I am not sure why the panelists are talking about mad men and I have never seen a Mad men or Mad Man episode in my life. I think it has something to do with the way everyone is dressed today but I am not sure.
Regardless of Mad Men, Hilary is hitting back at critics and she discusses immigration issues in a room with 6th graders.
Hillary Clinton talks immigration reform with 9th grade student Betsaida Frausto in Las Vegas. (Photo credit: Mike Blake/Reuters)
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton sought to seize an advantage over Republicans Tuesday on the issue of immigration, accusing those who talk of “legal status” of wanting to denigrate undocumented immigrants.
“When they talk about legal status, that is code for second class status,” Clinton said at a small event in Las Vegas, where she conducted a conversation with six young Latino residents of Nevada.
Clinton said that if elected president, she would “go even further” than President Obama has in granting provisional legal status to millions of undocumented immigrants, saying that she would extend protections Obama gave to young people who entered the nation before the age of 16 — called DREAMers — to their parents.
“There are more people like many parents of DREAMers and others with deep ties and contributions to our communities who deserve to stay, and I will fight for them,” Clinton said.
But her sharpest barb was the one aimed at the Republicans running for president in 2016, among whom, she said, there is not one person who has been “clearly and consistently supporting a path to citizenship.”
“Not one,” she said.
That’s only accurate if you don’t include Republicans still mulling a run, such as Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who continues to argue vociferously for citizenship for a broad swath of the undocumented population. But most of the Republican field — those who have declared and those who are exploring a run — has shied away from promising citizenship and is focused on the term “legal status” instead.
Some, like former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush — who is not yet a formal candidate — refuse to say the word “citizenship,” even if they’ve spoken out extensively on behalf of immigrants. When asked by Yahoo News whether Bush’s talk of “earned legal status” would exclude the possibility of citizenship, Bush spokesman Tim Miller sent a block quote of Bush’s past comments on the issue, which didn’t address the question. When pressed, Miller said Bush was for “earned legal status.”
And then there is Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. — the most prominent Republican to argue now and in the past for a path to citizenship. Rubio now talks of giving undocumented immigrants who have not broken any laws the opportunity to apply for “permanent residency” after paying a fine, verifying they can speak English, and spending “a significant amount of time” in the country under a “nonpermanent work visa.” But in his most recent discussion of this matter last week in Washington, Rubio also avoided the word citizenship, except for at the moment when he talked about past attempts at immigration reform.
“The past experiences show us, the [19]86 bill that passed during the Reagan years, a large percentage of the people who received that amnesty at that time have never become citizens at all,” Rubio said during a discussion at a National Review summit.
Last year, Rubio made a comment on an Iowa radio station that further confused his position, which the Clinton campaign passed on as an example of the Republican senator’s past lack of clarity on the issue.
“What do you do with millions of people in this country who are here illegally? What do you do about it?” Rubio said on the radio show. “And I think that the couple of things we’re not going to do — we’re not going to award citizenship to people or give them a benefit they wouldn’t otherwise have.”
One way to interpret this comment is that Rubio was arguing against giving citizenship immediately to undocumented immigrants in a way that allowed them to obtain full legal status before others who have sought to enter the country legally and have waited for years.
When asked Tuesday evening whether Rubio’s plan would lead to citizenship, spokesman Alex Conant said, “Under current law, permanent residence is first step towards citizenship. We wouldn’t change that.”
Clinton praised the bipartisan group of eight senators, which included Rubio as a member, who helped the Senate pass an immigration reform bill in the summer of 2013, and criticized House Speaker John Boehner for not putting the issue up for a vote in the lower chamber.
“I think it would have passed had they taken it up, but the leadership in the House decided politically they didn’t want to do that because they have people who are strongly opposed to comprehensive immigration reform,” Clinton said.
And she tweaked Rubio, without mentioning his name, by noting that although it was the right thing in her opinion for the senators who spearheaded the Senate effort to push for immigration reform, “I guess some of them are paying a political price for it now.”
Clinton is all too aware of the strong anti-immigration reform sentiments among some of the most passionate elements of the Republican base, and is eager to highlight the difference between herself and the GOP during this phase when the Republican candidates are catering more to the conservative grassroots of their party, which dominates in primary states, than to general election, middle-of-the-road voters.
“You know where I stand, and there can be no question about it,” she said.
Clinton also slams 'Clinton Cash' on new rapid-response site which I knew was being launched last night. "The book is already being debunked far and wide," Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon says of Clinton Cash, by Peter Schweizer, in a video posted on the site. The Hillary Clinton campaign on Tuesday launched its rapid-response website, which sets out to bash the controversial new book that's questioned donations to her family foundation while she served as secretary of State.
"It's full of sloppy research and attacks pulled out of thin air with no actual evidence. And it's missing the most important thing of all: facts."
The new microsite specifically takes on allegations from the book, which was previewed in an April New York Times story, that Clinton signed off on a deal to sell uranium mines to a Russian nuclear agency in a move that financially benefitted a major donor to the foundation.
Fallon calls that one of the book's "craziest conspiracy theories." He said that the foundation donor had sold his stake in the company long before Clinton joined State, the decision was made by a group of agencies led by the Treasury Department, and Clinton never lobbied the government on the sale.
The video also criticizes Schweizer's admission that he has no "direct evidence" that links Clinton to the claims in the book. It shows a number of television hosts pressing Schweizer on that point, and the video makes a specific point to note criticism from Fox News's Chris Wallace by circling the Fox News logo on screen.
"The bottom line is this: as secretary of State, Hillary Clinton made decisions based on her commitment to protecting America's national security and standing up for freedom and dignity around the world, not the interest of donors to the Clinton Foundation," Fallon said.
He criticized Republicans for backing the book, and previously told The Hill that Schweizer's book is part of a "coordinated Republican attack strategy."
But Schweizer's camp has parried those accusations and said that he's investigated a number of GOP lawmakers during his career. Schweizer has said that despite any direct link, the pattern of actions in a number of circumstances he details in the book warrants further investigation.
The new site, dubbed "The Briefing," is launching along with sister social media accounts to "serve as a hub that allows Hillary for America to cut through the partisan noise over the next 18 months and directly communicate with voters," Clinton Campaign Chairman John Podesta said in a memo posted to the site.
Regarding the shooting in Texas last weekend at that odd event, His Twitter contacts included Junaid Hussain, a British fighter with the Islamic State in Syria known as Abu Hussain al-Britani, and Mohamed Abdullahi Hassan, a Somali-American now in Somalia who uses the name Mujahid Miski and frequently promotes the Islamic State. Both men called for violence, and Hassan had suggested the Texas event as a possible target. On April 23, 10 days before the Texas attack, Hassan linked to the planned cartoon event in Texas, praised the January shootings at a satirical newspaper in Paris and called on jihadists in US to follow that example. “The brothers from the Charlie Hebdo attack did their part,” Hassan wrote in the post. “It’s time for brothers in US to do their part.” Later the same day, Mr Simpson posted about the cartoon contest, using the handle Shariah is Light: “When will they ever learn. They are planning on selecting the best picture drawn of Rasulullah (saw) in Texas.” Rasulullah (saw) is a respectful phrase for the prophet. The onslaught of recruitment propaganda has multiplied the number of online enthusiasts for the Islamic State in US, giving counterterrorism investigators the difficult task of deciding which are simply fantasising in public and which might be planning violence. “The ISIS guys are talking to these wannabes on Twitter all day long,” a senior law enforcement official said. “It’s like the devil is sitting on their shoulder saying, Come on, they’re insulting the prophet, what are you going to do about it?” The official, who would speak about the continuing investigation only on condition of anonymity, said that although Simpson had long been under FBI scrutiny, he had not appeared to be preparing for violence. “There are so many like him that you have to prioritise your investigations,” the official said. The brief statement from the Islamic State did not claim that it had ordered the Texas attack, though it called the gunmen, Simpson, 30, and Nadir Hamid Soofi, 34, “two soldiers from the soldiers of the caliphate.”
The White House on Tuesday called a shooting outside a "Draw Muhammad" contest in Texas "an attempted terrorist attack" but said it was too early to say whether the incident is tied to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Press secretary Josh Earnest said the shooting is still under investigation by the FBI and intelligence agencies, and it's premature to say ISIS has reached U.S. shores. He praised law enforcement for their actions to “foil what appears to be an attempted terrorist attack."
Earnest said the Obama administration is "very vigilant about the efforts" of extremist groups to recruit Americans to carry out attacks in the U.S. Asked whether it was appropriate to draw depictions of the prophet Muhammad, which Muslims find offensive, Earnest said it's not a judgment for the administration to make. “There is no expression, however offensive, that justified an act of terrorism or even an act of violence," he said. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told reporters he wasn't sure if the claim by ISIS that it was behind the Texas shooting was credible. "I don’t know. It’s obvious these are ISISL-inspired guys but I don’t know if there’s command and control," he said. "But I would say this, if there is command and control, that is an ominous turn in the war. I don’t know if it’s all talk by them. But if there’s a command control element to this attack that is not a good thing." Check this one out. Frank Freshwater, Convict Who Escaped Prison, Arrested After 56 Years. An Ohio prison escapee on the run since the Eisenhower administration has finally been caught, Florida officials said. Frank Freshwater, 79, escaped an Ohio prison in 1959 and was caught Monday at his trailer in Melbourne, Florida, the Brevard County Sheriff's Office said. Freshwater, who was doing time for a probation violation related to a manslaughter conviction, was living under an alias and had worked as a truck driver.
Authorities, chasing leads, caught Freshwater by creating a ruse to get him to sign papers, then matching fingerprints on the paper to those from the decades-old arrest, Maj. Tod Goodyear with the Brevard County Sheriff's Office said. Authorities watched him for a week before confronting him, Goodyear added. When they approached him, authorities showed him his old mugshot, and Freshwater admitted that they had found him, Goodyear said. Fifty-six years ago, Freshwater had been jailed at the Ohio State Reformatory, where "The Shawshank Redemption" was filmed. He was moved to a prison work farm shortly into his 20-year sentence. He took off after serving seven months. Over the past five decades, Freshwater lived in several states, using the name William H. Cox, before settling in Brevard County about 20 years ago, officials said. He is awaiting extradition to Ohio.
Huckabee’s website has been loading slowly all day. But when it does finally appear on your screen, you’ll be greeted with more bells and whistles than an Arkansas County carnival. Unlike almost all of his competitors, he’s opted for a static page with a moving carousel so that, without scrolling, content simply fades from one item to the next. Included in the module is a video about Huckabee’s tenure as governor, a sign-up page for his newsletter, a page for undecided voters and a photo of him playing bass guitar (next to links to his social media pages). This setup is bookended by two vertical bars. The bar on the left promotes his social media pages and displays a calendar of upcoming events. The column on the right, adorably dubbed “I Like MIKE,” allows supporters to write in with a short explanation of why they’re supporting him. I regret to inform the nation that he has yet to hear from Chuck Norris.
The whole thing is very busy. Nothing like a slick, tech-company website. But that somehow fits Huckabee as a candidate. He himself has said that the United States’ two coasts live in their own isolated culture bubbles. Why would he, a salt of the Earth guy from a small town, care anything about sophisticated Web design? He’s clearly done things his way, even taking a page out of the Clinton playbook to spruce up his 404 page.
That being said, some things about the design are just wonky. Aside from the slow loading, there’s lots of weird, excess space on each page. In some areas of the site, a new header in the shape of a widow’s peak appears at the top of the screen. When you scroll down, it sticks with you, distracting your eye from the actual text. No need for this fancy stuff, Mike. We’re just simple folk who want simple scrolling.
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Huckabee’s logo is pretty typical. Beneath his very catchy tagline, “From Hope to Higher Ground,” it reads “Huckabee 2016.” His name and the year, which are separated by a fun little flourish of stars, are sitting atop the aforementioned red-and-blue widow’s peak. I’m grateful Huckabee didn’t try to awkwardly integrate the American flag, or the shape of the United States, into the lettering of his name. We’ve seen too many candidates play with fire (and/or fireballs) and get burned in that arena.
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Huckabee joins a small group of candidates who are actually willing to offer a permanent record of what they think. His awkwardly laid out landing page for “Issues” details Huckabee’s views on 12 separate topics of interest: the Second Amendment, border security, education, energy, health care, Israel, national security, seniors, spending and debt, tax reform, veterans, and the always-amorphous family values category. At least voters who sign up to support Huckabee will know what exactly they’re supporting. Social media
Aside from his very active Facebook page, many of Huckabee’s social media accounts are pretty idle. As of noon this morning, he hadn’t posted on Instagram since April or tweeted from his personal account since May 3. (He’s just now picking up steam on those accounts this afternoon). And his newly minted Google Plus page had just 11 followers when this went live. But then again, it’s Google Plus, so, yeah. It’s a safe bet that Huckabee’s campaign is looking for a social media intern. Rating Three and a half patriotic widow’s peaks out of five. Points deducted for lack of Chuck Norris.
Gen. Michael Hayden is now talking about the French parliament approves new surveillance rules. The French parliament has approved a controversial law strengthening the intelligence services, with the aim of preventing Islamist attacks. The law on intelligence-gathering, adopted by 438 votes to 86, was drafted after three days of attacks in Paris in January, in which 17 people died. The Socialist government says the law is needed to take account of changes in communications technology. But critics say it is a dangerous extension of mass surveillance. They argue that it gives too much power to the state and threatens the independence of the digital economy.
Define the purposes for which secret intelligence-gathering may be used
Set up a supervisory body, the National Commission for Control of Intelligence Techniques (CNCTR), with wider rules of operation
Authorise new methods, such as the bulk collection of metadata via internet providers
The government says it wants to bring modern surveillance techniques within the law rather than outside any system of control.
A new watchdog will oversee the intelligence services, which will have broader powers to look at classified material and handle complaints from the public.
But none of this has satisfied the critics, who range from civil liberties groups to major internet providers.
Protests against the new surveillance measures have been held in Paris
Their main worry is the way French intelligence agencies will be able to collect massive amounts of metadata from the internet - the detail of communications such as times and places rather than content.
Critics say this amounts to a mass intrusion of privacy, which in the hands of an unscrupulous government could have worrying consequences.
Apart from some dissident voices, both the governing Socialists and opposition centre-right were in favour.
One online advocacy group, La Quadrature du Net, wrote after the vote: "Representatives of the French people have given the Prime Minister the power to undertake massive and limitless surveillance of the population.
"By doing so, they're ensuring that the power of the state and the basis of our democratic system are getting ever more distant from one another."
Those opposed to the proposed new law say that it will allow the government to keep a record of innocuous conversations
Analysis by Hugh Schofield, BBC, Paris
It has been an unusual debate. Many in the Socialist Party who would normally have spoken out against the new powers have instead kept quiet. In the wake of the January attacks, there is little political mileage in raising doubts about the intelligence services.
Meanwhile on the right, with its clearer law-and-order tradition, most MPs support the Socialist bill. But some are opposed on points of principle. Irony of ironies, some of the harshest criticism has come from the Front National. The consensus means that the powerful civil liberties arguments have had little of an airing in the National Assembly. In some sessions there were no more than a handful of deputies in attendance.
But the opposition from outside the chamber has been vocal. Not necessarily from the public at large (who by and large sympathise with the government's argument) but from rights groups, the press, and Internet companies.
Gen. Michael Hayden also announced that he is working for, let alone endorses Jeb Bush. Gen. Michael Hayden, former CIA and NSA director, endorsed Jeb Bush Monday, telling "Newsmax Prime" anchor and former Congressman J.D. Hayworth that the former Florida governor represents "the right position." The retired Air Force general says Bush is the best candidate to deal with the Islamic State (ISIS) and other national security threats.
I've signed on as an adviser to Gov. Bush because he asked me and because he represents what I feel is the right position, which is the Republican internationalist position," Hayden said. "If you're looking for one sentence as to what a new president should do with regard to foreign policy: Get involved, and stay involved."
Hayworth asked Hayden about the former Florida governor's view on amnesty for illegal aliens, a position that has put him at odds with the more conservative members of the Republican Party. A recent Rasmussen poll found that 63 percent of Americans want a military presence on the border with Mexico, Hayworth pointed out. "We are blessed by being an immigrant nation," Hayden responded. "We need to manage it well. And that would be my guidance here."
Next, Attorney General Lynch meets Gray family in Baltimore. Attorney General Loretta Lynch pledged Tuesday to improve the city's police department after meeting with the family of a man who was fatally injured in police custody. "We're here to hold your hands and provide support," Lynch said in a meeting with faith and community leaders, including members of Congress.
The new attorney general met privately at the University of Baltimore with Freddie Gray's family, days after the state's attorney charged six police officers involved in Gray's arrest. Gray's injury in police custody and death a week later sparked protests and riots that prompted Maryland's governor to bring in the National Guard.
Lynch was joined by the head of the Civil Rights Division, Vanita Gupta, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services Director Ronald Davis and Community Relations Service Director Grande Lum. Lynch met with Reps. Elijah Cummings, John Sarbanes and C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger and Sens. Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin. "This is a flashpoint situation," Lynch said. "We lost a young man's life and it begins to represent so many things."
The FBI and the Justice Department are investigating Gray's death for potential civil rights violations. The Justice Department is expected to release results of a separate review of the police department's use of force practices in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, Baltimore City Council President Jack Young renewed his request that the Justice Department conduct a comprehensive, civil rights investigation into the policies, procedures and practices of the city's police department.
Lynch later met privately with Police Commissioner Anthony Batts at police headquarters. She then met about a dozen officers who had been on the streets when violence broke out, telling them they joined a noble profession.
"We are here to help you work through these struggles," Lynch said. "To all of you on the front lines, I want to thank you. You really have become the face of law enforcement. "
Lynch also met with Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake at City Hall. Lynch returned to the University of Baltimore on Tuesday afternoon to meet with a group of residents who have protested against police brutality and excessive force.
Lynch, who is in just her second week on the job, has spoken repeatedly of the need to mend relationships between police and minority communities. At her January confirmation hearing, she described herself as being personally "pained" by the ongoing tensions, and spoke at her swearing-in ceremony last week of the need to "restore trust and faith both in our laws and in those of us who enforce them." Associated Press Writer Eric Tucker contributed to this report in Washington.
It looks like Joe (Scarbourgh) is going to make an apology to the Hillary Clinton Campaign and to Politifact. I must assume it is sarcasm but still, do say. I am honestly not sure what he is apologizing for but if it makes whomever feel good about it, so be it. I just feel that he is entitled to any opinion about where the money comes from for that Clinton foundation. Isn't that the beauty of this show? Whatever.
Bill Diblasio is on the show today. He expects there to be very left winged ideals on the campaign that begins next year. I think we may get an endorsement from him on this show. I assume is fr Bernie Saunders or at least I hope it is for him. Bill is going to announce and release a progressive agenda in the next few weeks. I'll be curious to see that for sure. Progressive taxation which I like. Why should a hedge fund person pay less a rate than say a secretary pays. Conservatives agree with it too. I also think its fast become a non partisan position. I think everyone should pay its fair share based on what they make every year. I happen to also agree with having a minimum wage hike to $15 an hour. I think that is a fair rate. He is actually not endorsing anyone today. He is on the show for a while today. They discuss everything from Warren Buffett to the Police Officer that was killed last week at the young age of 25 years old. And, also about subway snafu and about people sending emails to the wrong person. Honestly, New York City sucks. Its rough. Almost too much for me. Plus, its administration has been corrupt for years now. I hope Diblasio is changing all of that but its a hard city to run. Its big.
George Mitchell is on the show pushing his book (The Game) and talking about everything from baseball to local politics to global politics.
Also, the girl from Sex in The City is on the show now talking about the extinction of Elephants and Rhinos. This is a segment after my own heart. She discuss how we can all adopt an elephant via the Wild Life Trust Fund. This documentary film (Gardeners of Eden) is about one of my partners at SAN (Sustainable Action Network). Africa's elephants are hurtling toward extinction to fuel the worldwide ivory trade. While conservationists howl and corrupt governments fail to address the ongoing slaughter, one brave family has been working for decades to stem the tide, one elephant at a time.
In Gardeners of Eden, actor, philanthropist, and producer Kristin Davis takes you on a gripping, first-person journey inside the operations of Kenya's David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. From the front lines of the crisis, we witness their heroic efforts to stop the poachers in the bush, rescue the orphans of slain elephants, and raise them by hand until, one day, returning them to their home in the wild. Gardeners of Eden premieres Wednesday, May 6, at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT, only on Pivot TV.
I am sorry but I just started to cry because they showed a scene of how they tear and break off the tusk from the elephants face. This is exactly why i hate people. Let alone the terrorists that do it. I can't maintain when I see it. We need to fight this battle in a serious way. The people that steal and kidnap these elephants are terrorists. They sue the money to fund terrorism. They are scum bags.
Anyway, I must admit that I hit a fricking car today. I was bummed out. I never did that before today. It was a parked vehicle that I back the hell into. It sucked. Not that affects me at all (Insurance covers 100% of it, etc.), but what a weird sensation that was to feel. i did not know what was going on for a split second. Anyway, my record of never hitting anyone is blown today. I was still never in any moving type of an accident and I was hit from behind in LA while sitting at a traffic light, but yeah. I blew it today. Totally sucks.
The weather also sucks today. It is dreary outside. That was in part reason why I hit a car. I was out of it and I need my coffee which is the ironically why I is in that lot. I was getting coffee. Honestly, everything sucks so far today.
Authorities, chasing leads, caught Freshwater by creating a ruse to get him to sign papers, then matching fingerprints on the paper to those from the decades-old arrest, Maj. Tod Goodyear with the Brevard County Sheriff's Office said. Authorities watched him for a week before confronting him, Goodyear added. When they approached him, authorities showed him his old mugshot, and Freshwater admitted that they had found him, Goodyear said.
Huckabee joins a small group of candidates who are actually willing to offer a permanent record of what they think. His awkwardly laid out landing page for “Issues” details Huckabee’s views on 12 separate topics of interest: the Second Amendment, border security, education, energy, health care, Israel, national security, seniors, spending and debt, tax reform, veterans, and the always-amorphous family values category. At least voters who sign up to support Huckabee will know what exactly they’re supporting.
Aside from his very active Facebook page, many of Huckabee’s social media accounts are pretty idle. As of noon this morning, he hadn’t posted on Instagram since April or tweeted from his personal account since May 3. (He’s just now picking up steam on those accounts this afternoon). And his newly minted Google Plus page had just 11 followers when this went live. But then again, it’s Google Plus, so, yeah.
