It's time for Hillary to take the gloves off along with the rest of the Democrats and Bernie too.
I think after yesterday's farce the media is no longer going to give Trump any free airtime. They have had enough of his BS. The guy goes from one lie to the next without skipping a beat. He has now pissed off all the networks including Fox News.
In a show of joint defiance, the major television networks collectively voted to pull a camera and erase video of Donald Trump giving a tour of his hotel, a protest of the campaign preventing any editorial presence on the tour.
According to members of the traveling press pool, after it was made clear that only still photographers and video cameras would be allowed on the pool, the Washington bureau chiefs of the various television networks convened an emergency conference call and agreed to pull the network camera and erase the footage of the tour.
"The pool rules state any event that is pooled with cameras, there has to be a pool producer. Due to the fact we were not granted editorial access, as is customary, that decision was made and the footage was erased," a member of the Trump traveling press told POLITICO.
The tour of the hotel was to take place after Trump made remarks finally admitting that President Barack Obama was, in fact, born in the United States. For years, Trump has suggested that Obama was not born in the U.S., and that his birth certificates may have been fraudulent.
But though the event was billed as a news conference to set the record straight on Obama's birthplace, Trump ignored reporters standing on their chairs, shouting questions. He also made only a brief statement of a few sentences on the controversy, spending much of the time being boosted by campaign surrogates and touting his hotel.
And then, when Trump was supposed to take the press on a tour of his new hotel, the editorial producer for the network pool was physically detained.
"As the designated pool producer; attempted to go on pooled tour, as is customary. Was physically restrained from accompanying the camera," tweeted ABC producer Candace Smith.
In a statement, Fox News Washington Bureau Chief Bryan Boughton, who is the current pool chair for the television pool, said without reporters or producers, the pool doesn't traditionally participate in an event.
"The Television pool members chose not to participate in a tour of the Trump Hotel in Washington D.C. today because our editorial team member was barred from going on the tour with a videographer," Boughton said. "The TV Pool traditionally doesn’t participate in events that our reporters or producers are not allowed to attend."
We reached out to the Trump campaign for comment and will update here accordingly.
This post has been updated with the statement from the TV pool chair.
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A Trump Empire Built on Inside Connections and $885 Million in Tax Breaks Donald J. Trump, left, with Mayor Ed Koch, center and New York Gov. Hugh L. Carey, pointing to a rendering of what would become the Grand Hyatt Hotel, in June 1978. A crucial factor behind the hotel’s construction was 40-year tax break that has cost New York City $360 million to date. SEPT. 17, 2016 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/18/nyregion/donald-trump-tax-breaks-real-estate.html [with comments]
Saturday, September 17, 2016: Live coverage of Donald J. Trump's speech to the families of victims of illegal aliens and their supporters at The Remembrance Luncheon. Live coverage begins at 1:00 PM CT.
President Obama to Deliver Final Keynote at 46th ALC Phoenix Awards Dinner
Aug 24, 2016
WASHINGTON — The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Incorporated (CBCF) today announced that President Barack Obama will deliver his seventh and final keynote address at its 46th Annual Legislative Conference (ALC) Phoenix Awards Dinner. The event is scheduled for 6 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 17 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. The evening’s co-emcees will be Trevor Noah, host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central, and actress Sanaa Lathan, who has a new show premiering this fall on FOX. Honorary co-chairs of this year’s conference are U.S. Representatives Karen Bass of California and Lacy Clay of Missouri.
“President Obama is our nation’s most influential and demonstrable voice. We are honored to have him speak at the Phoenix Awards dinner,” said R. Donahue Peebles, chairman of the CBCF board of directors. “In the face of great challenges, his historic two terms in office have strengthened America’s resolve to close the persistent gaps between the daily realities and the actual well-being and security of African Americans.”
The Phoenix Award is the CBCF’s highest honor, presented to individuals whose extraordinary achievements strengthen communities and improve the lives of individuals, families, and communities, nationally and globally.
“We are extremely proud of the leadership, civic engagement and commitment shown by this year’s honorees—and salute their efforts to promote empowerment and respect for and among all people,” said CBCF president and CEO, A. Shuanise Washington. “Our honorees embody the foundation’s 40-year commitment to raise awareness and address the challenges African Americans face every day in education, health care, minority business development and entrepreneurship.”
Obama: Would be 'personal insult' to legacy if black voters don't back Clinton "I will consider it a personal insult -- an insult to my legacy -- if this community lets down its guard," Obama said Hillary Clinton lauded Obama and directly took on the birther controversy September 17, 2016 http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/17/politics/obama-black-congressional-caucus/ [with embedded video]
Weingarten being “disarmed” by a student in the public safety CTE program at Westinghouse High School in Pittsburgh.
By Randi Weingarten President, American Federation of Teachers 09/17/2016 11:31 pm ET | Updated September 18, 2016
Donald Trump doesn’t have any use for public schools — he never attended them, sent his kids to them or supported civic efforts to strengthen them.
So perhaps it’s no surprise that Trump would propose a plan that would decimate public education [ http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/donald-trump-school-choice-proposal-227915 ]. But 90 percent of America’s children attend public schools. Trump’s plan to expand failed voucher programs and destabilize public schools is a grave threat to them and to this essential public good.
Trump’s $20 billion proposal to “voucherize” public education [ http://www.aft.org/sites/default/files/trumpmyths_education.pdf ] would harm 10 children for every 1 child he purports to help. It appears that Trump would cut all Title I funding for low-income students and an additional $5 billion in federal education funding.
The Title I cuts alone could strip funding from up to 56,000 public schools serving more than 21 million children. His plan would rob 5 million public school students with disabilities of essential services.
An additional 5 million English language learners would be denied educational supports. Eight million students would lose the Pell grants that make it possible to attend college. Students across the country would lose tens of thousands of highly qualified teachers and classroom aides, resulting in unacceptably large class sizes and depriving students of one-on-one attention.
And for what? To expand access to charter schools, which generally perform no better than public schools, and voucher schools, which perform far worse. Not surprisingly, a version of Trump’s idea was flatly rejected by bipartisan majorities in Congress [ http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2015/07/senate_rejects_voucher_amendme.html ] just last fall when they passed the new federal education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act.
While charters have their place in public education [ http://www.aftacts.org/ ], they were never intended to displace public schools, defraud taxpayers or be devoid of oversight [ http://billmoyers.com/2014/05/05/charter-schools-gone-wild-study-finds-widespread-fraud-mismanagement-and-waste/ ], as many are in Ohio and elsewhere. In addition to lackluster achievement, the charter sector is rife with corruption, often discriminates against high-needs students, and has undermined public districts in cities like Chicago, Detroit and Philadelphia.
The GAO report also found that private school voucher programs in the states it studied (Arizona, Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin) take as much as a third of their funding directly from public school budgets. It’s a lose-lose situation: Voucher students are poorly served and public school students suffer.
But facts matter, especially when it comes to our children and, particularly, children with the greatest needs.
Trump is not one to let facts get in his way. But facts matter, especially when it comes to our children and, particularly, children with the greatest needs.
Trump could have visited Cincinnati, if he wanted to see an effective public school model [ http://www.communityschools.org/assets/1/AssetManager/Cincinnati%20Community%20Learning%20FINAL.pdf ] that supports the achievement and well-being of disadvantaged students. Cincinnati is well on its way to transforming every public school in the district into a community school. These schools offer a rigorous academic program with the supports students need to succeed. In addition to mentors, tutoring and other academic interventions, children and their families have in-school access to services that help overcome the effects of poverty. The schools have health and dental clinics, social workers and counselors, and numerous social services. Cincinnati is now the top urban district in Ohio.
Or Trump could have gone to another battleground state and stopped at Westinghouse High School in Pittsburgh [ http://triblive.com/mobile/11141938-96/program-students-public ]. Not long ago, Westinghouse was slated for closure. The city, its police and fire departments, families, school staff, and our union came together to launch a public safety career and technical education program this year. The program, with seed money from the AFT Innovation Fund, will prepare students for careers in firefighting, emergency medical services and law enforcement. It will help diversify these workforces to better reflect the communities they serve—a vital step in creating trust and understanding.
Parents and the public want leaders to strengthen public schools, not destabilize them [ http://www.aft.org/press-release/aft-2016-pdk-poll ]. We need a president who will focus on investing in universal pre-K, strong public schools with high academic standards, and community schools, and on respecting and supporting educators. Hillary Clinton has specific proposals [ https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/k-12-education/ ] to do just that.
Donald Trump doesn’t understand or value the role of public education in a democracy. Our public schools are open to all, they advance our individual and collective aspirations, and they unite people from an array of backgrounds in a common experience. Schemes that elevate markets, profits and privatization over our children’s needs and the public good not only have failed but are an affront to our democratic principles.
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On this Sunday, September 18 transmission of the Alex Jones Show, the nation is in turmoil after a bombing rocks lower Manhattan, a bombing at a military race in New Jersey and a mass stabbing at a mall in Minnesota. Additionally, the US has denied intentionally bombing dozens of members of the Syrian military. In the meantime, Donald Trump surges in the polls.
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