Dems to David Brock: Stop Helping, You Are Killing Us – As David Brock attempts to position himself as a leader in rebuilding a demoralized Democratic Party in the age of Trump, many leading Democratic organizers and operatives are wishing the man would simply disappear.
Day: January 26, 2017
Congressional Republicans prepare to hear from Trump
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., joined by, from left, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La., and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, as he announced that he has invited President Donald Trump to address a Joint Session of Congress on Feb. 28. PHILADELPHIA – Congressional Republicans eager to deliver are about to find out whether Donald Trump can stay focused on their goals in his first appearance before them as president. Trump will speak Thursday to House and Senate GOP lawmakers at their annual policy retreat.
Congressman asks for security for pipeline workers Thursday, January 26
A North Dakota congressman is asking the Trump administration to provide federal protection if or when construction resumes on the Dakota Access pipeline. President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to quickly review and approve construction and easement requests for the $3.8 billion pipeline, a project that has led to major protests.
Royal Bank of Scotland earmarks further A 3.1bn for US mortgage mis-selling claims
Royal Bank of Scotland is preparing for further costs from claims of mis-selling mortgages in the US. Picture: Philip Toscano/PA Wire Royal Bank of Scotland has set aside another $3.8bn to settle claims from US authorities that it mis-sold risky mortgage securities in the run-up to the financial crisis.
Kremlin: US plan for safe zones in Syria needs to be careful
This photo provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service shows Russian air force Tu-22M3 bombers strike the Islamic State group wldtargets in Syria on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. The mission, the third such bombing raid in four days, targeted the Islamic State group around Deir el-Zour in eastern Syria where the Islamic State group has launched an offensive against Syrian government forces.
Trump’s immigration actions mark sharp shift in US policy
President Donald Trump’s wide-ranging executive actions tightening border security- and the prospect of additional measures restricting refugee flows – mark a sharp shift away from Washington’s elusive efforts to forge comprehensive immigration legislation. “We do not need new laws,” Trump said Wednesday during remarks at the Department of Homeland Security.
Pelosi: Democrats Do the Lord sWork, Republicans Dishonor God
In yet another example of moral narcissism and the liberal inability to understand conservative positions on faith, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi declared that her party, the Democratic Party, does the will of God while Republicans dishonor their Creator. Of Republicans, the Democrat congresswoman from California declared, “They pray in church on Sunday and they prey on people the rest of the week.
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The Trump administration will temporarily suspend the entry of foreign nationals from some Muslim-majority countries through executive order, according to refugee advocacy groups who have obtained what they say is a draft copy of an order to be signed by the new president. The document, which has been published by several news outlets and was obtained separately by The Hill, is titled “Protecting the Nation from Terrorist Attacks by Foreign Nationals.”
Trump administration reviewing EPA website, curbs agency communication
The Trump administration is examining the agency’s website to determine which information will remain, underscoring concerns that climate change and other scientific data might be removed. EPA employees have also been instructed not to release press releases, publish blog posts or post anything on social media.
Russia says British military staging ‘show’ with Channel escort
A RAF Typhoon monitors Russian warships Pyotr Velikiy and the Admiral Kuznetsov as they pass close to UK territorial waters. Ministry of Defence/Crown Copyright 2017/Handout via HMS St Albans monitors Russian warships Pyotr Velikiy and the Admiral Kuznetsov as they pass close to UK territorial waters, in this photograph released in London on January 25, 2017.
UPDATE 2-RBS sets aside $4 bln for ‘painful legacy ‘ of US loan mis-selling
LONDON, Jan 26 Royal Bank of Scotland has taken a 3.1 billion pound provision as it prepares to settle claims in the United States that it mis-sold toxic mortgage-backed securities in the run up to the 2008 financial crisis. The provision means that state-backed RBS is unlikely to make a profit in 2016, the ninth straight year the bank has failed to make an annual profit.
President Trump cracks down on illegal immigration
President Donald Trump is expected to sign two more key executive orders on immigration as he looks to make good on his campaign promises.
Trump inspires hope, fear in Peninsula residents
The president’s inauguration speech was everything Corrin Rankin needed to hear to know she had campaigned and voted for the right candidate. Rankin was ecstatic and emotional as she stood on the National Mall last Friday, tearing up even before Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States.
Doing the wave: A primer on immigration in America
Immigration to the United States has come in swells and dips over the past two-plus centuries, driven by shifts in U.S. policy, the mood in the country and world events. “Here we are, the United States, a nation of nations, with the iconic symbol of the Statue of Liberty, and yet we are still arguing about the peopling of America,” says American University historian Alan Kraut.
Analysis: Trump’s border wall faces reality check
President Donald Trump’s vow to accelerate construction of a “contiguous, physical wall” along the Mexican border is slamming into a Washington reality – who’s going to pay for it and how? U.S. taxpayers will foot the bill, starting with existing money in the Department of Homeland Security account that amounts to a small down payment. Then it’s up to the Republican-led Congress to come up with possibly billions of dollars more, cutting money for other domestic programs to finance the wall.
Rogue Twitter accounts protest new limits on some federal agencies
A protest over climate change policies and new limits on the public release of climate-related data by certain federal agencies has grown into a larger social media demonstration against the Trump Administration, with over a dozen rogue government Twitter accounts expressing disapproval of the new President, as they make the case that more attention is needed on global warming. “He can take our official Twitter, but he’ll never take our FREEDOM,” reads @ActualEPAFacts.
US to Send Admiral to Thailand for Military Exercises
Royal Thai armed forces General Sommai Kaoteera and U.S. Ambassador to Thailand Glyn Davies shake hands during the opening ceremony for Cobra Gold military exercise in Chonburi, east of Bangkok, Feb. 9, 2016. The highest ranking U.S. officer to visit Thailand since a 2014 coup will attend a military exercise next month in what the Thai army hailed Wednesday as a sign of improving relations.
Trumpa s immigration actions mark sharp shift in US policy
President Donald Trump’s wide-ranging executive actions tightening border security- and the prospect of additional measures restricting refugee flows – mark a sharp shift away from Washington’s elusive efforts to forge comprehensive immigration legislation. “We do not need new laws,” Trump said Wednesday during remarks at the Department of Homeland Security.
Congressional Republicans prepare to hear from Trump
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., joined by, from left, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La., and Rep. Mimi Walters, R-Calif., meets reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, as he announced that he has invited President Donald Trump to address a Joint Session of Congress on Feb. 28.
Trump signals changes to US interrogation, detention policy
President Donald Trump ‘s renewed embrace of torture in the fight against Islamic extremism sets up a heated dispute with a long line of opponents both at home and abroad of Bush-era interrogation policies and CIA-run “black site” prisons. “We have to fight fire with fire,” Trump told ABC in an interview aired Wednesday after The Associated Press and other news organizations obtained a copy of a draft executive order that signals sweeping changes to U.S. interrogation and detention policy.
For most Americans, Dow 20,000 carries little benefit
While Wall Street celebrates yet another stock market record – surpassing 20,000 on the Dow Jones industrial average – many Americans have little reason to cheer. Despite the spread of 401 retirement plans, the wealthiest 10 percent of households own roughly 80 percent of stock market wealth.
Report: Trump called park official to dispute crowd photos
On his first full day in office, President Donald Trump called the acting director of the National Park Service to dispute widely circulated photos of Trump’s inauguration. The Washington Post reported Thursday that Trump personally ordered park service head Michael Reynolds to produce additional photographs of the previous day’s crowds on the National Mall.
In Trump’s White House, a day of confusion and change
A meeting with a senator vanished from the White House schedule. A ceremonial executive order signing abruptly canceled.
How happy are MWC fans with their coaches?
The college football fan relationship with their favorite team’s head coach is highly volatile. Characterized by sharp autumnal mood swings and overreactions, it’s a bit like the Brangelina marriage – filled with drama.
Executive orders met with fear,a
Executive orders from President Trump prompted fear and uncertainty for some immigrant families and the organizations that support them in St. Louis. On Wednesday, Trump signed an order directing funding to start building a border wall with Mexico.
Immigration advocates draw battle lines after Trumpa s executive orders
Rev. Walter Contreras, from Pasadena Presbyterian Church, speaks during a vigil in front of Los Angeles City Hall to denounce immigration-related Executive Actions by President Donald Trump on Wednesday January 25, 2017. About 30 protesters gather as they light candles and say prayers.
Amid Trumpa s funding threats to a sanctuarya cities, police, county sheriffs perform balancing act
In the face of President Donald Trump’s order to pull federal dollars from so-called “sanctuary cities,” Southern California law enforcement officials from L.A. to the Inland Empire Wednesday stuck to walking a fine line with hands-off approaches in their treatment of undocumented immigrants. Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck said his department will follow its decades-old policy of keeping officers focused on local crimes, leaving federal violations such as entering the country illegally in the hands of immigration officials.
GOP senators open to tax hikes
Recently, the Democratic and Republican Senate leaders put together a proposed package that would increase the state’s income tax, freeze property taxes for two years, expand gambling, borrow $7 billion to pay unpaid bills and tighten workers’ compensation rules, among other measures. Under the proposal, the state income tax would rise to 4.95 percent, from 3.75 percent.
Castro: Cuba can work with Trump if sovereignty respected
Heads of state pose for the official photo of the V Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States in Bavaro, Dominican Republic, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. BAVARO, Dominican Republic – President Raul Castro expressed Cuba’s willingness to continue negotiations with President Donald Trump’s new administration but warned that his country would not concede any of its sovereignty.
Today in History
On Jan. 26, 1942, the first American Expeditionary Force to head to Europe during World War II arrived in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Governor Swears In First Latino state Attorney General
Gov. Jerry Brown administers the oath of office to Xavier Becerra, making him California’s 33rd Attorney and the first Latino in state history to hold this position. Becerra, 58, was Brown’s pick to succeed U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris and will have to officially run for the influential post in 2018.
Wall builder in chief
The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights and other pro immigrant groups hold a vigil in front of Los Angeles City Hall to denounce immigration-related Executive Actions by President Donald Trump on Wednesday January 25, 2017. About 30 protesters gather as they light candles and say prayers.
.com | Mexico: We will not pay for any wall
President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered work to begin on building a wall across the Mexican border, angering his southern neighbour with his hardline stance on immigration. The US leader instructed officials to begin to “plan, design and construct a physical wall along the southern border” and – perhaps more problematically – see how it could be funded.
Durbin obstructs pro-Israel bill condemning UNSC
Sen. Dick Durbin has delayed a Senate bill assailing the United Nations Security Council for a resolution criticizing Israel, according to fellow Democrat Tom Udall . The New Mexico legislator told Jewish Insider outside of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing that Durbin has placed a “hold” on the measure, but if the Democratic Whip were to remove his objection, Udall would offer his own independent opposition.
Complaint: Religious message on Wright-Patterson AFB boxes broke Air Force rules
PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – A complaint alleges an intelligence center at Ohio’s largest military base broke U.S. Air Force rules by allowing religious references on charity collection boxes that were inside two of its buildings. The Dayton Daily News reports a National Air and Space Intelligence Center employee filed the complaint Tuesday with the center’s Inspector General’s office.
Rudy Giuliani praised sanctuary as ‘exactly what America needs’
“We should not be looking for scapegoats – we should be looking for answers,” the ex-mayor said in 1996.
Reality, Rights Fade in Trump’s America
The president not only has the resources of the American government at his disposal, but also a coterie of billionaire buddies committed to disseminating ‘alternative facts’ on his behalf. This week a commercial titled ” Champion ” made the rounds on cable news networks, proclaiming that President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, the embattled Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, is “a civil rights champion” with “a lifetime of fighting for justice.”
Dow 20,000: What does it mean and where does it go?
A horse named Valentine who was left behind in the Wyoming wilderness by an excursion company and survived for six weeks has raised debate and prompted a criminal investigation Authorities identified two people found dead Tuesday at a home near Shelton, Washington, and said the suspect in the case shot and killed himself Wednesday in Pendleton, Oregon, after a standoff Police in Northern California have arrested a suspect in connection with the slaying of a Vacaville teenager after she attended a neighbor’s party 34 years ago 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 … (more)
May-Trump meeting to test UK-US ‘special relationship’
Britain’s government must get parliamentary approval before starting the process of leaving the European Union, the Supreme Court … . Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street to attend parliament in London, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017.
Don’t Tie The Safety of Immigrants To NYPD Militarism
After President Donald Trump signed the anti-immigrant executive order he said he would, the mayor, flanked by City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and NYPD Commissioner Jimmy O’Neill, called for an emergency press conference to spell out the city’s response. Trump had just declared that so-called “sanctuary cities” like New York and other places where municipal governments vow to not prosecute undocumented immigrants for violating immigration laws, would have federal funding cut.