Trump defends Putin again, attacks Nordstrom: Darcy cartoon | cleveland.com

President Donald Trump and his administration lashed out at American retailer, Nordstrom, after it dropped his daughter Ivanka’s fashion line over poor sales.

Source: Trump defends Putin again, attacks Nordstrom: Darcy cartoon | cleveland.com

Donald Trump: The Role of the Media in Addressing the Threat – SPIEGEL ONLINE

So there we have it: Donald Trump, a misogynist and a racist businessman who verifiably made 87 false statements in the course of only five days of the election campaign, is no longer a candidate. He’s sitting in the White House. Here are three insights about this American president who has been in office since Jan. 20.First, in the two-and-a-half weeks since his awful inauguration speech, he has demonstrated that he will do what he said he would: He is ordering the construction of a wall on the border to Mexico, he is issuing xenophobic decrees and he is rattling America’s allies and international institutions and, by doing so, every aspect of global politics. He has already threatened Iran and North Korea. None of this comes as a surprise either, because even Trump’s voters knew that adviser Stephen Bannon is a man who considers wars to be useful.Second, Trump is also showing that he will do much that he did not announce in the campaign. He has ordered scientists not to conduct or publish research on topics of which he does not approve. He says climate change doesn’t exist and means it seriously. He stood by as one of his closest confidants invented the term “alternative facts” to create a parallel reality. Trump brings his children with him to high-level meetings, he hired his son-in-law as a White House adviser, he has spared countries in which he does business from his travel ban on citizens of predominately Muslim states, he has not divested himself of his company holdings, he has not released his tax filings (despite pledging to do so) and even had his adviser Kellyanne Conway claim that voters didn’t care. He now wants to undo banking regulations so that “friends of mine” can get easier access to money. Is he paving the way to cash in and further enrich himself while in office?Third, Trump has already proven some of the things we already knew about him. The perception people have of him is more important to Trump than anything else. Nothing was more important to him in his first two and a half weeks in office than the size of the crowd at his inauguration. Trump is a chronic liar and he proves this in one tweet after the other. Trump despises the media (he calls it the “opposition party” and says “As you know, I have a running war with the media”) as well as the judicial branch in the form of “this so-called judge” who didn’t rule the way that his ruler desired. Meanwhile, Trump claims the people protesting against him are “paid.”

Source: Donald Trump: The Role of the Media in Addressing the Threat – SPIEGEL ONLINE

Why is CNN spreading fake news about BDS? |  – Short answer: Pimping for ad sales and access to White House without seeming too right-wing.

Since the beginning of January, there has been a spike in anti-Semitic incidents in the US: bomb threats have been called in against dozens of synagogues and Jewish community centers while swastika vandalism has been reported in several major cities.Meanwhile, the Trump administration has moved to take white supremacist organizations off the FBI watchlist to focus instead only on “radical Islamic extremism.”This prompted a neo-Nazi leader to celebrate that Trump was “setting us free.”This comes after the Obama administration had already severely curtailed monitoring of potentially violent right-wing extremist groups.But instead of taking the US government to task for indulging and even affiliating with Nazi sympathizers, prominent cheerleaders for Israel are escalating their attempts to repress the Palestinian-led boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement through smears and legislation.

Source: Why is CNN spreading fake news about BDS? | The Electronic Intifada

Brussels to host women’s conference after Trump’s anti-abortion move – The Local

Development aid ministers from Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, as well as representatives from over 50 countries are expected to attend the “She Decides” conference on March 2. In one of his first acts as president, Trump reintroduced the global gag rule, enacted by Ronald Reagan in 1984, which prohibits foreign charities from using US federal funding to provide abortion services, information, counselling or referrals. “It’s therefore important that we stay strong and explain that we will continue to stand for women’s rights,” Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Isabella Lövin told AFP. She said the international community “would not roll back several decades” on the right of women to decide over their bodies. “Information about safe abortion has helped fewer girls to become pregnant and allowed them to go to school and get an education,” she said. Lovin, who also serves as environment and development aid minister, made headlines last week when she published a photograph of herself surrounded by seven female colleagues as she signed a climate bill, mocking a photo taken of Trump in the White House when he signed the abortion decree.

Source: Brussels to host women’s conference after Trump’s anti-abortion move – The Local

Judge Mike Erwin banned from local restaurant after calling a black customer a “fat nigger” | 3CHICSPOLITICO

Neither police officers nor management at Sammy’s Grill held Ervin accountable in any way for his words at the time, Johnson said on Facebook.That has since changed, according to Sammy’s Grill Manager Andy McKay.“I wasn’t there that night, so I can’t comment on the details, but I know police were called,” McKay told The Root. “I can also tell you that the owner Sammy Nagem has made it clear that Judge Erwin is no longer welcome here.“We will refuse his business,” McKay added.According to the website for Louisiana’s 19th District, Erwin was an assistant city prosecutor in Baton Rouge City Court from 1979 to 1981. He then served as an assistant district attorney with the East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney’s Office from 1981 to 1990 before his election to the 19th Judicial District Court in 1991.This means he’s had the lives of black men and women in his hands for a very long time. While racism is both covert and overt, if Erwin will call a black woman a nigger in a crowded restaurant, his capacity for institutional, racist violence is vast—and he should not be serving on anyone’s bench.

Source: Judge Mike Erwin banned from local restaurant after calling a black customer a “fat nigger” | 3CHICSPOLITICO

The age of Trump spells the end of the Zionist dream | +972 Magazine

When Israel backs an American regime that threatens our liberty as humans and our safety as Jews, the claim that Zionism protects Jews no longer holds.By Ben Lorber

Source: The age of Trump spells the end of the Zionist dream | +972 Magazine

Israel passes law to legalize theft of private Palestinian land | The Electronic Intifada

Late Monday night, Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, approved a bill to retroactively legalize the expropriation by settlers of private Palestinian land that has taken place over the last two decades.Passed by 60-52, the so-called Regularization Bill will legalize around 4,000 settlement homes in so-called unauthorized outposts and settlements.Human Rights Watch swiftly condemned the vote, noting that the Regularization Bill “undoes years of established Israeli law and, coming just weeks after the [UN] Security Council’s unanimous passage of Resolution 2334 on the illegality of settlements, reflects Israel’s manifest disregard of international law.”The group added that the law “entrenches the current reality in the West Bank of de facto permanent occupation where Israeli settlers and Palestinians living in the same territory are subject to ‘separate and unequal’ systems of laws, rules and services.”The law will grant recognition to 53 of the approximately 100 outposts, expropriating 2,000 acres of private Palestinian land, according to anti-settlement group Peace Now.It will also deny Palestinian owners the right to claim the land until there is a “diplomatic resolution to the status of the territories.”The law allows justice minister Ayelet Shaked to expand the list of outposts that will gain legal status.

Source: Israel passes law to legalize theft of private Palestinian land | The Electronic Intifada

Inoreader – Elderly Palestinian dies after run over by Israeli settler, Bethlehem

An Israeli settler on Wednesday afternoon had run over an elderly Palestinian man on the 60 bypass road near Al-Khader town, southern Bethlehem.The old man, Suleiman Hammad (81), a farmer, had died after sustaining severe injuries following the run over.Sources told PNN that the incident is still being investigated, to find out whether it was an accident or a deliberate crime.

“Me” Does not make any difference if accident or intentional – the man’s death is the result of occupation and evil.

Source: Inoreader – Elderly Palestinian dies after run over by Israeli settler, Bethlehem

How Nicole Kidman Puts Women First in Hollywood – The New York Times

 

“Not all big stars are as in the weeds as Nicole and Reese are on ‘Big Little Lies,’” he said. “It’s very unusual when you have a megastar who’s also a producer sitting around the table doing their homework. It’s meaningful when it comes from people who found the project, who put all the elements together and who are also going to put themselves on the line as actors.”The two women’s involvement included making decisions about locations and budgets, helping shape character arcs and taking part in script meetings. “We got to put loads of ideas on the table,” Ms. Kidman said. “As an actor, you don’t get to do that, but as a producer you have to be there.”

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