Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
1/3/19
9/25/18
THE DISUNITED STATES
The Disunited States: Is the Trump presidency causing irreparable damage to America?
America has never seen anything like this. Time and again, Donald Trump has attacked the very fabric of US democracy. He has called the press ‘the enemy of the American people’. He says that claims that Russia interfered in the US election are a hoax. And that the FBI - currently investigating his campaign - should be personally loyal to the president.
And it’s not just political institutions Trump is damaging, his opponents say: in America he has stoked racial tension, coddled Wall Street and given succour to the gun lobby. On the world stage, he’s alienated key allies, slapped $50 billion in tariffs on China that may spark off a trade war, and appointed the hawkish John Bolton, who has advocated regime change in Iran and North Korea, as national security adviser.
If Trump is a new kind of threat, the big question is whether the damage he is doing to America will be permanent. Will the country that survived two world wars, the Cold War and the attacks of 9/11 really be put off its stride by a reality show host who could be gone in less than three years’ time? Or is Trump dismantling the robust system that has kept America united and irreparably damaging its standing as the most powerful nation on earth?
But perhaps this is all liberal hand-wringing. Could Trump, in fact, be that rarest of things -
a politician who delivers on his promises - and prove to be the reformer the American electorate voted for?
To examine the political health and standing of the United States at this crucial moment, Intelligence Squared brought together Ronan Farrow, former US government adviser and journalist, who has just been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for breaking the Harvey Weinstein scandal; Mark Lilla, the American political scientist who hit the headlines last year with an article arguing that it is the left’s preoccupation with identity politics that opened the door to Trump’s victory; Lionel Shriver, award-winning novelist and commentator; and Brian Klaas, an expert on authoritarianism who claims that with every autocratic tweet Trump is edging America away from its democratic norms.
The Disunited States: Is the Trump presidency causing irreparable damage to America?
8/22/18
8/13/18
"DEAR OMAROSA,"
"Dear Omarosa,
I'm on to you.
You made a fortune off your new book. Seven fucking figures. Let's talk about that. You got millions of dollars from an advance to spill the fucking beans on an evil racist man you velcro-ed yourself to for years & years and now - now - you're going around talking shit about trump and playing audio tapes and admitting that he's always been a racist, crazy-ass unhinged psychopath.
Really?
Now?
Now?
You knew he was a racist pig pre-election. You knew he was a fucking predator pre-election. You knew he was a nasty evil self-serving asshole pre-election. You knew he was a liar and a conman and an abuser and you knew - you knew - he would fuck over America pre-election. You heard nasty vile shit coming out of his mouth on The Apprentice pre-election. You let this motherfucker get away with murder because you are what I call a GHGDM: greedy hypocritical gold-digging motherfucker.
You didn't stop him.
You didn't tell the truth.
You kissed his motherfucker ass.
You didn't tell the truth.
You kissed his motherfucker ass.
You championed him knowing he called black people niggers. You supported him knowing he was a sexual predator and grabbed women by their pussy. You campaigned day in and day out knowing he treated women like whores; that he berated and abused and demeaned human beings, and he tossed folks out on their asses because of his sick narcissistic behavior.
You went on National television - morning shows and day shows and the nightly news - touting his fucking brilliance, saying folks would be bowing down to King fucking trump, and by the way to refresh your memory, you said it with such nastiness and crudeness because we were all gonna be sorry for not treating him - the mighty trump wizard - with respect.
Fuck you.
Fuck you hard.
Fuck you hard.
You know what you need to do, you need to take the fucking money that's pouring in from your book and donate ALL OF IT to every single Woman running on a Democratic ticket in this country come the midterms because in my book, which I did not get an advance for, you are one holier than thou chick, and I've had enough of your woe is me shit.
Best & warm,
Amy"
Amy"
Welcome back and thank you my dear Amy Ferris
8/9/18
MICHAEL MOORE FAHRENHEIT 11/9
Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 11/9" is a provocative and comedic look at the times in which we live. It will explore the two most important questions of the Trump Era: How the f**k did we get here, and how the f**k do we get out? It's the film to see before it's too late.
SEPTEMBER 21 IN THEATERS EVERYWHERE
HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD THIS MORNING
PHOTOS RICARDO CARRANZA- HOLLYWOOD/BELLUM CORESPONDENT
SOME TRUMPWORLD FOOL PLACED FIVE TRUMPWORLD
STICKERS NEXT TO THE DAMAGED STAR THIS MORNING- 8/9/2018.
THE FATE OF TRUMPWORLD STAR IN NOW GOING TO VOTE
AT THE LA CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR ERIC GARCETTI.
8/6/18
5/2/18
CHARLAMAGNE- CTHAGOD- INTERVIEWS KANYE WEST- POST RACIAL AMERICA?
CHARLAMAGNE- CTHAGOD- INTERVIEWS KANYE WEST- MAY 1ST, 2018
3/26/18
MARCH FOR OUR LIVES DC- 3.24.2018
ANDRA DAY
ANDRA DAY & COMMON
JACLYN CORIN
YOLANDA RENE KING
DELANY TARR
MATT POST
CAMERON KASKY
VIC MENSA
ALEX WIND
ALEX WIND
MYA MIDDLETON
NAOMI WADLER
COMMON
SARAH CHADWICK
DAVID HOGG
RYAN DEITCH
SAM FUENTES
DEMI LOVATO
ALEX KING
EDNA CHAVEZ
MATTHEW SOTO
ZION KELLY
EMMA GONZALEZ
JENNIFER HUDSON
JENNIFER HUDSON & FINAL WORDS
FULL LIVE STREAM
EMMA GONZALEZ MAKES HISTORY
EMMA GONZALEZ
born c. 2000)
is an American activist and advocate for gun control. As a high school senior she survived the February 2018 Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida,
and in response co-founded the gun-control advocacy group Never Again MSD.
González first drew national attention after a speech she gave at a rally against gun violence went viral, famously proclaiming "We call B.S." on the lack of action by politicians funded by the NRA. Subsequently, González continued to be an outspoken activist on gun control, making high profile media appearances and helping organize the March for Our Lives, which became the largest student protest in American history. Speaking at the demonstration, González led a moment of silence for the victims of the massacre, standing on stage for six minutes and 20 seconds, which she observed was the length of the shooting spree.
González was attacked for her Fort Lauderdale speech by many from the political right wing of American politics and press. She has also faced derogatory comments made by internet trollsabout her sexual orientation, short hair, and skin color. She was verbally attacked by Leslie Gibson, Republican candidate running unopposed for the Maine legislature and lifetime NRA member, who referred to her as a "skinhead lesbian", whereupon 28-year-old Eryn Gilchrist filed papers to run against him, thus providing an opponent; Republican former state Senator Thomas Martin, Jr., who said that Gibson's remarks did not represent the Maine Republican Party, and that he planned to contact the survivors to commend their courage, also filed to run for the seat. A few days later, Gibson dropped out of the race.
Conspiracy theorists have falsely accused the students, including González, of being crisis actors. Benjamin Kelly, an aide to Florida state Representative Shawn Harrison, was fired after making such accusations. Donald Trump Jr. faced criticism for appearing to support the crisis actor accusations.
Following her highly publicized speech at the March for Our Lives, pro-gun activists doctored fake photos and video showing González ripping up a copy of the United States Constitution, spreading them widely on internet forums and social media. Snopes.com observed that the video was in fact a digitally manipulated Teen Vogue video of her tearing up shooting range targets.
González identifies as bisexual. According to Vogue, her buzz cut is not a reaction to the school shooting. "People asked me, 'Are you taking a feminist stand?' No, I wasn't. It's Florida. Hair is just an extra sweater I’m forced to wear," González recalled. "I even made a PowerPoint presentation to convince my parents to let me shave my head, and it worked."
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