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This sketch truly makes a point that many in the mainstream media won't, namely that Ivanka is complicit in her father's use of racism, sexism and bigotry to win and extend his stay in the White House.
"SNL" cleverly utilized a parody of a commercial for a high-end designer fragrance to make this point. It opens with Ivanka, played by host Scarlett Johansson, entering a room of people dressed in tuxedos and ball gowns, as a voiceover says, "Every man knows her name. Every woman knows her face."
The partygoers all stop and look as the voiceover continues, "When she walks into a room, all eyes are on her. She's Ivanka."
The commercial continues with glamour shots of Ivanka and then comes the first comedic bulls eye: "She's beautiful. She's powerful. She's ... complicit." We then hear, "She's a woman who knows what she wants. And knows what she's doing. Complicit."
I thought SNL was really good this weekend with some real laugh out loud skits (If you have not seen it yet I highly recommend Zoo Pornographer.) however when I saw this I knew it was going to be the one that everybody talked about this week.
We typically consider family to be off limits, but with the Trump's that is virtually impossible since they are all...well...complicit.
Ivanka is hosting events in the White House. She IS a public/political figure and is definitely NOT "off limits. I set Alec Baldwin an e-mail about his recent reports that he is done playing Trump. I told him that he can't. You never know when/how you will be called to serve your country and he is serving it now. He is making people laugh when there is very little to be smile about and he is slowly but surely driving Trump over the edge. The sooner that happens the better. BTW, I am having some trouble posting under by LiveJournal name. Lindsay.
ReplyDeleteThis tiny program keeps our coasts safe. Trump’s gutting it, of course.
ReplyDeleteThe Trump administration reportedly plans to slash the budget of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association and gut federal funding for NOAA’s Sea Grant program.
This time, Sea Grant’s very existence is at stake.
“My initial reaction [to the news] was horror and disgust,” says Jim Eckman, director at California Sea Grant. “I think we’re facing a much graver crisis that we’re going to have to deal with.”
Though hardly a household name, Sea Grant funds important work, supporting over 3,000 scientists and paying for coastal research through 33 university programs. Sea Grant projects shed light on sea-level rise, ocean acidification, the effect of melting glaciers on kelp beds, and much, much else.
Congress created the Sea Grant program in 1966 in part to improve scientific understanding for the fishing industry. Since then, it has helped pay for projects that encourage commercial fishers to adopt sustainable practices off the coast of Ventura, California. It has backed efforts to improve water quality in the Chesapeake Bay and to forecast the loss of wetlands from hurricanes hitting Louisiana.
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/this-tiny-program-keeps-our-coasts-safe-trumps-gutting-it-of-course/
Sea org wants to trash the world. I am sending funds to Sea Grant and NOAA. We have to keep the programs funded to stop these frackin idiots from destroying our planet, water ways, and food supply.
DeleteTrump also wants to gut the Coast Guard. This country has a yuuge, really yuuge coastline, that includes the land around each of the Great Lakes. One group that should never be gutted is the Coast Guard. What's the Coast Guard ever done to Donald?
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Obama lawyers move fast to join fight against Trump
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We’re almost two full months into Trump’s presidency — and he’s already made quite the mess
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Right-wing billionaires want to rewrite our Constitution — and they’re frighteningly close to pulling it off
ReplyDelete...A few years ago, it would have been a thought experiment; now it’s nearly reality. Billionaires and the groups they fund are working to rewrite our Constitution to provide corprations and the rich with more and more protections and benefits, and chop away at anything smelling of “socialism” like Social Security or child labor laws.
The fact is that they’re just a few states away from meeting their goal, and have already held dress rehearsals in Washington D.C.—with representatives from all 50 states—for a Constitional Convention that would change America forever.
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/right-wing-billionaires-want-to-rewrite-our-constitution-and-theyre-frighteningly-close-to-pulling-it-off/
Robert Reich: Trump doesn’t just lie — he attacks the institutions we rely on as sources of the truth
ReplyDeletehttp://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/robert-reich-trump-doesnt-just-lie-he-attacks-the-institutions-we-rely-on-as-sources-of-the-truth/
http://addictinginfo.org/2017/03/12/trump-just-broke-another-major-campaign-promise-and-people-are-outraged/
ReplyDeleteIn talking to MSNBC today, Mensch dropped a bombshell on Trump’s claims. She flat said:
ReplyDelete“For once, I think it’s possible the president does not have a fake news problem. I think he may have a real news problem, being that, what if there really is a wiretap at Trump Tower? The problem the president has then is that I didn’t report that, and neither did any other journalist, which means that if he tweeted evidence in an ongoing, top-secret case, then he obstructed justice, and that’s an impeachable offense.”
She goes on to say that she believes the reason the White House has more or less gone silent is not the possibility that the wiretap claims are fake – it’s the possibility that they’re real. Trump could have gotten himself in a world of shit with those tweets.
She also says that the White House’s desperation to find a member of the press who reported the wiretaps before Trump did is because they’re terrified that he committed obstruction of justice. Nobody in the press ever said there was a wiretap. The press reported on his accusations and the FISA warrant. Big difference.
http://addictinginfo.org/2017/03/12/watch-trumps-wiretap-accusation-blown-wide-open-he-may-be-guilty-of-obstruction-of-justice/
According to Senator John McCain, Donald Trump’s life is about get become very uncomfortable very quickly. During an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union,” McCain explained that he was bothered by a number of things involving Trump and Russia, including the strange removal of a call for defensive weapons to the Ukraine to defend against Russia from the official party platform.
ReplyDelete“Clearly, it was not the will of most Republicans,” McCain told Jake Tapper Sunday, adding that there are plenty of shoes about to drop. “There’s a lot of aspects with this whole relationship with Russia and Vladimir Putin that requires further scrutiny, and so far I don’t think the American people have gotten all the answers. In fact, I think there’s a lot of shoes to drop from this centipede.”
“This whole issue of the relationship with the Russians and who communicated with them and under what circumstances clearly cries out for an investigation,” McCain says.
http://addictinginfo.org/2017/03/12/john-mccain-says-trump-is-fcked-lots-of-shoes-to-drop-from-this-centipede-video/
Well, then, John, don't back down as you usually do when actual action is called for. Let's hear you on the Senate floor call for an independent, genuinely independent, investigation. McCain likes to talk "tough" on the Sunday am shows but he doesn't act "tough" when it comes to going against his GOP cohorts.
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REAL MONEY.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/jared-kushners-family-set-to-make-400-million-in-unusually-favorable-investment-by-chinese-company/
In any other administration such a thing would be challenged and prevented. But not in a Trump administration which is run by a bunch of con artists. The biggest victims: the American people and the people of the world.
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Jimmy Carter was HOUNDED to sell his small peanut farm lest he profit; this double-standard very much pisses me off...
DeleteIvanka has decided to start a lower end jewelry line. Made in China?
DeleteI thought she divested herself of her company while working in the WH? Another lie.
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The shocking firing of Preet Bharara: what he investigated, how they connect
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Intelligence Analyst Delivers Good News: Trump’s Constitutional Crimes Are Being Handled
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“GOP’s Wealth Care Plan Moving at Breakneck Speed”
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drumpf in his hairy a$$ 'red' thong again>
ReplyDeletehttp://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/john-oliver-shreds-trumpcare-the-ted-cruz-of-legislation-and-a-reverse-bernie-sanders/
Eating a 'red' Apple on the cover of:
DeleteThe Art of the Deal < good one!
Roger Ailes’ Attorney Is Reportedly On The Shortlist To Lead The U.S. Attorney Office’s Fox News Probe
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What happens to Fox News investigation?
http://www.cnn.com/videos/cnnmoney/2017/03/12/preet-bharara-fox-news-investigation-rs.cnn
This Level of Corruption Is Unprecedented in the Modern History of the Presidency
ReplyDelete...There is a level of intellectual—and, perhaps, literal—corruption that is unprecedented in the modern history of the presidency and that is a genuine and unique threat to democratic institutions that are the objects of destructive contempt. The man ran on chaos. He won on chaos. And now he's governing on chaos. The checks and balances and safety valves of the Constitution—the things that, well, constitute—the immune system of this self-governing republic are facing a threat that is as different as it is lethal.
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a53810/corruption-unprecedented/
IMPEACH HIS SORRY ASS!
ReplyDeleteShe's 35-and-a-half. No kid. She and the slimy brothers are not kids. I'm tired of them as being referred to as such and treated like they are just children, too, and not heavily--heavily--involved in all the goings-on in the WH. She is more than fair game. Only thing I wish is that someone as plain as the real Ivanka played her. She's no beauty and she didn't deserve to have Scarlet playing her. But at least the bleached wig was dry looking.
ReplyDeleteThe Trump adult kids are all surrogating for their father and making fortunes from being connected to the administration. Sorry, Gryphen. None of them deserve to be "hands off." Their hands are already deep into the federal dollar cookie jar.
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We Compared Obama’s Words To Trump’s And The Result Will Make You Sad
ReplyDeleteSo much for “the best words.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/barack-obama-donald-trump-quotes_us_579a155fe4b02d5d5ed489ce?jc91c1mj1jxajor=&
While Taking Health Care Away From Millions, Trump Pockets His Presidential Paycheck
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