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Collecting Water - a dangerous activity in Angola. A woman waits for a break in the line before she can pass on the only safe path to town. The area just off the path was heavily mined. I choose not to attempt crossing the log bridge - top left in picture.
Luena. Angola.
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A collage of landmine victim images I took in Angola and Cambodia 1986 - 1996. Printed onto a transparency sheet and mounted in front of a light box. The image was then framed with a blast like matt I made out of card and crayon. Exhibited at the 'Lane' gallery, South Fremantle. Western Australia. May 2009.
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Essay: “Ann Coulter’s ‘anti-logic,’” at t.co/xeOaQ3QRn2.
Coulter claims to have stumbled upon something she has never before encountered: “anti-logic.” This is striking as Coulter frequently employs “anti-logic.”
See Never Trust Ann Coulter – at ANY Age, at www.coulterwatch.com/never.pdf.
Montage of photos taken from video recording of the submissions of Simon Singh, Philip Campbell, Fiona Godlee and Ben Goldacre to the Palriamentary Committee on the draft Defamation Bill. 13th June 2011.
See the video feed here:
Essay: “Coulter’s Iraq War Nonsense” at wp.me/p4jHFp-6j.
Is Ann Coulter lying – again – to sell a book?
This is not the first time Coulter has been wrong – and purposefully so – in politicizing national security and military matters. (Sometimes Marie Harf makes more sense.) Coulter has compared Washington D.C. to war-zone Baghdad and repeatedly defamed military war heroes for partisan political purposes.
Now, Coulter does so to promote her next book.
"Ketagalan Boulevard" 凱達格蘭大道 "Lee Lai-hsi" 李來希 監督年金改革行動聯盟 年金改革 反污名 要尊嚴 Taipei Taiwan 台北賓館 總統府
Taiwan civil servants march against government 2016 九三大遊行
Taiwan civil servants and supporters clogged Taipei streets Saturday, protesting what they say is the government's defamation of public sector workers during ongoing pension reform efforts. More than 110,000 demonstrators gather on Taipei's Ketagalan Boulevard to protest pension reform.
由全國軍公教勞退休團體 組成的監督年金改革行動聯盟，舉行「反污名、要尊嚴」九三大遊行。下午1點分成四路從台北街頭走向總統府前凱道廣場，向執政者訴求，反對在所謂的「年金改革」過程中，放任軍公教被污名化。超過10萬人參與，下午5點多結束。5點全解散「真的是公務員」。
總統府、行政院和民進黨 定調冷處理，蔡英文總統在上午赴忠烈詞致敬後，便到台中東勢區石圍牆酒莊參訪，但被問及有關下午軍公教大遊行的部分，蔡回答「我們走我們的行程」。
National Civil Servant Association Director Lee Lai-hsi (李來希) said more than 120,000 people took part in the protest, while the police put the number slightly lower at 117,000.
Taipei, Taiwan
2016/9/3
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The GLAAD Media Awards at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City
The GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives.
GLAAD, the world's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organization, honored Robert De Niro, Mariah Carey, and the best in film, television, and journalism at the 27th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Waldorf Astoria New York on Saturday May 14th 2016. Jennifer Lawrence, Aziz Ansari, Connie Britton, Diane Sawyer, Caitlyn Jenner, Tamron Hall, Noah Galvin, Andrew Rannells, Andreja Pejić, and Jason Biggs were among the special guests. Recording artists Alex Newell and Bebe Rexha, as well as the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Fun Home performed at the event hosted by Emmy Award-winning actress Laverne Cox. The 27th Annual GLAAD Media Awards were presented by Delta Air Lines, Hilton, Ketel One Vodka, and Wells Fargo.
GLAAD Media Award recipients announced Saturday in New York. Additional awards were presented in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton on April 2.
Excellence in Media Award: Robert De Niro (presented by Jennifer Lawrence)
Ally Award: Mariah Carey (presented by Lee Daniels)
· Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine: “Bruce Jenner: The Interview" 20/20 (ABC) [accepted by: Diane Sawyer, Caitlyn Jenner, and David Sloan, senior executive producer]
· Outstanding TV Journalism Segment: "Interview with Jim Obergefell" Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN) [accepted by: U.S. Supreme Court plaintiff Jim Obergefell]
· Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage: Cosmopolitan [accepted by: Laura Brounstein, special projects director]
· Outstanding Film – Limited Release: Tangerine (Magnolia Pictures)
· Outstanding Individual Episode: "The Prince of Nucleotides" Royal Pains (USA Network)
· Outstanding Digital Journalism – Multimedia: "Stopping HIV? The Truvada Revolution" Vice Reports (Vice.com)
· Outstanding Newspaper Article: "Cold Case: The Murders of Cosby and Jackson" by Dianna Wray (Houston Press)
· Outstanding Magazine Article: "Behind Brazil's Gay Pride Parades, a Struggle with Homophobic Violence" by Oscar Lopez (Newsweek)
· Outstanding Digital Journalism Article: "This Is What It’s Like To Be An LGBT Syrian Fleeing For Your Life" by J. Lester Feder (Buzzfeed.com)
SPANISH-LANGUAGE NOMINEES
· Outstanding Daytime Program Episode: "¿El marido de mi padre o yo?" Caso Cerrado (Telemundo)
· Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine: TIE: "Amor que rompe barreras" Un Nuevo Día (Telemundo) and "En cuerpo ajeno" Aquí y Ahora (Univision)
· Outstanding TV Journalism Segment: "Víctimas de abusos" Noticiero Univision (Univision)
· Outstanding Digital Journalism – Multimedia: "Campeones de la igualdad" (Univision.com)
GLAAD (formerly the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) is a U.S. non-governmental media monitoring organization founded by LGBT people in the media.
Motto - to promote understanding, increase acceptance, and advance equality.
Founded - 1985
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May 14th 2016
Chucky: Oh, I got this invitation to a party!
Spiderman: Who's throwing it?
Chucky: Um, the Policemen.
Spiderman: (laughing) Maybe they just invited you there so they can arrest you. Like a setup.
Chucky: Hmm, I don't think so. You sure?
Spiderman: That's what Superman said...
This anti-tank mine lies in tall grass in the Angolan countryside. Leuna, Angola.
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Meaning of decry in Hindi
SYNONYMS AND OTHER WORDS FOR decry
दोष देना→decry,charge निंदा करना→reprove,decry,pillory,condemn,deplore,declaim झिड़की देना→chide,reprove,reprobate,twit,decry,discommend आक्षेप करना→twit,disapprove,defame,declaim,censure,decry दोष लगाना→...
Meaning of decry matlab, meaning decry hindi, synonyms decry hindi
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The Cambodian Red Cross Dance Group, preforms at the Cambodian Vision in Development (CVD) Battambang office. This is a traditional fund raising event during the New Years celebrations. Battambang. Cambodia. 2008.
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Ryan Janek Wolowski, Rashad Robinson from GLAAD
The Original GLBT Expo Second Annual Video Lounge 2009
The 16th Original GLBT Expo
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
655 West 34th Street
New York, NY 10001
(212) 216-2000
***************2009 LINEUP INCLUDED **********************
Saturday
11:00 AM Ani Difranco - Preview of her concert DVD
12:30 Femme Noir - short films of Sweet Baby J'ai celebrating women of color
1:00 Chocolate Seduction by Green Peas TV: A live TV show taping of delicious and decadent chocolate desserts
1:30 Out at the Expo the best in current LGBT Music videos
2:00 The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Interview by Ryan Janek Wolowski including clips of gay representation in media
2:30 Athena Reich - The singer and songwriter introduces her music videos
3:00 Cocktail Seduction by Green Peas TV: A live TV show taping on the art of cocktail making
3:30 Out the Center a volunteer run television program from the NYC LGBT Center
4:00 Main Stage Performers Videos and Interviews with the Expo performers by Ryan Janek Wolowski of MTV networks
4:30 Queer Horror - videos of the best in queer Horror 2008
5:00 Videos and Interviews with Main Stage performers by Ryan Janek Wolowski of MTV networks
6:00 Rockin Out - Hard Rock Music Videos by LGBT artists
Sunday
12:00 Out at the Expo the best in current LGBT Music videos and film
1:00 Chocolate Seduction by Green Peas TV: A live TV show taping of delicious and decadent chocolate desserts
1:30 - "Viva La Musica" hosted by Samara Riviera - NBC Telemundo correspondent dance music diva Vanessa Conde
2:00 - Trans Life hosted by Legendary Gay Activist Randolfe Wicker
2:30- Cocktail Seduction by Green Peas TV: A live TV show taping on the art of cocktail making
3:00 Videos and Interviews with Main Stage performers by Ryan Janek Wolowski of MTV networks
3:30 Strike A Pose - Video! A showcase of Drag Queen Videos hosted by Lady Clover Honey with guests Sherri Vine, Peppermint, Tina Benez
4:00 Videos and Interviews with Main Stage performers by Ryan Janek Wolowski of MTV networks
5:00 Out at the Expo the best in current LGBT Music videos
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New York City USA
03-21-2009
Xi Jinping (/ʃiː dʒɪnˈpɪŋ/; born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has been the 9th General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and the 13th Chairman of the Central Military Commission since 2012, and as well as the 7th President of China since 2013.[1] As General Secretary, he is also a member of the CPC Politburo Standing Committee, China's top decision-making body.[2] Xi is the first CCP general secretary born after the establishment of the People's Republic of China.[3][4]
Early life
Xi Jinping is the son of former Chinese Vice Premier Xi Zhongxun and Qi Xin. He rose politically in China's coastal provinces. He was the Governor of Fujian between 1999 and 2002. Between 2002 and 2007, he was Governor and CPC party chief of Zhejiang. After the dismissal of Chen Liangyu, Xi was transferred to Shanghai as the party secretary for a short time in 2007. Xi was promoted to the central leadership in October 2007 and trained to become Hu Jintao's successor.
General Secretary
In November 2012, he was elected as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and the Chairman of the Central Military Commission in the CPC convention. In March 2013, he was elected as the president of China by the Chinese Congress. This started his first term as China's leader.
Chinese leadership changes every 5 years, and it happens roughly in October/November (for CPC and military) and March next year (for government). In October 2017 and March 2018, Xi was re-elected as party, military and government leader. This started his second term.
By tradition in recent decades, the Chinese leader leads two terms (10 years in total). The second term identifies his successor and prepares for the power transfer. However, Xi stopped this tradition and abandoned his potential successors Hu Chunhua and Sun Zhengcai.
On 11 March 2018, the National People's Congress approved an amendment to the Constitution of the People's Republic of China, so that Xi and the future presidents could be reelected for president without term limits.[5][6]
with Shinzō Abe in October 2018
In July 2018, a trade war started between the US and China. At the early stage Xi showed China's muscle by declaring to fight "a tooth for a tooth". As the conflicts continues to worsen, China softened its stance. There were reports that Xi's authority got damaged by his handling of the trade dispute with US.[7]
In October 2022, Xi was re-elected to a third term. This re-election made him the first party leader since Mao Zedong to be chosen for a third term, though Deng Xiaoping ruled the country informally for a longer time.[8]
Personal life
Xi was born on 15 June 1953 in Beijing, China.[9] His father held lots of posts, including party propaganda chief and vice premier.[10] He has been married to Peng Liyuan since 1987. They have one daughter, Xi Mingze, who graduated from Harvard University in 2015. Xi lives in Zhongnanhai, China.
simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_Jinping
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman serving as the 47th president of the United States since January 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021.
Born in New York City, Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics. He became president of his family's real estate business in 1971 and oriented it to luxury hotels and casinos. After a series of bankruptcies in the 1990s and 2000s, he began side ventures. From 2004 to 2015, he hosted the reality television show The Apprentice. A political outsider, Trump won the 2016 presidential election against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
In his first term, Trump imposed a travel ban on citizens from six Muslim-majority countries, expanded the U.S.–Mexico border wall, and implemented a brief family separation policy. Domestically, he rolled back environmental and business regulations, signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, and appointed three Supreme Court justices. In foreign policy, Trump withdrew the U.S. from agreements on climate, trade, and Iran's nuclear program; negotiated the U.S.–Mexico–Canada Agreement, began a trade war with China, and met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un without reaching an agreement on denuclearization. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, he downplayed its severity, contradicted guidance from public health officials, and enacted the CARES Act stimulus package. Trump was impeached in 2019 for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, and in 2021 for incitement of insurrection; the Senate acquitted him in both cases. After his first term, scholars and historians ranked him one of the worst presidents in American history.
Trump is the central figure of the Trumpism movement. Many of his comments and actions have been characterized as racially charged, racist or misogynistic, and he has made false and misleading statements and promoted conspiracy theories to a degree unprecedented in American politics. He lost the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden but refused to concede, falsely claiming electoral fraud and attempting to overturn the results, including through his involvement in the January 6 Capitol attack in 2021. In 2023, Trump was held liable in civil cases for sexual abuse, defamation, and business fraud, and in 2024 he was found guilty of falsifying business records, making him the first U.S. president convicted of a felony. He won the 2024 presidential election against Kamala Harris, becoming the first person since Grover Cleveland in 1892 to be elected to a non-consecutive second term. Afterwards, he was sentenced to a penalty-free discharge, and two other felony indictments against him were dismissed.
Trump began his second presidency by implementing a mass deportation program and attempting to reduce the size of the federal workforce.
Early life and education
A black-and-white photograph of Trump as a teenager, smiling, wearing a dark pseudo-military uniform with various badges and a light-colored stripe crossing his right shoulder
Trump at New York Military Academy, 1964
Donald John Trump was born on June 14, 1946, at Jamaica Hospital in the New York City borough of Queens, the fourth child of Fred Trump and Mary Anne MacLeod Trump.[1] He is of German and Scottish descent.[2] He grew up with his older siblings, Maryanne, Fred Jr., and Elizabeth, and his younger brother, Robert, in a mansion in the Jamaica Estates neighborhood of Queens.[3] Fred Trump paid his children each about $20,000 a year, equivalent to $265,000 a year in 2024. Trump was a millionaire at age eight by contemporary standards.[a][4]
Trump attended the private Kew-Forest School through seventh grade. He was a difficult child and showed an early interest in his father's business. His father enrolled him in New York Military Academy, a private boarding school, to complete secondary school.[5] Trump considered a show business career but instead in 1964 enrolled at Fordham University. Two years later, he transferred to the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in May 1968 with a Bachelor of Science in economics. He was exempted from the draft during the Vietnam War due to bone spurs in his heels.[6]
Business career
Main article: Business career of Donald Trump
Further information: Business projects of Donald Trump in Russia and Tax returns of Donald Trump
Real estate
Starting in 1968, Trump was employed at his father's real estate company, Trump Management, which owned racially segregated middle-class rental housing in New York City's outer boroughs.[7][8] In 1971, his father made him president of the company and he began using the Trump Organization as an umbrella brand.[9] Roy Cohn was Trump's fixer, lawyer, and mentor for 13 years in the 1970s and 1980s.[10] In 1973, Cohn helped Trump countersue the U.S. government for $100 million (equivalent to $686 million in 2023)[11] over its charges that Trump's properties had racial discriminatory practices. Trump's counterclaims were dismissed, and the government's case was settled with the Trumps signing a consent decree agreeing to desegregate.[12] Helping Trump projects, Cohn was a consigliere whose Mafia connections controlled construction unions.[13] Cohn introduced political consultant Roger Stone to Trump, who enlisted Stone's services to deal with the federal government.[14] Between 1991 and 2009, he filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for six of his businesses: the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan, the casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and the Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts company.[15][16]
In 1992, Trump, his siblings Maryanne, Elizabeth, and Robert, and his cousin John W. Walter, each with a 20 percent share, formed All County Building Supply & Maintenance Corp. The company had no offices and is alleged to have been a shell company for paying the vendors providing services and supplies for Trump's rental units, then billing those services and supplies to Trump Management with markups of 20–50 percent and more. The owners shared the proceeds generated by the markups. The increased costs were used to get state approval for increasing the rents of his rent-stabilized units.[17]
Manhattan and Chicago developments
Trump in 1985 with a model of one of his aborted Manhattan development projects[18]
Trump attracted public attention in 1978 with the launch of his family's first Manhattan venture, the renovation of the derelict Commodore Hotel, adjacent to Grand Central Terminal.[19] The financing was facilitated by a $400 million city property tax abatement arranged for him by his father who also, jointly with Hyatt, guaranteed a $70 million bank construction loan.[8][20] The hotel reopened in 1980 as the Grand Hyatt Hotel,[21] and that same year, he obtained rights to develop Trump Tower, a mixed-use skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan.[22] The building houses the headquarters of the Trump Corporation and Trump's PAC and was his primary residence until 2019.[23] In 1988, Trump acquired the Plaza Hotel with a loan from a consortium of 16 banks.[24] The hotel filed for bankruptcy protection in 1992, and a reorganization plan was approved a month later, with the banks taking control of the property.[25]
In 1995, he defaulted on over $3 billion of bank loans, and the lenders seized the Plaza Hotel along with most of his other properties in a "vast and humiliating restructuring" that allowed him to avoid personal bankruptcy.[26][27] The lead bank's attorney said of the banks' decision that they "all agreed that he'd be better alive than dead".[26] In 1996, Trump acquired and renovated the mostly vacant 71-story skyscraper at 40 Wall Street, later rebranded as the Trump Building.[28] In the early 1990s, he won the right to develop a 70-acre (28 ha) tract in the Lincoln Square neighborhood near the Hudson River. Struggling with debt from other ventures in 1994, he sold most of his interest in the project to Asian investors, who financed the project's completion, Riverside South.[29] Trump's last major construction project was the 92-story mixed-use Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago which opened in 2008. In 2024, The New York Times and ProPublica reported that the Internal Revenue Service was investigating whether he had twice written off losses incurred through construction cost overruns and lagging sales of residential units in the building he had declared to be worthless on his 2008 tax return.[30]
Atlantic City casinos
The entrance of the Trump Taj Mahal, a casino in Atlantic City. It has motifs evocative of the Taj Mahal in India.
Entrance of the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City
In 1984, Trump opened Harrah's at Trump Plaza, a hotel and casino, with financing and management help from the Holiday Corporation.[31] It was unprofitable, and he paid Holiday $70 million in May 1986 to take sole control.[32] In 1985, he bought the unopened Atlantic City Hilton Hotel and renamed it Trump Castle.[33] Both casinos filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 1992.[34] Trump bought a third Atlantic City venue in 1988, the Trump Taj Mahal. It was financed with $675 million in junk bonds and completed for $1.1 billion, opening in April 1990.[31] He filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 1991. Under the provisions of the restructuring agreement, he gave up half his initial stake and personally guaranteed future performance.[35] To reduce his $900 million of personal debt, he sold the Trump Shuttle airline; his megayacht, the Trump Princess, which had been leased to his casinos and kept docked; and other businesses.[36] In 1995, Trump founded Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts (THCR), which assumed ownership of the Trump Plaza.[37] THCR purchased the Taj Mahal and the Trump Castle in 1996 and went bankrupt in 2004 and 2009, leaving him with 10 percent ownership.[31] He remained chairman until 2009.[38]
Clubs
In 1985, Trump acquired the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.[39] In 1995, he converted the estate into a private club with an initiation fee and annual dues. He continued to use a wing of the house as a private residence.[40] He declared the club his primary residence in 2019.[23] He began building and buying golf courses in 1999, owning 17 golf courses by 2016.[41]
Licensing the Trump name
See also: List of things named after Donald Trump
The Trump Organization has licensed the Trump name for consumer products and services, including foodstuffs, apparel, learning courses, and home furnishings.[42] According to The Washington Post, there are more than 50 licensing or management deals involving his name, and they have generated at least $59 million for his companies.[43] By 2018, only two consumer goods companies continued to license his name.[42]
Side ventures
Trump, Doug Flutie, and an unnamed official standing behind a lectern with big, round New Jersey Generals sign, with members of the press seated in the background
Trump and New Jersey Generals quarterback Doug Flutie at a 1985 press conference in Trump Tower
In 1970, Trump invested $70,000 to receive billing as coproducer of a Broadway comedy.[44] In September 1983, he purchased the New Jersey Generals, a team in the United States Football League. After the 1985 season, the league folded, largely due to his attempt to move to a fall schedule (when it would have competed with the National Football League (NFL) for audience) and trying to force a merger with the NFL by bringing an antitrust suit.[45] Trump and his Plaza Hotel hosted several boxing matches at the Atlantic City Convention Hall.[31][46] In 1989 and 1990, he lent his name to the Tour de Trump cycling stage race, an attempt to create an American equivalent of European races such as the Tour de France or the Giro d'Italia.[47] From 1986 to 1988, he purchased significant blocks of shares in various public companies while suggesting that he intended to take over the company and then sold his shares for a profit,[48] leading some observers to think he was engaged in greenmail.[49] The New York Times found that he initially made millions of dollars in such stock transactions, but "lost most, if not all, of those gains after investors stopped taking his takeover talk seriously".[48]
A red star with a bronze outline and "Donald Trump" and a TV icon written on it in bronze, embedded in a black terrazzo sidewalk
Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
In 1988, Trump purchased the Eastern Air Lines Shuttle, financing the purchase with $380 million (equivalent to $979 million in 2023)[11] in loans from a syndicate of 22 banks. He renamed the airline Trump Shuttle and operated it until 1992.[50] He defaulted on his loans in 1991, and ownership passed to the banks.[51] In 1996, he purchased the Miss Universe pageants, including Miss USA and Miss Teen USA.[52] Due to disagreements with CBS about scheduling, he took both pageants to NBC in 2002.[53][54] In 2007, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work as producer of Miss Universe.[55] NBC and Univision dropped the pageants in June 2015 in reaction to his comments about Mexican immigrants.[56]
In 2005, Trump cofounded Trump University, a company that sold real estate seminars for up to $35,000. After New York State authorities notified the company that its use of "university" violated state law (as it was not an academic institution), its name was changed to the Trump Entrepreneur Initiative in 2010.[57] In 2013, the State of New York filed a $40 million civil suit against Trump University, alleging that the company made false statements and defrauded consumers. Additionally, two class actions were filed in federal court against Trump and his companies. Internal documents revealed that employees were instructed to use a hard-sell approach, and former employees testified that Trump University had defrauded or lied to its students.[58] Shortly after he won the 2016 presidential election, he agreed to pay a total of $25 million to settle the three cases.[59]
Foundation
Main article: Donald J. Trump Foundation
The Donald J. Trump Foundation was a private foundation established in 1988.[60] From 1987 to 2006, Trump gave his foundation $5.4 million which had been spent by the end of 2006. After donating a total of $65,000 in 2007–2008, he stopped donating any personal funds to the charity,[61] which received millions from other donors, including $5 million from Vince McMahon.[62] The foundation gave to health- and sports-related charities, conservative groups,[63] and charities that held events at Trump properties.[61] In 2016, The Washington Post reported that the charity committed several potential legal and ethical violations, including alleged self-dealing and possible tax evasion.[64] Also in 2016, the New York attorney general determined the foundation to be in violation of state law, for soliciting donations without submitting to required annual external audits, and ordered it to cease its fundraising activities in New York immediately.[65] Trump's team announced in December 2016 that the foundation would be dissolved.[66] In June 2018, the New York attorney general's office filed a civil suit against the foundation, Trump, and his adult children, seeking $2.8 million in restitution and additional penalties.[67] In December 2018, the foundation ceased operation and disbursed its assets to other charities.[68] In November 2019, a New York state judge ordered Trump to pay $2 million to a group of charities for misusing the foundation's funds, in part to finance his presidential campaign.[69]
Legal affairs and bankruptcies
Main article: Personal and business legal affairs of Donald Trump
According to a review of state and federal court files conducted by USA Today in 2018, Trump and his businesses had been involved in more than 4,000 state and federal legal actions.[70] While he has not filed for personal bankruptcy, his over-leveraged hotel and casino businesses in Atlantic City and New York filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection six times between 1991 and 2009.[71] They continued to operate while the banks restructured debt and reduced his shares in the properties.[71] During the 1980s, more than 70 banks had lent Trump $4 billion.[72] After his corporate bankruptcies of the early 1990s, most major banks, with the exception of Deutsche Bank, declined to lend to him.[73] After the January 6 Capitol attack, the bank decided not to do business with him or his company in the future.[74]
Wealth
Main article: Wealth of Donald Trump
Ivana Trump and King Fahd shake hands, with Ronald Reagan standing next to them smiling
Trump (rightmost) and wife Ivana at a 1985 state dinner for King Fahd of Saudi Arabia with President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan
Trump has often said he began his career with "a small loan of a million dollars" from his father and that he had to pay it back with interest.[75] He borrowed at least $60 million from his father, largely did not repay the loans, and received another $413 million (2018 equivalent, adjusted for inflation) from his father's company.[76][17] Posing as a Trump Organization official named "John Barron", Trump called journalist Jonathan Greenberg in 1984, trying to get a higher ranking on the Forbes 400 list of wealthy Americans.[77] Trump self-reported his net worth over a wide range: from a low of minus $900 million in 1990,[b] to a high of $10 billion in 2015.[80] In 2024, Forbes estimated his net worth at $2.3 billion and ranked him the 1,438th wealthiest person in the world.[81]
Media career
Main article: Media career of Donald Trump
See also: Bibliography of Donald Trump
Trump has produced 19 books under his name, most written or cowritten by ghostwriters.[82] His first book, The Art of the Deal (1987), was a New York Times Best Seller, and was credited by The New Yorker with making Trump famous as an "emblem of the successful tycoon".[83] The book was ghostwritten by Tony Schwartz, who is credited as a coauthor. Trump had cameos in many films and television shows from 1985 to 2001.[84] Starting in the 1990s, Trump was a guest 24 times on the nationally syndicated Howard Stern Show.[85] He had his own short-form talk radio program, Trumped!, from 2004 to 2008.[86] From 2011 until 2015, he was a guest commentator on Fox & Friends.[87] In 2021, Trump, who had been a member of SAG-AFTRA since 1989, resigned to avoid a disciplinary hearing regarding the January 6 attack.[88] Two days later, the union permanently barred him.[89]
The Apprentice and The Celebrity Apprentice
Main articles: The Apprentice and The Celebrity Apprentice
Producer Mark Burnett made Trump a TV star[90] when he created The Apprentice, which Trump hosted from 2004 to 2015 (including variant The Celebrity Apprentice). On the shows, he was a superrich chief executive who eliminated contestants with the catchphrase "you're fired". The New York Times called his portrayal "a highly flattering, highly fictionalized version" of himself.[91] The shows remade Trump's image for millions of viewers nationwide.[91][92] With the related licensing agreements, they earned him more than $400 million.[93]
Early political aspirations
Further information: Political career of Donald Trump
Trump registered as a Republican in 1987;[94] a member of the Independence Party, the New York state affiliate of the Reform Party, in 1999;[95] a Democrat in 2001; a Republican in 2009; unaffiliated in 2011; and a Republican in 2012.[94]
Trump, leaning heavily onto a lectern, with his mouth open mid-speech and a woman clapping politely next to him
Trump speaking at CPAC 2011
In 1987, Trump placed full-page advertisements in three major newspapers,[96] expressing his views on foreign policy and how to eliminate the federal budget deficit.[97] In 1988, he approached Lee Atwater, asking to be put into consideration to be Republican nominee George H. W. Bush's running mate. Bush found the request "strange and unbelievable".[98][99] Trump was a candidate in the 2000 Reform Party presidential primaries for three months, but withdrew from the race in February 2000.[100][101][102] In 2011, Trump speculated about running against President Barack Obama in the 2012 election, making his first speaking appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in February and giving speeches in early primary states.[103][104] In May 2011, he announced he would not run.[103]
2016 presidential election
Main article: Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign
Further information: 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016 United States presidential election, and First presidential transition of Donald Trump
Trump announced his candidacy in June 2015.[105][106] He became the front-runner in March 2016[107] and was declared the presumptive Republican nominee in May.[108] His campaign statements were often opaque and suggestive,[109] and a record number were false.[110][111][112] He was highly critical of media coverage and frequently made claims of media bias.[113][114] Hillary Clinton led Trump in national polling averages throughout the campaign, but, in early July, her lead narrowed.[115] In mid-July, he selected Indiana governor Mike Pence as his running mate,[116] and the two were officially nominated at the 2016 Republican National Convention.[117] Trump and Clinton faced off in three presidential debates in September and October 2016. He twice refused to say whether he would accept the result of the election.[118]
Trump speaking in front of an American flag behind a lectern, wearing a black suit and red hat. The lectern sports a blue "TRUMP" sign.
Trump campaigning in Arizona, March 2016
Trump described NATO as "obsolete"[119][120] and espoused views that were described as noninterventionist and protectionist.[121] His campaign platform emphasized renegotiating U.S.–China relations and free trade agreements such as NAFTA and strongly enforcing immigration laws. Other campaign positions included pursuing energy independence while opposing climate change regulations, modernizing services for veterans, repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, abolishing Common Core education standards, investing in infrastructure, simplifying the tax code while reducing taxes, and imposing tariffs on imports by companies that offshore jobs. He advocated increasing military spending and extreme vetting or banning of immigrants from Muslim-majority countries.[122] Trump's proposed immigration policies were a topic of bitter debate during the 2016 campaign. He promised to build a wall on the Mexico–U.S. border to restrict illegal movement and vowed that Mexico would pay for it.[123] He pledged to deport millions of illegal immigrants residing in the U.S.,[124] and criticized birthright citizenship for incentivizing "anchor babies".[125] According to an analysis in Political Science Quarterly, Trump made "explicitly racist appeals to whites" during his 2016 presidential campaign.[126] In particular, his campaign launch speech drew criticism for claiming Mexican immigrants were "bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists";[127] in response, NBC fired him from Celebrity Apprentice.[128]
Trump's FEC-required reports listed assets above $1.4 billion and outstanding debts of at least $315 million.[129][130] He did not release his tax returns, contrary to the practice of every major candidate since 1976 and his promises in 2014 and 2015 to do so if he ran for office.[131][132] He said his tax returns were being audited, and that his lawyers had advised him against releasing them.[133] After a lengthy court battle to block release of his tax returns and other records to the Manhattan district attorney for a criminal investigation, including two appeals by Trump to the U.S. Supreme Court, in February 2021 the high court allowed the records to be released to the prosecutor for review by a grand jury.[134][135] In October 2016, portions of Trump's state filings for 1995 were leaked to a reporter from The New York Times. They show that he had declared a loss of $916 million that year, which could have let him avoid taxes for up to 18 years.[136]
On November 8, 2016, Trump received 306 pledged electoral votes versus 232 for Clinton. After elector defections on both sides, the official count was 304 to 227.[137] The fifth person to be elected president while losing the popular vote,[c] he received nearly 2.9 million fewer votes than Clinton, 46.3% to her 48.25%.[138] He was the only president who neither served in the military nor held any government office prior to becoming president.[139] Trump won 30 states, including Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, states which had been considered a blue wall of Democratic strongholds since the 1990s. His victory marked the return of an undivided Republican government—a Republican president combined with Republican control of both chambers of Congress.[140] Trump's victory sparked protests in major U.S. cities.[141][142]
First presidency (2017–2021)
Main article: First presidency of Donald Trump
For a chronological guide, see Timeline of the Donald Trump presidencies.
Early actions
See also: First presidential transition of Donald Trump and First 100 days of the first Donald Trump presidency
Trump, with his family watching, raises his right hand and places his left hand on the Bible as he takes the oath of office. Roberts stands opposite him administering the oath
Trump took his first oath of office, administered by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., at the Capitol on January 20, 2017.
A head-and-shoulders portrait of Trump beaming in front of the U.S. flag, wearing a dark blue suit jacket with American flag lapel pin, white shirt, and light blue necktie.
Official portrait, 2017
Trump was inaugurated on January 20, 2017. The day after his inauguration, an estimated 2.6 million people worldwide, including a half million in Washington, D.C., protested against him in the Women's Marches.[143] During his first week in office, Trump signed six executive orders, including authorizing procedures for repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare"), withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, advancement of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipeline projects, and planning for a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.[144]
Conflicts of interest
See also: First presidency of Donald Trump § Ethics
Before being inaugurated, Trump moved his businesses into a revocable trust,[145][146] rather than a blind trust or equivalent arrangement "to cleanly sever himself from his business interests".[147] He continued to profit from his businesses and knew how his administration's policies affected them.[146][148] Although he said he would eschew "new foreign deals", the Trump Organization pursued operational expansions in Scotland, Dubai, and the Dominican Republic.[146][148] Lobbyists, foreign government officials, and Trump donors and allies generated hundreds of millions of dollars for his resorts and hotels.[149] Trump was sued for violating the Domestic and Foreign Emoluments Clauses of the U.S. Constitution, the first time that the clauses had been substantively litigated.[150] One case was dismissed in lower court.[151] Two were dismissed by the U.S. Supreme Court as moot after his term.[152]
Domestic policy
Main articles: Economic policy of the first Donald Trump administration, Environmental policy of the first Donald Trump administration, and Social policy of the first Donald Trump administration
Trump took office at the height of the longest economic expansion in American history,[153] which began in 2009 and continued until February 2020, when the COVID-19 recession began.[154] In December 2017, Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. It reduced tax rates for businesses and individuals and set the penalty associated with the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate to $0.[155][156] The Trump administration claimed that the act would not decrease government revenue, but 2018 revenues were 7.6 percent lower than projected.[157] Under Trump, the federal budget deficit increased by almost 50 percent, to nearly $1 trillion in 2019.[158] By the end of his term, the U.S. national debt increased by 39 percent, reaching $27.75 trillion, and the U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio hit a post-World War II high.[159] Trump also failed to deliver the $1 trillion infrastructure spending plan on which he had campaigned.[160]
Trump is the only modern U.S. president to leave office with a smaller workforce than when he took office, by 3 million people.[153][161] Trump rejects the scientific consensus on climate change.[162][163][164][165] He reduced the budget for renewable energy research by 40 percent and reversed Obama-era policies directed at curbing climate change.[166] He withdrew from the Paris Agreement, making the U.S. the only nation to not ratify it.[167] Trump aimed to boost the production and exports of fossil fuels.[168][169] Natural gas expanded under Trump, but coal continued to decline.[170][171] He rolled back more than 100 federal environmental regulations, including those that curbed greenhouse gas emissions, air and water pollution, and the use of toxic substances. He weakened protections for animals and environmental standards for federal infrastructure projects, and expanded permitted areas for drilling and resource extraction, such as allowing drilling in the Arctic Refuge.[172]
Trump dismantled many federal regulations on health,[173][174] labor,[174] and the environment,[175][174] among others, including a bill that made it easier for severely mentally ill persons to buy guns.[176] During his first six weeks in office, he delayed, suspended, or reversed ninety federal regulations,[177] often "after requests by the regulated industries".[178] The Institute for Policy Integrity found that 78 percent of his proposals were blocked by courts or did not prevail over litigation.[179] During his campaign, Trump vowed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.[180] In office, he scaled back the Act's implementation through executive orders.[181][182] He expressed a desire to "let Obamacare fail"; his administration halved the enrollment period and drastically reduced funding for enrollment promotion.[183][184] In June 2018, the Trump administration joined 18 Republican-led states in arguing before the Supreme Court that the elimination of the financial penalties associated with the individual mandate had rendered the Act unconstitutional.[185][186] Their pleading would have eliminated health insurance coverage for up to 23 million Americans, but was unsuccessful.[185] During the 2016 campaign, Trump promised to protect funding for Medicare and other social safety-net programs. In January 2020, he expressed willingness to consider cuts to them.[187]
In response to the opioid epidemic, Trump signed legislation in 2018 to increase funding for drug treatments, but was widely criticized for failing to make a concrete strategy.[188] Trump barred organizations that provide abortions or abortion referrals from receiving federal funds.[189] He said he supported "traditional marriage", but considered the nationwide legality of same-sex marriage "settled".[190] His administration rolled back key components of the Obama administration's workplace protections against discrimination of LGBTQ people.[191] His attempted rollback of anti-discrimination protections for transgender patients in August 2020 was halted by a federal judge after a Supreme Court ruling extended employees' civil rights protections to gender identity and sexual orientation.[192] Trump has said he is opposed to gun control, although his views have shifted over time.[193] His administration took an anti-marijuana position, revoking Obama-era policies that provided protections for states that legalized marijuana.[194] Trump is a long-time advocate of capital punishment,[195][196] and his administration oversaw the federal government execute 13 prisoners, more than in the previous 56 years combined, ending a 17-year moratorium.[197] In 2016, he said he supported the use of interrogation torture methods such as waterboarding.[198][199]
Race relations
Trump's comments on the 2017 Unite the Right rally, condemning "this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides" and stating that there were "very fine people on both sides", were criticized as implying a moral equivalence between the white supremacist demonstrators and the counter-protesters.[200] In a January 2018 discussion of immigration legislation, Trump reportedly referred to El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, and African nations as "shithole countries".[201] His remarks were condemned as racist.[202]
Trump and group of officials and advisors on the way from the White House to St. John's Church
In July 2019, Trump tweeted that four Democratic congresswomen—all minorities, three of whom are native-born Americans—should "go back" to the countries they "came from".[203] Two days later the House of Representatives voted 240–187, mostly along party lines, to condemn his "racist comments".[204] White nationalist publications and social media praised his remarks, which continued over the following days.[205] He continued to make similar remarks during his 2020 campaign.[206] In June 2020, during the George Floyd protests, federal law-enforcement officials controversially removed a largely peaceful crowd of lawful protesters from Lafayette Square, outside the White House.[207][208] Trump then posed with a Bible for a photo-op at the nearby St. John's Episcopal Church,[207][209][210] with religious leaders condemning both the treatment of protesters and the photo opportunity itself.[211] Many retired military leaders and defense officials condemned his proposal to use the U.S. military against anti-police-brutality protesters.[212]
Pardons and commutations
Further information: List of people granted executive clemency by Donald Trump
Trump granted 237 requests for clemency, fewer than all presidents since 1900 with the exception of George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush.[213] Only 25 of them had been vetted by the Justice Department's Office of the Pardon Attorney; the others were granted to people with personal or political connections to him, his family, and his allies, or recommended by celebrities.[214][215] In his last full day in office, he granted 73 pardons and commuted 70 sentences.[216] Several Trump allies were not eligible for pardons under Justice Department rules, and in other cases the department had opposed clemency.[214] The pardons of three military service members convicted of or charged with violent crimes were opposed by military leaders.[217]
Immigration
Main articles: Immigration policy of the first Donald Trump administration and Mexico–United States border crisis § First Trump administration (2017–2021)
Further information: Trump travel ban, Trump administration family separation policy, and Mexico–United States border wall § First Trump administration (2017–2021)
Trump is speaking with U.S. Border Patrol agents. Behind him are black SUVs, four short border wall prototype designs, and the current border wall in the background.
Trump examines border wall prototypes in Otay Mesa, California.
As president, Trump described illegal immigration as an "invasion" of the United States[218] and drastically escalated immigration enforcement.[219][220] He implemented harsh policies against asylum seekers[220] and deployed nearly 6,000 troops the U.S.–Mexico border to stop illegal crossings.[221] He reduced the number of refugees admitted to record lows, from an annual limit of 110,000 before he took office to 15,000 in 2021.[222][223][224] Trump also increased restrictions on granting permanent residency to immigrants needing public benefits.[225] One of Trump's central campaign promises was to build a wall along the U.S.–Mexico border;[226] during his first term, the U.S. built 73 miles (117 km) of wall in areas without barriers and 365 miles (587 km) to replace older barriers.[227] In 2018, Trump's refusal to sign any congressional spending bill unless it allocated funding for the border wall[228] resulted in the longest-ever federal government shutdown, for 35 days from December 2018 to January 2019.[229][230] The shutdown ended after Trump agreed to fund the government without any funds for the wall.[229] To avoid another shutdown, Congress passed a funding bill with $1.4 billion for border fencing in February.[231] Trump later declared a national emergency on the southern border to divert $6.1 billion of funding to the border wall[231] despite congressional disagreement.[232]
In January 2017, Trump signed an executive order that temporarily denied entry to citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries.[233][234] The order caused many protests and legal challenges that resulted in nationwide injunctions.[233][234][235] A revised order giving some exceptions was also blocked by courts,[236][237] but the Supreme Court ruled in June that the ban could be enforced on those lacking "a bona fide relationship with a person or entity" in the U.S.[238] Trump replaced the ban in September with a presidential proclamation extending travel bans to North Koreans, Chadians, and some Venezuelan officials, but excluded Iraq and Sudan.[239] The Supreme Court allowed that version to go into effect in December 2017,[240] and ultimately upheld the ban in 2019.[241] From 2017 to 2018, the Trump administration had a policy of family separation that separated over 4,400 children of migrant families from their parents at the U.S.–Mexico border,[242][243] an unprecedented[244] policy sparked public outrage in the country.[245] Despite Trump initially blaming Democrats[246][247] and insisting he could not stop the policy with an executive order, he acceded to public pressure in June 2018 and mandated that migrant families be detained together unless "there is a concern" of risk for the child.[248][249] A judge later ordered that the families be reunited and further separations stopped except in limited circumstances,[250][251] though over 1,000 additional children were separated from their families after the order.[243]
Foreign policy
Main articles: Foreign policy of the first Donald Trump administration and First Trump tariffs
Further information: Russia–United States relations § First Trump administration (2017–2021), China–United States relations § First Trump administration (2017–2021), 2017–2018 North Korea crisis, and 2018–19 Korean peace process
See also: List of international presidential trips made by Donald Trump § First presidency (2017–2021)
Trump and other G7 leaders sit at a conference table
Trump with the other G7 leaders at the 45th summit in France, 2019
Trump described himself as a "nationalist"[252] and his foreign policy as "America First".[253] He supported populist, neo-nationalist, and authoritarian governments.[254] Unpredictability, uncertainty, and inconsistency characterized foreign relations during his tenure.[253][255] Tensions between the U.S. and its European allies were strained under Trump.[256] He criticized NATO allies and privately suggested that the U.S. should withdraw from NATO.[257][258] Trump supported many of the policies of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.[259] In 2020, the White House hosted the signing of the Abraham Accords between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain to normalize their foreign relations.[260]
An economic conflict between China and the United States has been ongoing since January 2018, when Trump began setting tariffs and other trade barriers on China with the goal of forcing it to make changes to what the U.S. says are longstanding unfair trade practices and intellectual property theft.[261] The first Trump administration stated that these practices may contribute to the U.S.–China trade deficit, and that the Chinese government requires transfer of American technology to China.[262] The Trump administration weakened the toughest sanctions imposed by the U.S. after Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea.[263][264] Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, citing alleged Russian noncompliance,[265] and supported a potential return of Russia to the G7.[266] Trump repeatedly praised and, according to some critics, rarely criticized Russian president Vladimir Putin[267][268] but opposed some actions of the Russian government.[269][270] In 2017, when North Korea's nuclear weapons were increasingly seen as a serious threat,[271] Trump, the first sitting U.S. president to meet a North Korean leader, met Kim three times: in Singapore in June 2018, in Hanoi in February 2019, and in the Korean Demilitarized Zone in June 2019.[272] However, no denuclearization agreement was reached,[273] and talks in October 2019 broke down after one day.[274]
Personnel
Main articles: Political appointments of the first Trump administration and First cabinet of Donald Trump
Trump made daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner unpaid advisors.[275]
The Trump administration had a high turnover of personnel, particularly among White House staff. By the end of his first year in office, 34 percent of his original staff had resigned, been fired, or been reassigned.[276] As of early July 2018, 61 percent of his senior aides had left[277] and 141 staffers had left in the previous year.[278] Both figures set a record for recent presidents.[279] Notable early departures included National Security Advisor Michael Flynn (after just 25 days), and Press Secretary Sean Spicer.[279] Close personal aides to Trump including Steve Bannon, Hope Hicks, John McEntee, and Keith Schiller quit or were forced out.[280] Some later returned in different posts.[281] He publicly disparaged several of his former top officials.[282]
Trump had four White House chiefs of staff, marginalizing or pushing out several.[283] Reince Priebus was replaced after seven months by John F. Kelly.[284] Kelly resigned in December 2018 after a tumultuous tenure in which his influence waned, and Trump subsequently disparaged him.[285] Kelly was succeeded by Mick Mulvaney as acting chief of staff; he was replaced in March 2020 by Mark Meadows.[283] In May 2017, Trump dismissed FBI director James Comey. While initially attributing this action to Comey's conduct in the investigation about Hillary Clinton's emails, Trump said a few days later that he was concerned with Comey's role in the ongoing Trump-Russia investigations.[286] At a private conversation in February, he said he hoped Comey would drop the investigation into Flynn.[287] In March and April, he asked Comey to "lift the cloud impairing his ability to act" by saying publicly that the FBI was not investigating him.[287][288]
Trump lost three of his 15 original cabinet members within his first year.[289] Health and Human Services secretary Tom Price was forced to resign in September 2017 due to excessive use of private charter jets and military aircraft.[289][280] Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt resigned in 2018 and Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke in January 2019 amid multiple investigations into their conduct.[290][291] Trump was slow to appoint second-tier officials in the executive branch, saying many of the positions are unnecessary. In October 2017, there were hundreds of sub-cabinet positions without a nominee.[292] By January 8, 2019, of 706 key positions, 433 had been filled and he had no nominee for 264.[293]
Judiciary
Further information: List of federal judges appointed by Donald Trump and Donald Trump judicial appointment controversies
Trump appointed 226 Article III judges, including 54 to the courts of appeals and three to the Supreme Court: Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett.[294] His Supreme Court nominees were noted as having politically shifted the Court to the right.[295][296][297] In the 2016 campaign, he pledged that Roe v. Wade would be overturned "automatically" if he were elected and provided the opportunity to appoint two or three anti-abortion justices. He later took credit when Roe was overturned in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization; all three of his Supreme Court nominees voted with the majority.[298][299] Trump disparaged courts and judges he disagreed with, often in personal terms, and questioned the judiciary's constitutional authority. His attacks on the courts drew rebukes from observers, including sitting federal judges, concerned about the effect of his statements on the judicial independence and public confidence in the judiciary.[300][301]
COVID-19 pandemic
Main article: COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
Further information: U.S. federal government response to the COVID-19 pandemic and Communication of the Trump administration during the COVID-19 pandemic
See also: Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
Trump speaks in the West Wing briefing room with various officials standing behind him, all in formal attire and without face masks
Trump conducts a COVID-19 press briefing with members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force on March 15, 2020.
Trump initially ignored public health warnings and calls for action from health officials within his administration and Azar,[302] focusing on economic and political considerations of the outbreak.[303] Trump established the White House Coronavirus Task Force on January 29.[304] Prior to the pandemic, Trump criticized the WHO and other international bodies, which he asserted were taking advantage of U.S. aid.[305] On March 27, he signed into law the CARES Act—a $2.2 trillion economic stimulus bill—the largest stimulus in U.S. history.[306][307] In April 2020, Republican-connected groups organized anti-lockdown protests against the measures state governments were taking to combat the pandemic;[308][309] Trump encouraged the protests on Twitter,[310] although the targeted states did not meet his administration's guidelines for reopening.[311] He repeatedly pressured federal health agencies to take actions he favored,[312] such as approving unproven treatments.[313][314] On October 2, 2020, he tweeted that he had tested positive for COVID-19, part of a White House outbreak.[315] By July 2020, Trump's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic had become a major issue in the presidential election.[316]
Investigations
Further information: Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections, Mueller special counsel investigation, and Mueller report
After he assumed office, Trump was the subject of increasing Justice Department and congressional scrutiny, with investigations covering his election campaign, transition, and inauguration, actions taken during his presidency, his private businesses, personal taxes, and charitable foundation.[317] There were ten federal criminal investigations, eight state and local investigations, and twelve congressional investigations.[318]
In July 2016, the FBI launched Crossfire Hurricane, an investigation into possible links between Russia and Trump's 2016 campaign.[319] After Trump fired Comey in May 2017, the FBI opened a second investigation into Trump's personal and business dealings with Russia.[320] In January 2017, three U.S. intelligence agencies jointly stated with "high confidence" that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election to favor Trump.[321][322] Many suspicious[323] links between Trump associates and Russian officials were discovered.[324][325][326] Trump told Russian officials he was unconcerned about Russia's election interference.[327] Crossfire Hurricane was later transferred to Robert Mueller's special counsel investigation;[328] the investigation into Trump's ties to Russia was ended by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein after he told the FBI that Mueller would pursue the matter.[329][330] At the request of Rosenstein, the Mueller investigation examined criminal matters "in connection with Russia's 2016 election interference".[329] Mueller submitted his final report in March 2019.[331] The report found that Russia did interfere in 2016 to favor Trump[332] and that Trump and his campaign welcomed and encouraged the effort,[333][334][335] but that the evidence "did not establish" that Trump campaign members conspired or coordinated with Russia.[336][337] Trump claimed the report exonerated him despite Mueller writing that it did not.[338] The report also detailed potential obstruction of justice by Trump but "did not draw ultimate conclusions"[339][340] and left the decision to charge the laws to Congress.[341]
In April 2019, the House Oversight Committee issued subpoenas seeking financial details from Trump's banks, Deutsche Bank and Capital One, and his accounting firm, Mazars USA. He sued the banks, Mazars, and committee chair Elijah Cummings to prevent the disclosures.[342] In May, two judges ruled that both Mazars and the banks must comply with the subpoenas;[343][344][345] Trump's attorneys appealed.[346] In September 2022, Trump and the committee agreed to a settlement regarding Mazars, and the firm began turning over documents.[347]
Impeachments
Main articles: First impeachment of Donald Trump and Second impeachment of Donald Trump
Trump displaying the headline "Trump acquitted"
Trump was impeached twice. The first time, he was impeached in 2019 for abuse of power and obstruction of justice for pressuring Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to investigate Joe and Hunter Biden,[348] in an attempt to gain an advantage in the 2020 presidential election.[349][350] The Senate acquitted him of both charges on February 5, 2020, with Senator Mitt Romney the only Republican voting to convict him one of the charges.[351] Trump was impeached a second time on January 13, 2021, for incitement of insurrection leading to the Capitol riot.[352] After Trump had left office on January 20, he was acquitted on February 13 when the Senate voted 57–43 to convict, ten votes short of the two-thirds majority required. Seven Republicans voted to convict, which was the most bipartisan support in any Senate impeachment trial of a president or former president.[353]
2020 presidential election
Further information: 2020 United States presidential election
Presidential campaign
Main article: Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign
Trump filed to run for re-election only a few hours after becoming president in 2017.[354] He held his first re-election rally less than a month after taking office[355] and officially became the Republican nominee in August 2020.[356] Trump's campaign focused on crime, claiming that cities would descend into lawlessness if Democratic nominee Joe Biden won.[357] He repeatedly misrepresented Biden's positions[358][359] and appealed to racism.[360] Starting in early 2020, Trump sowed doubts about the election, claiming without evidence that it would be rigged and that widespread use of mail balloting would produce massive election fraud.[361][362] He blocked funding for the U.S. Postal Service, saying he wanted to prevent any increase in voting by mail.[363] He repeatedly refused to say whether he would accept the results if he lost and commit to a peaceful transition of power.[364][365]
Loss to Biden and rejection of results
Further information: Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election and 2020–21 United States election protests
The electoral vote results of the 2020 election. Biden defeated Trump, 306–232.
Biden won the November 2020 election, receiving 81.3 million votes (51.3 percent) to Trump's 74.2 million (46.8 percent)[366][367] and 306 electoral votes to Trump's 232.[368] The Electoral College formalized Biden's victory on December 14.[368] Even before the results were known on the morning after the election, Trump declared victory.[369] Days later, when Biden was projected the winner, Trump baselessly alleged election fraud.[370] As part of an effort to overturn the results, Trump and his allies filed many legal challenges to the results, which were rejected by at least 86 judges in both state and federal courts for having no factual or legal basis.[371][372]
Trump's allegations were also refuted by state election officials,[373] and the Supreme Court declined to hear a case asking it to overturn the results in four states won by Biden.[374] Trump repeatedly sought help to overturn the results, personally pressuring Republican local and state office-holders,[375] Republican legislators,[376] the Justice Department,[377] and Vice President Pence,[378] urging various actions such as replacing presidential electors, or requesting that Georgia officials "find" votes and announce a "recalculated" result.[376]
In the weeks after the election, Trump withdrew from public activities.[379] He initially blocked government officials from cooperating in Biden's presidential transition.[380][381] After three weeks, the administrator of the General Services Administration declared Biden the "apparent winner" of the election, allowing the disbursement of transition resources to his team.[382] While Trump said he recommended that the GSA begin transition protocols, he still did not formally concede.[383][384] Trump did not attend Biden's inauguration on January 20.[385]
January 6 Capitol attack
Main article: January 6 United States Capitol attack
A crowd of Trump supporters during the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol in 2021
In December 2020, reports emerged that the U.S. military was on "red alert", and ranking officers had discussed what to do if Trump declared martial law.[386] Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Mark Milley and CIA director Gina Haspel grew concerned that Trump would attempt a coup or military action against China or Iran.[387][388] Milley insisted that he be consulted about any military orders from Trump, including the use of nuclear weapons.[389][390]
At noon on January 6, 2021, while Congress was certifying the presidential election results at the U.S. Capitol Trump held a rally at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., where he called for the election to be overturned and urged his supporters to "fight like hell" and "take back our country" by marching to the Capitol.[391] His supporters then formed a mob that broke into the building, disrupting certification and causing the evacuation of Congress.[392] During the attack, Trump posted on social media but did not ask the rioters to disperse until 6 p.m., when he told them in a Tweet to "go home with love & in peace" while calling them "great patriots" and restating that he had won the election.[393] Congress later reconvened and confirmed Biden's victory in the early hours of January 7.[394] More than 140 police officers were injured, and five people died either during or after the attack.[395][396] The event has been described as an attempted self-coup by Trump.[d]
Between terms (2021–2025)
Main articles: Georgia election racketeering prosecution, Federal prosecution of Donald Trump (election obstruction case), Federal prosecution of Donald Trump (classified documents case), Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York, and E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump
See also: Personal and business legal affairs of Donald Trump and Legal affairs of Donald Trump as president
Upon leaving the White House, Trump began living at Mar-a-Lago, establishing an office there as provided for by the Former Presidents Act.[400] Trump's continuing false claims concerning the 2020 election were commonly referred to as the "big lie" by his critics, although in May 2021, with his supporters he began using the term to refer to the election itself.[401][402] The Republican Party used his election narrative to justify imposing new voting restrictions in its favor.[403][404][405] As of July 2022, he continued to pressure state legislators to overturn the election.[406] Unlike other former presidents, Trump continued to dominate his party; a 2022 profile in The New York Times described him as a modern party boss.[407] He continued fundraising, raising a war chest containing more than twice that of the Republican Party, and profited from fundraisers many Republican candidates held at Mar-a-Lago. Much of his focus was on party governance and installing in key posts officials loyal to him.[407] In the 2022 midterm elections, he endorsed over 200 candidates for various offices.[408] In February 2021, Trump registered a new company, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), for providing "social networking services" to U.S. customers.[409][410] In March 2024, TMTG merged with special-purpose acquisition company Digital World Acquisition and became a public company.[411] In February 2022, TMTG launched Truth Social, a social media platform.[412]
In 2019, journalist E. Jean Carroll accused Trump of raping her in the 1990s and sued him for defamation over his denial.[413] Carroll sued Trump again in 2022 for battery and more defamation.[414] Trump was found liable for sexual abuse and defamation and ordered to pay $5 million in one case[415] and $83.3 million in the other.[415][416] In 2022, New York filed a civil lawsuit was filed against Trump accusing him of inflating The Trump Organization's value to gain an advantage with lenders and banks;[417][418] Trump was found liable and ordered to pay $350 million plus interest.[418]
Classified intelligence material found during search of Mar-a-Lago
In connection with Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his involvement in the January 6 attack, in December 2022 the U.S. House committee on the attack recommended criminal charges against Trump for obstructing an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the United States, and inciting or assisting an insurrection.[419] In August 2023, Trump was indicted on 13 charges, including racketeering, by a grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia for his efforts to subvert the 2020 election in the state.[420][421]
In January 2022, the National Archives and Records Administration retrieved 15 boxes of documents Trump had taken to Mar-a-Lago after leaving the White House, some of which were classified.[422] In the ensuing Justice Department investigation, officials retrieved more classified documents from Trump's lawyers.[422] On August 8, 2022, FBI agents searched Mar-a-Lago for illegally held documents, including those in breach of the Espionage Act, collecting 11 sets of classified documents, some marked top secret.[423][424] A federal grand jury constituted by Special Counsel Jack Smith indicted Trump in June 2023 on 31 counts of "willfully retaining national defense information" under the Espionage Act, among other charges.[422][425][426] Trump pleaded not guilty.[427] In July 2024, judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the case, ruling Smith's appointment as special prosecutor was unconstitutional.[428]
In May 2024, Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.[429] The case stemmed from evidence that Trump booked Michael Cohen's hush-money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels as business expenses to cover up his alleged 2006–2007 affair with Daniels during the 2016 election.[429][430] On January 10, 2025, the judge gave Trump a no-penalty sentence known as an unconditional discharge, saying that punitive requirements would have interfered with presidential immunity.[431] After Trump's re-election, the 2020 election obstruction case and the classified documents case were dismissed without prejudice due to Justice Department policy against prosecuting sitting presidents.[432]
2024 presidential election
Main article: Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign
Further information: 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries, 2024 United States presidential election, and Second presidential transition of Donald Trump
Trump at a rally in Arizona, August 2024
On November 15, 2022, Trump announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election and set up a fundraising account.[433][434] In March 2023, the campaign began diverting 10 percent of the donations to his leadership PAC. His campaign had paid $100 million towards his legal bills by March 2024.[435][436] In December 2023, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled Trump disqualified for the Colorado Republican primary for his role in inciting the January 6, 2021, attack on Congress. In March 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court restored his name to the ballot in a unanimous decision, ruling that Colorado lacks the authority to enforce Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which bars insurrectionists from holding federal office.[437]
During the campaign, Trump made increasingly violent and authoritarian statements.[438][439][440][441] He also said that he would weaponize the FBI and the Justice Department against his political opponents[442][443] and use the military to go after Democratic politicians and those that do not support his candidacy.[444][445] He used harsher, more dehumanizing anti-immigrant rhetoric than during his presidency.[446][447][448][449] His harsher rhetoric against his political enemies has been described by some historians and scholars as authoritarian, fascist,[e] and unlike anything a political candidate has ever said in American history.[454][445][455] Age and health concerns also arose during the campaign, with several medical experts highlighting an increase in rambling, tangential speech and behavioral disinhibition.[456]
Trump mentioned "rigged election" and "election interference" earlier and more frequently than in the 2016 and 2020 campaigns and refused to commit to accepting
There was an article printed about this day where I was described as 'delightful', which is pretty funny, considering how I was that day.
Also, Ryan Giggs is the one with the superinjunction. The stupid thing is, I'd have absolutely no interest in it if he hadn't bothered with the injunction. I didn't even know what he looked like or which team he played for.
The TV actor is pretty uninteresting too. Again, I totally wouldn't have bothered to find out if it weren't for the injunctions. Whereas I know with 100% certainty that Ryan Giggs is the footballer with the injunction, (BUT I"M PRETTY SURE THIS DOESN'T COUNT AS PUBLISHING IN THE SAME WAY AS IT DOES FOR JOURNALISTS BECAUSE REALLY I HAVE NO PROOF AND COULD JUST BE SAYING IT. But I'm not just saying it. It's true.) I won't write who the TV star is because I'm not into defaming.
I'm supposed to be at uni today. I was going to catch the 8.03 and then get back at around 10pm tonight, ready for the 4 day weekend. Instead, I got up at 6.45am, realised that I had become much worse over night, and decided it was best not to go. I began to feel ill on Monday. On the way to Warwick on Tuesday to drop off my stuff I was sick twice. Wednesday evening my asthma was being affected and it hurt to breathe. This morning I was just gross. So yeah, it's probably a good thing I'm not going, but I hate missing lectures.
I actually have a photo idea for the Royal Wedding tomorrow. How cheesy. I'm not a royalist. Definitely not. I was considering not watching it. I've changed my mind now because I was evesdropping on a conversation, where one woman said to the other that she didn't know when the next big royal wedding would come along, or if it would be in her lifetime, so she wanted to watch it. It got me thinking about how there might not be another one for at least 30 years, and it means so much to my Mum (she gets really excited about these things) that it would probably be nice to watch it with her. & I guess it's a part of history etc.
My Dad was just trying to get in contact with someone in Germany, and their secretary said that most people in Germany would be taking the day off tomorrow to watch the wedding. How weird. When European royalty gets married I rarely ever hear about it.
It's sunny out, but breezy. I feel I should go out, but when I went into the garden a moment ago with my Dad, the only reason I felt marginally warm was because I had a thick t-shirt on. I think I'm probably going to read Joyce in bed & have some more hot drinks. I always drink hot orange squash when my throat feels like sandpaper. It helps. Also, my lips are horribly cracked. That always happens when I catch something. Maybe I'm dehydrated?
I wonder if I'm not actually ill, and if it's all psychosomatic. I mean, I felt ill the evening before I knew I had to go back to Warwick, and then I was sick on the way there. I felt worse the night before I was supposed to go back for the day, & disgusting this morning. Maybe my aversion to the place is getting stronger. I actually got a piece of news through a general email sent out to everyone in a society I'm in that has perhaps upset me a little. I have no further plans to discuss it though, and am hoping that if I get off campus as soon as possible after my exams I will not have to witness it. It will just upset me further.
August 5, 2009 - Temple Israel, Boston.
A vigil to mourn for the victims, pray for the injured, and express our outrage at the shooting at the GLBT Center in Tel Aviv. Nir Katz, 26, and Liz Trubeshi, 16, were murdered when a masked gunman opened fire in a basement room where teenagers were holding a weekly support group. At least 10 others were also wounded, mostly teenagers.
Sponsored by Keshet, Am Tikva, JCRC, CJP, New Israel Fund and Temple Israel
Co-Sponsored by: (in alphabetical order) American Jewish Committee, Anti-Defamation League (ADL), B'nai Brith - New England Region, Congregation Dorshei Tzedek, Consulate General of Israel to New England, GesherCity, JALSA, Jewish Labor Committee, Massachusetts Board of Rabbis, Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association - NE Region, Temple Hillel B'nai Torah, Temple Enunah, Workmen's Circle
Photo by Stephanie Lowitt, Keshet
09/22/2009
There's conviction, and then there's crazy.
At least, I hope this man was crazy. Then, at least, we would know that his attempts to "save" us weren't motivated by greed or some personal need to manipulate others.
I've got nothing against Christians or Christianity in general, but people like this--whatever faith they hide behind--just aren't helping anyone.
I don't normally make a habit of attacking or defaming any (ok, not any, but most almost any) religion. That said, there are times when I'm less nice. If I've offended, then I apologize. And at the same time I don't.
Let me put it this way. I'm not attacking your faith, I'm attacking his approach.
I don't know, maybe if you had been there. Maybe if you had heard what he was saying, you would understand why this man is not doing the work of God, or the work of Jesus. The Christ he preaches is as hollow as the one on his staff.
As a side note, normally I would not explain my choice of title in a situation like this..
Anyway, I chose the title "A Hollow Christ" because of the fact that the figure on his staff is literally hollow, and because I believe this mans words are hollow as well. More importantly, but less noticeably, I chose to add the word 'A' to the begging because I do not believe that Christ is hollow, but that this man's depiction/interpretation of the words of God and Christ is hollow.
The GLAAD Media Awards at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City
The GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives.
GLAAD, the world's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organization, honored Robert De Niro, Mariah Carey, and the best in film, television, and journalism at the 27th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Waldorf Astoria New York on Saturday May 14th 2016. Jennifer Lawrence, Aziz Ansari, Connie Britton, Diane Sawyer, Caitlyn Jenner, Tamron Hall, Noah Galvin, Andrew Rannells, Andreja Pejić, and Jason Biggs were among the special guests. Recording artists Alex Newell and Bebe Rexha, as well as the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Fun Home performed at the event hosted by Emmy Award-winning actress Laverne Cox. The 27th Annual GLAAD Media Awards were presented by Delta Air Lines, Hilton, Ketel One Vodka, and Wells Fargo.
GLAAD Media Award recipients announced Saturday in New York. Additional awards were presented in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton on April 2.
Excellence in Media Award: Robert De Niro (presented by Jennifer Lawrence)
Ally Award: Mariah Carey (presented by Lee Daniels)
· Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine: “Bruce Jenner: The Interview" 20/20 (ABC) [accepted by: Diane Sawyer, Caitlyn Jenner, and David Sloan, senior executive producer]
· Outstanding TV Journalism Segment: "Interview with Jim Obergefell" Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN) [accepted by: U.S. Supreme Court plaintiff Jim Obergefell]
· Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage: Cosmopolitan [accepted by: Laura Brounstein, special projects director]
· Outstanding Film – Limited Release: Tangerine (Magnolia Pictures)
· Outstanding Individual Episode: "The Prince of Nucleotides" Royal Pains (USA Network)
· Outstanding Digital Journalism – Multimedia: "Stopping HIV? The Truvada Revolution" Vice Reports (Vice.com)
· Outstanding Newspaper Article: "Cold Case: The Murders of Cosby and Jackson" by Dianna Wray (Houston Press)
· Outstanding Magazine Article: "Behind Brazil's Gay Pride Parades, a Struggle with Homophobic Violence" by Oscar Lopez (Newsweek)
· Outstanding Digital Journalism Article: "This Is What It’s Like To Be An LGBT Syrian Fleeing For Your Life" by J. Lester Feder (Buzzfeed.com)
SPANISH-LANGUAGE NOMINEES
· Outstanding Daytime Program Episode: "¿El marido de mi padre o yo?" Caso Cerrado (Telemundo)
· Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine: TIE: "Amor que rompe barreras" Un Nuevo Día (Telemundo) and "En cuerpo ajeno" Aquí y Ahora (Univision)
· Outstanding TV Journalism Segment: "Víctimas de abusos" Noticiero Univision (Univision)
· Outstanding Digital Journalism – Multimedia: "Campeones de la igualdad" (Univision.com)
GLAAD (formerly the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) is a U.S. non-governmental media monitoring organization founded by LGBT people in the media.
Motto - to promote understanding, increase acceptance, and advance equality.
Founded - 1985
Founder
Vito Russo
Jewelle Gomez
Lauren Hinds
GLAAD 2016 President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis
GLAAD
104 W 29th St #4,
New York, NY 10001
USA
(212) 629-3322
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
301 Park Ave,
New York, NY 10022
USA
(212) 355-3000
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The GLAAD Media Awards at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City
The GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives.
GLAAD, the world's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organization, honored Robert De Niro, Mariah Carey, and the best in film, television, and journalism at the 27th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Waldorf Astoria New York on Saturday May 14th 2016. Jennifer Lawrence, Aziz Ansari, Connie Britton, Diane Sawyer, Caitlyn Jenner, Tamron Hall, Noah Galvin, Andrew Rannells, Andreja Pejić, and Jason Biggs were among the special guests. Recording artists Alex Newell and Bebe Rexha, as well as the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Fun Home performed at the event hosted by Emmy Award-winning actress Laverne Cox. The 27th Annual GLAAD Media Awards were presented by Delta Air Lines, Hilton, Ketel One Vodka, and Wells Fargo.
GLAAD Media Award recipients announced Saturday in New York. Additional awards were presented in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton on April 2.
Excellence in Media Award: Robert De Niro (presented by Jennifer Lawrence)
Ally Award: Mariah Carey (presented by Lee Daniels)
· Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine: “Bruce Jenner: The Interview" 20/20 (ABC) [accepted by: Diane Sawyer, Caitlyn Jenner, and David Sloan, senior executive producer]
· Outstanding TV Journalism Segment: "Interview with Jim Obergefell" Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN) [accepted by: U.S. Supreme Court plaintiff Jim Obergefell]
· Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage: Cosmopolitan [accepted by: Laura Brounstein, special projects director]
· Outstanding Film – Limited Release: Tangerine (Magnolia Pictures)
· Outstanding Individual Episode: "The Prince of Nucleotides" Royal Pains (USA Network)
· Outstanding Digital Journalism – Multimedia: "Stopping HIV? The Truvada Revolution" Vice Reports (Vice.com)
· Outstanding Newspaper Article: "Cold Case: The Murders of Cosby and Jackson" by Dianna Wray (Houston Press)
· Outstanding Magazine Article: "Behind Brazil's Gay Pride Parades, a Struggle with Homophobic Violence" by Oscar Lopez (Newsweek)
· Outstanding Digital Journalism Article: "This Is What It’s Like To Be An LGBT Syrian Fleeing For Your Life" by J. Lester Feder (Buzzfeed.com)
SPANISH-LANGUAGE NOMINEES
· Outstanding Daytime Program Episode: "¿El marido de mi padre o yo?" Caso Cerrado (Telemundo)
· Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine: TIE: "Amor que rompe barreras" Un Nuevo Día (Telemundo) and "En cuerpo ajeno" Aquí y Ahora (Univision)
· Outstanding TV Journalism Segment: "Víctimas de abusos" Noticiero Univision (Univision)
· Outstanding Digital Journalism – Multimedia: "Campeones de la igualdad" (Univision.com)
GLAAD (formerly the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) is a U.S. non-governmental media monitoring organization founded by LGBT people in the media.
Motto - to promote understanding, increase acceptance, and advance equality.
Founded - 1985
Founder
Vito Russo
Jewelle Gomez
Lauren Hinds
GLAAD 2016 President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis
GLAAD
104 W 29th St #4,
New York, NY 10001
USA
(212) 629-3322
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
301 Park Ave,
New York, NY 10022
USA
(212) 355-3000
Hashtag metadata tag
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May 14th 2016
The Dallas County DA’s office welcomed Roberta Clark of the Anti-Defamation League to the office for a training on “Why Diversity Matters.” Nearly 300 prosecutors and investigators attended the training.
Pain and fear is written all over the face of a newly admitted landmine victim. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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The GLAAD Media Awards at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City
The GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives.
GLAAD, the world's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organization, honored Robert De Niro, Mariah Carey, and the best in film, television, and journalism at the 27th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Waldorf Astoria New York on Saturday May 14th 2016. Jennifer Lawrence, Aziz Ansari, Connie Britton, Diane Sawyer, Caitlyn Jenner, Tamron Hall, Noah Galvin, Andrew Rannells, Andreja Pejić, and Jason Biggs were among the special guests. Recording artists Alex Newell and Bebe Rexha, as well as the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Fun Home performed at the event hosted by Emmy Award-winning actress Laverne Cox. The 27th Annual GLAAD Media Awards were presented by Delta Air Lines, Hilton, Ketel One Vodka, and Wells Fargo.
GLAAD Media Award recipients announced Saturday in New York. Additional awards were presented in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton on April 2.
Excellence in Media Award: Robert De Niro (presented by Jennifer Lawrence)
Ally Award: Mariah Carey (presented by Lee Daniels)
· Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine: “Bruce Jenner: The Interview" 20/20 (ABC) [accepted by: Diane Sawyer, Caitlyn Jenner, and David Sloan, senior executive producer]
· Outstanding TV Journalism Segment: "Interview with Jim Obergefell" Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN) [accepted by: U.S. Supreme Court plaintiff Jim Obergefell]
· Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage: Cosmopolitan [accepted by: Laura Brounstein, special projects director]
· Outstanding Film – Limited Release: Tangerine (Magnolia Pictures)
· Outstanding Individual Episode: "The Prince of Nucleotides" Royal Pains (USA Network)
· Outstanding Digital Journalism – Multimedia: "Stopping HIV? The Truvada Revolution" Vice Reports (Vice.com)
· Outstanding Newspaper Article: "Cold Case: The Murders of Cosby and Jackson" by Dianna Wray (Houston Press)
· Outstanding Magazine Article: "Behind Brazil's Gay Pride Parades, a Struggle with Homophobic Violence" by Oscar Lopez (Newsweek)
· Outstanding Digital Journalism Article: "This Is What It’s Like To Be An LGBT Syrian Fleeing For Your Life" by J. Lester Feder (Buzzfeed.com)
SPANISH-LANGUAGE NOMINEES
· Outstanding Daytime Program Episode: "¿El marido de mi padre o yo?" Caso Cerrado (Telemundo)
· Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine: TIE: "Amor que rompe barreras" Un Nuevo Día (Telemundo) and "En cuerpo ajeno" Aquí y Ahora (Univision)
· Outstanding TV Journalism Segment: "Víctimas de abusos" Noticiero Univision (Univision)
· Outstanding Digital Journalism – Multimedia: "Campeones de la igualdad" (Univision.com)
GLAAD (formerly the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) is a U.S. non-governmental media monitoring organization founded by LGBT people in the media.
Motto - to promote understanding, increase acceptance, and advance equality.
Founded - 1985
Founder
Vito Russo
Jewelle Gomez
Lauren Hinds
GLAAD 2016 President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis
GLAAD
104 W 29th St #4,
New York, NY 10001
USA
(212) 629-3322
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
301 Park Ave,
New York, NY 10022
USA
(212) 355-3000
Hashtag metadata tag
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May 14th 2016
Sports award for female swimmers.
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Fortune Brainstorm Tech 2019
MONDAY, JULY 15, 2019
Aspen, CO
4:25 PM
TO THE EXTREME: HOW TECH CAN AMPLIFY HATE
Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO, Anti-Defamation League
Photograph by Michael Faas for Fortune Magazine
Desaparecidos (Conor Oberst & Landon Hedges) @ the Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA. August 31st, 2012.
You all know I've shot Conor a LOT over the years but tonight was super special because Desaparecidos reunited & played their first show in LA in about 10 years. Two years ago I flew to Omaha to shoot their reunion show & it was amazing having them do a mini tour (& they're releasing new material, too!). Be sure to catch their set at FYF Fest this Sunday @ 7:55.
I'll put more photos up from this show I'm sure it'll just have to be after FYF.
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Gaylord, hhmm maybe, or just an ice cream seller in Varanasi, India.
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The Original GLBT Expo Second Annual Video Lounge 2009
The 16th Original GLBT Expo
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
655 West 34th Street
New York, NY 10001
(212) 216-2000
***************2009 LINEUP INCLUDED **********************
Saturday
11:00 AM Ani Difranco - Preview of her concert DVD
12:30 Femme Noir - short films of Sweet Baby J'ai celebrating women of color
1:00 Chocolate Seduction by Green Peas TV: A live TV show taping of delicious and decadent chocolate desserts
1:30 Out at the Expo the best in current LGBT Music videos
2:00 The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Interview by Ryan Janek Wolowski including clips of gay representation in media
2:30 Athena Reich - The singer and songwriter introduces her music videos
3:00 Cocktail Seduction by Green Peas TV: A live TV show taping on the art of cocktail making
3:30 Out the Center a volunteer run television program from the NYC LGBT Center
4:00 Main Stage Performers Videos and Interviews with the Expo performers by Ryan Janek Wolowski of MTV networks
4:30 Queer Horror - videos of the best in queer Horror 2008
5:00 Videos and Interviews with Main Stage performers by Ryan Janek Wolowski of MTV networks
6:00 Rockin Out - Hard Rock Music Videos by LGBT artists
Sunday
12:00 Out at the Expo the best in current LGBT Music videos and film
1:00 Chocolate Seduction by Green Peas TV: A live TV show taping of delicious and decadent chocolate desserts
1:30 - "Viva La Musica" hosted by Samara Riviera - NBC Telemundo correspondent dance music diva Vanessa Conde
2:00 - Trans Life hosted by Legendary Gay Activist Randolfe Wicker
2:30- Cocktail Seduction by Green Peas TV: A live TV show taping on the art of cocktail making
3:00 Videos and Interviews with Main Stage performers by Ryan Janek Wolowski of MTV networks
3:30 Strike A Pose - Video! A showcase of Drag Queen Videos hosted by Lady Clover Honey with guests Sherri Vine, Peppermint, Tina Benez
4:00 Videos and Interviews with Main Stage performers by Ryan Janek Wolowski of MTV networks
5:00 Out at the Expo the best in current LGBT Music videos
Photo
New York City USA
03-21-2009
George Selim, senior vice president for programs for the Anti-Defamation League, discusses the future of counterterrorism at the 2017 U.S.-Islamic World Forum.
On September 16-18, 2017, the Brookings Institution, in conjunction with the State of Qatar, will convene the 13th annual U.S.-Islamic World Forum in New York, NY. The theme of this year’s Forum is “Crisis and Cooperation.”
Photo credit: Alswang Photography
Directed by Heather Dollar(Dollar Productions)
P.Allgood/J.Bowden-BMI;GreyVireoEnt.
From the EP FWD:
©2011 Defamation
New Delhi ( Sarojani Park ) , 1 December 2013 -
National BJP Leader Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal said that as national capital Delhi and its citizens fully deserved to be accorded a special treatment for developing it as a Dream City of the world. He said but the Congress party turned it into a Slum Center and defamed it as a Crime Capital of the world. Campaigning with Dr. Harshvardhan at Sarojani Park after a public meeting while talking with some media persons here today, Grewal said that we Indian wants to be proud of Delhi as our national capital and wants to see it as the most beautiful city in the world. He said but money that should have gone into turning Delhi into a Model Mega City actually went into the coffers of scamsters and land mafia, coal mafia, with Delhi citizens having to face the embarrassment of Commonwealth Games scam. Grewal said that now the people of Delhi were waiting to punish the Congress party for its biggest sin of bringing disgrace to the national Capital through its massive misrule and bringing it a bad name as the crime capital of the world. He said the people of Delhi are in no mood to forgive the Congress party. Grewal said the massive misrule and utter lack of political and official will has led to Delhi administration resembling a "JUNGAL RAJ". He said that the assembly poll would prove to be a semi-final before the eventual final match leading to a change in the Centre Level. He said the election and the Lok Sabha election will go down in history as "NARENDRA MODI ELECTIONS" in the Indian History. He said now Congress party is facing scourge of a heavy anti-incumbency on the one hand and an unprecedented MODI WAVE blowing through the length and the breadth of the country on the other. The forward looking people of the national capital want to be the first to usher in Narendra Modi era. Grewal said that the Indian youth is playing a leading role in the Modi wave which will sweep the Congress out of the scene. He said that I have never seen such enthusiasm in the youth as I am seeing in Delhi during this election. Grewal said that they all are really eager to rewrite the history of Delhi and the country and they have found a most forceful icon in Narendra Modi to fulfill their dreams of a strong and prosperous India. He said our capital is a place where people get the most expensive electricity, cooking gas, essential commodities like atta, pulses, vegetables such as tomato, onions, and other commodities like milk. It was heading for the biggest defeat in its history in the forthcoming assembly poll in Delhi. At this time Yograj Sharda, Vishal Sharma, Ajay Chaudhary and large number of BJP workers from Vidhan Sabha halka were present.
Families Belong Together — Partners
The June 30 Families Belong Together actions are being organized by everyday people across the country, supported by a number of organizations, in addition to the four lead sponsors. Some of the organizations supporting these actions are listed below.
We welcome engagement from all organizations and individuals on this issue. Please feel free to send your supporters directly to the event page without informing us!
To get more involved, please submit the form at: MoveOn.org/Partner
#VOTEPROCHOICEEnd Rape on CampusNDWA
270 StrategiesEqual Voice ActionNEA
350.org
Equality LabsNETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice
ACLUEvery VoiceNetwork of Spiritual Progressives
Action Together MassachusetttesFair Immigration Reform MovementNextGen America
Action Together NetworkFaith in Public LifeNSEA
Advancement ProjectFamilies Belong TogetherOne Billion Rising
AFTFamilies USAOrganizing for Action
Al Otro LadoFeminist Majority FoundationOxfam America
All OutFood & Water WatchPantsuit Nation
Alliance for JusticeForeign Policy for AmericaParentsTogether
Alliance for Youth ActionFriends of the EarthPeople Demanding Action
American Constitution SocietyFuse WashingtonPeople For the American Way
American Ethical UnionGamlielPeople's Action
American Human Rights Council (AHRC-USA)Global ExchangePlanned Parenthood Federation of America
American Sexual Health AssociationGlobal Fund for ChildrenPoligon Education Fund
Amnesty International USAGreenLatinosPositive Women's Network-USA
Anti-Defamation LeagueGreenpeacePresbyterian Church (USA)
Arab American InstituteHand in Hand: The Domestic Employers NetworkPresente.org
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJCHarnessPriorities USA
ASISTAHeadCountPublic Citizen
Assisi CommunityHealth Care VoterRace Forward
Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP) at the Urban Justice CenterHispanic FederationRainforest Action Network
Asylum Seeker Assistance ProjectHuman Rights CampaignReally American
AvaazHuman Rights FirstResistance Labs
Bayard Rustin Center for Social JusticeIfNotNowRock the Vote
Bend the ArcImmigration HubSALDEF
Beyond the BombIn Our Own Voice: National Black Women's Reproductive Justice AgendaSanctuary for Families
Brave New FilmsIndivisibleSEIU
Campaign for Southern EqualityJapanese American Citizens LeagueSIECUS
Caring Across GenerationsJewish Voice for PeaceSierra Club
CASA in ActionJStreetSister District Action Network
Center for American Progress Action FundJWISojourners
Center for Biological DiversityKIPPSouth Asian Americans Leading Together
Center for Community ChangeLatin America Working GroupSouthern Poverty Law Center
Center for Gender and Refugee StudiesLatin American Legal Defense and Education FundStand Up America
Center for Reproductive RightsLatino Victory FoundationSum of Us
Center for Victims of TortureLatinoJustice PRLDEFTax March
Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc.Lawyers for Good GovernmentThe Leadership Conference
Chicago Women Take ActionLeadership Conference of Women ReligiousThe Workmen’s Circle
Children's Defense Fund-TexasLeague of Conservation VotersTogether We Will Contra Costa
Church World ServiceLeague of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)Truman National Security Project
Clean Water ActionLGBTQ Task ForceUltraViolet
Coalition of Labor Union WomenLittle LobbyistsUnidosUS
Coalition on Human NeedsMALDEFUnitarian Universalist Association
Congregational UCC GreensboroMarchOnUnitarian Universalist Service Committee
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI)Moms RisingUnitarian Universalists for Social Justice (UUSJ)
Constitutional Accountability CenterMuslim AdvocatesUnited State of Women
Council on American-Islamic RelationsNARALUnited We Dream
Courage CampaignNational Alliance to End Sexual ViolenceUS Campaign for Palestinian Rights
CredoNational Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF)VDay.org
Crooked MediaNational Iranian American CouncilVoto Latino
Daily KosNational Justice for Our NeighborsWashington Office on Latin America
DC Immigration HubNational Latina Institute for Reproductive HealthWin Without War
DC Teens ActionNational Network to End Domestic ViolenceWomen Employed
Define AmericanNational Nurses UnitedWomen's March
Democracy InitiativeNational Organization of Concerned Black MenWomen's Refugee Commission
Disciples Center for Immigration and RefugeesNational Partnership for Women & FamiliesWorkplace Fairness
Disciples Refugee & Immigration MinistriesNational Women’s Law CenterYouth Caucus of America
Dulles Justice CoalitionNCJWYWCA USA
Earthjustice
Protest Is Part of the National ‘Families Belong Together’ Day of Action With More Than 710 Events Nationwide
-- On Saturday, June 30th, [residents will rally at various locations as part of the Families Belong Together national day of action to protest the Trump Administration’s policy of forcibly separating children from their parents, the detention of families, and the fact that the Trump Administration has failed to reunite thousands of children with their parents.
WHEN: Saturday, June 30th. [TIME AM/PM TIME ZONE]
WHERE: [LOCATION]. [ADDRESS]
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The [CITY] protest is part of a National “Families Belong Together” Day of Action featuring more than 710 events in all 50 states and an anchor protest in Lafayette Square in Washington DC. Tens of thousands of people are expected to participate across the country. Specifically, the protesters will demand that the Trump Administration:
•Reunite families now. Permanently end family separation and immediately reunify those that have been separated. ICE must release parents immediately so that ORR can reunify them with their children.
•End family detention. Children and families deserve due process, not indefinite imprisonment. Children do not belong in baby cages and internment-like camps. Family incarceration is not the solution to family separation.
•End ‘Zero Humanity.’ Reverse the Trump administration’s policy that created this crisis and chaos to begin with. Parents should not be criminally prosecuted for doing what all parents do, which is bring their children to safety. This horrible nightmare for families will only end when Trump permanently stops his 100% prosecution policy.
Say it loud, say it clear,
Immigrants are welcome here!
Say it loud, say it clear,
Refugees are welcome here!
Repeat“Courage” (listen):
Courage, my friend, you do not walk alone.
We will, walk with you, and sing your spirit home.
*Replace “Courage” with other words like “families” “immigrants” or “children”
When immigrant rights are under attack,
What will we do? Unite, fight back!
When refugee rights are under attack,
What will we do? Unite, fight back!
Repeat“May The Life I Lead” (listen):
Let the life I lead, speak for me. (x2)
When I get to the end of the road, and lay down my heavy load,
Let the life I lead, speak for me.
El pueblo unido
jamás será vencido!
(The people united, will never be defeated)
RepeatTo the tune of “Blessings” by Chance the Rapper (listen):
We gonna rise up, rise up till it’s won (x2)
When the people rise up, the powers come down (x2)
They try to stop us, but we keep comin’ back (x2)
Love, not hate, makes America great!
Repeat
“We are Family” by Sister Sledge
We are family, I got all my people with me
We are family, Get up ev'rybody and sing
We are family, I got all my people with me
We are family, Get up ev'rybody and sing
In Montmartre, in this fantastic little piano bar, the walls are covered from floor to ceiling with artifacts from past visitors -- expired student IDs, defamed Métro tickets, love notes, and napkin drawings. Add your own identifications, if you can.
By the way, in many cases my notes are translations of the original items.
I saw this poster earlier this month near the Keret House at the intersection of Chłodna and Żelazna streets in Warsaw.
It’s the work of an organisation called Reduta Dobrego Imienia, who seem to be a self-styled Polish version of the Anti-Defamation League. They’re complaining about the fact that, in their opinion, Paweł Pawlikowski’s film “Ida” (which revolves around the murder of a Jewish family by their Slavic neighbours in occupied Poland during World War 2) doesn’t make it sufficiently clear that Germany was responsible for the Holocaust.
Their main concern is that international viewers who know little or nothing about Polish history will come out of the film thinking that Poland was to blame.
As such, they have also launched a petition calling for the film to carry title cards reminding viewers that Poland was under occupation by Nazi Germany at the time, that only a tiny minority of the Polish Jews who died in the Holocaust were killed by their Polish neighbours, that hiding Jews was punishable by death during the German occupation etc….
While it’s true that there’s a fair amount of anti-Polish prejudice and even hate out there, and most of it is indeed based on ignorance, I very much doubt if starting a protest (that’s guaranteed in advance to be futile) against a Polish film that’s proved to be extremely popular in Poland as well as picking up numerous awards at home and abroad - and contains nothing that’s inherently anti-Polish or historically inaccurate - is the best way of doing something about it.
"Ida" is an awesome movie that fully deserves all the plaudits it has received....
Stormy Daniels sues Trump for defamation over 'con job' tweet
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Stormy Daniels sues Trump for defamation over ‘con job’ tweet
Adult film star Stormy Daniels has filed a defamation suit against President Donald Trump for a tweet that said a forensic sketch of a man who allegedly threatened her in 2011 was “a total con job.”
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A very dangerous job preformed by a brave man. An Angolan deminer clearing a busy path and corn fields.
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May I present to you: The brothers Bujar (12) and Alberto (14) from the country of Montenegro.
I met these two, very friendly boys today on their way to the super store. Both didn't understand much of what I said, so we used an translation app. So that worked out pretty good.
Both boys are here since 30 days and had to flee from their homeland, becaused they and their family suffered racial defamation back there.
As I know that in these days a great deal of Germans like #Pegida (and many others, that don't go to demonstrations) are against refugees in our country, I hope that Bujar and Alberto won't have to flee again. From here.
Keep on, guys. You are the best. Stay strong, whatever may come.
Emergency Room, RPA Hospital, Camperdown.
Ethical issues
Novelists use their friends and relatives in their work so long as they don't "identify" them too closely, otherwise there's fallout at either the domestic level or at the legal level in terms of defamation. In the medium of journalism, we have, in this day and age, reporters unethically prying into people's privacy in order to keep their jobs while their bosses sell the story for commercial gain. Increasingly, there are ethical issues surrounding drawing people in public, just as there with surveillance filming for security purposes. Here, I've sketched adults with impunity, in an area which would not have been possible using photography. My sketching would not be possible, for example, with children - someone would have stopped me. All my subjects were distracted by either pain or worry, many sitting stock still. Unlike ordinary people, these ones sat still, either drugged from pain or from medication.
Issues of permission
There was a time when verbal permission to photograph or sketch was okay. It's only natural and polite and civilised when you're obviously invading someone else's space. Now, in this age of litigation, release forms are a reflexive response: for permission to use people's intellectual property as well as using their image. There are however ambiguities: I can photograph anyone or anything in a public place with more or less impunity. So far, I can also sketch anyone or anything in a public place. A public hospital is moot because the property is private (and of course I would desist if asked by the doctors in the case of the ER). I sketch people as secondary subjects in my streetscapes; I don't make 'portraits' of them as individuals.
People as part of Urban sketching
Buildings and streetscapes have become 'straightforward' material for Urban Sketching, while people are increasingly subject to qualification: formal Urban Sketching now excludes poses models, life drawing class sketching, portraits, though it seems to be okay for established urban sketchers to include them in their online work. Contrast this with symposium workshops where sketching people is considered important. There is a sub-genre of sketching people (i.e. portraits) on public transport which somehow slips through the Urban Sketching criterion net because it raises questions about whether the model was "posed" or not. If they sit still, paid or unpaid, in a private setting (e.g. home or studio), this is not okay; if they sit still in a public setting (having given permission or not), this is. I''m not entering in to this debate at all; I work hard at my portrait and figure drawing skills but try and separate (at least in my mind) those sketches from anything I classify as formal "urban sketching".
Metaphysical questions
Do I stop sketching if my subject has an accident or is in danger? Of course; I'm obliged to be a Good Samaritan and stop what I'm doing if someone is in danger. Some paparazzi photographers might not. Do I stop sketching my subject if s/he is suffering? A moot point. There is nowhere "safer" to be than an Emergency Room, so I know the well-being of my subjects is constantly being monitored. My subject is not 'suffering' or in danger (though they might be screaming with pain), so I keep sketching and those around me 'look the other way'. If the screaming keeps up, the ER staff eventually wheel them away in order to 'keep the peace' in their workarea.
All of us present sought to ignore the screams of pain of those around us. We ignored the screams of pain in order to protect ourselves at a private level. At a public level, there was personally nothing we could do to assuage that pain, since they were being monitored by doctors far more expert than us.
And there's the issue of public space in hospitals and private space in hospitals. Obviously a public waiting space in a hospital is more acceptable than sketching in a private hospital space such as a ward.
Was sketching people in a hospital waiting room an unacceptable instance of exploiting people's vulnerability? There are parallels with sketching urban people in distress, for example, homeless people or beggars. In the artistic tradition of Realism (and for example in the area of social justice, where the advertisement to a wider public of injustice is called for), 'exploiting' this situation in the name of capturing contemporary tranche de vie urban life is a strong force. Urban sketchers very often feel obliged to repay the honour of sketching a homeless person or beggar with money and certainly I've seen the advice of sketching with someone else rather than sketching alone in these situations.
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Sarasota, Florida
Apollo and Marsyas
Artist: Unknown
Date: early 20th century
According to Greek and Roman myth, a musical competition was held between the god Apollo and the satyr Marsyas, a contest that Apollo won, his skill with the lyre judged greater than Marsyas’ with the aulos, a double flute. As victor, Apollo meted out the punishment, skinning Marsyas alive for having dared to challenge a god. This final act of the story was represented in multiple artistic media in the ancient world, including life-size sculpture, invariably showing Marsyas tied to a tree, awaiting his fate. Interest in the story was renewed in the Renaissance, and in the 16th century artists began to show the satyr bound upside down, an iconographical choice borrowed perhaps from the pittura infamante (defamation portrait) genre common at the time, or meant to resemble the pose of a slaughtered pig. Apollo is shown here tying Marsyas to a tree, the goat hooves clearly visible, while pinning the satyr to the ground with his leg. The statue recalls a marble sculpture of a similar scheme by Venetian artist Antonio Corradini (1688-1752) executed in the early 18th century, although whether The Ringling example is a simplified copy or reworking is unclear.
The GLAAD Media Awards at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City
The GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives.
GLAAD, the world's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organization, honored Robert De Niro, Mariah Carey, and the best in film, television, and journalism at the 27th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Waldorf Astoria New York on Saturday May 14th 2016. Jennifer Lawrence, Aziz Ansari, Connie Britton, Diane Sawyer, Caitlyn Jenner, Tamron Hall, Noah Galvin, Andrew Rannells, Andreja Pejić, and Jason Biggs were among the special guests. Recording artists Alex Newell and Bebe Rexha, as well as the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Fun Home performed at the event hosted by Emmy Award-winning actress Laverne Cox. The 27th Annual GLAAD Media Awards were presented by Delta Air Lines, Hilton, Ketel One Vodka, and Wells Fargo.
GLAAD Media Award recipients announced Saturday in New York. Additional awards were presented in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton on April 2.
Excellence in Media Award: Robert De Niro (presented by Jennifer Lawrence)
Ally Award: Mariah Carey (presented by Lee Daniels)
· Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine: “Bruce Jenner: The Interview" 20/20 (ABC) [accepted by: Diane Sawyer, Caitlyn Jenner, and David Sloan, senior executive producer]
· Outstanding TV Journalism Segment: "Interview with Jim Obergefell" Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN) [accepted by: U.S. Supreme Court plaintiff Jim Obergefell]
· Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage: Cosmopolitan [accepted by: Laura Brounstein, special projects director]
· Outstanding Film – Limited Release: Tangerine (Magnolia Pictures)
· Outstanding Individual Episode: "The Prince of Nucleotides" Royal Pains (USA Network)
· Outstanding Digital Journalism – Multimedia: "Stopping HIV? The Truvada Revolution" Vice Reports (Vice.com)
· Outstanding Newspaper Article: "Cold Case: The Murders of Cosby and Jackson" by Dianna Wray (Houston Press)
· Outstanding Magazine Article: "Behind Brazil's Gay Pride Parades, a Struggle with Homophobic Violence" by Oscar Lopez (Newsweek)
· Outstanding Digital Journalism Article: "This Is What It’s Like To Be An LGBT Syrian Fleeing For Your Life" by J. Lester Feder (Buzzfeed.com)
SPANISH-LANGUAGE NOMINEES
· Outstanding Daytime Program Episode: "¿El marido de mi padre o yo?" Caso Cerrado (Telemundo)
· Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine: TIE: "Amor que rompe barreras" Un Nuevo Día (Telemundo) and "En cuerpo ajeno" Aquí y Ahora (Univision)
· Outstanding TV Journalism Segment: "Víctimas de abusos" Noticiero Univision (Univision)
· Outstanding Digital Journalism – Multimedia: "Campeones de la igualdad" (Univision.com)
GLAAD (formerly the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) is a U.S. non-governmental media monitoring organization founded by LGBT people in the media.
Motto - to promote understanding, increase acceptance, and advance equality.
Founded - 1985
Founder
Vito Russo
Jewelle Gomez
Lauren Hinds
GLAAD 2016 President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis
GLAAD
104 W 29th St #4,
New York, NY 10001
USA
(212) 629-3322
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
301 Park Ave,
New York, NY 10022
USA
(212) 355-3000
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Ryan Janek Wolowski on the red carpet at the press step and repeat wallpaper for the GLAAD Media Awards at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City
The GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives.
GLAAD, the world's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organization, honored Robert De Niro, Mariah Carey, and the best in film, television, and journalism at the 27th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Waldorf Astoria New York on Saturday May 14th 2016. Jennifer Lawrence, Aziz Ansari, Connie Britton, Diane Sawyer, Caitlyn Jenner, Tamron Hall, Noah Galvin, Andrew Rannells, Andreja Pejić, and Jason Biggs were among the special guests. Recording artists Alex Newell and Bebe Rexha, as well as the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Fun Home performed at the event hosted by Emmy Award-winning actress Laverne Cox. The 27th Annual GLAAD Media Awards were presented by Delta Air Lines, Hilton, Ketel One Vodka, and Wells Fargo.
GLAAD Media Award recipients announced Saturday in New York. Additional awards were presented in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton on April 2.
Excellence in Media Award: Robert De Niro (presented by Jennifer Lawrence)
Ally Award: Mariah Carey (presented by Lee Daniels)
· Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine: “Bruce Jenner: The Interview" 20/20 (ABC) [accepted by: Diane Sawyer, Caitlyn Jenner, and David Sloan, senior executive producer]
· Outstanding TV Journalism Segment: "Interview with Jim Obergefell" Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN) [accepted by: U.S. Supreme Court plaintiff Jim Obergefell]
· Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage: Cosmopolitan [accepted by: Laura Brounstein, special projects director]
· Outstanding Film – Limited Release: Tangerine (Magnolia Pictures)
· Outstanding Individual Episode: "The Prince of Nucleotides" Royal Pains (USA Network)
· Outstanding Digital Journalism – Multimedia: "Stopping HIV? The Truvada Revolution" Vice Reports (Vice.com)
· Outstanding Newspaper Article: "Cold Case: The Murders of Cosby and Jackson" by Dianna Wray (Houston Press)
· Outstanding Magazine Article: "Behind Brazil's Gay Pride Parades, a Struggle with Homophobic Violence" by Oscar Lopez (Newsweek)
· Outstanding Digital Journalism Article: "This Is What It’s Like To Be An LGBT Syrian Fleeing For Your Life" by J. Lester Feder (Buzzfeed.com)
SPANISH-LANGUAGE NOMINEES
· Outstanding Daytime Program Episode: "¿El marido de mi padre o yo?" Caso Cerrado (Telemundo)
· Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine: TIE: "Amor que rompe barreras" Un Nuevo Día (Telemundo) and "En cuerpo ajeno" Aquí y Ahora (Univision)
· Outstanding TV Journalism Segment: "Víctimas de abusos" Noticiero Univision (Univision)
· Outstanding Digital Journalism – Multimedia: "Campeones de la igualdad" (Univision.com)
GLAAD (formerly the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) is a U.S. non-governmental media monitoring organization founded by LGBT people in the media.
Motto - to promote understanding, increase acceptance, and advance equality.
Founded - 1985
Founder
Vito Russo
Jewelle Gomez
Lauren Hinds
GLAAD 2016 President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis
GLAAD
104 W 29th St #4,
New York, NY 10001
USA
(212) 629-3322
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
301 Park Ave,
New York, NY 10022
USA
(212) 355-3000
Hashtag metadata tag
#GMA @glaad #glaadawards #GLAAD #GLAADMediaAwards #GLAADMedia #GLAADAwards #LGBT #GLBT #LGBTQ #GLBTQ #Lesbian #gay #gays #gaymen #gaywomen #bi #Bisexual #Trans #Transman #TransWoman #Transidentity #Transgender #Gender #GenderFluid #GenderIdentity #Queer #Media #TV #Television #Press #WaldorfAstoria #WaldorfAstoriaHotel #NY #NYC #NYS #NewYork #NewYorkCity #NewYorkState #USA #Equality #Pride #celebrity #fashion #famous #style #RedCarpet #RedCarpetEvent
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May 14th 2016
Girl beaten up for not abiding completely with the scarf, her scarf was scuffled off here head during the clash.The girl is telling the bystanders to react and not be passive, and have some conscience! he is also defaming the RGC that has arrested her and is on the verge of taking her away. Showing much bravery.
Taiwan civil servants and supporters clogged Taipei streets Saturday, protesting what they say is the government's defamation of public sector workers during ongoing pension reform efforts. More than 110,000 demonstrators gather on Taipei's Ketagalan Boulevard to protest pension reform.
由全國軍公教勞退休團體 組成的監督年金改革行動聯盟，舉行「反污名、要尊嚴」九三大遊行。下午1點分成四路從台北街頭走向總統府前凱道廣場，向執政者訴求，反對在所謂的「年金改革」過程中，放任軍公教被污名化。超過10萬人參與，下午5點多結束。5點全解散「真的是公務員」。
總統府、行政院和民進黨 定調冷處理，蔡英文總統在上午赴忠烈詞致敬後，便到台中東勢區石圍牆酒莊參訪，但被問及有關下午軍公教大遊行的部分，蔡回答「我們走我們的行程」。
National Civil Servant Association Director Lee Lai-hsi (李來希) said more than 120,000 people took part in the protest, while the police put the number slightly lower at 117,000.
Taipei, Taiwan
2016/9/3
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Johnny Depp Laughs During Amber Heard’s Testimony; Actress Spotted Posing For Camera Mid Cry bit.ly/3FmYmSz News oi-Sanyukta Thakare | Published: Friday, May 6, 2022, 13:00 [IST] The defamation trial between Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard has become a social m… (via Twitter twitter.com/MobileNewspepar/status/1522481261134200832)
Sports award for female swimmers.
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