Trump Opens Breach With Party, Military and Industry By MICHAEL D. SHEAR, GLENN THRUSH and MAGGIE HABERMAN In the wake of his defense of white supremacists, President Trump was abandoned by executives, contradicted by military leaders and shunned by Republicans. According to close aides, the president said he felt liberated by his news conference andContinue reading “New York Times 8-17-2017”
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Washington Post Today’s WorldView
BY ADAM TAYLOR Trump’s Charlottesville response puts his foreign friends in an awkward position President Trump’s defiant and seemingly sympathetic reaction to far-right violence during protests in Charlottesville last weekend has left his domestic allies scrambling. But don’t forget the foreign leaders who count Trump as an ally: Some had tried to overlook the president’s remarkable globalContinue reading “Washington Post Today’s WorldView”
Science
Daily News and Headlines Thousand-year-old Viking fortress reveals a technologically advanced society By Michael Price | Wed, 16 Aug 2017 Watch this soft robot heal like Wolverine By Andrew Wagner | Wed, 16 Aug 2017 Water ice found near Mars’s equator could entice colonists and life-seekers By Sid Perkins | Wed, 16 Aug 2017 Zika has all but disappeared in theContinue reading “Science”
Washington Post 8-17-2017
Trump mourns loss of ‘beautiful statues and monuments’ in wake of Charlottesville rally over Robert E. Lee statue Trump’s support for some participants in a white supremacist march has provoked widespread outrage. By David Nakamura • Read more » Steve Bannon says rivals ‘wetting themselves,’ calls supremacists ‘clowns,’ contradicts Trump on N. Korea Bannon gave an unsolicited albeitContinue reading “Washington Post 8-17-2017”
Stop being President for all colors and creed
PLUS: Robots aren’t taking all of our jobs, and how I befriended my Instagram hacker 8.16.17 https://youtu.be/b1h9p3zt530 TRANSPORTATION Ford’s New GT Supercar Is Yet Another Homage to 1960s Glory Time for another victory lap. BUSINESS Everybody Chill: Robots Won’t Take All Our Jobs Everyone thinks automation will take all our jobs. The evidence disagrees. SECURITYContinue reading “Stop being President for all colors and creed”
President Trump playing footsie with racists and been doing it for years
President Trump has a long history of showing empathy to claims of white racial grievances. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press Photo) By EUGENE ROBINSON WASHINGTON — No one should have been surprised to see President Trump playing footsie with racists. He’s been doing it for years. On Saturday, when Trump could not bring himself to condemn whiteContinue reading “President Trump playing footsie with racists and been doing it for years”
President Obama defeats Trump at Twitter using love
Photographer perfectly shuts down Fox News’ request to use his Charlottesville photos Trump retweets racists, fascists, and the man who held up a ‘Rape Melania’ sign An epic Twitter thread that explains Trump and his insane press conference Daily Kos is prepared to resist Trump every single day for the next four years and beyond.Continue reading “President Obama defeats Trump at Twitter using love “
Impeach so called President and his white supremacists
Help us kick Nazis and white supremacists OUT of the White House → Connie, It is absolutely UNACCEPTABLE that hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars are paying the salaries of white supremacists employed by Donald Trump. Steve Bannon, Jeff Sessions, and Sebastian Gorka all have long histories stained with white supremacist actions and rhetoric. And Donald Trump has embracedContinue reading “Impeach so called President and his white supremacists”
So called President appeased his bigoted supporters
URGENT INPUT NEEDED: Do you APPROVE of Trump’s response to the Charlottesville attacks? NO → YES → Unsure → connie, We’re still heartbroken and disgusted by this weekend’s events in Charlottesville. In the immediate aftermath, we waited for the President to condemn the neo-Nazis and white supremacist terrorist groups responsible for the violence. But Trump REFUSED to even mention the perpetratorsContinue reading “So called President appeased his bigoted supporters”
Washington Post 8-16-2017
PowerPost • Analysis The Daily 202: False moral equivalency is not a bug of Trumpism. It’s a feature. From the alt-right to Putin and the Clintons, Trump’s “both sides” conceit is nothing new. By James Hohmann • Read more » Obama’s response to Charlottesville violence is the most liked tweet in Twitter’s history “No one is born hating another personContinue reading “Washington Post 8-16-2017”
Would there never even be a statue of Donald J. Trump?
Donald Trump, from His Tower, Rages at “the Other Side” in Charlottesville By Amy Davidson Sorkin At a press briefing that was supposed to be about infrastructure, Trump tossed aside his previous condemnation of white nationalists like an ill-fitting suit. Photograph by Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP “Wait a minute, I’m not finished. I’m not finished, FakeContinue reading “Would there never even be a statue of Donald J. Trump?”
The New Yorker 8-15-2017
Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, and Charlottesville Trump built his Presidency by catering to the prejudices of his base. His initial reaction to this weekend’s tragedy is a case in point. By Jeffrey Toobin Could America Be Headed for Another Civil War? Experts estimate that there is a thirty-five-per-cent chance of a domestic conflagration in the nextContinue reading “The New Yorker 8-15-2017”
New York Times 8-15-2017
Laura Breiling OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR The Ways Tech Companies Alienate Women By KATHARINE ZALESKI The STEM talent pipeline is important. But what about the qualified female candidates right across the table? Comments EDITORIAL How Mr. Trump Could Face Up to White Supremacists By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Saying “racism is evil” is only a start. Comments DAVID BROOKS HowContinue reading “New York Times 8-15-2017”
Washington Post 8-15-2017
Tom Toles Trump finds a spot on the calendar to send a message about racism By Tom Toles Ann Telnaes Remember Trump’s incendiary campaign By Ann Telnaes Columns Don’t take lunacy too seriously It is more than sad that we have a president whom lunatics look up to as a hero. Garrison Keillor · 5 hours agoContinue reading “Washington Post 8-15-2017”