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Report: Trump’s visit to CIA made relations with intell community worse
More than any other administration in U.S. history, a pattern has has already emerged with this administration less than a week old. Can we be blunt? Deception and dishonesty. The latest comes in a CBS News report citing government sources that says President Donald Trump's weekend trip to the CIA to basically mend fences due to his dissing them in a series of tweets -- not … [Read more...] about Report: Trump’s visit to CIA made relations with intell community worse
13th film review
I really enjoyed Ava DuVernay's 13th, an incredible documentary about how black folks in America have been continually oppressed from the moment slavery was abolished. But let me start things off by talking about it's flaws. 13th is unashamedly partisan. This isn't to say that the arguments Ava and co make about the animalisation of black people aren't true - I think … [Read more...] about 13th film review
(Update) The New U.S. President Tries to Mend Fences at the CIA — and Fails
Update: While many are still aghast at Trump’s unbelievably insensitive, self-obsessive, self-promoting remarks to CIA officers while standing in front of the CIA’s hallowed Memorial Wall, some see a silver lining: Several agency veterans said, according to David Ignatius at the Washington Post, they were glad that Trump seemed to have “stopped demonizing the intelligence … [Read more...] about (Update) The New U.S. President Tries to Mend Fences at the CIA — and Fails
Trump vs. Facts
Donald Trump says he is at war with the media. Ezra Klein argues he is actually trying to de-legitimize facts on vox.com. Speaking at the CIA this afternoon, President Donald Trump said, “I have a running war with the media.” Like much that Trump says, this isn’t quite true. His war isn’t with the media. Trump lives off media attention and delights in press coverage. His … [Read more...] about Trump vs. Facts
President Trump: Poster Boy for Rankism
Rankism is the degradation of those with less power or lower rank. It’s somebodies using the power of their rank to humiliate or disadvantage those they see as nobodies. Rankism is no more defensible than racism, sexism, homophobia, etc. In fact, rankism—putting people down and keeping them there—is the mother of all the ignoble isms. Eradicating rankism doesn’t require … [Read more...] about President Trump: Poster Boy for Rankism
Pope Francis warns against populism, citing Hitler
Pope Francis on Saturday warned against populism, saying it could lead to the election of "saviours" like Adolf Hitler. In an hour-long interview with Spanish newspaper El Pais conducted as Donald Trump was being sworn in as US president, the pontiff also condemned the idea of using walls and barbed wire to keep out foreigners, among… … [Read more...] about Pope Francis warns against populism, citing Hitler
40,000 JOIN WOMEN’S MARCH IN SAN DIEGO, MILLIONS MORE NATIONWIDE
40,000 Join Women's March in San Diego, Millions More Nationwide by Miriam Raftery SAN DIEGO, CA – At the Spring Street trolley station in La Mesa, hundreds of East County residents converged to ride downtown and join this morning’s Women’s March downtown, where some 40,000 marchers joined an estimated 2.9 million protesters nationwide. CBS reports this was the largest … [Read more...] about 40,000 JOIN WOMEN’S MARCH IN SAN DIEGO, MILLIONS MORE NATIONWIDE
Today’s Marches Matter
Jonathan Chait describes the wave on New York Magazine. Of the many reasons a man like Donald Trump managed to win the presidential election, ranging from the 22nd Amendment to James Comey, an important one was the imbalance in political passion between the two sides. Not only did many Democrats distrust or dislike Hillary Clinton, but eight years of Democratic control of … [Read more...] about Today’s Marches Matter
Women in big numbers swarm onto streets to protest President Trump
By Scott Malone and Ginger Gibson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women took to the streets in unexpectedly large numbers in major U.S. cities on Saturday in mass protests against U.S. President Donald Trump, in an early indication of the strong opposition the newly inaugurated Republican may face in office. Hundreds of thousands of women - many wearing pink knit hats to evoke … [Read more...] about Women in big numbers swarm onto streets to protest President Trump
Opening Move
Following his inauguration, President Trump signed two executive orders. One of them canceled an upcoming premium cut on borrower's insurance for FHA mortgages. The premium cut, of 25 basis points, would have lowered borrower's costs at a time when mortgage rates are rising. For the borrower, the premium cut would have held down overall monthly costs on new loans. For the FHA, … [Read more...] about Opening Move
A Cabinet Made for Rich Anglos
By Walter Brasch Donald Trump, the billionaire real estate investor who began his run for the presidency and was one of the clowns who campaigned on promises that couldn’t be kept and fear that enveloped his core base, is now President Trump. Hillary Clinton accumulated about three million more votes than Trump, but the Trump campaign focused upon the Electoral College that … [Read more...] about A Cabinet Made for Rich Anglos
The Lobster
So, The Lobster... it's a film. It's a film by some bloke called Yargos Lanthimos. It's a film that has people you know in it - Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz and John C Reilly. Is it a film you should watch? I straight up don't know how to answer that question. It's not often that I struggle to give my opinion on... well most things - especially films. The Lobster is weird. … [Read more...] about The Lobster
Trump lays out a vision of America that is dark and insular (Guest Editorial)
The following editorial is to appear in The Dallas Morning News on Saturday, Jan. 21: ——— President Donald Trump ushered in a new era in American politics Friday with a brief and bold speech that laid out a muscular — and also, regrettably, insular — vision for our nation under its new leader. In the most… … [Read more...] about Trump lays out a vision of America that is dark and insular (Guest Editorial)
Is this what we’ve come to, America?
WASHINGTON -- It began at about the time Chuck Schumer, addressing the inauguration crowd from the Capitol, lamented that politics is "frequently consumed by rancor." It sounded at first, from my seat in the plaza below the inaugural platform, like a helicopter flying low over the mall, or perhaps an unusually loud jet taking off from Reagan National Airport. But I … [Read more...] about Is this what we’ve come to, America?
Cautious optimism about Trump’s inauguration
Foreign reactions to President Donald Trump’s inauguration speech bordered on cautious optimism although his words were the most uncompromising of any recent President and he might become one of the most divisive in US history. Speaking for the first time as President, he seemed to reset the button on his own country’s democracy. At least, he had the merit of being clear … [Read more...] about Cautious optimism about Trump’s inauguration
That Sinking Feeling… (Updated with Photo, Video and Presidential Farewell Letter)
Scroll to bottom for updates. Don't miss President Obama's touching farewell letter to his "fellow Americans" The harsh truth started to sink in while listening to the dark, gloomy inaugural address of the new president. When I heard defeatist, trite and tired words lifted directly from an ignoble campaign, such as: • Mothers and children trapped in poverty in our … [Read more...] about That Sinking Feeling… (Updated with Photo, Video and Presidential Farewell Letter)
We, us, you, your?
We, us, you, your? This is your President. Calling a Trump act. Brace for impact. After I have thoroughly abused, bullied, insulted many of you, including my fellow Americans, both collectively and singularly, traded barbs, wrong or right. I now call on Patriots for a reset, for us all to unite. Yes black, brown and white. Forget the establishment for I shall … [Read more...] about We, us, you, your?
Our new president: radical, divisive and so bleak
WASHINGTON -- Donald John Trump intends to govern as the same fiercely angry man who inspired the discontented but aroused the worries and fears of so many other Americans. In his inaugural address, he offered no outreach to those who had opposed him. There was no acknowledgment of the achievements of any of his predecessors and he spoke as if he were taking over a … [Read more...] about Our new president: radical, divisive and so bleak
The gift my sister gives me…
Many people are familiar with the saying, "you don't know what you have until it's gone." Having gone through losses, I learned the truth of statement. I also learned something else along the way: the importance of having a sister in the midst of such loss. My sister is ten years older than me. When I was ten, she married and moved to Virginia to be with her husband who was … [Read more...] about The gift my sister gives me…