There’s something perverse about an ideology that views the disposing of an unborn child in the third trimester of pregnancy as an indisputable right but the desire of parents to choose a school for their kids as zealotry. Watching President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for education secretary, Betsy DeVos, answer an array of frivolous questions this week was just another reminder of how irrational liberalism has become.
Day: January 20, 2017
Trump ‘going to fail’: Soros
Davos, Jan 20 – On the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 45th President of the US on Friday, Billionaire investor George Soros said the incoming President was going to fail. During a speech here, the venue for the World Economic Forum, Soros on Thursday called Trump a would-be-dictator, saying he was gearing up for a trade war, Xinhua news agency reported.
An Emerging, and Very Pointed, Dem Resistance
“I would like your views,” Senator Al Franken said to Betsy DeVos, the Education Secretary-designate, at her confirmation hearing, on Tuesday, “on the relative advantage of doing assessments and using them to measure proficiency or to measure growth.” The question was about whether states should measure how many kids meet an absolute standard, or how an individual child’s performance improves or declines.
Protesters, Trump supporters clash outside ‘DeploraBall’
Police used chemical spray on some protesters in an effort to control the unruly crowd. Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the National Press Club in downtown Washington, where the “DeploraBall” was being held.
A Look at Where Donald Trump Will Spend Inauguration Eve
But on the last night before Trump will call 1600 Pennsylvania Ave home, he is expected to spend his final night as president-elect at a lesser-known address just across street at 1651 Pennsylvania Avenue. “It’s a very small part of the day but a very important part of day,” said White House Historical Association curator John Botello, who explained how the house plays a role in kicking off a “new era” in presidential history.
Conservative View: Jennifer Rubin – Trump can’t stop fighting even when losing
President-elect Donald Trump lost the popular vote. As he enters office, his approval ratings are lower than those of any president in 40 years.
NTSB releases preliminary report on Lake Erie plane crash
The pilot of a plane that crashed into Lake Erie last month received his certification to fly that type of aircraft just 21 days before the fatal crash, according to the National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary report. The NTSB report issued Thursday night provides a timeline for the Dec. 29 crash, but does not indicate why the Cessna Citation 525 suddenly lost altitude and crashed just one minute after takeoff.
Russian political elites revel in Trump’s inauguration
Russian officials and lawmakers are lauding Donald Trump’s inauguration as a start of what they hope will be a period of better ties with the United States. Trump’s promises to fix the ravaged relations with Moscow have elated Russia’s political elite amid spiraling tensions with Washington over the Ukrainian crisis, the war in Syria and other issues.
Intern-al politics for Somerset woman
From September through the middle of December, Alexandria Murphy worked in the Washington, D.C. office of U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen four days a week and then on Fridays went to seminars with guest speakers about topics, such as running for office, ethics and networking.  Those activities were part of a fellowship that Murphy was chosen for by Running Start, a non-profit and non-partisan organization that offers multiple programs for young women in politics. Murphy was chosen for the Star Fellow program which chooses seven college-aged women from around the country each semester to intern for a female member of Congress.
All change for the Trump White House
From the role of the First Lady to presidential getaways, Donald Trump’s White House is going to look very different from that of his predecessors, even without a bling ballroom makeover. Franklin Roosevelt had his “fireside chats” broadcast over the wireless, John F Kennedy deployed his dashing good looks to black and white television and the grand orator Barack Obama saw few problems that could not be solved by a hefty speech.
The presidency is about to change – as Trump remains Trump
Donald Trump enters the White House on Friday just as he entered the race for president: defiant, unfiltered, unbound by tradition and utterly confident in his chosen course.  In the 10 weeks since his surprise election as the nation’s 45th president, Trump has violated decades of established diplomatic protocol, sent shockwaves through business boardrooms, tested long-standing ethics rules and continued his combative style of replying to any slight with a personal attack – on Twitter and in person.  Past presidents have described walking into the Oval Office for the first time as a humbling experience, one that in an instant makes clear the weight of their new role as caretaker of American democracy.
Hackers Release Malware Tools
IT departments. Numerous hacking tools believed to be designed by the National Security Agency just hit the Internet, available at no charge to anyone who wants to download the files.
Bullion Bulls Have History on Their Side as Trump Takes Helm
Gold bulls wagering the bullion rally has more room to run may have history on their side with the arrival of a new U.S. president. A look at recent presidential transitions supports optimism among traders over the metal’s prospects.
Madonna: Donald Trump’s election was necessary
Speaking hours before his official inauguration, the pop superstar said: “I do believe that Trump was elected for a reason, to show us how lazy and un-unified and lackadaisical and taking for granted we’ve become of our freedom and the rights that we have as Americans. #MichaelForbes Y o Y a i Y o Y a i Y o Y a i Superman to the rescue!! Y-1 2 Y-1 2 Y-1 2 Y-1 2 Y-1 2 pic.twitter.com/ax9gIHdwXn Her comments came during an event at the Brooklyn Museum on Thursday, where she wore all black and a top emblazoned with the word “Feminist”.
Change? Hypocrisy thrives in Washington
In the four days leading up to Friday’s inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States of America, nearly 450,000 people chose to read a four-year-old story in Capitol Hill Blue about a number of Republicans who would not be attending the second inaugural of Barack Obama. The article, written by Ken Thomas of The Associated Press, said Republicans, after losing the second straight Presidential election to Obama, weren’t in any mood to celebrate.
President of Greenwich Reform Synagogue Marc Abrams to Continue On…
The United Jewish Appeal Greenwich, a local chapter of the world’s largest local philanthropy organization, tasked with fulfilling a mission to care for people in need, inspire a passion for Jewish life and learning, and strengthen Jewish communities in New York, in Israel, and around the world has appointed the current President of the Greenwich Reform Synagogue Marc Abrams to its 2017 Board of Directors. I am honored to serve as a representative of my Synagogue to the UJA Greenwich Board and look forward to continuing to assist the organization in its incredibly important work both locally and around the globe.
Anti-Trump protesters set to demonstrate & a guide to the historic day
President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a pre-inaugural event at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. Picture: AP/David J Phillip This morning, the ‘Bridges, Not Walls’ group is due to protest in Abingdon and later, at 5pm, another group in Oxford will hold a demonstration outside Carfax Tower.
Letters: Price is wrong steward for country’s health care
Rep. Tom Price, the nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services, testifies on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. I am a pediatrician in Philadelphia, and I oppose the nomination of U.S. Rep. Tom Price as secretary of Health and Human Services.
Wayne Barrett | Journalist, 71
Wayne Barrett, 71, whose tenacious coverage of New York politicians and personalities – including a 1992 biography of Donald Trump – earned him a reputation as a tough but fair investigative reporter, died Thursday. He had been battling interstitial lung disease.
Ranking America’s Fast-Food Chicken Nuggets
No food is perfect, but the masterpiece of molecular gastronomy known as chicken nugget is aggressively imperfect. This is by design.
McAuliffe, Northam Join Womena s March
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe applauds during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Monday, July 25, 2016. Governor McAuliffe says he will march with a leading abortion-rights advocate at a Saturday rally known as the Women’s March on Washington.
6 Key Federal Policy Areas to Watch Under Trump
President Donald Trump said less about education on the campaign trail than almost any major-party nominee recent in history, except for a high-profile proposal on single issue: school vouchers. But his ascendance to the White House could upend K-12 education in ways that are felt from the U.S. Department of Education’s headquarters in Washington to urban schools that serve big numbers of immigrant students.
Trump turns to routine matters after day of bashing media
British Prime Minister Theresa May says she will discuss free trade and the importance of the NATO alliance when she meets President Donald Trump in Washington Friday British Prime Minister Theresa May says she will discuss free trade and the importance of the NATO military alliance when she meets President Donald Trump in Washington on Friday More than 1 million people rallied at women’s marches around the world to signal to President Donald Trump that his agenda wouldn’t go unchallenged Trump’s lease with the federal government to develop and operate a hotel inside the historic Old Post Office building expressly prohibits any elected official from benefiting from the property, yet Trump has not divested from his company or this particular project.
California flood sweeps cabins, cars down coastal canyon
More than 20 people escaped injury when a flood swept cabins and vehicles down a coastal canyon as the second in a trio of storms drenched California with heavy rain and brought more snow to the mountains. The dramatic scene about 115 miles northwest of Los Angeles came during a day of pounding rain in Southern California that caused flooding, rockslides and an avalanche warning.