NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 19, 2016 By Leslie Salzillo It was an icy reception as the Vice President-Elect Mike Pence entered the the building to see the highly acclaimed and popular Broadway sensation Hamilton on Friday. He received cheers and boos. https://twitter.com/dkipke12/status/799802254794571777 Before he left, Pence received a message from the stage about diversity and equality. But[Read More…]
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Clinton’s Popular Vote Lead Grows to 1.5 Million with Millions Left to Count—Donald Flip Flops
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 19, 2016 By Walter Einenkel As it becomes clear that Donald Trump is on the road to becoming the single most unpopular president in the history of the United States, Trump had this to say on Twitter: The Electoral College is actually genius in that it brings all[Read More…]
White House Weekly Address: Building on a Record of Economic Progress (Video & Transcript)
Vice President Joe Biden. Source: whitehouse.gov Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 19, 2016 Hi folks, this is Joe Biden. Over the last eight years, we’ve created more jobs than all the advanced economies in the world combined. Unemployment has been cut in half. Wages are finally on the rise. We’ve gone from economic[Read More…]
Jeff Sessions: It Was ‘Good News’ for the South When the Supreme Court Gutted the Voting Rights Act
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2016 By Laura Clawson Here’s how Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general responded to the Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act in 2013. Jeff Sessions said, basically, sure, voting rights oversight was needed in the past, but the decision “was good news, I think, for[Read More…]
Trump Will Pay $25 Million to Settle Trump University Fraud Cases, Sources Say
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2016 By Laura Clawson Donald Trump had been committed to fighting the lawsuit against his “Trump University,” but apparently he’s had second thoughts about the prospect of going on trial for fraud right after being elected president and is considering a settlement. If finalized, the settlement would eliminate[Read More…]
Canadians to CA, OR, WA: ‘I’m Sure We Can Work Something Out If You Want to Join Canada’
OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2016 By Walter Einenkel Oh Canada One of many people’s go-to statements before and now during the nightmare scenario of a Trump administration in the White House is “I’m going to move to Canada.” Canadians on social media have offered up secession as a choice for “blue states” unhappy with the outcome[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Statement on Trump’s Reactionary Agenda
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2016 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) released the following statement Friday: “Here is the simple truth. Trump’s reactionary agenda will not be defeated in the halls of Congress. It will be defeated when millions of Americans, at the grassroots level, come together to oppose xenophobia and attacks on the[Read More…]
HUD and Census Bureau Announce New Residential Construction Activity in October 2016
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2016. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Census Bureau jointly announced the following new residential construction statistics for October 2016: BUILDING PERMITS Privately owned housing units authorized by building permits in October were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,229,000.[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama and Chancellor Merkel of Germany in a Joint Press Conference (Video & Transcript)
Berlin, Germany–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2016 – 5:33 P.M. CET CHANCELLOR MERKEL: (As interpreted.) Ladies and gentlemen, I’m delighted to be able to welcome today for the sixth time the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, to Germany. In his capacity as President of the United States, let us[Read More…]
Trump to Name Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III as New Attorney General
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2016 By Mark Sumner As head of the Justice Department, the Attorney General is often called on to determine the course of action in critical cases of discrimination and inequity. Though there’s no official announcement to this point, it appears that for the Trump “Justice Department,” those[Read More…]
