On January 20, Donald Trump was inaugurated as president. Photographs of the parade route show a sparse crowd.
On January 21, millions of people demonstrated in peaceful protest against Donald Trump and his many promises to curtail well-established rights and liberties, to ignore climate change, and to privatize large parts of American education. The protests were called the Women’s March but many men participated in cities across the nation and around the world.
The streets of Washington, D.C., Chicago, and other cities were crammed with protestors.
CNN and other media said that the protestors on January 21 outnumbered the attendees at the inaugural ceremonies on January 21.
Trump ignored the millions of protestors and paid a visit to the headquarters of the CIA. He used the occasion to lambaste the media for minimizing the size of the crowd at the inauguration. He also thanked the members of the CIA for voting for him. In short, he maintained his reputation for pettiness and inappropriate remarks, always focused on his insatiable ego.
John Brennan, retired Director of the CIA, blasted Trump for the inappropriateness of his political and egotistical remarks, delivered in front of a wall honoring agents who died in the line of duty.
“(CNN) Former CIA Director John Brennan is “deeply saddened and angered” at President Donald Trump after the commander in chief addressed CIA employees at their headquarters in Langley, Virginia, on Saturday, Brennan’s former deputy chief of staff says.
“Trump spent much of his speech — which he gave in front of a memorial wall that honors the 117 CIA officers who have fallen in the line of duty — focusing on the size of the crowd size at his inauguration, his appearance on magazine covers and saying he “has a running war with the media.”
“Former CIA Director Brennan is deeply saddened and angered at Donald Trump’s despicable display of self-aggrandizement in front of CIA’s Memorial Wall of Agency heroes,” Nick Shapiro said in a statement. “Brennan says that Trump should be ashamed of himself.”
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One day of marching is a beginning, however it will take other kinds of protests to get this narcissistic and thin skinned man to pay attention. If that! It may have gotten the attention of those who need votes at mid term elections to know that, marching or not, we are watching them.
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Small crowds, small hands, small outlook. Putin’s “little” b****.
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One wonders when Trump will cross the line psychologically and go totally bonkers and they will have to lead him out of the White House in a straitjacket. Trump has crossed the line morally, ethically, oratorically, rationally and intellectually. The man is universally despised, loathed and mocked. There have been demonstrations all over the world not just in the US. I’m still smashing my head against a wall (new wall) trying to understand why anyone would vote for this OBVIOUS fraud, this toxic demagogue. He keeps burying himself with every word.
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How do dictators come to power? How do religious authorities control people? By playing on fears and hopes and emotions. I still think that the continual lies by the president and his administration and their rant about the “dishonest media” are a conscious decision. If you keep saying things enough, you will sway many people. I heard one of the commentators say last night that the majority of Americans believe what Trump says and not facts reported by the media. I wonder how she came to that conclusion.
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The only media Trump trusts are FOX and Breitbart.
I read yesterday that Breitbart is opening offices in France and Germany to aid right wing (fascist) parties.
Welcome to the 1930s..
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Joe: Your note reflected my own thinking and real fear for the crisis-at-hand that must be manifesting as-we-speak in Trump’s mind, such as it is. He cannot lie on this scale and not KNOW that everyone knows he is a fraud. On Meet the Press, Kelly Ann Conway, commenting on the dispute about numbers of people on the mall, said they had a set of “alternative facts.” Chuck Todd called her on it immediately saying it was just a lie.
It cannot last–but what will happen? Either the V word, which I am thinking Bannon and others want, or as you say, a walk out of the White House in a straight jacket. The Congress may want to deal with Pence.
The difference between now and 1930’s Germany? At least massive communications among like-minded people, and the fact that Trump is so psychologically disturbed, he cannot think in terms of his political security. We also have that history that we should be learning from. Fascism is always the same.
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What is the “V word”? TIA, Duane
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Duane: Violence
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Thanks, I had no clue as I am far more familiar with the F word.
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Ha! You mean F for “funny” of course.
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True that Joe
I marched if you could call it that in DC , It could not even be classified as a rally, A sea of protest was perhaps a better description as that the National Museum split the marchers in half with those that filled the Mall having no communication with the other half who packed Independence Avenue by the speakers stand. That was by design, had they been given the permits to the Mall it would have stretched from end to end. But we were there and made our presence known .
My wife marched in NY which when I heard the numbers it sent me into shock and my daughter in Melbourne Australia.
Call the White House on Monday Tell him.
That was a very little inauguration. He just got “Pussy Whipped”
The idea of being bested by Women should be eating him alive.
We want to do everything we can to see him carted away in the straight jacket.
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Was thinking about you all day yesterday, Joel. My wife said it was frustrating being stuck for a long time, but exhilarating. My sister-in-law marched in London. I commented before the election that a Donald victory might help us reach rock bottom and achieve an authentic progressive revival in the long term (I was writing this when I fully expected Hillary Clinton to win, so it was easy to pontificate). Let’s hope we’ll someday look back on January 21, 2017 as the day when we changed turned the tide to a better world. Thanks again for being there for us all!
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GregB
I hung on to my DC metro card so I can go to the shorter refill line next time. I suspect I wont have to wait all that long for the next time.
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The BBC online news site 1-21-17 article “Protesters from Canada, UK, turned away at US border” is distressing. A Montrealer and his travel mates were asked if they “supported or opposed Trump.”
I don’t recall learning similar behavior at the height of Vietnam, LBJ, Nixon protests.
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Here’s the link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/20/womens-march-canada-protesters-denied-entry-us?CMP=share_btn_tw
It’s easy to see why this is a security issue – we don’t want those foreigners talking to folks about universal health care at any rallies.
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Here’s a nice interview with Cornel West.
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/translating_trumps_inaugural_speech_from_the_original_german_video_20170122
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Great link!
Translating Trump’s Speech from the Original German!
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Yes, the article is good, too.
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West’s critique is exceptionally good (probably because his analysis aligns with what I have posted before about fascism, you know, the great minds thing). I’ve been struggling with how to translate the terms “das Volk” and “völkisch” to embody what they meant in the first half of the 20th century. It’s one of those great German word that seems simple but is loaded with many, many meanings. West comes very close to explaining it here. On another trivial note: the official Nazi newspaper was called the Völkischer Beobachter; beobachter means “observer” but it also implied “being observed” for the population. Thank you for posting!
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I love West and Juan Cole as a regular at Truthdig is superb.
The only thing I will disagree with is the Robots part of story
“Note that abandoned factories are highlighted here, mostly caused by mechanization and robotification of labor”
I will say this again. It is not the Robots they have not arrived yet. The Robots we are dealing with are first generation rather clumsy . Their invasion started in the late 60s-the late 80’s they decimated manufacturing . I wish I remembered the numbers but auto manufacturing as an example lost perhaps 2/3 of the work force.
What we experienced from 97-2007 (not counting the great recession) was American Robots being replaced by cheaper foreign labor in even newer robotic factories.
Trade policy, yes designed by Washington in conjunction with the “Power Elite” (only a little different from Mills). Has decimated 5 million more American jobs plus the multiplier effect of those factory losses.
But the new Robots are coming and as the next generation learns to walk . Factories will come back closer to their markets with a fraction of the workers they have even today.
I have made the same argument that Cole and West make, about the angry white working class voting out of economic frustration. After all we all voted for the same candidate Bernie Sanders.
However I think we all know in our hearts, that except for a smaller proportion than we would like to believe, economic populism is not the issue. Racism,religious intolerance and greed are the issues for many of the Trump’s supporters. Those economically displaced voters just happened to be enough to swing this in the Mid West .
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Indeed. All of the above. I cannot add anything to it.
The world is watching as well as these marchers.
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Guess who, reportedly, tweeted the following, about the Women’s March, “We’re all greater when everyone is equal. Today, millions are standing together in support of the vision…”?
The quote is from Melinda Gates, the richest woman in the world (via marriage). Reality check for Mrs. Gates (1) Her state of Washington, has the most regressive tax system in the nation. The poor pay a rate up to 7 times the rate, the rich pay. (2) Her foundation gave a huge grant to a professor who advocated for a two-tier system of education- Shakespeare for the kids, who live where the professor’s kids live (suburbs outside of Boston) and, “testing everyday” for the others. (3) Her foundation funded the organization, that had its external affairs manager, join with a co-writer from AEI, in quoting reformers, at Philanthropy Roundtable, “We’ve got to blow up the ed schools.” Does that statement or, the follow-up, alternative motivator, “philanthropic” influence, indicate equality? (4) How much equality is suggested, in the statement, of a Microsoft Canada, self-anointed “education partner”, when the person is quoted, in Entrepreneur magazine, “Teachers have got to shift (their students to technology) or, get off the pot”? (5) Is equality the right description, for an Ugandan parent, quoted as saying, “Don’t make money on our poor backs”, about the Gates’ investment in Bridge International Academies?
Kim Smith, founder of so-many American, Gates-funded ed organizations, that have the effect of de-professionalizing the career that gave the most women an opportunity to make salaries equal to men… did she send out a similar, we’re all equal, TPM?
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Melinda Gates probably pays someone to write Tweets
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That would explain it. Otherwise, tweet readers would be forced to conclude that M. Gates is a ditz, a fraud, or delusional? In any event, the assessment of hypocrite and glory hound applies.
IMO, Buffet resembles the guys in the recent short selling movie, who couldn’t believe how long it took, for the consequences of financial Armageddon. Buffet’s self-serving blather from the richest men lists, where he never falls one rung, is classic prescient CYA. M. Gates’ tweets are swimming alongside the same life boat.
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L, re (1): where can I learn more about WA tax rate? WA does not have state income tax. TIA
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You mean an explanation? Washington relies on consumption taxes (as you note, Wash., along with 5- 7 other states, have no state income tax). When Melinda Gates, and her daughter, buy hygiene products, the sales tax on the product, is insignificant as a percentage of the family’s vast income. For the poor woman, the tax, takes a significant amount, of the little income that she has (creating the regressive feature). Washington worsens the problem, by capping, at 1%, its property taxes (on palaces, like Gates’). That 1% tax rate is negligible for the richest family in the world. However, when a poor family rents (legally or illegally, just to get a leaky roof over their heads), a portion of what they pay, pays the landlord’s property tax. That portion reflects a substantial amount, of the small income, the poor have. Broadening the example, if a poor family has a house worth $30,000, with an income of S12,000, and they pay 1% tax ($300), it is 2.5% of their income. Relative to Gates’ income, his tax as a percentage of income, wouldn’t even register on most home-use calculators.
On-line, in an interview, Bill Gates stated that he favors consumption (sales) taxes, a regressive tax.
Adding to the morality issue, is that Gates and, other corporate owners, benefit far more from the factors of production (in the profits they receive), which include employee education/skills, corporate product transportation, enforcement to protect property, etc In most states, the progressive tax i.e income tax and, ideally, estate taxes and property taxes), is an attempt, at a just allocation of costs, which recognizes the rich, disproportionately take from the system.
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Yes. Hasn’t it been Melinda Gates aggressively pushing the endless message that teachers are “bad?”
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I would say a lot less if there was a like button and look a lot less foolish if there was an edit button.
Buffet’s faith in America’s future is understandable from where he sits. Those toxic time bombs extended to Well’s Fargo . The fraud in the financial sector as well.
Nuff said
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President Trump is an egotistical bully. He behaves as a spoiled child who has always been granted everything he wished for and has never had to deal with any consequences of bad behavior, lying, or anything else his entire life. He has no sense of the real world because he lives in a world populated solely by himself, his family and whatever cronies he has managed to hang on to through the years. I hope the people of America who voted him in wake up and realize there are other ways of dealing with the ills this country faces than electing the current President (who, to me, doesn’t deserve the title of President).
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Susan,
He is #notmyPOTUS
He is #Putinspuppet
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This attack on the media should be frightening to everyone. Kellyanne Conway was on tv this morning saying that they are presenting “alternative facts.” What? I really believe that it could be the beginning of a state-sanctioned media with many people believing that it’s needed. It’s kind of the same as saying that all schools are failing, and we need to privatize. All media is dishonest, so we need a state run media that will tell the truth. Sorry for the conspiracy theory, but I think we have to be really careful when we start dismantling our schools and media.
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Conway is a flat out liar!
“I don’t think you can prove those numbers one way or another. There’s no way to really quantify crowds,” Conway said.
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Maybe we have a bigger population than China and India combined!
I don’t think there’s any way to prove the world is actually round, despite orbiting satellite photos.
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Akademos: Here’s the method: Donald Trump says he has more than anyone ever blah blah blah. Then when the “alternative facts” are questioned and compared by the Press, Kelly Ann Conway (et al) says, there’s no way to tell how many people were there. But her own statement doesn’t apply to Trump’s outlandish statements (aka lies).
The method is that she and others around him (systematically) provide the deflective Teflon for him and his sociopath condition and its recognizable behaviors. That’s sad for a bully in the neighborhood or at school or even work; but raised to the level of national and international powers, it’s nothing less than the method of a fascist leader and, as is remarked here before, very very dangerous.
To say it’s “disturbing,” as many have said, is to just slide off the Teflon trying to grab hold of it, but actually falling flat on the floor at the feet Bannon, Trump, and whatever thugs are forming. They know we are all upset, even outraged, by it. That’s what they want.
Trump is right–it’s action that’s needed; and those in Congress or anyone with power are, at this point in time, responsible for what happens next. We all know what happens in other fascist regimes.
I was glad to see Chuck Todd this morning, apparently, not let Kelly Ann Conway pull a “fast one” on him AGAIN with her backpack of logical fallacies (that’s her gig–and she’s very good at it). One of those is “let’s get into a trading war–trading Bads” which both changes the subject and throws the “other” on the defensive. Todd got around that ploy THIS TIME. But all of that is still just cover for what’s going on that is substantial behind the scenes. In that sense, talking to Kelly Ann Conway is worse than a waste of time.
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The New York Times has this headline on its first page:
“Slamming Media, Trump Advances Two Falsehoods.”
If the media calls him a liar day after day, Republicans might wake up and realize he is destroying their party and the nation.
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dianeravitch: My guess and, I’m sorry to say, my hope is this: That the Never-Trump movement never went away but have been plotting all along; that Trump doesn’t know the power of his enemies in a constitutional democracy where the powers are (still) diverse across a tri-part system and where the laws still matter (thank God); and who won’t forget his many slights during the campaign and otherwise, and who are not trying to run interference for Trump’s ignorance (so you have the law, the Constitution, AND the clear-sightedness AND vindictiveness of many powerful people at work there); and who (God save us) were (hope against hope) waiting for January 20th to start the impeachment process so that (God save us again) Pence will ascend to the presidency. (THAT might have been in his mind all along). At least Pence is a patriot, which is not exactly the same thing as an alt-right nationalist (duh). It’s a bad day in River City when you welcome Rick Perry into the halls of power like a breath of fresh air.
And now we see, MUCH sooner than later, the clear manifestation of Trump’s total derangement about the numbers at the mall–to put it mildly, he’s a bit out-of-step with the truth, not to mention with with what is politically significant in his present situation. Better off on the funny farm. It’s either that or brute violence and terror (Bannon?) where everyone goes into hiding and waits for the knock on the door and for the Internet to cease working. And by the way, Trump is a terrible dancer. He probably wanted to leave his wife at the table so he could dance alone. It’s Rod Serling, Alice in Wonderland, and Animal Farm, all wrapped up together. Do-Do-Do-Do. (pun intended).
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If this is what Trump and Conway have gone through continuously throughout their careers, their lives must be hell.
https://www.google.com/amp/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/38712182?client=safari
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“Alternative Facts”
‘Says it all’
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/22/kellyanne-conway-says-donald-trumps-team-has-alternate-facts-which-pretty-much-says-it-all/?client=safari
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She was also careful to attack the schools in her screed. None of this is by accident. It’s very carefully staged.
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Laurene Powell’s hypocrisy, reflected in her reported tweet about the Women’s March, “The most democratic of actions, raising voices for justice…”
Laurene should take a look at the ed reformers’ debacle in Nevada, Ohio,…and, see what “philanthropy ed policy”, drafted on Wall Street, written by the tech industry and, massaged by the rich, in the most exclusive hotels in the nation, looks like for the 90%.
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Linda,
I wonder if Melinda Gates and Laurene Powell Jobs know that the Women’s March was directed not only at Trump but st the .00001% that includes them? They have some nerve identifying with people who want freedom from corporate control and right wing politicians
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It’s reminiscent of the Fernando and Imelda Marcos kids, who recorded, from their yacht, their haughty, clueless singing, of the Michael Jackson song, about conscience.
Wealth creates a false sense of invincibility. And, as you’ve pointed out before, it creates a distorted view of reality, in terms of what the rich contribute, in contrast to what they destroy.
With hope, L. L. Bean heir, Linda Bean, will see the company’s profits plummet.
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I have been a loyal customer of LL Bean for decades. No more.
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I am struggling with this one although I seldom shop at LL Bean (Not in my budget. I’m a tightwad.). I have no trouble not patronizing Walmart that has destroyed small businesses and towns around the country and treats its employees like slaves. Does LL Bean have the same sort of baggage? How much do we hurt Linda Bean and how much do we hurt the employees and the surrounding community?
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It’s not wise for customers to turn a blind eye to owners’ actions, when they are against the interests of the people who buy the firm’s products. It’s preferable, for a board, to feel the pressure to exert control over internal variables that threaten revenue. Allowing management/owners to off-load an issue to the community’s empathy for workers, is short-sighted.
Consider, if a specific business owner was on the board of one of Phylis Schafly’s Eagle Forum organizations, and that the organization’s position on public schools jeopardized middle class teaching jobs, shouldn’t buyers of a market’s products, care as much about teachers’ employment, as one firm’s staffing?
It’s worth reviewing the members of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute board. The Institute cites alumni, Scalia, Peter Thiel, Laura Ingraham, Ann Coulter…. Out of the 38 ISI “team” member photos at its site, the number of people of color?
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Linda, you are right that my misgivings may be misguided. I have no idea what kind of pressure the Board(?) might bring to bear on her, what informal ways pressure might be brought to bear. I am ever mindful of KTA’s quote contribution from Mark Twain: “By trying we can easily endure adversity. Another man’s, I mean.” We can both use that quote to make our point, but it usually one of the first places I go or want other people to take me. It is too easy to cause great harm to others for noble reasons.
But, I overthink things sometimes (oftentimes). I do have lots of questions and more are always bubbling up. Did she suppress the ability of employees to express their political opinions? I am beginning to think that what we really need to protest vociferously is Citizen’s United and finance elections with public money. That carries its own dangers since what hoops one has to jump through to get public money and how we deal with those who can’t reach that threshold could be problematical.
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It’s animal abuse to beat a dead horse.
The marches against Citizens United, met with defeat, at the hands of politicians owned by the richest 0.1%.
In the years since the Court’s ruling, D.C. has done nothing about campaign finance.
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The only way to change Citizens United is to elect a president who will appoint Supreme Court justices opposed to it.
Hillary and Bernie would have done that.
The election of 2016 was a defeat for democracy.
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The WW I and II are just like the best reminder for people in the world who marched on January 21st, 2017.
Women would prefer to march in peace rather than to see their children suffering in any war which is created by GREEDY CORPORATE who manufactures weapons and artillery for wars.
People have awakened to the cruelty, indecency, and treachery from the new leader and its administration which is GREEDY, MANIPULATIVE, BULLYING, and most of all, VERY FOND OF Russian, Northern Korea, and Chinese dictators through doing business in the past according to media. Back2basic
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Diane,
I have been to many protests, but NOTHING like yesterday in Austin with 50,000! I am still so high from the experience and feel hope again for the first time since November 7. The New York Times updated these photos from Women’s Marches around the world! Feeling empowered! As one sign said: We Shalll Overcomb!
Another: Super Callous Fragile Ego Trump You are atrocious!
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Maria Shriver, reportedly, tweeted, “People want their voices heard.” Why doesn’t she speak for the 90%, at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government? Why does the Kennedy family allow its namesake institution, to invite Jeb Bush, a privatizer of America’s most important common good, to be a Harvard staff advocate, for the Koch/Gates/Walton plot? JFK would have called the schemers, S.O.B.’s. And, their public education coup, would have been anathema to him.
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Ted was on board with NCLB.
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So the wealthy should intimidate the institutions to which they donate when it suits our agenda? I am no more impressed with the Harvard Kennedy School of Government inviting Jeb to lend his expertise to them than you are, but if we believe in free speech, it has to go both ways. Do we have reason to believe that “they” (The family is getting rather big. I doubt they all agree on anything.) believe in public education as a common good and that they define “public” the same way we do?
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No, we have no reason.
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Abigail Sure: It’s the same with State legislatures. Now, they’ve moved their act to the national scene. Institutions, colleges/universities, State legislatures, and the National Government.
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speduktr,
Read Philanthropy Roundtable’s “Don’t Surrender the Academy”, co-authored by an external affairs manager of a Gates-funded organization and AEI’s Frederick Hess. The title implies the wealthy own American universities and the content states, “…reformers…declare ‘We’ve got to blow up the ed schools.’ ”
Then, take a look at the UnKochMyCampus.org site content.
If you could be more original in your propaganda and, use less, of the argumentation strategy, pretense of agreement, it would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Catherine,
Corporate Democrats are in bed with Republicans all over the place. Here in New Jersey, many Democrats endorsed Christie in the last election. Moreover, Christie was instrumental in Booker’s Senate election win. All the ducks are lined up.
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Believe it or not, Linda, I am on your side. (I was a Bernie supporter.) Gates et. al. are not my heroes. Their ilk had a lot to do with my “retirement” before I was ready. I am scared to death of what Trump might do; I can’t find anything kind to say about him. To put it mildly, he is dangerous. Putting Betsy DeVos up to head the DOE shows his total contempt for teachers and formal education. I have a feeling, though, that what happens to education in the next four years may be the least of our worries.
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Agree. Trump is a very unbalanced man. His narcissism is unbounded.
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speduktr,
If America is to have justice and live up to its promise, then, the families of the richest 0.1% (like John and Laura Arnold), will have their villainthropy, as the “least of their worries”.
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Charles Krauthammer, who I don’t think anyone would confuse with Nancy Pelosi, is quoted on none other than Fox news yesterday as saying that Trump press secretary Sean Spicer’s news conference was “weird’, calling it a “surreal” event. http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/01/21/charles-krauthammer-sean-spicer-weird-press-conference-ratings-trump Then there’s Trump’s nutty appearance at the C.I.A., where he also went on a rant about crowd sizes.
Okay, so Trump’s been in office for about 48 hours now. Remember how in the weeks following the election, some people kept saying give him a chance. What will they say next, “Oh, give him a few more weeks….he’s growing into the job…”
No.
What if we have a cataclysmic event and Trump has to make a immediate decision. Trump wouldn’t have 48 hours to ponder pushing the button to launch nuclear weapons, that’s for sure. We’re talking about responsibility for the entire planet. Right now, at this moment.
And, Trump is proving what so many millions of people already know. He is simply not up to the task -despite being propped up and spoon fed by much of the G.O.P. establishment.
Meanwhile, I keep reading these diehard conservatives on social media getting all soft and mushy with the calls for a big group hug. They gotta be kidding me. It’s the White House, not a Hallmark store.
Trump is choking.
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“President Trump tweets response to Saturday’s demonstrations”
First Tweet: “Watched protests yesterday but was under the impression that we just had an election! Why didn’t these people vote? Celebs hurt cause badly/”
Trump alleges that these protesters did not vote. Of course they did, that’s why Hillary had almost 3-million more votes than he did. But then he has also alleged before that those votes were illegal, people voting more than once, and that he really did win the popular vote. In Trump’s mind, he won by a landslide and has a mandate to do whatsoever he wants. The GOP will encourage this.
Second Tweet and hour and a half later (probably written by his daughter): “Peaceful protests are a hallmark of our democracy. Even if I don’t always agree, I recognize the rights of people to express their views.”
Trump lives inside his own opaque bubble of reality that he revises on a daily basis and then soon forgets.
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Lloyd Lofthouse: There’s another example of those who are running interference for Trump’s socio-pathology.
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I read that the meeting at the CIA was attended by veterans of the agency and the rest of the room was filled up by younger newbies, still in their training period. It is my ferverent hope that Trump’s speech was later discussed and dissected by senior officials for the agents in training. No simulated situation could have been more powerful.
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Nice to know Mike Pence put in his two cents! 🙂
http://www.theonion.com/article/mike-pence-disappointed-200000-husbands-and-father-55116
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For a minute, I forgot this article was in The Onion!
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