Trump Met Matt Drudge in Oval Office
President Trump met with conservative media personality Matt Drudge in the Oval Office, Politico reported Thursday. Drudge also speaks regularly with Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law.
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Harvard “Pauses” Fossil Fuel Investment in Natural Resources…
After years of escalated pressure from students, faculty and alumni, Harvard University is taking a significant step toward fossil fuel divestment. Earlier this week, at a Climate Week event entitled, "How Harvard's Endowment is Thinking About Climate," Colin Butterfield, Harvard Management Company's Managing Director of the Committee of Natural Resources said that HMC is "pausing" direct investments in oil, gas, and coal in the natural resources portfolio.
Watch: Bernie Sanders Addresses ‘From Protest to Power’ Convention
Capping off a session that includes future progressive candidates sharing why they've decided to run for office in the Age of Trump, Sen. Bernie Sanders addressed the People's Action "Rise Up" summit on Monday afternoon. Sanders, who has been touring the country with Democratic National Committee chair Tom Perez on the party's "Unity Tour," appeared before roughly 1,000 activists after 2:00pm EST.
reminder of how delusional, narcissistic, and untethered from the truth
At his Senate confirmation hearing, Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied under oath that he had never had contact with the... Since Donald Trump took office-before Donald Trump took office-there was a sudden burst of interest in the 25th Amendment, that little bit of text that describes how the president may be removed from office if unfit to serve. But of course, the application of that rule is just a fantasy.
France Poised to Defeat White Nationalism
Although one would prefer both that Le Pen didn't make the runoff and that his opponent was better, this could have been a lot worse: Far-right candidate Marine Le Pen and center-left candidate Emmanuel Macron have come out on top in the first round of the French presidential elections and will be moving ahead to the final round on May 7. According to French polling firm IPSOS, exit polls show Macron with 23.7 percent followed by Le Pen with 21.7 percent of the vote. Far-left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon and conservative candidate Francois Fillon tied for third place with about 19.5 percent each.
Pence Tours Indonesian Mosque, Praises Islam
Vice President Pence toured Southeast Asia's largest mosque on Thursday during a visit to Indonesia, calling the Muslim-majority nation's tradition of following a moderate form of Islam "an inspiration to the world." ... "In your nation as in mine, religion unifies, it doesn't divide," he added.
The Big Right-Wing Media Crack-Up of 2017
Conor Lynch, Salon: Though their candidate is now in the White House, 2017 has not been a particularly good year for right-wing propagandists, fake news charlatans and the "conservative media industrial complex" at large. While [Bill] O'Reilly is the most prominent right-wing personality currently in hot water, he is hardly the only one having a bad year.
Under fire for recent Holocaust flubs, Trump will headline Days of Remembrance ceremony
President Trump delivers his first address to a joint session of Congress from the floor of the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 28, 2017. A president's participation in the Days of Remembrance ceremony, hosted by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, is not new; every president since the museum opened in 1993 has done so.
Nearing 100 Days In, Trump is Least Popular President in Modern History
President Donald Trump continues to face dismal approval ratings, with two new polls out Sunday showing that Trump is the least popular president in modern history. Compared to other modern U.S. presidents at this stage in their tenure, Trump is the least popular president since Truman: Nearly 100 days in, Trump has failed to follow through on any of his major campaign promises.
A Municipal Vote in Providence for Police Reform Carries National Implications
Visionary police reforms in Providence, Rhode Island, provide an example for the rest of the country to follow. After three years of sustained community mobilization and advocacy, the Providence City Council in Rhode Island voted this Thursday to unanimously approve among the most visionary set of policing reforms proposed around the country to protect civil rights and civil liberties, including digital liberties.
Trump Budget Chief: Border Wall Will ‘Protect Millions Of Low Income Americans’ Who Lose Obamacare
After years of Republican obstructionism under Democratic President Barack Obama, Trump Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said on Sunday that it was the Democrats who are guilty of "stunning" obstructionism because they will not negotiate on a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace noted that President Donald Trump had offered Democrats a deal: If you fund the border wall, payments to Obamacare will not be cut.
DHS Sec. Kelly On Rape Victim Deportation Fears: ‘911 Process Is Anonymous, If You Want It To Be’
DHS Secretary John Kelly tells CNN's Dana Bash that women who are worried about being deported after reporting sexual assault shouldn't be because his department isn't targeting Dreamers for deportation, and that the "911 process is anonymous, if you want it to be." Bash asked Kelly about recent criticism from the Los Angeles Chief of Police that reports of rape and domestic violence are way down among Hispanics, and here was his response: BASH: Well, let's talk about some of those problems, and one of them is the question of what to do about the young immigrants known as Dreamers.
Trump’s ‘big announcement’ may be anything but
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters following a signing ceremony with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin at the Treasury Department in Washington, President Donald Trump's promised "big announcement" next week on overhauling the U.S. tax code, a top campaign pledge, will consist of "broad principles and priorities," an administration official said on Saturday. The president unexpectedly said on Friday at a Treasury Department event that there would be "a big announcement on Wednesday having to do with tax reform."
The First Round of the French National Elections are Only Hours Away
France holds the first, primary round of its national elections tomorrow. There are eleven candidates running from the extreme right to the far left.
Toward a Politics of Ungovernability: Shutting Down American-Style Authoritarianism
It is impossible to imagine the damage Trump and his white nationalists, economic fundamentalists, and white supremacists friends will do to civil liberties, the social contract, the planet, and life itself in the next few years. Rather than address climate change, the threat of nuclear war, galloping inequality, the elimination of public goods, Trump and his vicious acolytes have accelerated the threats faced by these growing dangers.
Psychiatrists: Trump Has ‘Dangerous Mental Illness’
Donald Trump has a "dangerous mental illness" and is not fit to lead the U.S., a group of psychiatrists has warned during a conference at Yale University. Mental health experts claimed the president was "paranoid and delusional," and said it was their "ethical responsibility" to warn the American public about the "dangers" Trump's psychological state poses to the country.
Resist Day #93: What You Can Do Today
March for Science! Wherever you are there's a way to support science and the community of scientists who are rising up against the Trump and Republican attack on facts, inquiry, and the quest for progress.
They Took The Guns Away? Isn’t That Supposed To Be Impossible?
The socialist leader of Venezuela announced in a speech to regime loyalists his plan to arm hundreds of thousands of supporters after a years-long campaign to confiscate civilian-owned guns. "A gun for every militiaman!" Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro said to uniformed militia members outside the presidential palace, Fox News reported on Tuesday .
At Sea With Capt. ‘Wrong Way’ Trump
President Trump at a press conference in the East Room of the White House, on April 20, 2017. Baby boomers like me fondly remember the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons of childhood .
ISIL Terror-Trolls French Election, Supporting far Right; Will French Fall for It?
Thursday's shooting at the Champs Elysee , left one policeman dead, another gravely injured, a third lightly wounded along with a German tourist shot in the heel. It was carried out by Karim Cheurfi, a French national aged 39, born at Livry-Gargan in Seine-Saint-Denis.