Trump Makes History

[Aglaopheme]

This may have been done, but I didn't see it.


https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5a026c51e4b092053058cf38

https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5a0275021d00001a3d7f4aab.jpeg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale

Virginia elected its first openly transgender state lawmaker on Tuesday, voting Democrat Danica Roem into the state’s House of Delegates. She unseated Virginia Del. Bob Marshall, the Republican who introduced the “bathroom bill” that would have prohibited transgender students from using the bathroom of their choice.

I could not have dreamed up a better result.

Transgender activist Andrea Jenkins was elected to the Minneapolis City Council, becoming the first openly transgender African-American woman elected to the city council of a major U.S. city. Jenkins was endorsed by the Star Tribune, citing her years of experience working as a policy aide alongside city council members and her commitment to helping underrepresented communities.

Democrat Justin Fairfax was elected to become Virginia’s next lieutenant governor. With his victory, the former federal prosecutor will be the second African-American to win statewide in Virginia. “I am so grateful for this opportunity,” Fairfax said during a statewide victory party, according to WJLA-TV. “We are changing the course of history in this commonwealth.”

New Jersey elected Sheila Oliver as its first female African-American lieutenant governor. Oliver is no stranger to breaking records: She became the first African-American woman to be elected as Assembly speaker in New Jersey and only the second black female speaker in U.S. history.

Vi Lyles was elected as Charlotte, North Carolina’s first female African-American mayor, defeating Republican candidate Kenny Smith.“With this opportunity you’ve given me, you’ve proven that we are a city of opportunity and inclusiveness,” Lyles told a crowd of supporters, according to the Charlotte Observer. “You’ve proven that a woman whose father didn’t graduate from high school can become this city’s first female African-American mayor.”

Hoboken, New Jersey, elected Ravinder Bhalla as its mayor Tuesday night, which will make Bhalla the first Sikh American to be elected mayor of the city. Last week, Bhalla was the target of racist flyers that showed a picture of him along with the words “Don’t let terrorism take over our town!” plastered above him.

And, many, many more.

 

[adrina]

Trump may unwittingly be one of the best things to strengthen the democratic party.

As much as I liked and like Obama, he didn't do such a great job in the party leadership arena.

 

[AngusBridie]

Trump may unwittingly be one of the best things to strengthen the democratic party.

As much as I liked and like Obama, he didn't do such a great job in the party leadership arena.

I was educated in what you would call an extremely liberal school, some even say one of the most liberal in the country . Way too much for my taste even. But I was a lefty, then I started to drift to the right, but they lost me a while ago. Way to bat shit crazy now and have been for a while. I often wondered why people thought Obama did such a bad job, specially considering what came before and after his presidency.. We could go into details but I'd rather not.

Enough politics for me today

 

[jaF0]

This may have been done, but I didn't see it.

http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=1464084

 

[Aglaopheme]

Trump may unwittingly be one of the best things to strengthen the democratic party.

As much as I liked and like Obama, he didn't do such a great job in the party leadership arena.

I was shocked to learn how much debt he left behind with the DNC, even though politicians are well known for not paying their bills.

http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=1464084

Thank you. I guess I did not scroll back far enough.

 

[BoyNextDoor]

Trump may unwittingly be one of the best things to strengthen the democratic party.

As much as I liked and like Obama, he didn't do such a great job in the party leadership arena.

Obama was unwittingly one of the best things ever to strengthen overt racism.

 

[Aglaopheme]

Or, check the politics board.

 

[TalkRadio]

The Democratic Party has a race problem

The Democratic Party has a race problem.That was the conclusion of several prominent attendees at the Congressional Progressive Caucus’ annual retreat on Saturday, when a progressive congresswoman and a prominent party strategist criticized Democratic minority outreach.

“One of the things I find is a progressive blind spot is race,” said pollster Cornell Belcher, who previously worked for President Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns and the Democratic National Committee. “Republicans get race. They get it, and they understand how to organize around it.”

Representative Yvette Clarke, of Brooklyn, said her party doesn’t. “I will tell you one of the things that I found most disheartening in the last election cycle was this implied distrust of communities of color,” she said, summarizing the attitude: “We cannot vest any resources with you, but when we need you, you should be ready to be deployed.” She added, “We had the strategy on the ground already. We were just waiting for manna from heaven. It never showed up. And when it did, it was an insult. It was an insult. I don’t want to go through another election cycle like that.”

Belcher had his own harsh reprimands for fellow liberals. “When our young brothers and sisters want to talk about criminal justice reform, you in the progressive community can’t push their issue aside and want to talk about what your issue is,” he said. “We gotta meet them where they are. I was frustrated as hell this cycle working with progressives, because every progressive table I was around was like, ‘Okay, these are our four issues. Let’s talk to [voters] about our four issues,’ regardless of what these young folks’ four issues were. That shit’s gotta stop.”

https://newrepublic.com/minutes/140419/democratic-party-race-problem

 

[nowisthetime]

Trump may unwittingly be one of the best things to strengthen the democratic party.

As much as I liked and like Obama, he didn't do such a great job in the party leadership arena.

His leadership was fine. I think people rested on their laurels and took things for granted. In other words, they got too comfortable. They finally understood that you cannot only vote just in the presidential election-midterm and local elections matter. People thought Hillary had it in the bag and didn't bother voting.

It took this demon spawn for them to understand that voting in all elections is important. People have spilled blood just to exercise that right.

 

[Aglaopheme]

http://www.theroot.com/rooting-for-all-the-black-folk-8-cities-in-america-e-1820251315

In what is being termed a watershed referendum against “Trumpism”—just as the 2016 presidential election was about tapping into the racist tendencies of America, pushback against the political status quo—black people showed up and showed out in Tuesday night’s elections, giving Democrats several sweeping electoral victories.

This is not to say that only black people elected the mayors in the seven cities that saw their first black mayors last night; some of the cities—most of them in the South—did not have black majorities (or even pluralities). Also, at least one in the pack is a millennial and two are women; and the wins came in places as disparate as Georgia, Montana and Minnesota. Two mayors hailed from cities rocked by high-profile police shootings, but most ran on platforms of progressivism or inclusion.

 

[adrina]

I was educated in what you would call an extremely liberal school, some even say one of the most liberal in the country . Way too much for my taste even. But I was a lefty, then I started to drift to the right, but they lost me a while ago. Way to bat shit crazy now and have been for a while. I often wondered why people thought Obama did such a bad job, specially considering what came before and after his presidency.. We could go into details but I'd rather not.

Enough politics for me today

I used to be far more centrist, even open to some elements of conservative policies. But when they left science behind, they lost me. Now I see a bunch of idealogues running around near hysterically. It's off-putting to put it nicely.

I was shocked to learn how much debt he left behind with the DNC, even though politicians are well known for not paying their bills.

And neglecting the party at the local level.

Obama was unwittingly one of the best things ever to strengthen overt racism.

Agreed. I am still shocked by some of the things I have witnessed.

 

[Aglaopheme]

His leadership was fine. I think people rested on their laurels and took things for granted. In other words, they got too comfortable. They finally understood that you cannot only vote just in the presidential election-midterm and local elections matter. People thought Hillary had it in the bag and didn't bother voting.

It took this demon spawn for them to understand that voting in all elections is important. People have spilled blood just to exercise that right.

I think he was a great president, but that is quite separate from the DNC.

 

[adrina]

His leadership was fine. I think people rested on their laurels and took things for granted. In other words, they got too comfortable. They finally understood that you cannot only vote just in the presidential election-midterm and local elections matter. People thought Hillary had it in the bag and didn't bother voting.

It took this demon spawn for them to understand that voting in all elections is important. People have spilled blood just to exercise that right.

I'd like to say I agree, but I cannot. He was a fine president but the Democratic party suffered horribly in debt and at the local level. I do agree it is not just the president's job alone but from what I can tell he did not get involved on the local leadership level nor pay attention to the insane debt of the party itself.

He was good, but not perfect.

I am glad to see people being motivated. It is a shame however that it took Trump being placed in the white house to get there.

 

[Wrong Element]

Trump may unwittingly be one of the best things to strengthen the democratic party.

As much as I liked and like Obama, he didn't do such a great job in the party leadership arena.

There's something to that, but there's also the problem that the current version of the Democratic coalition is made up of more casual voters.

Democrats and liberals in general underrate the importance of state and local elections. The guy spending $10 million on a doomed effort to impeach Trump could do infinitely more good plowing that money into the electoral process.

I saw that the demographics of Virginia voters on Tuesday were basically the same as they were for the presidential election — meaning that for once, the Dems got their people out for an off-year race. And it helped that they didn't concede so many races this time around.

 

[Aglaopheme]

Yes, much of the midterm efforts come from outside groups, but I see a concerted effort to train more people in how to run for office, run a campaign and effectively build our bench coming from the DNC.

 

[BoyNextDoor]

I think he was a great president, but that is quite separate from the DNC.

IMO the leadership was severely lacking. He tried to do everything by fiat. Too many times he expanded presidential authority rather than play the hardball necessary to move the needle and get something through the legislature. He couldn't deliver on the message of the ACA benefits to push for expansion in the red states. Did we even have a budget during his presidency or was it 8 years of CRs?

Because of that approach and leadership failures it left a huge opening for all the dog whistle attacks about "big gummint" which , IMO, was the leading cause of the loss of governorships and state legislative seats. It also left the "Left" thinking that all they needed was the presidency to get their agenda to move forward - another huge issue.

The fish rots from the head out.

 

[Aglaopheme]

IMO the leadership was severely lacking. He tried to do everything by fiat. Too many times he expanded presidential authority rather than play the hardball necessary to move the needle and get something through the legislature. He couldn't deliver on the message of the ACA benefits to push for expansion in the red states. Did we even have a budget during his presidency or was it 8 years of CRs?

Because of that approach and leadership failures it left a huge opening for all the dog whistle attacks about "big gummint" which , IMO, was the leading cause of the loss of governorships and state legislative seats. It also left the "Left" thinking that all they needed was the presidency to get their agenda to move forward - another huge issue.

The fish rots from the head out.

Despite propylaea belief of the right, he didn't have much to work with to move that needle.

I do agree that our messaging sucks.

 

[Not Normal]

I just hope the left can focus and stay engaged. Humans are fickle. If there's something shiny over there, we get lost...

 

[Wats_butthole]

hahaha, classic.

 

[DMBFFF]

Obama was unwittingly one of the best things ever to strengthen overt racism.

dunno. It's pretty overt in the Trump era.

 

[phrodeau]

dunno. It's pretty overt in the Trump era.

And yet Trump did try to stop it by, one might say, fiat.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ing-hate-is-it-enough/?utm_term=.2d5918dae19d

Since Election Day, there has been a spike in racist and intimidation incidents across the country. At least three organizations have documented the rise in graffiti, slurs and threats directed at minority groups over the past week. At a California Veterans Day parade, people showed up with three Confederate flags. Muslim Americans have received death threats and black freshmen at the University of Pennsylvania were the target of slurs and a “daily lynching calendar.”

When "60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl asked Trump if he had heard such reports, he said he had not.

“I am very surprised to hear that,” he said. “I hate to hear that, I mean I hate to hear that.”

When pressed, Trump said he may have seen one or two instances.

“Do you want to say anything to those people?” Stahl asked.

“I would say don’t do it, that’s terrible, 'cause I’m gonna bring this country together,” Trump said.

“They’re harassing Latinos, Muslims . . ." Stahl added.

“I am so saddened to hear that. And I say: Stop it," Trump told her. “If it, if it helps. I will say this, and I will say right to the cameras: Stop it.”

 

[With_David_Bowie]

And yet Trump did try to stop it by, one might say, fiat.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ing-hate-is-it-enough/?utm_term=.2d5918dae19d

We may have got the american 60 minutes the week after, when the americans werent behind trump.

It was about the wannabe immigrants from South/Central America, that trump calls a cancer on american society...Over and over. I hope they clear customs, only to piss off trump.


Most of the guys I'm sure are worthy, but given the governments, the presidents lies have to be publicised. If you say you'll induct 30k mexians, just do it, dont change your mind.

 

[FakeNews]

Trump, hoping for ‘great celebration,’ wants to hold North Korea talks in DMZ

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday fanned expectations for his meeting with Kim Jong-un, saying he would like his talks with the North Korean leader to take place at the Demilitarized Zone that separates the two Koreas because “there’s a great celebration to be had on the site” if the negotiations are successful.

Mr. Trump said he and Mr. Kim could make history on that scarred ground, ending nearly seven decades of military conflict and ridding North Korea of its nuclear arsenal. His enthusiasm has fueled hopes of a genuine breakthrough with one of the world’s most reclusive regimes, even as it has unnerved those who are suspicious of North Korea’s intentions.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/30/world/asia/trump-korea-summit-dmz.html

 

[Hypoxia]

Trump, hoping for ‘great celebration,’ wants to hold North Korea talks in DMZ

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/30/world/asia/trump-korea-summit-dmz.html

When will Tromp make history, after the Kim thang, by meeting as equals with Assad, Dutarte, and a few other butchers of their own people? He sure did well with that Putin get-together.

Tromp was a wannabe Hollywood producer, wannabe casino king, wannabe NFL owner, wannabe tycoon. Is he also a wannabe bloody thug?

 

[sharingfantasies]

When will Tromp make history, after the Kim thang, by meeting as equals with Assad, Dutarte, and a few other butchers of their own people? He sure did well with that Putin get-together.

Tromp was a wannabe Hollywood producer, wannabe casino king, wannabe NFL owner, wannabe tycoon. Is he also a wannabe bloody thug?

No, he has the thug part down pat.