Thursday, August 31, 2017

President of the AFL-CIO says two factions of the White House are racists and "Wall Streeters."

Courtesy of Business Insider:  

Richard Trumka, the head of the largest labor union in the US, had harsh words Wednesday for the members of the Trump administration. 

Trumka, the president of the AFL-CIO, told an audience at a Christian Science Monitor event that it's difficult for him to work with either of the two major factions in the White House. 

"You had two factions in the White House. You had one faction that actually had some of the policies we would have supported on trade, on infrastructure — but they turned out to be racist. And on the other hand, you had people that weren't racist, but they were Wall Streeters. And the Wall Streeters began to dominate the administration and have moved his agenda back to everything he fought against in the election."

Hard to argue with that actually. 

Interesting that Trumka felt that the folks that had the most in common with the union are racists. He might want to check his charter.

Trumka by the was WAS part of Trump's manufacturing jobs council, right up until he learned his was working for the reincarnation of Adolph Hitler.

16 comments:

  1. Anonymous7:00 AM

    The guy that is to be all about MAGA job, jobs, jobs for America - HE HATES HIS JOB.

    He hates his job and he wants to end it all. Question is, will he go out alone?
    http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2017/08/donald-trump-hates-his-job-and-possibly.html

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  2. Anonymous7:20 AM

    http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/un-rights-chief-says-trump-may-be-inciting-violence-against-media/

    ""To call these news organisations 'fake' does tremendous damage and to refer to individual journalists in this way, I have to ask the question, is this not an incitement for others to attack journalists?"incitement, fear, self-censorship and violence.""The demonisation of the press is poisonous because it has consequences elsewhere," specific concern over Trump's speech in Arizona earlier this month in which journalists were condemned by the US leader as "dishonest people" who "don't like our country". <PROJECTING jbarronm

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  3. Anonymous7:34 AM

    “It was frightening. I just really got sick to my stomach. I was afraid for my daughters and for the other children there that are at risk for these types of threats.”The two students, who claimed that they only posted the photo as a “joke,” were suspended from school for ten days. Additionally, one of the students was kicked off the high school football team."

    http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/racist-high-school-bullies-suspended-after-harassing-black-classmate-with-shocking-snapchat-photo/

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  4. Anonymous7:58 AM

    https://slate.com/technology/2017/08/the-alt-right-wants-to-build-its-own-internet.html

    "Branded with the face of Pepe"
    "Gab has more than 240,000 users and has raised $1 million via crowdfunding"Gab is a digital playpen for Nazis, white supremacists, men’s rights activists, anti-PC crusaders, Gamergaters, anti-feminists, free speech absolutists, and anyone who loves a solidly offensive joke. Notifications are sounded with the croak of a frog."

    " calling for the formation of a new group called the “Free Speech Tech Alliance,” which would build an alternative infrastructure where the alt-right wouldn’t be burdened by the social-justice priorities and liberal values of Silicon Valley—nor by the arguably monopolistic powers of the major nodes of the information economy, like Facebook, Google, Apple, and their peers.

    Gab, and a growing number of its compatriots in the “alt-tech” movement, want to build their own internet, one that can be a haven for hate."“Free Speech Tech Alliance” to me as “a group of 100 engineers plus from Silicon Valley who are working with us behind the scenes to create an alternative infrastructure. he says is purposefully being kept small in order to protect the identities of its members who fear losing their jobs at Silicon Valley companies."Dickinson is trying to appeal to investors".“Alt-Tech promises to restore and revive the old libertarian ethos of technology as a leveler and tool for increasing liberty,” read his slides, which proclaim that the movement doesn’t care about race, gender, or pedigree and that its motto is “Shut up and code.” The plan promises to revitalize rural and small-town America by providing engineering jobs to people who will build the new “anti-Marxist” internet. “The first VCs to fund these alternatives will be the ground floor profit-makers of the Alt-Tech revolution,”
    "following the Charlottesville protests:
    “My weekend is living la dolce vita: a beer in my hand, code on my screen, and a jew in my oven.”

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    1. Anonymous8:28 AM

      So, what wine do you serve with Jew? His oven is only good for cooking. Didn't Hannibal Lector prefer a nice chianti?

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  5. Anonymous8:09 AM

    “We know where you live f*ggot,” the letter warns. “We are going to win. Quit now.”“When you girls least expect it, we will be here for a nice visit,” the letter concludes, and makes an apparent reference to s’mores — although the word was misspelled."a police spokesperson said the case was not considered a hate crime because it had not been reported to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement as required by law.

    “It is a hate crime,” Schneider said. “I’m a gay, Jewish, German man. I’m running for political office. They used the term ‘f*ggot,’ they used the term ‘girls.’ These are heated, hateful words. I can’t think of anything else to say, other than I believe it is hate.”

    http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/we-know-where-you-live-fggot-florida-council-candidate-gets-threatening-letter-from-alleged-kkk/

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  6. Anonymous8:29 AM

    How Harvey Will Change Texas

    The storm’s most lasting legacy might be the end of the Lone Star State’s rugged individualism.

    ...It will be interesting to watch Texas politics square itself with reality. Yes, self-reliance is a virtue. No man or woman, however, is an island—at least not on purpose. Harvey has proved that. So, if ever the era of going it entirely on your own in Texas ever existed, it’s over.

    http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/30/how-harvey-will-change-texas-215558?lo=ap_b1

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  7. Anonymous8:42 AM

    1. Mueller has Flynn. If he gets Manafort it's all over. Trump is telegraphing to Manafort by Arpaio pardon he'll do same for him. So

    https://twitter.com/TrueFactsStated/status/903216229980270592

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  8. Anonymous8:45 AM

    A little birdie sent me a note. Guess what's NOW public? Yup the Cohen letter to Congress. Wanna see it? Please say yes

    https://twitter.com/Alt_Spicerlies/status/903292858391781381

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    1. Anonymous12:03 PM

      " If these illegal donations to RNC were made to look legit, money laundering is a federal AND state crime."
      "A person familiar with Mueller's strategy said that whether or not Trump made a "knowingly false statement" is now of interest to prosecutors.

      "Even if Trump is not charged with a crime as a result of the statement, it could be useful to Mueller's team to show Trump's conduct to a jury that may be considering other charges,"

      https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/amp/manafort-notes-russian-meet-contain-cryptic-reference-donations-n797816

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  9. Anonymous8:46 AM

    5 key points from Macron’s big labor reform
    http://www.politico.eu/article/macron-labor-reform-5-key-points/

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  10. Anonymous9:08 AM

    https://thinkprogress.org/georgia-cop-we-only-kill-black-people-right-bcb5e8236b4a/

    " in the same tone of voice he’s used throughout the conversation. “Remember? We only kill black people. Yeah, we only kill black people, right? All the videos you’ve seen, have you seen black people get killed? You have.”

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  11. Anonymous10:07 AM

    https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/09/how-the-turner-diaries-changed-white-nationalism/500039/

    "Before there was an alt-right, there was>
    The Turner Diaries"
    “We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children.”

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    1. Anonymous11:47 AM

      "Words build bridges into unexplored regions."
      Adolf Hitler
      https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/adolf_hitler.html

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    2. Anonymous11:59 AM

      http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/god-will-wipe-them-out-white-supremacist-preacher-promises-bloodshed-at-future-rallies/

      Delete
  12. "U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to rescind an Obama-era policy that protects nearly 600,000 immigrants who entered the country illegally as children, but plans to let them stay until their work permits expire, a senior administration official said on Thursday.

    Trump’s decision could be announced as early as Friday but could also come next week, the official said."

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-expected-to-rescind-daca-senior-official-says_us_59a86531e4b0dfaafceee44b?section=us_politics

    (Nothing like punishing babies for being carried across a border without their consent.)

    "Trump had pledged on the election campaign trail to scrap all of former President Barack Obama’s executive orders on immigration, including the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or “Dreamers,” program."

    "U.S. Representative Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the No. 2 Democrat in the House of Representatives, released a statement expressing concern about reports that Trump may terminate the program, saying this would be “devastating” to many Dreamers.

    “In the absence of Congress enacting bipartisan immigration reform, which must remain our goal, the President ought to continue providing peace of mind to DREAMers that they need not live in fear of being sent away from the only home many of them have ever known,” Hoyer said."

    Yeah, well that would require a few things. That you're not a White Nationalist NAZI and that you had some compassion. Sorry, but Trump isn't even close.

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