The leftists are out protesting again. Low energy crowds formed across the country on Presidents’ Day chanting ‘Love, not hate makes America great!’ and the same old boring ‘Hey hey ho ho, Donald Trump has got to go!’.
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Following a bizarre exchange with American Urban Radio Networks White House Correspondent April Ryan, the Congressional Black Caucus is in talks with President Donald Trump to set up a meeting. Trump asked, Ryan, a veteran Black journalist, if she could set up a meeting with him and the CBC, as if Ryan was an employee of the White House or a special assistant to the CBC.
Orange County (Calif.) Register: Shifting to ‘blue collar’ focus could work for Democrats
The reason American politics is so unsettled right now goes well beyond Donald Trump. It also involves the state of the major parties.
‘I Don’t Know What You’re Referring To’:…
Vladimir Putin a little more “flexibility” after the election , NBC journalist and MSNBC host Katy Tur seemed not to recall the incident. Tur pressed Florida Representative Francis Rooney about the number of Donald Trump advisors with close tie to Russia.
In Newark, a Presidents Day rally against a president
Elston, a 45-year-old truck driver who lives in Newark, is a fan of the nation’s 45th president, Donald Trump . He had just shouted the same argument at a group of about 50 protestors staging a Presidents Day rally against the sitting president, at the seated statue Abraham Lincoln in front of the old courthouse at Springfield Avenue and Market Street.
‘Spirit of America’ rallies planned to support President…
After President Donald Trump’s inauguration came the protest rallies and marches , which show no sign of abating. Now his supporters say it’s time to show the nation that Trump and his agenda have loads of support.
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones: My audience is ‘the…
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones – who believes that both the 9/11 terror attack and the massacre at Sandy Hook were “false flag” operations carried out by the United States government – is again openly boasting about his influence on President Donald Trump. In an interview with the New York Times , Jones said that the audience who listens to him is “the teeth” in the president’s “information warfare” campaign that’s aimed at publicizing the kinds of “alternative facts” infamously pushed by Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway.
Bob Barr: Enough with the – vetting’
Of the many words to describe Donald Trump, “measured” and “precise” are not among them.
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.
BELLWETHER Will French voters elect a female Donald Trump?
The far-right French leader Marine Le Pen gestures during a talk with Ziad Hawat, mayor of Byblos, Lebanon, during a visit to Beirut on Feb. 19. France will choose a new president this spring, in a two-stage election process that for decades has come down to a choice between left-leaning Socialists and a right-of-center party that recently changed its name to Les Rpublicains . This year, however, a third candidate has put the direction of the country very much in doubt.
White House denies any collusion between Trump campaign and Russia
Punishment came down quickly for two Daniel Webster College basketball players, including the leading scorer this season, after a fight during the school’s last-ever men’s basketball game on… Brad Marchand scored a breakaway goal 2:36 into overtime as the Boston Bruins beat the Sharks 2-1 Sunday night.
Trump marks his first month with tweets, turmoil
One month after the inauguration, the stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of Donald Trump’s White House still is a hard-hat zone. Skeletal remains of the inaugural reviewing stands poke skyward.
Native Americans hoping Trump’s ‘America first’ helps first Americans
Native Americans hope President Donald Trump doesn’t forget America’s first inhabitants as he promises to put “America first.” Tribes have been reaching out to the Republican administration since it took office last month, saying they’re ready to help it meet its campaign promises of improving the economy and creating more jobs for Americans.
Atlanta, other cities eye test tracks for self-driving cars
Self-driving vehicles could begin tooling down a bustling Atlanta street full of cars, buses, bicyclists and college students, as the city vies with other communities nationwide to test the emerging technology. Atlanta would become one of the largest urban areas for testing self-driving vehicles if plans come together for a demonstration as early as September.
Draft DHS guidelines sharpen focus on those here illegally
The Homeland Security Department has drafted sweeping new guidelines aimed at aggressively detaining and deporting immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, according to a pair of memoranda signed by DHS Secretary John Kelly. The memos dated Friday seek to implement President Donald Trump’s broad directive to crack down on illegal immigration.
Trump’s first month augurs stormy trans-Atlantic relations
Europeans have reacted to President Donald Trump’s first month in office with demonstrations, counter-barbs and sheer angst that a century of trans-Atlantic friendship may be sinking. The governments of some traditional allies have gone a step further, uniting with fundraising plans and a special conference to balance the new U.S. administration’s reverse tack from Barack Obama’s presidency on abortion policies.
Obama pollster Cornell Belcher on the failures that led to President…
The Democratic Party is continuing its postmortem after Hillary Clinton’s unexpected defeat. Many challenges and puzzles will need to be resolved.
Trump’s proposed big military budget no sure thing
Republicans control Congress so President Donald Trump’s pledge to boost the Pentagon budget by tens of billions of dollars should be a sure bet. Trump faces skeptical Democrats whose support he’ll need and resistance from fiscal conservatives opposed to repealing a 2011 law that set firm limits on military and domestic spending.
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.
An idea whose time has come?
There’s a new idea that might be the solution to runaway populism. Well, it’s not that new, really – it has been kicking around in left-wing circles for a least a quarter-century – but it has suddenly gone mainstream.
Departing election commissioner Ravel urges Trump to change system
A Democratic member of the U.S. Federal Election Commission said she will resign and called on President Donald Trump to fix a system that has allowed unaccountable money to flow into politics “from a tiny, highly unrepresentative segment of the population.” Ann Ravel said she’ll step down March 1 from a term that would otherwise have run through April 30. Her exit means that Trump can select her replacement, allowing him to influence how election laws are enforced for several years.
Donald Trump changing nature of nation’s highest office
It’s a Presidents Day like no other as Donald Trump – having redefined campaigning as a brash, tweeting populist – redefines the Oval Office and its relationship to the media, trade partners and foreign governments. But politicos say it’s an open question whether this approach will end when Trump’s term does, or if he is fundamentally transforming the White House, and the march to it, for future candidates and presidents.
How to build an autocracy? Obama showed us how
An Atlantic magazine article by Washington journalist David Frum frets about a coming autocracy engineered by President Donald Trump, and the amazing thing is that the author did not notice the past eight years. It’s as if Noah’s Ark had finally landed and the understood message was that a flood was only now on its way.
Zakaria: ‘Rocking-Horse Presidency’ Has Done ‘Hardly Anything’
President Donald Trump is running a “rocking-horse presidency” and has “hardly done anything” other than giving us “the circus,” CNN host Fareed Zakaria claimed Sunday. “The first few weeks of the Trump administration have been an illustration of that line from the writer Alfred Montapert: Do not confuse motion with progress, a rocking horse keeps moving but does not make progress,” the “Fareed Zakaria GPS” host “We are witnessing a rocking-horse presidency in which everyone is jerking back and forth furiously; yet, there is no forward movement.”
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.
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.
Trump administration drafts plan to aggressively detain illegal immigrants
The US Department of Homeland Security has drafted sweeping new guidelines aimed at aggressively detaining and deporting immigrants living in the US illegally, according to a pair of memoranda signed by DHS Secretary John Kelly. The memos dated February 17 seek to implement President Donald Trump’s broad directive to crack down on illegal immigration.
Rep. Blumenauer’s disingenuous commentary (Letter to the editor)
The author writes that Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., doesn’t like Donald Trump, that’s “obvious. He thinks he is erratic and raises questions about his mental and emotional capacity to be the President.”
Carl Bernstein: Trump’s Press Attacks ‘Worse Than Nixon’
“Never forget,” he tells national security advisers Henry Kissinger, above, and Alexander Haig in a conversation on December 14 1972, “the press is the enemy, the press is the enemy. The establishment is the enemy, the professors are the enemy, the professors are the enemy.
A Letter to Mr. Medford of South Carolina
I read about your opinions in an article in the February 18th New York Times Sunday Review. It seemed like you wanted progressives to understand and respect your point of view, which is understandable, but I think the reverse is true, too.
February 20, 2017: Seeking a solution
Seeking a solution With regard to “Did Trump nix the 2-state solution?” , the assertion that then-president Bill Clinton “wed the Israelis and Palestinians to the notion that the only resolution to the conflict is a two-state solution” flies in the face of historical factuality. The 1993 Oslo Accords did not require a sovereign Palestinian-Arab entity.
Face the Nation transcript February 19, 2017: Priebus, Graham, Nunes, Cummings
JOHN DICKERSON, CBS HOST: Today on FACE THE NATION: Plagued with personnel problems and drowning in damaging leaks to the press, President Trump goes back to being candidate. One month into office, President Trump held a campaign rally last night in Florida.
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.
Trump’s national security candidates promised autonomy
FILE PHOTO: Acting U.S. National Security Advisor Retired General Keith Kellogg arrives for a news conference at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 15, 2017. FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton arrives for a meeting with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York, U.S., December 2, 2016.
‘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.
Mugabe has been in power in the southern African country since 1980.
President Robert Mugabe arrives to chair ZANU PF’s Politburo meeting at the party headquarters in Harare, Zimbabwe, on February 15, 2017. Photo – Reuters President Robert Mugabe arrives to chair ZANU PF’s Politburo meeting at the party headquarters in Harare, Zimbabwe, on February 15, 2017.
Trump travel ban personal for young lawyer who led fight
Washington state Solicitor General Noah Purcell has argued before packed courtrooms, but those crowds paled in comparison to the millions who heard him argue against President Donald Trump ‘s travel ban before a federal appeals court. “I didn’t really know that it was going to be broadcast live on the networks,” Purcell said, referring to the court’s decision to livestream the audio of the Feb. 7 arguments, which were made available on YouTube and newspaper websites worldwide and carried at least in part by CNN and MSNBC .
Trump travel ban personal for young lawyer who led fight
Washington state Solicitor General Noah Purcell has argued before packed courtrooms, but those crowds paled in comparison to the millions who heard him argue against President Donald Trump ‘s travel ban before a federal appeals court. “I didn’t really know that it was going to be broadcast live on the networks,” Purcell said, referring to the court’s decision to livestream the audio of the Feb. 7 arguments, which were made available on YouTube and newspaper websites worldwide and carried at least in part by CNN and MSNBC .
London mayor opposes Trump state visit
London Mayor Sadiq Khan says Donald Trump’s “cruel and shameful” policies mean he should not be granted a state visit. Khan said on Sunday that Trump’s travel ban aimed at people from seven Muslim-majority countries, which has run into trouble in the US courts, and the suspension of refugee admissions were reasons not to be “rolling out the red carpet”.
London mayor opposes Trump state visit
London Mayor Sadiq Khan says Donald Trump’s “cruel and shameful” policies mean he should not be granted a state visit. Khan said on Sunday that Trump’s travel ban aimed at people from seven Muslim-majority countries, which has run into trouble in the US courts, and the suspension of refugee admissions were reasons not to be “rolling out the red carpet”.