U.S. Congress in January, and Republican John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said separately on Sunday a select committee was needed to ensure effective congressional focus on the hacking of Democratic Party emails during the campaign.
10 Things to Know for Today
In a July 14, 1955 file photo, Zsa Zsa Gabor arrives at London Airport from Paris, in a Crimson dress and a straw hat. Gabor died Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016, of a heart attack at her Bel-Air home, her husband, Prince Frederic von Anhalt, said.
Pennsylvania presidential electors to receive police protection before vote Monday, report says
They’re getting thousands of letters, emails and phone calls each day. Some even say they received death threats.
Elections 13 mins ago 11:07 p.m.Electoral College: What to know about Monday’s vote
The Electoral College’s usually ceremonial role has come under focus in the aftermath of the 2016 election due to a number of factors — including that Democrat Hillary Clinton won the national popular vote by a significant margin, and the finding by the CIA and FBI that Russia used hacking to try to influence the election. In light of these circumstances, pundits and members of the public are considering what role the 538 electors can and should play in deciding the final outcome of the election.
Salon Celebrates Christmas With TV’s Top 10 Abortions Of 2016
“At least it’s been a good year to talk about abortion,” opens the article by Mary Elizabeth Williams. “[U]ntil recently, prime time television has had a skittish relationship with reproductive choice.
SNL’ spoofs – Love Actually’ with Kate McKinnon as Hillary Clinton
“Saturday Night Live” decided to gift viewers this holiday season with another Kate-McKinnon-as-Hillary-Clinton skit, spoofing a famous “Love Actually” scene. The segment, which aired this Saturday, shows McKinnon’s Clinton showing up at an Electoral College elector’s door, with Cecily Strong portraying the part of Keira Knightley in the 2003 classic Christmas movie.
a Saturday Night Livea Pokes Fun at Trumpa s Misspelled Tweets,…
Alec Baldwin returned to Saturday Night Live this weekend to reprise his role as Donald Trump, taking jabs at the president-elect’s relationship with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, his cabinet picks, his misspelled tweets, and the refusal by some musicians to perform at his inauguration. But also notable about the episode is the return of cast member Kate McKinnon’s Hillary Clinton in a sketch later in the show, inspired by the 2003 romantic comedy Love Actually .
Watch Hillary Clinton Spoof ‘Love Actually’ on ‘Saturday Night Live’
Kate McKinnon reprised her role as Hillary Clinton on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live , this time spoofing the holiday classic Love Actually to try and sway an Electoral College voter from certifying Donald Trump as the next president. In the sketch, titled “Hillary Actually,” Clinton shows up on the doorstep of a Republican voter in an effort to sway her vote before the Electoral College meets on Monday .
Watch Hillary Clinton Spoof ‘Love Actually’ on ‘Saturday Night Live’
Kate McKinnon reprised her role as Hillary Clinton on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live , this time spoofing the holiday classic Love Actually to try and sway an Electoral College voter from certifying Donald Trump as the next president. In the sketch, titled “Hillary Actually,” Clinton shows up on the doorstep of a Republican voter in an effort to sway her vote before the Electoral College meets on Monday .
Podesta suggests Trump campaign may have colluded with Russia
With the Electoral College scheduled to vote Monday, former Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta suggested Sunday that President-elect Trump’s campaign may have been involved in Russia’s hacking into his email. “I would argue that it’s very much unknown whether there was collusion,” Podesta told NBC “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd.
Podesta suggests Trump campaign may have colluded with Russia
With the Electoral College scheduled to vote Monday, former Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta suggested Sunday that President-elect Trump’s campaign may have been involved in Russia’s hacking into his email. “I would argue that it’s very much unknown whether there was collusion,” Podesta told NBC “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd.
5Chance the Rapper bids goodbye to Obama on SNL with a Run-DMC parody
Not only did the Grammy-nominated artist serve as musical guest for the NBC show’s midseason finale, but he appeared in a sketch about a low-budget Christmas play and starred in “Jingle Barack,” a parody of Run-DMC’s 1987 classic ” Christmas in Hollis .” Along with cast member Kenan Thompson, the pair raps about “the last Christmas with Barack still here” and all the things to do before President-elect Donald Trump takes office: “Imma hurt myself before we lose Obamacare;” put “birth control under the tree;” and “go nuts before the North Pole disappears.”
The Rant: Life expectancy declines but who cares?
Fake news is a problem these days. As evidenced by Pizzagate, the recent shoot up of a pizza parlor by a man, who believed unsubstantiated reports that Hillary Clinton ran a child sex ring out of a pizzeria in Washington, DC.
Today in History
On Dec. 18, 1916, during World War I, the 10-month Battle of Verdun ended with French troops succeeding in repulsing a major German offensive. In 1863, in a speech to the Prussian Parliament, Prime Minister Otto von Bismarck declared, “Politics is not an exact science.”