UPDATED 8/9/2016. A strategist who once advised the GOP on how to attract more voters has left the Republican Party. “This is a time when country has to take priority over political parties. Donald Trump cannot be elected president,” Former Jeb Bush aide Sally Bradshaw told CNN. Bradshaw was a part of the team...
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Top Republican leaders are still supporting Donald Trump for President despite his grotesque attacks on the parents of a fallen US soldier killed in Iraq. “If you look at his wife, she was standing there,” Trump said over the weekend about Mrs. Ghazala Khan, mother of Captain Humayun Khan. “She...
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DREAMer Astrid Silva and Karla Ortiz joined Jorge Ramos on “El Punto” to discuss their appearances at the Democratic National Convention last week, as well as to discuss what a Trump Presidency would mean to them, their families, and millions of other families across the nation. “You are both...
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English (en español al final de la página): New York Times: Khizr Khan, Father of Fallen Muslim American Soldier, Rebukes Trump at Convention By Niraj Chokshi New York Times: Donald Trump’s Confrontation With Muslim Soldier’s Parents Emerges as Unexpected Flash Point By Alexander Burns, Maggie Haberman, and Ashley Parker...
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Jul 29, 2016
Washington Post: High-profile Harris, low-profile Sanchez campaign at Democratic convention By Vanessa Williams Washington Post: Clinton offers an optimistic vision for the future By Philip Rucker and Anne Gearan Associated Press: AP FACT CHECK: Misfires in Hillary Clinton’s Speech Associated Press: Clinton using convention to send message to wary...
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Registered Republican Rochelle will vote for the very first time this upcoming November — just not for Donald Trump. “Immigrants are what makes America great,” Rochelle said in a new blog post from 1199 SEIU earlier this month. Rochelle became a US citizen in 2013 after living in the...
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Hundreds of protesters representing a coalition of diversity — including immigration advocates, members of Black Lives Matter, Muslim-Americans, and women’s rights advocates — trumped Donald Trump’s hatred in Toledo, Ohio yesterday. Waving signs reading “Toledo Trumps Hate,” “Make Toledo Great Again, Please Leave,” and “End Racism,” the activists flooded...
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Donald Trump made an appearance at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia this week — sorta. American Bridge has set up a “Trump Museum” inside the downtown Ritz Carlton — a super classy place, as the man himself would probably say — showcasing a gallery of Donald Trump memorabilia that Donald Trump...
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English (en español al final de la página): Bloomberg: Party Conventions Highlight Growing U.S. Divide on Immigration By Sahil Kapur Politico (Florida): Pro-immigrant groups criticize state lawmaker for defending Trump By Sergio Bustos Associated Press: Bloomberg to Warn of Trump Economic Plans at Dem Convention Associated Press: Obama hopes...
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America Ferrera issued a scathing rebuke of Donald Trump’s hate from the stage of the Democratic National Convention last night. “I’m America Ferrera, and according to Donald Trump, I’m probably a rapist,” the star said in her remarks. “You’re not Mexican,” HBO star Lena Dunham commented at her side. “And...
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