Donald J. Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress are a threat to everything HIV advocates have been fighting for during the last thirty years, and that includes access to healthcare, bans on insurance companies using HIV as reason to deny coverage, HIV prevention programs like PrEP, and the dignity with which we treat those who are most vulnerable to HIV infection. This new political reality is reflected in the 2017 list of HIV Advocates to Watch from Queerty health writer Mark King’s blog My Fabulous Disease .
Category: Senator Chuck Schumer
Chuck Schumer opposes Jeff Sessions for AG
“After reviewing his record and giving careful consideration to his answers during the hearing, I am not confident in Senator Sessions’ ability to be a defender of the rights of all Americans, or to serve as an independent check on the incoming administration,” the New York Democrat said in a statement. “I am also deeply concerned by his views on immigration, which I saw firsthand during the push for comprehensive immigration reform.
Homes are evacuated after a man took a World War I bomb to Swansea pub
The most expensive homes in the WORLD in 2016: The Playboy Mansion, a Park Avenue penthouse and a huge Dallas mansion are ALL beaten by palatial mansion in Hong Kong that sold for $270m Trump calls Buzzfeed ‘a failing pile of garbage’ for publishing ‘Russian hotel sex blackmail dossier’ and refuses to let CNN ‘fake news reporter’ ask a question at press conference ‘I did what any citizen should do’: Sworn Trump enemy John McCain admits HE handed smear dossier to FBI – because he had no idea if it was credible Democrats’ Senate leader Chuck Schumer hints at intelligence revenge plot on Trump as he says ‘they have six ways from Sunday to get back at you’ Donald says he was NEVER briefed on fake dirty dossier and NEVER shown it by intelligence chiefs and ridicules its claim he was taped with Moscow hookers by confessing he’s a ‘germophobe’ Did a 4chan user make up the most salacious parts … (more)
Don’t be shocked if Trump leaked story about hookers defiling bed
You should not be surprised that Donald Trump may have hired prostitutes to urinate all over a bed that President Obama once slept in. The reason is that this salacious tale – part of a super-secret trove of documents just published by Buzzfeed – makes Trump look good.
Senate Gears Up for Flurry of Confirmation Hearings This Week
The Senate is gearing up for a number of confirmation hearings this week in an effort to have President-elect Trump’s administration ready to go on day one. But, given that at least nine hearings are scheduled for this week, Democrats and the Government Ethics Office are concerned about the speed of the process, arguing the timetable doesn’t allow for proper vetting.
Mitch McConnell tells Senate democrats to ‘grow up’
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has a message for Democrats seeking to slow down Donald Trump’s cabinet confirmation hearings: “grow up.” Democrats, led by Sen. Chuck Schumer, are pressing to postpone the confirmation committee meetings this week of several of Trump’s nominees until they turn in financial disclosure reports to resolve any potential conflicts of interest.
Joe Biden to Trump: ‘Grow up, Donald’
In an interview with PBS NewsHour that aired Thursday, Biden was asked about President-elect Donald Trump’s tweets, specifically one where he called Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer “the head clown” and another in which he wrote, “Doing my best to disregard the many inflammatory President O statements and roadblocks. Thought it was going to be a smooth transition – NOT!” “Grow up, Donald.
Sources: Trump will ask Congress to pay for border wall
President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has signaled to congressional Republican leaders that the President-elect’s preference is to fund the border wall through the appropriations process as soon as April, according to House Republican officials. The move would break a key campaign promise when Trump repeatedly said he would force Mexico to pay for the construction of the wall along the border, though in October, Trump suggested for the first time that Mexico would reimburse the US for the cost of the wall.
Chuck Schumer: Democrats Will Block ‘Out Of The Mainstream’ Supreme Court Picks
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is promising that Democrats will block Donald Trump ‘s Supreme Court picks if they’re not in the “mainstream,” and a key determination of whether they fit that definition may be where they stand on the landmark 1973 abortion case, Roe v. Wade.
Top Senate Dem warns Trump on Supreme Court pick
The top Democrat in the Senate is warning President-elect Donald Trump about his eventual Supreme Court choice: Name a “mainstream” nominee or Democrats will oppose the individual “with everything we have.” “My worry is, with the hard right running the show, that the likelihood of the nominee being mainstream is decreasing every day,” New York Sen. Chuck Schumer said Wednesday in an interview.
The Latest: UN leader has ‘positive discussion’ with Trump
The United Nations says the new U.N. secretary-general had “a very positive discussion” with Donald Trump on U.S.-U.N. relations. U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq says Antonio Guterres called the president-elect on Wednesday – and their introductory conversation went well.
Chuck Schumer: Trump opposition leader
Chuck Schumer arrived for his first day as Senate Democratic leader to a large, new Capitol suite still strewn with unpacked boxes. “It’s a little fancier than I’m used to, but it goes with the territory,” Schumer told us, as he sat down for his maiden television interview as the Senate’s top Democrat.
The Latest: Dems offer mixed reactions to Israel speech
Democratic lawmakers are offering mixed reactions to Secretary of State John Kerry’s speech deploring Israeli settlement-building and defending the U.S. move not to veto a controversial U.N. resolution. Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York says his former Senate colleague “seems to have forgotten the history off settlements in Gaza” and warns Kerry’s speech may have “emboldened extremists on both sides.”
How next year can be better — and even worse — than 2016 :0
The incoming year couldn’t face a less-demanding mandate: Don’t be as messed-up as 2016, which seemed to set a new low almost weekly. Prominent among them, of course, is the refugee crisis that never seems to end.
Froma Harrop: Trump’s favorite targets are Republicans
Donald Trump has inspired so much fear among his Republican comrades that he no longer has to issue harsh tweets when they misbehave. They do it themselves.
Senate Dems press Trump’s wealthy picks for financial data
Top Senate Democrats are trying to put the brakes on President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, insisting on extensive financial information on some of the wealthiest Americans before moving forward on nominations. Frustrated by the slow response of billionaires and multimillionaires to their request, 16 Democrats delivered an ultimatum Thursday, saying no committee should vote on a nominee until the individual has cleared an FBI background check, provided a financial report and an ethics agreement with the Office of Government Ethics, and responded to “reasonable requests for additional information” such as tax returns.
Merry Christmas: Chuck Schumer Fires Video Staff Just Days Before The Holidays
The holidays won’t be easy for many staffers who worked in the Senate Democratic Media Center. Incoming Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has decided to abruptly clean house in the video unit department in order to revamp Senate Democrats’ digital operation.
The Latest: McConnell says no to select panel on Russia
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is rejecting calls for a special Senate investigative committee focused on possible interference in U.S. elections by Russia and other countries. McConnell says a finding by U.S. intelligence officials that Moscow hacked Democratic emails in a bid to elevate Donald Trump “is a serious issue, but it doesn’t require a select committee.”
Senators push to widen inquiry into Russian election hacking
Pressure mounted Sunday for a broader congressional investigation of Russian cyberattacks aimed at influencing the U.S. election, even as a top aide to President-elect Donald Trump said there was no conclusive evidence of foreign interference. The effort was being led by a bipartisan group of senators, including John McCain, R-Ariz., and Chuck Schumer of New York, the Senate Democratic leader, who called on Sunday for the creation of a Senate select committee on cyberactivity to take the investigative lead on Capitol Hill.
Ethics reviews incomplete for several Trump picks
Several of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet choices have not completed a full review to avoid conflicts of interest, the government’s ethics office says, even as Republican senators move quickly to hold at least nine confirmation hearings this week. In a letter to Senate leaders, the director of the Office of Government Ethics described the current status of several nominees, some of whom are billionaires and millionaires, in the ethics process and expressed concern about the lack of ethics reviews just days from committee hearings.