President-elect Donald Trump is showing little sign of forgiving his critics as he prepares to move into the Oval Office. The incoming president tweeted Monday that, “Various media outlets and pundits say that I thought I was going to lose the election.
Month: January 2017
Trump Takes Aim at Mayor Emanuel in Tweet About Chicago
President-elect Donald Trump tweeted Monday about Chicago’s “record setting” violence in 2016, claiming the city should seek federal help if local authorities can’t handle the crisis. As Chicago closed on one of its most violent years in decades, President-elect Donald Trump tweeted Monday the city should seek federal help if local authorities can’t handle the crisis.
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Wildlife advocates plan to challenge the approval of a new Yellowstone River dam to benefit farmers that critics say could kill off a dwindling population of a fish dating to the time of dinosaurs. Wildlife advocates plan to challenge the approval of a new Yellowstone River dam to benefit farmers that critics say could kill off a dwindling population of a fish dating to the time of dinosaurs.
Alabama space explorers await impact of Trump administration
But his campaign suggestions – more deep space exploration, less Earth science – seem to bode well for Alabama and for Marshall Space Flight Center. The center’s 6,000-person workforce is a key part of Huntsville’s economy.
As we exit a year of horrors, the one we enter may be worse
‘If tempers all over the country are so fragile that they can be lost because a couple of film stars give their child the same name as a 14th-century warlord, exactly what sort of compromises can be palatable?’ asks Mihir S Sharma. onald Trump is a sore winner.
Andrew Verstein on the Salman Personal Benefit Standard for Tipping Liability
Steve describes a psychiatrist who trades after learning about a merger from one of his patients, raising the question, “Does Treadwell’s conduct constitute an illegal tip under SEC Rule 10b-5?” We can ask the same question of the psychologist. Steve’s hypothetical is meant to generate discussion, and the possibility for extended discussion is meant to demonstrate just how much Salmon v.
Obama Credits Green Energy For Cutting Foreign Oil Imports – He’s Wrong
President Barack Obama is making a major public relations blitz to highlight his legacy, including tying falling reliance on foreign oil to his green energy policies. Obama claimed the U.S. “traded foreign oil for clean energy,” but what he should have said is the U.S. traded foreign oil for hydraulic fracturing.
Trump: Chicago Should Ask For Federal Help To Fight Murder Epidemic
Donald Trump addressed the issue of Chicago’s 2016 murder spike on Monday, suggesting that mayor Rahm Emanuel may need to ask for help from the federal government. The Windy City’s 762 murders in 2016 are a 57 percent increase from 2015, when 480 people were killed.
Mother Dies Of Heart Problems While Live Streaming On Facebook
Keiana Herndon, 26, was in the middle of telling her roughly 3,400 Facebook friends that she intended to go back to school when she started to feel ill. While holding her one-year-old son named Riley, Herndon began rubbing her face and shaking her head, according to local NBC news affiliate KATV.
Former Prime Minister Wants Japan To Abandon Nuclear Power
Koizumi publicly criticized his handpicked successor’s, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, current policy to reopen nuclear power plants. Abe sees a revival of nuclear power as critical to supporting economic growth and slowing an exodus of Japanese manufacturing to lower-cost countries.
Sabatoge? Drama Surrounding Mariah Carey’s NYE Disaster Heats Up
Carey failed to complete her set Saturday for Ryan Seacrest’s “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” special. After awkwardly walking around the stage for several minutes attempting to lip sync some of her old hits, she removed her earpiece and called off the show.
Intellectuals for Trump – A rogue group of conservative thinkers try …
Intellectuals for Trump – A rogue group of conservative thinkers try to build a governing ideology around a President-elect who disdains ideology. – The most cogent argument for electing Donald Trump was made not by Trump, or by his campaign, but by a writer who, unlike Trump
Obama to deliver farewell speech in Chicago
Obama Plans Farewell Speech From Chicago – HONOLULU – President Obama will give a farewell address next week from Chicago, his hometown, most likely his last chance to defend his legacy directly to the country before Donald J. Trump is sworn in, the White House announced on Monday.
Resistance at the Ready as GOP Licks Chops Over Regressive Agenda
Since Donald Trump was elected in November, House Speaker Paul Ryan has been poised to advance a GOP agenda. From slowing President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet confirmations to hampering GOP attempts to repeal Obamacare or defund Planned Parenthood, Democrats and allied progressive forces stand ready to resist the looming Republican agenda.
North Dakota budget is top issue for legislative session
Lawmakers convene Tuesday for North Dakota’s 65th legislative session, faced with tough spending choices amid a sharp downturn in tax revenues. Gov. Doug Burgum begins the session with his State of the State address early Tuesday afternoon.
Outside the Box: I’m a former health insurance CEO and this is what Obamacare repeal will do
There’s a joke among insurers that there are two things that health insurance companies hate to do – take risks and pay claims. But, of course, these are the essence of their business! Yet, if they do too much of either, they will go broke, and if they do too little, their customers will find a better policy.
Under 3 weeks left: Obama in closing stretch of presidency
His last vacation behind him, President Barack Obama is entering the closing stretch of his presidency, an eleventh-hour push to tie up loose ends and put finishing touches on his legacy before handing the reins to President-elect Donald Trump. Obama returned to Washington midday Monday from Hawaii with less than three weeks left.
Zero Self-Awareness: Chuck Todd Whacks Trump’s ‘Concierge Media Friends’
On NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday, Chuck Todd devoted a whole hour to analyzing Trump vs. the Press, but he worked energetically to avoid the notion the media lost trust because it’s seen as part of the Democratic National Machine. There were no questions about whether they failed in being too soft on Hillary Clinton, because they never think they’ve been too soft on Democrats.
Trump spokesman: President-elect wants more info on Russia
Incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer is defending cryptic comments by President-elect Donald Trump that he knows “things that other people don’t know” when it comes to allegations of Russian hacking. Spicer tells Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends” that Trump is getting national security briefings “on a daily basis” and “there doesn’t seem to be conclusive evidence” Russians were behind the hacking of Democratic emails during the election.
Under 3 weeks left: Obama in closing stretch of presidency
His last presidential vacation behind him, Barack Obama is entering the closing stretch of his presidency, an eleventh-hour push to tie up loose ends and put finishing touches on his legacy before handing the reins to President-elect Donald Trump. Obama returns to Washington midday Monday from Hawaii with just two-and-a-half weeks left.
ISIS Claims Responsibility For Istanbul Nightclub Massacre
Relatives react at the funeral of Ayhan Arik, a victim of an attack by a gunman at Reina nightclub, in Istanbul, Turkey, January 1, 2017. REUTERS/Osman Orsal The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the shooting at an Istanbul nightclub on New Year’s Eve, which killed 39 people and injured nearly 70. The ISIS-affiliated Aamaq News Agency released a message Monday saying the attack was carried out by a “heroic soldier of the caliphate who attacked the most famous nightclub where Christians were celebrating their pagan feast.”
LAWSUIT: Political Science Professor Forced To Teach Statistics Because Asians Are ‘Good At’ Math
A political science professor at the taxpayer-funded University of Illinois at Chicago is suing the school in federal court for discrimination in part because he claims that his bosses compelled him to teach statistics courses despite the fact that he is not qualified to teach statistics. The professor, Seung-Whan Choi, says his superiors told him that his Asian heritage sufficiently qualified him to teach math, according to court documents obtained by The Chicago Tribune .
After years of talk, Republicans must act on Obamacare. Tumult lies ahead.
Ernest Dumas illustrates in a column this week that the Republican promise to repeal Obamacare now faces tough political, financial and human realities – perhaps more in Arkansas than anywhere. He writes that the most damage could be done to 20 million working Americans Donald Trump vowed to protect.
Rising Prescription Opioid Deaths Spark Reform In New Hampshire
Regulations to combat opioid overdoses, which are ravaging communities throughout New Hampshire, went into effect Sunday, enforcing stricter rules on doctors when prescribing prescription painkillers. Doctors in the state are now required to conduct a comprehensive patient-risk evaluation to determine the possible effects a pill may have on a patient.
Vermont Residents Don’t Want To ‘Foot The Bill’ For Syrian Refugees
Some small-town residents of Rutland, Vt., are upset at their mayor’s decision to resettle 100 Syrian refugees throughout 2017 in the area. Rutland Mayor Christopher Louras defended his decision, saying the town’s demographics are declining, and they are having trouble recruiting younger workers.
The Media Outlets Poised To Become Trump’s Personal Propaganda Machine
After the 2016 presidential election, President-elect Donald Trump is coalescing a network of supportive right-wing media outlets, including an online publication owned by his son-in-law, a supermarket tabloid, and a new 24-hour news outlet that has been described as “Trump TV.” Since the primaries, these right-wing media outlets have helped push Trump’s agenda and have attacked his political opponents.
The Media Did Not Ask What Trump’s Replacement For Obamacare Would Be
In the lead-up to the election, prime-time news shows functionally abdicated any role in questioning what President-elect Donald Trump will offer in place of the Affordable Care Act and how it might affect the millions of Americans who gained insurance coverage as a result of the landmark law. Instead of asking pointed questions about Trump’s piecemeal policy proposals, TV personalities focused on negative stories like the 2017 premium hikes and conservative fearmongering about the potential of a so-called “death spiral.”
Flint, Standing Rock Prove The Impact Of Environmental Issues On Communities Of Color
In 2016, major environmental crises that disproportionately affect people of color — such as the Flint water crisis and the fight over the location of the Dakota Access Pipeline — were undercovered by the national media for long periods, despite being reported by local and state media early on. The national media’s failure to spotlight these environmental issues as they arise effectively shuts the people in danger out of the national conversation, resulting in delayed political action and worsening conditions.
With New Congress Poised to Convene, Obama’s Policies Are in…
New GOP Congress confronts a crushing to-do list – Contentious confirmation fights, a GOP assault on Obamacare – and, more than likely, hints of Republican infighting to come. – Welcome to the new Congress. – Lawmakers convene in Washington on Tuesday for the 115th Congress
Optimism at last for Northern Virginia native jailed in Egypt, her family
In this photo provided by Basel Hijawi, taken in 2015, American citizen Aya Hijazi waves as she leaves a court in Cairo after hearing. Family and friends of an American jailed in Egypt for nearly three years are hoping her time in custody may end soon.
Impeaching Trump
Impeaching Trump – The process begins now. – Donald Trump is wildly unfit to be president, and he will demonstrate that in ways that break the law and violate the Constitution. Since the election, there have been three wishful efforts to keep Trump from the presidency
Will Obama try to appoint Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court during a five minute recess?
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Gang member sentenced in teenage sex trafficking case
A North Park gang member was sentenced to 5 years in prison for his role in a racketeering scheme that involved sex trafficking, drug sales and robbery – a sentence that was followed up hours later with a notice of appeal to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Tony Brown, who lives in the Phoenix area, was one of 24 people to be indicted in 2013 on accusations of committing crimes on behalf of BMS Enterprise, made up of two gangs named Skanless and Black Mob.
President Obama confirms farewell address in Chicago
President Barack Obama greets people as he leaves Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, adjacent to Honolulu, Hawaii, en route to Washington on Jan. 1, 2017, after his annual family vacation on the island of Oahu. President Barack Obama greets people as he leaves Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, adjacent to Honolulu, Hawaii, en route to Washington on Jan. 1, 2017, after his annual family vacation on the island of Oahu.
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LOS ANGELES- No, Los Angeles residents, it wasn’t your hangovers playing tricks on you. The Hollywood sign really did read “HOLLYWeeD” for a few hours on New Year’s Day.
Under 3 weeks left: Obama in closing stretch of presidency
His last presidential vacation behind him, Barack Obama is entering the closing stretch of his term, an eleventh-hour push to tie up loose ends and put finishing touches on his legacy before handing the reins to President-elect Donald Trump. Obama returns to Washington at midday Monday from Hawaii with less than three weeks remaining in his presidency.
Under 3 weeks left: Obama in closing stretch of presidency
His last presidential vacation behind him, Barack Obama is entering the closing stretch of his term, an eleventh-hour push to tie up loose ends and put finishing touches on his legacy before handing the reins to President-elect Donald Trump. Obama returns to Washington at midday Monday from Hawaii with less than three weeks remaining in his presidency.
Chicago: Taking Tips from the Screwworm
In this series we’ll take a fresh look at resources and how they are used. We’ll go beyond natural resources like air and water to look at how efficiency in raw materials can boost the bottom line and help the environment.
Chicago: Taking Tips from the Screwworm
In this series we’ll take a fresh look at resources and how they are used. We’ll go beyond natural resources like air and water to look at how efficiency in raw materials can boost the bottom line and help the environment.