By Yvonne Scruggs-Leftwich, Ph.D.- Pasadena, MD – During my tenure in Governor Mario Cuomo’s Cabinet as the first African American Commissioner of New York State Housing, I had first-hand knowledge of the management and rental tactics employed by Donald Trump’s organization and how he played fast and loose with black folks’ destiny in the early […]
Deplorable In Chief
By Lucius Gantt (The Gantt Report) – It’s 2016, late October and only days before Americans go to the polls to elect a new Deplorable in Chief or the President of the United States! The names have changed and, in the case of the Democratic nominee, the gender has changed but the pre-election status and […]
Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton Town Hall Debate Cold Open – SNL
President Obama: Low Black Voter Turnout Would Be ‘Personal Insult’
By Hazel Trice Edney, TriceEdneyWire.com – President Obama had barely begun his remarks before shouts of “I love you!” came from the audience, tributes upon his final speech to the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Phoenix Awards Dinner. He returned the words, but did not linger. He quickly moved to the business at hand – hammering […]
Donald Trump Flips on Immigration: Trump Follows President Obama’s Lead Now Supporting POTUS Position to Give Illegal Immigrants a Path to Citizenship
It’s been reported that Donald Trump was in several elections, perhaps he is leaning toward his Democratic roots now that he appears to be somewhat supporting President Obama’s view on giving Illegal Immigrants in America a path to citizenship. I’m sure Hillary Clinton would be the best candidate to address the immigration issue because the […]
Just What Were Donald Trump’s Ties to the Mob? – By David Cay Johnston
This article about Donald Trump’s “long, close and wide-ranging dealings with organized crime figures,” appeared in Politico May 22, 2016. It’s by David Cay Johnston, who has covered Trump for 27 years. Johnston won a Pulitzer Prize for his New York Times reporting on the American tax system and currently teaches business, property and tax […]
Inside Donald Trump’s Meltdown
Time Magazine – By Alex Altman, Philip Elliott, Zeke J Miller – When Donald Trump mucks things up, the first person to let him know is usually Republican Party boss Reince Priebus. Almost every day, Trump picks up his cell phone to find Priebus on the line, urging him to quash some feud or clarify […]
NPR.org Fact Checks Donald Trump’s Economic Plan Unveiled In Detroit Speech
Obama Calls Trump Unfit, Urges Republicans to Repudiate Him
President Barack Obama, delivering his strongest condemnation of Donald Trump yet, said the Republican presidential nominee is unprepared and unfit to hold the nation’s highest office and urged Republican leaders to disavow his candidacy. Trump “doesn’t appear to have basic knowledge around critical issues” in Europe, the Middle East or Asia, and he’s shown himself […]